The World Series of Poker is officially set to return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for a live series of bracelet events this fall, with WSOP Europe and WSOP Online festivals also expected to take place in 2021. While the schedules for these series are not yet finalized, what is clear is that there will be a lot of official WSOP events taking place throughout the rest of the year. Millions upon millions in prize money are likely to be paid out, which could very well make an impact on the all-time WSOP earnings leaderboard.
The player currently at the top of this prestigious list is Antonio Esfandiari, who has cashed for more than $21.9 million in WSOP events since making his first score in a bracelet event back in 2003. The three-time bracelet winner’s largest payday at the series came when he won the first-ever $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop event back in 2012, outlasting a field of 48 total entries to win $18,346,673.
Daniel Negreanu sits in second place with more than $18.7 million accrued in WSOP events. The six-time bracelet winner finished runner-up in the 2014 $1 million buy-in event for just shy of $8.3 million to account for nearly half of his earnings. In addition to that huge payday, Negreanu has also recorded two other seven-figure scores at the series, including finishing runner-up in the 2019 $100,000 buy-in high roller and winning the 2013 WSOP APAC main event.
Rounding out the top three on this leaderboard is the player who beat Negreanu heads-up for the 2014 Big One For One Drop title, Dan Colman. He earned $15,306,668 of his $17.4 million in overall WSOP earnings with that one victory after outlasting an elite field of 42 entries. He is joined on the list by other high rollers Justin Bonomo, Fedor Holz, and Elton Tsang. The rest of the top 10 is led by all-time bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth, as well as a number of other players who have also won the main event, including Jonathan Duhamel, Joe Cada, and Jamie Gold.