World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (508) | Damian Salas | Buenos Aires, ARG | 975 | 0 | 2 | $1,474,620 |
| 52 (514) | Xuming Qi | CHN | 966 | 0 | 3 | $277,485 |
| 53 (515) | Navid King | Sydney, AUS | 963 | 1 | 2 | $97,305 |
| 54 (533) | Ben Maya | Rehovot, ISR | 960 | 1 | 1 | $257,764 |
| 55 (534) | Qiuming Qin | CHN | 960 | 1 | 1 | $408,330 |
| 56 (532) | Branko Usljebreka | AUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $204,050 |
| 57 (536) | Linh Tran | VNM | 957 | 0 | 7 | $103,862 |
| 58 (539) | Choong Kian Weng | MYS | 952 | 2 | 3 | $174,200 |
| 59 (562) | Omar Lakhdari | MAR | 923 | 0 | 5 | $142,961 |
| 60 (563) | Nan Hong | CHN | 922 | 0 | 4 | $235,084 |
| 61 (587) | Rafael Pandolfo | BRA | 912 | 1 | 1 | $140,050 |
| 62 (588) | Ming Fang | CHN | 912 | 1 | 1 | $156,000 |
| 63 (586) | Haoran Liu | CHN | 912 | 0 | 1 | $219,700 |
| 64 (595) | Sam Higgs | AUS | 904 | 0 | 3 | $160,322 |
| 65 (596) | Carson Wong | HKG | 902 | 2 | 3 | $218,558 |
| 66 (607) | Qiang Fu | Aukland, NZL | 900 | 0 | 1 | $150,567 |
| 67 (617) | Webster Lim | MYS | 882 | 0 | 5 | $171,911 |
| 68 (620) | Wayne Yap | SGP | 879 | 1 | 2 | $822,705 |
| 69 (627) | Thiago Crema De Macedo | BRA | 872 | 0 | 2 | $105,127 |
| 70 (652) | Ben Lai | HKG | 843 | 1 | 6 | $281,282 |
| 71 (681) | Nc Arron | NCL | 840 | 1 | 1 | $140,000 |
| 72 (685) | Joao Santos | BRA | 840 | 0 | 1 | $101,880 |
| 73 (683) | Uday Bansal | IND | 840 | 1 | 1 | $93,520 |
| 74 (682) | Sosia Jiang | HKG | 840 | 1 | 1 | $503,100 |
| 75 (684) | Karim Souaid | MAR | 840 | 0 | 2 | $129,960 |
| 76 (702) | Martin Ward | AUS | 818 | 0 | 2 | $78,118 |
| 77 (710) | Daniel Pehlivan | Sydney, AUS | 814 | 1 | 7 | $88,473 |
| 78 (736) | Terence Wu | HKG | 800 | 0 | 1 | $312,000 |
| 79 (737) | Michael Fraser | AUS | 800 | 0 | 1 | $183,753 |
| 80 (734) | Chien Fa Chou | TWN | 800 | 0 | 1 | $254,020 |
| 81 (735) | Martin Rowe | AUS | 800 | 0 | 1 | $127,050 |
| 82 (738) | Fabiano Kovalski | BRA | 796 | 1 | 2 | $118,742 |
| 83 (740) | Canlin Chen | CHN | 794 | 0 | 4 | $348,749 |
| 84 (746) | Xiaosheng Zheng | CHN | 788 | 0 | 2 | $164,710 |
| 85 (758) | Yunsheng Sun | CHN | 780 | 1 | 2 | $122,614 |
| 86 (766) | Brendon Rubie | Sydney, AUS | 768 | 1 | 1 | $207,397 |
| 87 (788) | Alejandro Sicuro | ARG | 760 | 0 | 1 | $82,940 |
| 88 (789) | Yan Rao | CHN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $95,355 |
| 89 (786) | Jianbao Zhong | CHN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $84,045 |
| 90 (787) | Jesse McKenzie | AUS | 760 | 0 | 2 | $76,969 |
| 91 (793) | Justin Chan | Hong Kong, CHN | 757 | 0 | 8 | $109,721 |
| 92 (800) | Rodrigo Schneider | BRA | 752 | 0 | 2 | $85,689 |
| 93 (810) | Liang Xu | CHN | 746 | 1 | 4 | $101,518 |
| 94 (817) | Fabio Sousa | BRA | 740 | 1 | 2 | $89,550 |
| 95 (834) | Zuo Wang | CHN | 725 | 0 | 3 | $575,640 |
| 96 (836) | Liran Twito | ISR | 723 | 0 | 3 | $79,021 |
| 97 (870) | Jarrod Thatcher | AUS | 720 | 1 | 1 | $80,272 |
| 98 (872) | Longyun Li | CHN | 720 | 1 | 1 | $157,438 |
| 99 (869) | Elie Feghali | LBN | 720 | 1 | 1 | $134,450 |
| 100 (871) | Ahmed Abdella | EGY | 720 | 1 | 1 | $120,150 |