| NHPA Senior Men's World Champions by Years | Updated - 11/15/23 | ||||||||||||
| 40 Point Game Era 1982 | |||||||||||||
| Overall | |||||||||||||
| Final | Highest | Cons. Ringers | Pitching | ||||||||||
| Year | First | Last | City | State | W | L | Avg. | Game | In-A-Row | Shoe Brand | Style | World Location | |
| 2023 | James | Dunlap | Detroit | MI | 10 | 1 | 58.37% | 78.58% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2022 | Rick | Howe | Gardner | MA | 10 | 1 | 72.76% | 83.30% | 14 | Deadeye Clydesdale | 1-1/4 Turn | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2021 | Jacob | Fimbres | Queen Creek | AZ | 11 | 1 | 66.23% | 75.00% | 12 | Double Barrel | Flip (NS) | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | James | Dunlap | Detroit | MI | 9 | 2 | 65.05% | 86.36% | 14 | A-Mac Smooth | 1-1/4 Turn | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2018 | Gary | Roberts | Beaver | OH | 11 | 1 | 61.97% | 69.44% | 10 | Elmer Hohl | 1-1/4 Turn | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Bob | Swain | Silver City | NM | 11 | 0 | 61.51% | 70.00% | 12 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | Raymond | Bedard (Lefty) | Webster | MA | 10 | 2 | 60.11% | 76.66% | 12 | Alan Francis Signature | 3/4 Turn | Montgomery, Alabama (*) | |
| 2015 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 10 | 1 | 58.66% | 68.96% | 6 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | Raymond | Bedard (Lefty) | Webster | MA | 10 | 1 | 60.70% | 71.80% | 8 | Alan Francis Signature | 3/4 Turn | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 10 | 2 | 59.11% | 81.50% | 16 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | James | Cooper | Sevierville | TN | 11 | 0 | 69.58% | 78.85% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | |
| 2011 | Charlie | Webb | Mascoutah | IL | 14 | 2 | 59.04% | 72.73% | 8 | Mustangs | 1-3/4 Turn | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 10 | 1 | 71.07% | 80.95% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 8 | 3 | 64.60% | 73.81% | 12 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Springfield, Illinois (*) | |
| 2008 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 10 | 1 | 65.95% | 75.00% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2007 | Ron | Deckard | Tampa | FL | 9 | 2 | 61.28% | 78.12% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | Tom | Westbrook | Edgemoor | SC | 11 | 0 | 66.86% | 80.00% | 16 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Tom | Westbrook | Edgemoor | SC | 10 | 1 | 67.15% | 83.33% | 10 | M & M Special | 1-1/4 Turn | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Paul | LaCrosse | Larkspur | CO | 11 | 0 | 68.04% | 82.14% | 12 | Ted Allen | 1-3/4 Turn | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Robert C. | Hayes | Franklinville | NY | 11 | 0 | 71.55% | 89.28% | 14 | 1-1/4 Turn | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Robert | Garber Jr. | Manchester | OH | 9 | 2 | 59.20% | 75.00% | 8 | 1-1/4 Turn | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | Howard | Weitzel | N.Battleford | SK-CAN | 10 | 2 | 64.54% | 75.80% | 18 | 1-1/4 Turn | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | John | Knapp Sr. | Millersburg | OH | 10 | 1 | 60.22% | 72.72% | No score Sheets | 1-1/4 Turn | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Ed | Arionus | Sequin | TX | 9 | 2 | 67.33% | 77.27% | 10 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | John | Brown | Lancaster | OH | 9 | 3 | 65.68% | 76.92% | 12 | Ohio "O" | 1-3/4 Turn | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | John | Brown | Lancaster | OH | 8 | 3 | 68.08% | 78.57% | 12 | Ohio "O" | 1-3/4 Turn | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Ed | Arionus | Sequin | TX | 8 | 1 | 71.02% | 83.92% | 18 | Snyder EZ Flip | Flip | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Don | Titcomb | Winchester | KY | 7 | 2 | 64.23% | 72.50% | 10 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | Merlin | Potts | Leonardville | KS | 13 | 2 | 66.17% | 80.00% | 22 | Imperial | 1-1/4 Turn | Syracuse, New York (*) | |
| 1993 | Herb | Criss | Bremerton | WA | 14 | 2 | 62.28% | 77.50% | 12 | Ohio Pro's | 1-1/4 Turn | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Karl | Van Sant | Cayuga | IN | 7 | 0 | 75.14% | 73.07% | No score Sheets | Ted Allen | 1-3/4 Turn | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Carl | Steinfeldt (L) | Largo | FL | 10 | 1 | 72.77% | 77.77% | No score Sheets | Steinfeldt Stay-ON | 1-1/4 Turn | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Carl | Steinfeldt (L) | Largo | FL | 10 | 1 | 65.64% | 75.00% | 16 | Steinfeldt Stay-ON | 1-1/4 Turn | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1989 | Raymond | Hill | Wakefield | MI | 11 | 1 | 67.52% | 78.04% | 12 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Carl | Steinfeldt | Largo | FL | 11 | 0 | 74.12% | 82.14% | 12 | Steinfeldt Stay-ON | 1-1/4 Turn | Pleasanton, California (#) | |
| 1987 | Raymond | Hill | Wakefield | MI | 11 | 0 | 76.60% | 83.92% | 20 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | |
| 1986 | Willard | Napier | Seal Beach | CA | 9 | 2 | 70.60% | 80.55% | 12 | Diamond Tournaments | 1-1/4 Turn | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | Lawrence | Miller | Chillicothe | OH | 9 | 2 | 64.80% | 70.37% | 10 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Lafayette, Indians (+) | |
| 1984 | Glen | Portt | Albany | GA | 9 | 2 | 59.30% | ? | No score Sheets | Imperial | 1-3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| 1983 | Lawrence | Miller | Chillicothe | OH | 10 | 1 | 67.97% | 96.15% | 24 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1982 | Herman | Standard | Orange | CA | 8 | 3 | 65.96% | 82.70% | 8 | Deadeye | 1-3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| (L) = Left Handed Player | |||||||||||||
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