| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Stanley Stanton |
| 1918 | Edward B. Edwards |
| 1919 | H.M. Hartshorne |
| 1920 | Frank E. Parker |
| 1921 | Bruno Forsberg |
| 1922 | Anthony Santasiere |
| 1923 | Erling Tholfsen |
| 1924 | Erling Tholfsen |
| 1926 | Anthony Santasiere |
| 1927 | Albert Pinkus |
| 1928 | A.R. Bigelow |
| 1929 | Rudolph Smirka |
| 1930 | Arthur Dake |
| 1931 | Erling Tholfsen |
| 1932 | Reuben Fine |
| 1933 | Reuben Fine |
| 1934 | Reuben Fine |
| 1935 | Fred Reinfeld |
| 1936 | Anthony Santasiere |
| 1937 | Frank Marshall |
| 1938 | Frank Marshall (Co-champion) |
| 1938 | David Polland (Co-champion) |
| 1939 | Sidney Bernstein (Co-champion) |
| 1939 | Milton Hanauer (Co-champion) |
| 1940 | Reuben Fine |
| 1941 | Reuben Fine |
| 1942 | Herbert Seidman |
| 1943 | Anthony Santasiere |
| 1944 | Herbert Seidman |
| 1945 | Herbert Seidman |
| 1946 | Herbert Seidman (Co-champion) |
| 1946 | Anthony Santasiere (Co-champion) |
| 1947 | Rodrigo Flores |
| 1948 | Larry Evans |
| 1949 | Larry Evans |
| 1950 | Larry Evans |
| 1951 | Milton Hanauer |
| 1952 | Eliot Hearst |
| 1953 | Carl Pilnik (Co-champion) |
| 1953 | Anthony Santasiere (Co-champion) |
| 1954 | John W. Collins |
| 1955 | William Lombardy (Co-champion) |
| 1955 | Frank Howard (Co-champion) |
| 1956 | Herbert Seidman |
| 1957 | Sidney Bernstein |
| 1958 | Sidney Bernstein |
| 1959 | Nicholas Bakos |
| 1960 | Raymond Weinstein (Co-champion) |
| 1960 | James Sherwin (Co-champion) |
| 1961 | Raymond Weinstein |
| 1962 | Raymond Weinstein |
| 1963 | Karl Burger |
| 1964 | Shelby Lyman |
| 1965 | Herbert Seidman |
| 1966 | Paul Robey |
| 1967 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1968 | Marc Yoffe |
| 1969 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1970 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1971 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1972 | George Francis Kane |
| 1973 | Sal Matera |
| 1974 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1975 | Sal Matera |
| 1976 | Joseph Tamargo |
| 1977 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1978 | Brian Hulse |
| 1979 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1980 | Leslie Braun |
| 1981 | Mitchell Saltzberg |
| 1982 | Leslie Braun |
| 1983 | Jerry Simon |
| 1984 | Jay Bonin |
| 1985 | Leslie Braun (Co-champion) |
| 1985 | Charles Weldon (Co-champion) |
| 1986 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1987 | Jay Bonin |
| 1988 | Andrew Soltis |
| 1989 | Robert Sulman |
| 1990 | Michael Rohde |
| 1991 | Roman Dzindzichashvili |
| 1992 | John Federowicz (Co-champion) |
| 1992 | Gennady Sagalchik (Co-champion) |
| 1993 | Maurice Ashley |
| 1994 | Michael Rohde |
| 1995 | Joshua Waitzkin |
| 1996 | Joshua Waitzkin |
| 1997 | Jay Bonin (Co-champion) |
| 1997 | Dean Ippolito (Co-champion) |
| 1997 | Ilijas Terzic (Co-champion) |
| 1998 | Igor Shliperman (Co-champion) |
| 1998 | Yurij Lapshun (Co-champion) |
| 1999 | Dmitry Schneider |
| 2000 | Yury Lapshun |
| 2001 | Yury Lapshun |
| 2002 | Igor Novikov |
| 2003 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 2004 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 2005 | Leonid Yudasin |
| 2006 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 2007 | Jaan Ehlvest |
| 2008 | Zviad Izoria (Co-champion) |
| 2008 | Giorgi Kacheishvili |
| 2009 | Alexandr Lenderman |
| 2010 | Mark Paragua (Co-champion) |
| 2010 | Sergey Kudrin (Co-champion) |
| 2011 | Mikheil Kekelidze |
| 2012 | Michael Rohde (Co-champion) |
| 2012 | Justin Sarkar (Co-champion) |
| 2013 | Alexandr Lenderman |
| 2014 | Gata Kamsky (Co-champion) |
| 2014 | Mark Paragua (Co-champion) |
| 2015 | Gata Kamsky (Co-champion) |
| 2015 | Zviad Izoria (Co-champion) |
| 2016 | Yaroslav Zherebukh |
| 2017 | Nicolas Checa |
| 2018 | Sergei Azarov |
| 2019 | Djurabek Khamrakulov |
| 2021 | Brandon Jacobson |
| 2022 | Zachary Chen Tanenbaum |
