| A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| 1970. | Johnny Moss | ? | ? | ? | ? | 7 |
| 1971. | Johnny Moss | ? | 30,000 | Walter Pearson | ? | 6 |
| 1972. | Amarillo Slim | K,J | 80,000 | Walter Pearson | 6,6 | 8 |
| 1973. | Walter Pearson | A,7 | 130,000 | Johnny Moss | K,J | 13 |
| 1974. | Johnny Moss | 3,3 | 160,000 | Crandall Addington | A,2 | 16 |
| 1975. | Brian Roberts | 9,9 | 210,000 | Bob Hooks | A,K | 21 |
| 1976. | Doyle Brunson | 10,2 | 220,000 | Jesse Alto | A,J | 22 |
| 1977. | Doyle Brunson | 10,2 | 340,000 | Gary Berland | 8,5 | 34 |
| 1978. | Bobby Baldwin | Q,Q | 210,000 | Crandall Addington | 9,9 | 42 |
| 1979. | Hal Fowler | 7,6 | 270,000 | Bobby Hoff | A,A | 54 |
| 1980. | Stu Ungar | 5,4 | 385,000 | Doyle Brunson | A,7 | 73 |
| 1981. | Stu Ungar | A,Q | 375,000 | Perry Green | 10,9 | 75 |
| 1982. | Jack Straus | A,10 | 520,000 | Dewey Tomko | A,4 | 104 |
| 1983. | Tom McEvoy | Q,Q | 540,000 | Rod Peate | K,J | 108 |
| 1984. | Jack Keller | 10,10 | 660,000 | Byron Wolford | 6,4 | 132 |
| 1985. | Bill Smith | 3,3 | 700,000 | T.J. Cloutier | A,3 | 140 |
| 1986. | Berry Johnston | A,10 | 570,000 | Mike Harthcock | A,8 | 141 |
| 1987. | Johnny Chan | A,9 | 625,000 | Frank Henderson | 4,4 | 152 |
| 1988. | Johnny Chan | J,9 | 700,000 | Erik Seidel | Q,7 | 167 |
| 1989. | Phil Hellmuth Jr | 9,9 | 755,000 | Johnny Chan | A,7 | 178 |
| 1990. | Mansour Matloubi | 6,6 | 895,000 | Hans Lund | 4,4 | 194 |
| 1991. | Brad Daugherty | K,J | 1,000,000 | Don Holt | 7,3 | 215 |
| 1992. | Hamid Dastmalchi | 8,4 | 1,000,000 | Tom Jacobs | J,7 | 201 |
| 1993. | Jim Bechtel | J,6 | 1,000,000 | Glenn Cozen | 7,4 | 220 |
| 1994. | Russ Hamilton | K,8 | 1,000,000 | Hugh Vincent | 8,5 | 268 |
| 1995. | Dan Harrington | 9,8 | 1,000,000 | Howard Goldfarb | A,7 | 273 |
| 1996. | Huck Seed | 9,8 | 1,000,000 | Bruce Van Horn | K,8 | 295 |
| 1997. | Stu Ungar | A,4 | 1,000,000 | John Strzemp | A,8 | 312 |
| 1998. | Scotty Nguyen | J,9 | 1,000,000 | Kevin McBride | Q,10 | 350 |
| 1999. | Noel Furlong | 5,5 | 1,000,000 | Alan Goehring | 6,6 | 393 |
| 2000. | Chris Ferguson | A,9 | 1,500,000 | T.J. Cloutier | A,Q | 512 |
| 2001. | Juan Carlos Mortensen | K,Q | 1,500,000 | Dewey Tomko | A,A | 613 |
| 2002. | Robert Varkonyi | Q,10 | 2,000,000 | Julian Gardner | J,8 | 631 |
| 2003. | Chris Moneymaker | 5,4 | 2,500,000 | Sam Farha | J,10 | 839 |
| 2004. | Greg Raymer | 8,8 | 5,000,000 | David Williams | A,4 | 2,576 |
| 2005. | Joe Hachem | 7,3 | 7,500,000 | Steve Dannenmann | A,3 | 5,619 |
| 2006. | Jamie Gold | Q,9 | 12,000,000 | Paul Wasicka | 10,10 | 8,773 |
| 2007. | Jerry Yang | 8,8 | 8,250,000 | Tuan Lam | A,Q | 6,358 |
| 2008. | Peter Eastgate |
A,5 |
9,119,517 | Ivan Gyemidov | 4,2 | 6,844 |
JELMAGYARÁZAT:
A: év
B: győztes
C: győztes kéz
D: nyeremény
E: második helyezett
F: vesztes kéz
G: résztvevők száma