The Global Poker Index: Ranking the top 300 players

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The Global Poker Index (GPI) ranks the weekly performance of the world's top 300 live-tournament poker players.

Players are ranked weekly based on their performance by finishing in cash positions in qualifying tournaments occurring over the previous 36-month period.

Qualifying tournaments are events with 21 or more players and a buy-in of $1,500, or other currency equivalent, or higher that are open to the public, and are not specialty or selected audience events.

Each player's score for a given event is derived from a combination of their finishing place percentage, buy-in and aging factor. Learn more about how the GPI is calculated.

The GPI is updated weekly on USAToday.com and GlobalPokerIndex.com. The rankings below are as of Dec. 24:

Rank	GPI Score	Player Name	Last Week Rank	Change From Last Week
1	3051.95	Dan Smith	1	0
2	2942.82	Marvin Rettenmaier	2	0
3	2784.95	Jason Mercier	4	1
4	2730.60	Bertrand Grospellier	3	-1
5	2559.76	Andrew Lichtenberger	6	1
6	2527.95	Phil Hellmuth	5	-1
7	2446.36	Vanessa Selbst	7	0
8	2410.74	David Sands	8	0
9	2410.21	Michael Watson	9	0
10	2390.22	Stephen O'Dwyer	10	0
11	2374.93	Joseph Cheong	23	12
12	2330.88	Philipp Gruissem	14	2
13	2329.48	Eugene Katchalov	12	-1
14	2307.69	Justin Bonomo	18	4
15	2301.57	Roberto Romanello	21	6
16	2298.24	Shawn Buchanan	13	-3
17	2259.94	Jonathan Duhamel	11	-6
18	2255.61	David Baker	30	12
19	2242.68	Mike McDonald	22	3
20	2225.23	Kyle Julius	20	0
21	2222.35	Sorel Mizzi	16	-5
22	2217.69	Bryn Kenney	19	-3
23	2183.04	Thomas Marchese	24	1
24	2181.72	Shannon Shorr	42	18
25	2142.83	Noah Schwartz	17	-8
26	2110.92	Konstantin Puchkov	38	12
27	2107.57	Emanuel Failla	26	-1
28	2093.57	Michael Mizrachi	15	-13
29	2091.33	John Juanda	27	-2
30	2086.32	Mohsin Charania	25	-5
31	2057.64	Roger Hairabedian	31	0
32	2032.90	Scott Baumstein	34	2
33	2021.82	Daniel Negreanu	28	-5
34	2019.66	Juha Helppi	36	2
35	2011.46	Byron Kaverman	37	2
36	2007.47	Keven Stammen	54	18
37	1987.35	Christopher Brammer	41	4
38	1957.66	Ilan Boujenah	40	2
39	1953.64	Tommy Vedes	33	-6
40	1943.91	Joseph Serock	43	3
41	1927.86	Kevin MacPhee	39	-2
42	1918.81	David Benyamine	46	4
43	1912.45	Leonid Bilokur	35	-8
44	1883.47	John Paul Kelly	47	3
45	1879.62	Timothy Adams	57	12
46	1863.84	Tobias Reinkemeier	50	4
47	1854.34	Simon Ravnsbaek	51	4
48	1853.46	Igor Kurganov	52	4
49	1830.96	Toby Lewis	55	6
50	1827.76	Antonio Esfandiari	45	-5
51	1822.79	Samuel Stein	49	-2
52	1809.01	Daniel Shak	78	26
53	1805.40	Todd Terry	60	7
54	1795.86	Martin Jacobson	53	-1
55	1794.20	Fabrice Soulier	29	-26
56	1790.66	Erik Seidel	61	5
57	1788.50	Samuel Chartier	44	-13
