You left out Action Dan Harrington, back to back final tables in 03/04. He's a previous winner as well. When he did that they were saying that could be one of the biggest accomplishments ever, considering the field sizes.
Of course donks like Yang and Gold aren't going to perform well the next year because they caught lightning in a bottle. But if you look at the history of past champs performances the next year in these large fields (since 03), excluding the two I mentioned above, they have faired really well.
Edit: Exclude Moneymaker as well
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