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

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