1999 - Stephen Hendry
1998 - Ken Doherty *
1997 - Stephen Hendry
1996 - Darren Morgan
1995 - Peter Ebdon
1994 - Steve Davis
1993 - Steve Davis
1992 - Stephen Hendry
1991 - Steve Davis
1990 - Steve Davis
1989 - Alex Higgins
1988 - Steve Davis
1987 - Steve Davis
1986 - Jimmy White
1985 - Jimmy White
1984 - Steve Davis
1983 - Steve Davis
1982 - Terry Griffiths
1981 - Terry Griffiths
1980 - Terry Griffiths
1979 - Dough Mountjoy
1978 - John Spencer

* Awarded title after Ronnie O'Sullivan failed a drug test