World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | Steven Liu | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 634 | 0 | 2 | $92,322 |
| 1101 | Stephen Foutty | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 634 | 2 | 7 | $69,964 |
| 1103 | Gary Benson | Sydney, AUS | 633 | 0 | 2 | $80,384 |
| 1104 | Jonathan Stoeber | Somerset, NJ, USA | 632 | 0 | 3 | $50,051 |
| 1104 | Bernard Darmon | FRA | 632 | 0 | 2 | $106,153 |
| 1104 | Stuart Taylor | GBR | 632 | 0 | 3 | $87,759 |
| 1107 | Zarvan Tumboli | IND | 630 | 1 | 4 | $99,650 |
| 1107 | Michael Walker | Gilbertsville, PA, USA | 630 | 0 | 1 | $78,300 |
| 1107 | Kirill Shcherbakov | RUS | 630 | 0 | 1 | $355,000 |
| 1107 | Shou Zhang | CHN | 630 | 0 | 3 | $53,645 |
| 1107 | Soshi Yasoshima | JPN | 630 | 0 | 1 | $80,340 |
| 1107 | Paul Hong | NZL | 630 | 0 | 1 | $106,375 |
| 1107 | Joon Park | Austin, TX, USA | 630 | 1 | 1 | $169,161 |
| 1107 | Josh Hutchins | AUS | 630 | 0 | 1 | $292,118 |
| 1107 | Gheorghe Bilea | ROU | 630 | 0 | 1 | $104,270 |
| 1116 | Andreas Frohli | CHE | 629 | 1 | 4 | $77,519 |
| 1117 | Alexey Laptev | USA | 628 | 1 | 2 | $71,420 |
| 1118 | Oliver Tot | SVK | 627 | 0 | 2 | $75,665 |
| 1118 | Fred Li | Devon, PA, USA | 627 | 0 | 2 | $64,100 |
| 1120 | Vladislav Dubanov | 625 | 0 | 1 | $208,388 | |
| 1121 | Joshua Brower | OK, USA | 624 | 1 | 3 | $73,797 |
| 1121 | Linus Goh | AUS | 624 | 1 | 3 | $65,129 |
| 1121 | Morgan Petro | Fredericksburg, VA, USA | 624 | 0 | 2 | $73,386 |
| 1124 | Katy Lo | AUS | 623 | 0 | 3 | $51,671 |
| 1125 | Wenwen Chen | CHN | 622 | 1 | 5 | $72,607 |
| 1126 | Justin Vaysman | Horsham, PA, USA | 620 | 0 | 4 | $136,420 |
| 1126 | Brandon Eisen | Mililani, HI, USA | 620 | 0 | 2 | $51,619 |
| 1126 | Loy Abdo | AUS | 620 | 0 | 2 | $68,191 |
| 1129 | Govert Metaal | NLD | 619 | 0 | 3 | $244,455 |
| 1130 | Ikechukwu Nlemchi | Houston, TX, USA | 617 | 1 | 4 | $52,904 |
| 1131 | Kirill Beketov | RUS | 616 | 0 | 2 | $69,344 |
| 1131 | Javid Ismayilov | AZE | 616 | 0 | 1 | $419,000 |
| 1131 | Ramiro Barrague | URY | 616 | 0 | 2 | $70,311 |
| 1131 | Maxime Chilaud | FRA | 616 | 0 | 2 | $88,500 |
| 1131 | Scott Margereson | GBR | 616 | 0 | 2 | $130,223 |
| 1131 | Michael Singh | CAN | 616 | 0 | 2 | $95,236 |
| 1137 | Daniel Jones | TX, USA | 614 | 1 | 5 | $64,456 |
| 1138 | Matthew Land | Acworth, GA, USA | 613 | 2 | 4 | $118,958 |
| 1138 | Brevin Andreadis | OH, USA | 613 | 0 | 3 | $100,375 |
| 1140 | Drew Dodge | FL, USA | 612 | 0 | 2 | $61,340 |
| 1140 | Michal Nahum | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | 612 | 1 | 3 | $77,825 |
| 1140 | Luka Bojovic | SER | 612 | 0 | 1 | $389,000 |
| 1140 | Michael Jagroo | USA | 612 | 1 | 2 | $55,914 |
| 1140 | Christopher Basile | Laurel Springs, NJ, USA | 612 | 1 | 2 | $151,075 |
| 1140 | Seunghyun Michael Nam | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 612 | 0 | 2 | $138,975 |
| 1140 | Joseph Oren | 612 | 0 | 1 | $575,000 | |
| 1140 | Andrei Kostitsyn | RUS | 612 | 1 | 3 | $38,300 |
| 1140 | Filip Aleksic | AUT | 612 | 0 | 1 | $555,000 |
| 1149 | Espen Sandvik | 610 | 0 | 2 | $341,869 | |
| 1150 | Kevin Jenkins | Indian Springs, AL, USA | 609 | 0 | 6 | $75,330 |