| World Tournament Highest Average Overall by Percentage | |||||||||
| Men's Championship Complete Tournament | |||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | |||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | High Average | ||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | Ringers | Shoes | By Percentage | World Location | ||
| 2023 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 717 | 838 | 85.56% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | ||
| 2022 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 658 | 774 | 85.01% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2021 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 644 | 738 | 87.26% | Winnemucca, Nevada, (*) | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||
| 2019 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 616 | 686 | 89.80% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | ||
| 2018 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 755 | 888 | 85.02% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 725 | 802 | 90.40% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 719 | 838 | 85.80% | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 679 | 768 | 88.41% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 650 | 754 | 86.21% | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 593 | 650 | 91.23% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 670 | 806 | 83.13% | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 628 | 712 | 88.20% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 20 | 740 | 846 | 87.47% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 917 | 1016 | 90.26% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 738 | 826 | 89.35% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 574 | 708 | 81.07% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 606 | 690 | 87.83% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 23 | 750 | 886 | 84.65% | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 23 | 943 | 1134 | 83.16% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 23 | 1181 | 1408 | 83.88% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Brian Simmons (RI) | 1st. | 15 | 761 | 892 | 85.31% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Brian Simmons (RI) | 2nd. | 15 | 774 | 884 | 87.56% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 827 | 1018 | 81.24% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 952 | 1142 | 83.36% | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 714 | 832 | 85.82% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 19 | 1051 | 1248 | 84.21% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 767 | 944 | 81.25% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | Brian Simmons (ME) | 2nd. | 15 | 801 | 1008 | 79.46% | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | 19 | 691 | 808 | 85.52% | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 35 | 1449 | 1880 | 77.07% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Kevin Cone (IA) | 1st. | 31 | 1774 | 2140 | 82.90% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | 27 | 1377 | 1598 | 86.17% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 2nd. | 27 | 1404 | 1636 | 85.82% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | ||
| 1989 | Alan Francis (MO) | 1st. | 32 | 1426 | 1846 | 77.25% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 3rd. | 31 | 1537 | 1874 | 82.02% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | ||
| 1987 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 1st. | 31 | 1602 | 1948 | 82.24% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 1986 | Mark Seibold (IN) | 1st. | 31 | 1340 | 1630 | 82.20% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | 31 | 1456 | 1715 | 84.90% | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | ||
| 1984 | Carl Steinfeldt (FL) | 2nd. | 23 | 1214 | 1476 | 82.50% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | Jim Knisley (OH) | 2nd. | 23 | 1181 | 1500 | 78.73% | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 1st. | 23 | 1279 | 1578 | 81.05% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Updated After World 2023 | |||||||||
| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||||
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