| Jahr | Gewinner und Winning Hand | Preisgeld (US$) | Mitspieler | Gegner und Losing Hand |
| 1970 | Johnny Moss | n/a | 7 | n/a |
| 1971 | Johnny Moss | 30,000 | 6 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson |
| 1972 | Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston K J | 80,000 | 8 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson |
| 1973 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson A♠7♠| 130,000 | 13 | Johnny Moss K♥ J♠|
| 1974 | Johnny Moss | 160,000 | 16 | Crandall Addington |
| 1975 | Brian "Sailor" 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 Jr 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 | Juan 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 | 2576 | David Williams A♥ 4♠|
| 2005 | Joe Hachem 7♣ 3♠| 7,500,000 | 5619 | Steve Dannenmann A♦ 3♣ |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold Q♠9♣ | 12,000,000 | 8773 | Paul Wasicka 10♥ 10♠|
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