The 2023 World Athletics Rankings document the best-performing athletes in the sport of athletics, according to World Athletics' individual athlete ranking system. Individual athletes are assigned a points score best on an average of their best recent competition performances. The performance scoring is primarily based on the time or mark of the athlete, with additional points for their placement within the competition, along with some minor modifications based on the conditions. The world rankings are updated each Wednesday.

As of 26 December 2023, the number one ranked male athlete is Armand Duplantis with 1576 points,Men's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2023-12-26. and the number one ranked female athlete is Faith Kipyegon with 1584 points.Women's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2023-12-26.

Overall rankings (top 10)

+ Men (as of 26 December 2023)World Rankings Men's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2023-12-26.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Armand Duplantis Pole vault 1576 2 Ryan Crouser 1552 3 Noah Lyles 1548 4 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1538 5 Karsten Warholm 400 metres hurdles 1531 6 Lamecha Girma 1508 7 Kelvin Kiptum Marathon 1504 8 Grant Holloway 110 metres hurdles 1490 9 Eliud Kipchoge Marathon 1488 10 Letsile Tebogo 1485

+ Women (as of 26 December 2023)World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2023-12-26.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Faith Kipyegon 1584 2 Shericka Jackson 100 metres, 200 metres 1558 3 Femke Bol 400 metres hurdles 1524 4 Sha'Carri Richardson 1506 5 Gudaf Tsegay , 10,000 metres, Marathon 1499 6 Tigst Assefa Marathon 1488 7 Winfred Yavi 3000 metres steeplechase 1486 8 Sifan Hassan , 10,000 metres, Marathon 1479 9 Yaroslava Mahuchikh High jump 1476 10 Yulimar Rojas Triple jump 1476

Event rankings (top 10) IAAF World Rankings, as of 26 December 2023.

100 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 14582 Christian Coleman 6 Mar 1996 14483 Ferdinand Omanyala 2 Jan 1996 14184 Letsile Tebogo 7 Jun 2003 14045 Fred Kerley 7 May 1995 13976 Zharnel Hughes 13 Jul 1995 13957 Akani Simbine 21 Sep 1993 13798 Oblique Seville 16 Mar 2001 13679 Ackeem Blake 21 Jan 2002 136210 Cravont Charleston 2 Jan 1998 1347

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Sha'Carri Richardson 25 Mar 2000 14802 Shericka Jackson 16 Jul 1994 14653 Marie Josée Ta Lou 18 Nov 1988 14634 Dina Asher-Smith 4 Dec 1995 13725 Julien Alfred 10 Jun 2001 13676 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 27 Dec 1986 13587 Elaine Thompson-Herah 28 Jun 1992 13558 Ewa Swoboda 26 Jul 1997 13519 Twanisha Terry 24 Jan 1999 134810 Natasha Morrison 17 Nov 1992 1347

200 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 14832 Erriyon Knighton 29 Jan 2004 14613 Letsile Tebogo 7 Jun 2003 14384 Kenneth Bednarek 14 Oct 1998 14185 Zharnel Hughes 13 Jul 1995 14166 Andre De Grasse 10 Nov 1994 13957 Alexander Ogando 3 May 2000 13648 Kyree King 9 Jul 1994 13469 Aaron Brown 27 May 1992 134210 Andrew Hudson 14 Dec 1996 1329

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Shericka Jackson 16 Jul 1994 15212 Gabrielle Thomas 7 Dec 1996 14123 Daryll Neita 29 Aug 1996 13914 Anthonique Strachan 22 Aug 1993 13915 Julien Alfred 10 Jun 2001 13896 Sha'Carri Richardson 25 Mar 2000 13807 Marie Josée Ta Lou 18 Nov 1988 13648 Dina Asher-Smith 4 Dec 1995 13639 Abby Steiner 24 Nov 1999 133810 Kayla White 14 Sep 1996 1337

400 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Wayde van Niekerk 15 Jul 1992 14042 Quincy Hall 31 Jul 1998 13993 Vernon Norwood 10 Apr 1992 13974 Matthew Hudson-Smith 26 Oct 1994 13935 Kirani James 1 Sep 1992 13786 Antonio Watson 11 Sep 2001 13727 Muzala Samukonga 9 Dec 2002 13598 Rusheen McDonald 17 Aug 1992 13449 Steven Gardiner 12 Sep 1995 134310 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 21 Sep 2002 1340

