WSOP Hall Of Fame

Here are the names of all the previous WSOP winners. The grand prize has gone up a lot since the days of Johnny Moss first winning the competition in the early 1970s. A lot more people follow this contest now and their numbers are increasing faster than the prize money.

This years event will be another record breaker. Both in terms of the prize fund and the number of followers from all around the world who will watch the great event on TV. A record number of people are excpected to turn up in Las Vegas to watch the games in person.

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Winners - By Year

Prize Money

 
Winners - By Year
Prize Money

1970 - 1971
Johnny Moss

$30,000

1990
Mansour Matloubi
$895,000
1972
Amarillo Slim Preston

$80,000

1991
Brad Daugherty
$1,000,000
1973
Puggy Pearson
$130,000
1992
Hamid Dastmalchi
$1,000,000
1974
Johnny Moss
$160,000
1993
Jim Bechtel
$1,000,000
1975
Sailor Roberts
$210,000
1994
Russ Hamilton
$1,000,000
1976 - 1977
Doyle Brunson


$560,000
1995
Dan Harrington
$1,000,000
1978
Bobby Baldwin
$210,000
1996
Huck Seed
$1,000,000
1979
Hal Fowler
$270,000
1997
Stu Ungar
$1,000,000
1980 - 1981
Stu Ungar

$760,000
1998
Scotty Nguyen
$1,000,000
1982
Jack Strauss
$520,000
1999
J. J. "Noel" Furlong
$1,000,000
1983
Tom McEvoy
$580,000
2000
Chris Ferguson
$1,500,000
1984
Jack Keller
$660,000

2001
Carlos Mortensen

$1,500,000
1985
Bill Smith
$700,000
2002
Robert Varkonyi
$2,000,000
1986
Berry Johnston
$570,000
2003
Chris Moneymaker
$2,500,000
1987 - 1988
Johnny Chan

$1,325,000
2004
Greg Raymer
$5,000,000

1989
Phil Hellmuth Jr.

$755,000
2005
Joe Hachem
$7,500,000
 
       

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