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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 793 | Dennis Sorensen | DNK | 800 | 0 | 1 | $271,005 |
| 793 | David Sathue | Levittown, NY, USA | 800 | 0 | 4 | $115,345 |
| 793 | Ryan Henry | Hamilton, NZL | 800 | 0 | 1 | $148,641 |
| 793 | Lin Meng-Ling | TWN | 800 | 0 | 1 | $280,000 |
| 793 | Huy Dinh | Sterling Heights, MI, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $172,920 |
| 793 | Alex Kim | Long Island, NY, USA | 800 | 0 | 3 | $342,000 |
| 793 | Hengtao Zhu | Espoo, CA, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $368,000 |
| 793 | Nicolas Wolters | NLD | 800 | 0 | 1 | $160,943 |
| 793 | Joshua Figuerres | PHL | 800 | 0 | 1 | $103,000 |
| 793 | Adam Kurnitz | NY, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $178,255 |
| 793 | Louis George | Suwanee, GA, USA | 800 | 0 | 1 | $221,559 |
| 793 | Tal Barasofsky | ISR | 800 | 0 | 1 | $134,168 |
| 793 | Kai Yang | TWN | 800 | 0 | 1 | $371,000 |
| 793 | Rahul Mayadunne | AUS | 800 | 0 | 1 | $27,573 |
| 815 | Jeremy Trojand | DEU | 798 | 0 | 3 | $402,307 |
| 815 | Abraham Ceesvin | SGP | 798 | 0 | 2 | $368,000 |
| 815 | Jeffrey Gibson | Drexel Hill, PA, USA | 798 | 2 | 4 | $105,248 |
| 818 | Philip Chun | CA, USA | 796 | 1 | 2 | $406,407 |
| 819 | Yuval Bronshtein | Atlanta, GA, USA | 795 | 3 | 8 | $122,974 |
| 820 | Daniel Chalifour | Swanzey, NH, USA | 792 | 0 | 2 | $357,885 |
| 820 | Wanda Hallman | USA | 792 | 0 | 1 | $279,874 |
| 820 | Calvin Lee | Mercer Island, WA, USA | 792 | 0 | 3 | $348,300 |
| 823 | Spencer Wright | Jeddo, MI, USA | 791 | 0 | 3 | $126,884 |
| 824 | Jakob Miegel | DEU | 790 | 0 | 2 | $168,128 |
| 824 | Colin McHugh | CAN | 790 | 0 | 2 | $115,413 |
| 824 | Wai Leong Chan | MYS | 790 | 1 | 3 | $954,000 |
| 827 | Xu Yang | CA, USA | 788 | 0 | 3 | $721,030 |
| 828 | James Sedlacek | USA | 787 | 0 | 3 | $162,770 |
| 828 | Emad Zarghami | AUS | 787 | 1 | 5 | $136,433 |
| 830 | John Holley III | Destin, FL, USA | 785 | 1 | 10 | $107,608 |
| 831 | Sil Damstra | NLD | 784 | 0 | 2 | $97,928 |
| 831 | Higor Seibel | AUS | 784 | 0 | 2 | $114,468 |
| 831 | Casey Hatmaker | Chambersburg, PA, USA | 784 | 1 | 3 | $121,625 |
| 834 | Cameron Tahmasebi | Bethseda, MD, USA | 782 | 0 | 2 | $85,202 |
| 834 | Casey Sandretto | Sacramento, CA, USA | 782 | 0 | 2 | $130,320 |
| 834 | Mauro Palmieri | Stouffville, CAN | 782 | 0 | 1 | $57,119 |
| 837 | Theodore Lee | Des Moines, IA, USA | 780 | 0 | 2 | $135,605 |
| 837 | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 780 | 0 | 2 | $1,133,968 |
| 837 | Bryce Yockey | Torrance, CA, USA | 780 | 1 | 1 | $371,664 |
| 837 | Tom Koral | Skokie, IL, USA | 780 | 0 | 2 | $129,691 |
| 841 | Eric Siegel | Melville, NY, USA | 778 | 1 | 2 | $125,209 |
| 841 | Onni Huttunen | FIN | 778 | 0 | 3 | $96,239 |
| 843 | Francisco Moreno | ESP | 776 | 1 | 2 | $61,278 |
| 844 | Martin Dam | 773 | 0 | 2 | $1,281,000 | |
| 845 | Soheb Porbandarwala | Stamford, CT, USA | 772 | 1 | 4 | $99,375 |
| 845 | Jarred Graham | Southbank, AUS | 772 | 0 | 3 | $131,378 |
| 845 | Brent Gregory | Adrian, MO, USA | 772 | 1 | 4 | $214,430 |
| 845 | Sami Bechahed | Costa Mesa, CA, USA | 772 | 0 | 4 | $221,308 |
| 849 | Tomasz Brzezinski | POL | 771 | 1 | 4 | $101,349 |
| 850 | Richard Harris | GBR | 770 | 0 | 4 | $299,012 |
