World's Best Poker Players

CardPlayer.com offers comprehensive poker rankings. Our Player of the Year race has ranked tournament poker player success for more than a decade and we now rank casino and online tournament data. For more in-depth poker statistics checkout The Poker Leaderboards.

2006 POY Leader Boards - Overall

Jump to

Page 1 of 77

Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1	Michael Mizrachi	Miramar, FL	5,989	4	10	$2,243,374
2	Nam Le	Huntington Beach, CA	5,215	2	10	$2,130,992
3	J.C. Tran	Sacramento, CA	5,170	2	10	$1,123,053
4	Jeff Madsen	Las Vegas, NV	4,568	2	5	$1,558,622
5	David Daneshgar	Westlake Village, CA	4,392	3	10	$1,066,717
6	Shannon Shorr	Tuscaloosa, AL	4,206	2	7	$1,258,694
7	John Hoang	Fountain Valley, CA	4,177	1	13	$609,249
8	Roland de Wolfe	London	3,977	1	4	$1,937,259
9	Joe Hachem	Melbourne	3,840	1	3	$2,529,352
10	Gioi Luong	Westminster, CA	3,788	0	9	$551,997
11	Phil Hellmuth	Palo Alto, CA	3,755	1	4	$1,180,814
12	David Pham	Cerritos, CA	3,712	2	6	$701,772
13	Alex Jacob	Parkland, FL	3,568	1	4	$1,657,921
14	Steve Wong	Hoofddorp	3,472	2	4	$1,119,312
15	Allen Cunningham	Ventura, CA	3,344	2	4	$4,418,706
16	Erick Lindgren	Las Vegas, NV	3,286	1	4	$920,335
17	Ralph Perry	Las Vegas, NV	3,266	2	5	$941,931
18	Joe Tehan	Las Vegas, NV	3,236	2	4	$1,571,015
19	Joe Pelton	Newport Beach, CA	3,200	1	2	$1,869,390
20	David Williams	Las Vegas, NV	3,152	1	4	$921,167

21	Bill Chen	Layfayette Hill, PA	3,146	2	3	$821,356
22	Daniel Negreanu	Las Vegas, NV	3,070	1	5	$1,548,205
23	Anthony Reategui	Chandler, AZ	3,025	1	7	$705,064
24	Cliff Josephy	Syosset, NY	3,013	0	4	$995,976
25	Joe Sebok	San Francisco, CA	2,835	3	5	$773,425
26	Daniel Quach	Los Angeles, CA	2,716	1	2	$1,488,085
27	Can Kim Hua	Rosemead, CA	2,636	2	6	$466,859
28	Danny Wong	Los Angeles, CA	2,612	1	2	$880,535
29	Kenna James	Downey, CA	2,592	1	3	$944,051
30	David Baker	Katy, TX	2,570	1	6	$367,557
31	Mark Newhouse	Chapel Hill, NC	2,526	1	2	$1,631,246
32	Chris McCormack	Port Jefferson, NY	2,512	0	4	$880,996
33	Joe Bartholdi	Las Vegas, NV	2,500	1	2	$3,819,034
34	Phil Ivey	Las Vegas, NV	2,499	0	3	$1,326,420
35	David Plastik	Las Vegas, NV	2,486	1	5	$665,995
36	Tom Franklin	Gulfport, MS	2,468	1	4	$507,317
37	John Phan	Long Beach, CA	2,467	0	5	$614,434
38	Al Barbieri	Philadelphia, PA	2,460	2	12	$228,244
39	Scotty Nguyen	Henderson, NV	2,386	1	3	$1,120,950
40	Stanley Weiss	Nashville, TN	2,304	2	2	$1,395,804

41	Men Nguyen	Bell Gardens, CA	2,296	0	6	$578,900
42	Barry Greenstein	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	2,279	1	6	$778,794
43	Joe Brandenburg	Portland, OR	2,268	1	4	$199,023
44	Max Pescatori	Milan	2,258	2	6	$758,630
45	Mike Schneider	Minneapolis, MN	2,256	2	2	$1,026,981
46	Alan Goehring	Henderson, NV	2,224	1	2	$2,465,537
47	Jamie Gold	Malibu, CA	2,220	1	3	$12,024,500
48	Anders Henriksson	Stockholm	2,200	1	3	$492,259
49	Jason Sagle	Sudbury, ONT	2,195	0	4	$673,834
50	Bill Edler	Las Vegas, NV	2,193	1	8	$262,090