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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | Preston McEwen | Memphis, TN, USA | 768 | 2 | 2 | $134,244 |
| 851 | Connor Steinbrook | Plano, TX, USA | 768 | 1 | 7 | $61,938 |
| 851 | Guillaume Nolet | Montreal, CAN | 768 | 1 | 1 | $174,244 |
| 851 | Fraser Mackenzie | GBR | 768 | 1 | 2 | $123,236 |
| 851 | Christopher Weber | Chicago, IL, USA | 768 | 0 | 2 | $112,170 |
| 856 | Song Wang | CHN | 766 | 0 | 3 | $125,000 |
| 857 | Andres Vasquez | AUS | 765 | 0 | 5 | $71,001 |
| 857 | Johan Guilbert | Sarreguemines, FRA | 765 | 0 | 1 | $870,000 |
| 859 | Frank Bonacci | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 764 | 1 | 2 | $203,943 |
| 860 | Diego Ponce | USA | 763 | 1 | 2 | $129,478 |
| 861 | Michael Klein | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $80,705 |
| 861 | Patrick Barba | Maribyrnang, AUT | 760 | 0 | 1 | $194,040 |
| 861 | Matthew Barnett | OK, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $155,010 |
| 861 | Steven Perkins | AZ, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $43,379 |
| 861 | Lorenz Freitag | DEU | 760 | 0 | 1 | $151,642 |
| 861 | Neculai Macovei | ROU | 760 | 0 | 1 | $155,399 |
| 861 | Jinho Hong | KOR | 760 | 0 | 1 | $169,556 |
| 861 | Michel Leibgorin | Paris, FRA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $126,260 |
| 861 | Tyrell Schoolfield | NV, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $107,416 |
| 861 | Saif Keshwani | FL, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $103,325 |
| 861 | Chester Swords | AUS | 760 | 0 | 1 | $75,583 |
| 861 | Xianglai Li | CHN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $113,323 |
| 861 | Dan Scott | Kichner, ONT, CAN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $73,653 |
| 861 | Scott Seiver | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 760 | 0 | 2 | $121,720 |
| 861 | Farhad Jamasi | Ocoee, FL, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $130,904 |
| 861 | Andrew White | AUS | 760 | 0 | 1 | $97,198 |
| 861 | Nicholas Blumenthal | Fitchburg, WI, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $155,559 |
| 861 | Yigal Yifrah | NLD | 760 | 0 | 1 | $149,370 |
| 861 | Timothy Barchie | Roswell, GA, USA | 760 | 0 | 1 | $122,293 |
| 861 | Bahram Chobineh | IRN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $108,560 |
| 881 | Dan Heimiller | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 759 | 2 | 4 | $77,132 |
| 882 | Lun Loon | MYS | 758 | 0 | 2 | $622,000 |
| 882 | Ciaran Mccullagh | GBR | 758 | 0 | 2 | $12,208 |
| 884 | Maher Nouira | 756 | 0 | 2 | $552,000 | |
| 884 | Hun Wei Lee | AUS | 756 | 1 | 1 | $469,922 |
| 884 | Oscar Fabeiro | ESP | 756 | 1 | 2 | $82,839 |
| 884 | Ivan Karatayeu | BLR | 756 | 0 | 2 | $120,629 |
| 888 | John Ciccarelli | Chandler, AZ, USA | 752 | 0 | 2 | $153,556 |
| 888 | Darin Utley | Cedar Rapids, IA, USA | 752 | 2 | 4 | $84,043 |
| 888 | Harry Halim | 752 | 1 | 6 | $215,299 | |
| 888 | Van Marcus | Melbourne, AUS | 752 | 0 | 2 | $60,131 |
| 892 | Damir Gabdullin | RUS | 750 | 0 | 1 | $315,850 |
| 892 | Blair Hinkle | Kansas City, MO, USA | 750 | 2 | 4 | $104,931 |
| 892 | Haidang Nguyen | Santa Clara, CA, USA | 750 | 0 | 1 | $164,550 |
| 892 | Arie Kliper | ISR | 750 | 1 | 3 | $89,706 |
| 892 | Hong Li | CHN | 750 | 0 | 1 | $89,725 |
| 897 | Radoslav Stoyanov | BGR | 749 | 0 | 2 | $120,682 |
| 898 | Joseph Serock | Albuquerque, NM, USA | 748 | 0 | 2 | $119,157 |
| 899 | Nathan Carrillo | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 745 | 0 | 3 | $76,484 |
| 900 | Naohiro Matsuda | JPN | 744 | 0 | 4 | $101,535 |
