Men · Jumps · All-Time
Pole Vault
6.30
Best mark
Best on this list
5.80
Top 50 cutoff
178 rows: tie at the cutoff
5.85
Median
Of the 178 best-by-athlete marks
37
Countries
USA 49 · RUS 22 · 35 others
Performance distribution
178 athletes from 6.30 to 5.80 · median 5.85
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
178 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | SWE | 6.30 | 15 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 25 |
| 2 | Emmanouil Karalis | GRE | 6.20 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 26 |
| 3 | Sergey Bubka | UKR | 6.14 | 31 Jul 1994 | Sestriere | 30 |
| 4 | KC Lightfoot | USA | 6.07 | 2 Jun 2023 | Nashville | 23 |
| 5 | Sam Kendricks | USA | 6.06 | 27 Jul 2019 | Des Moines | 26 |
| 6 | Maksim Tarasov | RUS | 6.05 | 16 Jun 1999 | Athínai | 28 |
| 7 | Dmitri Markov | AUS | 6.05 | 9 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | 26 |
| 8 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 6.05 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | 28 |
| 9 | Brad Walker | USA | 6.04 | 8 Jun 2008 | Eugene | 26 |
| 10 | Okkert Brits | RSA | 6.03 | 18 Aug 1995 | Köln | 21 |
| 11 | Jeff Hartwig | USA | 6.03 | 14 Jun 2000 | Jonesboro | 32 |
| 12 | Thiago Braz | BRA | 6.03 | 15 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 22 |
| 13 | Piotr Lisek | POL | 6.02 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | 26 |
| 14 | Igor Trandenkov | RUS | 6.01 | 4 Jul 1996 | Sankt Peterburg | 29 |
| 15 | Timothy Mack | USA | 6.01 | 18 Sep 2004 | Monaco | 32 |
| 16 | Yevgeniy Lukyanenko | RUS | 6.01 | 1 Jul 2008 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 17 | Radion Gataullin | RUS | 6.00 | 16 Sep 1989 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 18 | Tim Lobinger | GER | 6.00 | 24 Aug 1997 | Köln | 24 |
| 19 | Dmitri Markov | BLR | 6.00 | 20 Feb 1998 | Auckland | 22 |
| 20 | Toby Stevenson | USA | 6.00 | 8 May 2004 | Modesto | 27 |
| 21 | Paul Burgess | AUS | 6.00 | 26 Feb 2005 | Perth | 25 |
| 22 | Steve Hooker | AUS | 6.00 | 27 Jan 2008 | Perth | 25 |
| 23 | Timur Morgunov | RUS | 6.00 | 12 Aug 2018 | Berlin | 21 |
| 24 | Chris Nilsen | USA | 6.00 | 6 May 2022 | Greenfield | 24 |
| 25 | Ernest John Obiena | PHI | 6.00 | 10 Jun 2023 | Bergen | 27 |
| 26 | Kurtis Marschall | AUS | 6.00 | 14 Jul 2026 | Budapest | 29 |
| 27 | Sondre Guttormsen | NOR | 6.00 | 24 Jul 2026 | Trondheim | |
| 28 | Lawrence Johnson | USA | 5.98 | 25 May 1996 | Knoxville | |
| 29 | Jean Galfione | FRA | 5.98 | 23 Jul 1999 | Amiens | |
| 30 | Scott Huffman | USA | 5.97 | 18 Jun 1994 | Knoxville | |
| 31 | Joe Dial | USA | 5.96 | 18 Jun 1987 | Norman | |
| 32 | Andrej Tiwontschik | GER | 5.95 | 16 Aug 1996 | Köln | |
| 33 | Michael Stolle | GER | 5.95 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 34 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.95 | 6 Aug 2003 | Castres | |
| 35 | Thibaut Collet | FRA | 5.95 | 19 Jun 2024 | Monbonnot Saint Martin | |
| 36 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.94 | 26 Jul 2015 | Nürnberg | |
| 37 | Danny Ecker | GER | 5.93 | 26 Jul 1998 | Ingolstadt | |
| 38 | Aleksandr Averbukh | ISR | 5.93 | 19 Jul 2003 | Madrid | |
