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United States

Representation across the 50 published all-time lists. Counts use best-by-athlete rows only.

364

Athletes in lists

40

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 100m17/50Tyson Gay · 9.69 · #2 Men's 200m21/50Noah Lyles · 19.31 · #3 Men's 400m28/50Michael Johnson · 43.18 · #2 Men's 800m7/50Bryce Hoppel · 1:41.67 · #7 Men's 1500m4/50Cole Hocker · 3:27.65 · #9 Men's 5000m4/50Nico Young · 12:45.27 · #13 Men's 10,000m2/50Grant Fisher · 26:33.84 · #9 Men's 110mH29/50Ja'Kobe Tharp · 12.75 · #1 Men's 400mH20/50Rai Benjamin · 46.17 · #3 Men's 3000mSC1/50Evan Jager · 8:00.45 · #19 Men's High Jump8/50Charles Austin · 2.40 · #8 Men's Pole Vault12/50KC Lightfoot · 6.07 · #4 Men's Long Jump19/50Mike Powell · 8.95 · #1 Men's Triple Jump10/50Christian Taylor · 18.21 · #2 Men's Shot Put21/50Ryan Crouser · 23.56 · #1 Men's Discus10/50Sam Mattis · 72.45 · #8 Men's Hammer3/50Rudy Winkler · 83.16 · #19 Men's Javelin2/50Breaux Greer · 91.29 · #18 Men's Decathlon14/50Ashton Eaton · 9045 · #2 Men's Marathon1/50Zouhair Talbi · 2:03:45 · #43

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