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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601 | Abel Gebeyehu | USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $34,300 |
| 2601 | Michael Merrill | San Fransisco, CA, USA | 312 | 1 | 1 | $38,640 |
| 2601 | Alex Yozefovitch | AUS | 312 | 1 | 1 | $33,460 |
| 2601 | Noah Rogers | NOR | 312 | 1 | 1 | $56,315 |
| 2601 | Yunsong Ge | AUS | 312 | 0 | 1 | $21,123 |
| 2601 | Themistoklis Tsachouridis | 312 | 1 | 1 | $42,502 | |
| 2601 | Yaser Sakarya | TUR | 312 | 1 | 2 | $37,656 |
| 2601 | Zoran Stojanovic | CHE | 312 | 0 | 2 | $48,449 |
| 2601 | Angelos Pettas | GRC | 312 | 1 | 1 | $86,565 |
| 2601 | Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 312 | 0 | 1 | $52,809 |
| 2601 | Stephen Kehoe | IRL | 312 | 0 | 2 | $32,747 |
| 2601 | Joseph Olivieri | Clayton, NC, USA | 312 | 2 | 6 | $36,172 |
| 2601 | Matthew Alexander | Minneapolis, MN, USA | 312 | 1 | 3 | $26,918 |
| 2601 | Anthony Casten | Calgary, AB, CAN | 312 | 0 | 2 | $17,653 |
| 2601 | Brian Hastings | Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $24,586 |
| 2601 | Christopher Kennedy | Auburn, AL, USA | 312 | 0 | 3 | $22,261 |
| 2601 | Marc Fiorentino | CA, USA | 312 | 0 | 2 | $97,556 |
| 2601 | Si Peng | CHN | 312 | 0 | 2 | $26,993 |
| 2601 | Wei Lin | CHN | 312 | 0 | 2 | $24,665 |
| 2620 | Scott Aulds | CA, USA | 311 | 1 | 4 | $34,598 |
| 2620 | Thanva Girdpool | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 311 | 0 | 3 | $29,564 |
| 2622 | Thierry Morel | FRA | 310 | 0 | 2 | $44,298 |
| 2622 | Dwayne Sluis | IRL | 310 | 0 | 3 | $26,935 |
| 2622 | Carlo Wolters | NLD | 310 | 0 | 1 | $49,782 |
| 2622 | Artsiom Panasiuk | BLR | 310 | 0 | 2 | $33,580 |
| 2622 | Jonathan Cameron | Terrebonne, QC, CAN | 310 | 0 | 2 | $15,247 |
| 2622 | James Phillips | Katy, TX, USA | 310 | 1 | 2 | $23,065 |
| 2622 | Dan Shak | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 310 | 0 | 2 | $98,435 |
| 2622 | Long Nguyen | Hollywood Beach, FL, USA | 310 | 0 | 4 | $32,600 |
| 2630 | Atilla Saracoglu | TUR | 309 | 0 | 3 | $27,825 |
| 2631 | Defeng Liu | CHN | 308 | 0 | 2 | $56,812 |
| 2631 | Stefano Aprile | DEU | 308 | 0 | 2 | $34,322 |
| 2631 | Joe Parrish | Riverview, FL, USA | 308 | 1 | 4 | $25,522 |
| 2631 | Ryan Caskey | USA | 308 | 0 | 3 | $44,629 |
| 2635 | Claudio Di Giacomo | ITA | 307 | 1 | 3 | $37,036 |
| 2635 | Victor Fryda | FRA | 307 | 0 | 2 | $42,374 |
| 2635 | Joshua Manus | Bristow, OK, USA | 307 | 0 | 3 | $22,660 |
| 2638 | Chi Tran | VNM | 306 | 0 | 1 | $61,118 |
| 2638 | Safi Haidar | TUR | 306 | 0 | 2 | $32,000 |
| 2638 | Osman Aksu | TUR | 306 | 1 | 2 | $13,608 |
| 2638 | Andrija Robovic | SER | 306 | 0 | 1 | $155,250 |
| 2638 | Luke Hoover | Cedar Park, TX, USA | 306 | 0 | 2 | $20,390 |
| 2638 | Jacob Miller | St Cloud, MN, USA | 306 | 1 | 3 | $43,872 |
| 2638 | Fred Paradis | Jewett City, CT, USA | 306 | 0 | 2 | $42,620 |
| 2638 | Moshe Gavrieli | Oakland, CA, USA | 306 | 0 | 2 | $27,669 |
| 2638 | Danielle Noja | AUS | 306 | 0 | 1 | $265,000 |
| 2638 | Eran Carmi | ISR | 306 | 0 | 1 | $58,000 |
| 2638 | Sung Yun | KOR | 306 | 0 | 3 | $29,488 |
| 2649 | Jinha Park | Chicago, IL, USA | 305 | 1 | 3 | $26,186 |
| 2649 | Federico Lenzi | ITA | 305 | 0 | 3 | $21,658 |