The 2024 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 29 October 2024, the number one ranked male athlete is Armand Duplantis with 1625 points,Men's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2024-10-29. and the number one ranked female athlete is Faith Kipyegon with 1550 points.Women's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
Overall rankings (top 10)
+ Men (as of 29 October 2024)World Rankings Men's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2024-10-29.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Armand Duplantis Pole vault 1625 2 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1523 3 Ryan Crouser 1520 4 Letsile Tebogo 1519 5 Grant Holloway 110 metres hurdles 1504 6 Alison dos Santos 400 metres hurdles 1504 7 Noah Lyles 1503 8 Kenneth Bednarek 1503 9 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 800 metres 1499 10 Mykolas Alekna Discus throw 1488
+ Women (as of 29 October 2024)World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2024-10-29.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Faith Kipyegon 1550 2 Beatrice Chebet 1545 3 Femke Bol 1517 4 Julien Alfred 1506 5 Yaroslava Mahuchikh High jump 1494 6 Marileidy Paulino 400 metres 1491 7 Winfred Yavi 3000 metres steeplechase 1485 8 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 400 metres hurdles 1484 9 Valarie Allman Discus throw 1483 10 Tigst Assefa Marathon 1480
Event rankings (top 10) IAAF World Rankings, as of 29 October 2024.
100 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 14662 Akani Simbine 21 Sep 1993 14373 Fred Kerley 7 May 1995 14254 Christian Coleman 6 Mar 1996 14145 Kishane Thompson 17 Jul 2001 14126 Letsile Tebogo 7 Jun 2003 14097 Marcell Jacobs 26 Sep 1994 13928 Ackeem Blake 21 Jan 2002 13909 Oblique Seville 16 Mar 2001 136710 Kenneth Bednarek 14 Oct 1998 1356
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Julien Alfred 10 Jun 2001 14732 Sha'Carri Richardson 25 Mar 2000 14313 Dina Asher-Smith 4 Dec 1995 13914 Daryll Neita 29 Aug 1996 13815 Tamari Davis 15 Feb 2003 13676 Tia Clayton 17 Aug 2004 13627 Melissa Jefferson 21 Feb 2001 13608 Marie Josée Ta Lou 18 Nov 1988 13599 Ewa Swoboda 26 Jul 1997 134810 Mujinga Kambundji 17 Jun 1992 1340
200 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Letsile Tebogo 7 Jun 2003 15112 Kenneth Bednarek 14 Oct 1998 14983 Alexander Ogando 3 May 2000 14204 Erriyon Knighton 29 Jan 2004 14185 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 13976 Courtney Lindsey 18 Nov 1998 13697 Joseph Fahnbulleh 11 Sep 2001 13548 Kyree King 9 Jul 1994 13309 Tapiwanashe Makarawu 14 Aug 2000 131210 Andrew Hudson 14 Dec 1996 1307
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Gabrielle Thomas 7 Dec 1996 14392 Brittany Brown 18 Apr 1995 14383 Julien Alfred 10 Jun 2001 14004 Daryll Neita 29 Aug 1996 13915 Dina Asher-Smith 4 Dec 1995 13656 McKenzie Long 11 Jul 2000 13417 Jessika Gbai 29 Dec 1998 13268 Anavia Battle 28 Mar 1999 13259 Favour Ofili 31 Dec 2002 131510 Mujinga Kambundji 17 Jun 1992 1300
