World's Best Poker Players

Rank	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings
1901	Greg Baird	Hinsdale, IL, USA	392	0	4	$32,116
1902	Brandon Townsend	Hanover Park, IL, USA	392	1	2	$58,777
1903	JEROMY BITTAN	Baltimore, MD, USA	392	0	2	$45,584
1904	Nicholas Tsoukalas	Las Vegas, NV, USA	392	2	3	$35,467
1905	Joseph Marchese	USA	392	1	2	$70,770
1906	Steven Bennett	FL, USA	391	0	4	$57,400
1907	Anton Yakuba		390	0	1	$66,268
1908	Raul Cuc	DEU	390	0	2	$52,168
1909	Atanas Kavrakov	BGR	390	0	2	$144,743
1910	Glauco Versitano	ITA	390	0	2	$46,433
1911	Thi Xoa Nguyen	FRA	390	0	1	$59,000
1912	Dan Harmetz	Sacramento, CA, USA	390	0	2	$75,343
1913	Kevin Nguyen	Elk Grove, CA, USA	390	0	2	$51,184
1914	Gerald David	USA	390	0	2	$31,440
1915	Jonathan Marrie	CAN	390	0	3	$26,793
1916	Nao Inoshita	JPN	390	1	2	$44,155
1917	Ping Lin	CHN	390	0	2	$56,515
1918	Rigoberto Rodriguez-Solano	La Puente, CA, USA	389	0	2	$65,693
1919	Fernando Brito	FRA	388	0	2	$43,441
1920	Imad Derwiche	FRA	388	1	2	$192,865
1921	Mark Fink	Sioux Falls, SD, USA	388	0	4	$41,261
1922	Ross Fabrizio	Las Vegas, NV, USA	388	0	3	$42,060
1923	Michael Sklenicka	Slani, CZE	387	0	1	$293,532
1924	Ross Guthrie	Elgin, IL, USA	387	1	2	$45,389
1925	Daniel Perkins	CA, USA	387	0	3	$44,669
1926	Adam Kipnis	Northridge, CA, USA	386	0	3	$27,330
1927	Nancy Birnbaum	Sarasota, FL, USA	386	0	3	$32,042
1928	Alvaro Holguin	New Brunswick, PA, USA	386	0	2	$62,130
1929	Nathan Pfluger	Tempe, AZ, USA	386	0	2	$74,652
1930	Dominykas Karmazinas	LTU	385	0	3	$138,278
1931	Frank Lin	Los Angeles, CA, USA	385	0	4	$51,788
1932	Jan Jansma	NLD	384	0	1	$72,783
1933	Joseph Sabe	FRA	384	1	1	$80,397
1934	Chris Bjorin	London, GBR	384	0	1	$52,671
1935	Vera Kulh	Berlin, DEU	384	0	1	$134,154
1936	Kai Danilo Paulsen	Trondheim, NOR	384	0	3	$42,627
1937	Anton Zaslavski	DEU	384	0	1	$51,920
1938	Jorge Nieto	USA	384	1	1	$60,005
1939	Deividas Monkevicius	Alsip, IL, USA	384	1	1	$43,210
1940	Paul Vinci	Shell Beach, CA, USA	384	0	7	$33,425
1941	Ty Veras	West De Pere, WI, USA	384	1	1	$67,726
1942	Nate Bandy	USA	384	1	1	$75,364
1943	Raed Kurdi	Oaklawn, IL, USA	384	1	1	$39,119
1944	Ben Lindemulder	Mt Pleasant, MI, USA	384	1	1	$67,232
1945	Robert Messer	Kingsport, TN, USA	384	1	1	$63,101
1946	Diane Linke	FL, USA	384	1	1	$32,500
1947	Mark Owens	Chicago, IL, USA	384	1	1	$50,000
1948	Darren Bortmas	Roseville, CA, USA	384	1	1	$72,754
1949	Dennis Dahle	CA, USA	384	0	3	$33,340
1950	Robert McLaughlin	Washington DC, USA	384	0	1	$52,650