Gewinner der WSOP
| Jahr | Sieger / Gewinnhand | Preis ($) | Teilnehmer | Zweiter / Verlusthand |
| 1970 | Johnny Moss | k.A. | 7 | k.A. |
| 1971 | Johnny Moss | 30.000 | 6 | Walter Pearson |
| 1972 | Thomas Preston | 80.000 | 8 | Walter Pearson |
| 1973 | Walter Pearson A 7 | 130.000 | 13 | Johnny Moss K J |
| 1974 | Johnny Moss | 160.000 | 16 | Crandall Addington |
| 1975 | Brian Roberts 9 9 | 210.000 | 21 | Bob Hooks A K |
| 1976 | Doyle Brunson 10 2 | 220.000 | 22 | Jesse Alto A J |
| 1977 | Doyle Brunson 10 2 | 340.000 | 34 | Gary Berland 8 5 |
| 1978 | Bobby Baldwin Q Q | 210.000 | 42 | Crandall Addington 9 9 |
| 1979 | Hal Fowler 7 6 | 270.000 | 54 | Bobby Hoff A A |
| 1980 | Stu Ungar 5 4 | 385.000 | 73 | Doyle Brunson A 7 |
| 1981 | Stu Ungar A Q | 375.000 | 75 | Perry Green 10 9 |
| 1982 | Jack Straus A 10 | 520.000 | 104 | Dewey Tomko A 4 |
| 1983 | Tom McEvoy Q Q | 540.000 | 108 | Rod Peate K J |
| 1984 | Jack Keller 10 10 | 660.000 | 132 | Byron Wolford 6 4 |
| 1985 | Bill Smith 3 3 | 700.000 | 140 | T. J. Cloutier A 3 |
| 1986 | Berry Johnston A 10 | 570.000 | 141 | Mike Harthcock A 8 |
| 1987 | Johnny Chan A 9 | 625.000 | 152 | Frank Henderson 4 4 |
| 1988 | Johnny Chan J 9 | 700.000 | 167 | Erik Seidel Q 7 |
| 1989 | Phil Hellmuth 9 9 | 755.000 | 178 | Johnny Chan A 7 |
| 1990 | Mansour Matloubi 6 6 | 895.000 | 194 | Hans Lund 4 4 |
| 1991 | Brad Daugherty K J | 1.000.000 | 215 | Don Holt 7 3 |
| 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi 8 4 | 1.000.000 | 201 | Tom Jacobs J 7 |
| 1993 | Jim Bechtel J 6 | 1.000.000 | 220 | Glenn Cozen 7 4 |
| 1994 | Russ Hamilton K 8 | 1.000.000 | 268 | Hugh Vincent 8 5 |
| 1995 | Dan Harrington 9 8 | 1.000.000 | 273 | Howard Goldfarb A 7 |
| 1996 | Huck Seed 9 8 | 1.000.000 | 295 | Bruce Van Horn K 8 |
| 1997 | Stu Ungar A 4 | 1.000.000 | 312 | John Strzemp A 8 |
| 1998 | Scotty Nguyen J 9 | 1.000.000 | 350 | Kevin McBride Q 10 |
| 1999 | Noel Furlong 5 5 | 1.000.000 | 393 | Alan Goehring 6 6 |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson A 9 | 1.500.000 | 512 | T. J. Cloutier A Q |
| 2001 | Carlos Mortensen K Q | 1.500.000 | 613 | Dewey Tomko A A |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi Q 10 | 2.000.000 | 631 | Julian Gardner J 8 |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker 5 4 | 2.500.000 | 839 | Sam Farha J 10 |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer 8 8 | 5.000.000 | 2.576 | David Williams A 4 |
| 2005 | Joe Hachem 7 3 | 7.500.000 | 5.619 | Steve Dannenmann A 3 |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold Q 9 | 12.000.000 | 8.773 | Paul Wasicka 10 10 |
| 2007 | Jerry Yang 8 8 | 8.250.000 | 6.358 | Tuan Lam A Q |
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