Women · Jumps · All-Time

High Jump

World record

2.10

Yaroslava MahuchikhUKRParis · 7 Jul 2024

2 years standingRecord progression →

2.10

Best mark

World record

1.98

Top 50 cutoff

112 rows: tie at the cutoff

2.00

Median

Of the 112 best-by-athlete marks

30

Countries

RUS 22 · UKR 9 · 28 others

Performance distribution

112 athletes from 2.10 to 1.98 · median 2.00

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2.10 · WR2.00 · median1.98 · cutoff

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

112 rows · tie at the cutoff

#AthleteCountryMarkDateVenueAge
1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh WR UKR 2.10 7 Jul 2024 Paris 22
2 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2.09 30 Aug 1987 Roma 22
3 Blanka Vlašić CRO 2.08 31 Aug 2009 Zagreb 25
4 Lyudmila Andonova BUL 2.07 20 Jul 1984 Berlin 24
5 Anna Chicherova RUS 2.07 22 Jul 2011 Cheboksary 29
6 Kajsa Bergqvist SWE 2.06 26 Jul 2003 Eberstadt 26
7 Hestrie Cloete RSA 2.06 31 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis 25
8 Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2.06 28 Aug 2004 Athínai 22
9 Ariane Friedrich GER 2.06 14 Jun 2009 Berlin 25
10 Mariya Lasitskene RUS 2.06 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne 24
11 Tamara Bykova RUS 2.05 22 Jun 1984 Kyiv 25
12 Heike Henkel GER 2.05 31 Aug 1991 Tokyo 27
13 Inga Babakova UKR 2.05 15 Sep 1995 Tokyo
14 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2.05 23 Aug 2008 Beijing 30
15 Chaunté Lowe USA 2.05 26 Jun 2010 Des Moines 26
16 Silvia Costa CUB 2.04 9 Sep 1989 Barcelona 25
17 Venelina Veneva BUL 2.04 2 Jun 2001 Kalamáta
18 Irina Gordeeva RUS 2.04 19 Aug 2012 Eberstadt 25
19 Brigetta Barrett USA 2.04 22 Jun 2013 Des Moines 22
20 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 2.04 27 Aug 2025 Zürich 28
21 Ulrike Meyfarth FRG 2.03 21 Aug 1983 London 27
22 Louise Ritter USA 2.03 8 Jul 1988 Austin 30
23 Tatyana Motkova RUS 2.03 30 May 1995 Bratislava 26
24 Niki Bakoyianni GRE 2.03 3 Aug 1996 Atlanta 28
25 Antonietta Di Martino ITA 2.03 24 Jun 2007 Milano 29
26 Yelena Yelesina RUS 2.02 23 Jul 1990 Seattle
27 Monika Iagar ROU 2.02 6 Jun 1998 Budapest
28 Marina Kuptsova RUS 2.02 1 Jun 2003 Hengelo
29 Viktoriya Styopina UKR 2.02 28 Aug 2004 Athínai
30 Ruth Beitia ESP 2.02 4 Aug 2007 San Sebastián
31 Elena Vallortigara ITA 2.02 22 Jul 2018 London
32 Nafissatou Thiam BEL 2.02 22 Jun 2019 H Talence 24
33 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 2.02 10 Sep 2019 Minsk
34 Vashti Cunningham USA 2.02 29 May 2021 Chula Vista
35 Eleanor Patterson AUS 2.02 19 Jul 2022 Eugene
36 Sara Simeoni ITA 2.01 4 Aug 1978 Brescia
37 Olga Turchak KAZ 2.01 7 Jul 1986 Moskva
38 Desiree du Plessis RSA 2.01 16 Sep 1986 Johannesburg
39 Heike Balck GER 2.01 18 Jun 1989 Karl-Marx-Stadt
40 Alina Astafei GER 2.01 27 May 1995 Wörrstadt
41 Hanne Haugland NOR 2.01 13 Aug 1997 Zürich
42 Yelena Gulyayeva RUS 2.01 23 May 1998 Kalamáta
43 Vita Palamar UKR 2.01 15 Aug 2003 Zürich
44 Amy Acuff USA 2.01 15 Aug 2003 Zürich
45 Irina Mikhalchenko UKR 2.01 17 Jul 2004 Eberstadt
46 Emma Green SWE 2.01 1 Aug 2010 Barcelona
47 Svetlana Shkolina RUS 2.01 4 Jul 2012 Cheboksary
48 Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 2.00 26 Aug 1977 Berlin