| 39 | Shawnacy Barber | CAN | 5.93 | 25 Jul 2015 | London | |
| 40 | Pawel Wojciechowski | POL | 5.93 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | |
| 41 | Baptiste Thiery | FRA | 5.93 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 42 | István Bagyula | HUN | 5.92 | 5 Jul 1991 | Linz | |
| 43 | Igor Potapovich | KAZ | 5.92 | 13 Jun 1992 | Dijon | |
| 44 | Dean Starkey | USA | 5.92 | 21 May 1994 | São Paulo | |
| 45 | Björn Otto | GER | 5.92 | 1 Jul 2012 | Helsinki | 34 |
| 46 | Menno Vloon | NED | 5.92 | 1 Sep 2024 | Berlin | |
| 47 | Ersu Sasma | TUR | 5.92 | 27 Jul 2025 | Berlin | |
| 48 | Austin Miller | USA | 5.92 | 2 Aug 2025 | Eugene | |
| 49 | Robin Emig | FRA | 5.92 | 2 Sep 2025 | Chiari | |
| 50 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5.91 | 31 Aug 1984 | Roma | |
| 51 | Riaan Botha | RSA | 5.91 | 2 Apr 1997 | Pretoria | |
| 52 | Malte Mohr | GER | 5.91 | 22 Jun 2012 | Ingolstadt | |
| 53 | Konstandínos Fillippídis | GRE | 5.91 | 4 Jul 2015 | Saint-Denis | |
| 54 | Pierre Quinon | FRA | 5.90 | 16 Jul 1985 | Nice | |
| 55 | Miroslaw Chmara | POL | 5.90 | 27 Jun 1988 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 56 | Denis Petushinskiy | RUS | 5.90 | 13 Jun 1993 | Moskva | |
| 57 | Grigoriy Yegorov | KAZ | 5.90 | 19 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart | |
| 58 | Jacob Davis | USA | 5.90 | 4 Apr 1998 | Austin | |
| 59 | Viktor Chistyakov | AUS | 5.90 | 15 Jul 1999 | Salamanca | |
| 60 | Pavel Gerasimov | RUS | 5.90 | 12 Aug 2000 | Rüdlingen | |
| 61 | Nick Hysong | USA | 5.90 | 29 Sep 2000 | Sydney | |
| 62 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | ITA | 5.90 | 28 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 63 | Lázaro Borges | CUB | 5.90 | 29 Aug 2011 | Daegu | |
| 64 | Jacob Wooten | USA | 5.90 | 22 Feb 2020 | Ciudad de México | |
| 65 | Matthew Ludwig | USA | 5.90 | 22 Feb 2020 | Ciudad de México | |
| 66 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | GER | 5.90 | 25 Jun 2022 | Berlin | |
| 67 | Zachery Bradford | USA | 5.90 | 16 Jan 2026 | Reno | |
| 68 | Kory Tarpenning | USA | 5.89 | 21 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | |
| 69 | Earl Bell | USA | 5.87 | 14 May 1988 | Jonesboro | |
| 70 | Oscar Janson | SWE | 5.87 | 29 Jun 2003 | Somero | |
| 71 | Oleg Zernikel | GER | 5.87 | 24 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 72 | Vasiliy Bubka | UKR | 5.86 | 16 Jul 1988 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 73 | Bill Payne | USA | 5.86 | 19 May 1991 | Houston | |
| 74 | Valeri Bukreyev | EST | 5.86 | 3 Jul 1994 | Somero | |
| 75 | Pyotr Bochkaryov | RUS | 5.86 | 2 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 76 | Pavel Burlachenko | RUS | 5.86 | 23 Mar 2001 | Pretoria | |
| 77 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | NOR | 5.86 | 26 Jun 2022 | Stjørdal | |
| 78 | Branson Ellis | USA | 5.86 | 1 Apr 2023 | Austin | |
| 79 | Zack McWhorter | USA | 5.86 | 8 Jul 2023 | Eugene | |
| 80 | Konstantin Volkov | RUS | 5.85 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 81 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5.85 | 22 Jul 1986 | Paris | |
| 82 | Pat Manson | USA | 5.85 | 15 Sep 1994 | Tokyo | |
