Past Winners
- 1971: Bobby Murray, Hot Springs, Arkansas
- 1972: Don Butler, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1973: Rayo Breckenridge, Paragould, Arkansas
- 1974: Tommy Martin, Decatur, Alabama
- 1975: Jack Hains, Rayne, Louisiana
- 1976: Rick Clunn, Montgomery, Texas
- 1977: Rick Clunn
- 1978: Bobby Murray
- 1979: Hank Parker, Clover, South Carolina
- 1980: Bo Dowden, Natchitoches, Louisiana
- 1981: Stanley Mitchell, Fitzgerald, Georgia
- 1982: Paul Elias, Laurel, Mississippi
- 1983: Larry Nixon, Hemphill, Texas
- 1984: Rick Clunn
- 1985: Jack Chancellor, Phenix City, Alabama
- 1986: Charlie Reed, Broken Bow, Oklahoma
- 1987: George Cochran, North Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1988: Guido Hibdon, Gravois Mills, Missouri
- 1989: Hank Parker (had moved to Denver, North Carolina)
- 1990: Rick Clunn
- 1991: Ken Cook, Meers, Oklahoma
- 1992: Robert Hamilton, Jr, Nashville, TN
- 1993: David Fritts, Lexington, North Carolina
- 1994: Bryan Kerchal, Newtown, Connecticut (first winner from the East Coast and the first BASS Federation member to win the classic) Kerchal was tragically killed in a plane crash in December of 1994 at the age of 24.
- 1995: Mark Davis, Mount Ida, Arkansas
- 1996: George Cochran (had moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas)
- 1997: Dion Hibdon, Stover, Missouri (Son of 1988 Classic champion Guido Hibdon)
- 1998: Denny Brauer, Camdenton, Missouri
- 1999: Davy Hite, Prosperity, South Carolina
- 2000: Woo Daves, Spring Grove, Virginia
- 2001: Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 2002: Jay Yelas, Tyler, Texas (now resides in Albany, Oregon)
- 2003: Michael Iaconelli, Woodbury Heights, New Jersey
- 2004: Takahiro Omori, Emory, Texas (but born in Japan; first foreign-born winner)
- 2005: Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 2006: Luke Clausen, Spokane Valley, Washington (first winner from a West Coast state; set record for total catch with 52 pounds, nine ounces)
- 2007: Boyd Duckett, Demopolis, Alabama (first to win championship in home-state waters)
- 2008: Alton Jones, Greenville, SC
- 2009: Skeet Reese, Auburn, California
- 2010: Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 2011: Kevin VanDam, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 2012: Chris Lane, louisiana
- 2013: Cliff Pace, Petal, Mississippi
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