GPI 2025 Player of the Year Recap
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When it comes to end-of-the year business, poker rooms usually pack their lineup with promotions. while the Global Poker Index (GPI) does something else. Every year, like clockwork, GPI delivered its final verdict of the year, announcing its player of the year.
This time, it was Punnat Punsri and Kristen Foxen who closed out the calendar on top of 2025. Punsri became the first player from Asia to earn the GPI’s top honor, while Foxen secured her fifth Female Player of the Year title.
While the results speak for themselves, we’re going to take a little look back as to how Punsri and Foxen (once again) ended up on top of 2025 GPI.
Punnat Punsri: A Historic First for Asia
Punnat Punsri’s has been steady over his poker years but 2025 was when it all fell into place. With 4,458.06 points, the Thai player pushed out Jesse Lonis by a razor-thin margin of just 7.41 points to take the GPI Player of the Year for 2025. Artur Martirosian finished third, with Alex Foxen and Brandon Wilson rounding out the top five.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punnat Punsri | 4,458.06 |
| 2 | Jesse Lonis | 4,450.65 |
| 3 | Artur Martirosian | 4,323.49 |
| 4 | William Alex Foxen | 4,295.95 |
| 5 | Brandon Wilson | 4,219.89 |
Just like in the previous three years, Punsri continued his streak of final-tables at every single Triton stop, taking down three Triton titles in 2025 alone. Across last year, he accumulated nearly $11 million in live tournament cashes.
Outside the Triton circuit, he also made significant scores at the WSOP, EPT, and APT, and ultimately sealed the title with a strong showing at the WPT World Championship in Las Vegas in December. That final earned him the points needed to overtake Lonis.
Kristen Foxen: Fifth Title, First on the All-Time List
If Punsri’s GPI title was a first, Kristen Foxen’s fifth Female Player of the Year was a whole different kind of milestone. With 3,734.64 points, Foxen topped the women’s leaderboard without breaking a sweat, which put her well ahead of 2022 winner Cherish Andrews and Taiwan’s Meng Ling Lin.
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristen Foxen | 3,734.64 |
| 2 | Cherish Andrews | 2,993.49 |
| 3 | Meng Ling Lin | 2,836.78 |
| 4 | Cecile Ticherfatine | 2,722.87 |
| 5 | Victoria Livschitz | 2,583.25 |
Foxen’s win margin wasn’t surprising, given she was exceptional from start to finish.
She kicked off the year with three wins on the PokerGO Tour by April, then added a number of final tables at Triton Super High Roller events. Her third-place finish in the $125K NLHE at Triton Jeju II netted her $1.1 million, the biggest score of her career, and pushed her past Vanessa Selbst to the top of the Women’s All-Time Money List.
However, Foxen didn’t just stop there. She had strong results on the NAPT, finished the year with multiple deep runs at WSOP Paradise, and stayed active on the high roller scene throughout. The result was a season so commanding that the POY title felt inevitable by December.
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