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

251 entries on the list.

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