World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Joris Ruijs | NLD | 2,298 | 1 | 3 | $927,343 |
| 102 | Michael Dyer | Houston, TX, USA | 2,280 | 0 | 2 | $3,755,602 |
| 103 | Andras Nemeth | HUN | 2,276 | 1 | 5 | $1,815,619 |
| 104 | Benjamin Palmer | Gainesville, FL, USA | 2,276 | 2 | 9 | $342,549 |
| 105 | Mike Takayama | PHL | 2,246 | 1 | 5 | $367,340 |
| 106 | Ben Jones | GBR | 2,240 | 1 | 2 | $584,424 |
| 107 | Michael Wang | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,235 | 0 | 8 | $397,783 |
| 108 | Chance Kornuth | Denver, CO, USA | 2,235 | 2 | 5 | $603,044 |
| 109 | Maurice Hawkins | Plantation, FL, USA | 2,226 | 2 | 7 | $478,091 |
| 110 | Alexandr Merzhvinskij | RUS | 2,214 | 0 | 6 | $840,852 |
| 111 | Dan Smith | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,214 | 1 | 8 | $6,023,782 |
| 112 | Ryan Hughes | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 2,180 | 0 | 6 | $389,443 |
| 113 | Piotr Nurzynski | POL | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $1,213,418 |
| 114 | Martin Kabrhel | CZE | 2,156 | 2 | 5 | $4,024,758 |
| 115 | Scott Stewart | Lakewood, CA, USA | 2,137 | 0 | 12 | $292,469 |
| 116 | Antoine Labat | Paris, FRA | 2,115 | 0 | 3 | $1,645,025 |
| 117 | Gary Hasson | BEL | 2,106 | 2 | 4 | $396,840 |
| 118 | Maria Lampropulos | Buenos Aires, ARG | 2,100 | 1 | 1 | $1,081,100 |
| 119 | Joshua Turner | St Louis, MO, USA | 2,096 | 1 | 11 | $496,661 |
| 120 | Yang Zhang | Dalian, CHN | 2,084 | 1 | 7 | $347,311 |
| 121 | Christian Rudolph | DEU | 2,070 | 0 | 3 | $997,810 |
| 122 | Kristen Foxen | St. Catherines, CAN | 2,060 | 1 | 6 | $821,119 |
| 123 | Norbert Szecsi | Budapest, HUN | 2,048 | 1 | 3 | $916,179 |
| 124 | Yiannis Liperis | GBR | 2,044 | 1 | 6 | $363,925 |
| 125 | Stefan Huber | CHE | 2,040 | 0 | 2 | $809,433 |
| 126 | Adam Adler | Mount Pleasant, SC, USA | 2,030 | 0 | 3 | $485,290 |
| 127 | Keith Morrow | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 2,025 | 2 | 7 | $260,923 |
| 128 | Viktor Blom | Gotheburg, SWE | 2,024 | 1 | 2 | $1,110,550 |
| 129 | Trung Pham | Temple, TX, USA | 2,001 | 3 | 8 | $368,588 |
| 130 | Michael Rossitto | USA | 1,998 | 2 | 6 | $337,922 |
| 131 | Timothy Adams | Burlington, ONT, CAN | 1,986 | 0 | 8 | $1,887,091 |
| 132 | David Pham | Cerritos, CA, USA | 1,984 | 2 | 3 | $480,967 |
| 133 | Thomas Boivin | Charleroi, BEL | 1,980 | 1 | 5 | $984,668 |
| 134 | Ema Zajmovic | CAN | 1,970 | 0 | 2 | $548,213 |
| 135 | Eric Afriat | Saint-Laurent, QC, CAN | 1,955 | 1 | 2 | $810,212 |
| 136 | Rui Cao | Paris, FRA | 1,950 | 0 | 4 | $3,843,600 |
| 137 | Nicholas Salimbene | Brick, NJ, USA | 1,940 | 0 | 2 | $511,180 |
| 138 | Ryan Phan | Omaha, NE, USA | 1,927 | 1 | 7 | $997,608 |
| 139 | Paul Michaelis | Berlin, DEU | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $957,600 |
| 140 | Kevin Iacofano | Concord, OH, USA | 1,919 | 1 | 5 | $390,749 |
| 141 | Craig Varnell | Ft. Collins, CO, USA | 1,912 | 1 | 5 | $486,666 |
| 142 | Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 1,910 | 2 | 9 | $928,260 |
| 143 | Jerry Wong | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 1,906 | 2 | 7 | $564,351 |
| 144 | Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 1,900 | 1 | 5 | $529,671 |
| 145 | Ryan Yu | CAN | 1,900 | 0 | 4 | $336,792 |
| 146 | Honglin Jiang | AUS | 1,900 | 0 | 4 | $753,843 |
| 147 | Max Silver | England, IRL | 1,875 | 1 | 2 | $730,395 |
| 148 | Haoxiang Wang | CHN | 1,875 | 0 | 2 | $1,213,854 |
| 149 | Michael Tureniec | Solna, SWE | 1,872 | 2 | 5 | $274,430 |
| 150 | Joshua Reichard | Beloit, WI, USA | 1,861 | 4 | 7 | $318,941 |
