| World Tournament Highest Most Ringer's by Year | ||||||||
| Men's Championship Complete Tournament | Most | |||||||
| 50 Point Games Started 1982 1909-1981 | Ringers | Shoes | Avg. | World | ||||
| Year | Name | Placed | Games | By Year | Pitched | Percent | Location | |
| 1981 | Jim Knisley (OH) | 3rd. | 23 | 1806 | 2158 | 83.69% | Genola, MN (*) | |
| 1980 | Elmer Hohl (CAN) | 2nd. | 31 | 1952 | 2450 | 79.67% | Huntsville, AL | |
| 1979 | Jim Knisley (OH) | 2nd. | 31 | 2137 | 2596 | 82.32% | Statesville, NC | |
| 1978 | Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) | 1st. | 35 | 2087 | 2480 | 84.15% | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1977 | Clarence Bellman (IN) | 10th. | 26 | 2063 | 2556 | 80.71% | Greenville, OH | |
| 1976 | Glen Henton (IA) | 5th. | 31 | 2577 | 3130 | 82.33% | Bristol, PA | |
| 1975 | Clarence Bellman (IN) | 5th. | 35 | 2367 | 3016 | 78.48% | Lafayette, IN ( + ) | |
| 1974 | Mark Seibold (IN) | 5th. | 35 | 2528 | 3188 | 79.30% | Keene, NH | |
| 1973 | Wilbur Kabel (OH) | 4th. | 35 | 2481 | 3096 | 80.14% | Eureka, CA | |
| 1972 | Elmer Hohl (CAN) | 1st. | 35 | 2619 | 3044 | 86.04% | Greenville, OH | |
| 1971 | Elmer Hohl (CAN) | 2nd. | 35 | 2480 | 2956 | 83.90% | Middlesex, NJ | |
| 1970 | Bob West (OR) | 3rd. | 35 | 2509 | 3074 | 81.62% | South Gate, CA | |
| 1969 | Ray Martin (IL) | 3rd. | 35 | 2908 | 3390 | 85.78% | Erie, PA | |
| 1968 | John Rademacher (FL) | 12th. | 35 | 2869 | 3586 | 80.01% | Keene, NH | |
| 1967 | Elmer Hohl (CAN) | 4th. | 35 | 2385 | 2962 | 80.52% | Fargo, ND | |
| 1966 | Curt Day (IN) | 1st. | 17 | 1443 | 1666 | 86.61% | Murray, UT | |
| 1965 | Ray Martin (IL) | 2nd. | 35 | 2777 | 3242 | 85.66% | Keene, NH | |
| 1964 | Ralph Maddox (WV) | 9th. | 35 | 2903 | 3476 | 83.52% | Greenville, OH | |
| 1963 | Fernando Isais | 8th. | 35 | 2374 | 3044 | 77.99% | South Gate, CA | |
| 1962 | Ted Allen CO) | 5th. | 35 | 2467 | 3064 | 80.52% | Greenville, OH | |
| 1961 | Ted Allen CO) | 2nd. | 35 | 2478 | 3006 | 82.44% | Muncie, IN | |
| 1960 | Don Titcomb (CA) | 1st. | 35 | 2443 | 2878 | 84.89% | Muncie, IN | |
| 1959 | Harold Reno (OH) | 2nd. | 35 | 1938 | 2380 | 81.43% | Murray, UT | |
| 1958 | Curt Day (IN) | 5th. | 13 | 890 | 1130 | 78.76% | Murray, UT | |
| 1957 | Ted Allen (CO) | 1st. | 13 | 1102 | 1262 | 87.32% | Murray, UT | |
| 1956 | Ted Allen (CO) | 3rd. | 35 | 2121 | 2544 | 83.37% | Murray, UT | |
| 1955 | Ted Allen (CO) | 1st. | 35 | 2261 | 2618 | 86.36% | Murray, UT | |
| 1954 | Guy Zimmerman (CO) | 1st. | 20 | 1659 | 1970 | 84.21% | Murray, UT | |
| 1953 | Ted Allen (CO) | 1st. | 35 | 2144 | 2574 | 83.29% | Murray, UT | |
| 1952 | Fernando Isais (CA) | 1st. | 35 | 2205 | 2638 | 83.59% | Murray, UT | |
| 1951 | Fernando Isaia (CA) | 1st. | 35 | 2233 | 2609 | 85.59% | Murray, UT | |
| 1950 | Fernando Isaia (CA) | 1st. | 35 | 2142 | 2566 | 83.48% | Murray, UT | |
| 1949 | Dean Brown (CA) | 4th. | 35 | 2107 | 2650 | 79.51% | Murray, UT | |
| 1948 | Casey Jones (WI) | 2nd. | 31 | 2159 | 2468 | 87.48% | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 1947 | Ted Allen (CO) | 3rd. | 35 | 2086 | 2512 | 83.04% | Murray, UT | |
| 1946 | John Sebek (OH) | 4th. | 23 | 1313 | 1762 | 74.52% | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1941 | Isais Fernando (CA) | 1st. | 23 | 1265 | 1526 | 82.90% | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1940 | Ted Allen (CO) | 1st. | 31 | 2187 | 2642 | 82.78% | Des Moines, IA | |
| 1935 | Frank Jackson (KS) | 5th. | 23 | 1285 | 1762 | 72.93% | Moline, IL | |
| 1934 | Dean Brown (CA) | 5th. | 23 | 1209 | 1688 | 71.62% | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1933 | Ted Allen (CO) | 1st. | 23 | 1127 | 1532 | 73.56% | Chicago, IL | |
| 1929 | Blair Numamaker (OH) | 1st. | 15 | 660 | 950 | 69.47% | ST Petersburg, FL | |
| 1928w | C.C.Davis (OH) | 1st. | 33 | 1500 | 2138 | 70.16% | ST Petersburg, FL | |
| 1924w | Hansford Jackson (IA) | 3rd. | 33 | 723 | 1220 | 59.26% | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1924s | Putt Mossman (IA) | 3rd. | 22 | 612 | 1216 | 50.33% | Lake Worth, FL | |
| 1923w | Harold Falor (OH) | 1st. | 29 | 715 | 1292 | 55.34% | ST Petersburg, FL | |
| 1923s | Frank Jackson (IA) | 4th. | 32 | 1022 | 1860 | 54.95% | ST Petersburg, FL | |
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