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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | Dong Zhao | CHN | 425 | 0 | 2 | $107,692 |
| 1702 | Kyle Hartree | USA | 424 | 1 | 3 | $48,635 |
| 1703 | Carlo Sciannameo | Worcester, MA, USA | 424 | 0 | 3 | $38,729 |
| 1704 | Yasin Ahmady | Portland, ME, USA | 424 | 1 | 2 | $35,240 |
| 1705 | NOBUO TARUI | New York, NY, USA | 424 | 0 | 2 | $38,000 |
| 1706 | Robert Cote | Houston, TX, USA | 423 | 1 | 4 | $57,439 |
| 1707 | Benjamin Benoit | Mont-Dore, FRA | 422 | 0 | 3 | $110,211 |
| 1708 | John Shepherd | La Follette, TN, USA | 422 | 0 | 4 | $34,388 |
| 1709 | Rafael Gonzalez | USA | 422 | 0 | 3 | $58,406 |
| 1710 | Adam Dembowski | Shorewood, WI, USA | 422 | 1 | 3 | $45,585 |
| 1711 | Dan Shak | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 421 | 1 | 2 | $345,831 |
| 1712 | Christopher Parsley | Sioux City, IA, USA | 421 | 1 | 2 | $37,093 |
| 1713 | Yan Li | 420 | 0 | 1 | $67,730 | |
| 1714 | Philipp Zukernik | 420 | 0 | 1 | $35,400 | |
| 1715 | Malek Grabsi | FRA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $45,181 |
| 1716 | Arutyun Saakyan | ARM | 420 | 1 | 1 | $47,710 |
| 1717 | Tudor Purice | ROU | 420 | 1 | 1 | $52,250 |
| 1718 | Aslan Daurov | RUS | 420 | 1 | 1 | $35,481 |
| 1719 | Alexandre Sette | RUS | 420 | 1 | 2 | $40,634 |
| 1720 | Gerhard Schleicher | DEU | 420 | 0 | 1 | $49,885 |
| 1721 | Andrea Iocco | ITA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $50,216 |
| 1722 | Fabio Gutierrez Garcia | ESP | 420 | 1 | 1 | $52,357 |
| 1723 | Mattia Gentile | ITA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $56,002 |
| 1724 | John Reynolds | Tulsa, OK, USA | 420 | 0 | 2 | $95,783 |
| 1725 | Jacob Baumgartner | USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $53,569 |
| 1726 | Cate Hall | Washington, DC, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $38,897 |
| 1727 | Stefan Williams | Fort Worth, TX, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $49,467 |
| 1728 | Mike McDonald | Waterloo, ON, CAN | 420 | 1 | 2 | $177,920 |
| 1729 | Cooper Wanty | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 420 | 0 | 3 | $33,762 |
| 1730 | Michael Hager | Norwood, PA, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $46,000 |
| 1731 | Chris Karagulleyan | Glendale, CA, USA | 420 | 1 | 2 | $79,222 |
| 1732 | Adam White | Tempe, AZ, USA | 420 | 0 | 3 | $48,013 |
| 1733 | Jim Petzing | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 420 | 1 | 3 | $38,550 |
| 1734 | Clayton Jiang | Boston, MA, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $35,662 |
| 1735 | Shane Fumerton | Dauphin, CAN | 420 | 0 | 1 | $53,102 |
| 1736 | Michael Brinkenhoff | USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $59,107 |
| 1737 | Ted Bodnar | Arlington, TX, USA | 420 | 0 | 2 | $44,450 |
| 1738 | James Cavanaugh | USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $55,031 |
| 1739 | Travis Lawson | Manitowoc, WI, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $58,176 |
| 1740 | Renick Patterson | Wilmington, NC, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $95,976 |
| 1741 | Rory Hayes | Cheyenne, WY, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $37,209 |
| 1742 | Kurt Bales | USA | 420 | 0 | 2 | $37,864 |
| 1743 | David Troutman | Owens Cross Roads, AL, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $58,797 |
| 1744 | Scott Dehm | New Albany, OH, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $46,780 |
| 1745 | Jerry Drew | Silver Spring, MD, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $34,674 |
| 1746 | Kevin Boudreau | Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $50,434 |
| 1747 | Andrew Warren | Tulsa, OK, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $34,625 |
| 1748 | Alex Rapoport | CA, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $51,840 |
| 1749 | Keith Tilston | Austin, TX, USA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $424,000 |
| 1750 | Aaron Frei | Canyon Country, CA, USA | 420 | 0 | 1 | $71,300 |