Women · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
World record
7.52+1.4
Galina ChistyakovaURSLeningrad · 11 Jun 1988
38 years standingRecord progression →
7.52
Best mark
World record
6.90
Top 50 cutoff
160 rows: tie at the cutoff
7.00
Median
Of the 160 best-by-athlete marks
42
Countries
USA 29 · RUS 27 · 40 others
Performance distribution
160 athletes from 7.52 to 6.90 · median 7.00
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
160 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Chistyakova WR | RUS | 7.52 | +1.4 | 11 Jun 1988 | Leningrad | 25 |
| 2 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7.49 | +1.3 | 22 May 1994 | New York City | 32 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GER | 7.48 | +1.2 | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg | 23 |
| 4 | Anişoara Cuşmir | ROU | 7.43 | +1.4 | 4 Jun 1983 | Bucuresti | 20 |
| 5 | Tatyana Kotova | RUS | 7.42 | +2.0 | 23 Jun 2002 | Annecy | 25 |
| 6 | Yelena Belevskaya | BLR | 7.39 | +0.5 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 23 |
| 7 | Inessa Kravets | UKR | 7.37 | 13 Jun 1992 | Kyiv | 25 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Lebedeva | RUS | 7.33 | +0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | 28 |
| 9 | Olena Khlopotnova | UKR | 7.31 | +1.5 | 12 Sep 1985 | Almaty | 22 |
| 10 | Marion Jones | USA | 7.31 | +1.9 | 31 May 1998 | Eugene | 22 |
| 11 | Brittney Reese | USA | 7.31 | +1.7 | 2 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 29 |
| 12 | Malaika Mihambo | GER | 7.30 | -0.8 | 6 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 25 |
| 13 | Irina Simagina | RUS | 7.27 | -0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | 22 |
| 14 | Maurren Maggi | BRA | 7.26 | +1.9 | 26 Jun 1999 | Bogotá | 23 |
| 15 | Larysa Berezhna | UKR | 7.24 | +1.0 | 25 May 1991 | Granada | 30 |
| 16 | Helga Radtke | GER | 7.21 | +1.6 | 26 Jul 1984 | Dresden | 22 |
| 17 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | RUS | 7.21 | +1.9 | 27 May 2007 | Sochi | 27 |
| 18 | Valy Ionescu | ROU | 7.20 | -0.5 | 1 Aug 1982 | Bucuresti | |
| 19 | Irena Oženko | LTU | 7.20 | +2.0 | 12 Sep 1986 | Budapest | 23 |
| 20 | Yelena Sinchukova | RUS | 7.20 | +0.8 | 20 Jun 1991 | Budapest | 30 |
| 21 | Irina Mushailova | RUS | 7.20 | +0.7 | 14 Jul 1994 | Sankt Peterburg | 27 |
| 22 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | USA | 7.20 | +1.2 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | 27 |
| 23 | Irina Valyukevich | BLR | 7.17 | +1.8 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 27 |
| 24 | Tianna Bartoletta | USA | 7.17 | +0.6 | 17 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 30 |
| 25 | Esa Brume | NGR | 7.17 | +1.1 | 29 May 2021 | Chula Vista | |
| 26 | Iolanda Chen | RUS | 7.16 | 30 Jul 1988 | Moskva | ||
| 27 | Elva Goulbourne | JAM | 7.16 | -0.1 | 22 May 2004 | Ciudad de México | |
| 28 | Sosthene Taroum Moguenara | GER | 7.16 | +1.6 | 28 May 2016 | Weinheim | |
| 29 | Niole Medvedyeva | LTU | 7.14 | +1.8 | 4 Jun 1988 | Riga | |
| 30 | Mirela Dulgheru | ROU | 7.14 | +1.2 | 5 Jul 1992 | Sofia | |
| 31 | Ivana Španović | SRB | 7.14 | +1.2 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 33 |
| 32 | Olga Kucharenko | RUS | 7.13 | +2.0 | 27 May 2010 | Sochi | |
