Women · Throws · All-Time
Discus Throw
76.80
Best mark
World record
65.58
Top 50 cutoff
137 rows: tie at the cutoff
67.86
Median
Of the 137 best-by-athlete marks
30
Countries
RUS 20 · GER 14 · 28 others
Performance distribution
137 athletes from 76.80 to 65.58 · median 67.86
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
137 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriele Reinsch WR | GER | 76.80 | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg | 24 |
| 2 | Zdeňka Šilhavá | CZE | 74.56 | 26 Aug 1984 | Nitra | 30 |
| 3 | Ilke Wyludda | GER | 74.56 | 23 Jul 1989 | Neubrandenburg | 20 |
| 4 | Diana Gansky | GDR | 74.08 | 20 Jun 1987 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 23 |
| 5 | Daniela Costian | ROU | 73.84 | 30 Apr 1988 | Bucuresti | 23 |
| 6 | Valarie Sion | USA | 73.52 | 12 Apr 2025 | Ramona | |
| 7 | Irina Meszynski | GDR | 73.36 | 17 Aug 1984 | Praha | 22 |
| 8 | Galina Savinkova | RUS | 73.28 | 8 Sep 1984 | Donetsk | 31 |
| 9 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 73.22 | 19 Apr 1987 | Kazanlak | 25 |
| 10 | Gisela Beyer | GDR | 73.10 | 20 Jul 1984 | Berlin | 24 |
| 11 | Yaime Pérez | CUB | 73.09 | 13 Apr 2024 | Ramona | 32 |
| 12 | Martina Hellmann | GER | 72.92 | 20 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | 26 |
| 13 | Galina Murashova | LTU | 72.14 | 17 Aug 1984 | Praha | 28 |
| 14 | Maria Petkova | BUL | 71.80 | 13 Jul 1980 | Sofia | |
| 15 | Cierra Jackson | USA | 71.72 | 18 Jul 2026 | London | 23 |
| 16 | Xiao Yanling | CHN | 71.68 | 14 Mar 1992 | Beijing | 23 |
| 17 | Ellina Zvereva | BLR | 71.58 | 12 Jun 1988 | Leningrad | 27 |
| 18 | Evelin Jahl | GDR | 71.50 | 10 May 1980 | Potsdam | 24 |
| 19 | Sandra Elkasevic | CRO | 71.41 | 18 Jul 2017 | Bellinzona | |
| 20 | Larisa Korotkevich | RUS | 71.30 | 29 May 1992 | Sochi | 25 |
| 21 | Ria Stalman | NED | 71.22 | 15 Jul 1984 | Walnut | 32 |
| 22 | Jorinde van Klinken | NED | 70.99 | 11 Apr 2026 | Ramona | 26 |
| 23 | Hilda Elisa Ramos | CUB | 70.88 | 8 May 1992 | La Habana | |
| 24 | Larisa Mikhalchenko | UKR | 70.80 | 18 Jun 1988 | Kharkov | 25 |
| 25 | Laulauga Tausaga | USA | 70.72 | 12 Apr 2025 | Ramona | 26 |
| 26 | Maritza Martén | CUB | 70.68 | 18 Jul 1992 | Sevilla | |
| 27 | Denia Caballero | CUB | 70.65 | 20 Jun 2015 | Bilbao | |
| 28 | Faina Melnik | RUS | 70.50 | 24 Apr 1976 | Sochi | |
| 29 | Natalya Sadova | RUS | 70.02 | 23 Jun 1999 | Thessaloníki | |
| 30 | Valentina Kharchenko | RUS | 69.86 | 16 May 1981 | 1 Fyeodosiya | |
| 31 | Svetla Mitkova | BUL | 69.72 | 15 Aug 1987 | Sofia | |
| 32 | Mette Bergmann | NOR | 69.68 | 27 May 1995 | Florø | |
| 33 | Daniele Stevens | AUS | 69.64 | 13 Aug 2017 | London | |
| 34 | Franka Dietzsch | GER | 69.51 | 8 May 1999 | Wiesbaden | |
| 35 | Florenta Craciunescu | ROU | 69.50 | 2 Aug 1985 | Stara Zagora | |
| 36 | Jayden Ulrich | USA | 69.39 | 12 Apr 2025 | Ramona | |
| 37 | Silvia Madetzky | GDR | 69.34 | 26 Jun 1987 | Halle | |
| 38 | Anoek van Diessen | NED | 69.31 | 30 May 2026 | Lexington | |
| 39 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | USA | 69.17 | 30 Aug 2014 | Angers | |
| 40 | Alida van Daalen | NED | 69.17 | 11 Apr 2026 | Ramona | |
| 41 | Irina Yatchenko | BLR | 69.14 | 31 Jul 2004 | Stayki | |
