World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Thomas Eychenne | FRA | 3,147 | 1 | 6 | $1,615,573 |
| 52 | Jason Koon | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 3,126 | 0 | 11 | $4,635,875 |
| 53 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Curitiba, BRA | 3,100 | 3 | 6 | $5,131,292 |
| 54 | Mikita Badziakouski | BLR | 3,080 | 0 | 6 | $2,279,397 |
| 55 | Aren Bezhanyan | ARM | 3,079 | 1 | 4 | $1,893,686 |
| 56 | Philip Sternheimer | London, GBR | 3,075 | 0 | 7 | $4,038,233 |
| 57 | Nicholas Seward | Washington, D.C., USA | 3,068 | 1 | 10 | $998,293 |
| 58 | Naseem Salem | Spring Valley, CA, USA | 3,060 | 1 | 2 | $1,316,314 |
| 59 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | LTU | 3,048 | 0 | 6 | $1,854,465 |
| 60 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | ESP | 3,045 | 0 | 4 | $1,678,169 |
| 61 | Joris Ruijs | NLD | 3,014 | 1 | 7 | $1,178,352 |
| 62 | Xiaosheng Zheng | CHN | 2,996 | 1 | 6 | $897,567 |
| 63 | Patrik Antonius | Helsinki, FIN | 2,992 | 0 | 9 | $3,063,500 |
| 64 | Christian Harder | Annapolis, MD, USA | 2,979 | 2 | 10 | $612,357 |
| 65 | Ye Wang | CHN | 2,948 | 1 | 6 | $3,044,400 |
| 66 | Sean Rafael | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,936 | 2 | 11 | $2,190,720 |
| 67 | Bernhard Binder | AUT | 2,928 | 2 | 4 | $3,032,531 |
| 68 | Benny Glaser | Southampton, GBR | 2,914 | 1 | 7 | $2,242,119 |
| 69 | Justin Zaki | Tierra Verde, FL, USA | 2,912 | 2 | 11 | $996,782 |
| 70 | Jeremy Ausmus | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,908 | 0 | 12 | $1,080,694 |
| 71 | Jeremy Becker | Tampa, FL, USA | 2,903 | 3 | 15 | $582,129 |
| 72 | Lauri Saaskilahti | FIN | 2,890 | 0 | 2 | $6,090,480 |
| 73 | Johannes Straver | NLD | 2,880 | 1 | 2 | $2,985,370 |
| 74 | Qinghai Pan | Irvine, CA, USA | 2,830 | 1 | 11 | $1,049,481 |
| 75 | Michael Wilklow | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 2,819 | 0 | 11 | $431,664 |
| 76 | Nicholas Palma | New Rochelle, NY, USA | 2,818 | 0 | 7 | $975,964 |
| 77 | Nicholas Pupillo | Addison, IL, USA | 2,781 | 1 | 10 | $413,021 |
| 78 | David Peters | Toledo, OH, USA | 2,780 | 1 | 3 | $1,150,259 |
| 79 | David Mzareulov | Houston, TX, USA | 2,761 | 0 | 6 | $509,046 |
| 80 | Kelvin Kerber | BRA | 2,760 | 0 | 5 | $2,428,128 |
| 81 | Yang Zhang | Dalian, CHN | 2,758 | 2 | 6 | $761,921 |
| 82 | Anatoly Zlotnikov | RUS | 2,752 | 1 | 7 | $2,276,445 |
| 83 | Joao Simao | BRA | 2,747 | 2 | 7 | $2,209,924 |
| 84 | Nino Pansier | NLD | 2,736 | 1 | 6 | $2,052,455 |
| 85 | Andrew Ostapchenko | Carlsbad, CA, USA | 2,716 | 4 | 12 | $510,456 |
| 86 | Chahn Jung | CA, USA | 2,700 | 0 | 2 | $1,043,825 |
| 86 | Igor Picone | DEU | 2,700 | 0 | 2 | $1,042,293 |
| 88 | Dennis Weiss | DEU | 2,692 | 2 | 6 | $905,111 |
| 89 | Geoffrey Mooney | Melbourne, AUS | 2,690 | 1 | 6 | $1,101,483 |
| 90 | Joe McKeehen | Conshohocken, PA, USA | 2,684 | 3 | 5 | $744,686 |
| 91 | Benjamin Tollerene | Lubbock, TX, USA | 2,661 | 1 | 7 | $4,618,022 |
| 92 | Cherish Andrews | St. Thomas, PA, USA | 2,581 | 1 | 9 | $635,205 |
| 93 | Timur Margolin | Ramla, ISR | 2,580 | 2 | 6 | $778,188 |
| 94 | Matthew Wantman | Stoneham, MA, USA | 2,573 | 1 | 11 | $796,669 |
| 94 | William Givens | Denver, CO, USA | 2,573 | 0 | 7 | $761,772 |
| 96 | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | ROU | 2,558 | 1 | 4 | $702,734 |
| 97 | Manuel Ferrari | ITA | 2,553 | 2 | 2 | $1,286,298 |
| 98 | Marco Johnson | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 2,552 | 2 | 4 | $727,063 |
| 99 | Franco Tucci | CAN | 2,548 | 2 | 4 | $309,888 |
| 100 | Dean Blatt | AUS | 2,542 | 1 | 5 | $771,340 |