| 83 | Viktor Chistyakov | RUS | 5.85 | 28 Jun 1995 | Helsinki | |
| 84 | Alain Andji | FRA | 5.85 | 18 May 1997 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne | |
| 85 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin | RUS | 5.85 | 12 Jun 1997 | Turku | |
| 86 | Vadim Strogalyov | RUS | 5.85 | 27 May 1998 | Haniá | |
| 87 | Richard Spiegelburg | GER | 5.85 | 30 Jun 2001 | Stuttgart | |
| 88 | Lars Börgeling | GER | 5.85 | 27 Jul 2002 | Leverkusen | |
| 89 | Patrik Kristiansson | SWE | 5.85 | 23 Aug 2002 | Helsinki | |
| 90 | Lukasz Michalski | POL | 5.85 | 29 Aug 2011 | Daegu | |
| 91 | Harry Coppell | GBR | 5.85 | 4 Sep 2020 | Manchester | |
| 92 | Ben Broeders | BEL | 5.85 | 11 Jun 2022 | Merzig | |
| 93 | Mikhail Shmykov | RUS | 5.85 | 12 Jul 2025 | Brest | |
| 94 | Huang Bokai | CHN | 5.85 | 19 Jul 2025 | Madrid | |
| 95 | Dyson Wicker | USA | 5.85 | 10 Jun 2026 | Eugene | |
| 96 | Pedro Buaró | POR | 5.85 | 16 Jul 2026 | Madrid | |
| 97 | Mike Tully | USA | 5.84 | 1 May 1988 | Irvine | |
| 98 | Matthew Gray | USA | 5.84 | 16 May 2026 | Mobile | |
| 99 | Daichi Sawano | JPN | 5.83 | 3 May 2005 | Shizuoka | |
| 100 | Denis Yurchenko | UKR | 5.83 | 3 Jul 2008 | Kyiv | |
| 101 | Jan Kudlicka | CZE | 5.83 | 19 Jun 2013 | Praha | |
| 102 | Mark Hollis | USA | 5.83 | 19 Aug 2014 | Landau | |
| 103 | Cole Walsh | USA | 5.83 | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich | |
| 104 | Hunter Garretson | USA | 5.83 | 30 Mar 2024 | Austin | |
| 105 | Abdesalam Heneida Heneida | QAT | 5.83 | 5 Aug 2026 | Jockgrim | |
| 106 | Aleksandr Krupskiy | RUS | 5.82 | 20 Aug 1984 | Budapest | |
| 107 | Aleksandr Parnov | UZB | 5.82 | 21 Aug 1985 | Sumgait | |
| 108 | Tim Bright | USA | 5.82 | 10 Jul 1990 | Nice | |
| 109 | Jani Lehtonen | FIN | 5.82 | 26 Jun 1993 | Kuortane | |
| 110 | Derek Miles | USA | 5.82 | 18 Jun 2001 | Jonesboro | |
| 111 | Giovani Lanaro | MEX | 5.82 | 15 Apr 2007 | Walnut | |
| 112 | Spas Bukhalov | BUL | 5.82 | 2 Jun 2007 | Sofia | |
| 113 | Jacob Pauli | USA | 5.82 | 15 Jun 2007 | Cedar Falls | |
| 114 | Maksim Mazurik | UKR | 5.82 | 6 Jun 2008 | Yalta | |
| 115 | Steven Lewis | GBR | 5.82 | 21 Jul 2012 | Szczecin | |
| 116 | Augusto Dutra de Oliveira | BRA | 5.82 | 22 Jun 2013 | Hof | |
| 117 | Michal Balner | CZE | 5.82 | 24 Jun 2015 | Baku | |
| 118 | Xue Changrui | CHN | 5.82 | 8 Aug 2017 | London | |
| 119 | Valentin Lavillenie | FRA | 5.82 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 120 | Audie Wyatt | USA | 5.82 | 22 Feb 2020 | Ciudad de México | |
| 121 | Kyle Rademeyer | RSA | 5.82 | 29 Apr 2023 | Starkville | |
| 122 | Yao Jie | CHN | 5.82 | 10 Jun 2023 | Hangzhou | |
| 123 | Claudio Michel Stecchi | ITA | 5.82 | 22 Jul 2023 | Madrid | |
| 124 | Aleksandr Solovyov | RUS | 5.82 | 5 Aug 2023 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 125 | Clayton Fritsch | USA | 5.82 | 4 May 2024 | Des Moines | |
| 126 | Torben Blech | GER | 5.82 | 25 May 2024 | Leverkusen | |
| 127 | Keaton Daniel | USA | 5.82 | 23 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 128 | Valentin Imsand | SUI | 5.82 | 31 May 2025 | Sion | |
| 129 | Li Chenyang | CHN | 5.82 | 12 Jul 2025 | Thonon-les-Bains | |
| 130 | Ethan Cormont | FRA | 5.82 | 23 Aug 2025 | Landau | |