400 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Matthew Hudson-Smith 26 Oct 1994 14742 Muzala Samukonga 9 Dec 2002 14453 Quincy Hall 31 Jul 1998 14344 Kirani James 1 Sep 1992 14225 Jereem Richards 13 Jan 1994 13906 Charlie Dobson 20 Oct 1999 13737 Alexander Doom 25 Apr 1997 13738 Vernon Norwood 10 Apr 1992 13719 Bayapo Ndori 20 Jun 1999 135210 Christopher Bailey 29 May 2000 1347
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Marileidy Paulino 25 Oct 1996 14912 Natalia Kaczmarek 17 Jan 1998 14303 Salwa Eid Naser 23 May 1998 14124 Rhasidat Adeleke 29 Aug 2002 14065 Alexis Holmes 28 Jan 2000 13836 Lieke Klaver 20 Aug 1998 13707 Amber Anning 18 Nov 2000 13588 Sada Williams 1 Dec 1997 13439 Henriette Jæger 30 Jun 2003 134110 Nickisha Pryce 7 Mar 2001 1324
800 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1 Aug 2004 14892 Djamel Sedjati 3 May 1999 14853 Marco Arop 20 Sep 1998 14644 Gabriel Tual 9 Apr 1998 14175 Bryce Hoppel 5 Sep 1997 14166 Mohamed Attaoui 26 Sep 2001 13897 Wycliffe Kinyamal 2 Jul 1997 13708 Eliott Crestan 22 Feb 1999 13689 Tshepiso Masalela 25 May 1999 136610 Andreas Kramer 13 Apr 1997 1346
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Keely Hodgkinson 3 Mar 2002 14422 Tsigie Doguma 23 Feb 2001 14403 Mary Moraa Jun 15 2000 13964 Prudence Sekgodiso 5 Jan 2002 13665 Jemma Reekie 6 Mar 1998 13616 Rénelle Lamote 26 Dec 1993 13597 Georgia Bell 17 Oct 1993 13498 Shafiqua Maloney 27 Feb 1999 13409 Natoya Goule-Toppin 16 Oct 1994 133810 Habitam Alemu 9 Jul 1997 1330
1500 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 19 Sep 2000 14872 Yared Nuguse 1 Jun 1999 14523 Cole Hocker 6 Jun 2001 14494 Timothy Cheruiyot 20 Nov 1995 14015 Hobbs Kessler 15 Mar 2003 13996 Josh Kerr 8 Oct 1997 13797 Azeddine Habz 19 Jul 1993 13758 Brian Komen 10 Aug 1998 13739 Narve Gilje Nordås 30 Sep 1998 136810 Reynold Cheruiyot 30 Jul 2004 1353
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Faith Kipyegon 10 Jan 1994 15022 Gudaf Tsegay 27 Jan 1997 15003 Diribe Welteji May 13 2002 14784 Jessica Hull Oct 22 1996 14305 Freweyni Hailu 12 Feb 2001 14286 Nelly Chepchirchir Jun 4 2003 13977 Birke Haylom Jan 6 1997 13758 Nikki Hiltz 23 Oct 1994 1366 9 Susan Lokedi Ejore 9 Nov 1995 136310 Georgia Hunter Bell Oct 17 1993 1360
5000 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Hagos Gebrhiwet 11 May 1994 14502 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 19 Sep 2000 14273 Berihu Aregawi 28 Feb 2001 14224 Yomif Kejelcha 1 Aug 1997 14135 Selemon Barega 20 Jan 2000 13936 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 16 Aug 1998 13807 Telahun Haile Bekele 13 May 1999 13768 Grant Fisher 22 Apr 1997 13679 Biniam Mehary 20 Dec 2006 135210 Ronald Kwemoi 19 Sep 1995 1351
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Beatrice Chebet 5 Mar 2000 14912 Gudaf Tsegay 17 Jan 1997 14693 Nadia Battocletti 12 Apr 2000 13964 Medina Eisa Jan 3 13785 Agnes Ngetich 23 Jan 2001 13706 Birke Haylom 6 Jan 2006 13517 Hirut Meshesha Jan 20 2001 13488 Tsigie Gebreselama 30 Sep 2000 13439 Ejgayehu Taye 10 Feb 2000 134310 Sifan Hassan 1 Jan 1993 1337
