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

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