
2005 - Joseph Hachem
$7,500,000 |

2004- Greg Raymer
$5,000,000 |
| 
2003 - Chris Moneymaker
$2,500,000
|

2002- Robert Varkonyi
$2,000,000
|

2001 - Carlos Mortensen
$1,500,000 |

2000 - Chris Ferguson
$1,500,000
|

1999 - 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, Jr.
$775,000 |

1988 - Johnny Chan
$700,000 |

1987 - Johnny Chan
$625,000 |

1986 - Berry Johnston
$570,000 |

1985 Bill Smith
$700,000 |

1984 - Jack Kellar
$660,000 |

1983 - Tom McEvoy
$580,000 |

1982 - Jack Straus
$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" Preston
$80,000 |
|

1971 Johnny Moss
$30,0000
|

1970 Johnny Moss
By players vote |