58	1778.93	Jeremy Ausmus	79	21
59	1767.14	Micah Raskin	62	3
60	1759.01	John Parker	58	-2
61	1757.99	Phillippe Ktorza	68	7
62	1750.58	Matt Marafioti	65	3
63	1746.96	Andrea Dato	63	0
64	1741.57	Martin Finger	70	6
65	1741.20	Jason Wheeler	71	6
66	1737.09	Elio Fox	67	1
67	1730.40	Christian Harder	91	24
68	1728.70	Chris Klodnicki	80	12
69	1727.91	Gavin Smith	69	0
70	1714.80	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	75	5
71	1700.88	Govert Metaal	76	5
72	1695.17	Faraz Jaka	66	-6
73	1691.81	William Reynolds	81	8
74	1685.64	Brian Rast	82	8
75	1676.57	Nick Schulman	77	2
76	1676.31	Ravi Raghavan	83	7
77	1665.89	Kassem Deeb	59	-18
78	1665.14	Allen Kessler	88	10
79	1656.86	Oleksii Kovalchuk	56	-23
80	1655.36	Kristijonas Andrulis	117	37
81	1652.63	Daniel O'Brien	73	-8
82	1647.56	Fabian Quoss	89	7
83	1635.93	Marc-Andre Ladouceur	116	33
84	1622.10	Cary Katz	87	3
85	1618.29	Isaac Baron	103	18
86	1613.27	Scott Seiver	48	-38
87	1610.00	Fernando Brito	139	52
88	1607.50	Steve Brecher	92	4
89	1606.15	Michael Benvenuti	133	44
90	1605.00	Gregory Merson	95	5
91	1603.69	Amit Makhija	97	6
92	1595.92	Mihails Morozovs	72	-20
93	1595.24	Ole Schemion	98	5
94	1589.02	Matt Waxman	102	8
95	1588.43	Joe Elpayaa	100	5
96	1579.89	Jason Koon	32	-64
97	1578.09	Bruno Lopes	104	7
98	1572.95	David Vamplew	105	7
99	1568.86	Alexander Dovzhenko	106	7
100	1564.37	Anton Wigg	107	7
101	1549.68	Jonathan Aguiar	110	9
102	1541.10	Stephen Chidwick	64	-38
103	1538.51	Danyel Boyaciyan	129	26
104	1537.71	Heinz Kamutzki	114	10
105	1537.14	Andy Frankenberger	84	-21
106	1536.30	Ramin Hajiyev	112	6
107	1530.68	Paul Berende	113	6
108	1516.95	Pierre Neuville	119	11
109	1511.78	Kyle Bowker	141	32
110	1505.48	Mihai Manole	145	35
111	1500.97	Sam Trickett	122	11
112	1498.41	Daniel Buzgon	85	-27
113	1494.75	Galen Hall	123	10
114	1492.23	Scott Clements	101	-13
115	1490.14	Zachary Clark	86	-29
116	1486.03	Aubin Cazals	90	-26
117	1472.34	Tristan Clemencon	99	-18
118	1472.20	Alain Roy	125	7
119	1472.12	John Monnette	118	-1
120	1464.98	Nicholas Grippo	158	38
121	1459.09	Chris Moorman	109	-12
122	1459.05	Davidi Kitai	74	-48
123	1458.78	Dmitry Vitkind	108	-15
124	1457.92	Mickey Petersen	121	-3
125	1452.43	Matt Salsberg	151	26
126	1448.89	Dimitar Danchev	120	-6
127	1446.28	Jesse Martin	132	5
128	1439.37	Isaac Haxton	111	-17
129	1439.23	Joni Jouhkimainen	134	5
130	1437.05	Jonathan Karamilikis	130	0
131	1435.09	Erik Cajelais	93	-38
132	1432.97	Dermot Blain	124	-8
133	1426.58	Phil Ivey	96	-37
134	1426.17	Vadim Kursevich	138	4
135	1422.33	Jeffrey Rossiter	140	5
136	1417.09	Taylor Paur	94	-42
137	1416.14	David Williams	143	6
138	1413.44	Yuval Bronshtein	135	-3
139	1405.72	Anthony Gregg	131	-8
140	1397.56	Vineet Pahuja	144	4
141	1396.59	Tom McCormick	128	-13
