World Series of Poker multiple bracelet winners
Below is a list of all poker players who have won multiple World Series of Poker bracelets, together with the year in which the bracelets were won.
List of all time
Bracelets | Player | Hold'em | Other | Year |
15 | Phil Hellmuth | 13 | 2 | 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2012 , 2015, 2018 |
10 | Doyle Brunson | 4 | 6 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2005 |
10 | Johnny Chan | 6 | 4 | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 |
10 | Phil Ivey | 0 | 10 | 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013 , 2014 |
9 | Johnny Moss | 3 | 6 | 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1988 |
8 | Erik Seidel | 4 | 4 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 |
7 | Billy Baxter | 0 | 7 | 1975, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1993, 2002 |
7 | Men Nguyen | 1 | 6 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2010 |
6 | T. J. Cloutier | 2 | 4 | 1987, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2005 |
6 | Chris Ferguson | 2 | 4 | 2000, 2001, 2003, 2017 |
6 | Layne Flack | 4 | 2 | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008 |
6 | Ted Forrest | 1 | 5 | 1993, 2004, 2014 |
6 | Jay Heimowitz | 5 | 1 | 1975, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001 |
6 | John Hennigan | 1 | 5 | 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 |
6 | Jeff Lisandro | 0 | 6 | 2007, 2009, 2010 , 2014 |
6 | Daniel Negreanu | 5 | 1 | 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013 , 2013 |
5 | Daniel Alaei | 0 | 5 | 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 |
5 | Gary "Bones" Berland | 0 | 5 | 1977, 1978, 1979 |
5 | David Chiu | 2 | 3 | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013 |
5 | Allen Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
5 | Berry Johnston | 2 | 3 | 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001 |
5 | John Juanda | 1 | 4 | 2002, 2003, 2008 , 2011 |
5 | Jason Mercier | 1 | 4 | 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 |
5 | Michael Mizrachi | 1 | 4 | 2010, 2011 , 2012, 2018, 2019 |
5 | Scotty Nguyen | 1 | 4 | 1997, 1998, 2001, 2008 |
5 | Stu Ungar | 3 | 2 | 1980, 1981, 1983, 1997 |
4 | Mickey Appleman | 2 | 2 | 1980, 1992, 1995, 2003 |
4 | Bobby Baldwin | 1 | 3 | 1977, 1978, 1979 |
4 | Bill Boyd | 0 | 4 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
4 | Joe Cada | 4 | 0 | 2009, 2014, 2018 |
4 | Artie Cobb | 0 | 4 | 1983, 1987, 1991, 1998 |
4 | George Danzer | 0 | 4 | 2014, 2014 , 2016 |
4 | Shaun Deeb | 2 | 2 | 2015, 2016, 2018 |
4 | Eli Elezra | 0 | 4 | 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019 |
4 | Mike Hart / Harthcock | 1 | 3 | 1984, 1990, 1991, 1994 |
4 | Brian Hastings | 1 | 3 | 2012, 2015, 2018 |
4 | Loren Klein | 0 | 4 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
4 | Lakewood Louie | 0 | 4 | 1978, 1979, 1980 |
4 | Jeff Madsen | 2 | 2 | 2006, 2013. 2015 |
4 | Mike Matusow | 1 | 3 | 1999, 2002, 2008, 2013 |
4 | Tom McEvoy | 2 | 2 | 1983, 1986, 1992 |
4 | Robert Mizrachi | 0 | 4 | 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
4 | Asi Moshe | 3 | 1 | 2014, 2018 , 2019, 2019 |
4 | Dominik Nitsche | 4 | 0 | 2012, 2014 , 2014, 2017 |
4 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson | 2 | 2 | 1971, 1973 |
4 | Max Pescatori | 1 | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2015 |
4 | Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston | 2 | 2 | 1972, 1974, 1985, 1990 |
4 | Brian Rast | 1 | 3 | 2011, 2016, 2018 |
4 | Tom Schneider | 0 | 4 | 2007, 2013 |
4 | Huck Seed | 1 | 3 | 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003 |
List by decade
Three Bracelets in One Year
The first person to win three bracelets in the same WSOP was Walter "Puggy" Pearson, at the 1973 WSOP. Since 1973, only five other players have won three bracelets in a single year, which encompasses the WSOP and either the WSOPE or WSOP APAC.Year | Player | Events | Ref |
1973 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson | Limit 7 Card Stud No-Limit Hold'em No-Limit Hold'em Championship | |
1993 | Phil Hellmuth | No Limit Hold'em No Limit Hold'em Limit Hold'em | |
1993 | Ted Forrest | Limit 7 Card Stud Limit Razz Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | |
2002 | Phil Ivey | Limit 7 Card Stud Limit 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit S.H.O.E. | |
2009 | Jeff Lisandro | Seven Card Stud World Championship Seven Card Stud H/L-8 Seven Card Razz | |
2014 2014A | George Danzer | Seven Card Razz Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Mixed Event - 8-game Mix |
Other records
, with a win at the 1971 WSOP, became the first person to have won multiple lifetime WSOP bracelets.Moss also was the first person to win 5 lifetime WSOP bracelets, with a win at the 1975 WSOP.
Johnny Chan, with a win in Event #25 at the 2005 WSOP, became the first person to win 10 lifetime WSOP bracelets, just a few days before Doyle Brunson won his 10th bracelet in Event #31 of that same WSOP.
Phil Hellmuth, with a win in Event #15 at the 2007 WSOP, became the first person to win 11 WSOP bracelets. As of the end of the 2010 series, Hellmuth holds the record for most WSOP bracelets won. He extended his record to 12 bracelets at the 2012 WSOP when he won Event #18, a Razz tournament, for his first-ever non-Hold'em bracelet. Later that year at the WSOP Europe, he won the Main Event for his 13th bracelet, which also made him the first player to win both the WSOP and WSOP Europe Main Events.
The first person to win 2 bracelets in the same WSOP was Johnny Moss, at the 1971 WSOP.
With his win in $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., in 2010, Phil Ivey became the player with the most non-Hold'em bracelets. He extended his record to 9 by winning the A$2,200 Mixed Event at the 2013 WSOP APAC. He became the first with 10 non-hold'em bracelets by winning the $1,500 Eight Game Mix event at the 2014 World Series of Poker. Ivey also holds the record for most bracelets won in games featuring more than one poker game with 5. Prior to his 2013 WSOP APAC win, he won bracelets in S.H.O.E., Omaha/Seven Card Stud HL/8 or Better, and H.O.R.S.E..
In 2013, with his wins in $1,500 and $5,000 H.O.R.S.E., Tom Schneider became the first player in WSOP history to win multiple mixed game bracelets in the same year.