World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Justin Zaki | Tierra Verde, FL, USA | 2,202 | 1 | 8 | $550,972 |
| 102 | Santhosh Suvarna | Bangalore, IND | 2,176 | 1 | 2 | $2,835,290 |
| 103 | Joey Weissman | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 2,171 | 0 | 8 | $1,054,101 |
| 104 | Ang Siang | MYS | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $932,000 |
| 105 | Ole Schemion | Berlin, DEU | 2,154 | 2 | 4 | $715,963 |
| 106 | Sebastian Toro Henao | COL | 2,148 | 2 | 2 | $1,109,169 |
| 107 | Akihiro Konishi | Tokyo, JPN | 2,140 | 0 | 2 | $1,402,000 |
| 108 | Thomas Boivin | Charleroi, BEL | 2,126 | 2 | 4 | $1,335,255 |
| 109 | Qing Liu | Pasadena, CA, USA | 2,124 | 4 | 6 | $289,260 |
| 110 | Maxx Coleman | Derby, KS, USA | 2,118 | 1 | 5 | $793,757 |
| 111 | Georgios Tsouloftas | CYP | 2,110 | 0 | 2 | $692,392 |
| 112 | Levon Khachatryan | Glendale, CA, USA | 2,100 | 0 | 1 | $1,440,680 |
| 112 | Jamie Dwan | GBR | 2,100 | 1 | 4 | $2,382,659 |
| 112 | Stephen Hubbard | Sandy, UT, USA | 2,100 | 1 | 4 | $346,936 |
| 112 | David Peters | Toledo, OH, USA | 2,100 | 1 | 1 | $1,001,391 |
| 116 | Dean Blatt | AUS | 2,080 | 0 | 2 | $738,707 |
| 116 | Harry Rubin | USA | 2,080 | 2 | 3 | $475,818 |
| 118 | Cesar Garcia | ESP | 2,060 | 1 | 5 | $3,059,852 |
| 119 | Alex Farahi | CA, USA | 2,050 | 1 | 3 | $429,678 |
| 120 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | FRA | 2,048 | 0 | 3 | $347,000 |
| 121 | Salvatore Dicarlo | Creve Coer, MO, USA | 2,046 | 0 | 4 | $995,588 |
| 122 | Daniyal Gheba | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,040 | 1 | 2 | $563,985 |
| 123 | Joseph Cheong | La Mirada, CA, USA | 2,035 | 0 | 6 | $634,915 |
| 124 | Drake Kemper | Austin, TX, USA | 2,034 | 0 | 5 | $377,773 |
| 125 | Caleb Furth | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 2,019 | 2 | 3 | $489,098 |
| 126 | Richard Gryko | Essex, GBR | 1,986 | 1 | 6 | $2,974,764 |
| 127 | LaDarren Banks | Tuscaloosa, AL, USA | 1,985 | 0 | 8 | $257,857 |
| 128 | Yanting Jiang | IN, USA | 1,980 | 1 | 1 | $1,159,182 |
| 129 | Alisson Piekazewicz | BRA | 1,970 | 2 | 4 | $1,508,174 |
| 130 | Pei Li | CAN | 1,965 | 1 | 4 | $356,128 |
| 131 | Chih Fan | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,952 | 1 | 4 | $378,976 |
| 132 | Matthew Wantman | Stoneham, MA, USA | 1,944 | 1 | 9 | $591,150 |
| 133 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 1,934 | 1 | 5 | $648,041 |
| 134 | Roman Stoica | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $965,250 | |
| 134 | Cedric Schwaederle | FRA | 1,920 | 1 | 2 | $412,140 |
| 134 | Jorge Abreu | PRT | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,355,348 |
| 134 | Wenjie Zhao | CHN | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,160,000 |
| 134 | Markus Gonsalves | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $979,655 |
| 139 | Zurvan Tumboli | IND | 1,914 | 0 | 1 | $907,228 |
| 140 | Donovan Dean | Rainsville, AL, USA | 1,908 | 3 | 6 | $241,323 |
| 141 | Erwann Pecheux | Paris, FRA | 1,900 | 0 | 2 | $419,501 |
| 142 | Eric Bunch | Collinsville, OK, USA | 1,899 | 3 | 9 | $272,309 |
| 143 | William Givens | Denver, CO, USA | 1,890 | 0 | 5 | $386,642 |
| 143 | Seth Davies | Bend, OR, USA | 1,890 | 0 | 3 | $1,157,000 |
| 143 | Giuseppe Iadisernia | VEN | 1,890 | 2 | 3 | $943,515 |
| 146 | Elton Tsang | CHN | 1,884 | 0 | 3 | $3,457,000 |
| 147 | Justin Lapka | USA | 1,880 | 3 | 6 | $292,494 |
| 147 | Matt Shepsky | Skokie, IL, USA | 1,880 | 1 | 2 | $382,013 |
| 149 | Frederic Normand | CAN | 1,872 | 3 | 4 | $367,739 |
| 150 | Faraz Jaka | San Jose, CA, USA | 1,870 | 0 | 3 | $279,779 |
