Men · Jumps · All-Time
Triple Jump
World record
18.29+1.3
Jonathan EdwardsGBRGothenburg · 7 Aug 1995
31 years standingRecord progression →
18.29
Best mark
World record
17.25
Top 50 cutoff
189 rows: tie at the cutoff
17.47
Median
Of the 189 best-by-athlete marks
48
Countries
RUS 24 · CUB 22 · 46 others
Performance distribution
189 athletes from 18.29 to 17.25 · median 17.47
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
189 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Edwards WR | GBR | 18.29 | +1.3 | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | 29 |
| 2 | Christian Taylor | USA | 18.21 | +0.2 | 27 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 25 |
| 3 | Jordan Alejandr Díaz | ESP | 18.18 | -0.3 | 11 Jun 2024 | Roma | |
| 4 | Andy Díaz | ITA | 18.15 | +1.7 | 15 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 30 |
| 5 | Will Claye | USA | 18.14 | +0.4 | 29 Jun 2019 | Long Beach | 28 |
| 6 | Kenny Harrison | USA | 18.09 | -0.4 | 27 Jul 1996 | Atlanta | 31 |
| 7 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo | CUB | 18.08 | 0.0 | 28 May 2015 | La Habana | |
| 8 | Teddy Tamgho | FRA | 18.04 | +0.3 | 18 Aug 2013 | Moskva | 24 |
| 9 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo | POR | 18.04 | -0.6 | 11 Jun 2024 | Roma | |
| 10 | Willie Banks | USA | 17.97 | +1.5 | 16 Jun 1985 | Indianapolis | 29 |
| 11 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17.92 | +1.6 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 22 |
| 12 | James Beckford | JAM | 17.92 | +1.9 | 20 May 1995 | Odessa | 20 |
| 13 | Vladimir Inozemtsev | UKR | 17.90 | +1.0 | 20 Jun 1990 | Bratislava | 26 |
| 14 | Jadel Gregório | BRA | 17.90 | +0.4 | 20 May 2007 | Belém | 26 |
| 15 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 17.89 | 0.0 | 15 Oct 1975 | Ciudad de México | 21 |
| 16 | Mike Conley | USA | 17.87 | +1.7 | 27 Jun 1987 | San José | 24 |
| 17 | Jordan Alejandr Díaz | CUB | 17.87 | +1.2 | 26 Jun 2022 | * Nerja | |
| 18 | Jaydon Hibbert | JAM | 17.87 | +1.3 | 13 May 2023 | Baton Rouge | 18 |
| 19 | Charles Simpkins | USA | 17.86 | +1.3 | 2 Sep 1985 | Kobe | 21 |
| 20 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 17.85 | +0.9 | 8 Aug 1997 | Athínai | 24 |
| 21 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | BUR | 17.82 | +0.2 | 6 Jul 2021 | Székesfehérvár | 28 |
| 22 | Marian Oprea | ROU | 17.81 | +1.0 | 5 Jul 2005 | Lausanne | 23 |
| 23 | Phillips Idowu | GBR | 17.81 | +0.1 | 29 Jul 2010 | Barcelona | 31 |
| 24 | Christian Olsson | SWE | 17.79 | +1.4 | 22 Aug 2004 | Athínai | 24 |
| 25 | Nikolay Musiyenko | UKR | 17.78 | +1.0 | 7 Jun 1986 | Leningrad | 26 |
| 26 | Lázaro Betancourt | CUB | 17.78 | +0.6 | 15 Jun 1986 | La Habana | |
| 27 | Melvin Lister | USA | 17.78 | +0.8 | 17 Jul 2004 | Sacramento | 26 |
| 28 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | RUS | 17.77 | +1.0 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 24 |
| 29 | Oleg Protsenko | RUS | 17.75 | +0.3 | 10 Jun 1990 | Moskva | |
| 30 | Leonid Voloshin | RUS | 17.75 | +1.0 | 26 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | |
