List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions

The World Series of Poker is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas. Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars, and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker. From 2008 to 2016, the nine players who made it to the final table of the Main Event were called the November Nine, a reference to the fact that the final table was completed in November, months after the Main Event's preliminary rounds were completed.
Until 2005, the WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. In 2005, the event moved to the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. The 2005 Main Event was not played completely at the Rio. The final three tables, which comprised the final 27 players, played the conclusion of the event at Binion's Horseshoe. All the Main Events that followed the 2005 event were played completely at the Rio through 2019, as well as in 2021. Consequently, this made Joe Hachem the final player to win the Main Event at the original home of the World Series of Poker.

Milestones

Johnny Moss was the first person to win the WSOP. Since then only Moss and Stu Ungar have won the Main Event three times; Ungar is the only one to have won three times in the freeze-out format. Moss, Ungar, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who have won the Main Event two years in a row. Johnny Chan's second victory in 1988 was featured on the 1998 film Rounders. Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win the Main Event when he won it in 2008, at 22 years of age. He held that record for one year, when 21-year-old Joe Cada became the youngest Main Event champion.

World Series of Poker Main Event

	Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
†	Denotes player who is deceased.
Hand	The two hole cards the winner held on the final hand.
Prize	WSOP Main Event prize money.
Entrants	The number of players in that year's Main Event.
Winnings	Lifetime winnings in WSOP and WSOP Circuit events as of April 15, 2013.
Bracelets	WSOP victories are counted in terms of bracelets, as of April 15, 2013.

Image	Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize	Entrants	Total tournament earnings	WSOP bracelets	Runner-up	Ref.
	1970	†	The Grand Old Man of Poker			7	824922	9	N/A
	1971	†	The Grand Old Man of Poker		30000	6	824922	9	†
	1972	†	Amarillo Slim		80000	8	436055	4	†
	1973	†	Puggy		130000	13	245740	4	†
	1974	†	The Grand Old Man of Poker		160000	16	824922	9	†
	1975	†	Sailor		210000	21	266650	2	Bob Hooks
	1976	†	Texas Dolly		220000	22	2808945	10	†
	1977	†	Texas Dolly		340000	34	2808945	10	†
	1978		The Owl		210000	42	604900	4	†
	1979	†	—		270000	54	270000	1	†
	1980	†	Stuey or The Kid		365000	73	2078838	5	†
	1981	†	Stuey or The Kid		375000	75	2078838	5
	1982	†	Treetop		520000	104	555000	2
	1983		Grand Rapids Tom		540000	108	1291031	4
	1984	†	Gentleman		660000	132	2048763	3	†
	1985	†	—		700000	140	788000	1
	1986		—		570000	141	2265523	5
	1987		Orient Express		625000	152	4397749	10
	1988		Orient Express		700000	167	4397749	10
	1989		The Poker Brat		755000	178	14612213	17
	1990		—		835000	194	6019630	1	†
	1991		—		1000000	215	1165170	1
	1992		—		1000000	201	1642463	3	Tom Jacobs
	1993		—		1000000	231	1944623	2
	1994		—		1000000	268	1261940	1	Hugh Vincent
	1995		Action Dan		1000000	273	3491513	2
	1996		—		1000000	295	2426842	4
	1997	†	Stuey or The Kid		1000000	312	2078838	5
	1998		The Train or The Prince of Poker		1000000	350	5895732	5	Kevin McBride
	1999	†	—		1000000	393	1070785	1
	2000		Jesus		1500000	512	5033593	6
	2001		El Matador		1500000	613	3168216	2
	2002		—		2000000	631	2110212	1
	2003		—		2500000	839	2532041	1
	2004		Fossilman		5000000	2576	6669417	1
	2005		—		7500000	5619	8261859	1
	2006		—		12000000	8773	12067292	1
	2007		The Shadow		8250000	6358	8280913	1
	2008		Isser		9152416	6844	9430506	1
	2009		—		8547044	6494	10339448	4	†
	2010	Jonathan Duhamel	—		8944310	7319	14612213	3
	2011		MastaP89		8715638	6865	8821056	1
	2012		—		8531853	6598	10174029	2	Jesse Sylvia
	2013		Riess the Beast		8361570	6352	8920672	1	Jay Farber
	2014		NosbocajM		10000000	6683	12102232	1
	2015		—		7683346	6420	10480861	3	Joshua Beckley
	2016		Tommy Gun		8005310	6737	8022287	1	Gordon Vayo
	2017		—		8150000	7221	8155227	1	Dan Ott
	2018		—		8800000	7874	9513071	1
	2019		—		10000000	8569	10233973	1
	2020		—					1	Brunno Botteon
	2021		—					1	George Holmes
	2022		—					2	Adrian Attenborough
	2023		—					2
	2024		The Wizard					2	Jordan Griff
	2025		The Grinder					8	John Wasnock