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Marileidy Paulino 25 Oct 1996 14702 Natalia Kaczmarek 17 Jan 1998 14373 Sada Williams 1 Dec 1997 13814 Lieke Klaver 20 Aug 1998 13805 Femke Bol 23 Feb 2000 13726 Rhasidat Adeleke 29 Aug 2002 13597 Candice McLeod 15 Nov 1996 13498 Cynthia Bolingo 12 Jan 1993 13389 Shamier Little 20 Mar 1995 131210 Lynna Irby 6 Dec 1998 1312

800 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1 Aug 2004 14492 Marco Arop 20 Sep 1998 14373 Djamel Sedjati 3 May 1999 13864 Slimane Moula 25 Feb 1999 13755 Wycliffe Kinyamal 2 Jul 1997 13596 Ben Pattison 15 Dec 2001 13507 Yanis Meziane 26 Jan 2002 13378 Daniel Rowden 9 Sep 1997 13349 Bryce Hoppel 5 Sep 1997 133310 Benjamin Robert 4 Jan 1998 1331

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Mary Moraa 15 June 2000 14402 Keely Hodgkinson 3 Mar 2002 14393 Natoya Goule 30 Mar 1991 13644 Athing Mu 8 Jun 2002 13595 Halimah Nakaayi 16 Oct 1994 13546 Jemma Reekie 6 Mar 1998 13497 Catriona Bisset 1 Mar 1994 13388 Ajee Wilson 8 May 1994 13379 Adelle Tracey 27 May 1993 132710 Nia Akins 7 Jul 1998 1324

1500 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 19 Sep 2000 15242 Yared Nuguse 1 Jun 1999 14593 Josh Kerr 8 Oct 1997 14134 Narve Gilje Nordås 30 Sep 1998 14025 Abel Kipsang 22 Nov 1996 13986 Reynold Cheruiyot 30 Jul 2004 13977 Mario García 29 Jun 1999 13868 Neil Gourley 7 Feb 1995 13739 George Mills 12 May 1999 135310 Azeddine Habz 19 Jul 1993 1352

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Faith Kipyegon 10 Jan 1994 15382 Gudaf Tsegay 23 Jan 1997 15103 Laura Muir 9 May 1993 14174 Freweyni Hailu 12 Feb 2001 14015 Ciara Mageean 12 Mar 1992 13966 Nelly Chepchirchir 4 Jun 2003 13867 Jessica Hull 22 Oct 1996 13758 Birke Haylom 6 Jan 2006 13709 Hirut Meshesha 20 Jan 2001 135210 Katie Snowden 9 Mar 1994 1347

5000 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Yomif Kejelcha 1 Aug 1997 14532 Berihu Aregawi 28 Feb 2001 14303 Mohamed Katir 17 Feb 1998 14154 Hagos Gebrhiwet 11 May 1994 14125 Telahun Haile Bekele 13 May 1999 14096 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 19 Sep 2000 14057 Selemon Barega 20 Jan 2000 13758 Jacob Krop 4 Jun 2001 13719 Luis Grijalva 10 Apr 1999 137110 Grant Fisher 22 Apr 1997 1353

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Gudaf Tsegay 23 Jun 1997 14562 Faith Kipyegon 10 Jan 1994 14293 Beatrice Chebet 5 Mar 2000 14284 Ejgayehu Taye 10 Feb 2000 13875 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 3 May 1997 13826 Sifan Hassan 1 Jan 1993 13787 Medina Eisa 3 Jan 2005 13688 Freweyni Hailu 12 Feb 2001 13629 Margaret Kipkemboi 9 Feb 1993 136210 Lemlem Hailu 25 May 2001 1348

10,000 metres

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Joshua Cheptegei 12 Sep 1996 13592 Daniel Ebenyo 18 Sep 1995 13513 Selemon Barega 20 Jan 2000 13144 Berihu Aregawi 28 Feb 2001 13065 Benard Kibet 25 Nov 1999 12816 Jacob Kiplimo 14 Nov 2000 12747 Mohammed Ahmed 5 Jan 1991 12678 Nicholas Kimeli 29 Sep 1998 12669 Stanley Mburu 9 Apr 2000 125510 Rodrigue Kwizera 10 Oct 1999 1253

