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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2847 | Kevin Grabel | Southamton, PA, USA | 290 | 0 | 2 | $62,153 |
| 2847 | Frankie O'Dell | Downey, CA, USA | 290 | 1 | 4 | $30,608 |
| 2847 | Travis Preng | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 290 | 0 | 2 | $45,390 |
| 2854 | Darius Neagoe | ROU | 289 | 0 | 2 | $73,882 |
| 2855 | Herbert Gottsbacher | AUT | 288 | 1 | 1 | $41,068 |
| 2855 | Darrell Blodgett | Skowhegan, ME, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $76,734 |
| 2855 | Luke Do | Issaquiah, WA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $27,466 |
| 2855 | Tony Tso | AUS | 288 | 0 | 1 | $35,251 |
| 2855 | Rory Smith | AUS | 288 | 0 | 1 | $8,464 |
| 2855 | Artur Chekailo | UKR | 288 | 1 | 2 | $40,780 |
| 2855 | Michael Bruketta | Spokane, WA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $33,457 |
| 2855 | Keith Darcey | Springfield, IL | 288 | 1 | 1 | $26,939 |
| 2855 | Joseph Montesanto | W Islip, NY, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $33,584 |
| 2855 | Jan Zupec | SVN | 288 | 1 | 1 | $25,984 |
| 2855 | Nihat Bektas | FRA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $45,498 |
| 2855 | Francisco Sanchez | ESP | 288 | 0 | 1 | $14,500 |
| 2855 | Yann Frioux | FRA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $29,020 |
| 2855 | Gary Callan | Merstham, GBR | 288 | 0 | 1 | $13,269 |
| 2855 | Andrey Pateychuk | Moscow, RUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $50,000 |
| 2855 | Samy Dubonnet | FRA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $27,862 |
| 2855 | Igor Poliakov | RUS | 288 | 1 | 1 | $30,000 |
| 2855 | Farley Stampp | Corning, NY, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $21,001 |
| 2855 | Robert Fortuno | Chula Vista, CA, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $42,817 |
| 2855 | Douglas Darlington | E. Hanover, NJ, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $38,845 |
| 2855 | Michael Newman | Nanuet, NY, USA | 288 | 1 | 2 | $30,816 |
| 2855 | Harpreet Padda | Mississauga, ON, CAN | 288 | 0 | 2 | $17,893 |
| 2855 | Shawn Johnson | CAN | 288 | 1 | 1 | $20,281 |
| 2855 | Philip Dobrikin | CAN | 288 | 0 | 1 | $25,422 |
| 2855 | Josh Wallace | CAN | 288 | 1 | 1 | $23,190 |
| 2855 | Arthur Goltz | USA | 288 | 2 | 5 | $29,111 |
| 2855 | Darryl Lorenz | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $23,273 |
| 2855 | David Oday | Newbury Park, CA, USA | 288 | 0 | 2 | $26,718 |
| 2855 | Jason Perona | USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $23,775 |
| 2855 | Victor Espinal | USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $43,450 |
| 2855 | Kevin Bolding | CA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $19,927 |
| 2855 | Mackenzie Boyd | S. Lake Tahoe, CA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $25,105 |
| 2855 | Joshua Edgell | Decatur, IN, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $18,826 |
| 2855 | Andrew Frier | USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $21,575 |
| 2855 | Ted Bodnar | Arlington, TX, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $34,787 |
| 2855 | Tom Gottlieb | Bensalem, PA, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $26,400 |
| 2855 | Preston Willier | Spring Park, MN, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $32,355 |
| 2855 | David Ormsby | Ottawa, CAN | 288 | 0 | 1 | $35,978 |
| 2855 | James Fox | Marion, NC, USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $56,714 |
| 2855 | Matthew Yankowski | Boca Raton, FL, USA | 288 | 1 | 1 | $27,393 |
| 2855 | Richard Bennett | USA | 288 | 0 | 1 | $28,370 |
| 2855 | Linh Tran | VNM | 288 | 1 | 1 | $91,226 |
| 2855 | Cheng Huang | CHN | 288 | 0 | 1 | $17,301 |
| 2855 | Gaston Catzman | ARG | 288 | 1 | 1 | $38,697 |
| 2899 | Nicolas Antouard | FRA | 286 | 0 | 3 | $45,767 |
| 2900 | Edwin Pava | Kenosha, WI, USA | 285 | 0 | 2 | $32,641 |