World's Best Poker Players
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2017 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 (3424) | John Andres Vega Merino | CHL | 240 | 0 | 1 | $37,560 |
| 402 (3427) | Iago Leonelli | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $46,311 |
| 403 (3409) | Luis Ruppert | ARG | 240 | 0 | 1 | $23,560 |
| 404 (3408) | Sean Ragozzini | Melbourne, AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $10,731 |
| 405 (3415) | Shravan Chhabria | IND | 240 | 0 | 1 | $27,430 |
| 406 (3428) | Mian Wei | CHN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $47,320 |
| 407 (3411) | Luiz Ferreira Filho | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $48,102 |
| 408 (3420) | Zhao Jun | CHN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $54,340 |
| 409 (3412) | Ingo Santos | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $25,947 |
| 410 (3429) | Sam Hassan | AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $46,734 |
| 411 (3416) | Jie Su | CHN | 240 | 1 | 1 | $32,500 |
| 412 (3419) | Vivian Saliba | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $23,789 |
| 413 (3423) | Said Hahou | MAR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $35,219 |
| 414 (3417) | Guifang Liu | CHN | 240 | 1 | 1 | $31,497 |
| 415 (3425) | Mustafa Tekin | Melbourne, AUS | 240 | 1 | 1 | $23,423 |
| 416 (3418) | Hong Zhang | CHN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $40,809 |
| 417 (3413) | Chakib Bennani | Casablanca, MAR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $19,999 |
| 418 (3410) | John Thomson | Sydney, AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $32,340 |
| 419 (3414) | Marcelo Santos | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $27,848 |
| 420 (3437) | Hirotaka Nakanishi | JPN | 238 | 0 | 2 | $22,075 |
| 421 (3455) | Yao Meng | CHN | 234 | 0 | 3 | $26,004 |
| 422 (3458) | Alex Komaromi | URY | 233 | 0 | 1 | $98,353 |
| 423 (3467) | Xiao Jun Yu | CHN | 232 | 0 | 2 | $25,311 |
| 424 (3470) | Kwok Chun Lai | HKG | 231 | 1 | 5 | $27,956 |
| 425 (3483) | Wei Lin | CHN | 229 | 0 | 2 | $25,714 |
| 426 (3482) | Frederico Volpe | BRA | 229 | 0 | 2 | $36,967 |
| 427 (3533) | Reinaldo Abramovay | BRA | 228 | 0 | 1 | $17,670 |
| 428 (3534) | Lucas Kamei | BRA | 228 | 1 | 1 | $30,490 |
| 429 (3525) | Jerry Wang | Canberra, AUS | 228 | 0 | 1 | $16,006 |
| 430 (3531) | Mitsuru Sano | JPN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $29,372 |
| 431 (3530) | Ding Puji | CHN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $39,000 |
| 432 (3526) | Edward Acosta Torres | PER | 228 | 0 | 1 | $17,040 |
| 433 (3535) | Diego Dos Santos | ARG | 228 | 1 | 1 | $45,613 |
| 434 (3532) | Tao Yin | CHN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $52,754 |
| 435 (3527) | Martin Pineiro | ARG | 228 | 0 | 1 | $35,660 |
| 436 (3528) | Ramos Adrien | Melbourne, AUS | 228 | 1 | 1 | $25,118 |
| 437 (3537) | Ehsan Ghaeli | IRN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $38,020 |
| 438 (3536) | Shane De Clifford | AUS | 228 | 0 | 1 | $36,063 |
| 439 (3529) | Sam Wu | HKG | 228 | 1 | 1 | $27,074 |
| 440 (3556) | Frederic Guttin | BRA | 225 | 0 | 1 | $42,176 |
| 441 (3555) | Tin Lam Wong | HKG | 225 | 1 | 3 | $28,802 |
| 442 (3614) | Rafael Ben Ami | ISR | 224 | 0 | 1 | $24,610 |
| 443 (3608) | Oliver Gill | AUS | 224 | 0 | 2 | $27,855 |
| 444 (3615) | Martin Fuentes | URY | 224 | 0 | 1 | $40,210 |
| 445 (3613) | Seung Yi | KOR | 224 | 0 | 1 | $21,775 |
| 446 (3612) | Bach Hoang Nguyen | VNM | 224 | 0 | 1 | $35,930 |
| 447 (3610) | Jeferson Zaminhan | BRA | 224 | 0 | 1 | $45,811 |
| 448 (3611) | Vinicius Pinheiro | BRA | 224 | 0 | 2 | $37,321 |
| 449 (3609) | Pranjal Batra | IND | 224 | 0 | 1 | $13,986 |
| 450 (3650) | Benjamin Breadshell | AUS | 220 | 0 | 1 | $45,600 |