| World Tournament Shortest Game by Year | ||||||||||||||
| Men's Championship Complete Tournament | ||||||||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | Shortest | |||||||||||||
| Winner | Shoes | Winner | Winner | Winner | Opponent | Opponent | Total | Combined | Combined | |||||
| Year | Winner | Opponent | Placed | Pitched | Score | Ringers | % | Ringers | % | Ringers | Avg. Rrgs. | Avg. by % | World Location | |
| 2023 | Tyler Howard (KY) | Cole Pearson (NE) | 3rd. | 24 | 41-6 | 20 | 83.33% | 9 | 37.50% | 29 | 14.50 | 60.42% | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2022 | Drew Becker (ONT-CAN) | Bobby Bartell (CA) | 2nd. | 26 | 41-3 | 22 | 84.62% | 10 | 38.46% | 32 | 16.00 | 61.54% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2021 | Alan Francis (OH) | Foster Kenton Jr. (NV) | 1st. | 28 | 41-9 | 23 | 82.14% | 13 | 46.43% | 36 | 18.00 | 64.29% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2021 | Alan Francis (OH) | Austin Bailey (IL) | 1st. | 28 | 42-6 | 26 | 92.86% | 14 | 50.00% | 40 | 20.00 | 71.43% | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Matt Fuller (WA) | Joshua Olson (MN) | 4th. | 28 | 43-6 | 25 | 89.29% | 13 | 46.43% | 38 | 19.00 | 67.86% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2018 | Dan Watson (AL) | Matt Fuller (WA) | 6th. | 20 | 40-6 | 17 | 85.00% | 6 | 30.00% | 23 | 11.50 | 57.50% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Tom Williams (MI) | Rick Bermingham (CA) | 5th. | 22 | 40-1 | 19 | 86.36% | 6 | 27.27% | 25 | 12.50 | 56.82% | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | Alan Francis (OH) | Jerry Dean (MD) | 1st. | 28 | 40-4 | 22 | 78.57% | 9 | 32.14% | 31 | 15.50 | 55.36% | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | |
| 2016 | Dan Watson (AL) | Jacob Fimbres (AZ) | 4th. | 28 | 40-1 | 25 | 89.29% | 12 | 42.86% | 37 | 18.50 | 66.07% | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | |
| 2015 | Alan Francis (OH) | Stan Griggs (MO) | 1st. | 32 | 40-3 | 26 | 81.25% | 14 | 43.75% | 40 | 20.00 | 62.50% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2015 | Gary Bearpaw (OK) | Stan Griggs (MO) | 2nd. | 32 | 40-19 | 21 | 65.63% | 14 | 43.75% | 35 | 17.50 | 54.69% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2015 | Marcus Santillana (CA) | Stan Griggs (MO) | 9th. | 32 | 43-8 | 26 | 81.25% | 14 | 43.75% | 40 | 20.00 | 62.50% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2015 | Marcus Santillana (CA) | Marcus Thomsen (NE) | 9th. | 32 | 41-18 | 22 | 68.75% | 15 | 46.88% | 37 | 18.50 | 57.81% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | Alan Francis (OH) | Ken Heinritz (WI) | 1st. | 26 | 40-4 | 23 | 88.46% | 15 | 57.69% | 38 | 19.00 | 73.08% | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | Alan Francis (OH) | Gary Opper (ID) | 1st. | 22 | 40-0 | 21 | 95.45% | 8 | 36.36% | 29 | 14.50 | 65.91% | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | Tom Williams (MI) | Gary Roberts (OH) | 2nd. | 28 | 40-7 | 24 | 85.71% | 13 | 46.43% | 37 | 18.50 | 66.07% | Knoxville, Tennessee, (*) | |
| 2011 | Brian Simmons (VT) | Tony Hankins (KY) | 1st. | 22 | 40-0 | 21 | 95.45% | 8 | 36.36% | 29 | 14.50 | 65.91% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | ken Heinritz (WI) | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (FL) | 19th. | 24 | 42-0 | 22 | 91.67% | 8 | 33.33% | 30 | 15.00 | 62.50% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Walter Mullins (KY) | Darrell D. Sherrard (IN) | 18th. | 28 | 41-4 | 22 | 78.57% | 10 | 35.71% | 32 | 16.00 | 57.14% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | |
| 2008 | Alan Francis (OH) | Gary Roberts (OH) | 1st. | 20 | 42-0 | 20 | 100.00% | 6 | 30.00% | 26 | 13.00 | 65.00% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2007 | Alan Francis (OH) | Darrell D. Sherrard (IN) | 1st. | 18 | 42-0 | 18 | 100.00% | 4 | 22.22% | 22 | 11.00 | 61.11% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | Alan Francis (OH) | Ken Heinritz (WI) | 1st. | 18 | 42-1 | 17 | 94.44% | 3 | 16.67% | 20 | 10.00 | 55.56% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Darrell Sherrard (IN) | Doug Kienia (ME) | 12th. | 20 | 42-3 | 18 | 90.00% | 5 | 25.00% | 23 | 11.50 | 57.50% | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Jim Walters (OH) | Bret Vogel (KS) | 8th. | 24 | 41-0 | 22 | 91.67% | 9 | 37.50% | 31 | 15.50 | 64.58% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Ricky Hall (VA) | Randy Rein (WI) | 20th. | 26 | 40-3 | 18 | 69.23% | 5 | 19.23% | 23 | 11.50 | 44.23% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 2002 | Paul LaCrosse (CO) | Jerry LaBrosse (MN) | 4th. | 26 | 40-6 | 23 | 88.46% | 12 | 46.15% | 35 | 17.50 | 67.31% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | |
