There might be 65 players in the Poker Hall of Fame, but many have been nominated and missed the cut. Even more are eligible for nomination, but can’t even make that short list.

Four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow has been nominated the most times in the history of the Poker Hall of Fame. Matusow has been nominated 11 times from 2013-2014 and 2017-2025. Matt Savage, the Founder of the Tournament Director’s Association (TDA), ranks second with ten nominations from 2015-2018 and 2020-2025.

Six-time WSOP bracelet winner Ted Forrest ranks third with eight nominations, while two-time WSOP bracelet winner Chris Bjorin ranks fourth with seven nominations. Five-time WSOP bracelet winner David Chiu and PokerStars Co-Founder Isai Scheinberg have been nominated six times each.

Bruno Fitoussi, Kathy Liebert, and Chris Ferguson have been nominated four times each, while Antonio Esfandiari, Josh Arieh, Max Pescatori, Thor Hansen, Humberto Brenes, and WSOP commentators Lon McEachern and Norman Chad have all been nominated three times each.

Players who have been nominated previously for the Poker Hall of Fame include:

  • Josh Arieh
  • Jeremy Ausmus
  • Chris Bjorin
  • Barny Boatman
  • Humberto Brenes
  • “Miami” John Cernuto*
  • Norman Chad
  • David Chiu
  • Annie Duke
  • Tom Dwan
  • Antonio Esfandiari
  • Chris Ferguson
  • Bruno Fitoussi
  • Ted Forrest
  • Phil Galfond
  • Bertand “ElkY” Grospellier
  • Thor Hansen*
  • George Hardie
  • Bob Hooks
  • Kathy Liebert
  • Marcel Luske
  • Mike Matusow
  • Lon McEachern
  • Carlos Mortensen
  • Men Nguyen
  • Max Pescatori
  • Terry Rogers
  • Matt Savage
  • Scott Seiver
  • Bill Smith
  • Isai Scheinberg

* Denotes player who is deceased

Players who haven’t been nominated, but are eligible for Poker Hall of Fame nomination include:

  • Brandon Adams
  • Eric Afriat
  • Ken Aldridge
  • David Bach
  • David “ODB” Baker
  • Eric Baldwin
  • Nacho Barbero
  • Ronnie Bardah
  • Jim Bechtel
  • David Benyamine
  • Matt Berkey
  • Blake Bohn
  • Robert Campbell
  • Craig Chait
  • Victoria Coren
  • Eric Danis
  • Freddy Deeb
  • Ray Dehkharghani
  • Jack Effel
  • Ari Engel
  • Adam Friedman
  • Joe Hachem
  • Brent Hanks
  • Gus Hansen
  • Dan Heimiller
  • Eric Hollreiser
  • Maria Ho
  • Roland Israelashvili
  • Cary Katz
  • Andrew Kelsall
  • Davidi Kitai
  • Keith Lehr
  • Ren Lin
  • Dylan Linde
  • Julien Martini
  • Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers
  • Robert Mizrachi
  • Steve O’Dwyer
  • David “The Dragon” Pham
  • Steve “Chops” Preiss
  • Greg Raymer
  • David “Chino” Rheem
  • Brandon Shack-Harris
  • Dan Shak
  • Barry Shulman
  • Richie Sklar
  • Ty Stewart
  • Santhosh Suvarna
  • JC Tran
  • Jon Turner
  • Lex Veldhuis
  • Chris Vitch
  • Mike Watson
  • Brad Willis
  • Jerry Wong
  • Justin Young
  • Anthony Zinno
  • Steve Zolotow