Women · Throws · All-Time

Shot Put

World record

22.63

Natalya LisovskayaURSMoscow · 7 Jun 1987

39 years standingRecord progression →

22.63

Best mark

World record

20.00

Top 50 cutoff

86 rows: tie at the cutoff

20.69

Median

Of the 86 best-by-athlete marks

16

Countries

RUS 18 · GER 13 · 14 others

Performance distribution

86 athletes from 22.63 to 20.00 · median 20.69

22.6322.4522.3222.1921.8921.8621.7621.7321.6921.6621.6121.5821.5321.5221.4621.4521.4521.4321.4221.2721.2721.2421.2221.2121.1921.1021.0921.0921.0821.0621.0521.0121.0021.0020.9620.9520.9520.9120.8220.8020.7720.7220.7020.6820.6320.6120.6120.6020.5820.5420.5320.4720.4720.4520.4420.4020.3420.3220.2720.2720.2420.2320.2220.2220.2220.2120.2120.2020.1820.1820.1320.1220.1220.1220.0720.0720.0620.0620.0620.0420.0420.0420.0320.0220.0020.00

22.63 · WR20.69 · median20.00 · 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

86 rows · tie at the cutoff

#AthleteCountryMarkDateVenueAge
1 Natalya Lisovskaya WR RUS 22.63 7 Jun 1987 Moskva 24
2 Ilona Slupianek GDR 22.45 11 May 1980 Potsdam 23
3 Helena Fibingerová CZE 22.32 20 Aug 1977 Nitra 28
4 Claudia Losch GER 22.19 23 Aug 1987 Hainfeld 27
5 Ivanka Khristova BUL 21.89 4 Jul 1976 Belmeken 34
6 Marianne Adam GDR 21.86 23 Jun 1979 Leipzig 27
7 Li Meisu CHN 21.76 23 Apr 1988 Shijiazhuang 29
8 Natalya Akhrimenko RUS 21.73 21 May 1988 Leselidze 33
9 Viktoriya Pavlysh UKR 21.69 20 Aug 1998 Budapest
10 Sui Xinmei CHN 21.66 9 Jun 1990 Beijing 25
11 Verzhinia Veselinova BUL 21.61 21 Aug 1982 Sofia 24
12 Margitta Droese-Pufe GDR 21.58 28 May 1978 Erfurt 25
13 Nunu Abashidze UKR 21.53 22 Jun 1984 Kyiv 29
14 Huang Zhihong CHN 21.52 27 Jun 1990 Beijing 25
15 Larisa Peleshenko RUS 21.46 26 Aug 2000 Moskva 36
16 Nadezhda Chizhova RUS 21.45 29 Sep 1973 Varna 28
17 Ines Müller GDR 21.45 4 Jun 1986 Schwerin 27
18 Eva Wilms FRG 21.43 17 Jun 1977 München 24
19 Svetlana Krachevskaya RUS 21.42 24 Jul 1980 Moskva 35
20 Liane Schmuhl GDR 21.27 26 Jun 1982 Cottbus 20
21 Heike Hartwig GER 21.27 22 May 1988 Haniá 25
22 Valerie Adams NZL 21.24 29 Aug 2011 Daegu 26
23 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 21.22 5 Aug 1995 Göteborg 25
24 Kathrin Neimke GER 21.21 5 Sep 1987 Roma 21
25 Helma Knorscheidt GDR 21.19 24 May 1984 Berlin 27
26 Heidi Krieger GDR 21.10 26 Aug 1986 Stuttgart
27 Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR 21.09 21 Jul 2005 Minsk
28 Jessica Schilder NED 21.09 16 May 2026 Shaoxing
29 Valentina Fedyushina UKR 21.08 15 May 1988 Leselidze
30 Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 21.06 7 Aug 1992 Barcelona
31 Zdeňka Šilhavá CZE 21.05 23 Jul 1983 Praha 29
32 Ivanka Petrova-Stoycheva BUL 21.01 28 Jul 1979 Sofia
