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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Mehmet Siginc | CAN | 1,478 | 2 | 5 | $156,853 |
| 251 | John Ypma | USA | 1,478 | 3 | 5 | $209,593 |
| 253 | Hannes Jeschka | NLD | 1,476 | 1 | 4 | $746,904 |
| 254 | JEREMY DRUCKMAN | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 1,470 | 1 | 3 | $705,169 |
| 255 | Dale Roesel | USA | 1,464 | 0 | 4 | $215,461 |
| 256 | Michael Berk | Chesterton, IN, USA | 1,455 | 2 | 5 | $590,900 |
| 257 | James Anderson | Wooster, OH, USA | 1,452 | 2 | 8 | $190,283 |
| 258 | Dylan Linde | Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA | 1,450 | 0 | 8 | $466,765 |
| 259 | David Wintersberger | AFG | 1,442 | 1 | 4 | $233,912 |
| 260 | Ivan Ilichev | RUS | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $525,000 |
| 260 | Richard Alsup | Plymouth, MN, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $1,302,125 |
| 260 | Abhishek Mhatre | CAN | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $492,050 |
| 260 | Nguyen Dung | VNM | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $586,000 |
| 260 | Joseph Antar | Sydney, AUS | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $347,332 |
| 260 | Lawend Mardini | SWE | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $12,439 |
| 260 | Daniel Ghionoiu | CAN | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $268,573 |
| 260 | Omar Zazay | Richardson, TX, USA | 1,440 | 1 | 1 | $538,158 |
| 268 | Lautaro Guerra | ESP | 1,433 | 0 | 7 | $625,219 |
| 269 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | Orlando, FL, USA | 1,423 | 3 | 5 | $157,417 |
| 270 | Jeremy Izquierdo | FRA | 1,415 | 0 | 2 | $474,616 |
| 271 | Jieming Xu | CHN | 1,412 | 1 | 2 | $347,725 |
| 272 | Matthew Lambrecht | Stuart, FL, USA | 1,410 | 1 | 8 | $197,453 |
| 273 | Zhihua Yang | CHN | 1,408 | 1 | 2 | $314,300 |
| 274 | Thomas Eychenne | FRA | 1,407 | 0 | 4 | $920,739 |
| 275 | Steven Jones | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 1,406 | 1 | 3 | $155,866 |
| 276 | Danilo Velasevic | SER | 1,404 | 0 | 4 | $2,226,100 |
| 276 | Tobias Peters | NLD | 1,404 | 1 | 5 | $302,313 |
| 278 | Jaime Haletky | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | 1,392 | 1 | 2 | $415,460 |
| 278 | William Li | Red Deer, AB, CAN | 1,392 | 1 | 2 | $432,813 |
| 280 | Jorge Gomez | Plantation, FL, USA | 1,389 | 0 | 2 | $443,483 |
| 281 | Samuel Mullur | AUT | 1,388 | 0 | 5 | $1,445,353 |
| 282 | Corel Theuma | Franklin Square, Florida, MLT | 1,380 | 1 | 2 | $300,232 |
| 283 | Zachary Bruch | USA | 1,374 | 0 | 5 | $514,122 |
| 284 | Pascal Vos | FRA | 1,372 | 1 | 4 | $301,694 |
| 285 | Longmao Fan | GBR | 1,370 | 0 | 3 | $268,267 |
| 286 | Elmer Kalaquian | PHL | 1,368 | 0 | 2 | $185,105 |
| 286 | Blake Vogdes | Cape May, NJ, USA | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $457,980 |
| 286 | Tibor Nagygyorgy | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $411,840 | |
| 286 | Joshua Wang | FL, USA | 1,368 | 1 | 1 | $407,137 |
| 290 | Yuchen Chen | CA, USA | 1,365 | 2 | 3 | $223,601 |
| 291 | Boris Angelov | Sofia, BGR | 1,362 | 1 | 2 | $465,279 |
| 291 | Gening Dai | AUS | 1,362 | 1 | 2 | $168,724 |
| 293 | Jason Daly | Texas City, TX, USA | 1,356 | 2 | 3 | $271,252 |
| 293 | Anatoly Nikitin | RUS | 1,356 | 1 | 4 | $370,119 |
| 295 | Carlos Bermudez | San Juan, PRI | 1,353 | 1 | 7 | $204,044 |
| 296 | Jeremy Eyer | Gulfport, MS, USA | 1,352 | 1 | 2 | $305,619 |
| 297 | David Shaw | Mesquite, TX, USA | 1,351 | 1 | 4 | $153,025 |
| 298 | Qiao Du | CHN | 1,350 | 0 | 1 | $454,800 |
| 299 | Sonny Franco | Montagnac, FRA | 1,348 | 1 | 6 | $254,225 |
| 299 | Mike Leah | Innisfil, ON, CAN | 1,348 | 1 | 2 | $363,629 |