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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2200 | Viacheslav Kardash | RUS | 362 | 0 | 2 | $14,500 |
| 2200 | Vladimir Belekhov | RUS | 362 | 0 | 2 | $33,399 |
| 2200 | Robert Champion | USA | 362 | 1 | 1 | $51,011 |
| 2204 | Adrian Curry | Ellenwood, GA, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $60,000 |
| 2204 | John Terrill | San Diego, CA, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $49,571 |
| 2204 | Jorge Cuesta | 360 | 0 | 2 | $53,579 | |
| 2204 | Stan Van Dijk | NLD | 360 | 0 | 1 | $53,651 |
| 2204 | Ryan Kirkpatrick | MD, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $58,375 |
| 2204 | Chau Shing Lam | New York, NY, USA | 360 | 0 | 2 | $59,123 |
| 2204 | Patrick Pettitt | MD, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $39,310 |
| 2204 | Ning Ma | CAN | 360 | 0 | 1 | $48,423 |
| 2204 | Jason Chin | SGP | 360 | 1 | 1 | $21,161 |
| 2204 | Grant Hall | Miami, FL, USA | 360 | 1 | 1 | $46,463 |
| 2204 | Yerkebulan Muratbek | KAZ | 360 | 0 | 1 | $55,000 |
| 2204 | Tibor Nyuli | 360 | 0 | 1 | $25,300 | |
| 2204 | Alberto Scuderi | 360 | 0 | 1 | $26,474 | |
| 2204 | Ruben Perceval | 360 | 0 | 1 | $9,946 | |
| 2204 | Adrian Indoviro | AUS | 360 | 0 | 1 | $63,360 |
| 2204 | Shuang Qiu | CHN | 360 | 0 | 1 | $34,262 |
| 2204 | Ignacio Amelung | ESP | 360 | 0 | 1 | $39,568 |
| 2204 | Miki Shiraishi | JPN | 360 | 0 | 1 | $105,520 |
| 2204 | Nikolay Gadzhalov | BGR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $67,000 |
| 2204 | Zak Delaimy | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $86,150 |
| 2204 | Zhen Shen | CHN | 360 | 0 | 1 | $16,743 |
| 2204 | Vidar Oeie | 360 | 1 | 1 | $45,891 | |
| 2204 | Scott Pharr | USA | 360 | 1 | 1 | $89,501 |
| 2204 | Guangdong Dai | GBR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $41,271 |
| 2204 | Aitor Cruz | ESP | 360 | 0 | 1 | $77,000 |
| 2204 | Renzo Pedrotti | ITA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $60,074 |
| 2204 | Giannis Souroukidis | GRC | 360 | 1 | 1 | $61,122 |
| 2204 | Diogo Duarte | PRT | 360 | 0 | 1 | $87,745 |
| 2204 | Michel Molenaar | NLD | 360 | 1 | 2 | $69,507 |
| 2204 | Laurentiu Dumitru | ROU | 360 | 0 | 1 | $92,844 |
| 2204 | Oscar Peleg | SWE | 360 | 0 | 1 | $2,706 |
| 2204 | Julien Stropoli | FRA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $28,865 |
| 2204 | Damian Albers | DEU | 360 | 1 | 1 | $49,636 |
| 2204 | Carl Larsson | SWE | 360 | 1 | 1 | $200,907 |
| 2204 | Petros Karadimos | GRC | 360 | 1 | 1 | $48,350 |
| 2204 | Thijs Hilberts | NLD | 360 | 0 | 2 | $54,021 |
| 2204 | Andreas Backlund | FIN | 360 | 1 | 1 | $43,838 |
| 2204 | Dimitrios Kilintaris | GRC | 360 | 0 | 2 | $68,334 |
| 2204 | Jordan Tentori | AUT | 360 | 0 | 1 | $38,130 |
| 2204 | Joni Rantamaki | FIN | 360 | 1 | 1 | $78,956 |
| 2204 | Janoe Budak | DEU | 360 | 0 | 1 | $68,755 |
| 2204 | Ludovic Geilich | Glasgow, SCO | 360 | 0 | 1 | $47,289 |
| 2204 | Wassim Chaitou | FRA | 360 | 1 | 1 | $43,174 |
| 2204 | Marc Foggin | England, GBR | 360 | 0 | 1 | $28,753 |
| 2204 | Andreas Zampas | GRC | 360 | 0 | 1 | $61,300 |
| 2204 | Ted McNamara | Davie, FL, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $98,000 |
| 2204 | Samuel Taylor | New York, NY, USA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $40,070 |