World's Best Poker Players
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2026 POY Leader Boards - World
| Rank | Player | Location | POY Points | Titles | Final Tables | POY Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 (2442) | Win Tan | Melbourne, AUS | 254 | 0 | 3 | $29,008 |
| 302 (2448) | Thi Nguyen | VNM | 252 | 0 | 1 | $170,000 |
| 303 (2448) | Phachara Wongwichit | AUS | 252 | 1 | 1 | $231,928 |
| 304 (2448) | Seungmook Jung | KOR | 252 | 1 | 2 | $51,809 |
| 305 (2448) | Matthew Wakeman | Sydney, AUS | 252 | 0 | 1 | $95,681 |
| 306 (2458) | Xiaqing Ji | CHN | 250 | 0 | 1 | $43,800 |
| 307 (2458) | Jun Yan | CHN | 250 | 0 | 1 | $16,107 |
| 308 (2458) | Nik Ruangroj | THA | 250 | 0 | 1 | $14,070 |
| 309 (2458) | Fufu Hu | Sydney, AUS | 250 | 0 | 1 | $18,415 |
| 310 (2481) | Kevin Choi | HKG | 246 | 0 | 2 | $23,286 |
| 311 (2485) | Kwok Wong | HKG | 245 | 0 | 2 | $40,985 |
| 312 (2490) | Hung Chen | TWN | 243 | 0 | 1 | $12,915 |
| 313 (2507) | Alexis Tremblay | AUS | 242 | 0 | 2 | $30,408 |
| 314 (2507) | Rudy Halim | IDN | 242 | 0 | 2 | $43,529 |
| 315 (2513) | Belarmino De Souza | BRA | 240 | 0 | 1 | $67,000 |
| 316 (2513) | Ramesh Abhishek | IND | 240 | 0 | 1 | $21,880 |
| 317 (2513) | Zeping Lu | CHN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $57,000 |
| 318 (2513) | Ting Lian | SGP | 240 | 0 | 1 | $56,623 |
| 319 (2513) | Leandro Bianchini | ARG | 240 | 0 | 1 | $53,000 |
| 320 (2513) | Dale Marsland | AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $18,261 |
| 321 (2513) | Anton Widjaya | IDN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $19,894 |
| 322 (2513) | Koji Fujimoto | JPN | 240 | 0 | 1 | $78,850 |
| 323 (2513) | Yun Cheong | SGP | 240 | 0 | 1 | $9,549 |
| 324 (2513) | Jan Leoncio | PHL | 240 | 0 | 1 | $25,000 |
| 325 (2513) | Jacque Ramsden | AUS | 240 | 0 | 1 | $40,237 |
| 326 (2513) | Askhat Kshetrapal | IND | 240 | 1 | 1 | $25,973 |
| 327 (2687) | Luke Martinelli | Melbourne, AUS | 234 | 0 | 2 | $70,145 |
| 328 (2715) | Houssem Meftahi | TUN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $28,792 |
| 329 (2715) | Yifan Zhou | AUS | 228 | 0 | 1 | $19,858 |
| 330 (2715) | Mark Yazbeck | Sydney, AUS | 228 | 0 | 2 | $16,824 |
| 331 (2715) | Lachlan Crilly | AUS | 228 | 0 | 3 | $31,274 |
| 332 (2715) | Joshua Baraba | AUS | 228 | 0 | 1 | $24,400 |
| 333 (2715) | Guoliang Wang | CHN | 228 | 0 | 1 | $35,462 |
| 334 (2776) | Zheng Khoo | MYS | 225 | 0 | 1 | $47,108 |
| 335 (2787) | Tien Ling | MYS | 224 | 0 | 1 | $41,983 |
| 336 (2787) | Michael Kanaan | AUS | 224 | 0 | 1 | $14,947 |
| 337 (2827) | Jinze Zhang | CHN | 221 | 1 | 2 | $30,639 |
| 338 (2834) | Badr Boutenbad | MAR | 220 | 0 | 1 | $20,500 |
| 339 (2834) | Kim Chiu | SGP | 220 | 0 | 2 | $21,816 |
| 340 (2834) | Nick Williams | AUS | 220 | 0 | 1 | $20,535 |
| 341 (2859) | Christian Roberts | VEN | 218 | 0 | 2 | $27,959 |
| 342 (2865) | Zhen Long | CHN | 216 | 0 | 1 | $14,289 |
| 343 (2865) | Nguyen Tien | VNM | 216 | 0 | 1 | $16,236 |
| 344 (2865) | David Saab | Victoria, AUS | 216 | 0 | 2 | $17,888 |
| 345 (2865) | Jaemoon Seok | KOR | 216 | 1 | 1 | $17,460 |
| 346 (2865) | Peter Vratsidis | AUS | 216 | 0 | 1 | $16,239 |
| 347 (2865) | Anusorn Asiralertsiri | THA | 216 | 1 | 1 | $45,756 |
| 348 (2914) | Shuang Luo | CHN | 211 | 1 | 2 | $23,800 |
| 349 (2917) | Yap Pang | MYS | 210 | 0 | 1 | $38,574 |
| 350 (2917) | Mohamed Taabouni | MAR | 210 | 0 | 1 | $26,027 |