Women · Throws · All-Time
Javelin Throw
72.28
Best mark
World record
62.00
Top 50 cutoff
145 rows: tie at the cutoff
64.19
Median
Of the 145 best-by-athlete marks
42
Countries
CHN 15 · RUS 10 · 40 others
Performance distribution
145 athletes from 72.28 to 62.00 · median 64.19
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
145 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbora Špotáková WR | CZE | 72.28 | 13 Sep 2008 | Stuttgart | 27 |
| 2 | Yan Ziyi | CHN | 71.74 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | 18 |
| 3 | Osleidys Menéndez | CUB | 71.70 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | 25 |
| 4 | Maria Andrejczyk | POL | 71.40 | 9 May 2021 | Split | 25 |
| 5 | Mariya Abakumova | RUS | 70.53 | 1 Sep 2013 | Berlin | 27 |
| 6 | Christina Obergföll | GER | 70.20 | 23 Jun 2007 | München | 25 |
| 7 | Trine Hattestad | NOR | 69.48 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | 34 |
| 8 | Sunette Viljoen | RSA | 69.35 | 9 Jun 2012 | New York City | 28 |
| 9 | Christina Hussong | GER | 69.19 | 30 May 2021 | Chorzów | |
| 10 | Kathryn Mitchell | AUS | 68.92 | 11 Apr 2018 | Gold Coast | 35 |
| 11 | Sara Kolak | CRO | 68.43 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | 22 |
| 12 | Steffi Nerius | GER | 68.34 | 31 Aug 2008 | Berlin | 36 |
| 13 | Kara Winger | USA | 68.11 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | 36 |
| 14 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 67.98 | 2 Aug 2019 | Shenyang | 30 |
| 15 | Victoria Hudson | AUT | 67.76 | 28 Jun 2025 | Maribor | 29 |
| 16 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | AUS | 67.70 | 9 Jul 2019 | Luzern | 27 |
| 17 | Katharina Molitor | GER | 67.69 | 30 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 31 |
| 18 | Sonia Bisset | CUB | 67.67 | 6 Jul 2005 | Salamanca | 34 |
| 19 | Mirela Manjani | GRE | 67.51 | 30 Sep 2000 | Sydney | 23 |
| 20 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | BLR | 67.47 | 7 Jun 2018 | Oslo | 26 |
| 21 | Nikola Ogrodníková | CZE | 67.40 | 26 May 2019 | Offenburg | 28 |
| 22 | Maggie Malone Hardin | USA | 67.40 | 17 Jul 2021 | East Stroudsburg | |
| 23 | Haruka Kitaguchi | JPN | 67.38 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | 25 |
| 24 | Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado | COL | 67.34 | 4 Aug 2026 | Santo Domingo | |
| 25 | Linda Stahl | GER | 67.32 | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City | 28 |
| 26 | Vera Markaryan | RUS | 67.30 | 19 Feb 2016 | Adler | |
| 27 | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | UKR | 67.29 | 26 Jul 2014 | Kirovohrad | |
| 28 | Liu Shiying | CHN | 67.29 | 15 Sep 2020 | Shaoxing | |
| 29 | Eda Tugsuz | TUR | 67.21 | 18 May 2017 | Baku | |
| 30 | Tatyana Shikolenko | RUS | 67.20 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 31 | Martina Ratej | SLO | 67.16 | 14 May 2010 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 32 | Tanja Damaske | GER | 66.91 | 4 Jul 1999 | Erfurt | |
| 33 | Adriana Vilagos | SRB | 66.88 | 15 Mar 2025 | Nicosia | |
| 34 | Vera Markaryan | UKR | 66.86 | 29 Jun 2012 | Helsinki | |
| 35 | Kimberley Mickle | AUS | 66.83 | 22 Mar 2014 | Melbourne | |
| 36 | Louise Currey | AUS | 66.80 | 4 Aug 2000 | Gold Coast | |
| 37 | Marcelina Witek | POL | 66.53 | 5 May 2018 | Bialogard | |
| 38 | Sigrid Borge | NOR | 66.50 | 20 May 2023 | Halle | |
| 39 | Mackenzie Little | AUS | 66.27 | 20 Jul 2024 | London | |
| 40 | Li Lingwei | CHN | 66.25 | 8 Aug 2017 | London | |
| 41 | Madara Palameika | LAT | 66.18 | 9 Sep 2016 | Bruxelles | |
| 42 | Goldie Sayers | GBR | 66.17 | 14 Jul 2012 | London | |
