| 6a (5.9, DDR VIIb) | 1906 | Teufelsturm | Elbsandstein | Oliver Perry-Smith, W. Huenig, Rudolf Fehrmann
Note: another grade VIIb was done a few days earlier, but this is the more famous route. |
| 6a+ (5.10a, DDR VIIc) | 9/1910 | Kreutzturm, Suedriss | Elbsandstein | Max Matthaeus |
| 6a+ (5.10a), E1 5b | 1914 | Cave Crack Direct | Laddow Rocks, Western Grit | Ivar Berg |
| 4A or 4B (5.8/5.9) | 1914 | Prestat | Fontainbleau | Jacque de Lepiney highball boulder problem |
| 6b (5.10c) | 1918 | The Wilder Kopf, Westkante | Elbsandstein | Emanuel Strubich |
| 6a+ (5.10a), E1 5b | 1930 | Hollytree Wall, Javelin Blade | Idwal | Jack Longland |
| 5c (5.8) | 1933 | Weissner Corner | Ragged (CT) | Fritz Weissner |
| 6c+ (5.11c) | 1934 | south wall | Torre Trieste, Dolomites | Raffaele Carlesso, barefoot |
| 6a (5.9) | 1935 | Vector | Ragged (CT) | Fritz Weissner |
| 6a (5.9, toprope) | 1936 | PhD or Coffin Climb | Cupid's Bower (Great Falls, VA) | Marshall Wood |
| 5c (5.8) | 1937 | Mechanic's Route | Tahquitz | Dick Jones, Glen Dawson |
| 6b (5.10b/c/d) | 1938 | L'Angle Allain | Cuvier Rempart, Fontainbleau | Pierre Allain |
| 6a+ (5.10, toprope) | 1943 | Leonard's Lunacy | Carderock (MD) | Donald Hubbard |
| 6a+ (5.10, led) | 1945 | Leonard's Lunacy | Carderock (MD) | Herb Conn |
| 6b (5.10c) | 1949 | Goodro's Crack | Wasatch (UT) | Harold Goodro |
| 6a (5.9) | 1952 | Open Book | Tahquitz | Royal Robbins, Don Wilson |
| 6a+ (5.10b) [rated 6b in guide] | 1954 | Aiguille de Balitiere, West Face including Fissure Brown | Alps | Joe Brown, Don Whillans |
| V8 | 1957 | John Gill | ||
| 6a+ (5.10a) | 1958 | Repentence | Cathedral Ledge (NH) | John Turner, with point of aid lower on the pitch |
| 7C (5.13d?, V9) | 1959 | Red Cross Overhang (original dynamic style) | Jenny Lake, Tetons | John Gill maybe too short to be considered (3-4 moves). |
| 6b+ (5.10d) | 1959 | Bastille Direct Start | Eldorado | Ray Northcutt |
| 6b+ (5.10d) | 1959 | Gill's Crack | Devil's Lake (WI) | John Gill |
| 6b (5.10c) | 1959 | Split Pinnacle Lieback | Yosemite | Dave Rearick |
| 6a+ (5.10a) | 1960 | The Blank | Tahquitz | Tom Frost, Bob Kamps |
| 6a+ (5.10a) | 1960 | Rixon's East Chimney | Yosemite | Royal Robbins, Dave Rearick |
| 6a+ (5.10a) | 1961 | Crack of Doom | Yosemite | Chuck Pratt, Mort Hempel |
| 7a+ (5.12a/b, V5) | 1961 | Thimble, North Face | Needles (SD) | John Gill 30' high. |
| 6c (5.11b) | 1964 | Frienstein, Konigshangel | Elbsandstein | Fritz Eske |
| 6c (5.11) | 1964 | bouldering? | Shawangunks (NY) | Larsen, Williams |
| 6c+ (5.11c) | 1965 | Crack of Doom | City of Rocks (ID) | Greg Lowe |
| 6c (5.11) | 1965 | Son of Great Chimney | Devil's Lake (WI) | Pete Cleveland |
| 6b+ (5.10d) | 1965 | Twilight Zone | Yosemite | Chuck Pratt |
| 6c/6c+ (5.11b/c) | 1966 | Supremacy Crack | Eldorado | Pat Ament
led clean after toprope in 1965, and led with rest on rope earlier in 1966 |
| 7b+ (5.12c) | 1967 | Macabre Roof | Ogden, UT | Greg Lowe |
| 6c/7a (5.11d R) | 1967 | Superpin | Needles | Pete Cleveland |
| 6c+ (5.11c) | 1967 | Foops | Shawangunks | John Stannard |
| 6c (5.11) | 1967 | Slack Center | Yosemite | Pat Ament
flake removed shortly after and is now 5.10d |
| 7a (5.11d) | 1968 | Pilastro di Mezzo, Messner Slab | Sass dla Crusc, Dolomites | Reinhold Messner |
