World's Best Poker Players
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2018 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 (3184) | Feng Zhao | SGP | 242 | 0 | 2 | $19,187 |
| 302 (3353) | Ben Hershkovich | ISR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $15,892 |
| 303 (3337) | Eisuke Kobayashi | JPN | 240 | 1 | 1 | $24,050 |
| 304 (3349) | Lucas Scafini | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $20,000 |
| 305 (3347) | Diego Palma | CHL | 240 | 1 | 1 | $19,421 |
| 306 (3339) | Abdelouahab Zizi | MAR | 240 | 1 | 1 | $41,250 |
| 307 (3348) | Toru Wakamatsu | JPN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $24,665 |
| 308 (3344) | Carlos Goncalves | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $40,027 |
| 309 (3345) | Fernando Brunca Garcia | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $43,633 |
| 310 (3333) | Sam Higgs | AUS | 240 | 1 | 1 | $22,290 |
| 311 (3350) | Vijay Nalayala | ZAF | 240 | 0 | 1 | $48,813 |
| 312 (3334) | Hamish Crawshaw | Wangunui, NZL | 240 | 0 | 1 | $26,461 |
| 313 (3340) | Long Meng | CHN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $60,840 |
| 314 (3341) | Tao Fan | CHN | 240 | 0 | 2 | $47,008 |
| 315 (3342) | Minho Lee | KOR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $43,680 |
| 316 (3354) | Brendan Pettit | AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $27,175 |
| 317 (3331) | Geraldo Neto | BRA | 240 | 1 | 1 | $21,856 |
| 318 (3332) | Amjad Nader | SYR | 240 | 0 | 1 | $47,323 |
| 319 (3338) | Zheng Wu | Melbourne, AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $13,018 |
| 320 (3355) | Juan Villegas | Metzuse, COL | 240 | 0 | 1 | $53,000 |
| 321 (3343) | Vinh Huynh | VNM | 240 | 1 | 1 | $34,836 |
| 322 (3351) | Affif Prado | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $30,895 |
| 323 (3335) | Michael Lim | MYS | 240 | 1 | 1 | $735,490 |
| 324 (3336) | Stanley Wu | AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $36,332 |
| 325 (3352) | Ivonir Bento | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $45,000 |
| 326 (3346) | Frederick Hernandez | PHL | 240 | 0 | 1 | $16,980 |
| 327 (3402) | Guangli Liu | CHN | 229 | 0 | 4 | $21,597 |
| 328 (3440) | Edgard Raffoul | LBN | 228 | 0 | 2 | $39,585 |
| 329 (3441) | Masatoshi Tanaka | JPN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $51,368 |
| 330 (3466) | Kosei Ichinose | JPN | 225 | 1 | 2 | $26,614 |
| 331 (3467) | Francisco de Carmargo Garcia | BRA | 225 | 0 | 1 | $48,831 |
| 332 (3465) | Ying Zhao | CHN | 225 | 0 | 1 | $39,520 |
| 333 (3521) | Craig Landry | Queensland, AUS | 224 | 0 | 1 | $16,329 |
| 334 (3522) | Ming Hong Teoh | MYS | 224 | 0 | 1 | $17,698 |
| 335 (3556) | Phillip Thaung | AUS | 220 | 0 | 1 | $37,500 |
| 336 (3557) | Motohiro Kondo | JPN | 220 | 0 | 1 | $31,098 |
| 337 (3559) | Shay Cameo | ISR | 220 | 0 | 1 | $50,474 |
| 338 (3555) | Dasheng Chen | CHN | 220 | 0 | 1 | $69,940 |
| 339 (3554) | Seung Yi | KOR | 220 | 0 | 2 | $19,132 |
| 340 (3558) | Mariano Leandro Hyon | ARG | 220 | 0 | 1 | $75,816 |
| 341 (3596) | Vesko Zmukic | AUS | 216 | 0 | 1 | $17,036 |
| 342 (3597) | Robert Glasspool | CHN | 216 | 0 | 1 | $17,325 |
| 343 (3598) | Roger Swolf | Christchurch, NZL | 216 | 0 | 1 | $22,397 |
| 344 (3604) | Xiang Tang | CHN | 214 | 0 | 2 | $24,037 |
| 345 (3618) | Devesh Debipersadh | ZAF | 212 | 0 | 2 | $30,571 |
| 346 (3679) | Jiaxiu Liu | CHN | 210 | 0 | 1 | $21,112 |
| 347 (3682) | Fernando Takemura | Toledo, BRA | 210 | 0 | 1 | $16,598 |
| 348 (3683) | Carlos Ibarra | CHL | 210 | 0 | 1 | $18,138 |
| 349 (3685) | Renan Aziz Alves | BRA | 210 | 0 | 1 | $21,329 |
| 350 (3690) | Liu Jiaxiu | CHN | 210 | 0 | 1 | $41,805 |