List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? top prize winners

Below is a list of the winners of the top prize for each version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Edition	Name of player	Date	Notes	Prize
Man sa yarbah al malyoon	Khaled al Mulla[1]	November 21, 2001		1,000,000 SR
Man sa yarbah al malyoon	Mohammad Tanirah[2]	March 15, 2002		1,000,000 SR
Man sa yarbah al malyoon	Sidi Ahmed weld Ali[3]	January 2, 2003		1,000,000 SR
Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon	Kenaan Matar[4]	May 15, 2007		2,000,000 SR
Man sa yarbah al malyoon	Mohammad Hamzeh[5]	March 23, 2010	First SR1,000,000 winner in the new season First winner of the 12-question format.	1,000,000 SR
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Rob "Coach" Fulton[6]	October 17, 2005	First winner in Australia after six and a half years.	A$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Martin Flood[6]	November 14, 2005	Allegations of cheating marred his top prize win, but he was cleared. Also the last winner of the original Australian version.	A$1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Anton Sutterlüty[7]	February 19, 2001		öS 10,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Christiane de Piero[7]	November 11, 2002		€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Sigrid Weiß-Lutz[7]	May 9, 2003		€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Monica Weinzettl[7]	October 18, 2003	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Karin Huber[7]	November 3, 2003		€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Elfriede ("El") Awadalla[7]	March 14, 2005		€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Heide Gondek[7]	September 18, 2006		€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Philip Aschner[7]	October 20, 2007	Junior-Special	€100,000
Die Millionenshow	Marion Eidenhammer[7]	June 28, 2008	Junior-Special	€100,000
Die Millionenshow	Stefan Schwaiger[7]	May 23, 2009	Junior-Special	€100,000
Die Millionenshow	Andreas Goldberger and Nina Hartmann[7]	October 24, 2011	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Thomas Geierspichler and Günther Matzinger[7]	October 22, 2012	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Andrea Spatzek[7]	November 26, 2012	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Sonya Kraus[7]	May 13, 2013	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Peter Stöger and Ulrike Kriegler[7]	October 21, 2013	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Stefan Eberharter[7]	December 2, 2013	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Mathias Stockinger[7]	December 9, 2013	First non-celebrity winner after 7 years	€1,000,000
Die Millionenshow	Kristina Sprenger[7]	February 10, 2014	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Angelika Kirchschlager [8]	February 2, 2015	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Julia Cencig [8]	February 2, 2015	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Die Millionenshow	Dietrich Siegl[9]	November 23, 2015	Promi-Ausgabe	€75,000
Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti	Mir Mohammed Easin	2011		৳ 10,000,000
Qui sera millionnaire? (French Version)	Katia Savignano[10]	June 4, 2001		BEF 10,000,000
Wie wordt multimiljonair? (Dutch Version)	Ingrid Vervaeck[11]	October 10, 2000		BEF 20,000,000
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Gonzalo Miranda[12]	September 2002		CLP$100,000,000
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Enrique Carlos Castillo[13]	October 30, 2006		COP$210,000,000
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	David Huertas[14]	October 29, 2011		COP$300,000,000
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Willy Pérez[15]	June 29, 2010	Winner of special 2010 World Cup edition	25,000,000 colón
Tko želi biti milijunaš?	Mira Bićanić[16]	2002		1,000,000 kuna
Hvem vil være millionær?	Søren Brøndum Laursen[17]	October 13, 2001	First winner in the Danish version	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[18]	September 17, 2002	Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to DCA	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko[19]	January 1, 2004	Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to AIDS Foundation	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand[19]	April 2005	Winners in Special edition "Me and my best"	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder[19]	October 2005	Donated half the prize to a school organization	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Peter, Helle and Alexander[20]	October 15, 2007	Junior edition	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Julie, Ulrik and Sia[21]	November 24, 2007	Junior edition	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel[22]	March 15, 2008	Junior edition	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Simon, Emil and Marcus[23]	May 9, 2008	Junior edition	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik[19]	October 11, 2010	Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Peres Center for Peace	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen[24]	March 12, 2012		1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer [25]	October 22, 2012	Winners in celebrity edition. The prize donated to Breast Cancer Society	2,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Bjarke Refslund and Thure Kjær [26]	April 19, 2013	Winners in celebrity edition.	