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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Dean Joe | Austin, TX, USA | 937 | 0 | 5 | $134,533 |
| 602 | Jakub Sterba | CZE | 933 | 0 | 3 | $230,436 |
| 602 | Kenta Ito | AUS | 933 | 1 | 4 | $72,207 |
| 604 | Yohwan Lim | KOR | 932 | 1 | 2 | $163,187 |
| 605 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Dnipropetrovsk, UKR | 930 | 0 | 5 | $885,803 |
| 606 | Minh Thang Tran | VNM | 928 | 1 | 5 | $306,926 |
| 607 | Dominic Brazier | Grand Rapids, MI, USA | 926 | 0 | 3 | $97,176 |
| 607 | Kevin Kent | Chandler, AZ, USA | 926 | 2 | 6 | $115,245 |
| 609 | Lucas Cortijo | ARG | 925 | 1 | 3 | $128,210 |
| 610 | Yiannis Liperis | GBR | 924 | 0 | 4 | $80,671 |
| 610 | Jessica Vierling | Las Vegas, USA | 924 | 0 | 7 | $141,506 |
| 612 | Brad Sailor | Lombard, IL, USA | 923 | 0 | 5 | $96,542 |
| 613 | Xiang Zou | USA | 920 | 1 | 6 | $108,840 |
| 613 | Erick Ordonez | CA, USA | 920 | 0 | 2 | $202,360 |
| 613 | Kevin Gomez | Southwest Ranches, FL, USA | 920 | 1 | 2 | $108,750 |
| 613 | Alejandro Quattrini | ARG | 920 | 1 | 2 | $88,956 |
| 617 | Thai Cao | Houma, LA, USA | 919 | 2 | 4 | $165,289 |
| 618 | Niklas Astedt | Goteborg, SWE | 918 | 1 | 2 | $1,019,958 |
| 618 | Ryan Plant | GBR | 918 | 0 | 4 | $208,421 |
| 620 | Jon Turner | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 917 | 1 | 8 | $84,019 |
| 621 | Noel Eicher | San Diego, CA, USA | 916 | 0 | 2 | $208,082 |
| 622 | Kayla Clackum | Clarksville, GA, USA | 913 | 0 | 5 | $137,833 |
| 623 | Wayne Harmon | USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $204,145 |
| 623 | Michael Linster | Levittown, NY, USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $126,705 |
| 623 | Justin Scott | Redford Township, MI, USA | 912 | 0 | 1 | $197,139 |
| 623 | Ricardo Bono | AUS | 912 | 2 | 2 | $199,254 |
| 623 | Braxton Dunaway | USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $288,064 |
| 623 | Matthieu Cartillier | FRA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $177,000 |
| 623 | Daniel Fuhs | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $133,510 |
| 623 | Brian Gates | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $148,902 |
| 623 | Ronald Sewell | Shelby, NC, USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $151,799 |
| 623 | Viet Nguyen | San Diego, CA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $130,425 |
| 623 | Jason Law | Edmonton, AB, CAN | 912 | 1 | 1 | $87,217 |
| 623 | Sergio Benso | ITA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $196,431 |
| 623 | Luciano Macchiarelli | ARG | 912 | 1 | 1 | $180,715 |
| 623 | Umut Ozturk | USA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $89,638 |
| 637 | Lee Hwan | PRK | 910 | 0 | 1 | $771,000 |
| 637 | Marius Gierse | DEU | 910 | 0 | 2 | $439,892 |
| 639 | Seth Jordan | Belgrade, MT, USA | 904 | 1 | 2 | $125,554 |
| 639 | David Erquiaga | PHL | 904 | 1 | 2 | $103,118 |
| 641 | Yucel Eminoglu | TUR | 902 | 2 | 5 | $160,559 |
| 642 | Chunnuan Xu | CHN | 901 | 1 | 3 | $179,748 |
| 643 | Jeremy Guest | Norman, OK, USA | 900 | 0 | 2 | $167,640 |
| 643 | Ardit Kurshumi | Revere, MA, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $258,335 |
| 643 | Eng Chhor | AUS | 900 | 0 | 1 | $222,840 |
| 643 | Vincenzo Petruzziello | USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $197,692 |
| 643 | Shawn Savage | San Jose, CA, USA | 900 | 1 | 1 | $234,970 |
| 643 | Abdul Amer | Westerville, OH, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $214,946 |
| 643 | Lucas Carrasco | PA, USA | 900 | 1 | 2 | $174,045 |
| 643 | Joshua Remitio | AZ, USA | 900 | 0 | 1 | $136,912 |