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2025 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Todd Ivens | Hinsdale, IL, USA | 600 | 1 | 3 | $68,809 |
| 2002 | Arni Gunnarsson | ISL | 600 | 1 | 1 | $146,670 |
| 2003 | Philip Ceppaglia | Wethersfield, CT, USA | 600 | 0 | 2 | $53,681 |
| 2004 | Andrey Marsavin | San Jose, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $116,000 |
| 2005 | Filip Lovric | SWE | 600 | 0 | 4 | $192,989 |
| 2006 | Romans Lihacovs | LVA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $200,000 |
| 2007 | James Wynne | IRL | 600 | 0 | 1 | $68,400 |
| 2008 | Anthony Xu | AUS | 600 | 0 | 3 | $100,646 |
| 2009 | Jason Brown | AUS | 600 | 0 | 2 | $66,100 |
| 2010 | Lee Viloria | Hayward, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $51,500 |
| 2011 | Shinichiro Kano | Minatku-Tokyo, JPN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $163,350 |
| 2012 | Ramaswamy Pyloore | Wayne, NJ, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $361,690 |
| 2013 | Yang Wang | CHN | 600 | 0 | 2 | $846,915 |
| 2014 | Adam Tyburski | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $86,673 |
| 2015 | Jinsui Fan | CHN | 600 | 0 | 9 | $78,000 |
| 2016 | Ryan Brown | Grand Rapids, MI, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $142,248 |
| 2017 | William Jia | AUS | 600 | 0 | 2 | $131,649 |
| 2018 | Christopher DeMaci | Stanton, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $131,841 |
| 2019 | Ludovic Geilich | Glasgow, SCO | 600 | 1 | 1 | $56,380 |
| 2020 | Maurice Tan | SGP | 600 | 0 | 5 | $16,913 |
| 2021 | Tzur Levy | FRA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $70,413 |
| 2022 | Kuanghung Lee | CHN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $58,707 |
| 2023 | David Marhold | AUT | 600 | 1 | 1 | $75,382 |
| 2024 | Aobo Li | San Jose, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 2 | $92,325 |
| 2025 | Mark Zhang | Tampa, FL, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $80,260 |
| 2026 | Abhijeet Shetty | IND | 600 | 0 | 2 | $42,395 |
| 2027 | Jose Fernandes | BRA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $255,645 |
| 2028 | Richard Trigg | England, GBR | 600 | 0 | 2 | $111,634 |
| 2029 | Ruida Hu | CHN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $40,385 |
| 2030 | Jeffrey Tanouye | Torrance, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $409,870 |
| 2031 | Nils Mallon | DEU | 600 | 0 | 1 | $55,883 |
| 2032 | Yuchen Chen | CA, USA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $210,160 |
| 2033 | Jose Gomez Casillas | MEX | 600 | 1 | 1 | $185,270 |
| 2034 | Slaven Popov | Varna, USA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $185,401 |
| 2035 | Liang Lee | TWN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $96,221 |
| 2036 | David Nus | ESP | 600 | 1 | 1 | $120,602 |
| 2037 | Winston Djonli | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $115,682 |
| 2038 | Aaron Sevilla | MEX | 600 | 0 | 1 | $111,700 |
| 2039 | Alan Ferraro | ARG | 600 | 0 | 1 | $140,505 |
| 2040 | Jerome Crantz | FRA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $186,704 |
| 2041 | George Giannulidis | Melbourne, AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $77,935 |
| 2042 | Mariano Balfagon | ESP | 600 | 1 | 1 | $252,386 |
| 2043 | Joon Kim | USA | 597 | 0 | 7 | $77,414 |
| 2044 | Paulo Villena Gini | ESP | 597 | 1 | 2 | $87,535 |
| 2045 | Kitty Kuo | Taipei, TWN | 596 | 0 | 4 | $122,417 |
| 2046 | Stuart Taylor | CAN | 596 | 1 | 3 | $74,277 |
| 2047 | Steinn Karlsson | ISL | 596 | 1 | 2 | $72,543 |
| 2048 | Oliver Bithell | GBR | 596 | 0 | 3 | $51,794 |
| 2049 | Sebastian Kotowicz | POL | 596 | 1 | 2 | $114,221 |
| 2050 | Jared Griener | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | 595 | 0 | 2 | $85,803 |