| 33 | Brooke Buschkuehl | AUS | 7.13 | +1.8 | 9 Jul 2022 | Chul Vista | |
| 34 | Sabine Paetz | GDR | 7.12 | +1.6 | 19 May 1984 | Dresden | 26 |
| 35 | Chioma Ajunwa | NGR | 7.12 | +0.9 | 2 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 36 | Naide Gomes | POR | 7.12 | +1.3 | 29 Jul 2008 | Monaco | |
| 37 | Larissa Iapichino | ITA | 7.12 | +1.8 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 38 | Fiona May | ITA | 7.11 | +0.8 | 22 Aug 1998 | Budapest | |
| 39 | Anna Klyashtornaya | RUS | 7.11 | +1.3 | 20 Jun 2012 | Moskva | |
| 40 | Chelsea Hayes | USA | 7.10 | +1.6 | 1 Jul 2012 | Eugene | |
| 41 | Vilma Bardauskiené | LTU | 7.09 | 0.0 | 29 Aug 1978 | q Praha | |
| 42 | Lyudmila Ninova | AUT | 7.09 | +1.5 | 5 Jun 1994 | Sevilla | |
| 43 | Alyssa Jones | USA | 7.09 | -0.2 | 28 May 2026 | Fayetteville | |
| 44 | Marieta Ilcu | ROU | 7.08 | +0.5 | 25 Jun 1989 | Pitesti | |
| 45 | Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova | BLR | 7.08 | +1.9 | 12 Jun 2012 | Minsk | |
| 46 | Chantel Malone | IVB | 7.08 | +1.4 | 27 Mar 2021 | Miramar | |
| 47 | Ackelia Smith | JAM | 7.08 | +1.9 | 13 May 2023 | Norman | |
| 48 | Svetlana Zorina | RUS | 7.07 | 0.0 | 15 Aug 1987 | Krasnodar | |
| 49 | Yelena Sokolova | RUS | 7.07 | +0.5 | 8 Aug 2012 | London | |
| 50 | Shara Proctor | GBR | 7.07 | +0.4 | 28 Aug 2015 | Beijing | |
| 51 | Alexis Brown | USA | 7.07 | +1.4 | 17 Apr 2026 | Gainesville | |
| 52 | Tatyana Kolpakova | KGZ | 7.06 | +0.5 | 31 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 53 | Niurka Montalvo | ESP | 7.06 | -0.1 | 23 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 54 | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan | RUS | 7.06 | 22 May 2002 | Sankt Peterburg | ||
| 55 | Lyudmila Galkina | RUS | 7.05 | +0.6 | 9 Aug 1997 | Athínai | |
| 56 | Eunice Barber | FRA | 7.05 | -0.4 | 14 Sep 2003 | Monaco | 28 |
| 57 | Darya Klishina | RUS | 7.05 | +1.1 | 17 Jul 2011 | Ostrava | |
| 58 | Lorraine Ugen | GBR | 7.05 | +1.2 | 1 Jul 2018 | Birmingham | |
| 59 | Brigitte Wujak | GDR | 7.04 | +0.5 | 31 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 60 | Tatyana Proskuryakova | RUS | 7.04 | +0.9 | 25 Aug 1983 | Kyiv | |
| 61 | Yelena Yatsuk | UKR | 7.04 | +2.0 | 8 Jun 1985 | Moskva | |
| 62 | Carol Lewis | USA | 7.04 | +0.3 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 63 | Níki Xánthou | GRE | 7.03 | +0.6 | 18 Aug 1997 | Bellinzona | |
| 64 | Janay DeLoach | USA | 7.03 | +1.7 | 1 Jul 2012 | Eugene | |
| 65 | Agate De Sousa | STP | 7.03 | +1.7 | 27 May 2023 | Weinheim | |
| 66 | Lex Brown | USA | 7.03 | +0.4 | 16 May 2025 | Lawrence | |
| 67 | Oksana Udmurtova | RUS | 7.02 | +1.5 | 12 May 2006 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 68 | Oksana Zhukovskaya | RUS | 7.02 | +2.0 | 15 Jul 2013 | Moskva | |
| 69 | Hilary Kpatcha | FRA | 7.02 | +0.9 | 30 May 2025 | Kalamáta | |
| 70 | Tatyana Skachko | UKR | 7.01 | -0.5 | 31 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 71 | Eva Murková | SVK | 7.01 | -0.3 | 26 May 1984 | Bratislava | |
| 72 | Marina Slushkina | RUS | 7.01 | -1.0 | 10 Aug 1985 | Krasnodar | |
| 73 | Yao Weili | CHN | 7.01 | +1.4 | 4 Jun 1993 | Jinan | |
| 74 | Shana Williams | USA | 7.01 | +1.1 | 21 Jun 1996 | q Atlanta | |
| 75 | Olga Zaytseva | RUS | 7.01 | +0.3 | 22 Jul 2011 | Cheboksary | |
