World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 (4633) | Paul Kim | WSM | 160 | 0 | 1 | $18,638 |
| 452 (4643) | Francisco Garcia | URY | 160 | 0 | 1 | $14,000 |
| 453 (4641) | Shohei Aoyama | JPN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $9,517 |
| 454 (4642) | Taehoon Han | NZL | 160 | 0 | 1 | $20,332 |
| 455 (4634) | Ali Mechiche | MAR | 160 | 0 | 1 | $22,000 |
| 456 (4639) | Yunfei Hao | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $11,089 |
| 457 (4646) | Thiago Nishijima | Sao Paulo, BRA | 160 | 0 | 1 | $19,371 |
| 458 (4635) | Bo Ouyang | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $12,480 |
| 459 (4638) | Pedro Correa | Santo Andre, BRA | 160 | 0 | 1 | $22,630 |
| 460 (4648) | Ngo Hieu | VNM | 160 | 0 | 1 | $18,011 |
| 461 (4649) | Shyh Chyn Lim | MYS | 160 | 0 | 1 | $25,441 |
| 462 (4636) | Yuan Li | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $41,730 |
| 463 (4647) | Alfredo Torres | CHL | 160 | 0 | 2 | $22,321 |
| 464 (4637) | Zhou Tong | CHN | 160 | 0 | 1 | $37,960 |
| 465 (4645) | James Obst | Adelaide, AUS | 160 | 0 | 1 | $37,904 |
| 466 (4644) | Martin Pineiro | ARG | 160 | 0 | 1 | $17,725 |
| 467 (4650) | David Haim Belahssen | ISR | 160 | 0 | 1 | $19,505 |
| 468 (4640) | Patrick Liang | BRA | 160 | 0 | 1 | $9,943 |
| 469 (4693) | Marcelo Bonannata | URY | 156 | 0 | 1 | $26,000 |
| 470 (4692) | Noel Cale | NCL | 156 | 0 | 1 | $12,482 |
| 471 (4726) | Neven Naicker | ZAF | 154 | 0 | 3 | $23,633 |
| 472 (4725) | Jianzhao Cheng | CHN | 154 | 1 | 3 | $27,157 |
| 473 (4727) | Taro Kimura | Tokyo, JPN | 154 | 1 | 1 | $18,028 |
| 474 (4811) | Alexandre Rodriguez | Noumea, NCL | 152 | 0 | 1 | $7,789 |
| 475 (4812) | Bing Wang | CHN | 152 | 0 | 1 | $14,861 |
| 476 (4814) | Julio Delgado | Coroboleo, VEN | 152 | 0 | 1 | $15,555 |
| 477 (4813) | Eugene Co | PHL | 152 | 1 | 2 | $31,449 |
| 478 (4896) | Liliang Shen | CHN | 150 | 0 | 2 | $10,960 |
| 479 (4899) | Nic Southorn | NZL | 150 | 0 | 1 | $17,595 |
| 480 (4894) | David Bonadio | AUS | 150 | 0 | 1 | $6,051 |
| 481 (4900) | Yaaqov Suliman | ISR | 150 | 0 | 1 | $19,350 |
| 482 (4897) | Hiroshi Matsumoto | JPN | 150 | 0 | 1 | $12,181 |
| 483 (4898) | Yuri Ishida | JPN | 150 | 0 | 2 | $11,115 |
| 484 (4901) | Foo Ming | MYS | 150 | 0 | 1 | $60,609 |
| 485 (4895) | Kan Lin | Melbourne, AUS | 150 | 0 | 1 | $13,189 |
| 486 (4928) | Xingbiao Zhu | CHN | 145 | 0 | 4 | $12,545 |
| 487 (5044) | Shengqiang Qiu | CHN | 144 | 0 | 1 | $10,114 |
| 488 (5048) | Fangjie Chen | CHN | 144 | 0 | 1 | $25,987 |
| 489 (5045) | Xu Sun | NZL | 144 | 0 | 1 | $24,895 |
| 490 (5047) | Izak Ron Young | ISR | 144 | 0 | 3 | $22,361 |
| 491 (5046) | Juan Barattini | ARG | 144 | 0 | 1 | $19,025 |
| 492 (5057) | Naohito Tamaya | JPN | 142 | 1 | 2 | $17,742 |
| 493 (5158) | Chaofei Wang | CHN | 140 | 0 | 1 | $17,585 |
| 494 (5165) | Horacio Chaves | PRY | 140 | 0 | 1 | $12,517 |
| 495 (5163) | Joel Williams | AUS | 140 | 0 | 1 | $19,380 |
| 496 (5169) | Nguyen Phong | VNM | 140 | 0 | 1 | $21,095 |
| 497 (5159) | Chen Li | HKG | 140 | 0 | 1 | $14,107 |
| 498 (5168) | Manish Goenka | IND | 140 | 0 | 1 | $10,710 |
| 499 (5167) | Qicheng Du | CHN | 140 | 0 | 1 | $25,376 |
| 500 (5160) | Jose Gonzales | ARG | 140 | 0 | 1 | $14,375 |