| WSOP
Year |
Winners
Name |
Event |
Prize
Money |
| 1970 WSOP winner |
Johnny Moss |
$10,000 Championship Event |
Awarded by vote |
| 1971 WSOP winner |
Johnny Moss |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$30,000 |
| 1972 WSOP winner |
Amarillo Slim Preston |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$80,000 |
| 1973 WSOP winner |
Puggy Pearson |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$130,000 |
| 1974 WSOP winner |
Johnny Moss |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$160,000 |
| 1975 WSOP winner |
Sailor Roberts |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$210,000 |
| 1976 WSOP winner |
Doyle "texas dolly" Brunson |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$220,000 |
| 1977 WSOP winner |
Doyle "texas dolly" Brunson |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$340,000 |
| 1978 WSOP winner |
Bobby Baldwin |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$210,000 |
| 1979 WSOP winner |
Hal Fowler |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$270,000 |
| 1980 WSOP winner |
Stu Ungar |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$385,000 |
| 1981 WSOP winner |
Stu Ungar |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$375,000 |
| 1982 WSOP winner |
Jack "tree top" Strauss |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$520,000 |
| 1983 WSOP winner |
Tom McEvoy |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$580,000 |
| 1984 WSOP winner |
Jack Keller |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$660,000 |
| 1985 WSOP winner |
Bill Smith |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$700,000 |
| 1986 WSOP winner |
Berry Johnston |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$570,000 |
| 1987 WSOP winner |
Johnny Chan |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$625,000 |
| 1988 WSOP winner |
Johnny Chan |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$700,000 |
| 1989 WSOP winner |
Phil Hellmuth Jr. |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$755,000 |
| 1990 WSOP winner |
Mansour Matloubi |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$895,000 |
| 1991 WSOP winner |
Brad Daugherty |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1992 WSOP winner |
Hamid Dastmalchi |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1993 WSOP winner |
Jim Bechtel |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1994 WSOP winner |
Russ Hamilton |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1995 WSOP winner |
"Action" Dan Harrington |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1996 WSOP winner |
Huck Seed |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1997 WSOP winner |
Stu Ungar |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1998 WSOP winner |
Scotty Nguyen |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 1999 WSOP winner |
J. J. "Noel" Furlong |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,000,000 |
| 2000 WSOP winner |
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,500,000 |
| 2001 WSOP winner |
Carlos Mortensen |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$1,500,000 |
| 2002 WSOP winner |
Robert Varkonyi |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$2,000,000 |
| 2003 WSOP winner |
Chris Moneymaker |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$2,500,000 |
| 2004 WSOP winner |
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$5,000,000 |
| 2005 WSOP winner |
Joe Hachem |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$7,500,000 |
| 2006 WSOP winner |
Jamie Gold |
$10,000 Championship Event |
$12,000,000 |
| 2007 WSOP winner |
TBD |
$10,000 Championship Event |
N/A |
| 2008 WSOP winner |
TBD |
$10,000 Championship Event |
N/A |
| 2009 WSOP winner |
TBD |
$10,000 Championship Event |
N/A |
| 2010 WSOP winner |
TBD |
$10,000 Championship Event |
N/A |
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