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Morten Resen and Ellen Nybo [27]	September 30, 2013	Winners in 25th channel anniversary.	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Anders and Peter Lund Madsens[28]	October 28, 2013	Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to DCA,and they became second millionaires after 17 September 2002	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Daniel Paske and Jasmin Sharzad[29]	March 3, 2015	Winners in Dating edition.	1,000,000 Danish Krone
Hvem vil være millionær?	Søren Pilmark and Henrik Koefoed[30]	March 6, 2016		1,000,000 Danish Krone
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Maria Fernanda Compte[31]	November 24, 2002		US$25,000
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?	Frédéric Grégoire[32]	September 30, 2000		F 4,000,000
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?	Louis[32]	2001		F 4,000,000
Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?	Marie[32]	August 27, 2004		€1,000,000
Vis Unda 20000?	Manana Maisuradze [33]	2002		20,000 Lari
Vis Unda 20000?	Garry Kasparov and Daria Kasparova[34]	February 22, 2011	First celebrity winners. And episode was in Russian with Georgian subtitles	20,000 Lari
Wer wird Millionär?	Eckhard Freise[35]	December 2, 2000		DM 1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Marlene Grabherr[35]	May 20, 2001		DM 1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Gerhard Krammer[35]	October 18, 2002		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Dr. Maria Wienströer[35]	March 29, 2004		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Stefan Lang[35]	October 9, 2006		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Timur Hahn[35]	January 8, 2007		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Oliver Pocher[35]	May 30, 2008	Celebrity edition	€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Thomas Gottschalk[35]	November 20, 2008	Celebrity edition	€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Ralf Schnoor[36]	November 26, 2010		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Barbara Schöneberger[37]	May 30, 2011	Celebrity edition.	€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Sebastian Langrock[38]	March 11, 2013		€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Thorsten Fischer[39]	October 17, 2014	15 years special episode	€1,000,000
Wer wird Millionär?	Nadja Sidikjar[40]	November 13, 2015	First Winner of Jackpot-Special	€1,538,450
Wer wird Millionär?	Leon Windscheid[41]	December 7, 2015		€1,000,000
Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos	Giorgios Georgopoulos	October 2, 2001		₯ 50,000,000
Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos	Stelios Stergiou[42]	November 21, 2003		€150,000
Baak Maan Fu Yung	James Wong and Petrina Fung[43]	July 2001	Celebrity charity special	HK$1,000,000
Baak Maan Fu Yung	Stephen Chow and Lee Man[44]	August 2001	Shaolin Soccer charity special	HK$1,000,000
Baak Maan Fu Yung	Chan Hon-cheung[45]	November 2, 2001		HK$1,000,000
Baak Maan Fu Yung	Cheng Tak-cheung[46]	February 7, 2003	Million dollar tournament	HK$1,000,000
Legyen Ön is milliomos!	Gábor Cserey[47]	March 20, 2006		40.000.000 Ft
Viltu vinna milljón?	Sveinn Valgeirsson[48]	March 25, 2002		5.000.000 Icelandic Krona
Viltu vinna milljón?	Paolo Turchi[49]	March 31, 2003		5.000.000 Icelandic Krona
Viltu vinna milljón?	Jón Steinar and Hannes Hólmsteinn[50]	April 11, 2004	Winners in charity edition. The prize donated to Childhood Cancer Support Association "SKB"	5.000.000 Icelandic Krona
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Harshvardhan Navathe[51]	October 19, 2000		10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Vijay Raul and Arundhati[52]	May 2, 2001	Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Patni	10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Ravi Saini[52]	May 14, 2001	Winner of KBC Junior	10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Sushil Kumar[53]	November 2, 2011		50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Sanmjeet Kaur Sahani[54]	January 12, 2013		50,000,000 Rs. (5 crore)
Kaun Banega Crorepati	Achin and Sarthak Narula[55]	September 20, 2014	Highest Asian top prize in WWTBAM franchise so far, and first 7 crore winners	70,000,000 Rs. (7 crore)
Kannadada Kotyadhipati	Hussain Basha	April 29, 2013		10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran	Sanooja Rajan[56]	May 1, 2013		10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti	Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao	July 8, 2011	Celebrity edition	10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Ke Bani Crorepati	Rajesh Singh[57]	July 27, 2011		10,000,000 Rs. (1 crore)
Mi Rotseh Lehiot Mylyoner?	Izhar Nevo[58]	August 7, 2000	First winner on Israel	1,000,000 ₪
Chi vuol essere miliardario?	Francesca Cinelli[59]	March 18, 2001		₤ 1,000,000,000
