World Tournament Longest Game by Year                  
  Boy's Championship Complete Tournament  
  40 Point Games Started 1982                  
        Longest     Total        
      Winner Game Winner Opponent Most Rgrs. Winner Opponent Combined  
Year Winner Opponent Score Shoes Ringers Ringers 1 Game %  % Avg. World Location
2023 Dillon Kyle (CA) Warren Highley (MO) 42-29 74 31 27 58 41.89% 36.49% 39.19% Lansing, Michigan (*)
2022 Leon Wolken (MO) Tyler Harris (AL) 43-34 74 50 47 97 67.57% 63.51% 65.54% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2021 Riley Malino (CT) Leon Wolken (MO) 42-38 66 42 39 81 63.64% 59.09% 61.36% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2021 Coulson Ohms (UT) Walker Forrester (OK) 41-36 66 30 30 60 45.45% 45.45% 45.45% Winnemucca, Nevada (*)
2020 WT Cancelled - Pandemic Covid-19 Virus                  
2019 Seth Onan (KY) Walker Forrester (OK) 40-38 90 75 74 149 83.33% 82.22% 82.78% Wichita Falls, Texas (*)
2018 Derek Reynoalds (AR) Seth Onan (KY) 40-36 78 57 57 114 73.08% 73.08% 73.08% Florence, South Carolina (*)
2017 Dayton Campbell (VA) Gunnar David (WI) 45-37 68 48 45 93 70.59% 66.18% 68.38% St. George, Utah (*)
2016 Tyler Howard (KY) Dayton Campbell (OH) 41-28 72 57 52 109 79.17% 72.22% 75.69% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2015 Tyler Howard (KY) Ben Webb (KY) 42-37 106 84 83 167 79.25% 78.30% 78.77% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 Hayden Lee (CA) Brandon Pearl (NH) 42-39 72 56 54 110 77.78% 75.00% 76.39% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 Dalton Rakestraw (IL) Hayden Lee (CA) 44-24 70 52 46 98 74.29% 65.71% 70.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2013 Travis Sluys (CA) Ben Webb (KY) 40-36 70 50 48 98 71.43% 68.57% 70.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2012 Gunnar David (WI) Dayton Campbell (OH) 40-35 74 50 48 98 67.57% 64.86% 66.22% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 Dalton Rakestraw  (MO) Dylan Holmberg  (FL) 42-38 76 51 49 100 67.11% 64.47% 65.79% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 Scotty Drozd (NE) Clayton Bonham (MI) 40-31 72 41 40 81 56.94% 55.56% 56.25% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 Joshua Wright (NY) Tyler Howard (KY) 43-24 72 45 42 87 62.50% 58.33% 60.42% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 Michael Bowman (MO) Matt Fuller  (WA) 41-36 90 70 68 138 77.78% 75.56% 76.67% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 Michael Bowman (MO) Nathan Heinritz (WI) 41-38 82 54 53 107 65.85% 64.63% 65.24% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 Thomas Lee (SD) Lee Seibold (IN) 40-32 90 69 66 135 76.67% 73.33% 75.00% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 Matt Fuller (WA) Adam Garver (OH) 41-37 86 62 61 123 72.09% 70.93% 71.51% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 Matthew Korpela (MN) Buddy Dyrda (BC-CAN) 40-39 94 73 72 145 77.66% 76.60% 77.13% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 Nick Preston (VT) Tyler Elfrink (MO) 43-30 90 72 68 140 80.00% 75.56% 77.78% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 Drew Becker (ON-CAN) Keith Boone (CA) 40-38 74 54 53 107 72.97% 71.62% 72.30% Red Deer, Canada (*)
2001 Drew Becker (ON-CAN) Marcus Thomsen (NE) 42-36 74 53 52 105 71.62% 70.27% 70.95% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2001 Tyler Elfrink (MO) Marcus Thomsen (NE) 41-28 74 55 49 104 74.32% 66.22% 70.27% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2001 Brent Keen (IN) Chase Battle (AR) 42-35 74 45 43 88 60.81% 58.11% 59.46% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 Dustin Dahl (WI) Adam Ellis (ON_CAN) 40-27 92 76 71 147 82.61% 77.17% 79.89% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 Steve Morris (PA) David Bradley (IN) 42-29 80 60 57 117 75.00% 71.25% 73.13% Greenville, Ohio
1998 Branson Miller (VA) Brandon Lund (WA) 40-33 88 69 67 136 78.41% 76.14% 77.27% Ainsworth, Nebraska 
1997 Branson Miller (VA) Jeremy Umphries (TX) 42-39 90 70 69 139 77.78% 76.67% 77.22% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 Branson Miller (VA) Marcus Mosness (MT) 42-29 82 63 59 122 76.83% 71.95% 74.39% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 Michael Newton (SD) Branson Miller (VA) 41-38 96 77 75 152 80.21% 78.13% 79.17% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 All Played 40 Shoe Games           0       Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 Jim Walters (OH) Lenwood Conner Jr. (VA) 42-23 84 72 66 138 85.71% 78.57% 82.14% Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 Jim Walters (OH) Vorn Ven (KS) 41-33 108 93 90 183 86.11% 83.33% 84.72% Columbus, Ohio (*)
1991 Ronnie Meredith (KY) Jeff Poutanen (MI) 40-39 88 67 67 134 76.14% 76.14% 76.14% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 Jim Walters (OH) Vorn Ven (KS) 40-25 118 108 103 211 91.53% 87.29% 89.41% Stone Mtn., Georgia (#)
1989 Jim Walters (OH) John Walters (OH) 45-31 96 78 74 152 81.25% 77.08% 79.17% Spearfish, South Dakota
1988 Steven Barnes (MO) Doug Macha (TX) 42-31 110 96 91 187 87.27% 82.73% 85.00% Pleasanton, California (#)
1987 Kipp Barody (NY) Chad Hyatt (IN) 42-37 130 109 109 218 83.85% 83.85% 83.85% Eau Claire, Wisconsin  
1986 Tony Hankins (KY) Chad Hyatt (IN) 41-34 78 60 57 117 76.92% 73.08% 75.00% Ainsworth, Nebraska 
1986 Michael Bee (ON-CAN) Steve Ungetheim (IN) 41-38 78 53 52 105 67.95% 66.67% 67.31% Ainsworth, Nebraska 
1985 Jeff Hart (MO) Edward Neeb (ON-CAN) 42-37 92 72 70 142 78.26% 76.09% 77.17% Lafayette, Indians (+)
1984 Missing Score Sheets           0        Huntsville, Alabama
1983 Michael Bush (TN) Bret Pritzlaff (WI) 42-38 100 75 72 147 75.00% 72.00% 73.50% Statesville, North Carolina
1982 Mark Dyson (NC) David Simmey (MI) 40-29 104 88 85 173 84.62% 81.73% 83.17% Huntsville, Alabama
Updated After World 2023
2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus
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