2011 – Pius Heinz
2010 – Jonathan Duhamel
2009 – Joe Cada
2008 – Peter Eastgate
2007 – Jerry Yang
2006 – Jamie Gold
2005 – Joe Hachem
2004 – Greg Raymer
2003 – Chris Moneymaker
2002 – Robert Varkonyi
2001 – Juan Carlos Mortensen
2000 – Chris Ferguson
1999 – Noel Furlong
1998 – Scotty Nguyen
1997 – Stu Ungar
1996 – Huck Seed
1995 – Dan Harrington
1994 – Russ Hamilton
1993 – Jim Bechtel
1992 – Hamid Dastmalchi
1991 – Brad Daugherty
1990 – Mansour Matloubi
1989 – Phil Hellmuth Jr
1988 – Johnny Chan
1987 – Johnny Chan
1986 – Berry Johnston
1985 – Bill Smith
1984 – Jack Keller
1983 – Tom McEvoy
1982 – Jack Straus
1981 – Stu Ungar
1980 – Stu Ungar
1979 – Hal Fowler
1978 – Bobby Baldwin
1977 – Doyle Brunson
1976 – Doyle Brunson
1975 – Brian “Sailor” Roberts
1974 – Johnny Moss
1973 – Walter “Puggy” Pearson
1972 – Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston
1971 – Johnny Moss
1970 – Johnny Moss
