It has been a fruitful summer time thus far for lots of the superstars sitting atop poker’s all-time cash listing. Four of the 9 gamers who boast over $60 million in recorded profession event earnings have added 1,000,000 {dollars} or extra to their totals because the begin of June, with three of that group growing their tallies by a number of tens of millions.
Leading the best way is Bryn Kenney, who was already in first place on this leaderboard. Kenney has cashed for $5,813,322 throughout the summer time months, with three seven-figure scores recorded alongside the best way. The 39-year-old professional from New York kicked off his spree with a runner-up end within the $250,000 excessive curler on the World Series of Poker for $2,776,634.
Bryn Kenney
The two-time bracelet winner’s subsequent large efficiency noticed him place third in a $50,000 buy-in on the sequence for one more $1,041,908. Then, just some weeks after that, he took down the $100,000 buy-in King Poker Cup in Korea for one more $1,954,000.
Those three cashes for 1,000,000 or extra introduced Kenney’s profession depend of such scores to 17, together with seven multi-million-dollar paydays.
Kenney set the file for the most important payout in poker historical past when he lower a heads-up deal within the 2019 Triton Millions charity occasion to earn $20.6 million. He now has greater than $92 million in whole earnings, giving him a $12 million lead over his nearest competitors on this leaderboard.
| Rank | Player | Earnings | Top Score | Cashes For $1M+ |
| 1 | Bryn Kenney | $92,002,616 | $20,606,421 | 17 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | $79,964,075 | $5,380,200 | 17 |
| 3 | Jason Koon | $77,592,535 | $3,653,260 | 17 |
| 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | $72,137,501 | $7,114,500 | 19 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | $70,315,713 | $6,370,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Justin Bonomo | $69,415,857 | $10,000,000 | 11 |
| 7 | Isaac Haxton | $67,810,176 | $3,672,000 | 14 |
| 8 | Dan Smith | $64,197,682 | $8,784,000 | 13 |
| 9 | Alex Foxen | $61,071,703 | $4,563,700 | 10 |
The Rest Of The Best
Stephen Chidwick, who can be a two-time bracelet winner, had a reasonably quiet summer time with 5 cashes totaling simply over 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 {dollars}. Despite not including a lot (by his requirements) to his profession haul, the 37-year-old from Deal, England stays in second place within the race for essentially the most event earnings. Chidwick is at the moment only one high-roller min-cash away from turning into the second participant in poker historical past to surpass $80 million in profession cashes.
2026 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Jason Koon rounds out the highest three on this listing with simply shy of $77.6 million. The all-time Triton Poker titles chief accrued over $1.1 million throughout a trio of cashes on the WSOP this summer time. Most of that got here from the two-time bracelet winner’s fifth-place displaying within the $250,000 buy-in, which earned him $972,375.
Belarusian star Mikita Badziakouski ticked over $72 million in profession earnings due to a $585,000 payout earned because the runner-up within the kickoff occasion of the continuing Onyx Super High Roller Series in North Cyprus. The 34-year-old leads all the gamers on this listing when it comes to the quantity of seven-figure scores he’s collected over time, having cashed for 1,000,000 {dollars} or extra 19 instances thus far.
Adrian Mateos rounds out the highest 5 with $70.3 million. The Spanish wunderkind cashed for over $5.3 million this summer time, together with taking down the beforehand talked about $250,000 occasion on the WSOP for his sixth bracelet and $4,334,411. Mateos, who’s simply 31, is the youngest participant to ever win as many titles on the sequence. Mateos additionally received two PokerGO Tour excessive curler occasions and a $25,000 buy-in on the Wynn Summer Classic, bringing his win whole to 4 within the span of a single month.
Foxen Closing The Gap
Alex Foxen
While the sixth by eighth ranked gamers noticed little or no change of their profession earnings this summer time, ninth-ranked Alex Foxen has added over $2 million because the starting of June. One week after his spouse Kristen Foxen earned her record-extending sixth bracelet, Alex took down the $10,000 tremendous turbo bounty occasion for $594,246 and his fourth profession gold bracelet. That was the most important of his 13 cashes on this stretch, adopted carefully by the $522,347 he earned for a sixth-place displaying in a $100,000 buy-in a number of days earlier.
Foxen is now the outright chief within the Card Player Player of the Year race, having received 5 titles throughout 12 final-table finishes thus far in 2026. He can be inside the highest 5 within the 2026 PokerGO Tour points race, with 14 certified cashes in direction of that high-stakes-centric leaderboard.
This sturdy begin to the yr has pushed Foxen previous the $60 million mark, making him the ninth participant to ever surpass that milestone.
Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu is lower than $75,000 away from becoming a member of the $60 million membership. He earned the third-largest rating of his profession this summer time, securing $2,257,718 and his eighth bracelet because the winner of the WSOP $100,000 pot-limit Omaha excessive curler.
Additional photograph credit: Badziakouski (Manuel Kovsca / PokerStars), Mateos (Miguel Cortes / WSOP).
