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

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