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

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