Winners of the WSOP Main Event |
Year |
Winner |
Prize |
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 |
To be decided |
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