World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 (270) | Ki Kim | PRK | 1,094 | 1 | 2 | $105,545 |
| 52 (273) | Ya Liu | CHN | 1,090 | 0 | 3 | $257,608 |
| 53 (280) | Nevan Chang | TWN | 1,080 | 0 | 6 | $250,202 |
| 54 (296) | Yunpeng Bai | CHN | 1,070 | 1 | 3 | $145,782 |
| 55 (312) | Uri Netanel | ISR | 1,032 | 0 | 2 | $229,724 |
| 56 (330) | Hexor Choi | AUS | 1,000 | 0 | 1 | $42,119 |
| 57 (342) | Dicky Tsang | HKG | 988 | 0 | 2 | $84,172 |
| 58 (345) | Jeremy Chan | MYS | 980 | 0 | 2 | $226,843 |
| 59 (349) | Kahle Burns | Geelong, AUS | 976 | 0 | 2 | $136,802 |
| 60 (356) | Takashi Kawauchi | JPN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $237,000 |
| 61 (356) | Manoj Pentakota | IND | 960 | 1 | 1 | $234,259 |
| 62 (356) | Gautam Dhingra | Melbourne, AUS | 960 | 1 | 1 | $244,556 |
| 63 (356) | Liu Xiaohu | CHN | 960 | 0 | 1 | $475,000 |
| 64 (381) | Ricky Vikas | AUS | 950 | 0 | 1 | $249,480 |
| 65 (394) | Kenta Ito | AUS | 933 | 1 | 4 | $72,207 |
| 66 (396) | Minh Thang Tran | VNM | 928 | 1 | 5 | $306,926 |
| 67 (404) | Ricardo Bono | AUS | 912 | 2 | 2 | $199,254 |
| 68 (404) | Yunchao Yu | CHN | 912 | 0 | 1 | $170,918 |
| 69 (417) | Lee Hwan | PRK | 910 | 0 | 1 | $771,000 |
| 70 (418) | David Erquiaga | PHL | 904 | 1 | 2 | $103,118 |
| 71 (421) | Chunnuan Xu | CHN | 901 | 1 | 3 | $179,748 |
| 72 (422) | Guang Zhou | CHN | 900 | 1 | 3 | $210,921 |
| 73 (422) | Yi Zhang | CHN | 900 | 0 | 1 | $108,732 |
| 74 (422) | Bibek Karki | IND | 900 | 0 | 1 | $94,243 |
| 75 (422) | Jordan Batis | AUS | 900 | 1 | 1 | $149,529 |
| 76 (441) | Da Zhuo | CHN | 894 | 1 | 3 | $148,395 |
| 77 (457) | JP Rounce-Sue | AUS | 864 | 2 | 2 | $221,082 |
| 78 (471) | Jiaxu Chen | AUS | 843 | 1 | 4 | $103,472 |
| 79 (473) | Albert Daher | LBN | 840 | 1 | 1 | $2,404,350 |
| 80 (473) | Trung Nguyen | VNM | 840 | 0 | 1 | $400,000 |
| 81 (473) | Liran Betito | ISR | 840 | 1 | 3 | $94,122 |
| 82 (509) | David White | AUS | 814 | 0 | 1 | $100,351 |
| 83 (512) | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong, HKG | 807 | 0 | 5 | $852,040 |
| 84 (513) | Yuhan Liu | CHN | 806 | 0 | 3 | $126,905 |
| 85 (519) | Ryan Henry | Hamilton, NZL | 800 | 0 | 1 | $148,641 |
| 86 (519) | Joshua Figuerres | PHL | 800 | 0 | 1 | $103,000 |
| 87 (519) | Tal Barasofsky | ISR | 800 | 0 | 1 | $134,168 |
| 88 (519) | Rahul Mayadunne | AUS | 800 | 0 | 1 | $27,573 |
| 89 (538) | Abraham Ceesvin | SGP | 798 | 0 | 2 | $368,000 |
| 90 (546) | Wai Leong Chan | MYS | 790 | 1 | 3 | $954,000 |
| 91 (548) | Higor Seibel | AUS | 784 | 0 | 2 | $114,468 |
| 92 (562) | Methavee Taveekitvatee | THA | 771 | 1 | 3 | $79,793 |
| 93 (567) | John Costiniano | PHL | 766 | 1 | 2 | $256,436 |
| 94 (568) | Andres Vasquez | AUS | 765 | 0 | 5 | $71,001 |
| 95 (573) | Jinho Hong | KOR | 760 | 0 | 1 | $169,556 |
| 96 (573) | Xianglai Li | CHN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $113,323 |
| 97 (573) | Andrew White | AUS | 760 | 0 | 1 | $97,198 |
| 98 (573) | Bahram Chobineh | IRN | 760 | 0 | 1 | $108,560 |
| 99 (594) | Lun Loon | MYS | 758 | 0 | 2 | $622,000 |
| 100 (597) | Hun Wei Lee | AUS | 756 | 1 | 1 | $469,922 |