World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1179 | Lance Schuchard | Harlowton, MT, USA | 600 | 0 | 2 | $67,000 |
| 1179 | Philip Lucia | USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $83,543 |
| 1179 | Miguel Abad | ESP | 600 | 1 | 1 | $60,982 |
| 1179 | Tobias Kirby-Hogarty | GBR | 600 | 0 | 1 | $92,178 |
| 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 | Adam Martinsson | 600 | 0 | 1 | $224,460 | |
| 1179 | Myles German | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $367,000 |
| 1179 | Alan Mehamed | ARG | 600 | 0 | 1 | $85,257 |
| 1179 | Euryd Rivera | PHL | 600 | 1 | 1 | $37,681 |
| 1179 | Gilles Silbernagel | FRA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $189,750 |
| 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 | Fabio Chaves | Kissimmee, FL, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $80,352 |
| 1179 | Christian Edoria | Reno, NV, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $82,581 |
| 1179 | Igor Oliveira | BRA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $47,054 |
| 1179 | Lauri Varonen | FIN | 600 | 1 | 1 | $282,374 |
| 1179 | Vilius Zamzickas | LTU | 600 | 0 | 1 | $110,000 |
| 1179 | Banipal Babana | AUS | 600 | 1 | 2 | $79,321 |
| 1179 | Manh Nguyen | Munhall, PA, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $84,380 |
| 1179 | Christopher Puyat | Queensland, AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $81,281 |
| 1179 | Andrei Khosh | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $52,000 |
| 1179 | Benedetto Bianco | Franklin, NY, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $104,000 |
| 1179 | Eric Rodawig | Omaha, NE, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $237,851 |
| 1179 | Tony Barrera | Alexandria, VA, USA | 600 | 1 | 1 | $135,802 |
| 1179 | Phu Vo | Houston, TX, USA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $160,000 |
| 1179 | Alejandro Asenjo | 600 | 1 | 1 | $110,138 | |
| 1179 | Matteo Garofali | ITA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $109,092 |
| 1179 | Jochen Pfeifer | DEU | 600 | 0 | 1 | $158,460 |
| 1179 | Andrew Hiscox | AUS | 600 | 0 | 1 | $57,866 |
| 1234 | Espen Jorstad | Leuvanger, NOR | 599 | 1 | 3 | $172,690 |
| 1234 | Cody Wiegmann | San Jose, CA, USA | 599 | 0 | 4 | $64,022 |
| 1236 | Ryan Hughes | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 598 | 1 | 3 | $47,003 |
| 1237 | Weston Pring | CAN | 596 | 0 | 4 | $78,260 |
| 1237 | Antonio Ortega | ESP | 596 | 0 | 3 | $53,669 |
| 1239 | Patrick Mahoney | Winona, MN, USA | 594 | 0 | 3 | $62,179 |
| 1239 | Caner Gunes | TUR | 594 | 0 | 3 | $119,721 |
| 1241 | Gianluca Cedolia | CAN | 592 | 0 | 3 | $83,327 |
| 1241 | Pedro Moreira | PRT | 592 | 0 | 3 | $104,438 |
| 1243 | Weihong Liu | CHN | 591 | 2 | 5 | $67,517 |
| 1244 | Anthony Lamps | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 590 | 0 | 2 | $72,672 |
| 1244 | Javier Garcirreynaldos | ESP | 590 | 1 | 3 | $91,391 |
| 1246 | Dario Sammartino | Nova Gorica, ITA | 588 | 0 | 2 | $73,167 |
| 1246 | Zachary Baron | USA | 588 | 1 | 2 | $55,960 |
| 1246 | Michael Rossitto | USA | 588 | 0 | 3 | $141,995 |
| 1249 | Carlo Rodriguez | Miami, FL, USA | 587 | 0 | 3 | $61,056 |
| 1250 | Kuner Smaling | NLD | 586 | 2 | 3 | $42,760 |