10,000 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Joshua Cheptegei 12 Sep 1996 13942 Berihu Aregawi 28 Feb 2001 13913 Grant Fisher 22 Apr 1997 13884 Mohammed Ahmed 5 Jan 1991 13675 Yomif Kejelcha 1 Aug 1997 13526 Benard Kibet 25 Nov 1999 13407 Selemon Barega 20 Jan 2000 13388 Jacob Kiplimo 14 Nov 2000 13199 Adriaan Wildschutt 3 May 1998 129410 Nico Young 27 Jul 2002 1291
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Beatrice Chebet 5 Mar 2000 14232 Gudaf Tsegay 23 Jan 1997 14213 Nadia Battocletti 12 Apr 2000 13844 Margaret Kipkemboi 9 Feb 1993 13455 Sifan Hassan 1 Jan 1993 13406 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 3 May 1997 13367 Fotyen Tesfay 17 Feb 1998 13148 Tsigie Gebreselama 30 Sep 2000 13109 Weini Kelati 1 Dec 1996 130610 Mizan Alem 22 Jan 2002 1277
110 & 100 metres hurdles
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Grant Holloway 19 Nov 1997 15042 Daniel Roberts 13 Nov 1997 14413 Rasheed Broadbell 13 Aug 2000 14034 Lorenzo Simonelli 1 Jun 2002 14015 Sasha Zhoya 25 Jun 2002 13996 Freddie Crittenden 3 Aug 1994 13987 Enrique Llopis 15 Oct 2000 13818 Rachid Muratake 6 Feb 2002 13749 Trey Cunningham 26 Aug 1998 136310 Hansle Parchment 17 Jun 1990 1362
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 21 Aug 1996 14642 Masai Russell 17 Jun 2000 14313 Cyréna Samba-Mayela 31 Oct 2000 14284 Devynne Charlton 26 Nov 1995 14245 Ackera Nugent 29 Apr 2002 14136 Grace Stark 6 May 2001 14097 Nadine Visser 9 Feb 1995 14048 Alaysha Johnson 20 Jul 1996 13669 Danielle Williams 14 Sep 1992 135610 Pia Skrzyszowska 20 Apr 2001 1353
400 metres hurdles
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Alison dos Santos 3 Jun 2000 15042 Karsten Warholm 28 Feb 1996 14863 Rai Benjamin 27 Jul 1997 14844 Kyron McMaster 3 Jan 1997 14145 Abderrahman Samba 5 Sep 1995 14076 Clément Ducos 4 Mar 2001 13967 Roshawn Clarke 1 Jul 2004 13848 Rasmus Mägi 4 May 1992 13819 CJ Allen 14 Feb 1995 136410 Malik James-King 28 Jun 1999 1345
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Femke Bol 23 Feb 2000 14942 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 7 Aug 1999 14623 Anna Cockrell 28 Aug 1997 14574 Rushell Clayton 18 Oct 1992 14165 Shiann Salmon 31 Mar 1999 14116 Jasmine Jones 30 Nov 2001 13497 Shamier Little 20 Mar 1995 13688 Andrenette Knight 19 Nov 1996 13389 Louise Maraval 31 Jul 2001 133610 Janieve Russell 14 Nov 1993 1331
3000 metres steeplechase
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Soufiane El Bakkali 7 Jan 1996 14522 Amos Serem 28 Aug 2002 14133 Abraham Kibiwot 6 Apr 1996 14064 Samuel Firewu 3 May 2004 13995 Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui 2 Apr 1997 13886 Getnet Wale 16 Jul 2000 13517 Ahmed Jaziri 16 Dec 1997 13378 Daniel Arce 22 Apr 1992 13269 Ryuji Miura 11 Feb 2002 132410 Kenneth Rooks 21 Oct 1999 1321
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Winfred Yavi 31 Dec 1999 14852 Faith Cherotich 13 Jul 2004 14803 Peruth Chemutai 10 Jul 2003 14454 Beatrice Chepkoech 6 Jul 1991 14225 Alice Finot 9 Feb 1991 14046 Sembo Almayew 24 Jan 2005 13687 Elizabeth Bird 4 Oct 1994 13628 Gesa Felicitas Krause 3 Aug 1992 13479 Lomi Muleta 29 Nov 2001 133010 Valerie Constien 21 Mar 1996 1330
High jump