| 31 | +1,1 Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 17.75 | 5 Jul 2002 | Saint-Denis | ||
| 32 | Nelson Évora | POR | 17.74 | +1.4 | 27 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 33 | Sheryf El-Sheryf | UKR | 17.72 | +1.3 | 17 Jul 2011 | Ostrava | |
| 34 | Walter Davis | USA | 17.71 | -0.7 | 25 Jun 2006 | Indianapolis | |
| 35 | Aliecer Urrutia | CUB | 17.70 | +1.7 | 6 Jun 1996 | Sevilla | |
| 36 | Andy Díaz | CUB | 17.70 | -0.8 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 26 |
| 37 | Igor Lapshin | BLR | 17.69 | +1.5 | 31 Jul 1988 | Stayki | |
| 38 | Jordan Scott | JAM | 17.69 | +1.7 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 39 | Danila Burkenya | RUS | 17.68 | +0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | |
| 40 | Omar Craddock | USA | 17.68 | 0.0 | 20 Apr 2019 | Long Beach | |
| 41 | Wu Ruiting | CHN | 17.68 | +1.0 | 4 Aug 2025 | Quzhou | |
| 42 | Yasser Mohamed Triki | ALG | 17.67 | +0.4 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 43 | Ralf Jaros | GER | 17.66 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 1991 | Frankfurt | |
| 44 | Aleksandr Yakovlev | UKR | 17.65 | +1.0 | 6 Jun 1987 | Moskva | |
| 45 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 17.65 | +0.8 | 9 Jul 1998 | Oslo | |
| 46 | Yoandri Betanzos | CUB | 17.65 | +1.4 | 25 Apr 2009 | La Habana | |
| 47 | Alexis Copello | CUB | 17.65 | +0.1 | 30 May 2009 | La Habana | |
| 48 | Nathan Douglas | GBR | 17.64 | +1.4 | 10 Jul 2005 | Manchester | |
| 49 | Andrea Dallavalle | ITA | 17.64 | +1.5 | 19 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 50 | Kenta Bell | USA | 17.63 | +0.9 | 21 Apr 2002 | Walnut | |
| 51 | Brian Wellman | BER | 17.62 | +0.1 | 15 Apr 1995 | El Paso | |
| 52 | Arnie David Girat | CUB | 17.62 | -0.2 | 25 Apr 2009 | La Habana | |
| 53 | Vladimir Plekhanov | RUS | 17.60 | +0.6 | 4 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 54 | Fabrizio Donato | ITA | 17.60 | +1.9 | 7 Jun 2000 | Milano | |
| 55 | Vasiliy Sokov | RUS | 17.59 | +0.3 | 19 Jun 1993 | Moskva | |
| 56 | Charles Michael Friedek | GER | 17.59 | +0.8 | 23 Jul 1997 | Hamburg | |
| 57 | Leevan Sands | BAH | 17.59 | +0.9 | 21 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 58 | Li Yanxi | CHN | 17.59 | 0.0 | 26 Oct 2009 | Jinan | |
| 59 | Oleg Sakirkin | KAZ | 17.58 | +1.5 | 23 Jul 1989 | Gorkiy | |
| 60 | Aarik Wilson | USA | 17.58 | +1.6 | 3 Aug 2007 | London | |
| 61 | Ernesto Revé | CUB | 17.58 | -1.7 | 7 Feb 2014 | La Habana | |
| 62 | Dong Bing | CHN | 17.58 | -0.2 | 16 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 63 | Keith Connor | GBR | 17.57 | 0.0 | 5 Jun 1982 | Provo | |
| 64 | Dmitriy Valukevic | BLR | 17.57 | +0.2 | 19 Jul 2003 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 65 | Zhu Yaming | CHN | 17.57 | +1.7 | 5 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 66 | Maris Bruziks | LAT | 17.56 | +1.9 | 3 Sep 1988 | Riga | |
| 67 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | RUS | 17.55 | +0.3 | 19 Jun 1983 | Moskva | |
| 68 | Serge Hélan | FRA | 17.55 | +0.9 | 13 Aug 1994 | Helsinki | |
| 69 | Dimitriós Tsiámis | GRE | 17.55 | +0.8 | 18 Jun 2006 | Thessaloníki | |
