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2025 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1251 (10698) | Stephen Lockwood | AUS | 40 | 0 | 1 | $1,429 |
| 1252 (10758) | Genyue Hu | CHN | 40 | 0 | 1 | $1,526 |
| 1253 (10836) | Arjun Dhingra | IND | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,636 |
| 1254 (10769) | Simon Thwaites | AUS | 40 | 0 | 1 | $1,587 |
| 1255 (10752) | Karan Sitlani | IND | 40 | 0 | 1 | $2,043 |
| 1256 (10891) | Soon Toh | SGP | 40 | 0 | 1 | $7,133 |
| 1257 (10856) | Wing Lee | HKG | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,491 |
| 1258 (10889) | Sang Lee | Pusan, KOR | 40 | 0 | 1 | $5,996 |
| 1259 (10790) | Alon Huberman | ISR | 40 | 0 | 1 | $3,791 |
| 1260 (10909) | Yao Tao | CHN | 39 | 0 | 1 | $3,264 |
| 1261 (10900) | Guofeng Hoe | SGP | 39 | 0 | 1 | $2,369 |
| 1262 (10897) | Claude Bedran | LBN | 39 | 0 | 2 | $3,250 |
| 1263 (10990) | Wooram Cho | PRK | 38 | 0 | 2 | $3,530 |
| 1264 (10964) | Edson Onofre | BRA | 38 | 0 | 1 | $6,600 |
| 1265 (10958) | Gabriel Zakalik | ARG | 38 | 0 | 1 | $3,000 |
| 1266 (10996) | Shanna Frech Kroll | PER | 38 | 0 | 1 | $2,480 |
| 1267 (10988) | Joel Turner | NZL | 38 | 0 | 2 | $6,378 |
| 1268 (10938) | Afik Haim Navon | ISR | 38 | 0 | 1 | $3,915 |
| 1269 (10948) | Tzu Su | TWN | 38 | 0 | 1 | $2,377 |
| 1270 (10960) | Hee Pyon | KOR | 38 | 0 | 1 | $1,638 |
| 1271 (11015) | Steven Gluyas | AUS | 37 | 0 | 2 | $1,903 |
| 1272 (11089) | Cheng Lo | TWN | 36 | 0 | 1 | $3,252 |
| 1273 (11081) | Baoqiang Ho | SGP | 36 | 0 | 0 | $61,240 |
| 1274 (11082) | Hideki Nakamura | JPN | 36 | 0 | 1 | $2,450 |
| 1275 (11052) | Ben Charlton | AUS | 36 | 0 | 1 | $1,439 |
| 1276 (11143) | Shane Pearce | AUS | 35 | 0 | 1 | $5,350 |
| 1277 (11177) | Yuri Ishida | JPN | 35 | 0 | 2 | $5,357 |
| 1278 (11145) | Tamon Nakamura | JPN | 35 | 0 | 1 | $6,440 |
| 1279 (11204) | Anthony Bond | AUS | 34 | 0 | 1 | $1,568 |
| 1280 (11200) | Youngjo Cheon | KOR | 34 | 0 | 1 | $2,137 |
| 1281 (11244) | Bruno Portaro | AUS | 33 | 0 | 1 | $5,714 |
| 1282 (11317) | Zhan Guo | TWN | 33 | 0 | 0 | $14,941 |
| 1283 (11271) | Sebastian Medina | COL | 33 | 0 | 0 | $14,063 |
| 1284 (11302) | Douglas Ferreira | BRA | 33 | 0 | 0 | $26,360 |
| 1285 (11300) | Hiroyuki Noda | JPN | 33 | 0 | 0 | $26,360 |
| 1286 (11363) | Siripong Khamklang | THA | 32 | 0 | 1 | $1,378 |
| 1287 (11373) | Kamalahasan Kalyanasundaram | IND | 32 | 0 | 1 | $2,024 |
| 1288 (11368) | Yu Shih | TWN | 32 | 0 | 1 | $2,484 |
| 1289 (11424) | Xu Jin | CHN | 32 | 0 | 1 | $772 |
| 1290 (11364) | Xing Wei | CHN | 32 | 0 | 1 | $2,122 |
| 1291 (11378) | Akira Takashima | JPN | 32 | 0 | 1 | $5,115 |
| 1292 (11365) | Yipeng Yang | CHN | 32 | 0 | 1 | $1,779 |
| 1293 (11446) | Walter Martinez | ARG | 31 | 0 | 1 | $1,710 |
| 1294 (11579) | Kim Chiu | SGP | 30 | 0 | 1 | $2,569 |
| 1295 (11638) | Kun Lim | SGP | 30 | 0 | 1 | $2,788 |
| 1296 (11559) | Changjie Zhang | SGP | 30 | 0 | 1 | $4,847 |
| 1297 (11498) | Sai Hung Li | HKG | 30 | 0 | 1 | $1,543 |
| 1298 (11499) | Jang Lee | KOR | 30 | 0 | 1 | $1,271 |
| 1299 (11552) | Milan Gurung | Melbourne, AUS | 30 | 0 | 0 | $23,301 |
| 1300 (11553) | Sam Ruha | NZL | 30 | 0 | 0 | $19,892 |