A list of the World Series of Poker Winners (WSOP) since 1970 and how much they won.
Year | Winner | Prize Money |
2008 | Peter Eastgate |
$12,000,000+ |
2007 | Jerry Yang |
$8,250,000 |
2006 | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 |
2005 | Joseph Hachem | $7,500,000 |
2004 | Greg “Fossilman” Raymer | $5,000,000 |
2003 | Chris Moneymaker | $2,500,000 |
2002 | Robert Varkonyi | $2,000,000 |
2001 | Carlos Mortensen | $1,500,000 |
2000 | Chris “Jesus” Ferguson | $1,500,000 |
1999 | J.J. “Noel” Furlong | $1,000,000 |
1998 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,000,000 |
1997 | Stu Ungar | $1,000,000 |
1996 | Huck Seed | $1,000,000 |
1995 | Dan Harrington | $1,000,000 |
1994 | Russ Hamilton | $1,000,000 |
1993 | Jim Bechtel | $1,000,000 |
1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | $1,000,000 |
1991 | Brad Daugherty | $1,000,000 |
1990 | Mansour Matloubi | $895,000 |
1989 | Phil Hellmuth | $755,000 |
1988 | Johnny Chan | $700,000 |
1987 | Johnny Chan | $625,000 |
1986 | Berry Johnston | $570,000 |
1985 | Bill Smith | $700,000 |
1984 | Jack Keller | $660,000 |
1983 | Tom McEvoy | $580,000 |
1982 | Jack Strauss | $520,000 |
1981 | Stu Ungar | $375,000 |
1980 | Stu Ungar | $385,000 |
1979 | Hal Fowler | $270,000 |
1978 | Bobby Baldwin | $210,000 |
1977 | Doyle Brunson | $340,000 |
1976 | Doyle Brunson | $220,000 |
1975 | Sailor Roberts | $210,000 |
1974 | Johnny Moss | $160,000 |
1973 | Puggy Pearson | $130,000 |
1972 | Amarillo Slim | $80,000 |
1971 | Johnny Moss | $30,000 |
1970 | Johnny Moss | N/A |