| World Tournament Highest Average Overall by Percentage | |||||||||
| Elder's Championship Complete Tournament | |||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | |||||||||
| Highest Avg. | |||||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | Ringers | Shoes | By Year | World Location | ||
| 2023 | Bob Gray (FL) | 1st. | 16 | 755 | 972 | 77.67% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | ||
| 2022 | David Holmes (WV) | 2nd. | 15 | 611 | 786 | 77.74% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2021 | Ronald LeGrand (MO) | 1st. | 15 | 628 | 862 | 72.85% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled - Pandemic -Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |||||||
| 2019 | Marcus Rice (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 641 | 872 | 73.51% | Wichita Falls , TX (*) | ||
| 2018 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 756 | 880 | 85.91% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Daniel Dunn (IN) | 3rd. | 15 | 687 | 872 | 78.78% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 789 | 984 | 80.18% | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 758 | 966 | 78.47% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 777 | 930 | 83.55% | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Russ Philips (WA) | 6th. | 15 | 657 | 890 | 73.82% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | Virgil Rife (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 883 | 1094 | 80.71% | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Russ Philips (WA) | 1st. | 15 | 850 | 1038 | 81.89% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Rich Pintor (CO) | 3rd. | 12 | 621 | 774 | 80.23% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Herschel Walters (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 520 | 640 | 81.25% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Herschel Walters (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 523 | 676 | 77.37% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 1st. | 11 | 429 | 544 | 78.86% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | DW Story (TN) | 2nd. | 12 | 478 | 596 | 80.20% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 2nd. | 12 | 497 | 628 | 79.14% | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Paul McCreery (TX) | 1st. | 11 | 478 | 620 | 77.10% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Marvin Kramer (IL) | 1st. | 11 | 473 | 608 | 77.80% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Bob Logan (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 421 | 516 | 81.59% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 1st. | 12 | 515 | 630 | 81.75% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Bob Logan (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 589 | 768 | 76.69% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 12 | 582 | 706 | 82.44% | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | Bob Logan (IN) | 1st. | 7 | 311 | 418 | 74.40% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 7 | 300 | 374 | 80.21% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | Ray Santana (CA) | 1st. | 5 | 259 | 338 | 76.63% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 5 | 256 | 304 | 84.21% | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Don Harris (MO) | 1st. | 15 | 449 | 622 | 72.19% | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | Roy Smith (KS) | 1st. | 14 | 540 | 768 | 70.31% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 5 | 198 | 250 | 79.20% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Henry Hostetler (OH) | 3rd. | 5 | 141 | 206 | 68.45% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Henry Hostetler (OH) | 1st. | 5 | 198 | 262 | 75.57% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | ||
| 1989 | Roland Stobaugh (IL) | 1st. | 5 | 165 | 256 | 64.45% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Herb Rushing (CA) | 1st. | 5 | 141 | 228 | 61.84% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | ||
| 1987 | Sidney Anderson (WI) | 1st. | 5 | 156 | 258 | 60.47% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 1986 | Johnnie Mullican (AL) | 1st. | 5 | 181 | 244 | 74.18% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | Floyd Plumb (OH) | 1st. | 7 | 207 | 276 | 75.00% | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | ||
| 1984 | Johnnie Mullican (AL) | 2nd. | 7 | 646 | 1000 | 64.60% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | Sol Berman (NJ) | 1st. | 5 | 147 | 246 | 59.76% | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Henry Franke (IL) | 1st. | 5 | 102 | 182 | 56.04% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Updated After World 2023 | |||||||||
| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||||
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