| 7c (5.12d, toprope) | 1969 | Bagatelle | Devil's Lake | Pete Cleveland |
| 7b (5.12b) | ca 1970 | English Hanging Gardens | Big Rock (CA) | John Gosling |
| 7a (5.11d) | 1970 | Schwager, North Face | Elbsandstein | Bernd Arnold |
| 7a (5.11d) | 1971 | Persistence | Shawangunks | John Stannard |
| 7b+ (5.12c) | 1973 | Paisano Overhang | Suicide Rock | John Long |
| 7b (5.12b) | 1973 | Kansas City | Shawangunks | John Bragg |
| 6c+ (5.11c) | 1973 | Butterballs | Yosemite | Henry Barber |
| 7b+ (5.12c) | 1974 | Supercrack | Shawangunks | Steve Wunsch |
| 7a (5.11d) | 1974 | Overhang Overpass | Yosemite | Jim Donini |
| 8B (5.14?, V13) | 1975 | Trice (AHR) | Flagstaff Mtn. (CO) | Jim Holloway maybe too short to be considered. |
| 7c (5.12d) | 1975 | Psycho Roof | Eldorado | Steve Wunsch |
| 7b+ (5.12c) | 1975 | City Limits | Giant City (So. IL) | Joseph Healy |
| 7b (5.12b) | 1975 | Fish Crack | Yosemite | Henry Barber |
| 7a+ (5.12a) | 1975 | Split Pinnacle, Left Side | Squamish Chief | Nick Taylor, Peter Peart |
| 7a+ (5.12a) | 1975 | Hot Line | Yosemite | Ron Kauk, John Bachar |
| 7c+ (5.13a) | 1977 | The Phoenix | Yosemite | Ray Jardine |
| 7c+/8a (5.13a/b) | 1977 | Phlogiston | Devil's Lake | Pete Cleveland |
| 7c+ (5.13a) | 1978 | Hangover | Tahquitz | John Long, Rick Accomazzo, Rob Muir, Mike Lechlinski |
| 8a/8a+ (5.13b/c) | 1979 | Grand Illusion | Sugarloaf (CA) | Tony Yaniro |
| 7c+ (5.13a) | 1979 | Hells Wall | Bowderstone Crag, Lake District, UK | Ron Fawcett |
| 7c+ (5.13a) | about 1979 | Yasha Hai | Vedauwoo | Japanese climber |
| 8a (5.13b) | 1980 | Cosmic Debris | Yosemite | Bill Price |
| 8a (5.13b) | 1981 | Sphinx Crack | South Platte (CO) | Steve Hong |
| 7c (5.12d) | 1981 | Chasin' the Trane | Frankenjura | John Bachar |
| 8a+ (5.13c) | 1984 | Maniac | Quoddy Head (ME) | Dan Goodwin |
| 8b (5.13d) | 1984 | Kanal im Rucken | Altmuehltal | Wolfgang Gullich |
| 8b+/8c (5.14a/b) | 1985 | Punks in the Gym | Mt. Arapiles | Wolfgang Gullich |
| 8b+ (5.14a) | 1986 | Ghetto Blaster | Frankenjura | Wolfgang Gullich |
| 8b+ (5.14a) | 1986 | La Rage de Vivre | Buoux | Antoine Le Menestral |
| 8b+ (5.14a) | 1986 | Ultimo Movimento | Totoga | Manolo |
| 8b+ (5.14a) | 1986 | To Bolt or Not to Be | Smith Rock | Jean Baptiste Tribout |
| 8c (5.14b) | 1987 | Wallstreet | Frankenjura | Wolfgang Gullich |
| 8b/8b+ (5.13d/5.14a) | 1987 | Tour de Jour | Yellow Bluff (AL) | Jesse Guthrie |
| 8c+ (5.14c) | 1990 | Hubble | Raven Tor | Ben Moon |
| 9a (5.14d) | 1991 | Action Directe | Frankenjura | Wolfgang Gullich |
| 8c+ (5.14c) | 1992 | Just Do It | Smith Rock | Jean Baptiste Tribout |
| 8c (5.14b) | 1994 | Super Tweak | Logan Canyon (UT) | Boone Speed |
| 9b (5.15b) | 1995 | Akira | Charente | Fred Rouhling (unrepeated) |
| 8c+ (5.14c) | 1996 | Necessary Evil | Virgin River Gorge | Chris Sharma |
| 8c (5.14b) | 1996 | Magic Line | Yosemite | Ron Kauk (unrepeated) |
| 9a+ (5.15a) | 1998 | Orujo | Malaga | Bernabe Fernandes (unrepeated) |
| 9a+ (5.15a) | 2001 | Realization/Biographie | Ceuse | Chris Sharma |
| 9b (5.15b) | 2008 | Jumbo Love | Clark Mountain (CA/NV) | Chris Sharma |
| 8c+ (5.14c) | 2008 | Meltdown | Yosemite | Beth Rodden (unrepeated) |
rev. 5/2012, 5/2009, orig. 2/2003, Clint Cummins clint@stanford.edu
