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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 981 | Ignacio Chavero | MEX | 700 | 0 | 1 | $413,389 |
| 981 | Daryl Mcaleenan | 700 | 0 | 2 | $291,839 | |
| 981 | Vladas Tamasauskas | LTU | 700 | 0 | 1 | $154,625 |
| 981 | Roman Hrabec | Vienna, AUT | 700 | 0 | 1 | $186,562 |
| 981 | Jose Casillas | CA, USA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $127,020 |
| 981 | Lucas Vandenbelt | Zwolle, NLD | 700 | 0 | 2 | $257,102 |
| 981 | Ben Grise | Indianapolis, IN, USA | 700 | 0 | 2 | $273,000 |
| 981 | Reouven Attias | FRA | 700 | 0 | 1 | $69,500 |
| 981 | Sean Dorgan | Sydney, AUS | 700 | 0 | 1 | $44,087 |
| 1010 | Elliott Kampen | USA | 698 | 0 | 2 | $124,494 |
| 1011 | Roy Lo | CA, USA | 697 | 2 | 6 | $80,059 |
| 1012 | John Perry | AUS | 696 | 0 | 2 | $148,984 |
| 1013 | Lei Yu | CHN | 694 | 1 | 3 | $559,494 |
| 1014 | Connor Belcher | Elkton, KY, USA | 693 | 1 | 5 | $121,125 |
| 1014 | Jason Nguyen | Newark, NJ, USA | 693 | 0 | 3 | $102,823 |
| 1016 | Sami Dighlawi | Lake Elsinore, CA, USA | 692 | 2 | 8 | $74,037 |
| 1017 | Ritesh Khatwani | IND | 690 | 1 | 3 | $114,263 |
| 1018 | Robert McAdam | GBR | 688 | 0 | 3 | $96,771 |
| 1018 | Toby Price | USA | 688 | 1 | 2 | $504,997 |
| 1020 | Alexander Yen | Lisle, IL, USA | 687 | 1 | 3 | $111,334 |
| 1021 | Kashka Corpening | Woodbridge, MD, USA | 686 | 1 | 5 | $98,428 |
| 1021 | Yuan Xu | CHN | 686 | 1 | 5 | $108,745 |
| 1023 | Phuoc Nguyen | San Jose, CA, USA | 685 | 0 | 2 | $116,757 |
| 1024 | Ranno Sootla | Tallinn, EST | 684 | 0 | 3 | $133,269 |
| 1024 | Davidi Kitai | Brussels, BEL | 684 | 0 | 1 | $141,804 |
| 1024 | Eli Karp | MS, USA | 684 | 1 | 3 | $82,176 |
| 1024 | Wei Sun | CHN | 684 | 0 | 1 | $120,530 |
| 1028 | Nicolas Milgrom | CA, USA | 682 | 2 | 7 | $157,985 |
| 1029 | Selahaddin Bedir | TUR | 680 | 0 | 1 | $170,000 |
| 1029 | Michael Wasserman | Woodland Hills, CA, USA | 680 | 0 | 2 | $95,719 |
| 1029 | Roy Young | Dunnellon, FL, USA | 680 | 0 | 3 | $160,000 |
| 1032 | Joao Tomas | PRT | 676 | 2 | 3 | $182,187 |
| 1032 | Andre Rieder | Boulder, CO, USA | 676 | 1 | 8 | $74,057 |
| 1034 | Randy Jacks | Thorp, WI, USA | 673 | 1 | 3 | $132,993 |
| 1035 | Renmei Liu | CAN | 672 | 2 | 2 | $65,599 |
| 1036 | Viktor Jensen | SWE | 670 | 0 | 3 | $109,616 |
| 1036 | Ricky Landais | Milwaukee, WI, USA | 670 | 2 | 5 | $84,831 |
| 1036 | Stanislaw Grodek | POL | 670 | 0 | 2 | $54,457 |
| 1036 | Alexis Vitry | FRA | 670 | 0 | 2 | $73,733 |
| 1040 | Marta Guixeras | ESP | 668 | 0 | 3 | $57,354 |
| 1041 | Andrew Tran | Austin, TX, USA | 666 | 0 | 2 | $67,750 |
| 1042 | Arlo Strozewski | MN, USA | 662 | 1 | 3 | $101,845 |
| 1043 | Benjamin pockett | AUS | 660 | 0 | 2 | $74,193 |
| 1043 | Brayden Lou | USA | 660 | 1 | 1 | $190,066 |
| 1043 | Eric Weber | Blaine, WA, USA | 660 | 1 | 1 | $400,000 |
| 1043 | Matthew Moss | GBR | 660 | 1 | 1 | $318,556 |
| 1043 | Pakinai Lisawad | THA | 660 | 0 | 2 | $135,280 |
| 1043 | Andrei Mitsiuk | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 660 | 0 | 3 | $78,505 |
| 1043 | Garrett Dwire | USA | 660 | 1 | 1 | $210,000 |
| 1043 | Jiayi Yao | TX, USA | 660 | 0 | 5 | $65,121 |