“Richest poker players” is an attractive headline, but public poker databases do not know a player’s net worth. What they can track much more reliably is recorded live tournament prize money. Those are not the same thing.
The Hendon Mob all-time live tournament money list
Bryn Kenney
Stephen Chidwick
Jason Koon
Mikita Bodyakovsky
Adrian Mateos
Justin Bonomo
Isaac Haxton
Dan Smith
Daniel Negreanu
Alex Foxen
Tournament winnings are gross cashes, not profit
A player can cash for tens of millions over a career and still have a much smaller economic profit. Public money lists generally do not subtract tournament buy-ins, travel, taxes, losses in events where the player did not cash, staking arrangements or pieces of action sold to other players and backers.
They also do not capture every private cash game, online result, business investment or debt. That makes them a poor substitute for personal net worth.
It measures longevity at poker’s highest-priced live events
Hendon Mob’s ranking is useful precisely when described accurately: it is a historical record of reported live tournament cashes under its inclusion rules. In August 2026, Bryn Kenney sits first with more than $90 million in recorded live earnings.