Men · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
8.95
Best mark
World record
8.36
Top 50 cutoff
92 rows: tie at the cutoff
8.46
Median
Of the 92 best-by-athlete marks
33
Countries
USA 28 · CUB 7 · 31 others
Performance distribution
92 athletes from 8.95 to 8.36 · median 8.46
Top 50 cutoff
The mark an athlete needed to make the list
World all-time top 50
Best by athlete · updated 4 Sep 2026 · methodology
92 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Powell WR | USA | 8.95 | +0.3 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 2 | Bob Beamon | USA | 8.90 | +2.0 | 18 Oct 1968 | Ciudad de México | 22 |
| 3 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.87 | -0.2 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 30 |
| 4 | Robert Emmiyan | ARM | 8.86 | +1.9 | 22 May 1987 | Tsakhkadzor | 22 |
| 5 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.74 | +1.4 | 18 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 32 |
| 6 | Erick Walder | USA | 8.74 | +2.0 | 2 Apr 1994 | El Paso | 22 |
| 7 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 8.74 | -1.2 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | 31 |
| 8 | Irving Saladino | PAN | 8.73 | +1.2 | 24 May 2008 | Hengelo | 25 |
| 9 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.71 | +1.9 | 18 Jul 1995 | Salamanca | 22 |
| 10 | Tajay Gayle | JAM | 8.69 | +0.5 | 28 Sep 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 23 |
| 11 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | CUB | 8.68 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 2018 | Bad Langensalza | 19 |
| 12 | Louis Tsatoumas | GRE | 8.66 | +1.6 | 2 Jun 2007 | Kalamáta | 25 |
| 13 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | GRE | 8.66 | +1.0 | 26 Jul 2026 | Vólos | 28 |
| 14 | Luvo Manyonga | RSA | 8.65 | +1.3 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom | 26 |
| 15 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | USA | 8.63 | +0.5 | 4 Jul 1994 | Linz | 21 |
| 16 | James Beckford | JAM | 8.62 | +0.7 | 5 Apr 1997 | Orlando | 22 |
| 17 | Jarrion Lawson | USA | 8.58 | +1.8 | 3 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 22 |
| 18 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 8.56 | +1.3 | 24 Jun 1999 | Torino | 21 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Menkov | RUS | 8.56 | +0.2 | 16 Aug 2013 | Moskva | 22 |
| 20 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 8.54 | +0.9 | 28 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 21 |
| 21 | Mitchell Watt | AUS | 8.54 | +1.7 | 29 Jul 2011 | Stockholm | 23 |
| 22 | Wayne Pinnock | JAM | 8.54 | +1.2 | 23 Aug 2023 | q Budapest | 22 |
| 23 | Jaime Jefferson | CUB | 8.53 | +1.2 | 12 May 1990 | La Habana | 28 |
| 24 | Savanté Stringfellow | USA | 8.52 | +0.7 | 21 Jun 2002 | Palo Alto | |
| 25 | Jeffrey Henderson | USA | 8.52 | +1.8 | 22 Jul 2015 | Toronto | |
| 26 | Roland McGhee | USA | 8.51 | +1.7 | 14 May 1995 | São Paulo | |
| 27 | Greg Rutherford | GBR | 8.51 | +1.7 | 24 Apr 2014 | Chula Vista | |
| 28 | Simon Ehammer | SUI | 8.51 | +1.0 | 30 May 2026 | D Götzis | 26 |
| 29 | Llewellyn Starks | USA | 8.50 | +0.2 | 7 Jul 1991 | Rhede | |
| 30 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | RSA | 8.50 | +1.3 | 4 Jul 2009 | Madrid | |
| 31 | Melvin Lister | USA | 8.49 | +2.0 | 13 May 2000 | Baton Rouge | 22 |
| 32 | Jai Taurima | AUS | 8.49 | +0.6 | 28 Sep 2000 | Sydney | |
| 33 | Sebastian Bayer | GER | 8.49 | +1.6 | 4 Jul 2009 | Ulm | 23 |
| 34 | Christian Reif | GER | 8.49 | +0.7 | 31 May 2014 | Weinheim | |
| 35 | Ruswahl Samaai | RSA | 8.49 | -0.8 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom | |
| 36 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | BUL | 8.49 | +1.3 | 14 Jul 2026 | Plovdiv | |
| 37 | Joe Greene | USA | 8.48 | +0.8 | 14 May 1995 | São Paulo | |
| 38 | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi | KSA | 8.48 | +0.6 | 2 Jul 2006 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
| 39 | Kevin Dilworth | USA | 8.47 | +1.9 | 9 May 1996 | Abilene | |