| 2001 | Randy Rein (WI) | Mark Seibold (IN) | 9th. | 30 | 40-10 | 22 | 73.33% | 13 | 43.33% | 35 | 17.50 | 58.33% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | |
| 2000 | Alan Francis (OH) | Randy Rein (WI) | 2nd. | 28 | 42-4 | 26 | 92.86% | 13 | 46.43% | 39 | 19.50 | 69.64% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 2000 | Robert G. Hays (NY) | Jerry Black (ND) | 10th. | 28 | 40-4 | 22 | 78.57% | 11 | 39.29% | 33 | 16.50 | 58.93% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 1999 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (FL) | Rick Cale (WV) | 7th. | 26 | 41-7 | 20 | 76.92% | 9 | 34.62% | 29 | 14.50 | 55.77% | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | N.A. Moore (NC) | Coke Bowker (TX) | 14th. | 24 | 41-4 | 20 | 83.33% | 8 | 33.33% | 28 | 14.00 | 58.33% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | Paul LaCrosse (CO) | Rick Cale (WV) | 6th. | 34 | 40-7 | 30 | 88.24% | 19 | 55.88% | 49 | 24.50 | 72.06% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1997 | Jim Walters (OH) | Randy Rein (WI) | 5th. | 34 | 43-12 | 27 | 79.41% | 17 | 50.00% | 44 | 22.00 | 64.71% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Alan Francis (OH) | N.A. Moore (NC) | 1st. | 22 | 41-3 | 18 | 81.82% | 6 | 27.27% | 24 | 12.00 | 54.55% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | Richard Williams (GA) | 9th. | 28 | 40-3 | 25 | 89.29% | 13 | 46.43% | 38 | 19.00 | 67.86% | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | All players pitched 40 shoe games | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Kevin McLachlin (ON) | Daniel Bloom (WI) | 8th. | 22 | 40-6 | 18 | 81.82% | 7 | 31.82% | 25 | 12.50 | 56.82% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Kevin Cone (IA) | Wayne Luoma (OH) | 1st. | 24 | 40-2 | 21 | 87.50% | 8 | 33.33% | 29 | 14.50 | 60.42% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1992 | John Kapnis (MA) | Peter Clark (WA) | 11th. | 24 | 42-1 | 21 | 87.50% | 7 | 29.17% | 28 | 14.00 | 58.33% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Steve Kuchcinski (PA) | Jonathan Williams (CA) | 9th. | 20 | 40-0 | 14 | 70.00% | 2 | 10.00% | 16 | 8.00 | 40.00% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Alan Francis (OH) | Kevin McLachlin (ON) | 4th. | 26 | 43-1 | 24 | 92.31% | 11 | 42.31% | 35 | 17.50 | 67.31% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1990 | Mark Seibold (IN) | Kenneth Pogue (MO) | 14th. | 26 | 41-0 | 22 | 84.62% | 9 | 34.62% | 31 | 15.50 | 59.62% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1989 | Dave Hughes (MN) | Bye-Reno (OH) | 13th. | 28 | 41-3 | 24 | 85.71% | 12 | 42.86% | 36 | 18.00 | 64.29% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1989 | Elden Sarbaugh (OH) | Jim Aleckson (MN) | 20th. | 28 | 41-9 | 21 | 75.00% | 11 | 39.29% | 32 | 16.00 | 57.14% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1989 | Elwyn Cooper (MO) | Jim Aleckson (MN) | 23rd. | 28 | 41-3 | 22 | 78.57% | 10 | 35.71% | 32 | 16.00 | 57.14% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1989 | Kevin Hollister (VT) | James Cooper (OH) | 22nd. | 28 | 40-14 | 21 | 75.00% | 12 | 42.86% | 33 | 16.50 | 58.93% | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Alan Francis (OH) | Ed Arionus (CA) | 5th. | 24 | 40-0 | 22 | 91.67% | 9 | 37.50% | 31 | 15.50 | 64.58% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | |
| 1988 | Ridgeway Leggett (OR) | Bill Graham (OR) | 19th. | 24 | 40-3 | 22 | 91.67% | 10 | 41.67% | 32 | 16.00 | 66.67% | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | |
| 1987 | Jim Knisley (OH) | Alvin Perry (VA) | 2nd. | 24 | 41-3 | 21 | 87.50% | 9 | 37.50% | 30 | 15.00 | 62.50% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 1986 | Merlin Potts (KS) | Dave Loucks (CA) | 9th. | 24 | 42-12 | 17 | 70.83% | 7 | 29.17% | 24 | 12.00 | 50.00% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | Barry Chapelle (OR) | 21st. | 24 | 41-0 | 22 | 91.67% | 9 | 37.50% | 31 | 15.50 | 64.58% | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | |
| 1984 | Mark Seibold (IN) | Marvin Grubb (FL) | 8th. | 22 | 40-1 | 20 | 90.91% | 7 | 31.82% | 27 | 13.50 | 61.36% | Syracuse, New York (*) | |
| 1983 | Mark Seibold (IN) | W. Ungetheim ( | 8th. | 26 | 40-7 | 22 | 84.62% | 11 | 42.31% | 33 | 16.50 | 63.46% | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1983 | Dale Lipovsky (MN) | Jerry Holy (OK) | 1st. | 26 | 40-3 | 22 | 84.62% | 10 | 38.46% | 32 | 16.00 | 61.54% | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1982 | Carl Steinfeldt (FL) | Gary Roberts (OH) | 6th. | 24 | 42-3 | 23 | 95.83% | 10 | 41.67% | 33 | 16.50 | 68.75% | Huntsville, Alabama | |
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| 2020 WT Cancelled- Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||||||||
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