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 | Adam Ney | Atlanta, GA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $77,974 |
| 1949 | Seok Kim | CA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $65,090 |
| 1949 | David Einhorn | Rye, NY, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $1,862,941 |
| 1949 | Roland Wakim | FL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $32,572 |
| 1949 | Steven Nichols | Chandler, AZ, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $44,155 |
| 1949 | Brandon Hamlet | Rye Brook, NY, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $93,091 |
| 1949 | Scott Dehm | New Albany, OH, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $46,715 |
| 1949 | Rickie Brown | South City, IL, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $33,913 |
| 1949 | Christopher Meza | Aubrey, TX, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $35,984 |
| 1949 | David Van Hollebeke | Everett, WA, USA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $43,716 |
| 1949 | Akshay Nasa | New Delhi, IND | 400 | 0 | 2 | $44,542 |
| 1949 | Yilu Yuan | CHN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $138,000 |
| 1949 | Chi Tang | HKG | 400 | 0 | 2 | $40,932 |
| 1949 | Gary Tomes | AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $32,045 |
| 1949 | Ganlin Lei | CHN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $62,976 |
| 1949 | Francisco Baruffi | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $82,928 |
| 1949 | Juan Garcia | ARG | 400 | 0 | 1 | $60,000 |
| 1949 | Favio Gandelman | ARG | 400 | 0 | 1 | $34,139 |
| 1949 | Gabriel Schroeder | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $63,411 |
| 2020 | Mario Colavita | ITA | 398 | 0 | 3 | $82,404 |
| 2020 | Rohan Aggarwal | MO, USA | 398 | 1 | 2 | $66,542 |
| 2022 | Advait Abrol | 396 | 0 | 3 | $37,874 | |
| 2022 | Edgars Hauks | LVA | 396 | 1 | 2 | $20,265 |
| 2022 | Casey Hayes | Demotte, IN, USA | 396 | 2 | 8 | $62,292 |
| 2022 | Brandon Padula | Oakton, VA, USA | 396 | 0 | 2 | $43,340 |
| 2022 | Bradley Miller | Pleasanton, CA, USA | 396 | 0 | 2 | $35,204 |
| 2022 | Xiaomeng Shi | Dallas, TX, USA | 396 | 1 | 1 | $99,509 |
| 2028 | Ioannis Nanos | GRC | 395 | 1 | 2 | $44,852 |
| 2028 | Roman Kolotyuk | RUS | 395 | 0 | 8 | $29,650 |
| 2028 | Robert Nehorayan | Sherman Oaks, CA, USA | 395 | 0 | 1 | $52,600 |
| 2031 | Vlastimil Pustina | CZE | 394 | 0 | 2 | $129,860 |
| 2031 | Marc Remmes | Montauk, NY, USA | 394 | 0 | 1 | $41,061 |
| 2031 | David Levi | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 394 | 1 | 4 | $44,888 |
| 2034 | Eric Mizrahi | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 393 | 1 | 4 | $30,019 |
| 2034 | Kevin Eyster | Denver, CO, USA | 393 | 0 | 1 | $259,200 |
| 2034 | Manuel Ferrari | ITA | 393 | 1 | 1 | $123,412 |
| 2037 | Roberto Bianchi | ARG | 392 | 0 | 2 | $30,493 |
| 2037 | Alex Montgomery | GBR | 392 | 0 | 3 | $47,190 |
| 2037 | Joe Hindry | GBR | 392 | 0 | 4 | $52,873 |
| 2037 | Anthony Finley | OK, USA | 392 | 1 | 2 | $61,586 |
| 2037 | Radwan Khuri | Memphis, TN, USA | 392 | 1 | 2 | $35,851 |
| 2037 | Tong Mu | Houston, TX, USA | 392 | 0 | 2 | $71,832 |
| 2043 | Dustin Ethridge | Monroe, WI, USA | 391 | 0 | 6 | $30,766 |
| 2044 | Yuan Qin | CHN | 390 | 1 | 2 | $30,731 |
| 2044 | Audris Daugvilavicious | IRL | 390 | 0 | 3 | $44,377 |
| 2044 | Scott Horvath | Corpus Christi, TX, USA | 390 | 0 | 2 | $65,441 |
| 2044 | Shawn Daniels | Placerville, CA, USA | 390 | 0 | 2 | $89,681 |
| 2044 | Honglin Jiang | AUS | 390 | 0 | 1 | $32,044 |
| 2049 | Alexander Charron | USA | 389 | 1 | 3 | $31,079 |
| 2050 | Sharon Bachar | USA | 388 | 1 | 4 | $39,986 |
