With cashes in 18 live and six online World Series of Poker events, Shaun Deeb has won the 2025 WSOP Player of the Year title ahead of Benny Glaser, who had a head start with three bracelet wins at the start of the series. This new title will grant him free entry into the 2026 WSOP Main Event and another banner that will hang in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This is Deeb’s second WSOP Player of the Year title, and he is the second player to reach that achievement. His first title came in 2018, and the only other player who has done the same is Daniel Negreanu with his WSOP Player of the Year titles in 2004 and 2013.
Deeb has reached five final tables and had one big win in World Series of Poker Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for $2,957,229, where he won his seventh WSOP bracelet by beating Isaac Haxton in a heads-up battle.
2025 WSOP Player of the Year Leaderboard
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shaun Deeb | 4,194.1 |
| 2 |  Benny Glaser | 4,112.9 |
| 3 |  Martin Kabrhel | 3,958.9 |
| 4 | Michael Mizrachi | 3819.4 |
| 5 | Scott Bohlman | 3,354.3 |
| 6 |  Blaž Žerjav | 3,201.8 |
| 7 | Brian Rast | 3,098.5 |
| 8 |  Joao Vieira | 3,025.2 |
| 9 |  Daniel Negreanu | 2,972.1 |
| 10 |  Klemens Roiter | 2,699.53 |
Taking a Deeper Look
When taking a deeper look at the numbers, the World Series of Poker Main Event winner, Michael Mizrachi, looks by far the most impressive. Mizrachi played in only 20 events compared to Deeb, who played in 60 events, and Glaser, who played in 50 events. Mizrachi has 12 out of 20 live cashes, has reached two final tables and won two WSOP bracelets, and on top of all that, has won significantly more money ($11.37 million compared to Alex Foxen, who is in second place with $4.14M won).
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Benny Glaser came in second place in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race and has won the most WSOP bracelets (three), but what seems weird is that he only won $812,000, with only five players from the top 25 ranked making less money than him. Maybe winning smaller, less competitive events shouldn’t be weighted that heavily and score so many points.
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X account “Stud Flop Draw” had a good suggestion for next year’s WSOP POY ranking formula:
This looks better but still isn’t perfect. We can see that Glaser is still second-ranked in the new adjusted leaderboard, and Mizrachi would win only by a slight margin. However, if we compare the stats, Mizrachi’s look far better.
I see this kind of adjustment as basically impossible to happen because penalizing players for participating in as many events as possible would be just bad business for WSOP. Maybe the better solution would be to look at the top ten or 20 best results, but this is just speculation. There was also an interesting comment by one of the followers who mentioned the number of bullets fired by the player, which does not affect the points that the player can potentially earn.
It would also be nice to see player winnings reduced by the entry fees so we can include profits in the calculation for the WSOP POY.
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