| 43 | Nikola Brejchová | CZE | 65.91 | 2 Aug 2004 | Linz | |
| 44 | Elína Tzénggo | GRE | 65.81 | 20 Aug 2022 | München | |
| 45 | Zhang Li | CHN | 65.47 | 1 Oct 2014 | Incheon | |
| 46 | Claudia Coslovich | ITA | 65.30 | 10 Jun 2000 | Ljubljana | |
| 47 | Xiomara Rivero | CUB | 65.29 | 17 Mar 2001 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| 48 | Karen Forkel | GER | 65.17 | 4 Jul 1999 | Erfurt | |
| 49 | Juleisy Angulo | ECU | 65.12 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 50 | Ana Mirela Termure | ROU | 65.08 | 10 Jun 2001 | Bucuresti | |
| 51 | Yu Yuzhen | CHN | 64.98 | 28 Apr 2021 | Xi'an | |
| 52 | Paula Tarvainen | FIN | 64.90 | 10 Aug 2003 | Helsinki | |
| 53 | Yekaterina Ivakina | RUS | 64.89 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 54 | Kelly Morgan | GBR | 64.87 | 14 Jul 2002 | Birmingham | |
| 55 | Lina Muze-Sirma | LAT | 64.87 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | |
| 56 | Christina Scherwin | DEN | 64.83 | 9 Sep 2006 | Stuttgart | |
| 57 | Elizabeth Gleadle | CAN | 64.83 | 10 May 2015 | Kawasaki | |
| 58 | Brittany Borman | USA | 64.75 | 10 May 2015 | Kawasaki | |
| 59 | Anete Sietina | LAT | 64.64 | 20 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 60 | Joanna Stone | AUS | 64.62 | 4 Aug 2000 | Gold Coast | |
| 61 | Nikolett Szabó | HUN | 64.62 | 21 Jul 2001 | Pátra | |
| 62 | Oksana Makarova | RUS | 64.61 | 19 Jun 1999 | Paris | |
| 63 | Margarita Dorozhon | ISR | 64.56 | 11 Jun 2015 | Oslo | |
| 64 | Monica Stoian | ROU | 64.51 | 18 Aug 2009 | Berlin | |
| 65 | Valeriya Zabruskova | RUS | 64.49 | 7 Jun 2003 | Tula | |
| 66 | Dörthe Friedrich | GER | 64.46 | 7 Jul 2002 | Bochum-Wattenscheid | |
| 67 | Alena Sobaleva | BLR | 64.40 | 2 Aug 2024 | Brest | |
| 68 | Sinta Ozolina-Kovale | LAT | 64.38 | 30 May 2013 | Riga | |
| 69 | Ariana Ince | USA | 64.38 | 11 Sep 2022 | Zagreb | |
| 70 | Deng Qiaoling | CHN | 64.38 | 3 May 2025 | Shaoxing | |
| 71 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | RSA | 64.22 | 7 Aug 2024 | q Saint-Denis | |
| 72 | Tatjana Jelaca | SRB | 64.21 | 14 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 73 | Kim Kreiner | USA | 64.19 | 16 May 2007 | Fortaleza | |
| 74 | Rhema Otabor | BAH | 64.19 | 6 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 75 | Yulenmis Aguilar | CUB | 64.17 | 26 Jun 2022 | Nerja | |
| 76 | Manuela Rotundo | URU | 64.17 | 4 Apr 2025 | Gainesville | |
| 77 | Barbara Madejczyk | POL | 64.08 | 28 Jun 2006 | Ciudad de Málaga | |
| 78 | Liu Huahua | CHN | 64.08 | 17 May 2015 | Shanghai | |
| 79 | Mercedes Chilla | ESP | 64.07 | 12 Jun 2010 | Valencia | |
| 80 | Taina Kolkkala | FIN | 64.06 | 23 Jul 2000 | Pihtipudas | |
| 81 | Mikaela Ingberg | FIN | 64.03 | 1 Sep 2000 | Berlin | |
| 82 | Liveta Jasiunaite | LTU | 63.98 | 15 Jun 2019 | Ogre | |
| 83 | Wei Jianhua | CHN | 63.92 | 18 Aug 2000 | Beijing | |
| 84 | Felicia Tilea-Moldovan | ROU | 63.89 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 85 | Madison Wiltrout | USA | 63.88 | 23 May 2026 | Tucson | |
| 86 | Annu Rani | IND | 63.82 | 8 May 2022 | Jamshedpur | |
| 87 | Yuki Ebihara | JPN | 63.80 | 10 May 2015 | Kawasaki | |
| 88 | Lianna Davidson | AUS | 63.79 | 21 Mar 2025 | Atlanta | |
| 89 | Laverne Eve | BAH | 63.73 | 22 Apr 2000 | Nashville | |
| 90 | Li Lei | CHN | 63.69 | 8 Jun 2000 | Jinzhou | |
| 91 | Annika Fuchs | GER | 63.68 | 14 Jul 2019 | Gävle | |
| 92 | Indre Jakubaityte | LTU | 63.65 | 14 Sep 2007 | Kaunas | |
| 93 | Liina Laasma | EST | 63.65 | 22 May 2016 | Rabat | |
| 94 | Dai Qianqian | CHN | 63.63 | 14 Apr 2024 | Hangzhou | |
