World Tournament Highest 1-Games by %- Mens Championship                 
  40 Point Game started 1982  
  Highest Percentage Game Highest  
By     Winner Opponent Winner Shoes Total Winner Opponent Opponent World
Year Winner Opponent Score Score Ringers Pitched Ringers % Game Ringers  % Location
2017 Alan Francis (OH) Matt Fuller (WA) 42 3 55 56 97 98.21% 42 75.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2016 Gary Bearpaw (OK) Don Davis (WA) 43 1 36 38 58 94.74% 22 57.89% Montgomery, Alabama (*)
2015 Alan Francis (OH) Michel Bowman (MO) 42 3 39 40 65 97.50% 26 65.00% Topeka, Kansas (*)
2014 Alan Francis (OH) Mike Creek (PA) 42 9 54 58 97 93.10% 43 74.14% Buffalo, New York (*)
2014 Alan Francis (OH) Dan Watson (AL) 42 10 54 58 97 93.10% 43 74.14% Buffalo, New York (*)
2013 Alan Francis (OH) Ken Jones (NM) 42 0 32 32 50 100.00% 18 56.25% St. George, Utah (*)
2013 Alan Francis (OH) Ken Heinritz (WI) 42 0 28 28 42 100.00% 14 50.00% St. George, Utah (*)
2012 Alan Francis (OH) Shannon Foster (TN) 42 9 38 42 65 90.48% 27 64.29% Knoxville, Tennessee (*)
2011 Alan Francis (OH) Austin Bailey (IL) 42 3 27 28 41 96.43% 14 50.00% West Monroe, Louisiana (*)
2010 Alan Francis (OH) Stan Griggs (MO) 45 0 35 36 55 97.22% 20 55.56% Cedar Rapids, Iowa (*)
2009 Brian Simmons (VT) Raymond Bedard (MA) 40 1 42 44 71 95.45% 29 65.91% Springfield, Illinois (*)
2008 Alan Francis (OH) Stan Leis (ON-CAN) 42 0 24 24 34 100.00% 10 41.67% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2008 Alan Francis (OH) Gary Roberts (OH) 42 0 20 20 26 100.00% 6 30.00% York, Pennsylvania (*)
2007 Alan Francis (OH) Darrell D. Sherrard (IN) 42 0 18 18 22 100.00% 4 22.22% Ardmore, Oklahoma (*)
2006 Alan Francis (OH) Gale Greene (VT) 42 4 46 48 79 95.83% 33 68.75% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
2005 Alan Francis (OH) Buddy Dyrda (BC-CAN) 42 0 30 30 46 100.00% 16 53.33% Bakersfield, California (*)
2004 Alan Francis (OH) Joe McCrink (NJ) 40 1 30 32 47 93.75% 17 53.13% Pocatello, Idaho (*)
2003 Joe McCrink (NJ) Stan Leis (ON-CAN) 40 3 32 34 52 94.12% 20 58.82% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
2002 Brian Simmons (RI) Walter Ray Williams Jr. (FA) 43 9 58 62 105 93.55% 47 75.81% Red Deer, Canada (*)
2001 Brian Simmons (RI) Dale Lipovsky (MN) 42 4 36 38 59 94.74% 23 60.53% Hibbing, Minnesota (*)
2000 Alan Francis (OH) Randy Rein (WI) 42 4 26 28 39 92.86% 13 46.43% Bismarck, North Dakota (*)
1999 Alan Francis (OH) Jerry Black (ND) 44 6 62 66 112 93.94% 50 75.76% Greenville, Ohio
1998 Alan Francis (OH) Stan Leis (ON-CAN) 42 11 61 66 111 92.42% 50 75.76% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1997 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Brian Simmons (ME) 42 12 52 56 94 92.86% 42 75.00% Kitchener, Ontario (*)
1996 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Mark Seibold (IN) 42 0 41 44 69 93.18% 28 63.64% Gillette, Wyoming (*)
1995 Andre Leclerc (PQ-CAN) N.A. Moore (NC) 40 3 32 34 52 94.12% 20 58.82% Perry, Georgia (*)
1994 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Oscar Manns (OH) 39 3 39 40 66 97.50% 27 67.50% Syracuse, New York (*)
1993 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Charles Laramie (MI) 45 1 23 24 31 95.83% 8 33.33% Spearfish, South Dakota
1992 Loran Coy (OH) Charlie Webb (IL) 40 9 54 58 98 93.10% 44 75.86% Columbus, Ohio
1991 Kevin Cone (IA) Jesse Gonzales (CA) 40 0 37 38 61 97.37% 24 63.16% Biloxi, Mississippi (*)
1990 Alan Francis (MO) Joe Schultz (NY) 45 1 39 40 63 97.50% 24 60.00% Stone Mtn, Georgia (*)
1989 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Elwyn Cooper (MO) 42 3 35 36 57 97.22% 22 61.11% Spearfish, South Dakota
1988 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Lowell Davis (OR) 42 3 39 40 65 97.50% 26 65.00% Pleasanton. California ( # )
1987 Carl Steinfeldt (FL) Alvin Perry (VA) 40 0 27 28 41 96.43% 14 50.00% Eau Claire, Wisconsin (*)
1986 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Jim Hoyt (NE) 42 3 41 42 69 97.62% 28 66.67% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1986 Kevin Cone (IA) Jim Hoyt (NE) 42 1 41 42 68 97.62% 27 64.29% Ainsworth, Nebraska
1985 Walter Ray Williams Jr. (CA) Roger Norwood (TN) 42 4 40 42 67 95.24% 27 64.29% Lafayette, Indiana ( + )
1984 Mark Seibold (IN) Steve Kuchcinski (PA) 42 15 71 76 133 93.42% 62 81.58% Huntsville, Alabama
1983 Mark Seibold (IN) Gordon Meece (OH) 42 3 27 28 41 96.43% 14 50.00% Statesville, North Carolina
1982 Carl Steinfeldt (FL) Gary Roberts (OH) 42 3 23 24 33 95.83% 10 41.67% Huntsville, Alabama
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