Donkey Kong Start High Score List

[corey.chambers]

Welcome to the Official DKF Start High Score List, peer-reviewed by the DK Community!

In order to submit a score for the Start High Score List, please read and follow the List Submission Rules, as well as any Special Rules below. Once you have achieved a score that meets the criteria, please submit your score in the Score Submissions thread, including your name, the date the score was achieved, and all relevant evidence. You can view the explanation of Platforms and Sources at the bottom of the list.

Special Rules
-A "Start" is defined as the score after the completion of Level 4.
-A minimum score of 100,000 points is required.
-You must achieve a Start without incurring any deaths.

List Notes
-Click on the player's name to visit their stream page (if available).
-Click on a source to view the video and/or download the INP file (if available).

Related Links
Individual Level and Stage Records

Donkey Kong Start High Score List

Rank	​	Score	​	Player	​	Date	​	Platform	​	Source
1	​	151,100	​	John McCurdy	​	2018-11-11	​	Arcade	​	Twitch, YouTube
2	​	150,600	​	Phil Tudose	​	2013-07-27	​	Wolf106	​	Twitch, INP
3	​	150,300	​	Robbie Lakeman	​	2020-06-10	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
4	​	149,900	​	J.P. Buergers	​	2024-05-17	​	Wolf251	​	INP (1, 2)
5	​	148,600	​	Dean Saglio	​	2014-06-15	​	MAME	​	Twitch
6	​	147,400	​	Justin Elliott	​	2021-08-31	​	Wolf221	​	INP
7	​	145,900	​	Matt Tecchio	​	2022-06-19	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
8	​	145,800	​	Jason Wade	​	2017-04-09	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch
9	​	145,400	​	Wes Copeland	​	2019-12-30	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
10	​	142,800	​	Mark Kiehl	​	2015-09-25	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
11	​	142,000	​	Adam Mon	​	2017-05-26	​	MAME	​	INP
12	​	141,000	​	Ethan Daniels	​	2017-04-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
13	​	140,700	​	Duke Nickolas	​	2024-02-18	​	Wolf260	​	INP
14	​	140,500	​	Scott Cunningham	​	2022-02-28	​	Wolf220	​	INP
15	​	139,500	​	Thomas Bauer	​	2020-05-12	​	Wolf106	​	Twitch, INP
16	​	139,200	​	Geoffrey Suttor	​	2024-09-21	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
17	​	139,000	​	Vincent Lemay	​	2012-09-23	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
18	​	138,700	​	Tanner Fokkens	​	2020-02-02	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
19	​	138,300	​	"ACU-AZU"	​	2020-08-17	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
20	​	137,500	​	Andrew Barrow	​	2016-05-07	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
21	​	136,000	​	Estel Goffinet	​	2024-04-20	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
22	​	135,400	​	Craig Tubby	​	2021-03-27	​	Wolf183	​	INP
23	​	135,200	​	Mike Groesbeck	​	2014-02-23	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
24	​	132,800	​	"Chambers_N"	​	2014-08-25	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
25	​	131,800	​	Ryan Bowman	​	2025-04-23	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
26	​	131,100	​	James Cook	​	2020-03-21	​	DDK*^	​	Twitch
27	​	129,400	​	"Flobeamer1922"	​	2025-04-03	​	Wolf260	​	INP
28	​	128,600	​	Brad Williamson	​	2020-07-02	​	Wolf200	​	Twitch, INP
29	​	127,600	​	Jason Horner	​	2022-01-21	​	Arcade-P	​	Twitch
30	​	127,200	​	Josh Mayden	​	2020-09-27	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
31	​	127,100	​	Chris Gleed	​	2017-01-20	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
31	​	127,100	​	Jeff Wolfe	​	2020-02-08	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
33	​	126,600	​	Jeremy Young	​	2015-06-23	​	MAME	​	Twitch, INP
34	​	126,200	​	Wade Wittmer	​	2024-05-28	​	Wolf183	​	YouTube, INP
35	​	125,800	​	Jason Corey Brittain	​	2020-07-29	​	Wolf106	​	INP
36	​	125,600	​	Vincent Cote	​	2018-08-25	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
37	​	125,000	​	Mike Swanson	​	2025-04-02	​	Wolf276	​	Twitch, Rumble, YouTube, INP
38	​	124,100	​	Mitchell Elliott	​	2013-08-15	​	Arcade*^	​	Twitch
39	​	123,900	​	David Gaither	​	2024-10-04	​	Wolf250	​	INP
40	​	123,200	​	Jim Boyce	​	2023-10-07	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch
41	​	123,100	​	Shawn Robinson	​	2015-05-10	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
42	​	122,300	​	Paul Goguen	​	2019-08-03	​	MAME	​	INP
43	​	122,200	​	Christian Van Meter	​	2020-02-15	​	MAME	​	INP (1, 2)
