20 Jessie graff/ she is the first women to complete stage 1 which was a huge accomplishment. She was also a member of the most recent team usa along with josh levins, jake murray, daniel gil, drew dreshel, and brian arnold. She also completed stage 2 during team usa and won the point. But in regular she would have not completed stage 2 because she would of timed out but during team usa vs the world, theres no time unless if another team completed and in her case she just had to complete the first obstacle. She is also very impressive in qualifying and semi finals and this is just the beggining of her impressive accompolishments in american ninja warrior.
19 Travis Furlanic/ he does not compete any more because of rumors of being convicted with a dui in his past but when he competed he was impressive. He had a impressive season in anw 1 being the 10 finalist to compete in sasuke 25 but failing the jumping spider. He then was the final 10 competitors to compete in sasuke 26 making it all the was to the balance tank in stage 2 and in sasuke 27 or anw 3, making it all the way to the metal spin in stage 2. In anw 4 he made it to vegas but was not allowed to compete but if he was still competing im sure he would make it to stage 3 because ive seen him in youtube able to do the ultimate cliff hanger and other stage 3 obstacles with ease.
18 David flip rodriguez/ he is not the best but looking at his history in americam ninja warrior, its pretty good. He qualified for sasuke 27 in his rookie season making it all the way to stage 2.
Them made it to stage 2 again in anw 4 all the way to the balance tank. Then qualified for vegas for the 3rd year in a row in anw 5. Then anw 6 had a dissapointing season failing the qualifying because of rushing. Then in anw 7 he had his most impressive season making it to the second final obstacle in stage 2. And in anw 8 he made it to stage 2 again but got disqualified at the wave runner. And most recently, the curent season (anw9), he completed the qualifing. He is one of the most the most consistent athletes and he always has the 1st or 2nd fastest time in qualifying not counting season 9 and this is why he belongs in this list.
17 Brian orosco/ probably the most ancient athlete in this list. He does not compete any more but in the early years of anw, he was a contender of total victory. He made it to stage 3 in sasuke 26 and almost qualified for sasuke 27. He is also one of the few competitors to have consecutive stage 3 appearences.
16 Elet hall/ he does not compete any more probably for personal reasons but before he retired, he left a huge impact. In his rookie season he made it to stage 2. Then repeated at season 5. Then at season 6 he had a strong performance being 1 of the 2 athletes to make it to stage 3. Same year he was a member of team usa. He then at season 7 qualified for mt midoriyama for the 4th year in a row.
Stay tuned tommorow to see part 2 of top 20 american ninja warrior athletes of all time.