| 76 | Veronika Shutkova | BLR | 7.01 | +1.1 | 12 Jun 2012 | Minsk | |
| 77 | Jodi Anderson | USA | 7.00 | +2.0 | 28 Jun 1980 | Eugene | |
| 78 | Margarita Butkiené | LTU | 7.00 | 25 May 1983 | Vilnius | ||
| 79 | Birgit Großhennig | GDR | 7.00 | -0.2 | 9 Jun 1984 | Berlin | |
| 80 | Silvia Moneva | BUL | 7.00 | +0.6 | 3 Aug 1986 | Sofia | |
| 81 | Susen Tiedtke | GER | 7.00 | 18 Aug 1991 | Seoul | ||
| 82 | Bronwyn Thompson | AUS | 7.00 | +1.8 | 7 Mar 2002 | Melbourne | |
| 83 | Blessing Okagbare | NGR | 7.00 | 0.0 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 84 | Kendell Williams | USA | 7.00 | +1.4 | 9 Apr 2021 | Athens | |
| 85 | Agate De Sousa | POR | 7.00 | +1.7 | 15 Aug 2026 | q Birmingham | |
| 86 | Siegrun Siegl | GDR | 6.99 | +2.0 | 26 Jul 1976 | Dresden | |
| 87 | Lissette Cuza | CUB | 6.99 | +0.4 | 3 Jun 2000 | Jena | |
| 88 | Erica Johansson | SWE | 6.99 | +1.9 | 5 Jul 2000 | Lausanne | |
| 89 | Christabel Nettey | CAN | 6.99 | +0.8 | 29 May 2015 | Eugene | |
| 90 | Dawn Burrell | USA | 6.98 | +1.1 | 1 Aug 2000 | Stockholm | |
| 91 | +0,1 Malaika Mihambo | GER | 6.98 | 1 Aug 2021 | q Tokyo | ||
| 92 | Quanesha Burks | USA | 6.98 | +0.6 | 23 Jul 2023 | London | |
| 93 | Jasmine Moore | USA | 6.98 | +1.1 | 29 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 94 | Agata Karczmarek | POL | 6.97 | +2.0 | 6 Aug 1988 | Lublin | |
| 95 | Ma Miaolan | CHN | 6.97 | +1.3 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 96 | Yelena Shekhovtsova | UKR | 6.97 | +0.9 | 2 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 97 | Carolina Klüft | SWE | 6.97 | +1.7 | 4 Jul 2004 | H Tallinn | 21 |
| 98 | Vashti Thomas | USA | 6.97 | +1.0 | 29 Jun 2012 | q Eugene | |
| 99 | Whitney Gipson | USA | 6.97 | +1.2 | 1 Jul 2012 | Eugene | |
| 100 | Monae' Nichols | USA | 6.97 | +1.0 | 14 May 2022 | Des Moines | |
| 101 | Sumire Hata | JPN | 6.97 | +0.5 | 14 Jul 2023 | Bangkok | |
| 102 | Christine Schima | GDR | 6.96 | +1.8 | 26 Jul 1984 | Dresden | |
| 103 | Madeline de Jesus | PUR | 6.96 | 0.0 | 22 Jul 1988 | Ciudad de México | |
| 104 | Renata Nielsen | DEN | 6.96 | +2.0 | 5 Jun 1994 | Sevilla | |
| 105 | Funmi Jimoh | USA | 6.96 | +1.6 | 8 May 2009 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 106 | Tyra Gittens | TTO | 6.96 | +2.0 | 14 May 2021 | College Station | |
| 107 | Alina Rotaru-Kottman | ROU | 6.96 | +1.7 | 30 Jul 2023 | Inneringen | |
| 108 | Annik Kälin | SUI | 6.96 | +1.1 | 31 May 2026 | H Götzis | 26 |
| 109 | Jazmin Sawyers | GBR | 6.96 | +1.3 | 16 Aug 2026 | * Birmingham | |
| 110 | Guan Yingnan | CHN | 6.95 | 3 May 2000 | Tianjin | ||
| 111 | Viktoriya Rybalko | UKR | 6.95 | +1.9 | 13 Jun 2012 | Yalta | |
| 112 | Khaddi Sagnia | SWE | 6.95 | +1.0 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 113 | Natalia Linares | COL | 6.95 | -0.1 | 1 Dec 2025 | Lima | |
| 114 | Yelena Chicherova | RUS | 6.94 | +1.3 | 23 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 115 | Sheila Echols | USA | 6.94 | -1.0 | 5 Jun 1987 | Baton Rouge | |
| 116 | Nadine Caster | FRA | 6.94 | +1.7 | 25 Jun 1995 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 117 | Magdalena Khristova | BUL | 6.94 | -0.5 | 22 Jun 1996 | Kalamáta | |
| 118 | Lena Malkus | GER | 6.94 | +0.7 | 30 May 2015 | Weinheim | |
