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The World's Public 300 Game Bowling Directory
Bowling Addicts is where the bowling community comes to celebrate perfect games, sharpen their skills, and stay connected to the sport. Explore 300 game videos, bowling tips, gear reviews, and the bowlers keeping the game alive. Stay Hungry!
Bowling a 300 is the rarest shot in the sport. Twelve strikes in a row, all heart, all earned. Every one of them deserves to be on the record. Bowling Addicts has been documenting 300 games worldwide since 2011. We built a public 300 game directory and Hall of Fame for the bowlers who earn the perfect game, and a free resource to help you chase yours. We’re built for bowlers who take the game seriously and compete with integrity. No sandbagging. No average control. You bowl to get better, and you go down swinging on every shot.
What you’ll find here:
Got a 300 of your own? Submit it. We document the greats, and that includes you.
Stay Hungry. Go Down Swinging.
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USBC Rule 5 in plain English: what actually counts as a foul, how a foul is scored, and why a dead foul light can disqualify your 300 from an award.
There is no average requirement for Junior Gold. A kid needs two memberships and one legal qualifying event between July 1, 2026 and May 2, 2027. Here is the full path, the ratio math, and what the trip actually costs.
Watch videos of bowlers bowling 300 Games. If you have a 300 Game video you would like to be listed with on our site, fill out the the form at the bottom of the page or submit your video here. To be listed on the 300 Club directory, fill out the form on the 300 Club page. If you have 10 or more SANCTIONED 300 games (all scores will be verified at bowl.com), you are qualified to be on the 300 Game Hall of Fame directory.
We document 300 games bowled worldwide. Every perfect game, on the record. We’re also a free resource for the bowling community, with honest gear reviews, tips that add pins, tournament info, and a place to connect with bowlers everywhere.
Because 300 Games are rare moments in bowling and in a bowler’s life. That moment deserves to be captured, celebrated, and saved so you can relive it for years. We love bowling, we’re Bowling Addicts, and we’re here to preserve and promote the sport any way we can. Keep them cameras rolling!
Click Submit and send us your footage and the details of the game, and we’ll take it from there. Got a 300? We want it on the board.
At a minimum, clear video of the game and the house, date, and league or event it was bowled in. You can also send a screenshot of your stats from Bowl.com.
No. Bowling Addicts is a free resource for the community. Submitting your 300 and getting documented costs you nothing.
Sometimes within a day, sometimes up to a week. It depends on the size of the queue. We’re always working on faster ways to get them up.
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There is a backlog of videos due to the number of submissions that we receive. Please be patient…
You need at least 10 sanctioned 300 games. We verify every one through bowl.com before it goes in the directory. Hit 10 and you’re in the club. We document the greats, and that includes you.
Yes. The 300 is our foundation, but we also track other rare feats in the sport, including the 900 series. If you’ve done something special on the lanes, tell us.
Plenty. Honest ball reviews where we actually roll the gear and tell you the truth. Tips you can use at practice tonight. Local tournament dates, patterns, and payouts. And a community of bowlers worldwide who take the game as seriously as you do.
Subscribe on YouTube, follow us on social, and jump into the comments. Serious bowlers, competing the right way, cheering each other on. Pull up a lane. We are working on creating a solution to create your own bowling profile so members can manage their own stats and upload videos to their profile.
This site is dedicated to every bowler who loves this great sport, and to the junior bowlers keeping the game alive!