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Letesenbet Gidey 20 Mar 1998 13822 Gudaf Tsegay 23 Jun 1997 13673 Ejgayehu Taye 10 Feb 2000 13394 Sifan Hassan 1 Jan 1993 13255 Alicia Monson 13 May 1998 13216 Eilish McColgan 25 Nov 1990 13087 Irine Jepchumba Kimais 10 Oct 1998 12978 Grace Nawowuna 10 Nov 2003 12919 Margaret Kipkemboi 9 Feb 1993 128410 Agnes Jebet Ngetich 23 Jan 2001 1282

110 & 100 metres hurdles

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Grant Holloway 19 Nov 1997 14902 Hansle Parchment 17 Jun 1990 14553 Daniel Roberts 13 Nov 1997 14314 Shunsuke Izumiya 26 Jan 2000 14175 Freddie Crittenden 3 Aug 1994 13956 Jason Joseph 11 Oct 1998 13947 Jamal Britt 28 Dec 1998 13678 Wilhem Belocian 22 Jun 1995 13599 Just Kwaou-Mathey 4 Dec 1999 134210 Devon Allen 12 Dec 1994 1334

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 21 Aug 1996 14502 Tobi Amusan 23 Apr 1997 14343 Kendra Harrison 18 Sep 1992 14284 Danielle Williams 14 Sep 1992 14165 Nia Ali 23 Oct 1988 13856 Alaysha Johnson 20 Jul 1996 13757 Devynne Charlton 26 Nov 1995 13648 Tia Jones 8 Sep 2000 13539 Megan Tapper 18 Mar 1994 134910 Pia Skrzyszowska 20 Apr 2001 1342

400 metres hurdles

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Karsten Warholm 28 Feb 1996 15312 Rai Benjamin 27 Jul 1997 14733 Kyron McMaster 3 Jan 1997 14684 Alison dos Santos 3 Jun 2000 14265 CJ Allen 14 Feb 1995 14066 Trevor Bassitt 26 Feb 1998 13817 Wilfried Happio 22 Sep 1998 13708 Rasmus Mägi 4 May 1992 13609 Ludvy Vaillant 15 Mar 1995 135710 Roshawn Clarke 1 Jul 2004 1351

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Femke Bol 23 Feb 2000 15142 Shamier Little 20 Mar 1995 14373 Rushell Clayton 18 Oct 1992 14224 Janieve Russell 14 Nov 1993 13825 Anna Cockrell 28 Aug 1997 13596 Andrenette Knight 19 Oct 1996 13567 Ayomide Folorunso 17 Oct 1996 13538 Kemi Adekoya 16 Jan 1993 13339 Jessie Knight 15 Jun 1994 131510 Anna Ryzhykova 24 Nov 1989 1307

3000 metres steeplechase

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Soufiane El Bakkali 7 Jan 1996 14742 Lamecha Girma 26 Nov 2000 14343 Simon Koech 10 Jun 2003 14084 Abraham Kibiwot 6 Apr 1996 13995 Getnet Wale 16 Jul 2000 13636 Samuel Firewu 3 May 2004 13627 Leonard Bett 3 Nov 2000 13598 Ryuji Miura 21 Feb 2002 13569 Geordie Beamish 24 Oct 1996 135210 Abrham Sime 7 Nov 2001 1335

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Winfred Yavi 31 Dec 1999 14862 Beatrice Chepkoech 6 Jul 1991 14593 Faith Cherotich 13 Jul 2004 14184 Jackline Chepkoech 3 Oct 2003 14035 Sembo Almayew 24 Jan 2005 13996 Zerfe Wondemagegn 26 Oct 2002 13947 Luiza Gega 5 Nov 1988 13628 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek 24 Oct 1994 13599 Alice Finot 9 Feb 1991 134310 Peruth Chemutai 10 Jul 1999 1340

