World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 (599) | Van Marcus | Melbourne, AUS | 752 | 0 | 2 | $60,131 |
| 102 (601) | Hong Li | CHN | 750 | 0 | 1 | $89,725 |
| 103 (611) | Xixiang Luo | CHN | 741 | 1 | 3 | $228,284 |
| 104 (618) | Amin Riyazati | AUS | 733 | 1 | 4 | $129,934 |
| 105 (625) | Yuzhu Wang | CHN | 724 | 0 | 3 | $128,992 |
| 106 (663) | Gabriel Akiki | LBN | 700 | 0 | 1 | $113,330 |
| 107 (663) | Sean Dorgan | Sydney, AUS | 700 | 0 | 1 | $44,087 |
| 108 (686) | John Perry | AUS | 696 | 0 | 2 | $148,984 |
| 109 (687) | Lei Yu | CHN | 694 | 1 | 3 | $559,494 |
| 110 (690) | Xiaotong Yu | CHN | 690 | 0 | 3 | $88,366 |
| 111 (695) | Wei Sun | CHN | 684 | 0 | 1 | $120,530 |
| 112 (700) | Felipe Boianovsky | BRA | 680 | 0 | 1 | $626,000 |
| 113 (715) | Benjamin pockett | AUS | 660 | 0 | 2 | $74,193 |
| 114 (715) | Yu Zhang | CHN | 660 | 0 | 2 | $330,088 |
| 115 (721) | Chang Hwan Lee | KOR | 658 | 0 | 2 | $175,889 |
| 116 (729) | Toan Chan Truong | VNM | 651 | 0 | 3 | $213,974 |
| 117 (735) | Nishant Sharma | IND | 646 | 0 | 3 | $110,043 |
| 118 (736) | He Junjie | CHN | 640 | 0 | 1 | $108,872 |
| 119 (736) | Ye Yi | CHN | 640 | 0 | 1 | $143,000 |
| 120 (736) | Sang Hong | AUS | 640 | 0 | 2 | $35,252 |
| 121 (736) | Louis Yin | AUS | 640 | 0 | 1 | $108,718 |
| 122 (752) | Zarvan Tumboli | IND | 630 | 1 | 4 | $99,650 |
| 123 (752) | Vinay Boob | IND | 630 | 0 | 2 | $126,452 |
| 124 (752) | Shou Zhang | CHN | 630 | 0 | 3 | $53,645 |
| 125 (752) | Paul Hong | NZL | 630 | 0 | 1 | $106,375 |
| 126 (752) | Josh Hutchins | AUS | 630 | 0 | 1 | $292,118 |
| 127 (767) | Katy Lo | AUS | 623 | 0 | 3 | $51,671 |
| 128 (769) | Loy Abdo | AUS | 620 | 0 | 2 | $68,191 |
| 129 (788) | Emad Zarghami | AUS | 608 | 1 | 3 | $113,711 |
| 130 (803) | Guofeng Wang | CHN | 607 | 1 | 4 | $71,774 |
| 131 (804) | Naohiro Matsuda | JPN | 606 | 0 | 2 | $90,427 |
| 132 (806) | Hao Zhu | CHN | 605 | 0 | 3 | $95,033 |
| 133 (808) | Ty Saunders | AUS | 600 | 0 | 1 | $21,264 |
| 134 (808) | Guy Dvash | ISR | 600 | 0 | 1 | $100,500 |
| 135 (808) | Gary Benson | Sydney, AUS | 600 | 0 | 2 | $62,364 |
| 136 (808) | Christopher Puyat | Queensland, AUS | 600 | 1 | 1 | $81,281 |
| 137 (808) | Andrew Hiscox | AUS | 600 | 0 | 1 | $57,866 |
| 138 (852) | Rafael Reis | BRA | 590 | 0 | 2 | $74,060 |
| 139 (859) | Aaron Li | AUS | 584 | 0 | 2 | $195,103 |
| 140 (869) | Ariel Mantel | ARG | 576 | 2 | 3 | $271,865 |
| 141 (878) | Michel Bouskila | AUS | 572 | 0 | 2 | $114,852 |
| 142 (879) | Peng Jiang | CHN | 570 | 0 | 1 | $70,172 |
| 143 (893) | Gustavo Morales | CHL | 560 | 0 | 1 | $76,393 |
| 144 (893) | Nicholas Lee | Sydney, AUS | 560 | 0 | 1 | $32,552 |
| 145 (914) | Yan Zhang | CHN | 558 | 1 | 3 | $39,600 |
| 146 (922) | Daniel Haywood | NZL | 550 | 0 | 2 | $69,169 |
| 147 (936) | Zhang Lei | CHN | 540 | 0 | 1 | $111,629 |
| 148 (936) | Chengcai Pan | CHN | 540 | 0 | 1 | $110,000 |
| 149 (936) | Weiping Gu | CHN | 540 | 0 | 1 | $82,610 |
| 150 (965) | Sebastian Toro Henao | COL | 528 | 1 | 1 | $201,030 |