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2025 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | William Kopp | Brecksville, OH, USA | 633 | 1 | 2 | $77,003 |
| 1902 | Alexander Zubov | 633 | 0 | 3 | $352,482 | |
| 1903 | Jesse Jones | Springfield, MO, USA | 633 | 1 | 2 | $79,006 |
| 1904 | Manuel Fischer | DEU | 632 | 0 | 4 | $89,371 |
| 1905 | Ruiyang Wang | AUS | 632 | 1 | 3 | $45,601 |
| 1906 | Alexander Tafesh | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 631 | 1 | 10 | $56,789 |
| 1907 | Milad Langar | NLD | 630 | 0 | 2 | $137,500 |
| 1908 | Javier Tazon | ESP | 630 | 0 | 2 | $116,659 |
| 1909 | Jun Weng | CHN | 630 | 0 | 3 | $65,041 |
| 1910 | Kazuyuki Tanemura | JPN | 630 | 1 | 3 | $131,610 |
| 1911 | Tobias Hausen | DEU | 630 | 0 | 1 | $78,825 |
| 1912 | Leo Taffe | Ann Arbor, MI, USA | 630 | 0 | 3 | $105,716 |
| 1913 | Jose Fibla | ESP | 630 | 1 | 3 | $74,621 |
| 1914 | Jason Clarke | Brampton, ON, CAN | 628 | 0 | 5 | $38,985 |
| 1915 | Curtis Freeze | Honolulu, HI, USA | 628 | 0 | 3 | $74,606 |
| 1916 | Sami Dighlawi | Lake Elsinore, CA, USA | 628 | 1 | 6 | $55,082 |
| 1917 | Robinel Eugene | Boynton Beach, FL, USA | 628 | 0 | 2 | $76,977 |
| 1918 | Chunhao Zhang | CHN | 628 | 0 | 4 | $92,189 |
| 1919 | Louis Collette | CAN | 627 | 1 | 3 | $112,000 |
| 1920 | Nikolay Protasov | 626 | 0 | 3 | $75,091 | |
| 1921 | Mori Eskandani | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 625 | 0 | 2 | $206,587 |
| 1922 | Ky Nguyen | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 624 | 1 | 1 | $180,400 |
| 1923 | Shiina Okamoto | JPN | 624 | 0 | 4 | $54,705 |
| 1924 | Corey Brass | CA, USA | 624 | 1 | 2 | $98,115 |
| 1925 | Matthias Lipp | Gres, AUT | 624 | 0 | 1 | $254,151 |
| 1926 | Andrew Cha | Encino, CA, USA | 624 | 1 | 3 | $49,694 |
| 1927 | Evan Muschetto | CA, USA | 624 | 0 | 2 | $93,425 |
| 1928 | Semen Komlev | RUS | 624 | 1 | 3 | $105,405 |
| 1929 | Hao Zhang | CHN | 624 | 0 | 2 | $138,715 |
| 1930 | Ryan Hughes | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 623 | 0 | 5 | $64,937 |
| 1931 | Milan Patel | Schaumburg, IL, USA | 622 | 0 | 5 | $60,385 |
| 1932 | Alex Lynskey | Brisbane, AUS | 622 | 0 | 2 | $225,779 |
| 1933 | Daniel Chio | Elk Grove, CA, USA | 621 | 1 | 3 | $54,811 |
| 1934 | Hamid Sahraoui | FRA | 620 | 1 | 2 | $61,009 |
| 1935 | Chang Liu | CHN | 620 | 0 | 4 | $76,612 |
| 1936 | Baofeng Zhang | CHN | 620 | 0 | 2 | $84,129 |
| 1937 | Louise Francoeur | Palm Beach, FL, USA | 618 | 0 | 7 | $62,798 |
| 1938 | Brandon Zuidema | CA, USA | 618 | 0 | 5 | $140,595 |
| 1939 | Kai Hu | TWN | 618 | 0 | 5 | $74,103 |
| 1940 | Mario Navarro | ESP | 618 | 0 | 3 | $349,164 |
| 1941 | Chang Hwan Lee | KOR | 618 | 1 | 2 | $144,413 |
| 1942 | Matthew Gray | GBR | 616 | 1 | 8 | $57,668 |
| 1943 | Noel Jaber | AUS | 616 | 1 | 2 | $126,367 |
| 1944 | Andrew Han | AUS | 616 | 1 | 4 | $73,992 |
| 1945 | Peter Clive | USA | 616 | 0 | 2 | $112,757 |
| 1946 | Russell Boyette | USA | 615 | 0 | 8 | $80,672 |
| 1947 | Shunjiro Kita | Tokyo, JPN | 615 | 0 | 2 | $328,640 |
| 1948 | William Benson | Mobile, AL, USA | 615 | 0 | 2 | $81,126 |
| 1949 | Gabriel Tavares | BRA | 615 | 0 | 4 | $444,059 |
| 1950 | Osvaldo Islas | MEX | 614 | 1 | 3 | $48,497 |