World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (602) | Brian Kaufman | URY | 900 | 0 | 1 | $505,598 |
| 52 (618) | Mario Javier Lopez | ARG | 880 | 0 | 3 | $91,716 |
| 53 (626) | Rafael Reis | BRA | 875 | 1 | 2 | $253,044 |
| 54 (640) | Kunal Patni | IND | 867 | 0 | 2 | $137,418 |
| 55 (643) | Asi Moshe | Tel Aviv, ISR | 864 | 1 | 2 | $159,238 |
| 56 (687) | Shuize Cai | CHN | 840 | 1 | 1 | $168,116 |
| 57 (686) | Eugene Portlen | AUS | 840 | 1 | 1 | $122,391 |
| 58 (688) | Weiran Pu | CHN | 840 | 1 | 1 | $190,320 |
| 59 (689) | Xiao Zhou | CHN | 840 | 1 | 1 | $184,848 |
| 60 (691) | Takao Shimizu | JPN | 836 | 0 | 7 | $180,578 |
| 61 (703) | Webster Lim | MYS | 822 | 0 | 5 | $364,497 |
| 62 (706) | Chen Lin | CHN | 812 | 1 | 2 | $286,400 |
| 63 (711) | Yang Wang | CHN | 810 | 0 | 2 | $203,159 |
| 64 (710) | Hung Lin | CHN | 810 | 1 | 3 | $79,131 |
| 65 (735) | Jen Chun Chiu | CHN | 800 | 0 | 1 | $154,960 |
| 66 (734) | Junhao Hong | CHN | 800 | 0 | 1 | $237,120 |
| 67 (747) | Lester Edoc | KOR | 790 | 1 | 3 | $129,426 |
| 68 (753) | Benjamin Jee | Sydney, AUS | 784 | 0 | 2 | $93,604 |
| 69 (759) | Takashi Ogura | Tokyo, JPN | 774 | 1 | 2 | $565,771 |
| 70 (808) | Josias Cardoso | Sao Paulo, BRA | 740 | 0 | 2 | $202,397 |
| 71 (813) | Renato Kaneoya | BRA | 738 | 0 | 3 | $195,872 |
| 72 (816) | Ashkan Fattahi | IRN | 732 | 1 | 3 | $193,165 |
| 73 (828) | Martin Kozlov | Melbourne, AUS | 723 | 0 | 6 | $142,376 |
| 74 (858) | Joel Feldman | AUS | 720 | 0 | 1 | $124,570 |
| 75 (859) | Aditya Sushant | IND | 720 | 0 | 4 | $120,813 |
| 76 (860) | Pedro Oliveira | BRA | 720 | 0 | 1 | $101,415 |
| 77 (874) | Jacky Wong | HKG | 710 | 0 | 2 | $226,764 |
| 78 (878) | Iori Yogo | Nagoya, JPN | 708 | 2 | 6 | $105,849 |
| 79 (911) | Raul Villarroel Henriquez | CHL | 700 | 0 | 1 | $95,498 |
| 80 (907) | Yen Yau Shern | MYS | 700 | 0 | 1 | $104,156 |
| 81 (912) | Wei Cheng Yin | TWN | 700 | 0 | 1 | $76,492 |
| 82 (908) | Ran Ilani | ISR | 700 | 0 | 1 | $88,000 |
| 83 (909) | Tetsuya Enoki | JPN | 700 | 0 | 1 | $89,096 |
| 84 (910) | Jiandong Yu | CHN | 700 | 0 | 1 | $133,445 |
| 85 (918) | Yunsheng Sun | CHN | 696 | 0 | 4 | $167,294 |
| 86 (936) | Jian Chen | CHN | 684 | 2 | 2 | $135,512 |
| 87 (942) | Timothy Marsters | Brisbane, Queensland, AUS | 680 | 0 | 2 | $102,827 |
| 88 (948) | Karim Rebei | DZA | 677 | 1 | 3 | $144,663 |
| 89 (979) | Chris Chong | SGP | 660 | 0 | 1 | $354,903 |
| 90 (980) | Sung Joo Hyun | Seoul, KOR | 660 | 0 | 1 | $189,098 |
| 91 (978) | Ying Chan | HKG | 660 | 0 | 2 | $128,205 |
| 92 (1011) | Yuefeng Pan | CHN | 644 | 1 | 2 | $162,913 |
| 93 (1028) | Federico Dania | ARG | 640 | 0 | 1 | $88,290 |
| 94 (1026) | Jiang Huang | SGP | 640 | 0 | 1 | $142,220 |
| 95 (1027) | Ali Reza Fatehi | IRN | 640 | 1 | 2 | $835,455 |
| 96 (1063) | Daniel Laidlaw | AUS | 615 | 1 | 2 | $119,329 |
| 97 (1093) | Guangcheng Chen | CHN | 608 | 0 | 1 | $59,410 |
| 98 (1143) | Phanlert Sukonthachartnant | THA | 600 | 0 | 1 | $121,290 |
| 99 (1146) | Nauv Kashyap | AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $118,155 |
| 100 (1147) | Tamir Segal | Tel Aviv, ISR | 600 | 1 | 1 | $234,393 |