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2026 POY Leader Boards - Overall
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 349 | Martin Jacobson | Stockholm, SWE | 1,260 | 0 | 1 | $344,775 |
| 349 | Toby Joyce | Galaway, IRL | 1,260 | 0 | 2 | $324,408 |
| 349 | Joseph Spanne | CA, USA | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $397,319 |
| 349 | Viacheslav Goryachev | RUS | 1,260 | 1 | 1 | $277,700 |
| 355 | Paul Esau | DEU | 1,254 | 2 | 5 | $126,761 |
| 356 | Lulei Hu | ITA | 1,250 | 0 | 3 | $346,720 |
| 356 | Zengxiang Chen | CHN | 1,250 | 1 | 5 | $253,553 |
| 358 | Shannon Shorr | Tuscaloosa, AL, USA | 1,246 | 0 | 5 | $335,700 |
| 359 | Vincent Moscati | Verplanck, NY, USA | 1,242 | 1 | 3 | $220,275 |
| 360 | Patrick Leonard | New Castle, GBR | 1,240 | 1 | 3 | $502,526 |
| 360 | Harlan Karnofsky | USA | 1,240 | 0 | 2 | $266,188 |
| 360 | Raj Vohra | Lake Worth, FL, USA | 1,240 | 0 | 2 | $373,073 |
| 360 | Dorian Rios | Caracas, VEN | 1,240 | 1 | 2 | $217,301 |
| 364 | Andrew Kelsall | Tampa, FL, USA | 1,238 | 0 | 10 | $193,397 |
| 364 | William Klevitz | Seaford, NY, USA | 1,238 | 0 | 3 | $220,380 |
| 366 | Matthew Salsberg | Studio City, CA, USA | 1,233 | 0 | 5 | $227,730 |
| 367 | Zilong Zhang | Chino Hills, CA, USA | 1,232 | 1 | 2 | $239,334 |
| 368 | Dimitrios Anastasakis | GRC | 1,230 | 0 | 3 | $199,455 |
| 369 | Jacob Lostoski | Austin, TX, USA | 1,229 | 2 | 3 | $162,510 |
| 370 | Christopher Alcindor | CAN | 1,228 | 1 | 3 | $391,650 |
| 370 | Joshua Stewart | GBR | 1,228 | 0 | 3 | $267,289 |
| 372 | Bradley Butcher | Yellow Springs, OH, USA | 1,224 | 1 | 5 | $305,943 |
| 373 | Jeff Madsen | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,221 | 1 | 3 | $230,316 |
| 374 | Gerardo Rodriguez | ESP | 1,218 | 1 | 6 | $106,327 |
| 375 | Evan Krentzman | CA, USA | 1,216 | 0 | 1 | $277,537 |
| 376 | Yaniv Peretz | ISR | 1,212 | 0 | 4 | $226,938 |
| 377 | Harvey Castro | FL, USA | 1,210 | 0 | 2 | $217,269 |
| 378 | Guofeng Wang | CHN | 1,207 | 1 | 5 | $208,511 |
| 378 | Brian Battistone | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,207 | 1 | 4 | $300,588 |
| 380 | Jason Zipfel | Aliquippa, PA, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $441,560 |
| 380 | Michael Monroig | Johnson City, NY, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 380 | Jaehwa Son | Geogetown, CAN | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $625,000 |
| 380 | Dominik Panka | Brześć Kujawski, POL | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $640,000 |
| 380 | June Kim | Prescott, AZ, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $397,350 |
| 380 | Gregory Brown | Phoenix, AZ, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $270,000 |
| 380 | Ciro Gonzalez | Cancun, MEX | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $449,067 |
| 380 | Mykhailo Ostash | UKR | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $12,439 |
| 380 | Daniel Tsipris | CAN | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $170,579 |
| 380 | Nikolai Ogoltsov | RUS | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $523,250 |
| 380 | Doug Lorgeree | Hernando, MS, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $394,724 |
| 380 | Jennifer Cassell | AUS | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $209,002 |
| 380 | Rute Jin | Boston, MA, USA | 1,200 | 0 | 2 | $153,400 |
| 380 | Sai Mudduluru | Lansing, MI, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $357,936 |
| 380 | Nikolay Bibov | POL | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $661,250 |
| 380 | Scott Clements | Las Vegas, NV, USA | 1,200 | 1 | 2 | $530,949 |
| 380 | Igor Picone | DEU | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $351,026 |
| 380 | Kartik Ved | IND | 1,200 | 0 | 2 | $411,817 |
| 380 | Christian Pedersen | GBR | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $690,000 |
| 399 | Franklin Chavez | Sacramento, CA, USA | 1,194 | 1 | 4 | $184,410 |
| 400 | Mike Estes | IA, USA | 1,190 | 1 | 3 | $142,821 |