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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

Women's 100m20/50Florence Griffith Joyner · 10.61 · #4 Women's 200m22/50Florence Griffith Joyner · 21.34 · #1 Women's 400m11/50Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 47.78 · #2 Women's 800m3/50Athing Mu-Nikolayev · 1:54.97 · #13 Women's 1500m5/50Shelby Houlihan · 3:54.99 · #24 Women's 5000m4/50Alicia Monson · 14:19.45 · #19 Women's 10,000m5/50Alicia Monson · 30:03.82 · #23 Women's 100mH21/50Masai Russell · 12.14 · #2 Women's 400mH17/50Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone · 50.37 · #1 Women's 3000mSC10/50Courtney Frerichs · 8:57.77 · #13 Women's High Jump5/50Chaunté Lowe · 2.05 · #15 Women's Pole Vault11/50Sandi Morris · 5.00 · #3 Women's Long Jump7/50Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 7.49 · #2 Women's Triple Jump3/50Keturah Orji · 14.91 · #38 Women's Shot Put2/50Chase Jackson · 20.95 · #37 Women's Discus6/50Valarie Sion · 73.52 · #6 Women's Hammer10/50DeAnna Price · 80.31 · #3 Women's Javelin2/50Kara Winger · 68.11 · #13 Women's Heptathlon7/50Jackie Joyner-Kersee · 7291 · #1 Women's 50 km Walk1/50Kathleen 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