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Hamish Kerr 17 Aug 1996 14422 Shelby McEwen 6 Apr 1996 13823 Gianmarco Tamberi 1 Jun 1992 13654 Mutaz Essa Barshim 24 Jun 1991 13655 Oleh Doroshchuk 4 Jul 2001 13426 Woo Sang-hyeok 23 Apr 1996 13417 Stefano Sottile 26 Jan 1998 13038 Romaine Beckford 9 Jul 2002 12879 Ryoichi Akamatsu 2 May 1995 127510 Yual Reath 18 May 2000 1275
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 19 Sep 2001 14942 Nicola Olyslagers 28 Dec 1996 14213 Angelina Topić 26 Jul 2005 13474 Iryna Gerashchenko 10 Mar 1995 13415 Eleanor Patterson 22 May 1996 13366 Vashti Cunningham 18 Jan 1998 13187 Christina Honsel 7 Jul 1997 13128 Safina Sadullayeva 4 Mar 1998 12739 Lia Apostolovski 23 Jun 2000 126910 Elena Kulichenko 28 Jul 2002 1260
Pole vault
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Armand Duplantis 10 Nov 1999 16252 Sam Kendricks 7 Sep 1992 14533 Emmanouil Karalis 20 Oct 1999 14264 Ernest John Obiena 17 Nov 1995 14095 KC Lightfoot 11 Nov 1999 13656 Kurtis Marschall 25 Apr 1997 13617 Ersu Şaşma 30 Sep 1999 13408 Ben Broeders 21 Jun 1995 13379 Thibaut Collet 17 Jun 1999 133310 Huang Bokai 26 Sep 1996 1329
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Nina Kennedy 5 Apr 1997 14742 Alysha Newman 29 Jun 1994 13993 Angelica Moser 9 Oct 1997 13954 Molly Caudery 17 Mar 2000 13795 Katie Moon 13 Jun 1991 13696 Sandi Morris 8 Jul 1992 13467 Eliza McCartney 11 Dec 1996 13468 Amálie Švábíková 22 Nov 1999 13179 Katerina Stefanidi 4 Feb 1990 129610 Wilma Murto 11 Jun 1998 1293
Long jump
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Miltiadis Tentoglou 18 Mar 1998 14392 Simon Ehammer 7 Feb 2000 13613 Wayne Pinnock 24 Oct 2000 13604 Mattia Furlani 7 Feb 2005 13605 Carey McLeod 14 Apr 1998 13316 Simon Batz 1 Dec 2002 12947 Jacob Fincham-Dukes 12 Jan 1997 12938 Tajay Gayle 2 Aug 1996 12909 Zhang Mingkun 20 Oct 2000 129010 Marquis Dendy 17 Nov 1992 1258
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Tara Davis-Woodhall 20 May 1999 14382 Malaika Mihambo 3 Feb 1994 13943 Larissa Iapichino 18 Jul 2002 13804 Jasmine Moore 1 May 2001 13465 Monae' Nichols 24 Nov 1998 13416 Ese Brume 20 Jan 1996 13107 Quanesha Burks 15 Mar 1995 13068 Marthe Koala 8 Mar 1994 12959 Natalia Linares 3 Jan 2003 128510 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann 5 Jun 1993 1280
Triple jump
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Pedro Pichardo 30 Jun 1993 14382 Jordan Díaz 23 Feb 2001 14163 Hugues Fabrice Zango 25 Jun 1993 14004 Andy Díaz 25 Dec 1995 13775 Max Heß 13 Jul 1996 13466 Jaydon Hibbert 17 Jan 2005 13447 Lázaro Martínez 7 Feb 2000 13328 Yasser Triki 24 Mar 1997 13309 Almir dos Santos 4 Sep 1993 131610 Salif Mane 12 Dec 2001 1295
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Thea LaFond 5 Apr 1994 14172 Leyanis Pérez 10 Jan 2002 14013 Shanieka Ricketts 2 Feb 1992 13844 Ana Peleteiro 2 Dec 1995 13275 Jasmine Moore 1 May 2001 13036 Ackelia Smith 5 Feb 2002 12977 Liadagmis Povea 6 Feb 1996 12968 Keturah Orji 5 Mar 1996 12719 Dariya Derkach 27 Mar 1993 126610 Tuğba Danışmaz 1 Sep 1999 1254
Shot put
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