| 42 | Feng Bin | CHN | 69.12 | 20 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 43 | Carmen Romero | CUB | 69.08 | 17 Apr 1976 | La Habana | |
| 44 | Mariana Lengyel | ROU | 69.08 | 19 Apr 1986 | Constanza | |
| 45 | Sabine Engel | GDR | 68.92 | 25 Jun 1977 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
| 46 | Nadine Müller | GER | 68.89 | 18 Mar 2012 | Bar | |
| 47 | Nicoleta Grasu | ROU | 68.80 | 7 Aug 1999 | Poiana Brasov | |
| 48 | Daniela Costian | AUS | 68.72 | 22 Jan 1994 | Auckland | 28 |
| 49 | Veronica Fraley | USA | 68.72 | 12 Apr 2025 | Ramona | |
| 50 | Margitta Droese-Pufe | GDR | 68.64 | 17 Aug 1979 | Berlin | 26 |
| 51 | Yu Hourun | CHN | 68.62 | 6 May 1988 | Beijing | |
| 52 | Hou Xuemei | CHN | 68.62 | 4 Sep 1988 | Tianjin | |
| 53 | Nadezhda Kugayevskikh | RUS | 68.60 | 30 Aug 1983 | Oryol | |
| 54 | Lyubov Zverkova | RUS | 68.58 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 55 | Beatrice Faumuina | NZL | 68.52 | 4 Jul 1997 | Oslo | |
| 56 | Julia Harting | GER | 68.49 | 21 May 2016 | Halle | |
| 57 | Olga Chernyavskaya | RUS | 68.38 | 24 May 1992 | Sochi | |
| 58 | Gabi Jacobs | USA | 68.21 | 26 Apr 2025 | Lawrence | |
| 59 | Tatyana Lesovaya | KAZ | 68.18 | 23 Sep 1982 | Almaty | |
| 60 | Irina Khval | RUS | 68.18 | 8 Jul 1988 | Moskva | |
| 61 | Bárbara Hechavarría | CUB | 68.18 | 17 Feb 1989 | La Habana | |
| 62 | Alla Davydova | RUS | 68.10 | 12 Feb 1989 | Adler | |
| 63 | Shanice Craft | GER | 68.10 | 30 May 2025 | Wiesbaden | |
| 64 | Yarelis Barrios | CUB | 68.03 | 22 Mar 2012 | La Habana | |
| 65 | Li Yanfeng | CHN | 67.98 | 5 Jun 2011 | Schönebeck | |
| 66 | Argentina Menis | ROU | 67.96 | 15 May 1976 | Bucuresti | |
| 67 | Petra Sziegaud | GDR | 67.90 | 19 May 1982 | Berlin | |
| 68 | Kristin Pudenz | GER | 67.87 | 16 Aug 2022 | München | |
| 69 | Gu Siyu | CHN | 67.86 | 19 May 2013 | Wiesbaden | |
| 70 | Tatyana Byelova | RUS | 67.82 | 10 Aug 1987 | Irkutsk | |
| 71 | Stefania Simova | BUL | 67.80 | 27 Jun 1992 | Stara Zagora | |
| 72 | Stephanie Trafton | USA | 67.74 | 4 May 2012 | Wailuku | |
| 73 | Ekaterini Vóggoli | GRE | 67.72 | 10 Jun 2004 | Athínai | |
| 74 | Vera Cechlová | CZE | 67.71 | 6 Jul 2003 | Réthymno | |
| 75 | Anastasía Kelesídou | GRE | 67.70 | 29 May 1999 | Réthymno | |
| 76 | Suzy Powell | USA | 67.67 | 14 Apr 2007 | Wailuku | |
| 77 | Irina Shabanova | RUS | 67.64 | 15 Aug 1987 | Krasnodar | |
| 78 | Svetlana Petrova | BLR | 67.54 | 20 Sep 1978 | Brest | |
| 79 | Li Qiumei | CHN | 67.50 | 10 May 1994 | Beijing | |
| 80 | Margaret Ritchie | GBR | 67.48 | 26 Apr 1981 | Walnut | |
| 81 | Brigitte Michel | GDR | 67.40 | 14 Jun 1979 | Halle | |
| 82 | Becky Breisch | USA | 67.37 | 16 Apr 2007 | Wailuku | |
| 83 | Natalya Gorbachova | RUS | 67.32 | 4 Jun 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 84 | Marike Steinacker | GER | 67.31 | 11 May 2024 | Wiesbaden | |
| 85 | Yelena Antonova | UKR | 67.30 | 6 Jun 2004 | Kyiv | |
| 86 | Svetla Bozhkova | BUL | 67.26 | 5 Jul 1980 | Sofia | |
| 87 | Silinda Moráles | CUB | 67.25 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 88 | Simona Andrusca | ROU | 67.16 | 1 Jun 1985 | Bucuresti | |
| 89 | Antonina Patoka | RUS | 67.12 | 13 Jul 1989 | Leningrad | |
| 90 | Lyudmila Platonova | UKR | 67.08 | 5 Aug 1985 | Odessa | |
| 91 | Ingra-Anne Manecke | FRG | 67.06 | 29 May 1982 | Fürth | |
| 92 | Shadae Lawrence | JAM | 67.05 | 22 May 2021 | Tucson | |
| 93 | Gabriele Hinzmann | GDR | 67.02 | 1 Sep 1973 | Potsdam | |
| 94 | Ulla Lundholm | FIN | 67.02 | 23 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 95 | Jana Günther | GDR | 67.00 | 20 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 96 | Nadezhda Yerokha | BLR | 66.94 | 23 Mar 1980 | Leselidze | |
| 97 | Min Chunfeng | CHN | 66.76 | 7 May 1991 | Dalian | |
| 98 | Mélina Robert-Michon | FRA | 66.73 | 16 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 99 | Erika Beistle | USA | 66.72 | 10 May 2026 | Allendale | |
| 100 | Claudine Vita | GER | 66.64 | 1 May 2019 | Neubrandenburg | |
| 101 | Vanessa Kamga | SWE | 66.61 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 102 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | 66.60 | 20 Jul 1988 | Berlin | 18 |
| 103 | Qiu Qiaoping | CHN | 66.60 | 30 Apr 1994 | Hiroshima | |
| 104 | Irina Rodrigues | POR | 66.60 | 10 Mar 2024 | Leiria | |
| 105 | Kamalpreet Kaur | IND | 66.59 | 21 Jun 2021 | Patiala | |
| 106 | Chen Yang | CHN | 66.56 | 26 May 2018 | Halle | |
| 107 | Maria Christina Betancourt | CUB | 66.54 | 14 Feb 1981 | La Habana | |
| 108 | Márta Kripli | HUN | 66.48 | 11 Aug 1986 | Budapest | |
| 109 | Anna Khorina-Salak | RUS | 66.42 | 18 Jun 1986 | Tallinn | |
| 110 | Ines Müller | GDR | 66.40 | 22 Sep 1985 | Berlin | 26 |
| 111 | Liliana Cá | POR | 66.40 | 6 Mar 2021 | Leiria | |
| 112 | Samantha Hall | JAM | 66.39 | 11 Apr 2026 | Ramona | |
| 113 | Lyudmila Isayeva | KAZ | 66.30 | 11 Aug 1979 | Kaunas | |
| 114 | Jana Lauren | GER | 66.30 | 18 Jun 1989 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
| 115 | Renata Katewicz | POL | 66.18 | 7 Aug 1988 | Lódz | |
| 116 | Manuela Tirneci | ROU | 66.16 | 30 May 1992 | Snagov | |
| 117 | Anna Rüh | GER | 66.12 | 10 May 2015 | Wiesbaden | |
| 118 | Carol Cady | USA | 66.10 | 31 May 1986 | San José | |
| 119 | Cao Qi | CHN | 66.08 | 12 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 120 | Svetlana Melnikova | RUS | 66.06 | 4 Aug 1979 | Torino | |
| 121 | Wioletta Potepa | POL | 66.01 | 20 May 2006 | Halle | |
| 122 | Olga Nikishina | UKR | 66.00 | 20 May 1994 | Odessa | |
| 123 | Cheng Xianhong | CHN | 66.00 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 124 | Yania Ferrales | CUB | 66.00 | 10 Feb 2006 | La Habana | |
| 125 | Andressa de Morais | BRA | 65.98 | 6 Aug 2019 | Lima | |
| 126 | Grit Hammer | GER | 65.96 | 13 Jul 1984 | Leipzig | |
| 127 | Tatyana Berezhnaya | RUS | 65.94 | 9 Sep 1980 | Donetsk | |
| 128 | Seilala Sua | USA | 65.90 | 17 Jul 2000 | Sacramento | |
| 129 | Lisa-Marie Vizaniari | AUS | 65.86 | 2 Mar 1997 | Melbourne | |
| 130 | Aretha Thurmond | USA | 65.86 | 28 Mar 2004 | Marietta | |
| 131 | Zinaida Sendriuté | LTU | 65.83 | 21 Jun 2014 | Tallinn | |
| 132 | Yekaterina Strokova | RUS | 65.78 | 10 May 2014 | Moskva | |
| 133 | Yevgeniya Pecherina | RUS | 65.77 | 1 Jun 2011 | Krasnodar | |
| 134 | Andrea Thieme | GDR | 65.68 | 25 May 1988 | Leipzig | |
| 135 | Elizabeth Neamtu | ROU | 65.64 | 14 May 1988 | Bucuresti | |
| 136 | Su Xinyue | CHN | 65.59 | 28 May 2016 | Neubrandenburg | |
| 137 | Tatyana Styepanova | RUS | 65.58 | 6 Aug 1982 | 1 Tula |