44	​	122,100	​	Jeff Harrist	​	2019-03-29	​	MAME	​	INP
45	​	120,500	​	Mathew McGill	​	2018-06-05	​	Arcade	​	Facebook
45	​	120,500	​	Michael Massaro	​	2021-07-04	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch, YouTube
47	​	120,400	​	Tim Trieschmann	​	2018-12-12	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
47	​	120,400	​	Aaron Truitt	​	2023-08-08	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
49	​	118,800	​	Mick Winzeler	​	2016-11-01	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
50	​	118,600	​	Allen Staal	​	2019-10-31	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
51	​	118,000	​	Mitch Mitchell	​	2021-08-12	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
52	​	117,200	​	Jeff Mikuska	​	2019-10-02	​	MAME	​	INP
53	​	117,000	​	Todd Lalonde	​	2015-09-23	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
54	​	116,300	​	Brian Healey	​	2016-07-15	​	MAME	​	INP
55	​	116,100	​	Joel Snavely	​	2019-06-25	​	Arcade*	​	YouTube
56	​	116,000	​	Dallas Riley	​	2014-05-26	​	MAME	​	INP
57	​	115,900	​	Greg Kiempisty	​	2022-12-11	​	Arcade^	​	Twitch
58	​	113,900	​	Johnny Bonde	​	2014-06-04	​	MAME	​	INP
58	​	113,900	​	Steven Kleisath	​	2021-02-04	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
60	​	113,700	​	Michael Kibbey	​	2023-08-01	​	Wolf230	​	Twitch, INP
61	​	113,600	​	Jason Vasiloff	​	2020-07-25	​	Wolf185	​	INP
62	​	113,300	​	Matt Buchholz	​	2024-11-23	​	Wolf220	​	Twitch, INP
63	​	112,800	​	Luke Bushell	​	2022-05-27	​	Wolf242	​	Twitch, INP
64	​	112,600	​	Andrew Garrett	​	2020-07-08	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
65	​	112,000	​	Jon Shear	​	2015-04-20	​	Arcade*^	​	YouTube [video is private]
66	​	111,600	​	Mitchell Meerman	​	2025-04-15	​	Wolf276	​	Twitch, INP
67	​	110,300	​	"roanbag"	​	2025-02-06	​	Wolf256	​	INP
68	​	110,100	​	George Riley	​	2018-02-19	​	MAME	​	INP, Facebook
69	​	109,600	​	Gary Matsko	​	2020-07-19	​	Arcade*	​	Twitch
70	​	108,700	​	Les Coffman	​	2019-01-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
71	​	108,600	​	Al Jones	​	2014-11-02	​	Arcade	​	Twitch [video no longer available]
72	​	108,500	​	Taylor Braun	​	2020-06-22	​	Wolf207	​	Twitch, INP
73	​	107,500	​	John McNeill	​	2018-11-19	​	MAME	​	INP
74	​	106,800	​	Luke Brynycz	​	2022-05-07	​	Arcade*	​	YouTube
75	​	106,600	​	"Jakedog"	​	2025-01-07	​	Wolf220	​	INP
76	​	106,500	​	Jack Philippi	​	2019-11-25	​	Multi	​	Twitch
77	​	105,700	​	"JAPSuomi"	​	2022-06-14	​	Wolf184	​	INP
78	​	105,300	​	Shaun Ruhland	​	2021-09-21	​	Wolf216	​	INP
78	​	105,300	​	David Ferrone	​	2025-03-17	​	Wolf260	​	INP
80	​	104,200	​	Aaron Hightower	​	2018-05-20	​	Arcade	​	YouTube
81	​	103,700	​	Benjamin Sweeney	​	2020-10-07	​	Wolf183	​	INP, H2H Main Event
82	​	103,300	​	"Validusername16"	​	2018-12-23	​	MAME	​	INP
82	​	103,300	​	Guido Wulf	​	2024-12-27	​	Arcade^	​	YouTube
84	​	102,900	​	Tanya Lowe	​	2020-12-06	​	Arcade	​	Twitch
85	​	102,600	​	Nathan Scott	​	2021-03-31	​	Wolf220	​	INP
86	​	101,900	​	Dave Sutherland	​	2021-03-27	​	Wolf184	​	Twitch, INP
87	​	101,800	​	Kristian Telschow	​	2014-10-08	​	Arcade	​	Smashcast
88	​	101,700	​	Charlie Milne	​	2019-10-28	​	MAME	​	INP
89	​	101,300	​	Terence Wong	​	2016-05-08	​	MAME	​	TG
90	​	100,300	​	James Magowan	​	2018-02-20	​	MAME	​	INP
91	​	100,200	​	Arron Pitchford	​	2019-12-02	​	MAME	​	INP
91	​	100,200	​	Patrick Silva	​	2023-06-25	​	Multi	​	YouTube

Source Notes

Twitch, Smashcast, Facebook	=  Streamed on Twitch, Smashcast, and/or Facebook.  Linked to gameplay video.
TG	=  Submitted to and verified by Twin Galaxies. Linked to Adjudication thread if available. Some MAME submissions were removed by TG following a policy change circa April 2018 that required video along with INPs.
INP	=  MAME INP file attached to score submission.
YouTube	=  Previously recorded and uploaded to YouTube.  Linked to gameplay video.
Peer	=  Witnessed live but otherwise not recorded.

Platform Notes

Arcade	=  TKG4 or unknown (some earlier TG scores may not have been TKG4).
TKG3	=  4-board set using the US Set 1 ROM.
DDK	=  A Double Donkey Kong board was used.
Multi	=  A multi-game PCB ("X-in-1" or similar) configuration.
MAME	=  Any version of WolfMAME or unknown (scores prior to May 2006 are not 0.106, scores prior to July 2003 are not WolfMAME).
*	=  A D2K and/or Remix board was installed on the PCB.
^	=  A high score save kit was installed on the PCB.
Arcade-P	=  An arcade score achieved while using the Pace feature on a Remix kit.