Chi vuol essere milionario?	Davide Pavesi[60]	October 17, 2004		€1,000,000
Chi vuol essere milionario?	Michela De Paoli[61]	January 27, 2011		€1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Yasuyuki Kunimitsu[62]	July 27, 2000	First ever Asian WWTBAM top prize winner	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Yoshiaki Nagata	August 10, 2000		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Naoko Imao	November 2, 2000		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Hiroshi Hase	November 23, 2000	Member of the Japanese House of Representatives and former professional wrestler	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kazuyuki Nose	February 15, 2001		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kotaro Kobayashi	September 6, 2001	Kids Edition	¥1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Katsuhiro Minamigawa	September 6, 2001	Kids Edition	¥1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Hitomi Sakamoto	December 13, 2001		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Akishi Kikuchi	June 27, 2002		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Michiko Eguchi	August 1, 2002		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Naomi Osada	November 14, 2002		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Shoko Mishima	May 8, 2003		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Sayu Tanabashi	September 4, 2003	Kids Edition	¥1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Natsumi Kataoka	September 4, 2003	Kids Edition	¥1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Daichi Suzuki	September 18, 2003		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Tsuyoshi Shinjo[63]	January 2, 2004	Professional baseball player	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Jo Kihara	August 26, 2004	Kids Edition	¥1,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Takafumi Horie	December 30, 2004	Former CEO of Livedoor	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kazuko Hosoki	December 30, 2004		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Masaaki Sakai	April 7, 2005		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Yasuo Tanaka	April 7, 2005	Author and governor of Nagano Prefecture	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kikuchi Tomohisa	April 28, 2005		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Masahiko Hamada	May 26, 2005		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Yukiko Kashiwagi and Hanako Oshima	May 26, 2005	Pair players (mother and daughter)	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kotaro Koizumi	January 2, 2006	Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Yūko Asano	March 23, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Junko Nozoe	June 29, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Keiko Ohi	July 27, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Dai Tamesue	September 14, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Mitsugoro Bando X	October 5, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Dewi Sukarno	October 26, 2006		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Misako Konno	February 15, 2007		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Shōsuke Tanihara	July 5, 2007		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Sumiko Fuji	March 27, 2008		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Kazuo Tokumitsu	March 27, 2008		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Takeshi Kitano	January 30, 2009	Only person to answer the final question incorrectly once, and later return and win the top prize.	¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Hikari Ota	April 1, 2009		¥10,000,000
Quiz $ Millionaire	Mana Ashida[64]	January 2, 2013	Celebrity Kids Edition. Youngest top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. (8 years and 6 months old)	¥1,000,000
Kto vozmyot million	Saule Akhmetova[65]	April 25, 2002	First Woman won 5,000,000 tenge	5,000,000 tenge
Kto vozmyot million	Irina Stalnaya[65]	2003		5,000,000 tenge
Gribi būt miljonārs?	Elita Rumpe[66]	December 18, 2002		10,000 Lati
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Lucía Sánchez[67]	April 22, 2010		3,000,000 Mexican Pesos
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Rafael Lira[68]	April 21, 2012		1,500,000 Mexican Pesos
Lotto Weekend Miljonairs	Hans Peters[69]	January 6, 2001		NLG 1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Aroma Ufodike[70]	September 11, 2009		₦10,000,000
Vil du bli millionær?	Anne Louise Lien and Hans Erik Borgenvik[71]	March 10, 2003	First winners in Norway.	2,000,000 Norwegian krone
Vil du bli millionær?	Bjørn Lien[72]	January 19, 2010	First winner in the Hot Seat format.	1,000,000 Norwegian krone
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Sharon Cuneta[73]	January 9, 2010	Celebrity contestant who made a second appearance in the franchise. Won P1,000,000 (14th question) during her first appearance in 2001.	2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Karl Jonathan Aguilar[74]	September 18, 2011		2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Gaeilo Pajinag, Jr.[75]	October 20, 2013	First winner under Risk format outside Germany.	2,000,000 Philippine Pesos
