World's Best Poker Players
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2016 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 (2966) | Jose Barbero | Buenes Aires, ARG | 182 | 0 | 3 | $20,064 |
| 302 (3086) | Guilerme Ksyvickis Bordao | BRA | 180 | 0 | 1 | $17,176 |
| 303 (3084) | Peiran Liu | CHN | 180 | 0 | 1 | $17,674 |
| 304 (3091) | Tsugunari Toma | JPN | 180 | 1 | 2 | $23,173 |
| 305 (3080) | Jiabin Cui | CHN | 180 | 0 | 1 | $21,600 |
| 306 (3087) | Cristian Rotondo | ARG | 180 | 0 | 1 | $18,340 |
| 307 (3092) | Jarred Solomon | ZAF | 180 | 0 | 1 | $16,058 |
| 308 (3081) | Mostafa Haidary | Sydney, AUS | 180 | 0 | 1 | $12,457 |
| 309 (3088) | Rhiley Wentworth | Melbourne, AUS | 180 | 0 | 1 | $8,451 |
| 310 (3082) | Petros Aristidou | Victoria, AUS | 180 | 0 | 1 | $21,168 |
| 311 (3089) | Royce Lui | Sydney, AUS | 180 | 1 | 1 | $21,522 |
| 312 (3090) | Samuel Butters | NZL | 180 | 1 | 1 | $41,241 |
| 313 (3085) | Dhanesh Chainani | SGP | 180 | 0 | 1 | $12,468 |
| 314 (3083) | Anderson Blanco | COL | 180 | 0 | 1 | $22,300 |
| 315 (3147) | Akira Ohyama | JPN | 171 | 0 | 1 | $32,305 |
| 316 (3181) | Shay Vodka | ISR | 170 | 0 | 2 | $19,621 |
| 317 (3180) | Walid Habib | Roswe, LBN | 170 | 0 | 2 | $16,092 |
| 318 (3216) | Idalino Lopes | BRA | 168 | 1 | 1 | $10,064 |
| 319 (3217) | Noam Fater | ISR | 168 | 1 | 1 | $15,006 |
| 320 (3223) | Dean Boskovic | AUS | 168 | 0 | 1 | $36,275 |
| 321 (3211) | Gorki Oliveira | BRA | 168 | 1 | 1 | $17,170 |
| 322 (3214) | Nahum Lum | ZAF | 168 | 0 | 1 | $28,190 |
| 323 (3215) | Thomas Ward | NZL | 168 | 0 | 1 | $27,000 |
| 324 (3222) | Olivia Andre | AUS | 168 | 2 | 2 | $11,806 |
| 325 (3218) | Karl Armstrong | Perth, AUS | 168 | 1 | 1 | $9,232 |
| 326 (3221) | Lior Tal | ISR | 168 | 0 | 1 | $14,222 |
| 327 (3219) | Yenhan Chen | TWN | 168 | 1 | 1 | $18,480 |
| 328 (3212) | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | COL | 168 | 0 | 1 | $15,540 |
| 329 (3220) | Yi Hong Ke | TWN | 168 | 0 | 1 | $19,526 |
| 330 (3213) | Aviv Meir | ISR | 168 | 0 | 1 | $16,883 |
| 331 (3239) | Mohamed Fayad | LBN | 165 | 0 | 1 | $19,608 |
| 332 (3238) | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | JPN | 165 | 0 | 3 | $12,309 |
| 333 (3237) | Billy Argyros | Melbourne, AUS | 165 | 0 | 1 | $14,767 |
| 334 (3243) | Sihai Jiang | CHN | 162 | 0 | 1 | $23,790 |
| 335 (3349) | Andy Chong | Melbourne, AUS | 160 | 0 | 1 | $13,230 |
| 336 (3350) | Huafeng Gu | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $17,311 |
| 337 (3353) | Corey Kempson | Brisbane, AUS | 160 | 0 | 1 | $53,193 |
| 338 (3347) | Jose Pereira | BRA | 160 | 0 | 1 | $16,660 |
| 339 (3348) | Sinan Axdogan | Melbourne, AUS | 160 | 0 | 1 | $18,942 |
| 340 (3352) | Marco Azambuja | BRA | 160 | 0 | 1 | $17,453 |
| 341 (3351) | Xiao Zhou | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $30,936 |
| 342 (3387) | Nick Wong | CHN | 156 | 0 | 2 | $22,264 |
| 343 (3386) | Michael Ho | AUS | 156 | 0 | 1 | $28,776 |
| 344 (3385) | Michael Michelakis | Melbourne, AUS | 156 | 1 | 1 | $10,942 |
| 345 (3395) | Wai Leong Chan | MYS | 153 | 0 | 1 | $247,156 |
| 346 (3438) | Elad Kubi | ISR | 152 | 0 | 1 | $15,281 |
| 347 (3537) | Jianhua Zhang | CHN | 150 | 0 | 1 | $74,175 |
| 348 (3535) | Yohn Paredes | PER | 150 | 0 | 2 | $14,023 |
| 349 (3536) | Jun Saito | JPN | 150 | 0 | 5 | $18,832 |
| 350 (3532) | Roger Swolf | Christchurch, NZL | 150 | 0 | 1 | $10,119 |