PBA World Championship
Past winners
+ Due to the 2012–13 "Super Season" running from November 2012 to December 2013, there were two PBA World Championship events: one in November 2012 and one in November 2013.

PBA World Championship

Section Title: Past winners
Table Section Text: + Due to the 2012–13 "Super Season" running from November 2012 to December 2013, there were two PBA World Championship events: one in November 2012 and one in November 2013.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Championship match score

1960	Don Carter	Ronnie Gaudern	237.17–227.24

1961	Dave Soutar	Morrie Oppenheim	212.02–208.19

1962	Carmen Salvino	Don Carter	193.29–193.10

1963	Billy Hardwick	Ray Bluth	13541–13288

1964	Bob Strampe	Ray Bluth	13979–13721

1965	Dave Davis	Jerry McCoy	681–502

1966	Wayne Zahn	Nelson Burton Jr.	14006–13869

1967	Dave Davis	Pete Tountas	216–191

1968	Wayne Zahn	Nelson Burton Jr.	14182–13741

1969	Mike McGrath	Bill Allen	13670–13605

1970	Mike McGrath	Dave Davis	226–222

1971	Mike Limongello	Dave Davis	207–202

1972	Johnny Guenther	Dick Ritger	12986–12889

1973	Earl Anthony	Sam Flanagan	212–189

1974	Earl Anthony	Mark Roth	218–188

1975	Earl Anthony	Jim Frazier	245–180

1976	Paul Colwell	Dave Davis	191–191 (49-48 in two frame roll-off)

1977	Tommy Hudson	Jay Robinson	206–200

1978	Warren Nelson	Joseph Groskind	219–199

1979	Mike Aulby	Earl Anthony	245–217

1980	Johnny Petraglia	Gary Dickinson	235–223

1981	Earl Anthony	Ernie Schlegel	242–237

1982	Earl Anthony	Charlie Tapp	233–191

1983	Earl Anthony	Mike Durbin	210–183

1984	Bob Chamberlain	Dan Eberl	219–191

1985	Mike Aulby	Steve Cook	253–211

1986	Tom Crites	Mike Aulby	190–184

1987	Randy Pedersen	Amleto Monacelli	233–222

1988	Brian Voss	Todd Thompson	246–185

1989	Pete Weber	Dave Ferraro	221–216

1990	Jim Pencak	Chris Warren	223–214

1991	Mike Miller	Norm Duke	218–214

1992	Eric Forkel	Bob Vespi	217–133

1993	Ron Palombi Jr.	Eugene McCune	237–224

1994	Dave Traber	Dale Traber	196–187

1995	Scott Alexander	Wayne Webb	246–210

1996	Butch Soper	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	226–210

1997	Rick Steelsmith	Brian Voss	218–190

1998	Pete Weber	David Ozio	277–236

1999	Tim Criss	Dave Arnold	238–161

2000	Norm Duke	Jason Couch	214–198

2001	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	Jeff Lizzi	258–204

2001–02	Doug Kent	Lonnie Waliczek	215–160

2002–03	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	Brian Kretzer	226–204

2003–04	Tom Baker	Mika Koivuniemi	246–239

2004–05	Patrick Allen	Chris Loschetter	235–210

2005–06	Walter Ray Williams Jr.	Pete Weber	236–213

2006–07	Doug Kent	Chris Barnes	237–216

2007–08	Norm Duke	Ryan Shafer	202–165

2008–09	Norm Duke	Chris Barnes	259–189

2009–10	Tom Smallwood	Wes Malott	244–228

2010–11	Chris Barnes	Bill O'Neill	267–237

2011–12	Osku Palermaa	Ryan Shafer	203–177

2012–13+	Parker Bohn III	Jason Belmonte	254–227

2012–13+	Dominic Barrett	Sean Rash	238–235

2014	Mike Fagan	Wes Malott	252–212

2015	Gary Faulkner Jr.	E. J. Tackett	216–178

2016	E. J. Tackett	Tom Smallwood	246–180

2017	Jason Belmonte	Jesper Svensson	238–225

2018	Tournament not held in 2018

2019	Jason Belmonte	Jakob Butturff	236–227

Sentence(s)

Jason Belmonte successfully defended his 2017 PBA World Championship title, defeating Jakob Butturff 236–227 in the final match.

final_sentence: Jason Belmonte successfully defended his 2017 PBA World Championship title, defeating Jakob Butturff 236–227 in the final match.