World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Quang Dinh Do | VNM | 400 | 0 | 1 | $120,875 |
| 1949 | Tomas Dedinas | 400 | 0 | 1 | $43,500 | |
| 1949 | Anastasija Zavorotnaja | LVA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $59,826 |
| 1949 | Lara Eisenberg | Bethesda, MD, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $97,813 |
| 1949 | Markus Gaulhofer | AUT | 400 | 0 | 2 | $32,317 |
| 1949 | Baseem Nsier | USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $41,830 |
| 1949 | Xing Yun | Rockville, MD | 400 | 0 | 1 | $118,951 |
| 1949 | Julian Petrowski | Palm Beach, FL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $47,575 |
| 1949 | Sebastien Seguin | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $132,797 |
| 1949 | Lihao Shen | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $64,380 |
| 1949 | Juan Sebastian Gonzalez | COL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $77,519 |
| 1949 | Yingfei Gu | CHN | 400 | 0 | 2 | $52,314 |
| 1949 | Tracy Cushing | Danvers, MA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $75,687 |
| 1949 | Charles Hopper | Tunica, MS, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $69,641 |
| 1949 | Pierrick Martin | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $33,479 |
| 1949 | Jaewoo Kim | TX | 400 | 0 | 1 | $75,353 |
| 1949 | Yi Lo | TWN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $41,036 |
| 1949 | Cole Maxwell | Allen, TX, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $47,638 |
| 1949 | Elior Sion | London, England, GBR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $95,000 |
| 1949 | Alexander Petersen | DNK | 400 | 0 | 1 | $136,467 |
| 1949 | Markkos Ladev | EST | 400 | 0 | 1 | $700,000 |
| 1949 | Murad Cakir | TUR | 400 | 0 | 2 | $54,400 |
| 1949 | Alexis Lucarini | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $55,024 |
| 1949 | Gianluca Cabitza | ITA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $20,893 |
| 1949 | Przemyslaw Cebrat | POL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $92,575 |
| 1949 | Julien Montois | FRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $68,391 |
| 1949 | Lampros Vlachos | GRC | 400 | 0 | 1 | $97,750 |
| 1949 | Daniel Ezekiel | London, GBR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $40,972 |
| 1949 | Guillermo Sanchez Otero | ESP | 400 | 0 | 1 | $214,070 |
| 1949 | Dumitru Pora | ROU | 400 | 0 | 1 | $40,202 |
| 1949 | Fabio Franchini | DEU | 400 | 0 | 1 | $38,139 |
| 1949 | Passias Stravros | GRC | 400 | 0 | 1 | $133,012 |
| 1949 | Daniel Olsen | USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $69,804 |
| 1949 | Jacob Mendelsohn | Encinitas, CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 2 | $70,878 |
| 1949 | Andrew Robinson | Hutto, TX, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $61,547 |
| 1949 | Benjamin Wu | San Francisco, CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $68,700 |
| 1949 | Timothy Chang | Woodbury, NY, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $83,785 |
| 1949 | James Guidi | Chicago, IL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $55,666 |
| 1949 | Cheri Ivan | Oldsmar, FL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $62,360 |
| 1949 | Charbel Boujaoude | Lancaster, NY, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $64,405 |
| 1949 | Andrew Fredericks | Reno, NV, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $50,500 |
| 1949 | Adam Hendrix | Anchorage, AK, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $115,468 |
| 1949 | John Major | USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $50,326 |
| 1949 | Joshua Hillock | Orlando, FL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $131,000 |
| 1949 | Navil Desai | USA | 400 | 0 | 2 | $46,585 |
| 1949 | Adam Friedman | Gahanna, OH, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $72,150 |
| 1949 | Duke Vu | USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $55,690 |
| 1949 | Danny Allen | Peoria, AZ, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $49,260 |
| 1949 | Thomas Beckstead | Temecula, CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $81,936 |
| 1949 | Rubin Chappell | CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $56,725 |
