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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1837 | Ioannis Poullos | GRC | 420 | 0 | 1 | $78,776 |
| 1902 | Richard Gebhart | Siloam Springs, AR, USA | 418 | 0 | 3 | $36,614 |
| 1902 | Riccardo Saraniero | ITA | 418 | 0 | 2 | $49,353 |
| 1902 | Floyd van Houwelingen | NLD | 418 | 0 | 2 | $52,577 |
| 1902 | Ian Gascoigne | GBR | 418 | 0 | 3 | $76,051 |
| 1906 | Chad Carver | Foreman, AR, USA | 417 | 0 | 3 | $45,367 |
| 1906 | Dominic Lake | MD, USA | 417 | 1 | 4 | $43,407 |
| 1908 | Benjamin Pollak | Paris, FRA | 416 | 0 | 2 | $129,083 |
| 1908 | Yue Xu | CHN | 416 | 0 | 2 | $36,535 |
| 1908 | Emilien Pitavy | NLD | 416 | 0 | 3 | $359,200 |
| 1911 | Mengshi Tian | CHN | 414 | 0 | 3 | $59,558 |
| 1911 | Adzael Alouane | FRA | 414 | 1 | 2 | $34,328 |
| 1911 | Bob Heffner | Elkhart, IN, USA | 414 | 0 | 2 | $58,851 |
| 1911 | Rhett Van Leeuwen | Austin, TX, USA | 414 | 0 | 3 | $29,300 |
| 1911 | Xiao Zhang | CHN | 414 | 2 | 4 | $59,594 |
| 1911 | Vladimir Lappo | 414 | 1 | 2 | $75,373 | |
| 1917 | David Wang | AUS | 413 | 0 | 3 | $141,149 |
| 1918 | Simeon Tsonev | Sofia, BGR | 412 | 0 | 3 | $54,876 |
| 1918 | Yang Lu | Seattle, WA, USA | 412 | 0 | 4 | $36,821 |
| 1918 | Michael Maddocks | Melbourne, AUS | 412 | 0 | 2 | $61,050 |
| 1921 | James Agate | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 410 | 0 | 2 | $43,622 |
| 1921 | Felipe Ketzer | BRA | 410 | 0 | 2 | $455,001 |
| 1923 | Travis MacMillan | CAN | 408 | 1 | 1 | $15,739 |
| 1923 | Ilhan Alibeyoglu | TUR | 408 | 1 | 1 | $52,080 |
| 1923 | Simon Levy | New York, NY, USA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $53,500 |
| 1923 | Shahab Berokhim | Great Neck, NY, USA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $47,000 |
| 1923 | Joshua Hardwick | Harrison, OH, USA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $40,796 |
| 1923 | Espen Oeye | NOR | 408 | 0 | 1 | $207,000 |
| 1923 | David Stamm | Granite Bay, CA, USA | 408 | 1 | 2 | $92,711 |
| 1923 | Curtis Phelps | Owensboro, KY, USA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $40,000 |
| 1931 | Oliver Bosch | Lustenau, AUT | 406 | 1 | 2 | $75,348 |
| 1931 | Spencer Gore | Acton, MA, USA | 406 | 0 | 2 | $196,850 |
| 1931 | Eric Salazar | Asheboro, NC, USA | 406 | 0 | 4 | $26,341 |
| 1934 | Lee Wee Liew | MYS | 405 | 1 | 2 | $92,342 |
| 1934 | Hayato Kitajima | JPN | 405 | 0 | 4 | $41,851 |
| 1934 | Chris Moorman | Brighton and Hove, GBR | 405 | 0 | 1 | $101,900 |
| 1934 | Yi Fong | MYS | 405 | 1 | 4 | $55,563 |
| 1934 | Diego Silva | PRT | 405 | 0 | 1 | $157,082 |
| 1934 | Michael Egan | Melbourne, AUS | 405 | 0 | 2 | $125,453 |
| 1940 | Xinguo Wang | College Station, TX, USA | 404 | 0 | 2 | $71,346 |
| 1940 | Bradley Mercer | Burlington, NC, USA | 404 | 2 | 4 | $31,598 |
| 1940 | Daniel Walmsley | NZL | 404 | 0 | 2 | $64,433 |
| 1943 | Gha Iakobishvili | ISR | 402 | 0 | 3 | $408,000 |
| 1943 | Ville Keranen | FIN | 402 | 1 | 4 | $37,672 |
| 1943 | Koen Bijsterveldt | NLD | 402 | 0 | 3 | $52,315 |
| 1943 | Mihai Itoafa | Henderson, NV, USA | 402 | 0 | 2 | $33,796 |
| 1943 | Andrew Dickinson | GBR | 402 | 0 | 2 | $116,711 |
| 1948 | Kristan Lord | Palm Harbor, FL, USA | 401 | 3 | 5 | $59,752 |
| 1949 | Benjamin Wu | San Francisco, CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $68,700 |
| 1949 | Fabio Franchini | DEU | 400 | 0 | 1 | $38,139 |