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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1290 | Derek Hanauer | Highland Park, IL, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $191,570 |
| 1290 | Adriano Negrisolo | ITA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $89,739 |
| 1290 | Horacio Chaves | PRY | 560 | 0 | 1 | $72,152 |
| 1290 | Sammy Mehta | AZ, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $45,440 |
| 1290 | Xuan Vu | CAN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $42,184 |
| 1290 | Gerald Cunniff | St. Paul, MN, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $48,837 |
| 1290 | John Cynn | Evanston, IL, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $198,302 |
| 1290 | Veselin Karakitukov | BGR | 560 | 0 | 3 | $248,328 |
| 1290 | Chang Chung | TWN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $107,145 |
| 1290 | Dario Alioto | ITA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $148,680 |
| 1290 | Daniel Geeng | 560 | 0 | 1 | $73,068 | |
| 1290 | Brandon Newsome | Hiram, GA, USA | 560 | 0 | 1 | $51,920 |
| 1290 | Gustavo Morales | CHL | 560 | 0 | 1 | $76,393 |
| 1290 | Nicholas Lee | Sydney, AUS | 560 | 0 | 1 | $32,552 |
| 1315 | Bohdan Slyvinskyi | Chicago, IL, USA | 558 | 0 | 3 | $59,564 |
| 1315 | Yan Zhang | CHN | 558 | 1 | 3 | $39,600 |
| 1317 | Perla Ojeda | Miami, FL, USA | 557 | 0 | 3 | $45,726 |
| 1318 | Pawel Wojciechowski | POL | 556 | 1 | 3 | $97,200 |
| 1318 | Hayden Hetland | USA | 556 | 0 | 1 | $126,084 |
| 1318 | Daniel Haywood | NZL | 556 | 0 | 3 | $70,041 |
| 1321 | Samuel Bifarella | FRA | 555 | 0 | 2 | $130,312 |
| 1322 | Paulius Plausinaitis | 554 | 0 | 3 | $355,716 | |
| 1323 | Brandon Sunshine | USA | 552 | 0 | 2 | $75,341 |
| 1323 | Lukas Zaskodny | CZE | 552 | 0 | 2 | $75,909 |
| 1323 | Timothy Chung | Birmingham, GBR | 552 | 2 | 2 | $124,108 |
| 1326 | John Mazzarelli | FL, USA | 551 | 0 | 4 | $90,769 |
| 1327 | Oliver Gayko | DEU | 550 | 0 | 1 | $328,186 |
| 1327 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Athens, GRC | 550 | 0 | 1 | $106,430 |
| 1327 | Henry Benamram | FRA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $260,000 |
| 1327 | Mathieu Choffardet | FRA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $210,272 |
| 1327 | Darryl Ronconi | Naperville, IL, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $212,106 |
| 1327 | Paul Merlette | USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $188,231 |
| 1327 | Jason Hoffman | Lawrence, NY, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $130,441 |
| 1327 | Deniz Oeney | DEU | 550 | 0 | 1 | $322,000 |
| 1327 | Mark Radoja | Ontario, CAN | 550 | 0 | 1 | $84,000 |
| 1327 | Lucien Cervettaz | FRA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $149,500 |
| 1327 | Caleb Powell | FL, USA | 550 | 0 | 3 | $50,830 |
| 1327 | Amadeus Janotta | DEU | 550 | 0 | 1 | $142,500 |
| 1327 | Hwisoo Kim | 550 | 1 | 3 | $66,030 | |
| 1327 | Alexander Lakhov | RUS | 550 | 0 | 3 | $76,900 |
| 1327 | Joshua Lusby-Angvick | USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $173,067 |
| 1327 | Laurance Essak | West Bloomfield, MI, USA | 550 | 0 | 1 | $137,370 |
| 1343 | Graydon Esteb | Battleground, WA, USA | 548 | 1 | 3 | $60,598 |
| 1344 | Yahor Dambrouski | BLR | 546 | 0 | 1 | $269,000 |
| 1344 | Jason Nablo | Niagara Falls, NY, USA | 546 | 2 | 4 | $53,059 |
| 1346 | Merritt Kuhn | St Louis, MO, USA | 545 | 0 | 2 | $74,562 |
| 1347 | Simeon Naydenov | Sofia, BGR | 544 | 1 | 2 | $53,726 |
| 1348 | Benjamin Miner | Atlanta, GA, USA | 542 | 1 | 4 | $80,431 |
| 1348 | Samuel Fournier | FRA | 542 | 0 | 2 | $121,132 |
| 1348 | Beth Hall | USA | 542 | 0 | 3 | $58,825 |