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2018 POY Leader Boards - World

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Rank ↑	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings

1 (16)	Michael Addamo	Melbourne	4,674	2	9	$2,581,347
2 (22)	Ivan Leow		4,093	5	16	$5,685,423
3 (44)	Timur Margolin	Ramla	3,318	2	5	$873,488
4 (73)	Joao Simao		2,592	0	8	$1,196,617
5 (105)	Mike Takayama		2,246	1	5	$367,340
6 (118)	Maria Lampropulos	Buenos Aires	2,100	1	1	$1,081,100
7 (120)	Yang Zhang	Dalian	2,084	1	7	$347,311
8 (144)	Honglin Jiang		1,900	0	4	$753,843
9 (147)	Haoxiang Wang		1,875	0	2	$1,213,854
10 (151)	Wai Leong Chan		1,856	0	6	$4,994,374
11 (174)	Alex Lynskey	Brisbane	1,741	1	4	$1,734,850
12 (197)	James Chen	Taichung	1,620	1	3	$751,927
13 (218)	Guoliang Wei	Shanghau	1,536	3	3	$579,396
14 (221)	Danny Tang		1,530	0	8	$503,279
15 (244)	Albert Daher		1,444	2	4	$834,837
15 (244)	Phachara Wongwichit		1,444	0	3	$341,384
17 (276)	Pete Chen	Sijhih City	1,337	2	9	$355,776
18 (281)	Wenling Gao		1,320	0	7	$388,007
19 (288)	Farid Jattin	Barranquilla	1,300	0	2	$299,938
20 (305)	Xixiang Luo		1,264	1	6	$337,464

21 (318)	Kazuhiko Yotsushika		1,249	1	4	$534,404
22 (322)	Tan Xuan		1,240	1	2	$2,431,585
23 (328)	Benjamin Richardson		1,232	0	3	$291,177
24 (334)	Richard Yong	Kuala Lumppur	1,216	1	3	$3,711,638
25 (345)	Lin Wu		1,200	1	1	$402,350
26 (371)	Daniel Ospina		1,152	1	2	$177,646
27 (399)	Felipe Ramos		1,115	0	4	$418,714
28 (418)	Boris Mondrus	Beer Sheva	1,080	1	1	$436,335
28 (418)	Jordan Piva		1,080	1	1	$246,426
30 (426)	Kalyan Cheekuri	Hydorabad	1,076	1	4	$239,610
30 (426)	Winfred Yu	Hong Kong	1,076	0	3	$1,478,888
32 (434)	Kitty Kuo	Taipei	1,070	0	2	$442,910
33 (453)	Paawan Bansal		1,036	0	1	$413,852
33 (453)	Kahle Burns	Geelong	1,036	0	3	$558,684
35 (458)	Xuming Qi		1,028	1	5	$183,866
36 (463)	Kenneth Kee		1,020	1	2	$3,096,518
37 (474)	Xin Fan		1,000	1	2	$562,510
38 (479)	Dong Chen		998	1	3	$245,956
39 (480)	Yaniv Peretz		997	1	2	$297,170
40 (486)	Bin Duan		990	0	2	$237,934

41 (490)	Rob Wazwaz	Brooklyn Park, MN	986	2	3	$129,615
42 (510)	Walid Habib	Roswe	960	1	2	$213,041
42 (510)	Alvan Zheng		960	1	1	$397,150
42 (510)	Pedro Cairat		960	1	1	$241,800
42 (510)	Amauri Giovani Grutka		960	1	1	$200,000
46 (531)	Anson Tsang		952	1	3	$309,940
47 (544)	Jonathan Karamalikis	Adelaide	939	1	1	$190,017
48 (550)	Choon Tong Siow		930	0	2	$241,533
49 (556)	Hiroyuki Noda		924	1	4	$166,074
50 (563)	Siyou Cao		912	1	1	$156,000