142	1391.45	Darryll Fish	152	10
143	1387.40	Corey Burbick	136	-7
144	1378.69	Tomeu Gomila	266	122
145	1369.38	Jean-Noel Thorel	156	11
146	1368.91	Matthew Stout	154	8
147	1362.78	Ludovic Lacay	146	-1
148	1360.18	Dan Murariu	137	-11
149	1359.43	John Dolan	160	11
150	1358.20	Thiago Nishijima	177	27
151	1356.30	Andrey Gulyy	162	11
152	1345.50	Salman Behbehani	148	-4
153	1343.18	Mclean Karr	163	10
154	1341.69	Jason Somerville	165	11
155	1338.43	Timothy West	155	0
156	1335.06	Hans Winzeler	115	-41
157	1334.86	Mustapha Kanit	168	11
158	1332.40	Liv Boeree	167	9
159	1330.05	Joe Kuether	170	11
160	1329.73	Stanislav Barshak	184	24
161	1328.79	Dana Kellstrom	179	18
162	1323.42	Samad Razavi	237	75
163	1320.61	Andrew Chen	173	10
164	1319.80	Andrey Zaichenko	127	-37
165	1316.89	Darren Elias	171	6
166	1316.40	Ognjen Sekularac	175	9
167	1316.06	Melanie Weisner	142	-25
168	1314.01	Alessandro Longobardi	244	76
169	1310.26	Dwyte Pilgrim	172	3
170	1305.24	Brandon Cantu	180	10
171	1304.07	Artem Litvinov	181	10
172	1302.11	Tristan Wade	150	-22
173	1300.60	Paul Volpe	183	10
174	1296.34	Joe Tehan	126	-48
175	1281.90	Sergio Castelluccio	188	13
176	1280.79	Jeff Gross	189	13
177	1276.20	Chris Bjorin	223	46
178	1275.38	Zimnan Ziyard	192	14
179	1274.80	Christopher De Maci	157	-22
180	1272.55	David Steicke	195	15
181	1272.32	David Rheem	176	-5
182	1269.78	Olivier Busquet	164	-18
183	1264.13	Shaun Deeb	153	-30
184	1263.81	Marco Leonzio	197	13
185	1254.22	Guillaume Darcourt	200	15
186	1252.51	Craig McCorkell	169	-17
187	1252.44	Daniel Kelly	201	14
188	1251.50	Vojtech Ruzicka	202	14
189	1250.12	Jess Yawitz	203	14
190	1249.24	Jeff Madsen	191	1
191	1246.13	Koen De Visscher	199	8
192	1241.61	Jonathan Little	205	13
193	1241.33	Dominykas Karmazinas	209	16
194	1239.31	Edward Sabat	178	-16
195	1238.23	Andy Bloch	166	-29
196	1229.70	Tom Alner	271	75
197	1228.37	Justin Zaki	161	-36
198	1228.02	John Racener	149	-49
199	1225.56	Randy Lew	159	-40
200	1219.10	Chady Ojeil	210	10
201	1217.44	Harrison Gimbel	211	10
202	1215.25	Nicolas Cardyn	190	-12
203	1214.45	Frederik Jensen	213	10
204	1212.81	Rodrigo Caprioli	262	58
205	1209.61	Sergii Baranov	216	11
206	1206.89	Jacob Bazeley	218	12
207	1198.87	Dominik Nitsche	214	7
208	1195.23	Roland Israelashivili	147	-61
209	1194.76	Barry Greenstein	174	-35
210	1194.10	Alexander Kravchenko	187	-23
211	1192.37	Kenny Hallaert	208	-3
212	1191.01	Jan Heitmann	220	8
213	1189.21	Ronny Kaiser	222	9
214	1187.19	Johnny Lodden	224	10
215	1184.43	Sean Jazayeri	225	10
216	1180.46	Justin Conley	182	-34
217	1179.05	Ana Laura Marquez Esteban	226	9
218	1178.76	Jose Manuel Nadal	N/A	N/A
219	1166.37	Amir Lehavot	207	-12
220	1165.64	Ismael Bojang	230	10
221	1165.56	Paul Tedeschi	231	10
