World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1749 | Md Saif Uddin | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | 444 | 0 | 2 | $24,333 |
| 1749 | Kaiwen Wei | CA, USA | 444 | 0 | 3 | $69,281 |
| 1749 | Joel Cohen | AUS | 444 | 1 | 4 | $42,835 |
| 1754 | Don Patrick | Aspen, CO, USA | 443 | 0 | 3 | $37,690 |
| 1754 | Ren Zhang | CA, USA | 443 | 0 | 2 | $70,663 |
| 1756 | Mikal Smith | Chandler, AZ, USA | 442 | 0 | 2 | $21,811 |
| 1756 | Haydn Dickinson | GBR | 442 | 0 | 2 | $90,676 |
| 1758 | Darrell Cain | Sacremento, CA, USA | 441 | 0 | 3 | $63,820 |
| 1758 | Natalie Ferguson | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 441 | 0 | 2 | $79,850 |
| 1758 | Russ Dunlevy | USA | 441 | 1 | 5 | $67,927 |
| 1758 | Blake Ellinghaus | Plainfield, IL, USA | 441 | 0 | 3 | $33,958 |
| 1762 | Francesco Gisolfi | ITA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $120,831 |
| 1762 | Thai Ha | Factoryville, PA, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $33,710 |
| 1762 | Anton Bergstrom | SWE | 440 | 0 | 1 | $113,988 |
| 1762 | Francois Scapula | Paris, FRA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $80,390 |
| 1762 | Corey Dodd | Fargo, ND, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $39,715 |
| 1762 | Mikko Torkki | FIN | 440 | 0 | 1 | $193,000 |
| 1762 | Gael Ruiz | FRA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $65,474 |
| 1762 | Francesco Carbone | ITA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $199,343 |
| 1762 | Luke Tatum | GBR | 440 | 0 | 2 | $128,444 |
| 1762 | Seong Han | PRK | 440 | 0 | 1 | $139,723 |
| 1762 | Nikhil Gera | Diamond Bar, CA, USA | 440 | 0 | 5 | $43,715 |
| 1762 | Alejandro Exposito | Miami, FL, USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $134,000 |
| 1762 | Tanner Rose | CA, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $35,011 |
| 1762 | Billy Reed | USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $155,248 |
| 1762 | Stian Usterud | Porsgrunn, USA | 440 | 1 | 2 | $214,718 |
| 1762 | Frank Cimperman | USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $105,500 |
| 1762 | JOSEPH PALMA | Bensalem, PA, USA | 440 | 0 | 2 | $40,650 |
| 1762 | Bryan Leskowitz | Leominster, MA, USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $148,180 |
| 1762 | Russell Giordano | Allyn, WA, USA | 440 | 0 | 1 | $128,446 |
| 1762 | Jeevan Lobo | IND | 440 | 0 | 1 | $101,600 |
| 1782 | Somasekhar Sanampuri | IND | 439 | 0 | 2 | $67,523 |
| 1783 | Johannes Becker | Cologne, DEU | 438 | 0 | 2 | $122,925 |
| 1783 | Stanislas Prigent | FRA | 438 | 1 | 2 | $23,171 |
| 1785 | Peter Cross | Glendale, CA, USA | 437 | 0 | 3 | $74,045 |
| 1785 | John Wasnock | North Bend, WA, USA | 437 | 1 | 3 | $58,450 |
| 1787 | Bruno Simoes | PRT | 436 | 0 | 2 | $43,662 |
| 1787 | Adrian State | ROU | 436 | 1 | 2 | $116,443 |
| 1787 | Ben Ramon | Nashville, TN, USA | 436 | 0 | 2 | $75,734 |
| 1787 | Behrouz Keshtavar | USA | 436 | 0 | 3 | $45,042 |
| 1791 | Lian Liu | CA, USA | 435 | 1 | 3 | $40,090 |
| 1792 | Ian Pelz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 434 | 1 | 2 | $45,853 |
| 1792 | Razzouk Rahhal | NLD | 434 | 0 | 2 | $67,955 |
| 1792 | Alexander Huber | CHE | 434 | 0 | 2 | $67,604 |
| 1792 | Christopher Lyon | AZ, USA | 434 | 0 | 2 | $36,395 |
| 1796 | Tal Rothman | Miami, FL, USA | 433 | 0 | 1 | $60,505 |
| 1796 | Abraham Van Huyssteen | ZAF | 433 | 0 | 1 | $39,300 |
| 1798 | Javier Francort | NLD | 432 | 0 | 1 | $50,718 |
| 1798 | Jeffrey Hall | Buffalo, NY, USA | 432 | 0 | 3 | $32,677 |
| 1798 | Andrew Sabbagh | CAN | 432 | 0 | 2 | $24,333 |
