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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 | Robert Shuptrine | Bentonville, AR, USA | 744 | 1 | 2 | $144,071 |
| 900 | Naohiro Matsuda | JPN | 744 | 0 | 4 | $101,535 |
| 903 | Ricardo Cermeno-Sandoval | Montreal, QC, CAN | 742 | 1 | 7 | $79,050 |
| 903 | Maxwell Young | Seaside, OR, USA | 742 | 0 | 3 | $261,103 |
| 905 | Xixiang Luo | CHN | 741 | 1 | 3 | $228,284 |
| 906 | Daniele Primerano | ITA | 740 | 1 | 2 | $160,666 |
| 906 | Shahab Sahranavard | IRN | 740 | 0 | 3 | $93,890 |
| 906 | Thomas Taylor | Ontario, CAN | 740 | 0 | 3 | $83,648 |
| 906 | Joshua Mischel | Baltimore, MD, USA | 740 | 4 | 7 | $71,127 |
| 910 | Horace Ingram | USA | 738 | 0 | 2 | $68,773 |
| 911 | Francis Pena Cruz | DOM | 737 | 0 | 2 | $220,530 |
| 911 | Michael Bohmerwald | Stamford, CT, USA | 737 | 0 | 2 | $73,826 |
| 913 | Yan Jiang | Tampa, FL, USA | 735 | 1 | 1 | $145,930 |
| 914 | Angelos Michael | CYP | 734 | 1 | 3 | $65,879 |
| 915 | Amin Riyazati | AUS | 733 | 1 | 4 | $129,934 |
| 916 | David Yount | O'Fallon, MO, USA | 730 | 1 | 2 | $133,634 |
| 916 | Xiaotong Yu | CHN | 730 | 0 | 4 | $92,827 |
| 918 | Thai Van Dinh | Duluth, MN, USA | 728 | 0 | 4 | $140,722 |
| 918 | Raminder Singh | Delray Beach, FL, USA | 728 | 2 | 4 | $59,087 |
| 918 | Fu Wong | Chandler, AZ, USA | 728 | 0 | 2 | $98,555 |
| 918 | Anthony Serino | Hyde Park, NY, USA | 728 | 1 | 3 | $73,106 |
| 922 | Yuzhu Wang | CHN | 724 | 0 | 3 | $128,992 |
| 922 | Justin Datloff | FL, USA | 724 | 1 | 2 | $282,453 |
| 924 | Z Stein | Washington, DC, USA | 723 | 1 | 6 | $57,756 |
| 924 | Antonio Ndoja | Battle Creek, MI, USA | 723 | 0 | 2 | $89,375 |
| 926 | James Farrelly | Binghamton, NY, USA | 722 | 1 | 3 | $65,691 |
| 927 | Walker Miskelly | USA | 721 | 1 | 4 | $79,636 |
| 928 | Halford Fairchild | USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $530,000 |
| 928 | Amin Mostafavi | CA, USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $360,000 |
| 928 | Chuang Zheng | CHN | 720 | 0 | 1 | $176,000 |
| 928 | Emmanouil Livanos | GBR | 720 | 1 | 1 | $70,995 |
| 928 | Julien Bolimowski | FRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $189,961 |
| 928 | Lily Kiletto | FL, USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $151,000 |
| 928 | Itsuki Aburatani | AUS | 720 | 0 | 1 | $158,616 |
| 928 | Matthew Bonham | GBR | 720 | 1 | 1 | $118,321 |
| 928 | Matthew Miller | Napierville, IL, USA | 720 | 0 | 2 | $412,651 |
| 928 | Christian Stantchev | FRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $177,748 |
| 928 | David Rees | Youngstown, OH, USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $163,172 |
| 928 | Qi Hu | CAN | 720 | 0 | 1 | $83,475 |
| 928 | Jean Gaspard | Evanston, IL, USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $131,083 |
| 928 | Clement Guilleminot | FRA | 720 | 1 | 1 | $100,017 |
| 928 | Fabrice Bigot | FRA | 720 | 0 | 2 | $77,845 |
| 928 | Justin Smith | Yakima, WA, USA | 720 | 1 | 1 | $550,000 |
| 928 | James Lahey | Fort McMurray, AB, CAN | 720 | 1 | 1 | $57,020 |
| 928 | Joseph Querleux | FRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $115,154 |
| 928 | Anthony Lasala | West Hartford, CT, USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $105,650 |
| 928 | Alexis Cruz | USA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $175,170 |
| 928 | Michiel Brummelhuis | Amsterdam, NLD | 720 | 1 | 1 | $112,308 |
| 928 | Nicholas Beetel | Jackson, NJ, USA | 720 | 1 | 1 | $120,753 |
| 928 | Amin Mirshahi | Aurora, ON, CAN | 720 | 0 | 1 | $61,096 |