| 95 | Yekaterina Starygina | RUS | 63.57 | 23 Jun 2019 | Minsk | |
| 96 | Matilde Andraud | FRA | 63.54 | 21 May 2016 | Halle | |
| 97 | Urszula Piwnicka | POL | 63.53 | 30 May 2009 | Kalamáta | |
| 98 | Yanet Cruz | CUB | 63.50 | 19 Mar 2011 | La Habana | |
| 99 | Marie-Therese Obst | NOR | 63.50 | 11 Jun 2024 | Roma | |
| 100 | Justine Robbeson | RSA | 63.49 | 16 Feb 2008 | Potchefstroom | |
| 101 | Alexie Alais | FRA | 63.46 | 10 Aug 2019 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 102 | Ásdis Hjálmsdóttir Annerud | ISL | 63.43 | 12 Jul 2017 | Joensuu | |
| 103 | Lada Chernova | RUS | 63.35 | 1 Aug 2007 | Tula | |
| 104 | Margarita Dorozhon | UKR | 63.34 | 27 Apr 2015 | Neurim | |
| 105 | Khristina Georgieva | BUL | 63.32 | 28 Jun 2000 | Athínai | |
| 106 | Nora Aïda Bicet | CUB | 63.32 | 21 Jul 2004 | Tallinn | |
| 107 | Su Lingdan | CHN | 63.29 | 27 May 2025 | Gumi | |
| 108 | Tori Moorby | NZL | 63.26 | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | |
| 109 | Marina Novik | BLR | 63.25 | 1 Aug 2009 | Minsk | |
| 110 | Natalya Shimchuk | BLR | 63.24 | 21 Jun 2008 | Annecy | |
| 111 | Tatyana Lyakhovich | UKR | 63.23 | 1 Jul 2008 | Kyiv | |
| 112 | Yanelis Ribeaux | CUB | 63.18 | 18 Jun 2009 | La Habana | |
| 113 | Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi | GRE | 63.14 | 8 Aug 2002 | München | |
| 114 | Voisávva Líka | GRE | 63.13 | 31 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 115 | Sanni Utriainen | FIN | 63.03 | 8 Aug 2015 | Kuortane | |
| 116 | Xue Juan | CHN | 62.93 | 27 Oct 2003 | Changsha | |
| 117 | Jucilene de Lima | BRA | 62.89 | 11 Oct 2014 | São Paulo | |
| 118 | Yuka Mori | JPN | 62.88 | 28 Jun 2019 | Fukuoka | |
| 119 | Kateryna Derun | UKR | 62.82 | 5 May 2016 | Kyiv | |
| 120 | Liu Chunhua | CHN | 62.81 | 12 May 2012 | Tianjin | |
| 121 | Viktoriya Sudarushkina | RUS | 62.78 | 24 Feb 2015 | Adler | |
| 122 | Yulenmis Aguilar | ESP | 62.78 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 123 | Zahra Bani | ITA | 62.75 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 124 | Maria Lucelly Murillo | COL | 62.72 | 23 Aug 2023 | q Budapest | |
| 125 | Rita Ramanauskaité | LTU | 62.69 | 23 Jun 2000 | Saint-Denis | |
| 126 | Sabina Moya | COL | 62.62 | 12 May 2002 | Ciudad de Guatemala | |
| 127 | Jarmila Klimesová | CZE | 62.60 | 24 Jun 2006 | Praha | |
| 128 | Sarah Walter | FRA | 62.53 | 26 Jun 2003 | Strasbourg | |
| 129 | Anni-Linnea Alanen | FIN | 62.45 | 2 Jul 2023 | Pihtipudas | |
| 130 | Ma Ning | CHN | 62.38 | 6 Jun 2003 | Shijiazhuang | |
| 131 | Marina Saito | JPN | 62.37 | 25 Aug 2017 | Taipei | |
| 132 | Annika-Marie Fuchs | GER | 62.36 | 26 May 2019 | Offenburg | |
| 133 | Yulesy Angulo | ECU | 62.33 | 24 Aug 2025 | Bragança Paulista | |
| 134 | Leonie Hügli | SUI | 62.33 | 14 Aug 2026 | q Birmingham | |
| 135 | Inga Stasiulionyté | LTU | 62.27 | 9 Jul 2005 | Kaunas | |
| 136 | Marija Vucenovic | SRB | 62.25 | 9 May 2021 | Split | |
| 137 | Maria Yakovenko | RUS | 62.23 | 1 Aug 2007 | Tula | |
| 138 | Maria-Nicoleta Negoita | ROU | 62.20 | 9 May 2009 | Onesti | |
| 139 | Nadine Auzeil | FRA | 62.16 | 27 Jun 2000 | Strasbourg | |
| 140 | Hedi Nokelainen | FIN | 62.13 | 27 Aug 2016 | Lappeenranta | |
| 141 | Avione Allgood-Whetstone | USA | 62.13 | 9 Jul 2022 | East Stroudsburg | |
| 142 | Petra Sicaková | CZE | 62.12 | 13 Apr 2024 | La Nucia | |
| 143 | Tatsiana Korzh | BLR | 62.10 | 1 Jun 2016 | Minsk | |
| 144 | Oksana Velichko | BLR | 62.06 | 27 Jun 2000 | Stayki | |
| 145 | Valentina María Barrios | COL | 62.00 | 12 Jun 2025 | Eugene |