World's Best Poker Players
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2023 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Christie Yau | USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $176,885 |
| 2002 | Mohamed Kerkeni | FRA | 550 | 1 | 3 | $55,379 |
| 2003 | Daniel Idema | Tsawwassen, BC, CAN | 550 | 0 | 1 | $195,443 |
| 2004 | Oscar Johansson | Aseda, SWE | 550 | 0 | 1 | $192,690 |
| 2005 | Jason Johnson | Kennewick, WA, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $209,728 |
| 2006 | Nicholas Gerrity | Stratfort, CT, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $313,297 |
| 2007 | Jie Fu | CHN | 550 | 0 | 1 | $162,207 |
| 2008 | Kelly Gall | Calgary, AB, CAN | 550 | 0 | 1 | $134,643 |
| 2009 | John Taylor | Satellite Beach, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $167,483 |
| 2010 | Julien Montois | FRA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $400,777 |
| 2011 | Tihomir Ivanov | BGR | 550 | 0 | 1 | $142,985 |
| 2012 | Denny Lee | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $250,120 |
| 2013 | Amirpasha Emami | CAN | 550 | 0 | 1 | $164,750 |
| 2014 | Roberto Sagra | ARG | 550 | 0 | 1 | $222,966 |
| 2015 | Chad Beatty | PA, USA | 550 | 0 | 3 | $68,892 |
| 2016 | Eduardo Pereira | PRT | 550 | 0 | 1 | $140,054 |
| 2017 | Vikenty Shegal | USA | 549 | 1 | 2 | $139,607 |
| 2018 | Dongwuk Moon | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 548 | 1 | 2 | $93,048 |
| 2019 | Abraham Ceesvin | SGP | 548 | 0 | 2 | $133,927 |
| 2020 | Thor Morstol | NOR | 546 | 1 | 4 | $58,302 |
| 2021 | Pete Petree | Tulsa, OK, USA | 545 | 2 | 2 | $76,805 |
| 2022 | Dinh Nguyen | FRA | 545 | 1 | 2 | $66,362 |
| 2023 | Dean Joe | Austin, TX, USA | 544 | 0 | 4 | $45,151 |
| 2024 | Adrien Guyon | FRA | 544 | 1 | 2 | $84,966 |
| 2025 | Kaihan Tajbakhsh | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 544 | 0 | 2 | $65,637 |
| 2026 | Joe Hachem | Melbourne, AUS | 544 | 0 | 2 | $91,264 |
| 2027 | Donovan Dean | Rainsville, AL, USA | 544 | 0 | 3 | $58,289 |
| 2028 | Daniel Vampan | CA, USA | 544 | 0 | 1 | $420,107 |
| 2029 | Michael Addamo | Melbourne, AUS | 544 | 0 | 1 | $796,000 |
| 2030 | Eric Oconnell | Chandler, AZ, USA | 544 | 0 | 2 | $55,015 |
| 2031 | Timothy Miles | Tallahassee, FL, USA | 543 | 0 | 4 | $72,559 |
| 2032 | Ido Aboudi | ISR | 543 | 0 | 2 | $82,577 |
| 2033 | Walker Miskelly | USA | 542 | 0 | 7 | $65,627 |
| 2034 | Van Tran | VNM | 542 | 1 | 4 | $93,697 |
| 2035 | Curtis Terry | Metairie, LA, USA | 542 | 0 | 3 | $50,308 |
| 2036 | ANTHONY POTIS | Scranton, PA, USA | 542 | 0 | 3 | $193,472 |
| 2037 | Yita Choong | AUS | 542 | 0 | 4 | $60,375 |
| 2038 | Arnaldo Gordon | Bowie, MD, USA | 542 | 0 | 4 | $51,091 |
| 2039 | Justin Lapka | USA | 541 | 0 | 5 | $86,326 |
| 2040 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh | Stoneham, MA, USA | 541 | 0 | 1 | $1,080,100 |
| 2041 | John Andress | Doylestown, PA, USA | 541 | 0 | 3 | $133,627 |
| 2042 | Trevor Reardon | Birmingham, GBR | 540 | 1 | 2 | $97,018 |
| 2043 | Fabio Damaso | PRT | 540 | 1 | 2 | $82,626 |
| 2044 | Adil Oubaaous | MAR | 540 | 0 | 2 | $97,478 |
| 2045 | Paul Hoefer | Leipzig, DEU | 540 | 0 | 3 | $43,047 |
| 2046 | Thanh Nguyen | VNM | 540 | 0 | 2 | $54,241 |
| 2047 | Roger Taieb | 540 | 0 | 1 | $105,791 | |
| 2048 | Denzel Spekman | NLD | 540 | 0 | 1 | $200,786 |
| 2049 | Charles He | USA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $138,936 |
| 2050 | Stephane Abehassera | FRA | 540 | 0 | 2 | $100,155 |