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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1651 | Katsuhiro Muto | JPN | 439 | 2 | 5 | $56,214 |
| 1652 | James Brinkley | FL, USA | 437 | 1 | 2 | $35,683 |
| 1653 | Thomas McMahon | Holbrook, NY, USA | 436 | 0 | 2 | $81,020 |
| 1654 | Richard Leger | Lighthouse Point, FL, USA | 435 | 1 | 2 | $49,996 |
| 1655 | Michael Cooper | Greenville, SC, USA | 434 | 0 | 2 | $62,232 |
| 1656 | Sergej Barbarez | DEU | 434 | 0 | 3 | $50,576 |
| 1657 | Aaron Plaisted | Toccoa, GA, USA | 434 | 0 | 2 | $66,306 |
| 1658 | Jonathan Kramer | Forest Hills, NY, USA | 434 | 0 | 1 | $62,896 |
| 1659 | Daniele Primerano | ITA | 433 | 0 | 1 | $44,147 |
| 1660 | Kennii Nguyen | Chicago, IL, USA | 433 | 2 | 4 | $43,247 |
| 1661 | Wagner Felicio | 432 | 1 | 1 | $53,480 | |
| 1662 | Vitaly Tevis | RUS | 432 | 1 | 1 | $59,020 |
| 1663 | Mamouni Smain | FRA | 432 | 0 | 2 | $49,832 |
| 1664 | Rob Hollink | Groningen, NLD | 432 | 1 | 2 | $176,083 |
| 1665 | Olli Autio | FIN | 432 | 1 | 1 | $82,824 |
| 1666 | Jan Cerny | CZE | 432 | 1 | 2 | $61,133 |
| 1667 | Jamie Lunt | GBR | 432 | 0 | 1 | $75,504 |
| 1668 | Danijel Tatarovic | HRV | 432 | 1 | 1 | $54,728 |
| 1669 | Anton Petrov | RUS | 432 | 0 | 2 | $44,598 |
| 1670 | Zoltan Gal | HUN | 432 | 1 | 1 | $52,864 |
| 1671 | Steven Fisher | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 |
| 1672 | Mukul Pahuja | North Lauderdale, FL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $79,544 |
| 1673 | Jonathan Cronin | Savanna, GA, USA | 432 | 0 | 4 | $31,861 |
| 1674 | Jacob Hommen | USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $87,281 |
| 1675 | Will Joyner | Jackson, TN, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $90,112 |
| 1676 | Joe Nguyen | Patterson, CA, USA | 432 | 0 | 2 | $53,327 |
| 1677 | Thomas Lindell | CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $150,800 |
| 1678 | Manuel Jaime | Bronx, NY, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $76,895 |
| 1679 | Frank Kassela | Germantown, TN, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $89,151 |
| 1680 | Matthew Vignali | Kenosha, WI, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $70,240 |
| 1681 | Stuart Paterson | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $55,000 |
| 1682 | Tony Piscitelli | Pinole, CA, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $59,468 |
| 1683 | Daniel Ciancio | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $75,948 |
| 1684 | William McCracken | USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $91,123 |
| 1685 | James Lenaghan | Mobile, AL, USA | 432 | 1 | 1 | $114,247 |
| 1686 | Chadi Moustapha | LBN | 430 | 1 | 4 | $62,727 |
| 1687 | SANDEEP PATEL | Parsippany, NJ, USA | 429 | 1 | 3 | $36,544 |
| 1688 | Alexandre Moreira | Newark, NJ, USA | 429 | 0 | 2 | $73,488 |
| 1689 | Juan Duenas | ESP | 428 | 0 | 2 | $61,097 |
| 1690 | Jose Mendoza | Downey, CA, USA | 428 | 0 | 2 | $44,835 |
| 1691 | Michael Christiansen | Redondo Beach, CA, USA | 428 | 1 | 7 | $27,716 |
| 1692 | Kjell Dyb | NOR | 427 | 0 | 1 | $113,161 |
| 1693 | Joshua Lawson | Salisbury, MD, USA | 426 | 1 | 2 | $44,415 |
| 1694 | Nagui Yassa | Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA | 426 | 1 | 3 | $65,595 |
| 1695 | Leif Force | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 426 | 0 | 3 | $53,853 |
| 1696 | Behzad Javadzadeh | Orange, CA, USA | 426 | 0 | 3 | $44,395 |
| 1697 | Paul Freedman | Seabrook, NH, USA | 426 | 2 | 3 | $41,149 |
| 1698 | Mihai Stinca | BEL | 425 | 1 | 2 | $57,562 |
| 1699 | John Dollinger | Gulf Breeze, FL, USA | 425 | 0 | 3 | $58,138 |
| 1700 | Matt Hyman | Corte Madera, CA, USA | 425 | 0 | 1 | $561,000 |