List of USA Memory Champions

This page contains a list of people who have won the USA Memory Championship.

List of USA Memory Champions

• 1998 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt? [source]
• 1999 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt [source]
• 2000 - Tatiana Cooley-Marquardt [source]
• 2001 - Scott Hagwood [source]
• 2002 - Scott Hagwood [source]
• 2003 - Scott Hagwood [source]
• 2004 - Scott Hagwood [source]
• 2005 - Ram Kolli [source]
• 2006 - Joshua Foer
• 2007 - David Thomas
• 2008 - Chester Santos [source]
• 2009 - Ron White [source]
• 2010 - Ron White
• 2011 - Nelson Dellis [source]
• 2012 - Nelson Dellis
• 2013 - Ram Kolli [source]
• 2014 - Nelson Dellis [source]
• 2015 - Nelson Dellis
• 2016 - Alex Mullen
• 2017 - No championship in 2017
• 2018 - John Graham [source]
• 2019 - Lance Tschirhart
• 2020 - Mackenna Good [source]
• 2021 - Nelson Dellis
• 2022 - John Graham
• 2023 - John Graham
• 2024 - Nelson Dellis

USA Memory Champions by Year

2024 Championship

Watch the 2024 USA Memory Championship here:

2023 Championship

Watch it online here:

2022 Championship

John Graham won the 2022 USA Memory Championship.

2021 Championship

The initial qualifiers were done with Memory League and Lumosity, with the finals taking place in Florida.

Nelson Dellis won the 2021 USA Memory Championship.

2020 Championship

Mackenna Good won the 2020 USA Memory Championship. Audrey Versace won 2nd place.

2019 Championship

Lance Tschirhart won the 2019 USA Memory Championship.

2018 Championship

John Graham won the 2018 USA Memory Championship.

2017 Championship

There was no championship in 2017.

2016 Championship

Alex Mullen won the 2016 USA Memory Championship.

2015 Championship

Nelson Dellis is the 2015 Champion. See the summary page for more details.

2014 Championship

Nelson Dellis is the 2014 Champion.

For the first half of the competition, these were the ten competitors with the highest scores before entering the finals round:

1. Nelson Dellis
2. Alex Mullen
3. Livan Grijalva
4. Brad Zupp
5. Lance Tschirhart
6. Johnny Briones
7. Patrick Walsh
8. Michael Mirski
9. David Kutz
10. Michael Glantz

The top eight finalists at that point went to the final elimination rounds: Nelson Dellis, Alexander Mullen, Livan Grijalva, Brad Zupp, Lance Tschirhart, Johnny Briones, Patrick Walsh, Michael Mirski.

Top five finalists after elimination during the spoken words event: Nelson Dellis, Alexander Mullen, Livan Grijalva, Lance Tschirhart, and Michael Mirski.

Top three finalists after elimination: Lance Tschirhart, Alexander Mullen, and Nelson Dellis.

See also the high school teams scoreboard.

2013 Championship

2013 results:

1. Ram Kolli
2. Nelson Dellis
3. Michael Glantz
4. Johnny Briones
5. Michael Mirski
6. David Kutz
7. Chester Santos
8. Noah Ehrich

2012 Championship

Top 10 competitors in the 2012 competition:

1. Nelson Dellis
2. Ron White
3. Michael Mirski
4. Hannan Khan
5. Brad Zupp
6. Sophia Hu
7. Michael Glantz
8. Noah Ehrich
9. Kelly Kohlman
10. Kabir Singh

2011 Championship

Final rankings for the 2011 competition:

1. Nelson Dellis
2. Ronnie White
3. Michael Glantz
4. Brad Zupp
5. Chris Capobianco
6. Vishnu Patel
7. Hamisha Patel
8. Sophia Hu
9. Kelly Kohlman
10. Kabir Singh

2002 Championship

• http://stepanov.lk.net/mnemo/usa2002e.html

2000 Championship

• http://www.anusha.com/memoriad.htm

None of the memory champions on this page has an eidetic or photographic memory! It’s all achieved through memory training.