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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2716 | Robert Gaudio | Brooklyn, NY, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $26,320 |
| 2716 | Mitchell Tsang | CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $31,435 |
| 2716 | Thanhlong Nguyen | Hattiesburg, MS, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $67,310 |
| 2716 | Devin Ebert | San Diego, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $37,980 |
| 2716 | Jose Orozco | MEX | 300 | 0 | 1 | $163,000 |
| 2716 | Phillip Phan | Collingdale, PA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $64,100 |
| 2716 | Jan Sanchez | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $71,167 |
| 2716 | Philip Holmes | Thackerville, OK, USA | 300 | 1 | 1 | $51,077 |
| 2716 | Jorge Rios Garces | MEX | 300 | 0 | 1 | $21,785 |
| 2716 | Dhiraj Sharma | CAN | 300 | 0 | 1 | $29,330 |
| 2716 | Christopher Back | CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $26,671 |
| 2716 | Adam Weinraub | Orange, CA, USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $27,192 |
| 2716 | Surminder Singh | USA | 300 | 0 | 1 | $29,734 |
| 2716 | Chung Cheung | HKG | 300 | 1 | 1 | $139,154 |
| 2716 | Valeriy Pak | UZB | 300 | 0 | 1 | $44,995 |
| 2716 | Juan Trujillo | PER | 300 | 0 | 1 | $28,400 |
| 2716 | Bo Huang | CHN | 300 | 1 | 1 | $25,389 |
| 2716 | Troy Mclean | Ballarant, AUS | 300 | 0 | 1 | $33,054 |
| 2716 | Karatsu Hiroki | JPN | 300 | 0 | 1 | $29,786 |
| 2820 | Paul Hizer | 298 | 1 | 2 | $47,891 | |
| 2820 | Qasem Jamhour | Miami, FL, USA | 298 | 0 | 3 | $21,445 |
| 2820 | John Jacob | Shreveport, LA, USA | 298 | 0 | 2 | $41,729 |
| 2823 | Nang Nguyen | CHN | 297 | 0 | 2 | $83,379 |
| 2824 | Ka Ho Ip | HKG | 296 | 0 | 2 | $40,905 |
| 2824 | Wesley Ingram | Denver, CO, USA | 296 | 0 | 2 | $19,488 |
| 2824 | Nikola Sekler | FRA | 296 | 0 | 2 | $78,895 |
| 2824 | Max Burney | GBR | 296 | 0 | 2 | $47,874 |
| 2824 | Matthew Park | Lorain, OH, USA | 296 | 0 | 2 | $26,278 |
| 2824 | Gary Hale | Cloverdale, OR, USA | 296 | 0 | 2 | $53,317 |
| 2824 | Zhen Long | CHN | 296 | 0 | 2 | $22,548 |
| 2831 | Kevin Khuong | Monterey Park, CA, USA | 295 | 1 | 3 | $46,181 |
| 2832 | Tomasz Krzesinski | POL | 294 | 0 | 1 | $143,000 |
| 2832 | Eric Lin | Hendeson, NV, USA | 294 | 1 | 3 | $41,457 |
| 2832 | Xiangyu Yu | CHN | 294 | 0 | 3 | $102,435 |
| 2832 | Corne Scheel | NLD | 294 | 1 | 2 | $29,600 |
| 2832 | Mark Fisher | USA | 294 | 0 | 4 | $20,132 |
| 2832 | Frederick Mends | Plano, TX, USA | 294 | 0 | 3 | $24,195 |
| 2838 | Michael Durzan | CA, USA | 293 | 1 | 3 | $25,643 |
| 2838 | Keith McCormack | FL, USA | 293 | 0 | 3 | $17,777 |
| 2838 | John Valevich | Brooklyn, NY, UGA | 293 | 0 | 3 | $19,646 |
| 2841 | Florens Feenstra | NLD | 292 | 1 | 2 | $41,905 |
| 2841 | Oskar Bilstad | NOR | 292 | 1 | 2 | $46,494 |
| 2841 | Rachel Gardner | CA, USA | 292 | 0 | 2 | $21,690 |
| 2841 | Bobby Sanoubane | USA | 292 | 0 | 4 | $21,243 |
| 2841 | Orez Mokedi | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 292 | 0 | 2 | $22,085 |
| 2846 | Wayne Niddery | CAN | 291 | 0 | 2 | $12,325 |
| 2847 | Shuang Bao | CHN | 290 | 0 | 3 | $30,242 |
| 2847 | Wouter Beltz | NLD | 290 | 0 | 2 | $34,714 |
| 2847 | Sundiata DeVore | USA | 290 | 0 | 2 | $25,590 |
| 2847 | Charles Deatherage | Jonesboro, AR, USA | 290 | 1 | 2 | $20,930 |
