| World Tournament Highest Most Ringer's by Year | ||||||||||
| Elder's Championship Complete Tournament | ||||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | ||||||||||
| Most | Final | Avg. Ringers | ||||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | Ringers | Shoes | Average | Per All Game | World Location | ||
| 2023 | Bob Gray (FL) | 1st. | 16 | 755 | 972 | 77.67% | 47.19 | Lansing, Michigan (*) | ||
| 2022 | Bob Gray (FL) | 1st. | 16 | 622 | 814 | 76.41% | 38.88 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2021 | Bert Logsdon (IA) | 10th. | 15 | 634 | 946 | 67.02% | 42.27 | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled - Pandemic -Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||||||||
| 2019 | Russ Phillips (WA) | 6th. | 15 | 714 | 988 | 72.27% | 47.60 | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | ||
| 2018 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 756 | 880 | 85.91% | 50.40 | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Daniel F. Dunn (IN) | 3rd. | 15 | 687 | 872 | 78.78% | 45.80 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | Richard Altis (MO) | 4th. | 15 | 811 | 1060 | 76.51% | 54.07 | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | Richard Altis (MO) | 3rd. | 15 | 771 | 1034 | 74.56% | 51.40 | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | David Holmes (WV) | 1st. | 15 | 777 | 930 | 83.55% | 51.80 | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Rich Pintor (CO) | 2nd. | 15 | 680 | 944 | 72.03% | 45.33 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | Virgil Rife (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 883 | 1094 | 80.71% | 58.87 | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Russ Phillips (WA) | 1st. | 15 | 850 | 1038 | 81.89% | 56.67 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Larry Purcell (IA) | 4th. | 15 | 655 | 876 | 74.77% | 43.67 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Bobby Fields (TN) | 3rd. | 11 | 586 | 742 | 78.98% | 53.27 | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Herschel Walters (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 523 | 676 | 77.37% | 47.55 | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Bobby Fields (TN) | 4th. | 11 | 497 | 686 | 72.45% | 45.18 | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 1st. | 12 | 511 | 676 | 75.59% | 42.58 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Ed Arionus (TX) | 2nd. | 12 | 497 | 628 | 79.14% | 41.42 | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Paul McCreery (TX) | 1st. | 11 | 478 | 620 | 77.10% | 43.45 | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Elden Sarbaugh (OH) | 2nd. | 11 | 567 | 748 | 75.80% | 51.55 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Neil Yaskow (BC) | 6th. | 11 | 472 | 706 | 66.86% | 42.91 | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Bob Logan (IN) | 2nd. | 12 | 571 | 728 | 78.43% | 47.58 | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Bob Logan (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 589 | 768 | 76.69% | 53.55 | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 12 | 582 | 706 | 82.44% | 48.50 | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | Curly Seibold (IN) | 3rd. | 7 | 318 | 462 | 68.83% | 45.43 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | Curly Seibold (IN) | 4th. | 7 | 322 | 452 | 71.24% | 46.00 | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | Ray Santana (CA) | 1st. | 5 | 259 | 338 | 76.63% | 51.80 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | Frank Bohun (PA) | 1st. | 5 | 256 | 304 | 84.21% | 51.20 | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Don Harris (MO) | 2nd. | 15 | 449 | 622 | 72.19% | 29.93 | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | John Bracken (UT) | 3rd. | 14 | 564 | 856 | 65.89% | 40.29 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Dale Henry (TX) | 2nd. | 11 | 463 | 646 | 71.67% | 42.09 | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Russ Lobuzzetta (FL) | 1st. | 6 | 222 | 340 | 65.29% | 37.00 | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Paul Scheub (FL) | 3rd. | 5 | 200 | 308 | 64.94% | 40.00 | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | ||
| 1989 | Bud Price (CN) | 2nd. | 5 | 170 | 270 | 62.96% | 34.00 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Herb Rushing (CA) | 1st. | 5 | 141 | 228 | 61.84% | 28.20 | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | ||
| 1987 | Sidney Anderson (WI) | 1st. | 5 | 156 | 258 | 60.47% | 31.20 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 1986 | Johnnie Mullican (AL) | 1st. | 5 | 181 | 244 | 74.18% | 36.20 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | Walt Pickard (IN) | 2nd. | 7 | 207 | 276 | 75.00% | 29.57 | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | ||
| 1984 | Henry France (IL) | 3rd. | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | John Mullican (AL) | 4th. | 5 | 154 | 296 | 52.03% | 30.80 | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Henry France (IL) | 1st. | 5 | 102 | 182 | 56.04% | 20.40 | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Updated After World 2023 | ||||||||||
| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||||
| (*) Indoor Courts | ||||||||||
| (#) Overhead Cover | ||||||||||
| (+) Both | ||||||||||
| None = Outdoors | ||||||||||