World Series of Poker Europe Main Event

The World Series of Poker Europe is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, the bracelet events have occurred every year in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas. The 2007 Main Event, a GBP 10,000 buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament, was won by Norwegian player Annette Obrestad on the day before her 19th birthday. This made her the youngest person to win a WSOP bracelet, a record that cannot be broken in the Las Vegas WSOP under current laws because the minimum legal age for casino gaming in Nevada is 21. Obrestad could play in the WSOPE because the minimum age for casino gaming in the United Kingdom is 18. The World Series of Poker Europe has a unique identity from the Las Vegas WSOP, but according to Harrah's will remain true to the traditions and heritage. The 2011 WSOP Europe main event was an 8-handed event.

Image	Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize	Entrants	Total tournament earnings	WSOP bracelets	Runner-up	Ref.
	2007		Annette_15		£1000000	362	$2086437	1
	2008		JJ or Luckbox		£868800	362	$	5	Stanislav Alekhin
	2009		—		£801603	334	—	2
	2010		—		£830401	346	—	1	Fabrizio Baldassari
	2011		smokrockflock		€1400000	593	—	1
	2012		The Poker Brat		€1022376	420	$14026167	17	Sergii Baranov
	2013		Amadi_017		£1000000	375	$	1
	2015		ImaLuckSac		£883000	313	$5456298	2	David Lopez
	2017		Iquinze		€1115207	529	$	1	Gianluca Speranza
	2018		Swaggersorus		€1122239	534	$3393632	1	Laszlo Bujtas
	2019		mexican222		€	541	$1469612	1	Claas Segebrecht
	2021	Josef Gulas Jr			€	688
	2022	Omar Eljach			€	763			Jonathan Pastore
	2023	Max Neugebauer			€	817			Eric Tsai
	2024	Simone Andrian			€	768			Urmo Velvelt

World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event

The World Series of Poker Asia Pacific is the most recent expansion of World Series of Poker-branded tournaments outside the United States. On April 30, 2012, WSOP owner Caesars Entertainment and Australian casino Crown Melbourne announced that the first WSOP APAC would be launched with five bracelet events in April 2013.

Image	Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize	Entrants	Total tournament earnings	WSOP bracelets	Runner-up	Ref.
	2013		Kid Poker		1038825	405	16346486	6	Daniel Marton
	2014	Scott Davies	Big Papi		850136	329	1653593	1	Jack Salter

World Series of Poker Online Main Event

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 the World Series of Poker held an online poker series.

Image	Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize	Entrants	Total tournament earnings	WSOP bracelets	Runner-up	Ref.
	2020	Stoyan Madanzhiev	—					1	Wenling Gao
	2021	Aleksei Vandyshev	—						Edson Tsutsumi
	2022	Simon Eric Mattsson	—						Kannapong Thanarattrakul
	2023	Bert Stevens	Girafganger7						Yagen Li
	2024	Moritz Dietrich							Evgenii Akimov

Players with multiple WSOP Main Event Final Table appearances

This is a list of players who have reached the Final Table at the WSOP Main Event at least twice. Does not include results from WSOP Europe, WSOP Asia Pacific or WSOP Online.

Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.