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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 551 | Guang Zhou | CHN | 977 | 1 | 4 | $217,056 |
| 552 | Kahle Burns | Geelong, AUS | 976 | 0 | 2 | $136,802 |
| 552 | Yi Ye | CHN | 976 | 0 | 3 | $347,754 |
| 554 | Fausto Tantillo | ITA | 970 | 1 | 5 | $85,159 |
| 555 | Michael Estes | Lacon, IL, USA | 969 | 1 | 3 | $159,260 |
| 556 | Jean Laurent | Naples, FL, USA | 968 | 2 | 5 | $158,977 |
| 556 | Felipe Boianovsky | BRA | 968 | 1 | 2 | $836,000 |
| 558 | John Costiniano | PHL | 966 | 1 | 3 | $270,314 |
| 559 | Zachary Gruneberg | Boalsburg, PA, USA | 960 | 1 | 1 | $271,552 |
| 559 | Erdem Akmert | TUR | 960 | 0 | 1 | $200,000 |
| 559 | John Ripnick | FL, USA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $700,000 |
| 559 | Artur Vyborov | RUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $450,000 |
| 559 | Bradley Gafford | San Diego, CA, USA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $750,000 |
| 559 | Jeffrey Evans | Peebles, OH, USA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $475,000 |
| 559 | Takashi Kawauchi | JPN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $237,000 |
| 559 | Leo Lombardozzi | FRA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $490,000 |
| 559 | Arthur Peacock | Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA | 960 | 0 | 3 | $243,794 |
| 559 | Manoj Pentakota | IND | 960 | 1 | 1 | $234,259 |
| 559 | Sylvain Siebert | CAN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $119,478 |
| 559 | Najeem Ajez | AUS | 960 | 0 | 1 | $202,835 |
| 559 | Micheal O'Neill | IRL | 960 | 0 | 1 | $271,174 |
| 559 | Robert Shaw | USA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $155,327 |
| 559 | Christos Argyriadis | GRC | 960 | 0 | 1 | $256,761 |
| 559 | Gautam Dhingra | Melbourne, AUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $244,556 |
| 559 | Michael Amato | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 960 | 0 | 1 | $320,000 |
| 559 | Tudor Bartha | ROU | 960 | 1 | 1 | $127,305 |
| 559 | Andrey Kalgin | RUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $164,570 |
| 559 | Kasperi Ilkka | FIN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $250,679 |
| 559 | Daniele Degennaro | ITA | 960 | 1 | 1 | $80,320 |
| 559 | Veli-Pekka Penttinen | FIN | 960 | 1 | 1 | $178,187 |
| 559 | Casimir Seire | FIN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $465,097 |
| 559 | Liu Xiaohu | CHN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $475,000 |
| 583 | Cody Brinn | Algonquin, IL, USA | 958 | 0 | 4 | $158,283 |
| 583 | Nguyen Le | Cambridge, MA, USA | 958 | 0 | 3 | $581,952 |
| 585 | Erick Mossinger | BRA | 952 | 1 | 2 | $159,167 |
| 586 | Ricky Vikas | AUS | 950 | 0 | 1 | $249,480 |
| 586 | Ian Matakis | MN, USA | 950 | 0 | 1 | $320,763 |
| 586 | Toby Boas | Gainesville, FL, USA | 950 | 0 | 3 | $163,873 |
| 589 | Bryan Taylor | SCO | 949 | 1 | 9 | $161,386 |
| 590 | Michael Malm | Coquilam, CAN | 948 | 1 | 11 | $72,462 |
| 590 | Nathanial Hutton | NZL | 948 | 1 | 2 | $116,173 |
| 590 | Sam Laskowitz | USA | 948 | 0 | 5 | $216,825 |
| 593 | Kenneth Baime | IL, USA | 947 | 1 | 5 | $200,321 |
| 594 | James Mitchell | GBR | 946 | 1 | 3 | $177,382 |
| 595 | Jonas Kronwitter | DEU | 944 | 1 | 3 | $348,931 |
| 596 | Sacha Cohen | FRA | 943 | 1 | 3 | $227,490 |
| 597 | Chad Wassmuth | Lewiston, ID, USA | 942 | 0 | 3 | $101,914 |
| 598 | Bjorn Verbakel | NLD | 940 | 1 | 2 | $152,629 |
| 598 | Gene Boyer | MN, USA | 940 | 0 | 2 | $122,461 |
| 598 | Yunchao Yu | CHN | 940 | 0 | 2 | $173,343 |