| 119 | Deborah Acquah | GHA | 6.94 | +1.8 | 7 Aug 2022 | Birmingham | |
| 120 | Marthe Koala | BUR | 6.94 | +1.2 | 2 Aug 2023 | Kinshasa | |
| 121 | Claire Bryant | USA | 6.94 | +1.2 | 18 Jul 2026 | London | |
| 122 | Yelena Rodionova | RUS | 6.93 | +1.9 | 4 Aug 1985 | Budapest | |
| 123 | Svetlana Moskalets | RUS | 6.93 | +0.3 | 28 May 1995 | H Götzis | |
| 124 | Niurka Montalvo | CUB | 6.93 | +0.5 | 30 Aug 1998 | Rieti | |
| 125 | Paraskevi Tsiamita | GRE | 6.93 | -1.0 | 1 Aug 1999 | Pátra | 27 |
| 126 | Natalya Lebusova | RUS | 6.93 | +0.5 | 15 Jul 2006 | Tula | |
| 127 | Karen Mey | RSA | 6.93 | +1.9 | 7 Jul 2007 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 128 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | UKR | 6.93 | +2.0 | 17 Jun 2016 | Lutsk | |
| 129 | Caterine Ibargüen | COL | 6.93 | +0.8 | 9 Sep 2018 | Ostrava | 34 |
| 130 | Angela Voigt | GDR | 6.92 | +1.6 | 9 May 1976 | Dresden | |
| 131 | Vera Olenchenko | RUS | 6.92 | +0.8 | 22 Sep 1985 | Baku | |
| 132 | Heike Grabe | GDR | 6.92 | +1.6 | 13 Jun 1987 | Bratislava | |
| 133 | Liu Zhuzhen | CHN | 6.92 | +1.7 | 21 Jun 1990 | Beijing | |
| 134 | Viktoriya Vershinina | UKR | 6.92 | -0.1 | 18 May 1996 | Kyiv | |
| 135 | Concepción Montaner | ESP | 6.92 | +1.7 | 16 Jul 2005 | Madrid | |
| 136 | Ineta Radevica | LAT | 6.92 | +0.7 | 28 Jul 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 137 | Éloyse Lesueur | FRA | 6.92 | +0.4 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 138 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | GBR | 6.92 | +0.6 | 11 Jul 2014 | Glasgow | 21 |
| 139 | Kenyattia Hackworth | USA | 6.92 | +1.5 | 15 Jun 2019 | Chula Vista | |
| 140 | Florentina Costina Iusco | ROU | 6.92 | +1.8 | 31 Jul 2019 | Pitesti | |
| 141 | Alysia Johnson | USA | 6.92 | +0.8 | 15 May 2026 | Louisville | |
| 142 | Heike Duwe | GDR | 6.91 | +1.8 | 9 Jun 1984 | Berlin | |
| 143 | Alla Nechiporets | UKR | 6.91 | +0.6 | 18 Aug 1990 | Kishinyov | |
| 144 | Yelena Pershina | KAZ | 6.91 | 7 Aug 1992 | Almaty | ||
| 145 | Valentina Gotovska | LAT | 6.91 | +0.6 | 11 Jun 2000 | Tartu | |
| 146 | Blessing Akagbare | NGR | 6.91 | +0.1 | 22 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 147 | Yargeris Savigne | CUB | 6.91 | -0.1 | 30 Jun 2010 | Reims | |
| 148 | Tori Bowie | USA | 6.91 | +1.0 | 6 Apr 2013 | Westwood | 22 |
| 149 | Mikaelle Assani | GER | 6.91 | +1.4 | 27 May 2023 | Weinheim | |
| 150 | Milica Gardasevic | SRB | 6.91 | +1.8 | 23 Jul 2023 | Kraljevo | |
| 151 | Pauline Hondema | NED | 6.91 | +1.7 | 12 Jul 2025 | Kortrijk | |
| 152 | Ramona Neubert | GDR | 6.90 | +1.8 | 14 Jun 1981 | Dresden | 22 |
| 153 | Tatyana Turulina | RUS | 6.90 | 26 May 1983 | 1 Krasnodar | ||
| 154 | Beverley Kinch | GBR | 6.90 | +1.4 | 14 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 155 | Jolanta Malolepsza | POL | 6.90 | +1.7 | 9 Jun 1988 | Bratislava | |
| 156 | Sharon Couch | USA | 6.90 | +1.9 | 19 May 1995 | Houston | |
| 157 | Olga Rublyova | RUS | 6.90 | -0.3 | 25 Jun 1995 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 158 | Bianca Kappler | GER | 6.90 | +1.9 | 7 Jul 2007 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 159 | Chaunté Lowe | USA | 6.90 | +1.2 | 26 Jun 2010 | Des Moines | 26 |
| 160 | Sha'Keela Saunders | USA | 6.90 | +1.2 | 30 May 2021 | Chula Vista |