WSOP Main Event Winners

Year.....Winner..........................Prize.....................No. of Entrants

1970....Johnny Moss..................No Prize (by vote).....7

1971....Johnny Moss..................$30,000...................6

1972....Amarillo Slim..................$80,000..................8

1973....Puggy Pearson...............$130,000.................13

1974....Johnny Moss..................$160,000.................16

1975...Brian Roberts...................$210,000................21

1976...Doyle Brunson.................$220,000.................22

1977...Doyle Brunson.................$340,000.................34

1978...Bobby Baldwin.................$210,000................ 42

1979...Hal Fowler.......................$270,000.................54

1980...Stu Ungar.......................$385,000..................73

1981...Stu Ungar.......................$375,000..................75

1982...Jack Straus.....................$520,000.................104

1983...Tom McEvoy...................$540,000.................108

1984...Jack Keller......................$660,000.................132

1985...Bill Smith........................$700,000.................140

1986...Berry Johnston.................$570,000................141

1987...Johnny Chan....................$625,000................152

1988...Johnny Chan....................$700,000................167

1989...Phil Hellmuth....................$755,000...............178

1990...Mansour Matloubi.............$895,000...............194

1991...Brad Daugherty................$1,000,000.............215

1992...Hamid Dastmalchi.............$1,000,000............201

1993...Jim Bechtel......................$1,000,000.............220

1994...Russ Hamilton.................$1,000,000..............268

1995...Dan Harrington................$1,000,000..............273

1996...Huck Seed......................$1,000,000..............295

1997...Stu Ungar.......................$1,000,000..............312

1998...Scotty Nguyen.................$1,000,000..............350

1999...Noel Furlong...................$1,000,000..............393

2000...Chris "Jesus" Ferguson....$1,500,000..............512

2001...Juan Carlos Mortensen....$1,500,000..............613

2002...Robert Varkonyi..............$2,000,000..............631

2003...Chris Moneymaker..........$2,500,000..............839

2004...Greg Raymer..................$5,000,000..............2576

2005...Joseph Hachem..............$7,500,000...............5619

2006...Jamie Gold.....................$12,000,000.............8773

2007...Jerry Yang.....................$8,250,000...............6358