Milionerzy	Krzysztof Wójcik[76]	March 28, 2010	First and only (so far) winner in Poland.	1,000,000 zł
Quem quer ser milionário?	Renata Morgado	May 2000	First female top-prize winner in the franchise. Also the first ever European Millionaire winner	$50,000,000
Quem quer ser milionário?	Ana Damásio	September 2000	Second female top-prize winner in the franchise	$50,000,000
Quem quer ser milionário?	José Fernandes	April 2001		$50,000,000
Quem quer ser milionário?	António Franco	December 29, 2003		€250,000
Quem quer ser milionário?	José Moura	February 7, 2014	First winner after 11 years	€100,000
Vrei să fii miliardar?	Mihai Popa[77]	April 15, 2001		1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu
Vrei să fii miliardar?	Tudor Hurezeanu[78]	April 8, 2002		1,000,000,000 Romanian Leu
Kto khochet stat' millionerom?	Igor Sazeyev[79]	March 12, 2001	First Winner on Russia	1,000,000 Rubles
Kto khochet stat' millionerom?	Irina Chudinovskih and Yuriy Chudinovskih[80]	January 18, 2003	Couples version.	1,000,000 Rubles
Kto khochet stat' millionerom?	Svetlana Yaroslavtseva[81]	February 19, 2006	First woman who won 3.000.000 Rubles	3,000,000 Rubles
Kto khochet stat' millionerom?	Timur Budayev[82]	April 17, 2010	First man who won 3.000.000 Rubles	3,000,000 Rubles
Kto khochet stat' millionerom?	Bari Alibasov and Alexander "Danko" Fadeev[83]	November 23, 2013	First celebrity winners in the Russian version with risk format	3,000,000 Rubles
Lepo je biti milijonar	Peter Lazar[84]	unknown		SIT 10,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Akim Kysselef[84]	2002		SIT 10,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Matjaž Tanko[84]	2002		SIT 10,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Gorazd Škerbinek[84]	2002		SIT 10,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Aleš Jankovič	2003	Firefighters edition	SIT 10,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Jaro Leskovsek[85]	May 16, 2004		SIT 15,000,000
Lepo je biti milijonar	Viktor Niko	July 2005		SIT 15,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	David Paterson[86]	March 19, 2000	First winner outside the USA	1,000,000 Rand
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi	Apeksha Kumari[87]	February 22, 2013	First winner	2,000,000 LKR
Postkodmiljonären	Per Hörberg	February 17, 2006		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Torgny Segerstedt	March 1, 2008		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Olle Laurell	December 4, 2009		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Jan Sundström	December 17, 2010		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Mattias Östermann[88]	March 2, 2012		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Lena Angviken[89]	September 29, 2012		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Birgitta Hedström[90]	April 15, 2014		1,000,000 Swedish Krona
Postkodmiljonären	Alexandra Pascalidou and Lena Ag[91]	November 15, 2014	Celebrity Special	1,000,000 Swedish Krona
¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15	Enrique Chicote[92]	May 21, 2000	Used the phone a friend lifeline to call his wife in the last question, letting her know that he'd won, and first winner on Spanish version.	₧ 50,000,000
¿Quién Quiere Ser El Millonario?	Paco Reverte[93]	March 15, 2012	Third winner in the "Hot Seat" format. First winner in Spain in almost twelve years.	€100,000
Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon	Sergei Karabinsky [94]	June 6, 2003	Won a million Moldovan leu, because of the currency drawing. When the game led Anatoly Borsyuk, winning was not a participant in the Ukrainian currency, and the one for the participant and identify themselves. For this purpose, at the leading standing tank with balls inside them were Trade name. And first winner	1,000,000 Moldovan leu = 372,000 hryvnia
Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon	Svyatoslav Vakarchuk[95]	January 29, 2005	First celebrity contestant. And the top-prize has been sent to orphanages in Ukraine.	1,000,000 hryvnia
Milyoner - Garyache Krislo	Nadezhda Beldiy[96]	August 6, 2011	Second top win in the hot seat format.	1,000,000 hryvnia
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Judith Keppel[97]	November 20, 2000	First female winner in the UK.	£1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	David Edwards[97]	April 21, 2001	First male winner in the UK.	£1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Robert Brydges[98]	September 29, 2001	First contestant to win in the United Kingdom version since the Charles Ingram affair. He had one lifeline at the Million pound question.	£1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Pat Gibson[97]	April 24, 2004	Had two of three lifelines at the million pound question.	£1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Ingram Wilcox[97]	September 23, 2006	Last winner in the UK version. Also the last contestant to face the final question under the 15-question format in the UK, and also the last contestant to win the top prize before the clock format was introduced on 3 August 2010.	