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2025 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | Yang Yang | CHN | 1,155 | 0 | 4 | $198,711 |
| 852 | Caleb Powell | FL, USA | 1,153 | 0 | 3 | $171,291 |
| 853 | Kelvin Kerber | BRA | 1,153 | 1 | 4 | $505,185 |
| 854 | Wladimir Stepanian | ARM | 1,152 | 1 | 4 | $182,871 |
| 855 | Mehmet Siginc | CAN | 1,152 | 2 | 3 | $69,386 |
| 856 | Joel Trevino | Mexico City, MEX | 1,152 | 2 | 2 | $195,900 |
| 857 | Tingjia Cao | CHN | 1,152 | 3 | 7 | $189,623 |
| 858 | Brian Altman | Longmeadow, MA, USA | 1,149 | 1 | 6 | $273,463 |
| 859 | Somashekar Mahadeva | IND | 1,148 | 1 | 5 | $219,249 |
| 860 | Maxime Ryvol | FRA | 1,148 | 1 | 5 | $127,844 |
| 861 | Demarco Howard | Fairfield, OH, USA | 1,146 | 0 | 2 | $174,640 |
| 862 | Michael Kanaan | AUS | 1,146 | 2 | 6 | $89,447 |
| 863 | Evgenii Kim | RUS | 1,145 | 2 | 3 | $130,784 |
| 864 | James Lauer | NJ, USA | 1,143 | 3 | 5 | $217,375 |
| 865 | William Oertling | LA, USA | 1,140 | 1 | 2 | $228,898 |
| 866 | Ronald Haverkamp | NLD | 1,140 | 0 | 1 | $255,000 |
| 867 | Christopher Caruso | Lothian, MD, USA | 1,140 | 1 | 2 | $155,271 |
| 868 | John Juanda | Marina Del Rey, CA, USA | 1,140 | 2 | 4 | $431,816 |
| 869 | Toan Chan Truong | VNM | 1,140 | 1 | 2 | $159,833 |
| 870 | Benjamin Felson | Newark, NJ, USA | 1,140 | 0 | 1 | $171,478 |
| 871 | Antonio Ortega | ESP | 1,140 | 0 | 2 | $410,952 |
| 872 | Ryan Hunsinger | Boulder City, NV, USA | 1,140 | 0 | 3 | $282,955 |
| 873 | Lyudmil Ivanov | BGR | 1,138 | 1 | 3 | $209,585 |
| 874 | Thomas Clack | GBR | 1,138 | 2 | 9 | $213,289 |
| 875 | Jeffrey Chen | Henderson, NV, USA | 1,138 | 1 | 4 | $281,381 |
| 876 | Uri Reichenstein | Tel Aviv, ISR | 1,136 | 0 | 4 | $153,165 |
| 877 | Michael Aman | Saratoga, NY, USA | 1,136 | 1 | 2 | $222,732 |
| 878 | Christopher Hunichen | Clayton, NC, USA | 1,136 | 1 | 7 | $406,584 |
| 879 | Francky Magliocco | FRA | 1,136 | 0 | 5 | $158,421 |
| 880 | Nikolay Ponomarev | 1,135 | 0 | 11 | $157,788 | |
| 881 | Archibald Seaton | GBR | 1,134 | 1 | 3 | $257,257 |
| 882 | Bouwe Claushuis | 1,134 | 1 | 9 | $124,715 | |
| 883 | Jack Duong | S. Plainfield, NJ, USA | 1,134 | 0 | 1 | $363,505 |
| 884 | Endrit Geci | GBR | 1,132 | 2 | 4 | $224,233 |
| 885 | Florian Duta | ROU | 1,132 | 1 | 5 | $348,076 |
| 886 | Chang Sun | CHN | 1,132 | 1 | 3 | $121,179 |
| 887 | Marvin Donaldson | Kansas City, MO, USA | 1,130 | 0 | 6 | $108,235 |
| 888 | Eduardo Acosta | ARG | 1,130 | 0 | 4 | $174,704 |
| 889 | Cristian Gutierrez | Norwalk, CT, USA | 1,129 | 1 | 4 | $277,809 |
| 890 | Bobby Zhang | AUS | 1,126 | 1 | 3 | $79,797 |
| 891 | Hao Chuang | TWN | 1,125 | 0 | 2 | $251,312 |
| 892 | Jackson Spencer | Yakima, WA, USA | 1,123 | 1 | 10 | $130,690 |
| 893 | Yu Zhang | CHN | 1,122 | 0 | 4 | $1,708,320 |
| 894 | David Berger | CO, USA | 1,120 | 2 | 5 | $121,312 |
| 895 | Baurzhan Akimov | KAZ | 1,120 | 1 | 3 | $150,603 |
| 896 | Mike Gorodinsky | St. Louis, MO, USA | 1,120 | 1 | 2 | $516,921 |
| 897 | Giuseppe Lomuscio | Hackensack, NJ, USA | 1,120 | 2 | 4 | $160,033 |
| 898 | Andrew Dykeman | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 1,118 | 0 | 5 | $147,226 |
| 899 | James Pillon | CAN | 1,118 | 0 | 4 | $149,706 |
| 900 | Andrija Robovic | SER | 1,116 | 1 | 4 | $436,485 |