World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | Robert Mather | Redding, CA, USA | 453 | 1 | 2 | $56,240 |
| 1701 | Vinny Lingham | USA | 453 | 0 | 3 | $201,100 |
| 1703 | Donald Landwirth | Atherton, CA, USA | 452 | 0 | 2 | $57,130 |
| 1703 | Christopher Labrie | Wesley Chapel, FL, USA | 452 | 1 | 9 | $39,753 |
| 1703 | Jason Royman | USA | 452 | 1 | 4 | $47,866 |
| 1706 | Mehdi Rebai | TUN | 451 | 0 | 2 | $90,666 |
| 1707 | Alan Hamza | Ocala, FL, USA | 450 | 0 | 2 | $35,575 |
| 1707 | Yu Li | CHN | 450 | 0 | 1 | $53,680 |
| 1707 | Cynthia Vencebi | CA, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $56,164 |
| 1707 | Salim Sefiat | 450 | 0 | 1 | $103,400 | |
| 1707 | Alan Merdita | USA | 450 | 0 | 4 | $53,886 |
| 1707 | Malik Wiggins | Shaker Heights, OH, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $58,094 |
| 1707 | Kimberly Lejeune | Lafayette, LA, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $109,290 |
| 1707 | Joshua Willard | Bainbridge, IN, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $60,553 |
| 1707 | Matthew Sherman | USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $105,413 |
| 1707 | Jake White | FL, USA | 450 | 1 | 7 | $69,290 |
| 1707 | Renan Bruschi | BRA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $53,889 |
| 1707 | Romain Matteoli | FRA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $112,063 |
| 1707 | Spencer Davies | Melbourne, AUS | 450 | 0 | 1 | $84,240 |
| 1707 | Rob Wazwaz | Brooklyn Park, MN, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $91,825 |
| 1707 | Daniel Hill | York, SC, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $84,929 |
| 1707 | Michele Brandes | ITA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $78,081 |
| 1707 | Emad Ghadamian | IRN | 450 | 0 | 2 | $80,955 |
| 1707 | William Beer | Catonsville, MD, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $126,250 |
| 1707 | Zu Wang | CHN | 450 | 0 | 1 | $88,937 |
| 1707 | Trent Hopper | CAN | 450 | 0 | 2 | $10,742 |
| 1707 | Lika Gerasimova | Moscow, RUS | 450 | 0 | 1 | $69,700 |
| 1707 | Eric Eelkema | Brooklyn Park, MN, USA | 450 | 1 | 2 | $53,735 |
| 1707 | Ken Daciolas | 450 | 0 | 1 | $76,079 | |
| 1707 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | THA | 450 | 1 | 2 | $249,190 |
| 1707 | Thomas Wirth | DEU | 450 | 0 | 1 | $63,075 |
| 1707 | Danny Moreland | OH, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $114,317 |
| 1707 | Kelechi Amadi | USA | 450 | 0 | 2 | $54,220 |
| 1707 | Yueqi Zhu | Rowland Heights, CA, USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $217,471 |
| 1707 | Tyler Phillips | USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $57,149 |
| 1707 | Manuel DeSousa | PRT | 450 | 0 | 1 | $136,325 |
| 1707 | Liubomyr Melnyk | USA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $114,465 |
| 1707 | Andy Robinson | 450 | 0 | 1 | $98,011 | |
| 1707 | Kazuma Ishihara | JPN | 450 | 0 | 1 | $130,592 |
| 1707 | Jake Hobday | CAN | 450 | 0 | 1 | $71,754 |
| 1741 | Sergey Bagirov | RUS | 449 | 1 | 3 | $29,797 |
| 1742 | Gregory Josephson | USA | 448 | 0 | 2 | $47,370 |
| 1742 | Thomas Cullis | University Heights, OH, USA | 448 | 0 | 2 | $130,320 |
| 1742 | Lauren Bunch | Skiatook, OK, USA | 448 | 1 | 5 | $45,576 |
| 1742 | Tyler Whitehead | Atlanta, GA, USA | 448 | 1 | 4 | $34,715 |
| 1746 | Eugene Katchalov | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 447 | 0 | 4 | $121,548 |
| 1747 | Robert Klein | Schenectady, NY, USA | 446 | 0 | 4 | $45,976 |
| 1748 | Will Souther | Biloxi, MS, USA | 445 | 0 | 3 | $47,636 |
| 1749 | Bouwe Claushuis | 444 | 0 | 3 | $75,812 | |
| 1749 | Joel Cohen | AUS | 444 | 1 | 4 | $42,835 |