World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 (1641) | Fauzer Guarnieri | BRA | 444 | 1 | 3 | $56,972 |
| 202 (1651) | Katsuhiro Muto | JPN | 439 | 2 | 5 | $56,214 |
| 203 (1686) | Chadi Moustapha | LBN | 430 | 1 | 4 | $62,727 |
| 204 (1701) | Dong Zhao | CHN | 425 | 0 | 2 | $107,692 |
| 205 (1754) | Francesco Sergi | Adelaide, AUS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $26,011 |
| 206 (1756) | Hamza Baba | MAR | 420 | 0 | 1 | $46,500 |
| 207 (1759) | Marcelo Albojer | URY | 420 | 0 | 1 | $49,688 |
| 208 (1760) | Jose Moure | URY | 420 | 0 | 1 | $44,060 |
| 209 (1755) | Michael Tchong | AUS | 420 | 0 | 1 | $55,868 |
| 210 (1757) | Po Yi Wu | TWN | 420 | 1 | 1 | $46,947 |
| 211 (1758) | Sang Lee | CHN | 420 | 0 | 1 | $41,130 |
| 212 (1782) | Sam Ingham | NZL | 410 | 0 | 2 | $31,583 |
| 213 (1783) | Chuanshu Chen | CHN | 410 | 0 | 2 | $67,110 |
| 214 (1796) | Francisco Lopes | BRA | 408 | 1 | 1 | $64,912 |
| 215 (1803) | Konstantin Pogodin | THA | 405 | 0 | 2 | $45,763 |
| 216 (1861) | Fernando Konishi | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $145,607 |
| 217 (1864) | Juan Gomez Giraldo | COL | 400 | 0 | 1 | $61,900 |
| 218 (1865) | Jose Arzamendia | PRY | 400 | 0 | 1 | $77,845 |
| 219 (1855) | Daniel Murphy | Perth, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $38,646 |
| 220 (1856) | Amit Shory | Melbourne, AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $21,113 |
| 221 (1858) | Felipe Torres | BRA | 400 | 0 | 1 | $91,920 |
| 222 (1860) | Tong Zhou | CHN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $114,075 |
| 223 (1866) | Sean Lannon | AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $78,061 |
| 224 (1862) | Peter Chan | HKG | 400 | 0 | 1 | $890,370 |
| 225 (1863) | Kazuma Fujiyama | JPN | 400 | 0 | 1 | $72,450 |
| 226 (1859) | Mohamed Lahlou | MAR | 400 | 0 | 1 | $82,600 |
| 227 (1857) | Sheldon Mayer | AUS | 400 | 0 | 1 | $53,900 |
| 228 (1876) | Shinobu Tanaka | JPN | 397 | 0 | 4 | $48,139 |
| 229 (1890) | Rommel Santos | URY | 395 | 1 | 1 | $56,580 |
| 230 (1917) | Ping Lin | CHN | 390 | 0 | 2 | $56,515 |
| 231 (1916) | Nao Inoshita | JPN | 390 | 1 | 2 | $44,155 |
| 232 (1951) | Serg Osalian | Melbourne, AUS | 384 | 1 | 1 | $44,319 |
| 233 (1954) | Jim Pizanias | AUS | 384 | 0 | 1 | $66,876 |
| 234 (1953) | Matthew Cai | Melbourne, AUS | 384 | 1 | 1 | $48,391 |
| 235 (1952) | Eder Ferronato | BRA | 384 | 0 | 2 | $37,154 |
| 236 (1993) | Kan Lin | Melbourne, AUS | 380 | 0 | 1 | $24,708 |
| 237 (1998) | Li Chenbei | CHN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $82,500 |
| 238 (2000) | Jen Chun Chiu | CHN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $29,344 |
| 239 (1997) | Sandeep Kumar Mirchandani | HKG | 380 | 0 | 1 | $32,500 |
| 240 (1996) | Alejandro Cozenza | URY | 380 | 0 | 1 | $66,630 |
| 241 (1994) | Peter Aristidou | AUS | 380 | 0 | 1 | $117,800 |
| 242 (1995) | Fei Han | CHN | 380 | 1 | 3 | $56,183 |
| 243 (1999) | Dorian Rios | Caracas, VEN | 380 | 0 | 1 | $46,125 |
| 244 (2007) | Thiago Grigoletti | BRA | 377 | 0 | 3 | $158,105 |
| 245 (2012) | Paawan Bansal | IND | 376 | 1 | 2 | $33,410 |
| 246 (2035) | Brian Payne | AUS | 368 | 0 | 2 | $52,319 |
| 247 (2040) | Edward Yam | HKG | 366 | 1 | 5 | $41,311 |
| 248 (2053) | Ryan Bownds | AUS | 365 | 1 | 1 | $47,528 |
| 249 (2153) | Asaf Goldfeld | ISR | 360 | 1 | 1 | $51,033 |
| 250 (2149) | Vinicius Alves | BRA | 360 | 0 | 1 | $83,644 |