Men · World record

Shot Put

The current record and its documented progression: 53 ratified records from 1909 to 2023, with 1 not ratified shown in place.

Current record

23.56

Ryan Crouser USALos Angeles · 27 May 2023

3 years standing0.19 m improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

23.5615.54

19091949 · Fuchs 17.791959 · O'Brien 19.301975 · Oldfield 22.862023 · Crouser 23.56

Documented records

53 ratified · 1 not ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372027096, imported 2 Sep 2026

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Venue	Date	Stood
23.56	Ryan Crouser	USA	Westwood, U.S.	27 May 2023	3 yrs
23.37	Ryan Crouser	USA	Eugene, U.S.	18 Jun 2021	1 yr
23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	20 May 1990	31 yrs
23.06	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	Chania, Greece	22 May 1988	1 yr
22.91	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	284 d
22.84	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	0 d
22.72	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	0 d
22.64	Udo Beyer	GDR	Berlin, Germany	20 Aug 1986	357 d
22.62	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	Berlin, Germany	22 Sep 1985	332 d
22.22	Udo Beyer	GDR	Los Angeles, U.S.	25 Jun 1983	2 yrs
22.15	Udo Beyer	GDR	Gothenburg, Sweden	6 Jul 1978	4 yrs
22.00	Aleksandr Baryshnikov	URS	Paris, France	10 Jun 1976	2 yrs
21.85	Terry Albritton	USA	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	21 Feb 1976	110 d
22.86	Brian Oldfield Not ratified	USA	El Paso, United States	10 May 1975
21.82	Al Feuerbach	USA	San Jose, U.S.	5 May 1973	2 yrs
21.78	Randy Matson	USA	College Station, U.S.	23 Apr 1967	6 yrs
21.52	Randy Matson	USA	College Station, U.S.	8 May 1965	1 yr
20.68	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	25 Jul 1964	287 d
20.20	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	29 May 1964	57 d
20.10	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	4 Apr 1964	55 d
20.08	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	18 May 1962	1 yr
20.06	Bill Nieder	USA	Walnut, U.S.	12 Aug 1960	1 yr
19.99	Bill Nieder	USA	Austin, U.S.	2 Apr 1960	132 d
19.67	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	26 Mar 1960	7 d
19.45	Bill Nieder	USA	Palo Alto, U.S.	19 Mar 1960	7 d
19.38	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	5 Mar 1960	14 d
19.30	Parry O'Brien	USA	Albuquerque, U.S.	1 Aug 1959	217 d
19.25	Dallas Long	USA	Santa Barbara, U.S.	28 Mar 1959	126 d
19.25	Parry O'Brien	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	1 Nov 1956	2 yrs
19.06	Parry O'Brien	USA	Eugene, U.S.	3 Sep 1956	59 d
18.69	Parry O'Brien	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	15 Jun 1956	80 d
18.62	Parry O'Brien	USA	Salt Lake City, U.S.	5 May 1956	41 d
18.54	Parry O'Brien	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	11 Jun 1954	1 yr
18.43	Parry O'Brien	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	21 May 1954	21 d
18.42	Parry O'Brien	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	8 May 1954	13 d
18.04	Parry O'Brien	USA	Compton, U.S.	5 Jun 1953	337 d
18.00	Parry O'Brien	USA	Fresno, U.S.	9 May 1953	27 d
17.95	Jim Fuchs	USA	Eskilstuna, Sweden	22 Aug 1950	2 yrs
17.90	Jim Fuchs	USA	Visby, Sweden	20 Aug 1950	2 d
17.82	Jim Fuchs	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	29 Apr 1950	113 d
17.79	Jim Fuchs	USA	Oslo, Norway	28 Jul 1949	275 d
17.68	Charlie Fonville	USA	Lawrence, U.S.	17 Apr 1948	1 yr
17.40	Jack Torrance	USA	Oslo, Norway	5 Aug 1934	13 yrs
16.89	Jack Torrance	USA	Milwaukee, U.S.	30 Jun 1934	36 d
16.80	Jack Torrance	USA	Des Moines, U.S.	27 Apr 1934	64 d
16.48	John Lyman	USA	Palo Alto, U.S.	21 Apr 1934	6 d
16.20	František Douda	TCH	Prague, Czechoslovakia	24 Sep 1932	1 yr
16.16	Leo Sexton	USA	Freeport, U.S.	27 Aug 1932	28 d
16.05	Zygmunt Heljasz	POL	Poznań, Poland	29 Jun 1932	59 d
16.04	František Douda	TCH	Brno, Czechoslovakia	4 Oct 1931	269 d
16.04	Emil Hirschfeld	GER	Bochum, Germany	26 Aug 1928	3 yrs
15.87	John Kuck	USA	Amsterdam, Netherlands	29 Jul 1928	28 d
15.79	Emil Hirschfeld	GER	Breslau, Germany	6 May 1928	84 d
15.54	Ralph Rose	USA	San Francisco, U.S.	21 Aug 1909	18 yrs

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and ^A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.