John Phan clinched the 2008 Player of the Year title after an amazing year of poker success:

Phan finished the year with 14 cashes that won him $2,075,323 in prize money. He made eight final tables and won three major events. Phan now holds $5,371,996 in career tournament winnings, two WSOP gold bracelets, one WPT title.

 

RANK	PLAYER	PTS	FINAL TABLES	WINNINGS
1	John Phan	6,704	8	$2,075,323
2	David Pham	6,022	11	$1,447,638
3	Bertrand Grospellier	5,510	6	$3,618,720
4	Ivan Demidov	4,940	2	$6,404,900
5	Erik Seidel	4,754	4	$2,142,397
6	David Benyamine	4,436	5	$1,978,419
7	Michael Binger	4,416	10	$1,005,846
8	Peter Eastgate	4,320	1	$9,181,022
9	David Rheem	4,194	4	$3,409,624
10	Vinny Pahuja	3,918	9	$559,161

 

Previous players of the year:

• 2007: DAVID PHAM
• 2006: MICHAEL MIZRACHI
• 2005: MEN NGUYEN
• 2004: DANIEL NEGREANU

(Source Cardplayer)

WOW, that's a heck of a lot of money, isn't it? Wow, I can only dream!
Thanks for posting this info Loujine.