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

226 entries on the list.

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