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2017 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Xuan Liu | Missisauga, CAN | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $228,042 |
| 252 | Jay Lee | Austin, TX, USA | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $593,173 |
| 253 | John Tech | PHL | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $603,655 |
| 254 | Dean Blatt | AUS | 1,364 | 0 | 5 | $165,779 |
| 255 | Quan Zhou | Harbin, CHN | 1,364 | 2 | 6 | $910,782 |
| 256 | Sandro Pitzanti | 1,360 | 0 | 2 | $212,331 | |
| 257 | Dennis Stevermer | USA | 1,360 | 1 | 2 | $328,567 |
| 258 | John Monnette | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,360 | 1 | 5 | $417,090 |
| 259 | Chris Meyers | Buffalo, NY, USA | 1,360 | 1 | 2 | $233,529 |
| 260 | Hun Wei Lee | AUS | 1,360 | 1 | 4 | $459,118 |
| 261 | Sylvain Loosli | Toulon, FRA | 1,358 | 1 | 4 | $585,135 |
| 262 | Pablo Mariz | CAN | 1,353 | 1 | 1 | $1,262,640 |
| 263 | Jonas Gjelstad | NOR | 1,345 | 0 | 2 | $457,548 |
| 264 | Timothy Ulmer | USA | 1,344 | 2 | 4 | $139,037 |
| 265 | Adam Hendrix | Anchorage, AK, USA | 1,344 | 0 | 4 | $226,185 |
| 266 | Ralph Wong | Washington, DC, USA | 1,344 | 2 | 2 | $558,717 |
| 267 | Richard Tuhrim | USA | 1,340 | 0 | 2 | $294,817 |
| 268 | Brett Apter | Arlington, VA, USA | 1,340 | 0 | 3 | $335,033 |
| 269 | Conor Beresford | York, GBR | 1,335 | 1 | 4 | $242,935 |
| 270 | William Berry | Norman, OK, USA | 1,334 | 2 | 5 | $344,671 |
| 271 | Sander van Wesemael | NLD | 1,331 | 3 | 5 | $248,166 |
| 272 | Brendan Baksh | Costa Mesa, CA, USA | 1,330 | 0 | 2 | $226,737 |
| 273 | James Obst | Adelaide, AUS | 1,326 | 1 | 3 | $377,672 |
| 274 | Alexandre Reard | Beaubourg, FRA | 1,325 | 1 | 4 | $495,792 |
| 275 | J.C. Tran | Sacramento, CA, USA | 1,322 | 1 | 3 | $339,932 |
| 276 | Felipe Ramos | BRA | 1,321 | 0 | 4 | $409,990 |
| 277 | Ryan McKnight | Harrisburg, PA, USA | 1,320 | 1 | 3 | $475,988 |
| 278 | David Bach | Athens, GA, USA | 1,320 | 2 | 2 | $502,607 |
| 279 | Brian Yoon | Torrance, CA, USA | 1,320 | 1 | 1 | $1,094,349 |
| 280 | Pedro Cairat | ARG | 1,320 | 1 | 1 | $509,970 |
| 281 | Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 1,316 | 2 | 4 | $281,243 |
| 282 | Sergi Reixach | Girona, ESP | 1,314 | 0 | 7 | $518,512 |
| 283 | Terry Fleischer | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,314 | 2 | 6 | $202,627 |
| 284 | Bertrand Grospellier | London, GBR | 1,310 | 0 | 2 | $2,387,217 |
| 285 | Samuel Taylor | New York, NY, USA | 1,310 | 1 | 2 | $399,338 |
| 286 | Anatoly Filatov | Moscow, RUS | 1,308 | 2 | 4 | $325,570 |
| 287 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 1,304 | 1 | 5 | $175,203 |
| 288 | Wendy Freedman | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1,300 | 0 | 4 | $158,569 |
| 289 | Edward Sabat | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,300 | 0 | 3 | $214,564 |
| 290 | Brian Kaufman | URY | 1,300 | 0 | 2 | $557,642 |
| 291 | Yuanhang Zhong | CHN | 1,296 | 1 | 5 | $209,568 |
| 292 | Pratyush Buddiga | Colorado Springs, CO, USA | 1,294 | 0 | 4 | $1,288,938 |
| 293 | Daniel Buzgon | Marlton, NJ, USA | 1,286 | 3 | 5 | $254,830 |
| 294 | Jeremy Pantin | GBR | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $576,000 |
| 295 | Dylan Wilkerson | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1,280 | 1 | 3 | $245,032 |
| 296 | Philippe D'Auteuil | Quebec, CAN | 1,280 | 0 | 1 | $328,500 |
| 297 | Phillip Hui | Tamarac, FL, USA | 1,274 | 1 | 4 | $228,032 |
| 298 | Stephen Song | Greenwich, CT, USA | 1,272 | 0 | 7 | $194,986 |
| 299 | Loren Klein | Verdi, NV, USA | 1,272 | 2 | 2 | $277,783 |
| 300 | Rex Clinkscales | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,266 | 1 | 5 | $196,567 |