World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Serg Osalian | Melbourne, AUS | 384 | 1 | 1 | $44,319 |
| 1952 | Eder Ferronato | BRA | 384 | 0 | 2 | $37,154 |
| 1953 | Matthew Cai | Melbourne, AUS | 384 | 1 | 1 | $48,391 |
| 1954 | Jim Pizanias | AUS | 384 | 0 | 1 | $66,876 |
| 1955 | Aramis Hayrapetyan | Fresno, CA, USA | 383 | 1 | 3 | $34,941 |
| 1956 | Cristiano Guerra | ITA | 382 | 0 | 2 | $62,566 |
| 1957 | Jinghao Xu | Columbus, OH, USA | 382 | 1 | 1 | $53,246 |
| 1958 | Mariusz Filosek | 380 | 0 | 1 | $53,272 | |
| 1959 | Clement Tripodi | FRA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $39,388 |
| 1960 | Sergey Em | KAZ | 380 | 0 | 1 | $38,700 |
| 1961 | Oscar Blanco | ESP | 380 | 0 | 1 | $69,590 |
| 1962 | Ignacio Romera | ESP | 380 | 0 | 1 | $49,678 |
| 1963 | Patrick Bueno | Paris, FRA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $40,592 |
| 1964 | Andrejs Perederejevs | LVA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $57,938 |
| 1965 | Paul Bahbout | England, GBR | 380 | 0 | 1 | $43,542 |
| 1966 | Oleh Haisiuk | UKR | 380 | 0 | 1 | $44,514 |
| 1967 | Jose Perez | ESP | 380 | 0 | 1 | $56,415 |
| 1968 | Neil Volaski | USA | 380 | 0 | 2 | $28,635 |
| 1969 | Albert Shim | Cerritos, CA, USA | 380 | 2 | 5 | $26,005 |
| 1970 | Jake Stubing | New York, NY, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $37,101 |
| 1971 | Max Hoffman | USA | 380 | 1 | 2 | $68,341 |
| 1972 | Zohair Karim | Orlando, FL, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $50,903 |
| 1973 | Mark Davis | USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $32,160 |
| 1974 | Richard Kim | Cerritos, CA, USA | 380 | 0 | 2 | $83,760 |
| 1975 | Roy Carter | USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $48,590 |
| 1976 | Gary Margolis | Sierra Madre, CA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $55,000 |
| 1977 | Marc Evanier | Clinton, CT, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $43,432 |
| 1978 | Gary L. Vick | Mikado, MI, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $53,171 |
| 1979 | Michael Coombs | Colts Neck, NY, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $45,281 |
| 1980 | Puneeth Modha | Baton Rouge, LA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $38,588 |
| 1981 | Ryan Luker | Orlando, FL, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $37,781 |
| 1982 | Tsong Lin | Cape May, NJ, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $59,894 |
| 1983 | Tuman Pham | Garden Grove, CA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $51,624 |
| 1984 | Maurizio Russo | Mississauga, ON, CAN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $60,000 |
| 1985 | Jerry Dababneh | Henderson, NV, USA | 380 | 0 | 2 | $26,707 |
| 1986 | Michael Pearson | San Francisco, CA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $40,570 |
| 1987 | Parker Drew | Harrison, NY, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $51,443 |
| 1988 | William Korn | FL, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $60,408 |
| 1989 | Matthew Small | Ashburn, VA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $50,500 |
| 1990 | Paul Flynn | Shorewood, WI, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $35,280 |
| 1991 | Lauren Roberts | CA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $153,590 |
| 1992 | Shadrach Tercy | Jonesboro, GA, USA | 380 | 0 | 1 | $67,099 |
| 1993 | Kan Lin | Melbourne, AUS | 380 | 0 | 1 | $24,708 |
| 1994 | Peter Aristidou | AUS | 380 | 0 | 1 | $117,800 |
| 1995 | Fei Han | CHN | 380 | 1 | 3 | $56,183 |
| 1996 | Alejandro Cozenza | URY | 380 | 0 | 1 | $66,630 |
| 1997 | Sandeep Kumar Mirchandani | HKG | 380 | 0 | 1 | $32,500 |
| 1998 | Li Chenbei | CHN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $82,500 |
| 1999 | Dorian Rios | Caracas, VEN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $46,125 |
| 2000 | Jen Chun Chiu | CHN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $29,344 |