High jump

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 JuVaughn Harrison 30 Apr 1999 14342 Mutaz Essa Barshim 24 Jun 1991 14203 Gianmarco Tamberi 1 Jun 1992 13824 Woo Sang-hyeok 23 Apr 1996 13765 Hamish Kerr 17 Aug 1996 13316 Tobias Potye 16 Mar 1995 13307 Luis Zayas 7 Jun 1997 13238 Norbert Kobielski 28 Jan 1997 12929 Ryoichi Akamatsu 2 May 1995 128410 Andrii Protsenko 20 May 1988 1273

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 19 Sep 2001 14762 Nicola Olyslagers 28 Dec 1996 14473 Iryna Gerashchenko 10 Mar 1995 13704 Angelina Topić 26 Jul 2005 13505 Eleanor Patterson 22 May 1996 13396 Morgan Lake 12 May 1997 13337 Vashti Cunningham 18 Jan 1998 13128 Yuliia Levchenko 28 Nov 1997 12879 Lamara Distin 3 Mar 2000 126310 Nadezhda Dubovitskaya 12 Mar 1998 1250

Pole vault

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Armand Duplantis 10 Nov 1999 15762 Ernest John Obiena 17 Nov 1995 14433 Christopher Nilsen 13 Jan 1998 14314 Kurtis Marschall 25 Apr 1997 13985 Sam Kendricks 7 Sep 1992 13976 KC Lightfoot 11 Nov 1999 13697 Thibaut Collet 17 Jun 1999 13608 Ben Broeders 21 Jun 1995 13379 Piotr Lisek 16 Aug 1992 132810 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre 29 Apr 1999 1327

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Katie Moon 13 Jun 1991 14572 Nina Kennedy 5 Apr 1997 14143 Wilma Murto 11 Jun 1998 14054 Tina Šutej 7 Nov 1988 13885 Sandi Morris 8 Jul 1992 13446 Molly Caudery 17 Mar 2000 13037 Angelica Moser 9 Oct 1997 13018 Alysha Newman 29 Jun 1994 12979 Bridget Williams 18 Mar 1996 129410 Katerina Stefanidi 4 Feb 1990 1279

Long jump

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Miltiadis Tentoglou 18 Mar 1998 14332 Tajay Gayle 2 Aug 1996 13603 Wayne Pinnock 24 Oct 2000 13484 Simon Ehammer 7 Feb 2000 13415 Wang Jianan 27 Aug 1996 13286 Marquis Dendy 17 Nov 1992 13177 Carey McLeod 14 Apr 1998 13158 Thobias Montler 15 Feb 1996 13119 Murali Sreeshankar 27 Mar 1999 130910 Radek Juška 8 Mar 1993 1300

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Ivana Španović 10 May 1990 14362 Tara Davis-Woodhall 20 May 1999 13773 Larissa Iapichino 18 Jul 2002 13774 Ese Brume 20 Jan 1996 13475 Quanesha Burks 15 Mar 1995 13376 Marthe Koala 8 Mar 1994 13127 Malaika Mihambo 3 Feb 1994 13098 Jazmin Sawyers 21 May 1994 13099 Brooke Buschkuehl 12 Jul 1993 128810 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann 5 Jun 1993 1285

Triple jump

Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Hugues Fabrice Zango 25 Jun 1993 14562 Andy Díaz 25 Dec 1995 13973 Lázaro Martínez 7 Feb 2000 13664 Jaydon Hibbert 17 Jan 2005 13375 Pedro Pichardo 30 Jun 1993 13346 Zhu Yaming 4 May 1994 13287 Yasser Triki 24 Mar 1997 13118 Cristian Nápoles 27 Nov 1998 13019 Fang Yaoqing 20 Apr 1996 129410 Donald Scott 23 Feb 1992 1287

Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Yulimar Rojas 21 Oct 1995 14762 Shanieka Ricketts 2 Feb 1992 14053 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk 18 Jul 1995 14004 Leyanis Pérez 10 Jan 2002 13905 Liadagmis Povea 6 Feb 1996 13536 Thea LaFond 5 Apr 1994 13457 Dariya Derkach 27 Mar 1993 12948 Kimberly Williams 3 Nov 1988 12859 Keturah Orji 5 Mar 1996 126910 Tori Franklin 7 Oct 1992 1255

Shot put

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