| Rank | Name | Status | Comments |
| 1 | Doug James | Retreats | |
| 2 | Jim Eliason | Advances! | A new ladder champion, a new era! |
| 3 | Chris Stewart | Advances | A new challenger hurls the gauntlet. |
| 4 | David Gage | Retreats | |
| 5 | Dennis Nicholson | Retreats | |
| 6 | Roy Walker | Advances | |
| 7 | Larry Meyers | Advances | On his way to the top. |
| 8 | Tom Miller | Retreats | |
| 9 | Karl Thoth | Advances | 5/13/2008 |
| 10 | Ed O'Connor | Retreats | |
| 11 | Craig Clemens | Advances | |
| 12 | Brian Meadors | Retreats | |
| 13 | Scott Abrams | Retreats | |
| 14 | Forrest Pafenberg | Advances | |
| 15 | Bill Goranson | Retreats | 5/14/2008 |
| 16 | Mauro Faina | Advances | |
| 17 | Bert Schoose | Retreats | |
| 18 | Pat Flory | Advances | |
| 19 | Michael Mitchell | Advances | 11/5/2007 |
| 20 | Bob Leonhard | Retreats | |
| 21 | Kevin Shewfelt | Retreats | |
| 22 | Dennis Cooper | Advances | |
| 23 | Gary Dickson | Advances | |
| 24 | Mike Kaye | Retreats | |
| 25 | Larry Hollern | Retreats | |
| 26 | Jeffrey Lange | Advances | 4/28/2008 |
| 27 | George Karahalios | Retreats | |
| 28 | Greg Gubitosa | Advances | |
| 29 | Dick Jarvinin | Retreats | |
| 30 | Alan Hayes | Advances | 4/28/2008 |
| 31 | Tom Gregorio | Advances | |
| 32 | George Weiss | Retreats | |
| 33 | Allen Evenson | Retreats | |
| 34 | Greg Lipin | Advances | 4/28/2008 |
| 35 | Bob Jamelli | Retreats | |
| 36 | Ari Kogut | Advances | |
| 37 | Chuck Ellsworth | Advances | 4/29/2008 |
| 38 | Edmund Hack | Retreats | |
| 39 | Ben Hackman | Retreats | |
| 40 | John Bullis | Advances | |
| 41 | Paul Glenn | Retreats | |
| 42 | Bob Kehoe | Advances | |
| 43 | Charlie Drozd | Retreats | |
| 44 | Phil Watkins | Advances | 5/5/2008 |
| 45 | Jim Tracy | Holding | 5/14/2008 |
| 46 | Alan Heath | Dropped | |
| 47 | Forest Cole | Advances | |
| 48 | Al Pernisek | Retreats | |
| 49 | John Ohlin | Advances | |
| 50 | Marin Svensson | Retreats | |
| 51 | Kirk Bollinger | Resigns | |
| 52 | Monte Pemberton | Advances | |
| 53 | Bill Thomson | Retreats | |
| 54 | Peter Stein | Advances | 4/29/2008 |