| 131 | Ashton Barkdull | USA | 5.82 | 8 May 2026 | Wichita | |
| 132 | Anthony Ammirati | FRA | 5.82 | 13 Jun 2026 | Oullins | |
| 133 | Zackaria Dia | FRA | 5.82 | 13 Jun 2026 | Oullins | |
| 134 | Mathieu Collet | FRA | 5.82 | 26 Jul 2026 | Albi | |
| 135 | Vladimir Polyakov | RUS | 5.81 | 26 Jun 1981 | Tbilisi | |
| 136 | Mike Holloway | USA | 5.81 | 1 Jun 1996 | San José | |
| 137 | Montxu Miranda | ESP | 5.81 | 2 Sep 2000 | Barcelona | |
| 138 | Russ Buller | USA | 5.81 | 22 Apr 2001 | Walnut | |
| 139 | Tye Harvey | USA | 5.81 | 3 Jun 2004 | San Marcos | |
| 140 | Rens Blom | NED | 5.81 | 8 Jun 2004 | Zaragoza | |
| 141 | Aleksandr Korchmyd | UKR | 5.81 | 31 Aug 2005 | Rovereto | |
| 142 | Fabian Schulze | GER | 5.81 | 8 Jul 2006 | Ingolstadt | |
| 143 | Igor Pavlov | RUS | 5.81 | 1 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 144 | Sergey Kucheryanu | RUS | 5.81 | 30 May 2008 | Dessau | |
| 145 | Alexander Straub | GER | 5.81 | 1 Aug 2008 | Wattenscheid | |
| 146 | Kevin Ménaldo | FRA | 5.81 | 4 Jul 2015 | Saint-Denis | |
| 147 | Rutger Koppelaar | NED | 5.81 | 28 Aug 2022 | Leverkusen | |
| 148 | Anthony Meacham | USA | 5.81 | 2 May 2026 | Lawrence | |
| 149 | Pavel Bogatyryov | RUS | 5.80 | 19 Jun 1985 | Schwechat | |
| 150 | Marian Kolasa | POL | 5.80 | 1 Sep 1985 | Kamp-Lintfort | |
| 151 | Atanas Tarev | BUL | 5.80 | 2 Sep 1986 | Lausanne | |
| 152 | Billy Olson | USA | 5.80 | 11 Apr 1987 | Dallas | |
| 153 | Ferenc Salbert | FRA | 5.80 | 4 Jun 1987 | Dreux | |
| 154 | Aleksanders Obizhajevs | LAT | 5.80 | 17 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | |
| 155 | Viktor Ryzhenkov | UZB | 5.80 | 24 Jun 1990 | Rostock | |
| 156 | Dave Volz | USA | 5.80 | 21 Jun 1992 | New Orleans | |
| 157 | Doug Fraley | USA | 5.80 | 21 Jul 1992 | Sestriere | |
| 158 | Greg Duplantis | USA | 5.80 | 1 Jul 1993 | Århus | |
| 159 | Gérald Baudouin | FRA | 5.80 | 8 Jul 1994 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 160 | Simon Arkell | AUS | 5.80 | 26 Jan 1996 | Adelaide | |
| 161 | Scott Hennig | USA | 5.80 | 18 Apr 1998 | San Marcos | |
| 162 | Nick Buckfield | GBR | 5.80 | 27 May 1998 | Haniá | |
| 163 | Vyacheslav Shuteyev | UKR | 5.80 | 31 Jul 1998 | Kyiv | |
| 164 | Khalid Lachheb | FRA | 5.80 | 25 Aug 1998 | Lausanne | |
| 165 | Martin Eriksson | SWE | 5.80 | 18 Mar 2000 | Pietersburg | |
| 166 | Jim Davis | USA | 5.80 | 20 May 2000 | El Paso | |
| 167 | Vasiliy Gorshkov | RUS | 5.80 | 11 Jul 2002 | Cheboksary | |
| 168 | Adam Ptácek | CZE | 5.80 | 13 Jul 2002 | Praha | |
| 169 | Vladislav Revenko | UKR | 5.80 | 19 Jun 2005 | Leiria | |
| 170 | Alhaji Jeng | SWE | 5.80 | 24 Jun 2006 | Zhukovskiy | |
| 171 | Przemyslaw Czerwinski | POL | 5.80 | 24 Jun 2006 | Zhukovskiy | |
| 172 | Tommy Skipper | USA | 5.80 | 25 May 2007 | Eugene | |
| 173 | Fábio Gomes da Silva | BRA | 5.80 | 26 Feb 2011 | São Caetano do Sul | |
| 174 | Robert Sobera | POL | 5.80 | 2 Sep 2014 | Chiari | |
| 175 | Jake Blankenship | USA | 5.80 | 28 Mar 2015 | Austin | |
| 176 | Carlo Paech | GER | 5.80 | 14 Jun 2015 | Zweibrücken | |
| 177 | Ilya Mudrov | RUS | 5.80 | 28 Jul 2016 | Moskva | |
| 178 | Devin King | USA | 5.80 | 31 Mar 2018 | Austin |