| NHPA World Champions by Years - Elder's Started 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 40 Point Game Era 1982 | Updated 5/4/2021 | ||||||||||||
| Overall | |||||||||||||
| Final | Highest | Cons. Ringers | Pitching | ||||||||||
| Year | First | Last | City | State | W | L | Avg. | Game | in Row | Shoe Brand | Style | World Location | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled - Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Marcus | Rice | Southside | WV | 13 | 2 | 73.51% | 85.71% | 18 | Glory | 1-1/4 Turn | Wichita Falls, TX (*) | |
| 2018 | David | Holmes | Charleston | WV | 15 | 0 | 85.91% | 97.61% | 24 | Imperial | Flip | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Roger | Vogel | El Dorado | KS | 14 | 1 | 75.11% | 97.20% | 28 | Imperial | 3/4 Turn | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | David | Holmes | Charleston | WV | 13 | 2 | 80.18% | 93.10% | 30 | Imperial | Flip | Montgomery, Alabama (*) | |
| 2015 | David | Holmes | Charleston | WV | 12 | 3 | 78.47% | 87.00% | 24 | Imperial | Flip | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | David | Holmes | Charleston | WV | 15 | 0 | 83.55% | 88.80% | 18 | Imperial | Flip | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | ED | Arionus | Pflugerville | TX | 12 | 4 | 73.67% | 88.10% | 20 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | Rich | Pintor | Idledale | CO | 13 | 2 | 78.86% | 90.38% | 20 | Elmer Hohl | 3/4 Turn | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | |
| 2011 | Russ | Phillips | Grandview | WA | 13 | 2 | 81.89% | 89.06% | 42 | Elmer Hohl | 3/4 Turn | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | Ed | Arionus | Pflugerville | TX | 11 | 1 | 79.90% | 85.29% | 24 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Herschel | Walters | Bourbon | IN | 11 | 0 | 81.25% | 90.63% | 26 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Springfield, Illinois (*) | |
| 2008 | Herschel | Walters | Bourbon | IN | 10 | 1 | 77.37% | 89.06% | 24 | American | Flip | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2007 | Ed | Arionus | Sequin | TX | 11 | 0 | 78.86% | 91.66% | 22 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | ED | Arionus | Sequin | TX | 11 | 1 | 75.59% | 87.09% | 16 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Paul | McCreery | Murchison | TX | 11 | 1 | 76.41% | 84.78% | 26 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Paul | McCreery | Murchison | TX | 10 | 1 | 77.10% | 86.36% | 28 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Marvin | Kramer | Fulton | IL | 11 | 0 | 77.80% | 87.50% | 20 | 3/4 Turn | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Bob | Logan | Kouts | IN | 11 | 0 | 81.59% | 92.85% | 18 | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Red Deer, Canada (*) | |
| 2001 | ED | Arionus | Sequin | TX | 11 | 1 | 81.75% | 91.66% | 24 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | |
| 2000 | Bob | Logan | Kouts | IN | 10 | 1 | 76.69% | 87.50% | Unknown | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 1999 | Frank | Bohun | Erie | PA | 11 | 0 | 82.44% | 90.62% | 30 | Imperial | 1-1/4 Turn | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | Bob | Logan | Kouts | IN | 6 | 1 | 74.40% | 80.55% | 14 | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | Frank | Bohun | Erie | PA | 7 | 0 | 80.21% | 85.18% | 12 | Imperial | 1-1/4 Turn | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Ray | Santana | Tulare | CA | 4 | 1 | 76.63% | 82.75% | 18 | Cal-Flip | Flip | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Frank | Bohun | Erie | PA | 5 | 0 | 84.21% | 90.00% | 22 | Imperial | 1-1/4 Turn | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | Pete | Rebman | Alma | NE | 12 | 3 | 68.33% | 77.50% | 16 | Syracuse, New York (*) | |||
| 1993 | Roy | Smith | Arkansas City | KS | 13 | 1 | 70.31% | 82.14% | 14 | Imperial | 1-3/4 Turn | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Frank | Bohun | Erie | PA | 4 | 1 | 68.00% | 84.78% | 22 | Imperial | 1-1/4 Turn | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Russ | Lobuzzetta | Sarasota | FL | 5 | 1 | 65.29% | 73.07% | Unknown | Ringer/Single Shoes | 3/4 Turn | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Henry | Hostetler | Williamsfield | OH | 5 | 0 | 75.57% | 82.81% | 14 | Stone Mtn., Georgia (*) | |||
| 1989 | Roland | Stobaugh | Rantoul | IL | 5 | 0 | 64.45% | 76.47% | 10 | Spearfish, South Dakota | |||
| 1988 | Herb | Rushing | Grass Valley | CA | 5 | 0 | 61.84% | 77.27% | 10 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Pleasanton, California (#) | |
| 1987 | Sidney | Anderson | Anderson | WI | 5 | 0 | 60.47% | Unknown | 12 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | |||
| 1986 | Johnnie | Mullican | Unknown | AL | 5 | 0 | 74.18% | Unknown | 10 | Ted Allen | Flip | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | Floyd | Plumb | Toledo | OH | 7 | 0 | 75.00% | Unknown | 14 | Ted Allen | 1-3/4 Turn | Lafayette, Indians (+) | |
| 1984 | Floyd | Plumb | Toledo | OH | 6 | 1 | 59.14% | Unknown | Unknown | Ted Allen | 1-3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| 1983 | Sol | Berman | Cranbury | NJ | 5 | 0 | 59.76% | Unknown | Unknown | Imperial | 1-3/4 Turn | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1983 | Henry (@) | Franke | Centralia | IL | 7 | 0 | 65.90% | Unknown | Unknown | Elmer Hohl | 1-3/4 Turn | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1982 | Henry (@) | Franke | Centralia | IL | 5 | 0 | 56.04% | Unknown | Unknown | Elmer Hohl | 1-3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Elder's 1st. World Tournament Was Held in 1982 (Huntsville, AL) | |||||||||||||
| @ 70-75 Division | |||||||||||||
| 2011 Started Computer Scoring-No Paper Score Sheets | |||||||||||||
| If you can help me fill in the blanks please email me. | |||||||||||||
| Stan Griggs | |||||||||||||