World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 (1137) | Stevan Chew | AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $93,200 |
| 102 (1138) | Haitao Luan | Melbourney, AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $38,327 |
| 103 (1139) | Tam Truong | AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $93,307 |
| 104 (1144) | Tamir Segal | Tel Aviv, ISR | 600 | 1 | 1 | $234,393 |
| 105 (1168) | Wayne Zhang | CHN | 581 | 1 | 4 | $267,280 |
| 106 (1180) | Tokuho Yoshinaga | HKG | 576 | 1 | 2 | $221,552 |
| 107 (1233) | Wayne Yap | SGP | 560 | 0 | 1 | $259,373 |
| 108 (1234) | Victor Teng | AUS | 560 | 0 | 1 | $47,285 |
| 109 (1235) | Chang Feng | CHN | 560 | 0 | 1 | $83,302 |
| 110 (1239) | Victor Chong | MYS | 556 | 0 | 3 | $127,403 |
| 111 (1256) | Sai Chiu | HKG | 550 | 0 | 2 | $51,831 |
| 112 (1293) | James Bills | AUS | 540 | 0 | 1 | $66,135 |
| 113 (1295) | Sandro Vianna | BRA | 540 | 0 | 1 | $74,063 |
| 114 (1296) | Weiyi Zhang | CHN | 540 | 0 | 2 | $78,607 |
| 115 (1294) | Guilherme Ksyvickisbordao | BRA | 540 | 1 | 1 | $132,069 |
| 116 (1299) | Bryan Huang | SGP | 534 | 0 | 2 | $66,857 |
| 117 (1310) | Yuki Ko | KOR | 528 | 2 | 3 | $108,445 |
| 118 (1311) | Ye Wang | CHN | 528 | 1 | 2 | $320,579 |
| 119 (1344) | David Wang | AUS | 512 | 1 | 3 | $83,289 |
| 120 (1345) | Linh Tran | VNM | 512 | 1 | 4 | $96,065 |
| 121 (1353) | Shan Huang | CHN | 510 | 0 | 1 | $705,770 |
| 122 (1366) | Kamal Bejjani | LBN | 504 | 0 | 1 | $399,750 |
| 123 (1396) | James Seymour | Sydney, AUS | 500 | 0 | 1 | $63,457 |
| 124 (1399) | Vincent Huang | AUS | 498 | 1 | 2 | $70,673 |
| 125 (1495) | Wei Tso | HKG | 480 | 0 | 1 | $2,145 |
| 126 (1497) | Ricardo Nakamura | Londrina, BRA | 480 | 1 | 1 | $72,534 |
| 127 (1494) | Tiago Magalhaes | BRA | 480 | 1 | 1 | $125,395 |
| 128 (1492) | Guodong Sun | CHN | 480 | 1 | 1 | $169,650 |
| 129 (1493) | Zhenhua Lu | CHN | 480 | 0 | 1 | $104,000 |
| 130 (1491) | Michael Tchong | AUS | 480 | 1 | 1 | $109,162 |
| 131 (1496) | Cristian Vilches | ARG | 480 | 1 | 1 | $84,992 |
| 132 (1502) | Antonis Kambouroglou | Sydney, AUS | 478 | 0 | 2 | $41,617 |
| 133 (1537) | Pedro Padilha | BRA | 464 | 1 | 2 | $49,420 |
| 134 (1542) | Jae Kyung Joe | KOR | 462 | 0 | 2 | $52,364 |
| 135 (1541) | Ryan Hong | AUS | 462 | 0 | 2 | $98,957 |
| 136 (1585) | Andrew Lock | Sydney, AUS | 456 | 1 | 1 | $54,621 |
| 137 (1586) | Vinay Boob | IND | 456 | 0 | 1 | $43,030 |
| 138 (1587) | Muhammad Ali | ARE | 456 | 0 | 1 | $62,000 |
| 139 (1615) | Jeron Tan | Melbourne, AUS | 450 | 0 | 1 | $44,836 |
| 140 (1616) | Dirceu Carvalho | BRA | 450 | 0 | 1 | $54,730 |
| 141 (1617) | Antanas Guoga | Melbourne, AUS | 450 | 0 | 2 | $550,538 |
| 142 (1652) | Alexandre Gomes | Curitiba, BRA | 438 | 0 | 2 | $67,762 |
| 143 (1659) | Tamon Nakamura | JPN | 434 | 1 | 3 | $62,501 |
| 144 (1681) | Zhouchang Xu | CHN | 432 | 0 | 2 | $71,893 |
| 145 (1682) | Song Wang | CHN | 432 | 0 | 1 | $78,650 |
| 146 (1683) | Nan Hong | CHN | 432 | 0 | 4 | $119,951 |
| 147 (1680) | Robert Damelian | Sydney, AUS | 432 | 1 | 1 | $51,113 |
| 148 (1684) | Chen Guangcheng | CHN | 432 | 1 | 1 | $135,330 |
| 149 (1766) | Yu Li | CHN | 420 | 0 | 1 | $63,492 |
| 150 (1765) | Andre Figueiredo | BRA | 420 | 1 | 1 | $44,922 |