Championship Event
| Year | Event | Winner | Prize Money |
| 2006 | Championship Event | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 |
| 2005 | Championship Event | Joseph Hachem | $7,500,000 |
| 2004 | Championship Event | Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer | $5,000,000 |
| 2003 | Championship Event | Chris Moneymaker | $2,500,000 |
| 2002 | Championship Event | Robert Varkonyi | $2,000,000 |
| 2001 | Championship Event | Carlos Mortensen | $1,500,000 |
| 2000 | Championship Event | Chris Ferguson | $1,500,000 |
| 1999 | Championship Event | J. J. 'Noel' Furlong | $1,000,000 |
| 1998 | Championship Event | Scotty Nguyen | $1,000,000 |
| 1997 | Championship Event | Stu Ungar | $1,000,000 |
| 1996 | Championship Event | Huck Seed | $1,000,000 |
| 1995 | Championship Event | Dan Harrington | $1,000,000 |
| 1994 | Championship Event | Russ Hamilton | $1,000,000 |
| 1993 | Championship Event | Jim Bechtel | $1,000,000 |
| 1992 | Championship Event | Hamid Dastmalchi | $1,000,000 |
| 1991 | Championship Event | Brad Daugherty | $1,000,000 |
| 1990 | Championship Event | Mansour Matloubi | $895,000 |
| 1989 | Championship Event | Phil Hellmuth | $755,000 |
| 1988 | Championship Event | Johnny Chan | $700,000 |
| 1987 | Championship Event | Johnny Chan | $625,000 |
| 1986 | Championship Event | Berry Johnston | $570,000 |
| 1985 | Championship Event | Bill Smith | $700,000 |
| 1984 | Championship Event | Jack Keller | $660,000 |
| 1983 | Championship Event | Tom McEvoy | $580,000 |
| 1982 | Championship Event | Jack Strauss | $520,000 |
| 1981 | Championship Event | Stu Ungar | $375,000 |
| 1980 | Championship Event | Stu Ungar | $385,000 |
| 1979 | Championship Event | Hal Fowler | $270,000 |
| 1978 | Championship Event | Bobby Baldwin | $210,000 |
| 1977 | Championship Event | Doyle Brunson | $340,000 (Voted Champion) |
| 1976 | Championship Event | Doyle Brunson | $220,000 |
| 1975 | Championship Event | Sailor Roberts | $210,000 |
| 1974 | Championship Event | Johnny Moss | $160,000 |
| 1973 | Championship Event | Puggy Pearson | $130,000 |
| 1972 | Championship Event | Amarillo Slim Preston | $80,000 |
| 1971 | Championship Event | Johnny Moss | $30,000 |
| 1970 | Championship Event | Johnny Moss | $0 |
All bracelet winners - Champions only
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