| 70 | Russell Robinson | USA | 17.54 | +1.6 | 11 Jul 2026 | Mamphis | |
| 71 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | RUS | 17.53 | +1.0 | 19 Jun 1983 | Moskva | |
| 72 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 17.53 | +1.6 | 4 Jun 1985 | Madrid | |
| 73 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | BLR | 17.53 | +1.0 | 1 Jun 1986 | Erfurt | |
| 74 | Al Joyner | USA | 17.53 | +1.6 | 26 Jun 1987 | q San José | |
| 75 | Milán Mikulás | CZE | 17.53 | +0.9 | 17 Jul 1988 | Praha | |
| 76 | Oleg Denishchik | BLR | 17.53 | +1.9 | 12 Jul 1991 | Kyiv | |
| 77 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | BLR | 17.53 | +0.5 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 78 | Lyukman Adams | RUS | 17.53 | +1.8 | 27 May 2012 | Sochi | |
| 79 | Almir dos Santos | BRA | 17.53 | +0.3 | 12 May 2018 | Baie-Mahault | |
| 80 | Osniel Tosca | CUB | 17.52 | +1.0 | 10 May 2007 | Caracas | |
| 81 | Salif Mane | USA | 17.52 | +1.4 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 82 | Malvin Raffin | FRA | 17.52 | +0.3 | 3 Aug 2025 | Talence | |
| 83 | Alexander Martínez | CUB | 17.51 | +1.4 | 23 Jul 2005 | Bern | |
| 84 | Lázaro Martínez | CUB | 17.51 | +1.3 | 7 Jul 2023 | San Salvador | |
| 85 | Volker Mai | GER | 17.50 | +0.4 | 23 Jun 1985 | Erfurt | |
| 86 | Marquis Dendy | USA | 17.50 | +1.2 | 12 Jun 2015 | Eugene | |
| 87 | Rostislav Dimitrov | BUL | 17.49 | +1.4 | 25 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 88 | Randy Lewis | GRN | 17.49 | 0.0 | 22 May 2008 | São Paulo | |
| 89 | Osviel Hernández | CUB | 17.49 | +1.7 | 3 Feb 2012 | La Habana | |
| 90 | Jorge Reyna | CUB | 17.48 | +1.9 | 27 Feb 1987 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| 91 | Jérôme Romain | DMA | 17.48 | +1.6 | 5 Aug 1995 | q Göteborg | |
| 92 | Benjamin Compaoré | FRA | 17.48 | -0.1 | 14 Sep 2014 | Marrakesh | |
| 93 | Chris Benard | USA | 17.48 | 0.0 | 23 Jun 2017 | Sacramento | |
| 94 | Yoel García | CUB | 17.47 | +1.8 | 9 Jul 1995 | Bad Cannstatt | |
| 95 | Daniele Greco | ITA | 17.47 | +1.7 | 9 Jun 2012 | Potenza | |
| 96 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 17.46 | +1.7 | 7 Aug 1982 | London | |
| 97 | Dmitrij Valukevic | SVK | 17.46 | 0.0 | 15 Jun 2008 | Zhukovskiy | |
| 98 | Aleksandr Leonov | BLR | 17.45 | +1.9 | 24 May 1987 | Sochi | |
| 99 | Paolo Camossi | ITA | 17.45 | +1.5 | 7 Jun 2000 | Milano | |
| 100 | Karl Taillepierre | FRA | 17.45 | +1.0 | 16 Jul 2005 | Angers | |
| 101 | +0,5 Alexis Copello | CUB | 17.45 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | ||
| 102 | Yoann Rapinier | FRA | 17.45 | +0.9 | 13 Jul 2013 | Paris | |
| 103 | Viktor Saneyev | GEO | 17.44 | -1.2 | 17 Oct 1972 | Sukhumi | |
| 104 | Dirk Gamlin | GDR | 17.44 | +2.0 | 7 Jul 1985 | Dresden | |
| 105 | Andrey Kurennoy | RUS | 17.44 | +0.4 | 9 Jul 1997 | Tula | |
| 106 | LaMark Carter | USA | 17.44 | +1.7 | 20 Jun 1998 | New Orleans | |
| 107 | Igor Spasovkhodskiy | RUS | 17.44 | +0.9 | 6 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 108 | Peter Bouschen | FRG | 17.43 | 0.0 | 2 Jun 1988 | Düsseldorf | |
