| Updated - 11/21/23 | |||||||||||||
| NHPA Women's World Champions by Years | Overall | ||||||||||||
| 40 Point Game Era 1982 | Final | Highest | Cons. Ringers | Pitching | |||||||||
| Year | First | Last | City | State | W | L | Avg. | Game | in Row | Shoe Brand | Style | World Location | |
| 2023 | Sarah | Chaffee | Chippewa Falls | WI | 15 | 0 | 84.00% | 91.94% | 30 | Elmore | Flip (LH) | Lansing, Michigan (*) | |
| 2022 | Sarah | Chaffee | Chippewa Falls | WI | 15 | 0 | 86.48% | 96.60% | 28 | Elmore | Flip (LH) | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2021 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 13 | 2 | 75.16% | 84.84% | 20 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Winnemucca, Nevada (*) | |
| 2020 | WT Cancelled-Pandemic Covid-19 Virus | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Lindsay | Hodgins | Duncan | BC | 14 | 2 | 82.37% | 90.24% | 30 | Snyder-E-Z Flip III | Flip | Wichita Falls, Texas (*) | |
| 2018 | Maxine | Griffith | Covington | TN | 15 | 1 | 77.66% | 82.60% | 12 | Elmer Hohl | Flip | Florence, South Carolina (*) | |
| 2017 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 14 | 1 | 80.75% | 91.66% | 26 | Imperial-Original | Flip | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2016 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 14 | 1 | 75.74% | 81.03% | 20 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Montgomery, Alabama (*) | |
| 2015 | Debra | Brown | Bristol | VT | 13 | 2 | 77.87% | 85.93% | 16 | Ted Allen | 1-1/4 Turn | Topeka, Kansas (*) | |
| 2014 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 15 | 0 | 86.91% | 92.30% | 30 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Buffalo, New York (*) | |
| 2013 | Cindy | Hoffman | Pittsburg | PA | 14 | 1 | 69.63% | 80.76% | 20 | Snyder-E-Z Flip | Flip | St. George, Utah (*) | |
| 2012 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 15 | 0 | 84.62% | 93.18% | 36 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Knoxville, Tennessee (*) | |
| 2011 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 14 | 1 | 81.13% | 88.89% | 18 | Imperial-Original | Flip | West Monroe, Louisiana (*) | |
| 2010 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 18 | 1 | 79.50% | 88.89% | 18 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*) | |
| 2009 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 19 | 1 | 84.99% | 92.31% | 30 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Springfield, IL (*) | |
| 2008 | Sue | Snyder | Madisonville | KY | 19 | 1 | 86.30% | 95.45% | 28 | Snyder-E-Z Flip | Flip | York, Pennsylvania (*) | |
| 2007 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 19 | 1 | 81.38% | 96.42% | 24 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Ardmore, Oklahoma (*) | |
| 2006 | Joan | Elmore | MT Juliet | TN | 18 | 2 | 82.19% | 95.00% | 30 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 2005 | Sue | Snyder | Madisonville | KY | 22 | 1 | 82.39% | 97.22% | 24 | Snyder-E-Z Flip | Flip | Bakersfield, California (*) | |
| 2004 | Sue | Snyder | Madisonville | KY | 21 | 2 | 77.63% | 90.90% | 28 | Snyder-E-Z Flip | Flip | Pocatello, Idaho (*) | |
| 2003 | Sylvianne | Moisan | Chertsey | PQ-CAN | 22 | 1 | 82.69% | 95.83% | 36 | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 1-1/4 Turn | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 2002 | Sylvianne | Moisan | Chertsey | PQ-CAN | 15 | 0 | 85.99% | 95.31% | 26 | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 1-1/4 Turn | Red Deer, Canada (*) | |
| 2001 | Sylvianne | Moisan | Chertsey | PQ-CAN | 14 | 1 | 83.64% | 90.00% | 20 | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 1-1/4 Turn | Hibbing, Minnesota (*) | |
| 2000 | Sylvianne | Moisan | Chertsey | PQ-CAN | 14 | 1 | 83.65% | 89.28% | No Score Sheets | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 1-1/4 Turn | Bismarck, North Dakota (*) | |
| 1999 | Sue | Snyder | Madisonville | KY | 18 | 1 | 84.52% | 94.12% | 24 | Bronco Flip | Flip | Greenville, Ohio | |
| 1998 | Becky | Kemper | Pleasureville | KY | 14 | 1 | 82.53% | 90.90% | 28 | Imperial-Original | 1-1/4 Turn | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1997 | Bev | Nathe | St. Stephen | MN | 17 | 2 | 80.38% | 92.50% | 34 | M & M Specials | Flip | Kitchener, Ontario (*) | |
| 1996 | Bev | Nathe | St. Stephen | MN | 15 | 0 | 81.71% | 94.10% | 30 | M & M Specials | Flip | Gillette, Wyoming (*) | |
| 1995 | Sue | Snyder | Madisonville | KY | 15 | 0 | 84.19% | 89.20% | 24 | Bronco Flip | Flip | Perry, Georgia (*) | |
| 1994 | Sue | Snyder | Grandview | IN | 17 | 1 | 85.16% | 91.90% | No Score Sheets | Cal-Flip | Flip | Syracuse, New York (*) | |
| 1993 | Cathy | Carter | Council Bluffs | IA | 13 | 4 | 75.20% | 85.41% | 16 | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 1-3/4 Flip | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1992 | Sue | Snyder | Grandview | IN | 14 | 1 | 84.61% | 97.50% | No Score Sheets | Cal-Flip | Flip | Columbus, Ohio (*) | |
| 1991 | Tari | Powell | Rossville | IL | 14 | 1 | 83.15% | 88.40% | No Score Sheets | T. Diamonds | 3/4 Turn | Biloxi, Mississippi (*) | |
| 1990 | Tari | Powell | Rossville | IL | 15 | 0 | 83.10% | 94.70% | 24 | T. Diamonds | 3/4 Turn | Stone Mtn., Georgia (#) | |
| 1989 | Phyllis | Negaard | St. Joseph | MN | 14 | 3 | 80.90% | 92.60% | 22 | Imperial-Original | 3/4 Turn | Spearfish, South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Diane | Lopez | Lompoc | CA | 14 | 1 | 83.40% | 90.00% | 30 | Imperial-Original | Flip | Pleasanton. California ( # ) | |
| 1987 | Sandy | McLachlin | Dresden | ON-CAN | 16 | 1 | 88.20% | 96.20% | 44 | M & M Specials | 1-1/4 Turn | Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*) | |
| 1986 | Phyllis | Negaard | St. Joseph | MN | 14 | 1 | 79.33% | 88.90% | No Score Sheets | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Ainsworth, Nebraska | |
| 1985 | Deborah | Michaud | Raynham | MA | 10 | 1 | 82.55% | 90.00% | 26 | Gordon | Flip | Lafayette, Indiana ( + ) | |
| 1984 | Tari | Powell | Rankin | IL | 12 | 2 | 81.31% | ? | No Score Sheets | Deadeye-E-Z Grip | 3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
| 1983 | Phyllis | Negaard | St. Joseph | MN | 9 | 2 | 84.14% | 95.80% | No Score Sheets | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Statesville, North Carolina | |
| 1982 | Phyllis | Negaard | St. Joseph | MN | 10 | 1 | 79.45% | 95.20% | 22 | Ted Allen | 3/4 Turn | Huntsville, Alabama | |
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