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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Endrit Geci | GBR | 1,868 | 1 | 3 | $393,633 |
| 152 | Yixi Tang | CHN | 1,864 | 0 | 3 | $503,264 |
| 153 | Matthew Higgins | USA | 1,862 | 1 | 3 | $1,092,937 |
| 154 | Scott Bohlman | Glenview, IL, USA | 1,856 | 1 | 8 | $402,981 |
| 155 | Mario Quilez | 1,852 | 1 | 3 | $839,407 | |
| 156 | Samuel Ju | DEU | 1,842 | 2 | 7 | $422,311 |
| 157 | Grant Juric | USA | 1,840 | 1 | 2 | $393,466 |
| 157 | Benjamin Juhasz | HUN | 1,840 | 1 | 2 | $339,462 |
| 159 | Andrew Lichtenberger | East Northport, NY, USA | 1,838 | 2 | 6 | $725,300 |
| 160 | Christopher Vitch | La Jolla, CA, USA | 1,824 | 0 | 3 | $323,349 |
| 160 | Yang Wang | CHN | 1,824 | 1 | 1 | $595,388 |
| 160 | Yuna Kanaizumi | JPN | 1,824 | 1 | 1 | $395,000 |
| 163 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Filderstadt, DEU | 1,823 | 2 | 3 | $651,875 |
| 164 | Jans Arends | Groningen, NLD | 1,821 | 0 | 2 | $1,121,825 |
| 165 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | BLR | 1,820 | 1 | 5 | $1,640,568 |
| 166 | Dustin Murphy | Port Charlotte, FL, USA | 1,812 | 1 | 6 | $377,773 |
| 166 | Ryan Hoenig | Fort Collins, CO, USA | 1,812 | 6 | 13 | $400,630 |
| 168 | Robert Cowen | England, GBR | 1,805 | 1 | 9 | $1,745,780 |
| 169 | Daniel Aharoni | Forest Hills, NY, USA | 1,800 | 1 | 1 | $861,287 |
| 169 | Jean-Robert Bellande | Hollywood, CA, USA | 1,800 | 1 | 2 | $1,858,705 |
| 171 | Aliaksei Boika | BLR | 1,791 | 0 | 3 | $1,574,750 |
| 172 | Ethan Yau | USA | 1,787 | 0 | 8 | $521,108 |
| 173 | Yang Zhang | Dalian, CHN | 1,784 | 1 | 3 | $519,370 |
| 174 | Daniel Lowery | Peter Pender, AR, USA | 1,780 | 4 | 11 | $206,274 |
| 174 | Luis Sequeira | ARG | 1,780 | 0 | 3 | $298,481 |
| 176 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | MNE | 1,778 | 1 | 5 | $1,682,475 |
| 177 | Patrick Truong | Pflugerville, TX, USA | 1,777 | 0 | 6 | $270,964 |
| 178 | Kayhan Mokri | Oslo, NOR | 1,776 | 1 | 5 | $1,337,443 |
| 178 | Yoon Choi | Jersey City, NJ, USA | 1,776 | 1 | 2 | $603,184 |
| 178 | Jean Noel Thorel | Paris, FRA | 1,776 | 0 | 4 | $2,348,780 |
| 181 | Richard Bai | Schaumburg, IL, USA | 1,772 | 1 | 3 | $499,297 |
| 182 | Joan Moragues | 1,770 | 1 | 2 | $598,258 | |
| 183 | Methavee Taveekitvatee | THA | 1,766 | 1 | 5 | $308,503 |
| 184 | Jim Collopy | Washington D.C., USA | 1,760 | 0 | 6 | $433,415 |
| 185 | Antonio Vargas | Commerce City, CO, USA | 1,750 | 2 | 3 | $538,614 |
| 185 | Alex Cruz | Midland, TX, USA | 1,750 | 0 | 1 | $726,598 |
| 187 | Xiaosheng Zheng | CHN | 1,748 | 1 | 4 | $340,500 |
| 188 | Ye Wang | CHN | 1,740 | 0 | 4 | $2,377,500 |
| 188 | Eddie Blumenthal | Verona, WI, USA | 1,740 | 1 | 2 | $375,545 |
| 190 | Brandon Sheils | GBR | 1,728 | 2 | 6 | $455,274 |
| 191 | Joshua Mammen | CA, USA | 1,722 | 1 | 2 | $489,605 |
| 192 | Teun Mulder | NLD | 1,716 | 0 | 4 | $2,956,143 |
| 193 | Frank Lagodich | Canton, OH, USA | 1,703 | 1 | 3 | $400,745 |
| 194 | Dylan Smith | Brick, NJ, USA | 1,697 | 2 | 4 | $302,373 |
| 195 | Senthuran Vijayaratnam | CAN | 1,680 | 1 | 5 | $333,884 |
| 196 | Michael Mann | Stamford, CT, USA | 1,674 | 2 | 4 | $213,250 |
| 197 | Justin Fawcett | USA | 1,666 | 1 | 5 | $389,085 |
| 198 | Maksim Pisarenko | RUS | 1,660 | 0 | 4 | $372,454 |
| 198 | Christopher Selami | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,660 | 1 | 3 | $295,027 |
| 200 | Geoffrey Mooney | Melbourne, AUS | 1,650 | 1 | 3 | $1,003,923 |