| World Tournament Highest Percentage One Game by Year | ||||||||||||
| Men's Championship Complete Tournament | ||||||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | Highest | |||||||||||
| By | Winner | Winner | Shoes | Opponent | Total | Winner | Opponent | |||||
| Year | Winner | Placed | Opponent | Score | Ringers | Pitched | Ringers | Ringers | % Game | % | World Location | |
| 2023 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Jerry Dean (MD) | 40-3 | 38 | 40 | 26 | 46 | 95.00% | 65.00% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2022 | Drew Becker (ONT-CAN) | 2nd. | Jimmy Campbell (VA) | 40-3 | 31 | 34 | 19 | 46 | 91.18% | 55.88% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2021 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Jerry Dean (MD) | 42-4 | 42 | 44 | 29 | 46 | 95.45% | 65.91% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Gale Greene (VT) | 40-3 | 46 | 48 | 34 | 48 | 95.83% | 70.83% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2018 | Brian Simmons (VT) | 4th. | Matt Fuller (WA) | 45-3 | 29 | 32 | 15 | 44 | 90.63% | 46.88% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2018 | Tyler Howard (NY) | 3rd. | Dalton Rakestraw (KY) | 40-6 | 29 | 32 | 18 | 47 | 90.63% | 56.25% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Matt Fuller (WA) | 42-3 | 55 | 56 | 42 | 97 | 98.21% | 75.00% | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | Gary Bearpaw (OK) | 2nd. | Don Davis (WA) | 43-1 | 36 | 38 | 22 | 58 | 94.74% | 57.89% | Montgomery, Alabama (*) | |
| 2015 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Michel Bowman (MO) | 42-3 | 39 | 40 | 26 | 65 | 97.50% | 65.00% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Mike Creek (PA) | 42-9 | 54 | 58 | 43 | 97 | 93.10% | 74.14% | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2014 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Dan Watson (AL) | 42-10 | 54 | 58 | 43 | 97 | 93.10% | 74.14% | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Ken Jones (NM) | 42-0 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 50 | 100.00% | 56.25% | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2013 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Ken Heinritz (WI) | 42-0 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 42 | 100.00% | 50.00% | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Shannon Foster (TN) | 42-9 | 38 | 42 | 27 | 65 | 90.48% | 64.29% | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | |
| 2011 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | Austin Bailey (IL) | 42-3 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 41 | 96.43% | 50.00% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Stan Griggs (MO) | 45-0 | 35 | 36 | 20 | 55 | 97.22% | 55.56% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Brian Simmons (VT) | 2nd. | Raymond Bedard (MA) | 40-1 | 42 | 44 | 29 | 71 | 95.45% | 65.91% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | |
| 2008 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Stan Leis (ON-CAN) | 42-0 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 34 | 100.00% | 41.67% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2008 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Gary Roberts (OH) | 42-0 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 100.00% | 30.00% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2007 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Darrell D. Sherrard (IN) | 42-0 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 100.00% | 22.22% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Gale Greene (VT) | 42-4 | 46 | 48 | 33 | 79 | 95.83% | 68.75% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Buddy Dyrda (BC-CAN) | 42-0 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 100.00% | 53.33% | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Joe McCrink (NJ) | 40-1 | 30 | 32 | 17 | 47 | 93.75% | 53.13% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Joe McCrink (NJ) | 2nd. | Stan Leis (ON-CAN) | 40-3 | 32 | 34 | 20 | 52 | 94.12% | 58.82% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 2002 | Brian Simmons (RI) | 1st. | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (FA) | 43-9 | 58 | 62 | 47 | 105 | 93.55% | 75.81% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | |
| 2001 | Brian Simmons (RI) | 2nd. | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 42-4 | 36 | 38 | 23 | 59 | 94.74% | 60.53% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | |
| 2000 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | Randy Rein (WI) | 42-4 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 39 | 92.86% | 46.43% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 1999 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Jerry Black (ND) | 44-6 | 62 | 66 | 50 | 112 | 93.94% | 75.76% | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | Stan Leis (ON-CAN) | 42-11 | 61 | 66 | 50 | 111 | 92.42% | 75.76% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 2nd. | Brian Simmons (ME) | 42-12 | 52 | 56 | 42 | 94 | 92.86% | 75.00% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 3rd. | Mark Seibold (IN) | 42-0 | 41 | 44 | 28 | 69 | 93.18% | 63.64% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Andre Leclerc (PQ-CAN) | 14th. | N.A. Moore (NC) | 40-3 | 32 | 34 | 20 | 52 | 94.12% | 58.82% | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | Oscar Manns (OH) | 39-3 | 39 | 40 | 27 | 66 | 97.50% | 67.50% | Syracuse, New York (*) | |
| 1993 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 12th. | Charles Laramie (MI) | 45-1 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 95.83% | 33.33% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Loran Coy (OH) | 18th. | Charlie Webb (IL) | 40-9 | 54 | 58 | 44 | 98 | 93.10% | 75.86% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Kevin Cone (IA) | 4th. | Jesse Gonzales (CA) | 40-0 | 37 | 38 | 24 | 61 | 97.37% | 63.16% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Alan Francis (MO) | 4th. | Joe Schultz (NY) | 45-1 | 39 | 40 | 24 | 63 | 97.50% | 60.00% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1989 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 3rd. | Elwyn Cooper (MO) | 42-3 | 35 | 36 | 22 | 57 | 97.22% | 61.11% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 3rd. | Lowell Davis (OR) | 42-3 | 39 | 40 | 26 | 65 | 97.50% | 65.00% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | |
| 1987 | Carl Steinfeldt (FL) | 6th. | Alvin Perry (VA) | 40-0 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 41 | 96.43% | 50.00% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 1986 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 3rd. | Jim Hoyt (NE) | 42-3 | 41 | 42 | 28 | 69 | 97.62% | 66.67% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1986 | Kevin Cone (IA) | 2nd. | Jim Hoyt (NE) | 42-1 | 41 | 42 | 27 | 68 | 97.62% | 64.29% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | Roger Norwood (TN) | 42-4 | 40 | 42 | 27 | 67 | 95.24% | 64.29% | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | |
| 1984 | Mark Seibold (IN) | 8th. | Steve Kuchcinski (PA) | 42-15 | 71 | 76 | 62 | 133 | 93.42% | 81.58% | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| 1983 | Mark Seibold (IN) | 3rd. | Gordon Meece (OH) | 42-3 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 41 | 96.43% | 50.00% | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1982 | Carl Steinfeldt (FL) | 6th. | Gary Roberts (OH) | 42-3 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 33 | 95.83% | 41.67% | Huntsville, Alabama | |
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| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||||||
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