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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Jovan Kenjic | 1,085 | 0 | 2 | $321,000 | |
| 451 | Michael Casella | Irvine, CA, USA | 1,085 | 1 | 5 | $159,304 |
| 453 | Alessandro Furneri | ITA | 1,082 | 0 | 3 | $214,665 |
| 454 | Sterling Lopez | Anchorage, AK, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $247,842 |
| 454 | Joseph Couden | Coconut Creek, FL, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $254,470 |
| 454 | Mihai Manole | ROU | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $431,474 |
| 454 | Joshua Duce | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $315,648 | |
| 454 | Spyridon Apartoglou | GRC | 1,080 | 0 | 1 | $267,938 |
| 454 | Elvir Nuhiu | CHE | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $236,755 |
| 454 | Honghao Zhang | Atlanta, GA, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $346,108 |
| 454 | Igor Popyk | UKR | 1,080 | 0 | 1 | $329,660 |
| 454 | John Langevin | Pensacola, FL, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $313,428 |
| 454 | Jorden Helstern | Oak Lawn, IL, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $239,788 |
| 454 | Michael Holtz | Ocean City, MD, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $238,097 |
| 454 | Thomas Brabham | Austin, TX, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $368,545 |
| 454 | Koen De Visscher | DEU | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $257,526 |
| 454 | Danny Ayman Qutami | Redwood City, CA, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $331,622 |
| 454 | Maxwell Guo | Milton, GA, USA | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $386,231 |
| 454 | Kenzo Ishida | JPN | 1,080 | 0 | 1 | $246,800 |
| 454 | Chun Shing Lau | AUS | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | $532,483 |
| 471 | Maxim Panyak | RUS | 1,078 | 0 | 4 | $115,050 |
| 471 | Eric Baldwin | Beaver Dam, WI, USA | 1,078 | 0 | 7 | $173,651 |
| 473 | Edward Leonard | Chads Ford, PA, USA | 1,077 | 1 | 3 | $433,539 |
| 474 | Victor Paredes | Modesto, CA, USA | 1,076 | 0 | 6 | $138,550 |
| 475 | Ryan Leng | USA | 1,075 | 0 | 2 | $175,424 |
| 476 | Antuan Bunkley | West Palm Beach, FL, USA | 1,074 | 0 | 4 | $146,919 |
| 477 | Daniil Kiselev | RUS | 1,071 | 0 | 3 | $706,000 |
| 478 | Yunpeng Bai | CHN | 1,070 | 1 | 3 | $145,782 |
| 478 | Kyle Lin | USA | 1,070 | 0 | 2 | $303,985 |
| 480 | Kent Stephens | USA | 1,068 | 1 | 3 | $207,910 |
| 480 | Ben Fan | CHN | 1,068 | 0 | 2 | $533,741 |
| 482 | Ryan Miller | Langhorne, PA, USA | 1,067 | 0 | 3 | $443,485 |
| 483 | Herve Gouzil | FRA | 1,066 | 1 | 4 | $164,351 |
| 484 | Zdenek Zizka | CZE | 1,064 | 1 | 2 | $362,588 |
| 484 | Gary Fisher | GBR | 1,064 | 0 | 3 | $178,953 |
| 486 | Danny Griffith | Little Rock, AR, USA | 1,060 | 0 | 2 | $130,642 |
| 487 | Andrew Rodgers | Anchorage, AK, USA | 1,058 | 4 | 12 | $118,947 |
| 487 | Alexandre Reard | Beaubourg, FRA | 1,058 | 0 | 6 | $203,450 |
| 489 | Aaron Overton | PA, USA | 1,055 | 2 | 4 | $114,705 |
| 490 | Champie Douglas | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,050 | 0 | 1 | $220,950 |
| 490 | Nikolai Fal | RUS | 1,050 | 0 | 1 | $165,530 |
| 490 | Tornike Tchkonia | GEO | 1,050 | 0 | 1 | $220,800 |
| 490 | Pang Kok Yong | KHM | 1,050 | 0 | 3 | $142,088 |
| 494 | Sho Homma | JPN | 1,046 | 1 | 5 | $133,638 |
| 495 | Walter Chambers | Baton Rouge, LA, USA | 1,042 | 0 | 4 | $305,450 |
| 496 | Borja Jato | 1,040 | 0 | 2 | $211,335 | |
| 496 | Michael Khan | CAN | 1,040 | 0 | 4 | $90,275 |
| 498 | Caio Sobral | FL, USA | 1,038 | 1 | 7 | $152,836 |
| 499 | Paul Carney | MN, USA | 1,036 | 1 | 4 | $137,656 |
| 500 | Mariusz Czech | CYP | 1,032 | 2 | 2 | $250,510 |