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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall

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Rank Player Location POY Points Titles Final Tables POY Winnings
1 Brandon Wilson Chicago, IL, USA 7,127 3 20 $6,378,046
2 Alex Foxen Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA 7,109 5 12 $4,229,256
3 Punnat Punsri Bangkok, THA 7,036 4 23 $6,229,867
4 Jesse Lonis Little Falls, NY, USA 6,637 1 15 $4,743,887
5 Eelis Parssinen FIN 6,459 3 11 $6,127,084
6 Daniel Rezaei Leibnitz, AUT 6,412 1 10 $5,494,432
7 Danny Tang HKG 5,871 1 12 $6,936,662
8 Klemens Roiter AUT 5,595 2 12 $5,838,803
9 Joshua Reichard Beloit, WI, USA 5,566 3 9 $1,389,017
10 Ren Lin Augusta, GA, USA 5,404 4 13 $2,938,692
11 Nick Schulman Manhattan, NY, USA 5,281 2 11 $1,580,847
12 Bryn Kenney Long Beach, NY, USA 5,225 1 8 $10,921,695
13 Kristen Foxen St. Catherines, CAN 5,017 2 8 $5,206,733
14 Justin Liberto Fallston, MD, USA 4,959 2 8 $1,456,874
15 Aleksejs Ponakovs Riga, LVA 4,928 3 10 $7,350,676
16 Quan Zhou Harbin, CHN 4,687 1 10 $3,006,718
17 Fahredin Mustafov BGR 4,639 2 7 $1,775,773
18 Daniel Dvoress Mississauga, ON, CAN 4,551 6 10 $6,313,714
19 Maurice Hawkins Plantation, FL, USA 4,512 5 15 $936,592
20 Biao Ding CHN 4,477 1 13 $2,963,949
21 Artur Martirosian Voronezh, RUS 4,475 3 11 $5,642,870
22 Jon Ander Vallinas ESP 4,264 0 5 $2,563,392
23 Mehdi Chaoui MAR 3,967 1 13 $2,236,050
24 Matthias Eibinger Graz, AUT 3,928 3 10 $6,527,111
25 Shaun Deeb Troy, NY, USA 3,910 2 10 $1,230,312
26 Chino Rheem Los Angeles, CA, USA 3,907 1 9 $1,037,020
27 Giorgiy Skhulukhiya GEO 3,890 0 6 $1,719,786
28 Christopher Nguyen AUT 3,886 2 5 $5,442,886
29 Sean Winter Jacksonville, FL, USA 3,883 1 9 $4,139,483
30 David Coleman Livingston, NJ, USA 3,794 2 11 $1,841,580
31 Martin Zamani Boca Raton, FL, USA 3,758 2 6 $1,006,130
32 Adrian Mateos Madrid, ESP 3,749 4 14 $6,321,627
33 Myles Mullaly USA 3,745 1 6 $1,012,373
34 Brock Wilson Ardsley, NY, USA 3,623 5 10 $1,948,135
35 Julien Sitbon FRA 3,518 1 7 $1,014,378
36 Ryuta Nakai JPN 3,496 1 9 $1,174,951
37 Alex Anton FL, USA 3,366 2 5 $1,259,864
38 Isaac Haxton Syracuse, NY, USA 3,346 0 8 $2,682,893
39 Lucas Jumalon Spokane, WA, USA 3,336 1 2 $10,002,859
40 Calvin Anderson Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 3,320 2 4 $1,296,724
41 Khoa Anh Ngo VNM 3,304 2 8 $1,319,569
42 Jamie Dwan GBR 3,297 3 10 $3,261,184
43 Alex Kulev Dublin, IRL 3,290 2 7 $6,175,981
44 Fabiano Kovalski BRA 3,240 2 2 $1,290,744
45 Kiat Lee MYS 3,233 1 10 $4,905,179
46 Naoya Kihara Tokyo, JPN 3,222 2 6 $1,441,431
47 Michael Watson Toronto, CAN 3,214 2 11 $3,456,884
48 Sebastian Crema CAN 3,186 3 9 $529,991
49 Darren Rabinowitz Las Vegas, NV, USA 3,156 2 5 $971,687
50 Weiran Pu CHN 3,150 1 4 $428,227
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