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

237 entries on the list.

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