| 40 | John Moffitt | USA | 8.47 | +0.9 | 26 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 41 | Andrew Howe | ITA | 8.47 | -0.2 | 30 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 42 | Li Jinzhe | CHN | 8.47 | 0.0 | 28 Jun 2014 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 43 | Wang Jianan | CHN | 8.47 | +0.7 | 16 Jun 2018 | Guiyang | |
| 44 | JuVaughn Harrison | USA | 8.47 | -0.2 | 27 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 45 | Leonid Voloshin | RUS | 8.46 | +2.0 | 5 Jul 1988 | Tallinn | |
| 46 | Mike Conley | USA | 8.46 | +1.6 | 4 May 1996 | Springfield | 33 |
| 47 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré | SEN | 8.46 | +1.8 | 15 Jun 1997 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 48 | Miguel Pate | USA | 8.46 | 0.0 | 3 May 2003 | Ciudad de México | 23 |
| 49 | Ibrahín Camejo | CUB | 8.46 | +0.3 | 21 Jun 2008 | Bilbao | |
| 50 | Luis Alberto Rivera | MEX | 8.46 | +1.3 | 12 Jul 2013 | Kazan | |
| 51 | Jorge A. Hodelín | CUB | 8.46 | +1.9 | 13 Jun 2026 | Oullins | |
| 52 | Nenad Stekic | SRB | 8.45 | +2.0 | 25 Jul 1975 | Montréal | |
| 53 | Marquise Goodwin | USA | 8.45 | +0.8 | 14 May 2016 | Baie-Mahault | |
| 54 | Eric Metcalf | USA | 8.44 | +1.7 | 17 Jun 1988 | Tampa | |
| 55 | Michel Tornéus | SWE | 8.44 | +1.8 | 10 Jul 2016 | Monachil | |
| 56 | Jason Grimes | USA | 8.43 | +0.8 | 16 Jun 1985 | Indianapolis | |
| 57 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 8.43 | +1.8 | 16 May 1987 | San Giovanni Valdarno | |
| 58 | Luis Felipe Méliz Linares | CUB | 8.43 | +0.1 | 3 Jun 2000 | Jena | |
| 59 | Ignisious Gaisah | GHA | 8.43 | -0.2 | 14 Jul 2006 | Roma | |
| 60 | Shi Yuhao | CHN | 8.43 | +0.7 | 12 May 2018 | Shanghai | |
| 61 | Mattia Furlani | ITA | 8.43 | +0.4 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 62 | Salim Sdiri | FRA | 8.42 | +0.4 | 12 Jun 2009 | Pierre-Bénite | |
| 63 | Marquis Dendy | USA | 8.42 | +1.6 | 3 Jul 2016 | Eugene | |
| 64 | J. Jeswin Aldrin | IND | 8.42 | +1.8 | 2 Mar 2023 | Bellary | |
| 65 | Craig Hepburn | BAH | 8.41 | +1.5 | 17 Jun 1993 | Nassau | |
| 66 | Zarck Visser | RSA | 8.41 | +0.9 | 4 Jul 2015 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 67 | Murali Sreeshankar | IND | 8.41 | +1.5 | 19 Jun 2023 | q Bhubaneshwar | |
| 68 | Douglas de Souza | BRA | 8.40 | +1.4 | 15 Feb 1995 | São Paulo | |
| 69 | Robert Howard | USA | 8.40 | +0.4 | 17 May 1997 | Auburn | |
| 70 | Gregor Cankar | SLO | 8.40 | +2.0 | 18 May 1997 | Celje | |
| 71 | Lao Jianfeng | CHN | 8.40 | 0.0 | 28 May 1997 | Zhaoqing | |
| 72 | Yahya Berrabah | MAR | 8.40 | +1.0 | 2 Oct 2009 | Beyrouth | |
| 73 | Fabrice Lapierre | AUS | 8.40 | +0.5 | 14 Jul 2010 | Nuoro | |
| 74 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | ZIM | 8.40 | 0.0 | 9 Jun 2011 | Des Moines | |
| 75 | Shoutarou Shiroyama | JPN | 8.40 | +1.5 | 17 Aug 2019 | Fukui | |
| 76 | Lin Yu-Tang | TPE | 8.40 | +0.3 | 15 Jul 2023 | Bangkok | |
| 77 | Dion Bentley | USA | 8.39 | +0.8 | 3 Jun 1993 | New Orleans | |
| 78 | Ahmad Fayaz Marzouk | KSA | 8.39 | -0.4 | 13 Aug 2006 | Lemgo | |
| 79 | Tyron Stewart | USA | 8.39 | +2.0 | 24 Apr 2014 | Chula Vista | |
| 80 | Maykel Demetrio Massó | CUB | 8.39 | +0.6 | 29 May 2021 | La Habana | |
| 81 | Konstantin Syemkin | RUS | 8.38 | +0.4 | 17 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 82 | Huang Geng | CHN | 8.38 | +1.1 | 18 May 1995 | Taiyuan | |
| 83 | Kirill Sosunov | RUS | 8.38 | +1.1 | 27 Jun 1998 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 84 | Carey McLeod | JAM | 8.38 | +0.1 | 29 Jun 2024 | Kingston | |
| 85 | Leroy Burrell | USA | 8.37 | +0.4 | 2 Jun 1989 | Provo | |
| 86 | Bogdan Tudor | ROU | 8.37 | +1.5 | 9 Jul 1995 | Bad Cannstatt | |
| 87 | Eusebio Cáceres | ESP | 8.37 | +1.1 | 12 Jul 2013 | Tampere | |
| 88 | Zack Bazile | USA | 8.37 | +1.9 | 6 Jun 2018 | Eugene | |
| 89 | Tafadzwa Chikomba | ZIM | 8.37 | -0.7 | 10 Jun 2026 | Eugene | |
| 90 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 8.36 | +1.0 | 21 Jul 1979 | Rieti | 25 |
| 91 | Frank Paschek | GDR | 8.36 | +1.6 | 28 May 1980 | Berlin | |
| 92 | Chen Zunrong | CHN | 8.36 | +1.5 | 5 May 1992 | Shizuoka |