49 Charmaine Weavers RSA 2.00 25 Mar 1985 Pretoria
50 Lyudmila Avdeyenko UKR 2.00 17 Jul 1987 Bryansk
51 Svetlana Leseva BUL 2.00 8 Aug 1987 Dráma
52 Larisa Kositsyna RUS 2.00 16 Jul 1988 Chelyabinsk
53 Alina Astafei ROU 2.00 29 Jul 1988 Sudbury
54 Jan Wohlschlag USA 2.00 1 Jul 1989 Oslo
55 Yolanda Henry USA 2.00 30 May 1990 Sevilla
56 Biljana Petrovic SRB 2.00 22 Jun 1990 Saint-Denis
57 Tatyana Shevchik BLR 2.00 14 May 1993 Gomel
58 Ioamnet Quintero CUB 2.00 7 Aug 1993 Monaco
59 Britta Bilac SLO 2.00 14 Aug 1994 Helsinki
60 Tisha Waller USA 2.00 18 Apr 1999 Walnut
61 Zuzana Hlavonová CZE 2.00 5 Jun 2000 Praha
62 Dóra Györffy HUN 2.00 26 Jul 2001 Nyíregyháza
63 Viktoria Seryogina RUS 2.00 11 Jun 2002 Bryansk
64 Daniela Rath GER 2.00 22 Jun 2003 Firenze
65 Yekaterina Savchenko RUS 2.00 1 Jul 2007 Dudelange
66 Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER 2.00 16 Jul 2016 Eberstadt
67 Mirela Demireva BUL 2.00 10 Jun 2018 Stockholm
68 Karina Taranda BLR 2.00 5 Jul 2019 Lausanne
69 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya KAZ 2.00 8 Jun 2021 Almaty
70 Iryna Gerashchenko UKR 2.00 19 Jul 2022 Eugene
71 Mariya Kochanova RUS 2.00 13 Jul 2025 Brest
72 Christina Honsel GER 2.00 9 Aug 2025 Heilbronn
73 Morgan Lake GBR 2.00 27 Aug 2025 Zürich
74 Maria Zodzik POL 2.00 21 Sep 2025 Tokyo
75 Kerstin Brandt GDR 1.99 21 Aug 1983 London
76 Susanne Beyer GDR 1.99 30 Aug 1987 Roma
77 Yelena Topchina RUS 1.99 5 Sep 1993 Rieti
78 Yuliya Lyakhova RUS 1.99 13 Sep 1997 Fukuoka
79 Khristina Kalcheva BUL 1.99 16 May 1998 Sofia
80 Svetlana Lapina RUS 1.99 29 Aug 1999 Sevilla
81 Oana Manuela Pantelimon ROU 1.99 30 Sep 2000 Sydney
82 Marina Aitova KAZ 1.99 13 Jul 2009 Athínai
83 Kamila Licwinko POL 1.99 9 Jun 2013 Opole
84 Justyna Kasprzycka POL 1.99 31 May 2014 Eugene
85 Ana Simic CRO 1.99 17 Aug 2014 Zürich
86 Coleen Sommer USA 1.98 26 Jun 1982 Durham
87 Valentina Poluyko BLR 1.98 26 Jul 1983 Leningrad
88 Lyudmila Butuzova KAZ 1.98 10 Jun 1984 Sochi
89 Debbie Brill CAN 1.98 2 Sep 1984 Rieti
90 Niculina Vasile ROU 1.98 2 Jun 1985 Bucuresti
91 Katalin Sterk HUN 1.98 17 Aug 1986 Budapest
92 Vanessa Ward AUS 1.98 12 Feb 1989 Perth
93 Andrea Arens GER 1.98 12 Aug 1989 Hamburg
94 Yevgeniya Zhdanova RUS 1.98 5 Jun 1994 Moskva
95 Alison Inverarity AUS 1.98 17 Jul 1994 Ingolstadt
96 Tatyana Khramova BLR 1.98 26 May 1995 Gomel
97 Antonella Bevilacqua ITA 1.98 31 May 1997 Valencia
98 Viktoria Fyodorova RUS 1.98 20 Jun 1997 Tartu
99 Tatyana Kivimyagi RUS 1.98 7 Aug 2004 Moskva
100 Olga Kaliturina RUS 1.98 7 Aug 2004 Moskva
101 Viktoriya Klyugina RUS 1.98 11 Jul 2008 Bühl
102 Lavern Spencer LCA 1.98 8 May 2010 Athens GA
103 Esthera Petre ROU 1.98 16 Jul 2011 Ostrava
104 Alessia Trost ITA 1.98 13 Jul 2013 Tampere
105 Oksana Okunea UKR 1.98 28 Jun 2014 Berdychiv
106 Airine Palsyte LTU 1.98 27 Jul 2014 Kaunas
107 Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR 1.98 12 Aug 2016 H Rio de Janeiro 23
108 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 1.98 29 Aug 2020 Sinn 23
109 Angelina Topic SRB 1.98 19 May 2024 Marrakech
110 Imke Onnen GER 1.98 9 Aug 2025 Heilbronn
111 Marija Vukovic MNE 1.98 3 Jun 2026 Filothéi
112 Elizaveta Parnova AUS 1.98 23 Aug 2026 Chorzów
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