All-Time World Series of Poker Main Event Champions

Year	Winner	Entrants	Prize Money
1970	Johnny Moss	7	?
1971	Johnny Moss	6	30,000
1972	Amarillo Slim Preston	8	80,000
1973	Puggy Pearson	13	130,000
1974	Johnny Moss	16	160,000
1975	Sailor Roberts	21	210,000
1976	Doyle Brunson	22	220,000
1977	Doyle Brunson	34	340,000
1978	Bobby Baldwin	42	210,000
1979	Hal Fowler	54	270,000
1980	Stu Ungar	73	385,000
1981	Stu Ungar	75	375,000
1982	Jack Straus	104	520,000
1983	Tom McEnoy	108	540,000
1984	Jack Keller	132	660,000
1985	Bill Smith	140	700,000
1986	Berry Johnston	141	570,000
1987	Johnny Chan	152	625,000
1988	Johnny Chan	167	700,000
1989	Phil Hellmuth Jr.	178	755,000
1990	Mansour Matloubi	194	895,000
1991	Brad Daugherty	215	1,000,000
1992	Hamid Dastmalchi	201	1,000,000
1993	Jim Bechtel	220	1,000,000
1994	Russ Hamilton	268	1,000,000
1995	Dan Harrington	273	1,000,000
1996	Huck Seed	295	1,000,000
1997	Stu Ungar	312	1,000,000
1998	Scotty Nguyen	350	1,000,000
1999	J. J. "Noel" Furlong	393	1,000,000
2000	Chris Ferguson	512	1,500,000
2001	Carlos Mortensen	613	1,500,000
2002	Robert Varkonyi	631	2,000,000
2003	Chris Moneymaker	839	2,500,000
2004	Greg Raymer	2576	5,000,000
2005	Joe Hachem	5619	7,500,000
2006	Jamie Gold	8773	12,000,000
2007	Jerry Yang	6358	8,250,000
2008	Peter Eastgate	6844	9,119,517