Strong American Boulderers

The best American boulderers.

This list aims to list any American boulderer who has climbed 8B+ or harder. It attempts to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

Big thanks to eric.jerome for compiling and maintaining this list.

Got any corrections? Send them to corrections@climbing-history.org

228 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Shawn Raboutou 9A Megatron, Alphane
2 Sean Bailey 9A Shaolin, Alphane
3 Noah Wheeler 9A Return of the Sleepwalker, Shaolin
4 Daniel Woods 9A Return of the Sleepwalker
5 Nathaniel Coleman 9A No One Mourns the Wicked
6 Drew Ruana 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Bloody Sunday SDS, Insomniac, Distortion, The Ice Knife SDS, Bookkeeping, Maxwell's Demon Low, Howl at the Moon SDS
7 Matt Fultz 8C+ Hypnotized Minds, Sleepwalker, Grand Illusion, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Brace For the Cure, Moonlight Sonata, Vecchio Leone SDS, Big Z, Deep Fake
8 Dave Graham 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Hypnotized Minds, Euclase, Fuck the System, Celestite, Curve Ball
9 Jimmy Webb 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Ephyra, Off the Wagon Low, Poison the Well, Insomniac
10 Andy Lamb 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Insomniac, Sleepwalker, Event Horizon
11 Zach Galla 8C+ Grand Illusion, Sleepwalker, The Process, Sosa
12 Griffin Whiteside 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, Sleepwalker, Howl at the Moon SDS
13 Austin Purdy 8C+ Insomniac, Sword of Damocles, Bookkeeping
14 Carlo Traversi 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Dark Side
15 Nathan Williams 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
16 Pablo Hammack 8C+ Sleepwalker, Creature from the Black Lagoon
17 Keenan Takahashi 8C+ Insomniac, The Dark Side
18 Sam Weir 8C+ REM, Fuck the System
19 Owen Whaley 8C+ Grand Illusion, Sosa
20 Adam Shahar 8C+ Sleepwalker, The Process
21 Paul Robinson 8C+ REM
22 Dylan Barks 8C+ Creature from the Black Lagoon
23 Taylor McNeill 8C+ Moonlight Sonata
24 Colin Duffy 8C+ Bookkeeping
25 Liam Andrews-Bancroft 8C+ Insomniac
26 Zander Waller 8C+ Sleepwalker
27 Kai Whaley 8C+ Sleepwalker
28 Katie Lamb 8C+ The Dark Side
29 Eli Perry 8C+ Grand Illusion
30 Brian Squire 8C+ Grand Illusion
31 Ben Burkhalter 8C Blade Runner, The Game, Echalo, Railway, Paint it Black, Southern Drawl
32 Daniel Beall 8C Terremer, Rising From the Shadows, The Enigma Variation, The Wheel of Milk, The Outer Gates
33 Nick Bradley 8C Paint it Black, Delirium, The Game, Railway
34 Nicholas Milburn 8C Southern Drawl, The Game, Paint it Black
35 Tristan Chen 8C Dreamtime, Pegasus, Desperanza
36 Austin Hoyt 8C Monkey Wedding, The Big Bad Wolf, Lucid Dreaming
37 Everett Sloane 8C Variant, Traffic
38 Zach Wilson 8C Sound of Violence, Pegasus
39 Ethan Pringle 8C The Outer Limits, The Nest
40 Chris Sharma 8C Witness the Fitness
41 Shawn Diamond 8C Le Dernier Fléau
42 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
43 Jon Cardwell 8C The Game
44 Christopher Schulte 8C The Big Island
45 Sam Davis 8C Desperanza
46 Ashima Shiraishi 8C Horizon
47 Daniel Fong 8C Paint it Black
48 Matty Hong 8C Dreamtime
49 Tanner Bauer 8C Traffic
50 Jon Glassberg 8C The Nest
51 John Cohee 8C Ebony and Ivory
52 Eric Jerome 8C Forever Endeavor
53 Brooke Raboutou 8C Box Therapy
54 Andre Branchizio 8C Paint it Black
55 Beckett Hsin 8C The Game
56 Palmer Larsen 8C The Nest
57 Samuel Hsin 8C Paint it Black
58 Austin Geiman 8C Defying Gravity
59 Luke Gerhardt 8C Pegasus
60 Michaela Kiersch 8C Dreamtime
61 Ben Blackmore 8C Paint it Black
62 Isaac Dunk 8C Trap King
63 Bryce Viola 8C The Youngster's Roof
64 John Brock 8C The Nest
65 Wes Walker 8C Ego Death
66 Ray Hansen 8C Sound of Violence
67 Miles Perry 8C Sound of Violence
68 Elijah Kiser 8C That Hideous Strength
69 Will Anglin 8C Variant
70 Ian Dory 8C Paint it Black
71 Jake Scharfman 8C G-Master
72 Isabelle Faus 8B+ Amandla, Memory is Parallax, Sinawav, Crème de la Crumb SDS, Emasculator, Shadow Walker, Spidey, Mirta, The Grey
73 Alex Puccio 8B+ Jade, New Base Line, The Penrose Step, Super Low Chimichanga Right, Reverse Logic, Hailstorm, Tigris SDS