£1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	John Carpenter[99]	November 19, 1999	First ever top-prize winner in the Millionaire franchise. He did not use a lifeline until his fifteenth and final question, when he called his father to tell him he would win the million.	US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Dan Blonsky[99]	January 18, 2000		US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Joe Trela[99]	March 23, 2000		US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Bob House[99]	June 13, 2000		US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Kim Hunt[99]	July 6, 2000		US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	David Goodman[99]	July 11, 2000	First Millionaire winner since John Carpenter to go 14 straight questions without using a lifeline. He used all three on the last question, just to be sure to win a million.	US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Kevin Olmstead[100]	April 10, 2001	Biggest winner on the U.S. version, with a $2.18 million jackpot. He was the biggest top prize winner on a network television game show in U.S. history until Andrew Kravis overtook the record on September 19, 2013. Also the highest winning of Millionaire worldwide so far.	US$2,180,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Bernie Cullen[101]	April 15, 2001	Had two lifelines upon reaching the fifteenth question.	US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Ed Toutant[102]	September 7, 2001	Originally ruled to have answered a $16,000 question incorrectly in January 2001 and left with $1,000. It was later discovered that there was a mistake in his $16,000 question and was invited back to play for the $1.86 million he originally was going for.	US$1,860,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Kevin Smith[103]	February 18, 2003	First man winner of the syndicated series.	US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Nancy Christy[104]	May 9, 2003	First and so far only female top-prize winner in the United States.	US$1,000,000
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Sam Murray[105]	November 20, 2009	Murray did not go all the way to a million the first time, winning $50,000; then returned to win the question in the "Million Dollar Tournament of Ten." He was also 8th seed in the tournament at the time of his winning. First and last millionaire of the clock format in the franchise.	US$1,000,000
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Giovanni Grosso[106]	March 20, 2002	First ever top-prize winner in South America.	100,000,000 Bs.
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Antonio Ríos[106]	May 22, 2002		100,000,000 Bs.
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Eugenio Vargas[106]	December 22, 2004		100,000,000 Bs.
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Zulay Marcano[107]	March 29, 2006		200,000,000 Bs.
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	Luis Olavarrieta	December 31, 2008	Celebrity edition	200,000 Bs.
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?	María Alejandra Requena	December 31, 2008	Celebrity edition	200,000 Bs.
Ai là triệu phú	Phương Thanh[108]	September 6, 2013	VTV's 43rd anniversary special. Rather than a monetary prize, Thanh was offered the opportunity to "work as an editor of Ai là triệu phú for one day".	—

Elimination of winnings

Some players had answered the top prize question correctly, but did not actually win the prize because of ineligibility, legal issues, or elimination from a contest.

Edition	Name of player	Date	Notes
Koi iska da stane bogat	Asen Angelov[109]	June 13, 2002	His daughter, Iskra Angelova, worked for Nova TV, which airs the show, a violation of the eligibility requirements, and was forced to return the prize money. Employees of the local broadcaster, production company or distributor, sponsors, and Sony (which owns the franchise) are not eligible to participate in the show. As Angelov is the only Bulgarian to answer the final question correctly, no one in this version actually won the top prize.
เกมเศรษฐี	Lertlak Panchanawaporn[110][111]	March 22, 2002	A computer error led the player to being fed all the right answers. The cable feeding the player the answers on the computer screen was supposed to be hooked up to the presenter's computer. The player had noticed that the right answers were constantly highlighted on her computer screen and won the million this way. The show's producers took the million away from the player, but she was allowed to play again, but won only 25,000 baht (answered five questions).
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Charles Ingram[97]	April 21, 2003	He was accused of cheating by using different coughing patterns from fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock while playing the game. He was found guilty of fraud in the 2001 scandal and was stripped of his winnings. The episode was originally scheduled to air September 18, 2001 but did not actually air until April 21, 2003.

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