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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2146 | Shoval Malin | ISR | 375 | 0 | 2 | $73,561 |
| 2146 | Qi Xu | AUS | 375 | 0 | 1 | $32,185 |
| 2146 | Hiroyuki Noda | JPN | 375 | 0 | 1 | $37,706 |
| 2154 | Calogero Morreale | GBR | 374 | 0 | 3 | $58,496 |
| 2154 | Michael Dreese | Newton, MA, USA | 374 | 1 | 10 | $33,684 |
| 2154 | Jacob Gagnon | Colchester, CT, USA | 374 | 0 | 2 | $247,476 |
| 2154 | Chien Weng | TWN | 374 | 1 | 3 | $37,855 |
| 2158 | Dean Sultan | FL, USA | 373 | 0 | 2 | $44,625 |
| 2158 | Wai Sim Kok | MYS | 373 | 0 | 2 | $115,434 |
| 2160 | Dinesh Alt | CHE | 372 | 0 | 3 | $64,322 |
| 2160 | Pasi Laihinen | FIN | 372 | 0 | 2 | $53,159 |
| 2160 | Valentino Konakchiev | BGR | 372 | 0 | 2 | $47,162 |
| 2160 | Jose Scarano | 372 | 0 | 2 | $100,105 | |
| 2160 | Clayde Terlaan | NLD | 372 | 1 | 2 | $34,367 |
| 2160 | Daniel Klinger | AUS | 372 | 0 | 2 | $37,450 |
| 2166 | Joseph Lao | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 371 | 0 | 3 | $47,414 |
| 2166 | Gabriel Ramos | Durham, NC, USA | 371 | 0 | 2 | $30,211 |
| 2168 | Lorenzo Arduini | ITA | 370 | 0 | 3 | $56,292 |
| 2168 | Wim Emo | NLD | 370 | 0 | 2 | $40,436 |
| 2168 | Philip Tate | GBR | 370 | 0 | 2 | $50,709 |
| 2168 | Aziz Efe | TUR | 370 | 0 | 2 | $16,800 |
| 2168 | Charles Keisling | N. Richland Hills, TX, USA | 370 | 0 | 5 | $32,154 |
| 2168 | William Latta | Mt Zion, IL, USA | 370 | 1 | 2 | $50,181 |
| 2168 | John Caridad | AUS | 370 | 0 | 2 | $34,865 |
| 2175 | Martin Schroeder | Mount Prospect, IL, USA | 369 | 1 | 2 | $48,144 |
| 2175 | Robert Gill | Thousand Oaks, CA, USA | 369 | 0 | 2 | $49,207 |
| 2177 | Zhen Tay | MYS | 368 | 0 | 3 | $48,037 |
| 2178 | Eric Polirer | Coral Springs, FL, USA | 367 | 0 | 8 | $33,668 |
| 2178 | Frank Covich | Smyrna, TX, USA | 367 | 1 | 6 | $31,657 |
| 2180 | Nicolas Burtin | FRA | 366 | 0 | 2 | $52,457 |
| 2180 | James Garst | Seymour, TN, USA | 366 | 1 | 1 | $42,457 |
| 2180 | Angelo Kozonis | Chicago, IL, USA | 366 | 0 | 2 | $37,988 |
| 2183 | Sean Hold | Fairfield, CA, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $48,450 |
| 2183 | Nathaniel Curley | MN | 365 | 1 | 1 | $35,975 |
| 2183 | Quentin Coueffe | FRA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $53,105 |
| 2183 | Guillaume Marchand | FRA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $52,279 |
| 2183 | Danny Gonzales | Denver, CO, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $54,578 |
| 2183 | Ronald Cleaver | Alpha, NJ, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $30,675 |
| 2183 | Richard Philip | TX, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $69,618 |
| 2183 | Aaron Lucas | Jacksonville, FL, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $68,622 |
| 2183 | Justin Green | Clearwater, FL, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $50,090 |
| 2183 | Khaled Selim | Findlay, OH, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $51,888 |
| 2183 | Joseph Santoro | Orlando, FL, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $40,286 |
| 2183 | Patrick Grover | Cedar Park, TX, USA | 365 | 1 | 1 | $47,378 |
| 2183 | Tsz Chow | HKG | 365 | 1 | 1 | $23,871 |
| 2196 | Joshua Butler | Tunica, MS, USA | 364 | 1 | 2 | $88,134 |
| 2196 | Edgaras Kausinis | LTU | 364 | 0 | 2 | $58,339 |
| 2196 | Stefan Peukert | DEU | 364 | 0 | 2 | $79,772 |
| 2196 | Joao Matos | PRT | 364 | 0 | 4 | $37,053 |
| 2200 | Leon Kwauk | CA, USA | 362 | 1 | 3 | $36,950 |