World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1401 | Sverko Gregor | HRV | 525 | 0 | 1 | $86,070 |
| 1401 | Farid Jattin | Barranquilla, COL | 525 | 0 | 1 | $54,760 |
| 1401 | Matheus Machado | BRA | 525 | 0 | 1 | $313,502 |
| 1401 | Elliot Smith | Richmond, BC, CAN | 525 | 0 | 2 | $104,231 |
| 1401 | Maher Achour | 525 | 0 | 2 | $94,240 | |
| 1401 | Adam Walter | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 525 | 0 | 1 | $57,490 |
| 1401 | Sergey Lebedev | Troitsk, RUS | 525 | 0 | 1 | $77,770 |
| 1408 | Philip Shing | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 524 | 0 | 3 | $119,855 |
| 1408 | Dave Stann | Hollywood, CA, USA | 524 | 0 | 2 | $61,217 |
| 1408 | Martin Kabrhel | CZE | 524 | 1 | 2 | $75,204 |
| 1411 | Justin Barnes | Atlanta, GA, USA | 522 | 0 | 2 | $76,101 |
| 1412 | Jeremy Moore | Pflugerville, TX, USA | 521 | 1 | 2 | $69,945 |
| 1413 | Rayan Aljawhary | 520 | 0 | 2 | $117,460 | |
| 1413 | Jake Schwartz | FL, USA | 520 | 0 | 1 | $161,292 |
| 1413 | Bradley Ruben | Hernando, FL, USA | 520 | 1 | 2 | $80,375 |
| 1413 | Sebastien Guinand | FRA | 520 | 0 | 2 | $70,995 |
| 1413 | Tommy Hang | Lynwood, WA, USA | 520 | 0 | 1 | $172,064 |
| 1413 | Jacob Horowitz | Sydney, AUS | 520 | 0 | 2 | $56,646 |
| 1413 | Greg Levine | USA | 520 | 0 | 2 | $77,229 |
| 1413 | Alexandre Oberson | CAN | 520 | 0 | 2 | $47,621 |
| 1413 | Shaul Weinstein | ISR | 520 | 0 | 2 | $78,305 |
| 1422 | Sergio Fernandez | ESP | 519 | 0 | 2 | $370,800 |
| 1423 | Giuseppe Dedoni | ITA | 518 | 2 | 3 | $102,004 |
| 1424 | Eugene Yujian Zhou | SGP | 516 | 0 | 5 | $98,671 |
| 1424 | Joseph Deluca | CA, USA | 516 | 1 | 2 | $70,970 |
| 1424 | Louise Francoeur | Palm Beach, FL, USA | 516 | 2 | 4 | $68,040 |
| 1424 | Andrey Mashinistov | RUS | 516 | 1 | 2 | $21,500 |
| 1424 | Ruslan Lukash | UKR | 516 | 1 | 2 | $80,024 |
| 1424 | Antonio Seremet | AUS | 516 | 1 | 2 | $41,250 |
| 1424 | Victor Pinna | ESP | 516 | 0 | 2 | $46,160 |
| 1431 | Meng Peng | CHN | 515 | 0 | 4 | $160,197 |
| 1432 | Derek Stark | Tempe, AZ, USA | 514 | 0 | 4 | $61,990 |
| 1432 | Paul Fehlig | St. Louis, MO, USA | 514 | 0 | 6 | $58,218 |
| 1434 | Victor Gitterle | Fox Lake, IL, USA | 512 | 0 | 2 | $58,775 |
| 1434 | Danesh Luthra | Mississauga, CAN | 512 | 0 | 4 | $66,266 |
| 1434 | Dario Quattrucci | ITA | 512 | 0 | 3 | $76,472 |
| 1434 | Song Chenghui | CHN | 512 | 0 | 1 | $105,000 |
| 1434 | Martin Rotsztain | USA | 512 | 0 | 2 | $47,800 |
| 1434 | Brendon Maddelena | AUS | 512 | 0 | 1 | $72,108 |
| 1440 | Andre Miranda | PRT | 511 | 2 | 9 | $47,101 |
| 1441 | Venkat Chivukula | USA | 510 | 0 | 1 | $445,440 |
| 1441 | Wu Jun Hao | SGP | 510 | 0 | 1 | $305,000 |
| 1443 | Sergio Giha | Maimi, FL, USA | 509 | 1 | 2 | $82,882 |
| 1443 | Fabian Niederreiter | DEU | 509 | 0 | 3 | $271,096 |
| 1445 | Vinny Pahuja | New York, NY, USA | 508 | 0 | 5 | $35,729 |
| 1445 | Jonathan Glendinning | Boulder, CO, USA | 508 | 0 | 4 | $40,011 |
| 1445 | Steven Karp | Miami Beach, FL, USA | 508 | 0 | 4 | $45,609 |
| 1448 | Xi Nguyen | Lansing, IL, USA | 506 | 1 | 3 | $70,711 |
| 1448 | Jacob Baumgartner | USA | 506 | 1 | 2 | $55,393 |
| 1448 | Jon Kyte | NOR | 506 | 1 | 3 | $61,848 |
