| World Tournament Most Shoes by Year | ||||||||
| Men's Championship Complete Tournament | Most | Highest | ||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | Shoes | Average | ||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | By Year | Shoes Per Game | World Location | ||
| 2023 | Austin Bailey (IL) | 6th. | 15 | 940 | 62.67 | Lansing, Michigan (*) | ||
| 2022 | Matt Fuller (WA) | 3rd. | 15 | 938 | 62.53 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2021 | Austin Bailey (IL) | 11th. | 15 | 898 | 59.87 | Winnemuca, Nevada (*) | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||
| 2019 | Dan Watson (AL) | 2nd. | 15 | 908 | 60.53 | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | ||
| 2018 | Dan Watson (AL) | 6th. | 15 | 950 | 63.33 | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Gary Bearpaw (OK) | 2nd. | 15 | 952 | 63.47 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | Rick Howe (MA) | 12th. | 15 | 988 | 65.87 | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | Brian Simmons (VT) | 2nd. | 15 | 968 | 64.53 | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | Jim Walters (OH) | 4th. | 15 | 958 | 63.87 | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Dan Watson (AL) | 4th. | 15 | 860 | 57.33 | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | Dan Watson (AL) | 4th. | 15 | 860 | 57.33 | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Brian Simmons (VT) | 1st. | 15 | 906 | 60.40 | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Jerry Hoy (PA) | 13th. | 20 | 1060 | 53.00 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Brian Simmons (VT) | 2nd. | 19 | 1156 | 60.84 | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Mike Creek (PA) | 3rd. | 19 | 1066 | 56.11 | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2008 | Ronald Walker (VA) | 10th. | 19 | 1066 | 56.11 | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Duncan McKenzie (NS) | 7th. | 19 | 1048 | 55.16 | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | Colin Finnie (SK) | 6th. | 19 | 1100 | 57.89 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Mark Seibold (IN) | 20th. | 23 | 1308 | 56.87 | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Andre Leclerc (PQ) | 4th. | 23 | 1410 | 61.30 | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Jim Walters (OH) | 10th. | 23 | 1556 | 67.65 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 994 | 66.27 | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 6th. | 15 | 966 | 64.40 | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Alan Francis (OH) | 2nd. | 15 | 1018 | 67.87 | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 4th. | 19 | 1244 | 65.47 | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | Walter Rat Williams Jr.(CA) | 3rd. | 15 | 996 | 66.40 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | 8th. | 19 | 1350 | 71.05 | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | Stan Griggs (MO) | 7th. | 15 | 1028 | 68.53 | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | Alan Francis (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 1040 | 69.33 | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Jim Walters (OH) | 2nd. | 19 | 930 | 48.95 | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | Jim Knisley (OH) | 19th. | 35 | 2082 | 59.49 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Charlie Webb (IL) | 30th. | 31 | 2172 | 70.06 | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Elden Sarbaugh (OH) | 11th. | 27 | 1740 | 64.44 | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Kevin Cone (IA) | 3rd. | 27 | 1788 | 66.22 | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | ||
| 1989 | Walter Rat Williams Jr.(CA) | 3rd. | 33 | 1908 | 57.82 | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Steve Kuchcinski (PA) | 4th. | 31 | 2018 | 65.10 | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | ||
| 1987 | Walter Rat Williams Jr.(CA) | 5th. | 31 | 2072 | 66.84 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 1986 | Don Titcomb (CA) | 8th. | 31 | 1888 | 60.90 | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | Mike DiMartino (NY) | 7th. | 31 | 1634 | 52.71 | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | ||
| 1984 | Roger Vogel (TX) | 12th. | 23 | 1530 | 66.52 | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | Arthur Tyson (NY) | 6th. | 23 | 1516 | 65.91 | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Jim Knisley (OH) | 5th. | 23 | 1586 | 68.96 | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| Updated After World 2023 | ||||||||
| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||
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