CORPS RANKED IN ORDER OF FINALIST APPEARANCES. 39 CORPS HAVE PLACED IN FINALS IN THE LAST 27 SEASONS. THE ONLY ONE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR IS THE SANTA CLARA VANGUARD. FOLLOWING IN PARENTHESES IS THE AVERAGE PLACEMENT OF EACH CORPS FINALIST PLACEMENTS.
| Placement | Corps | # of Top 12 Appearances | Avg. Score |
| 1 | Santa Clara Vanguard | 27 | 3rd |
| 2 | Madison Scouts | 26 | 5th |
| 3 | Blue Devils | 25 | 3rd |
| 4 | Phantom Regiment | 25 | 5th |
| 5 | Cavaliers | 25 | 6th |
| 6 | Cadets of Bergen County | 20 | 3rd |
| 7 | Crossmen | 16 | 8th |
| 8 | 27th Lancers | 12 | 6th |
| 9 | Spirit of Atlanta | 12 | 8th |
| 10 | Bluecoats | 12 | 9th |
| 11 | Freelancers | 10 | 10th |
| 12 | Star of Indiana | 9 | 5th |
| 13 | Bridgemen | 8 | 6th |
| 14 | Blue Stars | 8 | 7th |
| 15 | Troopers | 8 | 9th |
| 16 | Velvet Knights | 8 | 10th |
| 17 | Suncoast Sound | 7 | 7th |
| 18 | Blue Knights | 7 | 9th |
| 19 | Kilties | 6 | 8th |
| 20 | Sky Ryders | 6 | 11th |
| 21 | Glassmen | 5 | 8th |
| 22 | Colts | 5 | 11th |
| 23 | Magic of Orlando | 4 | 10th |
| 24 | Guardsmen | 4 | 11th |
| 25 | Carolina Crown | 4 | 11th |
| 26 | Anaheim Kingsmen | 3 | 3rd |
| 27 | Muchachos | 3 | 7th |
| 28 | North Star | 3 | 10th |
| 29 | Oakland Crusaders | 2 | 7th |
| 30 | Argonne Rebels | 2 | 8th |
| 31 | Seneca Optimists | 2 | 10th |
| 32 | Des Plaines Vanguard | 1 | 7th |
| 33 | DeLaSalle Oaklands | 1 | 7th |
| 34 | Royal Crusaders | 1 | 9th |
| 35 | Black Knights | 1 | 10th |
| 36 | Purple Lancers | 1 | 10th |
| 37 | Bleu Raeders | 1 | 12th |
| 38 | Commodores | 1 | 12th |
| 39 | Dutch Boy | 1 | 12th |