| World Tournament Shortest Game by Year | |||||||||||||
| Elder's Championship Complete Tournament | |||||||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | Shortest | ||||||||||||
| Winner | Winner | Shoe | Winner | Opponent | Total | Winner | Opponent | Combined | |||||
| Year | Winner | Opponent | Placed | Score | Game | Ringers | Ringers | Ringers | % | % | Avg. | World Location | |
| 2023 | Bob Gray (FL) | Charles Gray (TN) | 1st. | 40-3 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 93.33% | 53.33% | 73.33% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2023 | Zane Goggin (GA) | Charles Gray (TN) | 4th. | 44-6 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 83.33% | 43.33% | 63.33% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2022 | Bob Gray (FL) | "PACER" | 1st. | 44-2 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 84.62% | 30.77% | 57.69% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2021 | James Cooper (TN) | Delbert Fourman (OH) | 5th. | 40-5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 78.57% | 35.71% | 57.14% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2021 | Danny Patterson (TX) | Herschel Walters (IN) | 9th. | 42-9 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 82.14% | 42.86% | 62.50% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled - Pandemic -Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Mike Massari (AZ) | Jim Zimmerman (NC) | 5th. | 42-6 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 90.00% | 50.00% | 70.00% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2019 | Mike Massari (AZ) | Delbert Fourman (OH) | 5th. | 40-11 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 76.67% | 43.33% | 60.00% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2018 | Larry Shaw (OH) | Roger Vogel (KS) | 5th. | 41-4 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 85.71% | 42.86% | 64.29% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2018 | Roger Vogel (KS) | kenneth Schaver (IL) | 14th. | 41-7 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 75.00% | 35.71% | 55.36% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Benj Rains (UT) | Dave Cooper (CO) | 10th. | 41-0 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 83.33% | 29.17% | 56.25% | ST. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | Daniel Dunn (IN) | Roger Vogel (KS) | 5th. | 41-0 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 33 | 88.46% | 38.46% | 63.46% | Montgomery, Alabama (*) | |
| 2015 | David Holmes (WV) | James Cooper (TN) | 1st. | 40-12 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 81.25% | 53.13% | 67.19% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | JD Drake (MI) | Charles Gray (TN) | 5th. | 41-7 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 76.67% | 40.00% | 58.33% | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | Ed Arionus (TX) | DW Story (TN) | 1st. | 42-6 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 82.14% | 42.86% | 62.50% | ST. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | Rich Pintor (CO) | Roy Dugger (OH) | 1st. | 41-13 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 47 | 77.78% | 52.78% | 65.28% | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | |
| 2011 | Rich Pintor (CO) | Bobby Vandivier (IL) | 2nd. | 40-3 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 87.50% | 37.50% | 62.50% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2011 | Ed Arionus (TX) | Robert Moulin (NC) | 1st. | 40-0 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 83.33% | 33.33% | 58.33% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | Russ Phillips (WA) | Doug Farnsworth (TN) | 6th. | 43-6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 84.62% | 38.46% | 61.54% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Herschel Walters (IN) | Ervin Starwalt (IL) | 1st. | 44-3 | 30 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 83.33% | 40.00% | 61.67% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | |
| 2008 | Craig Schadler (TN) | Columbus Wood (PA) | 8th. | 41-7 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 84.38% | 50.00% | 67.19% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2008 | John Mathys (PA) | Craig Schadler (TN) | 5th. | 40-15 | 32 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 81.25% | 56.25% | 68.75% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2007 | Ed Arionus (TX) | Dennis Reid (IL) | 1st. | 41-0 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 91.67% | 37.50% | 64.58% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | DW Story (TN) | Calvin Motsinger (NC) | 2nd. | 40-0 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 95.00% | 30.00% | 62.50% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Paul McCreery (TX) | Merlin Potts (KS) | 1st. | 41-0 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 83.33% | 29.17% | 56.25% | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Elden Sarbaugh (OH) | Teddy Guillotte (CA) | 3rd. | 40-6 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 73.08% | 26.92% | 50.00% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Marvin Kramer (IL) | Paul McCreery (TX) | 1st. | 40-4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 87.50% | 37.50% | 62.50% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 2002 | Bob Logan (IN) | Tom Munoz (CA) | 1st. | 42-4 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 92.86% | 46.43% | 69.64% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | |
| 2001 | Ed Arionus (TX) | Clayton Gage (WI) | 1st. | 42-4 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 90.91% | 31.82% | 61.36% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | |
| 2000 | Don Wild (CO) | Clayton Gage (WI) | 6th. | 41-4 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 78.13% | 43.75% | 60.94% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 1999 | Frank Bohun (PA) | Warren Wooley (IN) | 1st. | 40-10 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 82.14% | 46.43% | 64.29% | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | Clayon Gage (WI) | Don Harris (MO) | 1st. | 42-7 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 82.35% | 50.00% | 66.18% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | Frank Bohun (PA) | Alan Hillman (KS) | 1st. | 40-12 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 76.92% | 42.31% | 59.62% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Russell Christopher (SK) | Ralph Maylan (WI) | 2nd. | 44-23 | 46 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 76.09% | 60.87% | 68.48% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Don Harris (MO) | William Lou Rector (MO) | 2nd. | 42-14 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 72.22% | 47.22% | 59.72% | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | All Pitched 40 Shoe Games | Syracuse, New York (*) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Russell Christopher (SK) | Lorin Condie (UT) | 2nd. | 41-7 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 75.00% | 29.17% | 52.08% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Henry Hostetler (OH) | Ralph Maylan (WI) | 2nd. | 43-13 | 30 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 80.00% | 46.67% | 63.33% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Henry Hostetler (OH) | Charles Rossell (MT) | 3rd. | 41-8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 76.67% | 40.00% | 58.33% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Henry Hostetler (OH) | Charles Rossell (MT) | 1st. | 42-8 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 70.00% | 30.00% | 50.00% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1989 | Ed Thorstad (SD) | Paul Scheub (FL) | 4th. | 41-6 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 67.86% | 32.14% | 50.00% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Herb Rushing (CA) | Walter House (FL) | 1st. | 40-6 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 77.27% | 27.27% | 52.27% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | |
| 1987 | Sidney Anderson (WI) | John Mullican (AL) | 1st. | 41-6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 83.33% | 37.50% | 60.42% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 1986 | Herb Rushing (CA) | Robert Jacobson (CO) | 3rd. | 42-6 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 65.63% | 28.13% | 46.88% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | John Mullican (AL) | Herman Wieser (FL) | 3rd. | 42-4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 79.17% | 25.00% | 52.08% | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | |
| 1984 | Missing Score Sheets | Huntsville, Alabama | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Missing Score Sheets | Statesville, North Carolina | |||||||||||
| 1982 | Missing Score Sheets | Huntsville, Alabama | |||||||||||
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| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||||||||
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