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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Victor Li | CAN | 608 | 0 | 1 | $123,846 |
| 1151 | Charles Cunha | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $90,551 |
| 1151 | Stuart Phillips | Largo, FL, USA | 608 | 1 | 2 | $93,345 |
| 1151 | Venkat Nagabhairava | USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $107,360 |
| 1151 | Jacob McDonald | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $41,793 |
| 1151 | Chris Balmforth | GBR | 608 | 0 | 7 | $99,959 |
| 1151 | Chi Truong | Carinlea, AUS | 608 | 0 | 1 | $45,795 |
| 1151 | Victor Chong | MYS | 608 | 0 | 2 | $290,830 |
| 1151 | Marc-Andre Yelle | CAN | 608 | 0 | 5 | $38,077 |
| 1151 | Tien Pham | VNM | 608 | 0 | 1 | $73,000 |
| 1151 | Francesco Gallelli | ON, CAN | 608 | 0 | 1 | $38,006 |
| 1151 | Chris Jones | Saint Paul, MN, USA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $99,276 |
| 1151 | Angelo Arossi | ITA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $108,254 |
| 1151 | Shalom Elharar | FL, USA | 608 | 0 | 2 | $167,019 |
| 1151 | Anatoly Korochenskiy | RUS | 608 | 0 | 1 | $54,550 |
| 1151 | David Shaw | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 608 | 1 | 2 | $70,691 |
| 1151 | Jonathan Nebbout | FRA | 608 | 0 | 1 | $84,397 |
| 1151 | Eric Afriat | Saint-Laurent, QC, CAN | 608 | 0 | 1 | $60,860 |
| 1151 | Yakiv Syzghanov | UKR | 608 | 0 | 1 | $121,073 |
| 1151 | Martin Matranca | Coral Gables, FL, USA | 608 | 0 | 2 | $86,541 |
| 1151 | Mats Veerman | NLD | 608 | 0 | 1 | $103,745 |
| 1151 | Mateusz Szymanski | POL | 608 | 0 | 1 | $75,532 |
| 1173 | Nicholas Wang | Fairfax, VA, USA | 606 | 0 | 2 | $62,388 |
| 1173 | Nohad Teliani | Edmonton, AB, CAN | 606 | 0 | 3 | $62,635 |
| 1173 | Homan Mohammadi | North Vancouver, CAN | 606 | 0 | 3 | $82,403 |
| 1176 | Hao Zhu | CHN | 605 | 0 | 3 | $95,033 |
| 1177 | Haibo Yang | CHN | 602 | 1 | 7 | $69,976 |
| 1177 | Elvyn Bello Santos | CA, USA | 602 | 0 | 6 | $81,240 |
| 1179 | Rami Hammoud | CAN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $20,949 |
| 1179 | Brett Reichard | Janesville, WI, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $130,832 |
| 1179 | Ryan Hart | Murrieta, CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $92,123 |
| 1179 | Kevin Rand | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $113,620 |
| 1179 | Joseph Baghdadlian | CA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $410,000 |
| 1179 | Lawrence Goldstein | Commack, NY, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $140,500 |
| 1179 | Chi-Jen Chu | Richmond, CAN | 600 | 1 | 1 | $263,850 |
| 1179 | Michael Gathy | Brussels, BEL | 600 | 0 | 1 | $78,448 |
| 1179 | Anthony Zinno | Boston, MA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $114,000 |
| 1179 | Haihong Huang | CHN | 600 | 0 | 1 | $29,576 |
| 1179 | Philip Lucia | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $83,543 |
| 1179 | Christopher Stewart | Sand Springs, OK, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $95,254 |
| 1179 | Todd Carlson | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $46,776 |
| 1179 | Jason Lane | Chandler, AZ, USA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $48,243 |
| 1179 | Myles German | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $367,000 |
| 1179 | Giovanni Renna | FRA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $62,340 |
| 1179 | Aleks Dimitrov | BGR | 600 | 0 | 1 | $176,775 |
| 1179 | Larry Etherington | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $140,170 |
| 1179 | Benjamin Keeline | St. Louis, MO, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $76,700 |
| 1179 | Lauri Varonen | FIN | 600 | 1 | 1 | $282,374 |
| 1179 | Banipal Babana | AUS | 600 | 1 | 2 | $79,321 |
| 1179 | Matteo Garofali | ITA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $109,092 |