222	1163.85	Juan Carlos Alvarado	232	10
223	1162.79	Daniel Idema	186	-37
224	1158.91	Justin Young	194	-30
225	1158.03	Jan Bendik	235	10
226	1155.59	Jonathan Turner	196	-30
227	1155.51	Paul Lieu	236	9
228	1154.39	Giacomo Fundaro	238	10
229	1148.82	Salvatore Bonavena	240	11
230	1148.24	Yury Gulyy	241	11
231	1148.09	Fabrizio Gonzalez	242	11
232	1147.98	Adam Geyer	215	-17
233	1147.77	David Diaz	227	-6
234	1147.49	Andrew Badecker	233	-1
235	1143.51	Lucille Cailly	245	10
236	1139.76	Greg Mueller	219	-17
237	1139.66	Ali Eslami	206	-31
238	1137.11	Alexander Venovski	185	-53
239	1135.11	William Thorson	248	9
240	1134.88	Adam Levy	250	10
241	1132.48	Jose Ignacio Barbero	253	12
242	1132.39	Lee Markholt	254	12
243	1132.04	Maria Ho	287	44
244	1130.04	Ramzi Jelassi	257	13
245	1129.78	Thomas Gabriel	258	13
246	1128.51	Matthew Glantz	251	5
247	1125.47	Roman Romanovskyi	260	13
248	1121.35	Ben Vinson	259	11
249	1118.62	Amanda Musumeci	252	3
250	1116.64	David Peters	193	-57
251	1114.26	Laurent Polito	263	12
252	1113.06	Rocco Palumbo	204	-48
253	1110.81	Paul Guichard	264	11
254	1109.64	Manuel Bevand	243	-11
255	1107.35	Joseph Couden	212	-43
256	1106.93	Bruno Fitoussi	272	16
257	1100.48	Allen Cunningham	234	-23
258	1100.44	Leo Fernandez	247	-11
259	1098.57	Kent Lundmark	268	9
260	1095.46	Aurangzeb Sheikh	270	10
261	1094.47	Martins Adeniya	273	12
262	1094.08	Mikhail Petrov	265	3
263	1090.85	James Dempsey	255	-8
264	1090.20	Alexander Roumeliotis	274	10
265	1089.71	Annand Ramdin	278	13
266	1087.80	Yorane Kerignard	261	-5
267	1079.35	Morten Mortensen	239	-28
268	1077.11	Chance Kornuth	N/A	N/A
269	1076.45	Nicholas Verkaik	279	10
270	1075.13	Vyacheslav Igin	281	11
271	1075.03	Ray Qartomy	282	11
272	1073.50	Frank Rusnak	283	11
273	1072.78	Tyler Reiman	246	-27
274	1069.28	Max Silver	269	-5
275	1069.18	George Dunst	280	5
276	1068.14	Benjamin Hamnett	285	9
277	1067.85	Khiem Nguyen	277	0
278	1065.26	Eric Sfez	289	11
279	1064.51	Denys Drobyna	N/A	N/A
280	1060.26	Maksim Semisoshenko	293	13
281	1057.74	Greg Ronaldson	295	14
282	1056.75	Bryan Devonshire	221	-61
283	1056.55	Amnon Filippi	286	3
284	1053.59	Cliff Josephy	297	13
285	1052.35	John Eames	290	5
286	1051.42	Kenneth Hicks	267	-19
287	1048.85	Martin Staszko	300	13
288	1047.69	Andrey Pateychuk	N/A	N/A
289	1045.48	Joe Ebanks	N/A	N/A
290	1045.41	Tyler Patterson	256	-34
291	1043.11	Eric Froehlich	N/A	N/A
292	1036.60	Terrence Chan	228	-64
293	1035.05	Nam Le	284	-9
294	1034.80	Hafiz Khan	N/A	N/A
295	1033.59	Daniel Reijmer	292	-3
296	1033.46	Carla Solinas	N/A	N/A
297	1033.30	Lee Childs	299	2
298	1033.28	Massimo Mosele	N/A	N/A
299	1030.01	Stephane Albertini	N/A	N/A
300	1027.67	Brian Hastings	N/A	N/A

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