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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Mariusz Czech | CYP | 1,032 | 2 | 2 | $250,510 |
| 500 | Uri Netanel | ISR | 1,032 | 0 | 2 | $229,724 |
| 503 | Georgios Vrakas | GRC | 1,030 | 1 | 2 | $209,215 |
| 504 | Per Hildebrand | Stockholm, SWE | 1,028 | 0 | 3 | $159,319 |
| 504 | Mark Gregorich | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,028 | 0 | 5 | $131,120 |
| 504 | Nick Petrangelo | Old Westbury, NY, USA | 1,028 | 0 | 2 | $941,000 |
| 507 | Dylan Kahn | FL, USA | 1,024 | 2 | 4 | $176,195 |
| 507 | Santtu Leinonen | Oulu, FIN | 1,024 | 0 | 2 | $310,174 |
| 507 | Konstantin Shukhman | CAN | 1,024 | 1 | 3 | $190,080 |
| 510 | Blaz Zerjav | SVN | 1,022 | 0 | 3 | $175,128 |
| 511 | Kaifan Wang | Westwood, MA, USA | 1,020 | 1 | 2 | $240,224 |
| 511 | Julius Roque | CAN | 1,020 | 0 | 6 | $88,744 |
| 511 | Christoph Vogelsang | Sassenberg, DEU | 1,020 | 1 | 1 | $1,037,858 |
| 511 | Kristof Segers | BEL | 1,020 | 0 | 4 | $206,420 |
| 511 | Michael Lech | Fayetteville, AR, USA | 1,020 | 0 | 3 | $157,470 |
| 516 | Renji Mao | 1,018 | 1 | 5 | $225,652 | |
| 517 | Maurice Tan | SGP | 1,016 | 0 | 2 | $303,610 |
| 518 | Gruffudd Pugh Jones | GBR | 1,015 | 0 | 2 | $856,341 |
| 519 | Srivinay Irrinki | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,011 | 1 | 3 | $180,355 |
| 520 | David Bach | Athens, GA, USA | 1,010 | 0 | 3 | $149,619 |
| 520 | Sergio Aido | Aviles, ESP | 1,010 | 0 | 3 | $396,900 |
| 522 | Conor O'Driscoll | IRL | 1,008 | 2 | 6 | $162,066 |
| 522 | Thao Tran | Garland, TX, USA | 1,008 | 0 | 5 | $92,991 |
| 522 | Zheming Zhu | AUS | 1,008 | 0 | 2 | $332,342 |
| 522 | Michael Rodrigues | PRT | 1,008 | 0 | 2 | $195,496 |
| 522 | Alexander Kostritsyn | Moscow, RUS | 1,008 | 1 | 1 | $872,052 |
| 527 | Quang Vu | CA, USA | 1,000 | 0 | 3 | $211,732 |
| 527 | Carlton Taylor | Peoria, AZ, USA | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $345,649 |
| 527 | Kyle Grosshanten | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,000 | 0 | 3 | $138,626 |
| 527 | Enzo Nicolas | FRA | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $408,551 |
| 527 | Michael Sklenicka | Slani, CZE | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $333,500 |
| 527 | Antonio Guimaraens | ESP | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $488,750 |
| 527 | Hexor Choi | AUS | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $42,119 |
| 534 | Daniel Lazrus | Long Beach, NY, USA | 996 | 2 | 2 | $150,907 |
| 535 | Maxime Marcouiller | CAN | 992 | 1 | 5 | $57,201 |
| 535 | Dimitar Toshev | BGR | 992 | 1 | 5 | $164,844 |
| 537 | Rex Clinkscales | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 990 | 1 | 6 | $101,846 |
| 537 | Manuel Stojanovic | AUT | 990 | 0 | 3 | $1,501,228 |
| 539 | Zachary Vankeuren | Saratoga Springs, FL, USA | 988 | 1 | 2 | $269,679 |
| 539 | Dicky Tsang | HKG | 988 | 0 | 2 | $84,172 |
| 541 | Philippe Souki | GBR | 984 | 0 | 3 | $166,170 |
| 542 | Michael Tomeny | USA | 982 | 0 | 2 | $136,785 |
| 543 | Randall Cummins | Conroe, TX, USA | 980 | 1 | 2 | $154,611 |
| 543 | Scott Stewart | Lakewood, CA, USA | 980 | 1 | 3 | $180,397 |
| 543 | Yannick Jobin | CHE | 980 | 0 | 2 | $221,002 |
| 543 | Justin Steinbrenner | DEU | 980 | 0 | 1 | $710,000 |
| 543 | Darren Elias | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 980 | 0 | 5 | $421,575 |
| 543 | Jeremy Chan | MYS | 980 | 0 | 2 | $226,843 |
| 549 | Dave Alfa | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 979 | 0 | 7 | $94,980 |
| 549 | Mark Davis | Birmingham, AL, USA | 979 | 1 | 4 | $136,926 |