*** Winners of the WSOP Main Event ***

1970

Johnny Moss

1st place awarded by player vote

1971

Johnny Moss

$30,000

1972

"Amarillo Slim" Preston

$80,000

1973 

Puggy Pearson

$130,000

1974 

Johnny Moss

$160,000

1975

Sailor Roberts

$210,000

1976 

Doyle Brunson

$220,000

1977 

Doyle Brunson

$340,000

1978 

Bobby Baldwin

$210,000

1979 

Hal Fowler

$270,000

1980

Stu Ungar

$385,000

1981 Stu Ungar

$375,000

1982

Jack Strauss

$520,000

1983 

Tom McEvoy

$580,000

1984

Jack Keller

$660,000

1985 

Bill Smith

$700,000

1986

Berry Johnston

$570,000

1987 

Johnny Chan

$625,000

1988 

Johnny Chan

$700,000

1989 

Phil Hellmuth Jr.

$755,000

1990

Mansour Matloubi

$895,000

1991 

Brad Daugherty

$1,000,000

1992 

Hamid Dastmalchi

$1,000,000

1993 

Jim Bechtel

$1,000,000

1994

Russ Hamilton

$1,000,000

1995 

Dan Harrington

$1,000,000

1996

Huck Seed

$1,000,000

1997

Stu Ungar

$1,000,000

1998 

Scotty Nguyen

$1,000,000

1999 

J. J. "Noel" Furlong

$1,000,000

2000

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson

 $1,500,000

2001 

Carlos Mortensen

$1,500,000

2002 

Robert Varkonyi

$2,000,000

2003

Chris Moneymaker

$2,500,000

2004 

Gregg "Fossilman" Raymer

$5,000,000

2005 

Joe Hachem

$7,500,000

2006 

Jamie Gold 

$12,000,000

2007 

Jerry Yang 

$8,250,000

2008

Peter Eastgate 

$9,152,416

2009 

Joe Cada 

$8,574,649

2010 

Jonathan Duhamel 

$8,944,138

2011

Pius Heinz 

$8,715,638

2012 

Greg Merson 

$8,531,853

2013

Ryan Riess 

$8,359,531

2014 

Martin Jacobson 

$10,000,000

2015 

Joe McKeehen 

$7,683,346

2016 

Qui Nguyen 

$8,005,310

2017 

Scott Blumstein 

$8,150,000

2018 

John Cynn 

$8,800,000

2019 

Hossein Ensan 

$10,000,000

2020 

Damian Salas 

$1,550,969

2021 

Koray Aldemir 

$8,000,000

2022 

Espen Jørstad 

$10,000,000