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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Tommi Lankinen | FIN | 504 | 0 | 2 | $105,214 |
| 1451 | Hajime Watanabe | JPN | 504 | 1 | 2 | $51,729 |
| 1451 | Kuisong Wu | CHN | 504 | 0 | 1 | $304,000 |
| 1451 | Kurt Ravenet | FRA | 504 | 1 | 2 | $73,506 |
| 1451 | Chris Armour | NZL | 504 | 1 | 2 | $26,346 |
| 1451 | Ivan Uzunov | BGR | 504 | 0 | 2 | $122,802 |
| 1451 | Joel Kogan | CAN | 504 | 1 | 2 | $40,290 |
| 1451 | Juan Bologna | ARG | 504 | 1 | 2 | $55,772 |
| 1451 | Christian Spitalas | FRA | 504 | 1 | 2 | $85,605 |
| 1451 | Stephen Sola | Valencia, CA, USA | 504 | 1 | 4 | $47,049 |
| 1461 | Pel Nieuwenhuis | NLD | 503 | 1 | 4 | $67,346 |
| 1462 | Juho Suutari | FIN | 502 | 0 | 3 | $127,619 |
| 1462 | Clayton Hardt | Marana, AZ, USA | 502 | 1 | 3 | $51,857 |
| 1464 | Simon Britton | USA | 501 | 1 | 4 | $56,525 |
| 1465 | Sheldon Ingham | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $15,838 |
| 1465 | Hayden Toole | CAN | 500 | 0 | 3 | $22,351 |
| 1465 | Alejandro Gonzalez | ESP | 500 | 0 | 1 | $48,574 |
| 1465 | Idan Raviv | Holon, ISR | 500 | 0 | 2 | $61,753 |
| 1465 | Ali Marei | USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $37,504 |
| 1465 | Nethanel Cohen | FRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $122,923 |
| 1465 | Vitor Coutinho | BRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $49,313 |
| 1465 | Jonathan Will | Yucca Valley, CA, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $36,555 |
| 1465 | Mikel Calo | ITA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $132,250 |
| 1465 | Benoit Grobocopatel | FRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $172,658 |
| 1465 | Miguel Avila | 500 | 0 | 1 | $51,841 | |
| 1465 | Duc Vu | Cincinnati, OH, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $176,000 |
| 1465 | Andreas Freund | Vieena, AUT | 500 | 0 | 1 | $98,900 |
| 1465 | Bryan Swanson | Ellensburg, WA, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $118,885 |
| 1465 | Caitlin Comeskey | Austin, TX, USA | 500 | 1 | 2 | $117,769 |
| 1465 | Aaron Brown | Comstock Park, MI, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $51,286 |
| 1465 | Todd Wildig | Portage, MI, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $102,938 |
| 1465 | Jay Jesse | USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $51,777 |
| 1465 | Leandro Silva | BRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $49,479 |
| 1465 | Bruce King | NZL | 500 | 0 | 1 | $49,219 |
| 1465 | Alexandru Tibulca | AFG | 500 | 0 | 1 | $64,369 |
| 1465 | Martin Pochat | ARG | 500 | 0 | 1 | $35,818 |
| 1465 | Safwane Bahri | FRA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $183,050 |
| 1465 | Marko Cosic | SER | 500 | 0 | 1 | $105,862 |
| 1465 | Daniel Maor | CA, USA | 500 | 0 | 1 | $169,950 |
| 1465 | Chien Lee | TWN | 500 | 0 | 1 | $60,563 |
| 1465 | Kok Teoh | MYS | 500 | 0 | 1 | $90,500 |
| 1492 | Joseph Weinberger | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 499 | 1 | 4 | $60,759 |
| 1492 | Juan Repetto | ARG | 499 | 0 | 4 | $49,548 |
| 1494 | Attila Koncz | HUN | 497 | 1 | 5 | $49,363 |
| 1494 | Thien Nguyen | Fort Meyers, FL, USA | 497 | 1 | 1 | $109,500 |
| 1496 | Li Qi | CHN | 496 | 1 | 2 | $64,335 |
| 1496 | Brandon Shack-Harris | Chicago, IL, USA | 496 | 0 | 2 | $91,352 |
| 1496 | Joseph Tuminello | USA | 496 | 0 | 5 | $50,688 |
| 1496 | Jonathan Park | Temple, TX, USA | 496 | 0 | 2 | $60,204 |
| 1496 | Pranav Agarwal | IND | 496 | 1 | 2 | $84,760 |