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2018 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
1 Jake Schindler Brynmawr, PA, USA 9,407 6 31 $8,731,019
2 Stephen Chidwick Deal, GBR 8,845 5 26 $9,950,805
3 Alex Foxen Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA 8,259 5 18 $6,606,037
4 David Peters Toledo, OH, USA 8,059 7 26 $10,598,504
5 Justin Bonomo Los Angeles, CA, USA 7,752 10 23 $25,295,441
6 Adrian Mateos Madrid, ESP 6,477 3 21 $4,844,609
7 Rainer Kempe Berlin, DEU 5,924 6 26 $5,464,179
8 Jason Koon Las Vegas, NV, USA 5,827 3 16 $12,404,918
9 Steve O'Dwyer Las Vegas, NV, USA 5,688 4 14 $6,129,062
10 Pavel Plesuv Prague, CZE 5,626 2 8 $2,886,963
11 Michael Soyza Kuala Lumpur, MYS 5,281 4 14 $2,500,726
12 Isaac Haxton Syracuse, NY, USA 4,950 3 19 $8,037,728
13 Mikita Badziakouski BLR 4,926 5 11 $14,594,839
14 Nick Petrangelo Old Westbury, NY, USA 4,734 4 14 $6,693,018
15 Dominik Nitsche Minden, DEU 4,732 2 13 $5,371,902
16 Michael Addamo Melbourne, AUS 4,674 2 9 $2,581,347
17 Ben Yu Henderson, NV, USA 4,671 1 13 $3,448,959
18 Shaun Deeb Troy, NY, USA 4,610 2 7 $2,936,292
19 Cary Katz Las Vegas, NV, USA 4,306 2 21 $4,903,239
20 Benjamin Tollerene Lubbock, TX, USA 4,269 4 14 $3,328,532
21 Joe McKeehen Conshohocken, PA, USA 4,229 0 9 $1,631,950
22 Ivan Leow MYS 4,093 5 16 $5,685,423
23 Ali Imsirovic Vancouver, WA, USA 3,997 4 14 $3,114,628
24 Dylan Linde Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA 3,911 2 6 $1,963,896
25 Anthony Zinno Boston, MA, USA 3,905 1 8 $1,205,571
26 Koray Aldemir Vienna, AUT 3,900 1 10 $2,608,196
27 Toby Lewis Hampshire, GBR 3,780 1 2 $1,756,835
28 Tony Ruberto Hallandale, FL, USA 3,768 2 5 $1,331,110
29 Elio Fox New York, NY, USA 3,716 5 10 $3,975,387
30 Bryn Kenney Long Beach, NY, USA 3,707 2 15 $4,995,715
31 Manig Loeser Bad Homburg, DEU 3,696 2 14 $2,745,270
32 Barry Hutter Bradenton, FL, USA 3,586 0 8 $1,400,490
33 Ryan Riess East Lansing, MI, USA 3,574 2 11 $1,820,051
34 Joseph Cada Shelby Township, MI, USA 3,560 2 4 $3,016,686
35 Joseph Cheong La Mirada, CA, USA 3,535 4 17 $640,286
36 Darryll Fish Cape Coral, FL, USA 3,524 1 5 $1,492,903
37 Maxwell Young Seaside, OR, USA 3,506 5 19 $548,396
38 Paul Volpe Philadelphia, PA, USA 3,490 1 5 $1,268,248
39 Joey Weissman Boca Raton, FL, USA 3,475 0 9 $895,400
40 Benjamin Pollak Paris, FRA 3,414 2 12 $3,422,703
41 Matthias Eibinger Graz, AUT 3,390 3 13 $4,409,777
42 Romain Lewis Wimbledon, FRA 3,370 0 5 $863,643
43 Sam Soverel Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA 3,355 6 18 $2,522,258
44 Timur Margolin Ramla, ISR 3,318 2 5 $873,488
45 Marc MacDonnell Dublin, IRL 3,308 1 4 $1,447,650
46 John Cynn Evanston, IL, USA 3,300 1 1 $8,800,000
47 Mike Leah Innisfil, ON, CAN 3,272 1 7 $978,902
48 Sean Winter Jacksonville, FL, USA 3,208 0 13 $4,824,460
49 Adam Owen Folkestone, GBR 3,194 2 6 $1,770,086
50 Ognyan Dimov Veliko Tarnovo, BGR 3,140 2 4 $1,392,181
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