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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2301 | Zhao Yue | CHN | 352 | 0 | 2 | $60,500 |
| 2301 | Nicolai Torgersen | NOR | 352 | 0 | 2 | $42,786 |
| 2301 | Stephen Blow | GBR | 352 | 1 | 2 | $57,064 |
| 2301 | Leonidas Andriopoulos | GRC | 352 | 0 | 2 | $33,791 |
| 2301 | Timothee Jerbillet | FRA | 352 | 0 | 2 | $19,175 |
| 2301 | Jonathan Kim | USA | 352 | 0 | 1 | $87,900 |
| 2301 | Jason Sagle | Sudbury, ONT, CAN | 352 | 1 | 5 | $28,723 |
| 2301 | Teng Vang | Sacramento, CA, USA | 352 | 0 | 2 | $25,983 |
| 2301 | Nicholas Willie | Sedalia, KY, USA | 352 | 0 | 2 | $28,393 |
| 2301 | Andrew Tree | CA, USA | 352 | 1 | 2 | $28,485 |
| 2301 | Manoj Batavia | Columbia, SC, USA | 352 | 0 | 1 | $68,036 |
| 2301 | Jeremiah Niccum | Sacramento, CA, USA | 352 | 1 | 3 | $27,875 |
| 2301 | Kyle McConnell | USA | 352 | 0 | 2 | $36,102 |
| 2301 | Ryan Brown | Argyle, TX, USA | 352 | 0 | 2 | $44,580 |
| 2315 | Robert Rummler | DEU | 350 | 0 | 1 | $25,247 |
| 2315 | Minh Quang Nguyen | 350 | 0 | 1 | $236,828 | |
| 2315 | Marek Ohnisko | CZE | 350 | 0 | 1 | $30,450 |
| 2315 | Maziar Keshavarzi | Austin, TX, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $45,914 |
| 2315 | Lavonne Watkins | 350 | 0 | 1 | $30,717 | |
| 2315 | Jason Hausske | Boise, ID, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $38,940 |
| 2315 | Piotr Przybylski | POL | 350 | 0 | 1 | $36,159 |
| 2315 | Anthony Busatta | USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $28,000 |
| 2315 | Robert Marcu | ROU | 350 | 1 | 3 | $82,650 |
| 2315 | Sundaram Arumugasundaram | Beaverton, OR, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $51,033 |
| 2315 | Hugo De Brites | PRT | 350 | 0 | 1 | $37,139 |
| 2315 | Thomas Miressi | USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $28,626 |
| 2315 | Shane Martin | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $28,721 |
| 2315 | Aleksandr Dronov | RUS | 350 | 0 | 1 | $40,150 |
| 2315 | Artiom Poddubnii | MDA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $43,036 |
| 2315 | Lorenzo Rodriguez | FRA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $38,516 |
| 2315 | Aqueel Butt | GBR | 350 | 0 | 1 | $42,854 |
| 2315 | Soraya Estrada | ESP | 350 | 0 | 1 | $37,170 |
| 2315 | Calin Ciolte | ROM | 350 | 0 | 1 | $27,000 |
| 2315 | Krzysztof Grubka | POL | 350 | 0 | 1 | $41,051 |
| 2315 | Zbigniew Wieczorek | POL | 350 | 0 | 1 | $40,982 |
| 2315 | Artsiom Lasouski | BLR | 350 | 0 | 1 | $655,551 |
| 2315 | Oystein Brenden | NOR | 350 | 0 | 1 | $20,013 |
| 2315 | Vadzim Lipauka | Minsk, BLR | 350 | 0 | 1 | $65,190 |
| 2315 | Evgenii Akimov | RUS | 350 | 0 | 1 | $31,690 |
| 2315 | Jonathan Little | Pensacola, FL, USA | 350 | 0 | 2 | $101,700 |
| 2315 | Robert Grossglauser | Sacramento, CA, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $36,670 |
| 2315 | Ryan Pasquale | Pickering, CAN | 350 | 0 | 1 | $40,726 |
| 2315 | Roger Low | USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $26,969 |
| 2315 | Noah Levine | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $33,500 |
| 2315 | Tedde Ballanger | CAN | 350 | 0 | 1 | $23,593 |
| 2315 | Joel Trevino | Mexico City, MEX | 350 | 0 | 1 | $26,957 |
| 2315 | Andrew Nguyen | Milpitas, CA, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $26,000 |
| 2315 | Lisa Xie | Boyds, MD, USA | 350 | 0 | 2 | $35,911 |
| 2315 | Ki Kyun | USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $49,700 |
| 2315 | Bradley Young | New York, NY, USA | 350 | 0 | 1 | $55,427 |