| World Tournament Highest Average Overall by Percentage-Senior Men's Championship | |||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | |||||||||
| 40 Point Games Started 1982 | Winner | High Average | |||||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | Ringers | Shoes | By Percentage | World Location | ||
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |||||||
| 2019 | James Dunlap, (MI) | 1st. | 11 | 268 | 412 | 65.05% | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | ||
| 2018 | Gary Roberts (OH) | 1st. | 12 | 383 | 618 | 61.97% | Florence, South Carolina (*) | ||
| 2017 | Bob Swain, (NM) | 1st. | 11 | 310 | 504 | 61.51% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2016 | James Dunlap, (MI) | 3rd. | 11 | 335 | 512 | 65.43% | Montgomery, Alabama, (*) | ||
| 2015 | Larry McAfee, (MO) | 6th. | 11 | 319 | 536 | 59.51% | Topeka, Kansas (*) | ||
| 2014 | Raymond Bedard, (MA) | 1st. | 11 | 312 | 514 | 60.70% | Buffalo, New York (*) | ||
| 2013 | Ron Deckard, (FL) | 1st. | 12 | 370 | 626 | 59.11% | St. George, Utah (*) | ||
| 2012 | James Cooper, (TN) | 1st. | 11 | 368 | 526 | 69.96% | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | ||
| 2011 | Ron Deckard, (FL) | 5th. | 11 | 319 | 532 | 59.96% | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | ||
| 2010 | Ron Deckard, (FL) | 1st. | 11 | 371 | 522 | 71.07% | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | ||
| 2009 | Paul LaCrosse, (CO) | 5th. | 11 | 398 | 616 | 64.61% | Springfield, Illinois (*) | ||
| 2008 | Ron Deckard, (FL) | 1st. | 11 | 397 | 602 | 65.95% | York, Pennsylvania (*) | ||
| 2007 | Paul LaCrosse, (CO) | 2nd. | 11 | 365 | 582 | 62.71% | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | ||
| 2006 | Tom Westbrook, (SC) | 1st. | 11 | 353 | 528 | 66.86% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 2005 | Tom Westbrook, (SC) | 1st. | 11 | 372 | 554 | 67.15% | Bakersfield, California (*) | ||
| 2004 | Paul LaCrosse, (CO) | 1st. | 11 | 347 | 510 | 68.04% | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | ||
| 2003 | Robert G. Hayes, (NY) | 1st. | 11 | 405 | 566 | 71.55% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | ||
| 2002 | Howard Weitzel, (SK-CAN) | 4th. | 11 | 343 | 560 | 61.25% | Red Deer, Canada (*) | ||
| 2001 | John Brown, (OH) | 2nd. | 12 | 420 | 644 | 65.22% | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | ||
| 2000 | Art Sperber, (WA) | 8th. | 11 | 412 | 656 | 62.80% | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | ||
| 1999 | Ed Arionus, (TX) | 1st. | 11 | 439 | 652 | 67.33% | Greenville, Ohio | ||
| 1998 | John Brown, (OH) | 1st. | 11 | 423 | 644 | 65.68% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1997 | John Brown, (OH) | 1st. | 11 | 418 | 614 | 68.08% | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | ||
| 1996 | John Brown, (OH) | 2nd. | 9 | 383 | 538 | 71.19% | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | ||
| 1995 | John Brown, (OH) | 2nd. | 9 | 335 | 508 | 65.94% | Perry, Georgia (*) | ||
| 1994 | Merlin Potts, (KS) | 1st. | 15 | 397 | 600 | 66.17% | Syracuse, New York (*) | ||
| 1993 | Art Sperber, (WA) | 4th. | 15 | 502 | 784 | 64.03% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1992 | Karl Van Snat, (IN) | 1st. | 11 | 378 | 558 | 67.74% | Columbus, Ohio (*) | ||
| 1991 | Carl Steinfeldt, (FL) | 1st. | 11 | 441 | 606 | 72.77% | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | ||
| 1990 | Carl Steinfeldt, (FL) | 1st. | 11 | 344 | 524 | 65.65% | Stone Mtn., Georgia (*) | ||
| 1989 | Raymond Hill, (MI) | 1st. | 12 | 420 | 622 | 67.52% | Spearfish, South Dakota | ||
| 1988 | Carl Steinfeldt, (FL) | 1st. | 11 | 338 | 456 | 74.12% | Pleasanton, California (#) | ||
| 1987 | Ray Hill, (MI) | 1st. | 11 | 469 | 612 | 76.63% | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | ||
| 1986 | Willard Napier, (CA) | 1st. | 11 | 406 | 570 | 71.23% | Ainsworth, Nebraska | ||
| 1985 | A.B.Copeland, (OH) | 4th. | 11 | 380 | 558 | 68.10% | Lafayette, Indians (+) | ||
| 1984 | Glen Portt, (GA) | 1st. | 11 | 593 | 1000 | 59.30% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
| 1983 | Lawrence Miller, (OH) | 1st. | 11 | 329 | 484 | 67.98% | Statesville, North Carolina | ||
| 1982 | Glen Portt, (GA) | 2nd. | 11 | 404 | 596 | 67.79% | Huntsville, Alabama | ||
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