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2026 POY Leader Boards - World
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| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (3) | Punnat Punsri | Bangkok, THA | 7,036 | 4 | 23 | $6,229,867 |
| 2 (7) | Danny Tang | HKG | 5,871 | 1 | 12 | $6,936,662 |
| 3 (16) | Quan Zhou | Harbin, CHN | 4,687 | 1 | 10 | $3,006,718 |
| 4 (20) | Biao Ding | CHN | 4,477 | 1 | 13 | $2,963,949 |
| 5 (23) | Mehdi Chaoui | MAR | 3,967 | 1 | 13 | $2,236,050 |
| 6 (36) | Ryuta Nakai | JPN | 3,496 | 1 | 9 | $1,174,951 |
| 7 (41) | Khoa Anh Ngo | VNM | 3,304 | 2 | 8 | $1,319,569 |
| 8 (44) | Fabiano Kovalski | BRA | 3,240 | 2 | 2 | $1,290,744 |
| 9 (45) | Kiat Lee | MYS | 3,233 | 1 | 10 | $4,905,179 |
| 10 (46) | Naoya Kihara | Tokyo, JPN | 3,222 | 2 | 6 | $1,441,431 |
| 11 (50) | Weiran Pu | CHN | 3,150 | 1 | 4 | $428,227 |
| 12 (53) | Yuri Dzivielevski | Curitiba, BRA | 3,100 | 3 | 6 | $5,131,292 |
| 13 (62) | Xiaosheng Zheng | CHN | 2,996 | 1 | 6 | $897,567 |
| 14 (65) | Ye Wang | CHN | 2,948 | 1 | 6 | $3,044,400 |
| 15 (80) | Kelvin Kerber | BRA | 2,760 | 0 | 5 | $2,428,128 |
| 16 (81) | Yang Zhang | Dalian, CHN | 2,758 | 2 | 6 | $761,921 |
| 17 (83) | Joao Simao | BRA | 2,747 | 2 | 7 | $2,209,924 |
| 18 (89) | Geoffrey Mooney | Melbourne, AUS | 2,690 | 1 | 6 | $1,101,483 |
| 19 (93) | Timur Margolin | Ramla, ISR | 2,580 | 2 | 6 | $778,188 |
| 20 (100) | Dean Blatt | AUS | 2,542 | 1 | 5 | $771,340 |
| 21 (101) | Malcolm Trayner | AUS | 2,541 | 1 | 2 | $1,748,761 |
| 22 (104) | Hokyiu Lee | HKG | 2,520 | 0 | 3 | $628,452 |
| 23 (117) | Elton Tsang | CHN | 2,444 | 0 | 4 | $4,337,000 |
| 24 (120) | Paul Phua | Miri, Sarawak, MYS | 2,422 | 1 | 4 | $4,385,000 |
| 25 (128) | Yinan Zhou | CHN | 2,303 | 1 | 4 | $692,538 |
| 26 (137) | Dicky Tsang | HKG | 2,250 | 1 | 5 | $250,647 |
| 27 (146) | Santhosh Suvarna | Bangalore, IND | 2,176 | 1 | 2 | $2,835,290 |
| 28 (149) | Ang Siang | MYS | 2,160 | 1 | 1 | $932,000 |
| 29 (151) | Mike Takayama | PHL | 2,152 | 2 | 6 | $766,870 |
| 30 (152) | Sebastian Toro Henao | COL | 2,148 | 2 | 2 | $1,109,169 |
| 31 (153) | Akihiro Konishi | Tokyo, JPN | 2,140 | 0 | 2 | $1,402,000 |
| 32 (160) | Asaf Groofi | ISR | 2,100 | 1 | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| 33 (167) | Lei Yu | CHN | 2,058 | 2 | 7 | $1,273,154 |
| 34 (175) | Jieming Xu | CHN | 2,012 | 1 | 3 | $408,408 |
| 35 (183) | Alisson Piekazewicz | BRA | 1,970 | 2 | 4 | $1,508,174 |
| 36 (188) | Wenjie Zhao | CHN | 1,920 | 1 | 1 | $1,160,000 |
| 37 (193) | Zurvan Tumboli | IND | 1,914 | 0 | 1 | $907,228 |
| 38 (200) | Giuseppe Iadisernia | VEN | 1,890 | 2 | 3 | $943,515 |
| 39 (208) | Oshri Lahmani | ISR | 1,870 | 0 | 3 | $497,359 |
| 40 (221) | Yang Wang | CHN | 1,824 | 1 | 1 | $595,388 |
| 41 (229) | Yuhan Liu | CHN | 1,806 | 1 | 6 | $349,458 |
| 42 (237) | Luis Sequeira | ARG | 1,780 | 0 | 3 | $298,481 |
| 43 (246) | Methavee Taveekitvatee | THA | 1,766 | 1 | 5 | $308,503 |
| 44 (251) | Pete Chen | Sijhih City, TWN | 1,740 | 0 | 2 | $413,998 |
| 45 (255) | Lun Loon | MYS | 1,724 | 1 | 6 | $1,061,700 |
| 46 (256) | Peng Chen | CHN | 1,723 | 2 | 6 | $430,102 |
| 47 (262) | Zhihua Yang | CHN | 1,708 | 1 | 3 | $338,301 |
| 48 (272) | Vinay Boob | IND | 1,670 | 0 | 4 | $386,659 |
| 49 (282) | Daisuke Ogita | Tokyo, JPN | 1,632 | 1 | 2 | $1,051,266 |
| 50 (284) | Asi Moshe | Tel Aviv, ISR | 1,620 | 1 | 1 | $683,830 |
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