| World Tournament Most Shoes All Games | ||||||||||
| Championship Elder's Complete Tournament | ||||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | ||||||||||
| Most | Rgr. | Avg. Shoes | ||||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | Ringers | Shoes | Avg. | Per All Game | World Location | ||
| 2023 | Bob Gray (FL) | 1st. | 16 | 755 | 972 | 77.67% | 60.75 | Lansing, Michigan (*) | ||
| 2022 | Ronald LeGrand (MO) | 5th. | 15 | 584 | 856 | 68.22% | 57.07 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2021 | Bert Logsdon (IA) | 10th. | 15 | 634 | 946 | 67.02% | 63.07 | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled - Pandemic -Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||||||||
| 2019 | Russ Phillips (WA) | 6th. | 15 | 714 | 988 | 72.27% | 65.87 | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | ||
| 2018 | Virgil Rife (OH) | 4th. | 15 | 755 | 1028 | 73.44% | 68.53 | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Richard Altis (MO) | 5th. | 15 | 665 | 926 | 71.81% | 61.73 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | Virgil Rife (OH) | 8th. | 15 | 796 | 1104 | 72.10% | 73.60 | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | Roy Dugger (OH) | 11th. | 15 | 713 | 996 | 71.59% | 66.40 | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | Roger Vogel (KS) | 9th. | 15 | 654 | 938 | 69.72% | 62.53 | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Rich Pintor (CO) | 2nd. | 15 | 680 | 944 | 72.03% | 62.93 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | Herschel Walters (IN) | 11th. | 15 | 846 | 1120 | 75.54% | 74.67 | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Russ Phillips (WA) | 1st. | 15 | 850 | 1038 | 81.89% | 69.20 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Larry Purcell (IA) | 1st. | 15 | 655 | 876 | 74.77% | 58.40 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Tom Hall (FL) | 9th. | 11 | 564 | 768 | 73.44% | 69.82 | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Herschel Walters (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 523 | 676 | 77.37% | 61.45 | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Bobby Fields (TN) | 4th. | 11 | 497 | 686 | 72.45% | 62.36 | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 1st. | 12 | 511 | 676 | 75.59% | 56.33 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Paul McCreery (TX) | 1st. | 12 | 489 | 640 | 76.41% | 53.33 | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Art Sperber (WA) | 7th. | 11 | 445 | 670 | 66.42% | 60.91 | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Elden Sarbaugh (OH) | 2nd. | 11 | 567 | 748 | 75.80% | 68.00 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Neil Yaskow (BC) | 6th. | 11 | 472 | 706 | 66.86% | 64.18 | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Bob Logan (IN) | 2nd. | 12 | 571 | 728 | 78.43% | 60.67 | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Bob Logan (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 589 | 768 | 76.69% | 69.82 | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Curly Seibold (IN) | 2nd. | 12 | 546 | 738 | 73.98% | 61.50 | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | Curly Seibold (IN) | 3rd. | 7 | 318 | 462 | 68.83% | 66.00 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | Curly Seibold (IN) | 4th. | 7 | 322 | 452 | 71.24% | 64.57 | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | Clayton Gage (WI) | 3rd. | 5 | 255 | 342 | 74.56% | 68.40 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | Bob Dean (VA) | 5th. | 5 | 245 | 348 | 70.40% | 69.60 | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Don Harris (MO) | 2nd. | 15 | 449 | 622 | 72.19% | 41.47 | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | John Bracken (UT) | 3rd. | 14 | 564 | 856 | 65.89% | 61.14 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Dale Henry (TX) | 2nd. | 11 | 463 | 646 | 71.67% | 58.73 | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Russ Lobuzzetta (FL) | 1st. | 6 | 222 | 340 | 65.29% | 56.67 | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Paul Scheub (FL) | 3rd. | 5 | 200 | 308 | 64.94% | 61.60 | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | ||
| 1989 | Bud Price (CN) | 2nd. | 5 | 170 | 270 | 62.96% | 54.00 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Joe Morgan (FL) | 1st. | 5 | 133 | 266 | 50.00% | 53.20 | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | ||
| 1987 | Raymond Shober (NJ) | 4th. | 5 | 133 | 278 | 47.84% | 55.60 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 1986 | Herb Rushing (CA) | 3rd. | 5 | 167 | 262 | 63.74% | 52.40 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | Dennis East (IL) | 4th. | 7 | 177 | 372 | 47.58% | 53.14 | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | ||
| 1984 | Henry France (IL) | 3rd. | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | John Mullican (AL) | 4th. | 5 | 154 | 296 | 52.03% | 59.20 | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Lee Jacobs (MI) | 4th. | 5 | 89 | 256 | 34.77% | 51.20 | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Updated After World 2023 | ||||||||||
| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||||
| (*) Indoor Courts | ||||||||||
| (#) Overhead Cover | ||||||||||
| (+) Both | ||||||||||
| None = Outdoors | ||||||||||