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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Francois Evard | CHE | 379 | 0 | 3 | $72,924 |
| 2002 | Meng Lu | Waltham, MA, USA | 379 | 0 | 2 | $34,776 |
| 2003 | Behrooz Shahrzad | Dale City, VA, USA | 379 | 0 | 8 | $25,530 |
| 2004 | Kristan Mackiewicz | USA | 378 | 0 | 2 | $37,223 |
| 2005 | Steven Williams | Little Rock, AR, USA | 378 | 1 | 2 | $56,328 |
| 2006 | Matthew Davenport | GBR | 377 | 0 | 2 | $23,480 |
| 2007 | Thiago Grigoletti | BRA | 377 | 0 | 3 | $158,105 |
| 2008 | Timo Kamphues | DEU | 376 | 0 | 2 | $36,648 |
| 2009 | Elliott Zaydman | Glen Rock, NJ, USA | 376 | 1 | 2 | $50,551 |
| 2010 | Christopher Herrin | Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA | 376 | 0 | 3 | $40,623 |
| 2011 | Bradley Howard | Mt. Starling, KY, USA | 376 | 0 | 2 | $35,544 |
| 2012 | Paawan Bansal | IND | 376 | 1 | 2 | $33,410 |
| 2013 | Mekhail Mekhail | 375 | 0 | 1 | $42,462 | |
| 2014 | Dominique Terzian | FRA | 375 | 1 | 3 | $36,658 |
| 2015 | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 375 | 0 | 2 | $132,244 |
| 2016 | Christopher Andler | Skoude, SWE | 375 | 0 | 1 | $55,930 |
| 2017 | Quentin Kruger | Winnipeg, CAN | 375 | 0 | 1 | $107,709 |
| 2018 | Alan Saks | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 375 | 0 | 3 | $28,132 |
| 2019 | Alexander Hencheck | Loveland, OH, USA | 375 | 0 | 2 | $49,251 |
| 2020 | Julien Sitbon | FRA | 374 | 0 | 4 | $39,846 |
| 2021 | Longsheng Tan | CA, USA | 374 | 1 | 7 | $28,213 |
| 2022 | Brandon Fish | Kearney, NE, USA | 374 | 2 | 2 | $39,780 |
| 2023 | Vitezslav Cech | CZE | 372 | 1 | 2 | $27,670 |
| 2024 | Anton Kraus | BGR | 372 | 0 | 2 | $64,398 |
| 2025 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | CYP | 372 | 0 | 2 | $88,614 |
| 2026 | Charlie Dawson | Owensboro, KY, USA | 372 | 0 | 3 | $30,605 |
| 2027 | Duy Lai | Tulsa, OK, USA | 372 | 0 | 3 | $25,720 |
| 2028 | George Dolofan | Miami Beach, FL, USA | 372 | 0 | 2 | $47,245 |
| 2029 | Gary Blackwood | GBR | 371 | 0 | 2 | $42,806 |
| 2030 | Blake Kelso | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 371 | 0 | 2 | $49,010 |
| 2031 | Marty Zabib | New York, NY, USA | 371 | 0 | 3 | $59,372 |
| 2032 | Ken Rawlinson | Riverside, RI, USA | 370 | 0 | 3 | $51,504 |
| 2033 | Yueming Liu | 368 | 0 | 2 | $30,573 | |
| 2034 | Kris Klimosko | Saskatoon, SK, CAN | 368 | 0 | 3 | $34,304 |
| 2035 | Brian Payne | AUS | 368 | 0 | 2 | $52,319 |
| 2036 | David Brookshire | Baltimore, MD, USA | 367 | 2 | 5 | $34,733 |
| 2037 | Juliet Hegedus | Hollywood, FL, USA | 367 | 2 | 2 | $39,877 |
| 2038 | Jesse McVicker | Lawton, OK, USA | 366 | 0 | 3 | $37,905 |
| 2039 | Dennis Tsai | Rockville, MD, USA | 366 | 1 | 3 | $31,093 |
| 2040 | Edward Yam | HKG | 366 | 1 | 5 | $41,311 |
| 2041 | Chaitanya Pavuluri | 365 | 1 | 1 | $21,803 | |
| 2042 | Aleksei Karev | RUS | 365 | 1 | 1 | $27,504 |
| 2043 | Marcin Milde | England, GBR | 365 | 1 | 1 | $44,809 |
| 2044 | Gordon Eng | Cliffside Park, NJ, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 2045 | Corey Zedo | Denver, CO, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $47,420 |
| 2046 | Jeffrey Copeland | St. Louis, MO, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $61,047 |
| 2047 | Shawn Ramage | USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $37,117 |
| 2048 | Patrick Ng | San Diego, CA, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $41,254 |
| 2049 | Ephraim Uzan | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $21,851 |
| 2050 | Douglas Eisenhauer | Festus, MO, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $51,409 |