World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 (5443) | Kang-Feng Lien | TWN | 136 | 0 | 2 | $13,884 |
| 702 (5460) | Bruno Politano | Fortaleza, BRA | 135 | 0 | 3 | $24,552 |
| 703 (5459) | Hiroshi Nishiyama | JPN | 135 | 0 | 2 | $35,919 |
| 704 (5503) | Eduardo Friol | BRA | 134 | 1 | 1 | $6,278 |
| 705 (5500) | Mordechai Kirschenbaum | ISR | 134 | 1 | 1 | $15,124 |
| 706 (5502) | Kim Yong | KOR | 134 | 1 | 1 | $12,040 |
| 707 (5504) | Punnat Punsri | Bangkok, THA | 134 | 1 | 1 | $22,391 |
| 708 (5501) | Pablo Harfouche | ARG | 134 | 0 | 2 | $14,633 |
| 709 (5556) | Jarrett Bullock | AUS | 132 | 0 | 2 | $14,746 |
| 710 (5557) | Jack Tanwhare | Christchurch, NZL | 132 | 0 | 1 | $8,884 |
| 711 (5555) | Fabio Pereira | Sao Paulo, BRA | 132 | 0 | 1 | $26,730 |
| 712 (5562) | Tsz Hin Ng | HKG | 131 | 0 | 3 | $8,385 |
| 713 (5580) | Jaouad Berrada | MAR | 130 | 0 | 1 | $19,000 |
| 714 (5583) | Qicheng Du | CHN | 130 | 0 | 1 | $15,043 |
| 715 (5585) | Youssef Habib | LBN | 130 | 0 | 1 | $26,815 |
| 716 (5582) | Khac Trung Tran | AUS | 130 | 0 | 2 | $8,101 |
| 717 (5581) | Wai Lin | MAC | 130 | 1 | 2 | $7,830 |
| 718 (5584) | Chris Vlahos | Melbourne, AUS | 130 | 0 | 1 | $11,536 |
| 719 (5675) | Sergio Di Pego | ARG | 128 | 0 | 2 | $15,300 |
| 720 (5672) | Nelson Smith | Adelaide, AUS | 128 | 0 | 1 | $6,950 |
| 721 (5679) | Ariel Mantel | ARG | 128 | 0 | 1 | $8,451 |
| 722 (5685) | Marcos Silva | BRA | 128 | 0 | 1 | $11,574 |
| 723 (5677) | Jun Mogi | JPN | 128 | 0 | 2 | $10,460 |
| 724 (5686) | Hiroki Nakase | JPN | 128 | 0 | 1 | $12,480 |
| 725 (5684) | Gonzalo Villanueva | ARG | 128 | 0 | 1 | $14,419 |
| 726 (5680) | Yago Santos | BRA | 128 | 0 | 1 | $18,518 |
| 727 (5687) | Jiayuan Liu | Melbourne, AUS | 128 | 0 | 1 | $24,056 |
| 728 (5673) | Zhou Tong | CHN | 128 | 0 | 1 | $35,672 |
| 729 (5681) | Diego Santos | BRA | 128 | 0 | 1 | $21,152 |
| 730 (5676) | Wender Oliveira | BRA | 128 | 0 | 1 | $13,025 |
| 731 (5682) | Kleber Barbosa | BRA | 128 | 0 | 1 | $9,981 |
| 732 (5683) | Nikolaos Haidaris | AUS | 128 | 0 | 1 | $8,189 |
| 733 (5678) | San Hon Pang | HKG | 128 | 0 | 3 | $10,283 |
| 734 (5674) | Peng Yang | CHN | 128 | 1 | 2 | $13,540 |
| 735 (5695) | Paul Tadina | Brisbane, AUS | 126 | 0 | 2 | $9,253 |
| 736 (5697) | Collin Tran | AUS | 126 | 0 | 2 | $11,772 |
| 737 (5696) | Kiavash Arbabi | Brisbane, AUS | 126 | 0 | 1 | $15,234 |
| 738 (5758) | Ivan Lee | HKG | 125 | 1 | 1 | $14,755 |
| 739 (5760) | Ariel Celestino | BRA | 125 | 1 | 1 | $14,715 |
| 740 (5759) | Omid Mojaverian | IRN | 125 | 0 | 1 | $40,905 |
| 741 (5753) | Hagai Dayani | ZAF | 125 | 0 | 1 | $15,557 |
| 742 (5752) | Dario Filho | BRA | 125 | 1 | 1 | $6,058 |
| 743 (5756) | Jaime Silva | BRA | 125 | 1 | 1 | $5,942 |
| 744 (5754) | Lunjie Xu | CHN | 125 | 2 | 2 | $13,252 |
| 745 (5757) | Vic Spadavecchia | AUS | 125 | 0 | 1 | $7,979 |
| 746 (5755) | Ben Loo | MYS | 125 | 1 | 1 | $9,920 |
| 747 (5768) | Yoichi Uesugi | JPN | 124 | 0 | 4 | $15,130 |
| 748 (5813) | Siyoung Lee | Melbourne, AUS | 122 | 0 | 1 | $8,727 |
| 749 (5812) | Royce Lui | Sydney, AUS | 122 | 0 | 1 | $9,296 |
| 750 (5819) | Carlos Schmidt | ARG | 121 | 0 | 3 | $11,009 |