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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Dylan Weisman | Sherman Oaks, CA, USA | 1,648 | 0 | 4 | $495,887 |
| 202 | Miquel Maimes | Oceanside, CA, USA | 1,644 | 1 | 4 | $256,558 |
| 203 | Fausto Valdez | Long Beach, CA, USA | 1,641 | 3 | 4 | $370,218 |
| 204 | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV, CAN | 1,630 | 1 | 4 | $2,661,105 |
| 205 | Asi Moshe | Tel Aviv, ISR | 1,620 | 1 | 1 | $683,830 |
| 205 | Ottomar Ladva | EST | 1,620 | 2 | 2 | $2,295,686 |
| 207 | Galen Hall | San Francisco, CA, USA | 1,616 | 1 | 2 | $1,364,300 |
| 208 | Chad Lipton | San Diego, CA, USA | 1,610 | 0 | 2 | $524,587 |
| 208 | Sam Soverel | Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA | 1,610 | 1 | 6 | $844,369 |
| 210 | Martin Felix Schneiders | DEU | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $846,473 |
| 210 | Jesse Jones | Springfield, MO, USA | 1,600 | 2 | 5 | $413,696 |
| 210 | Pete Chen | Sijhih City, TWN | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $395,664 |
| 210 | Nathan Gamble | North Richland Hills, TX, USA | 1,600 | 1 | 2 | $780,615 |
| 210 | Xiaoyao Ma | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 1,600 | 0 | 1 | $653,037 |
| 215 | Davit Mikhanashvili | GEO | 1,594 | 1 | 5 | $219,427 |
| 216 | Michael Hahn | Carmel, IN, USA | 1,592 | 0 | 2 | $632,519 |
| 216 | Pongsapak Himathongkom | THA | 1,592 | 2 | 4 | $220,796 |
| 218 | Todd Lewis | New York City, NY, USA | 1,590 | 1 | 2 | $312,000 |
| 219 | James Calderaro | Venice, FL, USA | 1,589 | 0 | 5 | $165,009 |
| 220 | Andrew Ostapchenko | Carlsbad, CA, USA | 1,588 | 2 | 8 | $266,652 |
| 221 | Richard Seymour | Suwanee, GA, USA | 1,584 | 1 | 2 | $536,577 |
| 221 | Yosuke Miki | JPN | 1,584 | 0 | 4 | $1,614,558 |
| 223 | Ian Cohen | Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA | 1,580 | 1 | 2 | $672,430 |
| 223 | Mathew Frankland | Teesside, GBR | 1,580 | 1 | 2 | $591,400 |
| 225 | David Baker | Katy, TX, USA | 1,568 | 0 | 4 | $585,690 |
| 226 | Joseph Liberta | Berlin, NJ, USA | 1,560 | 1 | 2 | $1,258,926 |
| 226 | Matas Cimbolas | LTU | 1,560 | 1 | 3 | $630,804 |
| 228 | Lee Rzentkowski | USA | 1,559 | 2 | 4 | $223,238 |
| 229 | Johnny Bromberg | CA, USA | 1,556 | 2 | 5 | $491,740 |
| 230 | Dimitar Danchev | Plovdiv, BGR | 1,554 | 1 | 3 | $1,194,828 |
| 231 | Caleb Harris | Sidney, OH, USA | 1,550 | 0 | 2 | $386,490 |
| 232 | Stephen Chidwick | Deal, GBR | 1,547 | 0 | 4 | $2,157,069 |
| 233 | Derek Normand | Lake Charles, LA, USA | 1,545 | 2 | 8 | $196,532 |
| 234 | Leonard Maue | DEU | 1,538 | 0 | 4 | $1,359,582 |
| 235 | Erik Eisen | DEU | 1,530 | 0 | 2 | $446,803 |
| 236 | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA | 1,526 | 2 | 9 | $246,833 |
| 237 | Dejan Boskovic | AUS | 1,520 | 0 | 1 | $663,142 |
| 237 | Patrick Stacey | CYM | 1,520 | 1 | 2 | $265,177 |
| 237 | Andro Scarpa | HRV | 1,520 | 1 | 2 | $204,881 |
| 240 | Aram Zobian | Cranston, RI, USA | 1,517 | 1 | 8 | $600,251 |
| 240 | Adam Walton | Seattle, WA, USA | 1,517 | 1 | 3 | $235,523 |
| 242 | Frank Koopmann | DEU | 1,509 | 2 | 3 | $324,740 |
| 243 | Yifu He | Sunnyvale, CA, USA | 1,500 | 0 | 6 | $356,918 |
| 243 | Daisuke Ogita | Tokyo, JPN | 1,500 | 1 | 1 | $1,028,750 |
| 243 | Aaron Kupin | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 1,500 | 0 | 1 | $574,168 |
| 246 | Mukul Pahuja | North Lauderdale, FL, USA | 1,493 | 2 | 5 | $193,113 |
| 247 | Juan Pardo | Cortilligos, ESP | 1,492 | 1 | 6 | $1,466,025 |
| 248 | Pavel Plesuv | Prague, CZE | 1,490 | 0 | 2 | $1,019,456 |
| 248 | Chenxiang Miao | CHN | 1,490 | 0 | 2 | $348,170 |
| 250 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | NOR | 1,480 | 0 | 2 | $278,924 |