| 109 | Konstadínos Zalaggítis | GRE | 17.43 | +1.5 | 30 Jun 2002 | Haniá | |
| 110 | Hector Fuentes | CUB | 17.43 | +1.3 | 19 Jul 2008 | La Habana | |
| 111 | Aleksandr Petrenko | RUS | 17.43 | +1.5 | 20 Jul 2008 | Kazan | |
| 112 | Donald Scott | USA | 17.43 | -0.5 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | |
| 113 | Aleksey Fyodorov | RUS | 17.42 | +1.9 | 29 May 2015 | Sochi | |
| 114 | John Herbert | GBR | 17.41 | 0.0 | 2 Sep 1985 | Kobe | |
| 115 | Frank Rutherford | BAH | 17.41 | -0.8 | 17 May 1992 | São Paulo | |
| 116 | Armen Martirosyan | ARM | 17.41 | 5 Jun 1998 | Gyumri | ||
| 117 | Momchil Karailiev | BUL | 17.41 | +1.4 | 27 Jun 2009 | Sofia | |
| 118 | Zhu Shujing | CHN | 17.41 | +0.2 | 26 Oct 2009 | Jinan | |
| 119 | Pedro Pérez Dueñas | CUB | 17.40 | +0.4 | 5 Aug 1971 | Cali | |
| 120 | Oleg Grokhovskiy | RUS | 17.40 | +1.9 | 8 Sep 1991 | Almaty | |
| 121 | Cristian Atanay Nápoles | CUB | 17.40 | +0.1 | 21 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 122 | Su Wen | CHN | 17.40 | +0.3 | 28 Jun 2026 | Rizhao | |
| 123 | Samyr Laine | HAI | 17.39 | +1.3 | 24 Jul 2009 | Bogotá | |
| 124 | Gennadiy Markov | RUS | 17.38 | +1.0 | 29 May 1994 | Stavropol | |
| 125 | Julien Kapek | FRA | 17.38 | -0.1 | 21 Jul 2006 | Tomblaine | |
| 126 | Thomas Gogois | FRA | 17.38 | -0.4 | 11 Jun 2024 | Roma | |
| 127 | Max Heß | GER | 17.38 | -1.0 | 9 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 128 | Vyacheslav Bordukov | RUS | 17.37 | +0.7 | 19 May 1984 | Sofia | |
| 129 | Tim Rusan | USA | 17.37 | +1.7 | 17 Jul 2004 | Sacramento | |
| 130 | Tareq Bougtaïb | MAR | 17.37 | +2.0 | 14 Jul 2007 | Khémisset | |
| 131 | Necati Er | TUR | 17.37 | +1.1 | 14 Jul 2019 | Gävle | |
| 132 | Praveen Chithravel | IND | 17.37 | -1.5 | 6 May 2023 | La Habana | |
| 133 | Ray Kimble | USA | 17.36 | +1.3 | 9 May 1987 | Modesto | |
| 134 | Vladimir Chernikov | UZB | 17.36 | +1.8 | 21 Aug 1988 | Odessa | |
| 135 | Jaak Uudmäe | EST | 17.35 | -0.2 | 25 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 136 | Jacek Pastusinski | POL | 17.35 | +1.7 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | |
| 137 | Cao Shuo | CHN | 17.35 | +0.3 | 14 Apr 2012 | Zhaoqing | |
| 138 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | RSA | 17.35 | +0.2 | 14 Sep 2014 | Marrakesh | |
| 139 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 17.34 | +0.3 | 5 Sep 1981 | Roma | |
| 140 | Jan Cado | CZE | 17.34 | +0.1 | 26 May 1984 | Bratislava | |
| 141 | Pierre Camara | FRA | 17.34 | +1.5 | 1 Aug 1992 | q Barcelona | |
| 142 | Nnabazihle Mdhlongwa | ZIM | 17.34 | +1.6 | 28 Mar 1998 | Lafayette | |
| 143 | Colomba Fofana | FRA | 17.34 | +0.1 | 25 May 2008 | Forbach | |
| 144 | Wolfgang Zinser | FRG | 17.33 | +1.6 | 23 Sep 1988 | Düsseldorf | |
| 145 | Vasif Asadov | AZE | 17.33 | +1.1 | 18 Jun 1990 | Bryansk | |
| 146 | Vyacheslav Taranov | RUS | 17.33 | +0.6 | 22 Jun 1997 | Vladimir | |
| 147 | Anisio Sousa da Silva | BRA | 17.32 | +1.5 | 3 Aug 1993 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| 148 | Andrew Murphy | AUS | 17.32 | +1.7 | 25 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 149 | Viktor Yastrebov | UKR | 17.32 | +0.7 | 13 Jun 2004 | Kyiv | |