33 Mihaela Loghin ROU 21.00 30 Jun 1984 Formia
34 Cordula Schulze GDR 21.00 21 Jul 1984 Potsdam
35 Belsis Laza CUB 20.96 2 May 1992 Ciudad de México
36 Elena Stoyanova BUL 20.95 14 Jun 1980 Sofia
37 Chase Jackson USA 20.95 28 Jun 2025 Rathdrum
38 Svetla Mitkova BUL 20.91 24 May 1987 Sofia
39 Irina Korzhanenko RUS 20.82 30 May 1998 Rostov na Donu
40 Sona Vasícková CZE 20.80 2 Jun 1988 Praha
41 Christina Schwanitz GER 20.77 20 May 2015 Beijing
42 Grit Hammer GER 20.72 11 Jun 1987 Neubrandenburg
43 Natalya Mikhnevich BLR 20.70 8 Jul 2008 Grodno
44 Sarah Mitton CAN 20.68 11 May 2024 Fleetwood
45 Michelle Carter USA 20.63 12 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro
46 María Elena Sarría CUB 20.61 22 Jul 1982 La Habana
47 Yanina Korolchik BLR 20.61 5 Aug 2001 Edmonton
48 Marina Antonyuk RUS 20.60 10 Aug 1986 Chelyabinsk
49 Gong Lijiao CHN 20.58 1 Aug 2021 Tokyo
50 Zhang Liuhong CHN 20.54 5 Jun 1994 Beijing
51 Iris Plotzitzka GER 20.53 21 Aug 1988 Köln
52 Nina Isayeva RUS 20.47 29 Aug 1982 Bryansk
53 Cong Yuzhen CHN 20.47 3 Sep 1988 Tianjin
54 Maggie Ewen USA 20.45 27 May 2023 Westwood
55 Tatyana Orlova BLR 20.44 28 May 1983 Stayki
56 Zhou Tianhua CHN 20.40 5 Sep 1991 Beijing
57 Stephanie Storp GER 20.34 1 Jul 1990 Wolfsburg
58 Irina Khudorozhkina RUS 20.32 25 May 1996 Sochi
59 Danguolé Urbkiene LTU 20.27 13 May 1987 Leselidze
60 Lyudmila Andriasian UKR 20.27 7 Aug 1987 Nikolayev
61 Anna Romanova RUS 20.24 29 May 1993 Bryansk
62 Ilke Wyludda GER 20.23 16 Jul 1988 Karl-Marx-Stadt 19
63 Margitta Gummel GDR 20.22 7 Sep 1972 München
64 Yevgeniya Kolodko RUS 20.22 27 May 2012 Sochi
65 Song Jiayuan CHN 20.22 29 May 2022 Shanghai
66 Svetlana Melnikova RUS 20.21 5 Jun 1982 Riga
67 Lyudmila Savina RUS 20.21 9 Jun 1984 Sochi
68 Nadine Kleinert GER 20.20 16 Aug 2009 Berlin
69 Ramona Pagel USA 20.18 25 Jun 1988 San Diego
70 Jill Camarena-Williams USA 20.18 8 Jul 2011 Saint-Denis
71 Jaida Ross USA 20.13 5 Jul 2025 Eugene
72 Vera Tsapkelanko UKR 20.12 29 May 1977 Sochi
73 Rimma Muzikeviciene LTU 20.12 16 Aug 1980 Vilnius
74 Jessica Ramsey USA 20.12 24 Jun 2021 Eugene
75 Tatyana Shcherbanos UKR 20.07 7 Sep 1984 Donetsk
76 Anna Avdeyeva RUS 20.07 24 Jul 2009 Cheboksary
77 Raisa Taranda RUS 20.06 23 Jun 1976 Kyiv
78 Zhen Wenhua CHN 20.06 5 Sep 1991 Beijing
79 Maddison-Lee Wesche NZL 20.06 5 Jul 2025 Eugene
80 Gabriele Retzlaff GDR 20.04 18 Jul 1980 Cottbus
81 Tatyana Orlova RUS 20.04 2 May 1983 Minsk
82 Petra Lammert GER 20.04 26 May 2007 Zeven
83 Faina Melnik RUS 20.03 2 Jun 1976 Bratislava
84 Cheng Xiaoyan CHN 20.02 5 Jun 1994 Beijing
85 Christa Wiese GER 20.00 31 May 1989 Schwerin
86 Yemisi Mabry GER 20.00 9 Aug 2024 Saint-Denis
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