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, The Game, Paint it Black
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, The Traphouse, Mécanique Élémentaire
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, Kintsugi, Get Railed
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+ Brass Knuckles, Bone Saw, Severed Arm
106 Cyrus Johnston 8B+ Cosmogram, Yellow Cake, Andromeda
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 Thomas Betterton 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low, Warrior Up
130 Tanner Mack 8B+ Trieste, Goldfish Trombone
131 Tim Kang 8B+ Trieste, Goldfish Trombone
132 Kyle Hilton 8B+ Mirror Reality, Jade
133 Kyle Howard 8B+ Big Kat, The French Connection
134 Itai Axelrad 8B+ Ode to the Modern Man, Jade
135 Sam Stewart 8B+ Dark Side of the Compass, Hello Kitty SDS
136 Vincent Lee 8B+ Fatal Attraction, Trieste
137 Sam Enright 8B+ No Peace Prize, Show Your Scars
138 Ely Wilde 8B+ Esperanza
139 Josh Haynes 8B+ Esperanza
140 Nick Duttle 8B+ Esperanza
141 Seth Allred 8B+ Midnight Express
142 Johnny Goicoechea 8B+ The Mandala SDS
143 Brian Hedrick 8B+ The Mandala SDS
144 Jason Kehl 8B+ Seventh Circle
145 Jim Merli 8B+ L'Étoile Du Nord
146 Mirko Caballero 8B+ Golden Shadow
147 Giovanni Traversi 8B+ Direct North
148 Jonathan Siegrist 8B+ Jade
149 Liam Vance 8B+ The Mandala SDS
150 Hunter Damiani 8B+ Midnight Express
151 Ryan Sewell 8B+ Echale
152 Mike McCracken 8B+ Nuclear Base
153 Ben Hanna 8B+ The Saadhu
154 Eric Breed 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
155 Zach Arenberg 8B+ Muscle Car
156 Brian Antheunisse 8B+ Neon Desert
157 Sander Pick 8B+ Direct North
158 Matt Desantis 8B+ Show Your Scars
159 Gordon Anderson 8B+ Dicktopia
160 Chris Deuto 8B+ Shadow Walker
161 Peter Torphy 8B+ A Man Escaped
162 Dan Andrei 8B+ When Life Gives You Lemons Low
163 Clay Gordon 8B+ Trieste
164 Davis Stewart 8B+ Brass Knuckles
165 Chad Greedy 8B+ Sinawav
166 Jake Plasco 8B+ Perpetual Motion
167 Vincent Mollicone 8B+ Judge Judy
168 Mike McClure 8B+ Hypothetical
169 Danny Seo 8B+ Echo Chamber
170 Manny Quintana 8B+ North Ridge
171 Kelly Birch 8B+ Muscle Car
172 Aidan Callan 8B+ There and Back Again
173 Taylor Kiley 8B+ Hypothetical
174 Conrad Piper-Ruth 8B+ Hypothetical
175 Matt Willis 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
176 Ben Kim 8B+ Direct North
177 Shunei Asao 8B+ Squoze
178 Sam Dospoy 8B+ Bone Saw
179 Cameron Hörst 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
180 Josh Levin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
181 Ilias Hosain 8B+ Muscle Car
182 Caleb Robinson 8B+ Zef
183 Colin Wills 8B+ The Mandala SDS
184 Courtney Arnold 8B+ Birch Problem
185 Luke Vincent 8B+ The Other Side of Infinity
186 Dawson Bauer 8B+ Sinawav
187 Sean Houchins-McCallum 8B+ Echale
188 Chris Terry 8B+ The Penrose Step
189 Erik Cmiel 8B+ Breaking the Wheel
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 Luke Parady 8B+ Midnight Express
196 Stefan Fellner 8B+ Zef
197 Adam Taylor 8B+ Esperanza
198 Rob D'Anastasio 8B+ Echale
199 Bobby Taft-Pittman 8B+ Dicktopia
200 Sam Wolff 8B+ The Penrose Step
201 Zach Lerner 8B+ Memory is Parallax
202 Porter Geddes 8B+ Show Your Scars
203 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
204 Matt Bosley 8B+ Perpetual Motion
205 Cole Bradburn 8B+ Speed of Sound
206 Scotty Grayson 8B+ Skincifer
207 Chris Chen 8B+ Echale
208 Joe Meiners 8B+ Amandla
209 Rowland Chen 8B+ Echale
210 Chris Watts 8B+ An Empty Smile
211 Quinn Spadafora 8B+ Echale
212 Jake Croft 8B+ The Holy Hand Grenade
213 Mike Pacaro 8B+ Kook Slams Extension
214 Jordan Shepard 8B+ Birch Problem
215 Kevin Celommi 8B+ Mind Shift
216 Urs Moosmuller 8B+ Direct North
217 Jake Kim 8B+ Echale
218 Kirby Mccoy 8B+ Show Your Scars
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 Marc Bourguignon 8B+ The Reckoning
224 Oliver Kuang 8B+ Hoop Dance
225 Aj Flynn 8B+ Sailor's Delight
226 Pete Lowe 8B+ Show Your Scars
227 Fitz Allen 8B+ Muscle Car
228 Dalen Gray 8B+ Third Eye Awakening
229 Eric Wu 8B+ Goldfish Trombone
230 Ben Spannuth 8B+ Esperanza
231 Isaac Caldiero 8B+ Bling
232 Randy Puro 8B+ Junebug (Pre-Break)
233 Timmy Fairfield 8B+ Throwback
234 Rocco Bochichio 8B+ New Base Line
235 Roman Yalowitz 8B+ Momentum
236 Max Smerek 8B+ Echale
237 Mike Foley 8B+ The Reckoning