74 Sam Struthers 8B+ The Wheel of Rabbits, Andromeda, Memory is Parallax, Gecko Assis, Dark Side of the Compass, Direct North
75 Benn Wheeler 8B+ The Wheel of Wolvo, Vulpine, The Phoenix, Moonstruck, Stockholm Syndome, Ghost Circles
76 Jesse Grupper 8B+ Starstruck, Esperanza, No Peace, Warpath, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2), Moonstruck
77 Jack Martinus 8B+ Cosmogram, Echale, The Traphouse, The Traphouse, Mécanique Élémentaire
78 James Litz 8B+ Esperanza, Dreamtime (pre break), Warpath, Insurgency
79 Phil Schaal 8B+ Jade, Amandla, Echale, Midnight Express
80 Jonah Kreitzberg 8B+ Esperanza, Reverse Cowgirl, Neon Desert, Echale
81 Sam Rothstein 8B+ Yellow Cake, Cosmogram, Andromeda, Fallen Angel
82 Joel Unema 8B+ Shelob, Doublecross, Angmar, Polyphemus
83 Milo Timberlake 8B+ Trieste, Cosmic Artifact, Motorhead, Menage a Trois
84 Brion Voges 8B+ Lost in the Hood, Wood Grain Grippin', Esperanza
85 Michael O'Rourke 8B+ Mirror Reality, Warrior Up, The Phoenix
86 Matt Gentile 8B+ Angmar, Throwback, Doublecross
87 Max Zolotukhin 8B+ Direct North, The Mandala SDS, No Peace Prize
88 Ben Herrington 8B+ The Penrose Step, The Holy Hand Grenade, The Book Club
89 Chase Martinez 8B+ Echale, Midnight Express, The Penrose Step
90 Kiernan Tong 8B+ Direct North, Insurgency, Zef
91 B.J. Tilden 8B+ Esperanza, Zef, Neon Desert
92 Matt Nunes 8B+ Uncertainty, Bone Saw, Severed Arm
93 Caleb Franchere 8B+ Hoop Dance, 9 Lives, Esperanza
94 Jack Felix 8B+ Jumpman, The Mantra, Echale
95 Tyre Taft 8B+ Brass Knuckles, Severed Arm, Bone Saw
96 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Yellow Cake, Cosmogram, Andromeda
97 Kevin Jorgeson 8B+ Ode to the Modern Man, The Mandala SDS
98 Mark Heal 8B+ Amandla, New Base Line
99 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
100 Charlie Barron 8B+ Shadow Walker, Predator Pounce Low
101 Simon Hibbeler 8B+ Echale, Be Kinda Soft
102 Nate Draughn 8B+ Bone Saw, Show Your Scars
103 Cody Fults 8B+ Trieste, Squoze
104 Isaac Leff 8B+ Nuclear Base, Flashing Lights
105 Dalton Bunker 8B+ Show Your Scars, Hailstorm
106 Jeramie Claussen 8B+ Kenny Loggins, Dark Waters Low
107 Josh Muehring 8B+ Show Your Scars, Zef
108 Duke Lettieri 8B+ Jade, Trieste
109 Ethan Freudenheim 8B+ Show Your Scars, Kenny Loggins
110 Julian Bresler 8B+ A Man Escaped, Echale
111 Siara Fabbri 8B+ New Base Line, Compass North
112 Andrew Nimmer 8B+ Esperanza, Direct North
113 Brett Walker 8B+ Trieste, Direct North
114 Jess Walker 8B+ Warrior Up, Echale
115 Conor Wellman 8B+ The Multiverse, The Phoenix
116 Cozmo Rothfork 8B+ The Saadhu, Hoop Dance
117 Logan Tetu 8B+ Echale, Muscle Car
118 Wesley White 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass, Cosmogram
119 Graham Owens 8B+ Vulpine, Moonstruck
120 Sam Stewart 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass, Hello Kitty SDS
121 Brian Nugent 8B+ Get Railed, Kintsugi
122 Tim Kang 8B+ Trieste, Goldfish Trombone
123 Paul Nadler 8B+ Gecko Assis, The Penrose Step
124 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Mirror Reality, Jade
125 Vincent Lee 8B+ Fatal Attraction, Trieste
126 Thomas Betterton 8B+ Warrior Up, When Life Gives You Lemons Low
127 Kyle Howard 8B+ The French Connection, Big Kat
128 Sam Enright 8B+ No Peace Prize, Show Your Scars
129 Tanner Mack 8B+ Goldfish Trombone, Trieste
130 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Ode to the Modern Man, Jade
131 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
132 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza
133 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
134 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
135 Johnny Goicoechea 8B+ The Mandala SDS
136 Brian Hedrick 8B+ The Mandala SDS
137 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
138 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
139 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
140 Jonathan Siegrist 8B+ Jade
141 Liam Vance 8B+ The Mandala SDS
142 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
143 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
144 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
145 Ben Hanna 8B+ The Saadhu
146 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
147 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
