World Series of Poker Main Event Champions

Image	Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize (US$)	Entrants[6]	Total tournament earnings (US$)	WSOP bracelets	Ref.
	1970	Johnny Moss*†	The Grand Old Man of Poker[7]	N/A	N/A	7	824,922	9	[8]
	1971	Johnny Moss*†	The Grand Old Man of Poker	6  6	30,000	6	824,922	9	[8]
	1972	Thomas Preston*†	Amarillo Slim[9]	K  J	80,000	8	436,055	4	[10]
	1973	Walter Pearson*†	Puggy[11]	A♠ 7♠	130,000	13	245,740	4	[12]
	1974	Johnny Moss*†	The Grand Old Man of Poker	3♥ 3♠	160,000	16	824,922	9	[8]
	1975	Brian Roberts†	Sailor[13]	J♠ J♥ [14]	210,000	21	266,650	2	[15]
	1976	Doyle Brunson*	Texas Dolly[16][h]	10♠ 2♠	220,000	22	2,808,945	10	[17]
	1977	Doyle Brunson*	Texas Dolly	10♠ 2♥	340,000	34	2,808,945	10	[17]
	1978	Bobby Baldwin*	The Owl[18]	Q♦ Q♣	210,000	42	604,900	4	[19]
	1979	Hal Fowler†	—	7♠ 6♦	270,000	54	270,000	1	[20]
	1980	Stu Ungar*†	Stuey or The Kid[21]	5♠ 4♠	385,000	73	2,078,838	5	[22]
	1981	Stu Ungar*†	Stuey or The Kid	A♥ Q♥	375,000	75	2,078,838	5	[22]
	1982	Jack Straus[b]*†	Treetop[23]	A♥ 10♠	520,000	104	555,000	2	[24]
	1983	Tom McEvoy	Grand Rapids Tom	Q♦ Q♠	540,000	108	1,291,031	4	[25]
N/A	1984	Jack Keller*†	Gentleman[26]	10♥ 10♠	660,000	132	2,048,763	3	[26]
N/A	1985	Bill Smith†	—	3♠ 3♥	700,000	140	788,000	1	[27]
	1986	Berry Johnston*	—	A♠ 10♥	570,000	141	2,265,523	5	[28]
	1987	Johnny Chan*	Orient Express[29]	A♠ 9♣	625,000	152	4,148,868	10	[30]
	1988	Johnny Chan*	Orient Express	J♣ 9♣	700,000	167	4,148,868	10	[30]
	1989	Phil Hellmuth[g]*	The Poker Brat[31]	9♠ 9♣	755,000	178	12,189,531	13	[32]
N/A	1990	Mansour Matloubi	—	6♥ 6♠	895,000	194	6,019,630	1	[33]
	1991	Brad Daugherty	—	K♠ J♠	1,000,000	215	1,165,170	1	[34]
	1992	Hamid Dastmalchi	—	8♥ 4♣	1,000,000	201	1,642,463	3	[35]
	1993	Jim Bechtel	—	J♣ 6♥	1,000,000	220	1,944,623	1	[36]
	1994	Russ Hamilton	—	K♠ 8♥	1,000,000	268	1,261,940	1	[37]
	1995	Dan Harrington*	Action Dan[38]	9♦ 8♦	1,000,000	273	3,491,513	2	[39]
	1996	Huck Seed	—	9♦ 8♦	1,000,000	295	2,426,842	4	[40]
	1997	Stu Ungar*†	Stuey or The Kid	A♥ 4♣	1,000,000	312	2,078,838	5	[41]
	1998	Scotty Nguyen	The Train or The Prince of Poker[42]	J♦ 9♣	1,000,000	350	4,794,817	5	[43]
	1999	Noel Furlong	—	5♣ 5♦	1,000,000	393	1,070,785	1	[44]
	2000	Chris Ferguson	Jesus [45]	A♠ 9♣	1,500,000	512	7,075,300	5	[45]
	2001	Carlos Mortensen	El Matador[46]	K♣ Q♣	1,500,000	613	8,457,033	2	[47]
	2002	Robert Varkonyi	—	Q♦ 10♠	2,000,000	631	2,110,212	1	[48]
	2003	Chris Moneymaker[c]	—	5♦ 4♠	2,500,000	839	2,532,041	1	[49]
	2004	Greg Raymer	Fossil-Man	8♠ 8♦	5,000,000	2,576	5,712,585	1	[50]
	2005	Joe Hachem	—	7♣ 3♠	7,500,000	5,619	8,029,995	1	[51]
	2006	Jamie Gold	—	Q♠ 9♣	12,000,000	8,773	12,067,292[i]	1	[52]
	2007	Jerry Yang	The Shadow[53]	8♦ 8♣	8,250,000	6,358	8,250,000	1	[54]
	2008	Peter Eastgate	Isser[5]	A♦ 5♠	9,152,416	6,844	9,152,416	1	[55]
	2009	Joe Cada[d]	—	9♦ 9♣	8,574,649	6,494	8,574,649	1	[56]
	2010	Jonathan Duhamel	—	A♠ J♥	8,944,138	7,319	8,944,310	1	[57]
	2011	Pius Heinz	-	A♠ K♣	8,715,638	6,865	8,798,924	1	[58]
-	2012	Greg Merson	-	K♦ 5♦	8,715,638	6,598	9,781,483	2	[59]