| 150 | Simone Biasutti | ITA | 17.32 | +0.7 | 25 Jul 2026 | Firenze | |
| 151 | Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 17.31 | +1.5 | 4 Sep 1972 | München | |
| 152 | Igor Parygin | RUS | 17.31 | +2.0 | 9 Jul 1988 | Tallinn | |
| 153 | Zou Sixin | CHN | 17.31 | +1.9 | 3 Oct 1990 | Beijing | |
| 154 | Jérôme Romain | FRA | 17.31 | +1.7 | 8 Aug 1999 | Castres | |
| 155 | Aleksandro Melo | BRA | 17.31 | +0.4 | 24 Apr 2019 | Cochabamba | |
| 156 | Dmitriy Sorokin | RUS | 17.31 | 27 Jul 2019 | Cheboksary | ||
| 157 | Grigoriy Yemets | UKR | 17.30 | +0.2 | 9 Sep 1984 | Donetsk | |
| 158 | Jörg Elbe | GDR | 17.30 | +1.9 | 2 Aug 1985 | Dresden | |
| 159 | Zhen Lizhi | CHN | 17.30 | 7 Sep 1995 | Changchun | ||
| 160 | Sergey Kochkin | RUS | 17.30 | 16 Jun 1996 | Rostov-na-Donu | ||
| 161 | Michael Calvo | CUB | 17.30 | +0.2 | 13 Feb 1997 | La Habana | |
| 162 | Onochie Achike | GBR | 17.30 | +1.0 | 23 Sep 2000 | q Sydney | |
| 163 | Mykola Savolaynen | UKR | 17.30 | 0.0 | 24 May 2007 | Kyiv | |
| 164 | -0,1 Teddy Tamgho | FRA | 17.30 | 6 Sep 2013 | Bruxelles | ||
| 165 | Renjith Maheshwary | IND | 17.30 | +1.8 | 11 Jul 2016 | Banguluru | |
| 166 | Edrick Floréal | CAN | 17.29 | +1.0 | 3 Jun 1989 | Provo | |
| 167 | Andrius Raizgys | LTU | 17.29 | +0.7 | 22 Jul 1995 | Vilnius | |
| 168 | Aleksandr Aseledchenko | RUS | 17.29 | +0.9 | 9 Jul 1997 | Tula | |
| 169 | Jirí Kuntos | CZE | 17.29 | +1.9 | 26 Jun 1999 | Ostrava | |
| 170 | Viktor Kuznetsov | UKR | 17.29 | -1.4 | 29 Jul 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 171 | 0.6 Pedro Pablo Pichardo | POR | 17.29 | 9 Jul 2019 | Székesfehérvár | ||
| 172 | Emmanuel Themeje | ITA | 17.29 | +1.9 | 15 Apr 2023 | Walnut | |
| 173 | Juan Miguel Lopez | CUB | 17.28 | +0.2 | 6 Aug 1988 | La Habana | |
| 174 | Sergey Arzamasov | KAZ | 17.28 | 29 Apr 1993 | Tashkent | ||
| 175 | Vladimir Melikhov | RUS | 17.28 | +0.4 | 4 Jul 1993 | Bad Cannstatt | |
| 176 | Yuriy Sotnikov | RUS | 17.28 | 9 Sep 1994 | Sochi | ||
| 177 | Jefferson Dias Sabino | BRA | 17.28 | +1.5 | 25 Apr 2008 | São Paulo | |
| 178 | Nelson Prudêncio | BRA | 17.27 | +2.0 | 17 Oct 1968 | Ciudad de México | |
| 179 | Shamil Abbyasov | KGZ | 17.27 | +1.0 | 13 May 1983 | Tashkent | |
| 180 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROU | 17.27 | +1.2 | 9 Jun 1984 | Bucuresti | |
| 181 | Ketill Hanstveit | NOR | 17.27 | +1.3 | 8 Aug 1999 | Byrkjelo | |
| 182 | Zhong Minwei | CHN | 17.27 | 15 Jun 2007 | Jinan | ||
| 183 | Fabrizio Schembri | ITA | 17.27 | +0.9 | 4 Jun 2009 | Torino | |
| 184 | Ben Williams | GBR | 17.27 | +1.1 | 25 Aug 2019 | Birmingham | |
| 185 | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 17.26 | +1.5 | 8 Jul 1983 | Edmonton | |
| 186 | Brandon Roulhac | USA | 17.26 | +1.4 | 25 Jun 2009 | Eugene | |
| 187 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | UKR | 17.26 | +0.9 | 20 Jun 2010 | Bergen | |
| 188 | Chengetayi Mapaya | ZIM | 17.26 | +0.5 | 10 Jun 2022 | Eugene | |
| 189 | Ivan Slanar | CZE | 17.25 | +2.0 | 13 Jun 1987 | Bratislava |