World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 (7808) | Agostinho Fonseca Barreiro | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $5,763 |
| 1002 (7786) | Christine Hia | MYS | 80 | 0 | 2 | $4,133 |
| 1003 (7784) | Masahiro Toyoda | JPN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $5,080 |
| 1004 (7788) | Akash Chandrashekhar | IND | 80 | 0 | 1 | $3,620 |
| 1005 (7782) | Lucas Iannace | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $15,174 |
| 1006 (7805) | Xing Su | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $8,320 |
| 1007 (7802) | Sergio Castellano | ARG | 80 | 0 | 1 | $9,264 |
| 1008 (7807) | Daniel Embleton | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $29,303 |
| 1009 (7787) | Xiaotian Yang | CHN | 80 | 0 | 2 | $8,577 |
| 1010 (7790) | Aldo Dias | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $11,878 |
| 1011 (7795) | Hisashi Yamanouchi | JPN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $7,702 |
| 1012 (7778) | Jorge Seti | URY | 80 | 0 | 1 | $7,370 |
| 1013 (7803) | Zhang Liming | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $6,143 |
| 1014 (7772) | Jun Liu | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $32,984 |
| 1015 (7806) | Mateus Lessa | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $9,035 |
| 1016 (7791) | Victor Teixeira | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $6,797 |
| 1017 (7792) | Douglas Zimmermann | BRA | 80 | 0 | 1 | $6,400 |
| 1018 (7796) | Andy Chong | Melbourne, AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $4,333 |
| 1019 (7783) | Stephen Quon | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $4,166 |
| 1020 (7797) | Oliver Gaber | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $5,195 |
| 1021 (7774) | Kelvin Beattie | Melbourne, AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $26,936 |
| 1022 (7773) | Yohwan Lim | KOR | 80 | 1 | 2 | $12,585 |
| 1023 (7798) | Au Chung | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $5,265 |
| 1024 (7799) | Haki Sejnovski | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $3,931 |
| 1025 (7780) | Meroslav Merenda | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $20,790 |
| 1026 (7777) | Cheuk Nam Lam | HKG | 80 | 0 | 1 | $6,887 |
| 1027 (7775) | Nick Wong | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $36,790 |
| 1028 (7776) | Nan Zhao | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $8,047 |
| 1029 (7800) | Alex Palantinis | AUS | 80 | 0 | 1 | $5,554 |
| 1030 (7781) | Yifeng Yu | CHN | 80 | 0 | 1 | $7,878 |
| 1031 (7840) | Elio Farah | LBN | 78 | 0 | 1 | $17,820 |
| 1032 (7939) | Silvana Agius | Melbourne, AUS | 77 | 0 | 1 | $2,793 |
| 1033 (7936) | Mei Shi | CHN | 77 | 1 | 1 | $7,267 |
| 1034 (7940) | Tzh Hung Chuang | TWN | 77 | 1 | 1 | $7,908 |
| 1035 (7935) | Felipe Silva | BRA | 77 | 1 | 1 | $8,649 |
| 1036 (7933) | Patrick Putnam | BRA | 77 | 0 | 1 | $6,656 |
| 1037 (7932) | Yu Chung Chang | TWN | 77 | 1 | 1 | $7,584 |
| 1038 (7934) | Grant Gibbs | Melbourne, AUS | 77 | 0 | 1 | $4,440 |
| 1039 (7937) | Adam Monaghan | AUS | 77 | 0 | 1 | $3,338 |
| 1040 (7938) | Ian Lee | Hong Kong, CHN | 77 | 1 | 1 | $4,302 |
| 1041 (8005) | Federico Guillermo | ARG | 76 | 0 | 1 | $5,490 |
| 1042 (8009) | Sahashi Hideki | JPN | 76 | 0 | 1 | $22,326 |
| 1043 (8003) | Liu Yangyang | CHN | 76 | 0 | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1044 (8006) | Miguel Angel Jose | ARG | 76 | 0 | 1 | $9,503 |
| 1045 (7998) | Roberto Coradini | BRA | 76 | 0 | 1 | $10,480 |
| 1046 (8001) | David Luong | Melbourne, AUS | 76 | 0 | 1 | $5,025 |
| 1047 (7999) | David Santarelli | ARG | 76 | 0 | 2 | $6,301 |
| 1048 (8000) | Paul Murray | AUS | 76 | 0 | 2 | $8,799 |
| 1049 (8007) | Julius Colman | AUS | 76 | 0 | 1 | $13,962 |
| 1050 (7997) | Mingzhen Chen | CHN | 76 | 0 | 1 | $8,189 |