World's Best Poker Players

Rank	Player	Location	POY Points	Titles	Final Tables	POY Winnings
1951	Richard Robb	Seneca, SC, USA	320	0	1	$62,965
1952	Ray Martin	Bargersville, IN, USA	320	0	1	$22,396
1953	Sohail Afra	Los Angeles, CA, USA	320	0	1	$8,180
1954	Trevor Hills	Ingyergrove Heights, MN, USA	320	0	1	$11,634
1955	Michael Rawie	O'Fallon, IL, USA	320	0	1	$13,841
1956	Luis Sanchez	La Habra Heights, CA, USA	320	0	1	$10,000
1957	Chris Peterson	Tulsa, OK, USA	320	0	1	$16,168
1958	Daniel Lowery	Peter Pender, AR, USA	320	0	2	$19,301
1959	Chris McCabe	Bear, DE, USA	320	0	1	$15,877
1960	Steve Morgan	Mason, OH, USA	320	0	1	$20,991
1961	Charles Croft	Portland, ME, USA	320	0	1	$19,012
1962	Michael Meredith	Westfield, NJ, USA	320	0	1	$34,971
1963	Steven Hart	Fortville, IN, USA	320	0	1	$13,864
1964	Roy Narvaez	Pico Rivera, CA, USA	320	0	1	$16,650
1965	Eskimo Clarke	Las Vegas, NV, USA	320	0	1	$23,330
1966	Harvey Bailey	Milford, OH, USA	320	0	1	$16,491
1967	Brett Reinhart	La Porte, IN, USA	320	0	1	$14,494
1968	Mark Pearse	USA	320	0	1	$13,405
1969	Alan Sternberg	N. Bellmore, NY, USA	320	0	1	$40,071
1970	Bjorn Verbakel	USA	320	0	1	$77,214
1971	Glenn McCaffrey	Londonderry, NH, USA	320	0	1	$25,137
1972	Fernando Perez	Cabo, MEX	320	0	1	$46,600
1973	Morris Lewis	New Orleans, LA, USA	320	0	1	$13,477
1974	Daniel Steen	Pittsburgh, PA, USA	320	0	1	$17,169
1975	Walton Carlisle	Scottsdale, AZ, USA	320	0	1	$11,716
1976	Kyle Knecht	West Chester, OH, USA	320	0	2	$63,420
1977	Armen Kara	Brea, CA, USA	320	0	1	$33,573
1978	Nick Harvalis	Elmwood Park, IL, USA	320	0	1	$18,383
1979	Lee Stanley	West Hartford, CT, USA	320	0	1	$18,518
1980	Rob Roseman	Las Vegas, NV, USA	320	0	1	$20,398
1981	Adam Kagin	Henderson, NV, USA	320	0	1	$21,223
1982	William Jensen	Silver Springs, MD, USA	320	0	1	$36,619
1983	Matthew Berto	Vallejo, CA, USA	320	0	1	$19,174
1984	Charles Marchese	Shoreham, NY, USA	320	0	1	$23,530
1985	Jonathan Bascom	Edison, NJ, USA	320	0	1	$31,046
1986	Christopher Johnson	Menasha, WI, USA	320	0	1	$26,352
1987	Adam Grossman	USA	320	0	1	$14,678
1988	Jason Welch	Fort Collins, CO, USA	320	0	1	$19,821
1989	Anthony Walus	Las Vegas, NV, USA	320	0	1	$18,189
1990	Robert McMillan	Prescott, AZ, USA	320	0	1	$16,747
1991	Michael Murphy	Wilkes Barre, PA, USA	320	0	1	$18,973
1992	Phong Huynh	Lilburn, GA, USA	320	0	1	$28,000
1993	Lawrence Klur	Penbrook Pines, FL, USA	320	0	1	$6,068
1994	Carl Kuran	Irvine, CA, USA	320	0	1	$17,116
1995	Joshua Limehouse	Lexington, SC, USA	320	0	1	$18,435
1996	Mike Schneider	Minneapolis, MN, USA	320	0	1	$23,563
1997	Taher Alisheik	CAN	320	0	1	$36,332
1998	Jose Rivas	VEN	320	0	1	$17,275
1999	Steven Tran	West Covina, CA, USA	320	0	1	$21,544
2000	Patrick Poirier	Tupper Lake, NY, USA	320	0	1	$20,495