Eager to know the list of Squid Game winners before Seong Gi-Hun? While viewers might think the survival games were limited to just three seasons, in the show’s world, they have been going on for decades. Players who struggle financially are summoned to compete for a massive cash prize. As the competition progresses with its deadly challenges, players who fail to survive are killed and eliminated. In the series, a document reveals the names of players who won in previous years.
Here’s a list of all of the winners of the Squid Game contest.
List of everyone who won Squid Game since 1988
Hwang Jun-ho is the one to get his hands on the document, which lists Squid Game winners, which is later briefly read by him.
Here are the names of the winners in chronological order:
- 1988 – No Hyun-woo (Player 174)
- 1989 – Mun Jang-ho (Player 129)
- 1990 – Park Pil-sam (Player 028)
- 1991 – Jang Seung-jong (Player 063)
- 1992 – Cho Su-jin (Player 187)
- 1993 – Choi Woo-seong (Player 112)
- 1994 – Kim Min-su (Player 258)
- 1995 – Park Tae-jun (Player 212)
- 1996 – Kim Kwang-hyun (Player 037)
- 1997 – Kim Yeong-cheol (Player 069)
- 1998 – Shin Jeong-ung (Player 399)
- 1999 – Oh Jeong-nam (Player 377)
- 2000 – Yoon Ji-Eun (Player 285)
- 2001 – Park Young-Won (Player 321)
- 2002 – Lim Hyeong-seo (Player 014)
- 2003 – Choi Yoon-Tae (Player 338)
- 2004 – Park Hyun-ho (Player 150)
- 2005 – Cho Jeong-hun (Player 051)
- 2006 – Son Jeong-hee (Player 122)
- 2007 – Choi Kyung-soo (Player 229)
- 2008 – Kim Seong-tae (Player 376)
- 2009 – Lee Jung-soo (Player 127)
- 2010 – Lee Seong-su (Player 325)
- 2011 – Park Mi-kyung (Player 115)
- 2012 – Bae Dong-il (Player 033)
- 2013 – Lee Young-hoo (Player 436)
- 2014 – Kim Tae-woo (Player 407)
- 2015 – Hwang In-ho (The Front Man) (Player 132)
- 2016 – Joo Seong-hun (Player 173)
- 2017 – Unknown (Player 300)
- 2018 – Unknown (Player 204)
- 2019 – Unknown (Player 017)
Gi-Hun (Player 456) won the games in 2020. He had a chance to win the game twice in the latest season, but he chose to sacrifice himself instead. He initially eliminates So-won’s father, Lee Myung-gi, to stop him from eliminating Kim Jun-hee’s baby in the Sky Squid Game. After this, he lets Player 222’s baby win, as he jumps from the structure to his death.