148 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
149 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North
150 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
151 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
152 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
153 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
154 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
155 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
156 Davis Stewart 8B+ Brass Knuckles
157 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinawav
158 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
159 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
160 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
161 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
162 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
163 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
164 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
165 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
166 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
167 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
168 Ben Kim 8B+ Direct North
169 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze
170 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
171 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
172 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
173 Vance Stanfield 8B+ Aracnobatics
174 Ilias Hosain 8B+ Muscle Car
175 Caleb Robinson 8B+ Zef
176 Melina Costanza 8B+ Direct North
177 Colin Wills 8B+ The Mandala SDS
178 Luke Vincent 8B+ The Other Side of Infinity
179 Dawson Bauer 8B+ Sinawav
180 Sean Houchins-McCallum 8B+ Echale
181 Chris Terry 8B+ The Penrose Step
182 Erik Cmiel 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
183 Solomon Barth 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
184 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
185 Alex Biale 8B+ Mind to Motion
186 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
187 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
188 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars
189 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car
190 Adlai Marquez 8B+ Match Made in Heaven
191 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
192 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
193 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
194 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
195 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
196 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
197 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
198 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
199 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
200 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
201 Zach Lerner 8B+ Memory is Parallax
202 Danny Popowski 8B+ Show Your Scars
203 Porter Geddes 8B+ Show Your Scars
204 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
205 Matt Bosley 8B+ Perpetual Motion
206 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
207 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
208 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
209 Gp Salvo 8B+ Blunt Sit
210 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
211 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
212 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
213 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
214 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning
215 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
216 Quinn Spadafora 8B+ Echale
217 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ Throwback
218 Jake Croft 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
219 Mike Pacaro 8B+ Kook Slams Extension
220 Jordan Shepard 8B+ Birch Problem
221 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
222 Urs Moosmuller 8B+ Direct North
223 Kevin Celomni 8B+ Mind Shift
224 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
225 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
226 Andrew Rothner 8B+ Aslan
227 Alex Mcintyre 8B+ Epidote Extension (Left)
228 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening