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United States

Representation across the 52 published all-time lists. Counts use best-by-athlete rows only.

1414

Athletes in lists

48

Lists with a USA row

8

World records

#2

Rank by athletes listed

World records held

Current canonical records

Women's 100 Metres · Florence Griffith Joyner · 198810.49Women's 200 Metres · Florence Griffith Joyner · 198821.34Men's 110 Metres Hurdles · Ja'Kobe Tharp · 202612.75Women's 100 Metres Hurdles · Masai Russell · 202612.09Women's 400 Metres Hurdles · Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 202450.37Men's Long Jump · Mike Powell · 19918.95Men's Shot Put · Ryan Crouser · 202323.56Women's Heptathlon · Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 19887291

Representation by list

United States athletes on each published all-time top 50

Men's 100m95/50Tyson Gay · 9.69 · #2 Women's 100m99/50Florence Griffith Joyner · 10.61 · #3 Men's 200m134/50Noah Lyles · 19.31 · #3 Women's 200m116/50Florence Griffith Joyner · 21.34 · #1 Men's 400m124/50Michael Johnson · 43.18 · #2 Women's 400m63/50Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 47.78 · #2 Men's 800m40/50Bryce Hoppel · 1:41.67 · #7 Women's 800m47/50Athing Mu-Nikolayev · 1:54.97 · #13 Men's 1500m39/50Cole Hocker · 3:27.65 · #9 Women's 1500m35/50Shelby Houlihan · 3:54.99 · #24 Men's 5000m41/50Nico Young · 12:45.27 · #13 Women's 5000m44/50Alicia Monson · 14:19.45 · #19 Men's 10,000m62/50Grant Fisher · 26:33.84 · #9 Women's 10,000m95/50Alicia Monson · 30:03.82 · #23 Men's 110mH63/50Ja'Kobe Tharp · 12.75 · #1 Women's 100mH52/50Masai Russell · 12.14 · #2 Men's 400mH56/50Rai Benjamin · 46.17 · #3 Women's 400mH40/50Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 50.37 · #1 Men's 3000mSC23/50Evan Jager · 8:00.45 · #19 Women's 3000mSC13/50Courtney Frerichs · 8:57.77 · #13 Men's High Jump43/50Charles Austin · 2.40 · #8 Women's High Jump9/50Chaunté Lowe · 2.05 · #15 Men's Pole Vault49/50KC Lightfoot · 6.07 · #4 Women's Pole Vault40/50Sandi Morris · 5.00 · #3 Men's Long Jump28/50Mike Powell · 8.95 · #1 Women's Long Jump29/50Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 7.49 · #2 Men's Triple Jump21/50Christian Taylor · 18.21 · #2 Women's Triple Jump5/50Keturah Orji · 14.91 · #38 Men's Shot Put44/50Ryan Crouser · 23.56 · #1 Women's Shot Put7/50Chase Jackson · 20.95 · #37 Men's Discus29/50Sam Mattis · 72.45 · #8 Women's Discus14/50Valarie Sion · 73.52 · #6 Men's Hammer6/50Rudy Winkler · 83.16 · #19 Women's Hammer21/50DeAnna Price · 80.31 · #3 Men's Javelin5/50Breaux Greer · 91.29 · #18 Women's Javelin7/50Kara Winger · 68.11 · #13 Men's Decathlon17/50Ashton Eaton · 9045 · #2 Women's Heptathlon15/50Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 7291 · #1 Men's 10 km13/50Mark Nenow · 27:22 · #119 Women's 10 km26/50Weini Kelati · 30:49 · #147 Men's Half Marathon18/50Conner Mantz · 59:15 · #122 Women's Half Marathon30/50Weini Kelati · 1:06:04 · #71 Men's Marathon13/50Zouhair Talbi · 2:03:45 · #43 Women's Marathon32/50Emily Sisson · 2:18:29 · #53 Women's 20 km Walk1/50Maria Michta-Coffey · 1:30:49 · #325 Women's 35 km Walk3/50Robyn Stevens · 2:49:29 · #53 Men's 50 km Walk1/50Curt Clausen · 3:48:04 · #205 Women's 50 km Walk6/50Kathleen Burnett · 4:21:51 · #40

Each cell is one rank on the list; red cells are United States athletes.

Athletes

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AthleteSexBest listRankMarkDateVenue
Florence Griffith JoynerWWomen's 200m#121.3429 Sep 1988Seoul
Ja'Kobe TharpMMen's 110mH#112.7510 Jun 2026Eugene
Sydney McLaughlin-LevroneWWomen's 400mH#150.378 Aug 2024Saint-Denis
Mike PowellMMen's Long Jump#18.9530 Aug 1991Tokyo
Ryan CrouserMMen's Shot Put#123.5627 May 2023Westwood
Jackie Joyner-KerseeWWomen's Heptathlon#1729124 Sep 1988Seoul
Tyson GayMMen's 100m#29.6920 Sep 2009Shanghai
Michael JohnsonMMen's 400m#243.1826 Aug 1999Sevilla
Aries MerrittMMen's 110mH#212.807 Sep 2012Bruxelles
Masai RussellWWomen's 100mH#212.1423 May 2026Xiamen