The World Series of Poker Main event winners since its inception in 1970.

1970 - Johnny Moss
1971 - Johnny Moss
1972 - Amarillo Slim Preston
1973 - Puggy Pearson
1974 - Johnny Moss
1975 - Sailor Roberts
1976 - Doyle Brunson
1977 - Doyle Brunson
1978 - Bobby Baldwin
1979 - Hal Fowler
1980 - Stu Ungar
1981 - Stu Ungar
1982 - Jack Straus
1983 - Tom McEvoy
1984 - Jack Keller
1985 - Bill Smith
1986 - Berry Johnston
1987 - Johnny Chan
1988 - Johnny Chan
1989 - Phil Hellmuth Jr.
1990 - Mansour Matloubi
1991 - Brad Daugherty
1992 - Hamid Datsmalchi
1993 - Jim Bechtel
1994 - Russ Hamilton
1995 - Dan Harrington
1996 - Huck Seed
1997 - Stu Ungar
1998 - Scotty Nguyen
1999 - Noel Furlong
2000 - Chris Ferguson
2001 - Carlos Mortensen
2002 - Robert Varkonyi
2003 - Chris Moneymaker
2004 - Greg Raymer
2005 - Joseph Hachem