Juggling world records comprise the best performances in the fields of endurance and numbers juggling.
Criteria For ratification as a world record, the claimed record must be proved by video evidence, either available to the general public or must be validated by organizations such as Guinness World Records
Up until 2012 any record must have been proved by either of the two methods above or by video evidence, available to the members of the former Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). JISCON is no longer active.
Records begin where each object being juggled has been thrown and successfully caught at least once (e.g. 11 catches of 12 balls is not listed). This is known as a 'flash'. Where each object is thrown and caught more than once the term used is a 'qualify'.
Notes on defining the props Balls, which include beanbags, must be roughly spherical objects. Clubs, which include sticks and batons, must be long, roughly cylindrical objects. Rings, which include plates and hoops, must be flat, roughly circular objects. Bouncing balls must be bounced off a solid, flat, horizontal surface with just one bounce per ball between each throw and catch.
Solo juggling records Props must be thrown individually from each hand, and counting of catches commences once all props bar one have been thrown. Multiplexing (throwing more than one prop at a time from the same hand) is not allowed. Catches are counted only for throws made while no props have been dropped. According to JISCON definition, a drop is "a failure to catch an object that, as a result, hits the ground or any foreign object. A drop is considered to have happened at the moment the object should have been caught or touched, not when it hits the ground."
Balls EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)14 beanbags14 catchesAlex Barron2017()13 beanbags15 catchesAlex Barron2013()Erik Toll2024()12 beanbags24 catchesTom Whitfield2025()11 beanbags34 catchesTom Whitfield2022()10 beanbags51 catchesTom Whitfield2024()9 balls55 sAnthony Gatto2006()8 balls1 min 18 sEnzo Nicolás Agüero2023()7 balls16 min 25 sAdolfo Esteban Cardenas2019()6 balls30 min 46 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2023()5 balls3 h 44 min 46 sBence Ónodi2022()4 balls3 h 15 min 21 sPaweł Gelebki2026()3 balls13 h 10 minDavid Rush2023Verified by GWR
Clubs EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)9 clubs13 catchesEivind Dragsjø2026(Video on Instagram)8 clubs20 catchesMoritz Rosner2025()7 clubs4 min 24 sAnthony Gatto2005()6 clubs7 min 38 sAnthony Gatto2005()5 clubs53 min 21 sThomas Dietz2005Verified by JISCON4 clubs2 h 7 min 17 sCaio Stevanovich2023()3 clubs6 h 11 m 27 sAndrew Ramanenka 2025()
Rings EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)13 rings13 catchesAlbert Lucas2002()Danil Lysenko2024()12 rings16 catchesWilly Colombaioni2016(),()11 rings21 catchesDanil Lysenko2020()10 rings47 catchesAnthony Gatto2005()9 rings50 sAnthony Gatto2005(),8 rings1 min 17 sAnthony Gatto1989(),7 rings15 min 6 sAnthony Gatto2011(6 rings6 min 55 sEivind Dragsjø2024()5 rings58 min 22 sCaio Stevanovich2022()4 rings1 h 40 min 5 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2022()3 rings3 h 10 min 45 sMaximilian Kuschmierz2022()
Bouncing Force Bounce EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)12 bounce balls12 catchesAlan Šulc2008(),10 bounce balls10 catchesAlan Šulc2008(),Henrik Veres2013()Tony Garcia2014()David Enoch Sosman 2021(Video on TikTok)9 bounce balls98 catchesAlan Šulc2016()8 bounce balls4 min 12 sAlan Šulc2011(),7 bounce balls7 minKonstantin Kulyak2021()6 bounce balls5 min 48 sDavid Nayer2016()5 bounce balls59 min 30 sDavid Nayer2015() Lift Bounce EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)11 bounce balls12 catchesEden Zak2014()10 bounce balls51 catchesMathias Ramfelt2017()9 bounce balls40 sMathias Ramfelt2017() 8 bounce balls1 min 14 sTyron Colombaioni2016(Video on Facebook)7 bounce balls11 min 20 sTyron Colombaioni2016()6 bounce balls6 min 43 sPhilippe Dupuis2016()5 bounce balls56 min 09 sLiam Ryan-O'Flaherty2019() 4 bounce balls2 hour 0 min 01 sBill Coad2019()3 bounce balls3 hours 45 min 13 sBill Coad2019()
Passing records
When passing, only the props thrown between two separate jugglers are counted. In some patterns (ultimates or one-count) all the throws are caught by the opposite juggler but in other patterns each juggler makes some throws to themselves. The reason for excluding self throws is that two jugglers could make a single pass to their partner and then go on to juggle solo patterns for as long as they wanted therefore undermining the record for 'passing'.
Balls EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)22 balls22 passesTom Whitfield & Dan WoodTom Whitfield & Dave Leahy20182019()()21 balls21 passesDave LeahyDan Wood2014()20 balls27 passesTom WhitfieldDan Wood2019()19 balls25 passesTom WhitfieldDan Wood2019()18 balls29 passesTom WhitfieldDave Leahy2019()17 balls39 passesTom WhitfieldDave Leahy2019()16 balls47 passesPeter KasemanDoug Sayers2015()15 balls91 passesPeter KasemanDoug Sayers2012()14 balls22 seconds(195 passes)Peter KasemanDoug Sayers2012(),In 2012, Chris Hodge and Andrew Hodge set the 14 ball passing record for a 2-count pattern. The 199 catches mentioned in that video include self-throws (an alternate counting method used by the IJA).13 balls54 seconds(475 passes)Ori RothOfek Snir2016()12 balls1 min 38 s(475 passes)Daniel LedelLuca Pferdmenges2017()11 balls5 min 5 s(1506 passes)Daniel LedelLuca Pferdmenges2018()
Clubs EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)15 clubs15 passesKaito TaniokaKento Tanioka2021(Video on Instagram)14 clubs32 passesDominik HarantManuel Mitasch2020()13 clubs31 s(102 passes)Dominik HarantManuel Mitasch2022()12 clubs28 s(101 passes)Daniel LedelManuel Mitasch2016()11 clubs1 min 17 s(246 passes)Julius PreuDaniel Ledel2022()10 clubs4 min 00 s(808 passes)Dominik HarantDaniel Ledel2017()9 clubs7 min 1 s(1392 passes)Christoph MitaschManuel Mitasch2007()
Rings EquipmentRecordJugglerNationalityYearRef(s)18 rings19 passesDominik HarantManuel Mitasch2015().17 rings21 passesDominik HarantManuel Mitasch2020()16 rings32 passesDominik HarantManuel Mitasch2020()15 rings52 passesThomas DietzDominik Harant2018(Video on Instagram)14 rings59 passesDominik HarantManuel Mitasch2013()13 rings23 seconds(171 passes)Thomas DietzDominik Harant2015()12 rings1 min 22 seconds(300 passes)Dominik HarantManuel Mitasch2020()11 rings2 min 44 s(1201 passes)Thomas DietzDominik Harant2015()
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References
External links JISCON the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling