The 2025 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 30 December 2025, the number one ranked male athlete is Armand Duplantis with 1638 points,Men's overall ranking. World Athletics. Retrieved 2025-09-30. and the number one ranked female athlete is Beatrice Chebet with 1544 points.Women's overall ranking. World Athletics. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
Overall rankings (top 10)
+ Men (as of 30 December 2025)World Rankings Men's Overall Ranking. World Athletics. Retrieved 2025-09-30.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Armand Duplantis Pole vault 1638 2 Rai Benjamin 400 metres hurdles 1519 3 Noah Lyles 1515 4 Karsten Warholm 400 metres hurdles 1515 5 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 800 metres 1512 6 Cordell Tinch 110 metres hurdles 1504 7 Emmanouil Karalis Pole vault 1487 8 Alison dos Santos 400 metres hurdles 1480 9 Mykolas Alekna Discus throw 1476 10 Abderrahman Samba 400 metres hurdles 1463
+ Women (as of 30 December 2025)World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking. World Athletics. Retrieved 2025-09-30.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Beatrice Chebet 1544 2 Melissa Jefferson 1540 3 Faith Kipyegon 1524 4 Femke Bol 400 metres hurdles 1513 5 Faith Cherotich 3000 metres steeplechase 1494 6 Valarie Allman Discus throw 1489 7 Julien Alfred 1481 8 Marileidy Paulino 400 metres 1480 9 Chase Jackson Shot put 1468 10 Gudaf Tsegay 1468
Event rankings (top 10) World Athletics Rankings, as of 30 December 2025.
100 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Oblique Seville 16 March 2001 14622 Kishane Thompson 17 July 2001 14603 Akani Simbine 21 September 1993 14164 Noah Lyles 18 July 1997 14155 Kenneth Bednarek 14 October 1998 14096 Trayvon Bromell 10 July 1995 13627 Jeremiah Azu 15 May 2001 13478 Christian Coleman 6 March 1996 13439 Ackeem Blake 21 January 2002 134210 Zharnel Hughes 13 July 1995 1341
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Melissa Jefferson 21 February 2001 14902 Julien Alfred 10 June 2001 14733 Tina Clayton 17 August 2004 14024 Marie Josée Ta Lou 18 November 1988 13875 Dina Asher-Smith 4 December 1995 13716 Shericka Jackson 16 July 1994 13707 Tia Clayton 17 August 2004 13608 Jacious Sears 14 August 2001 13589 Sha'Carri Richardson 25 March 2000 134010 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 27 December 1986 1337
200 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Noah Lyles 18 July 1997 14872 Letsile Tebogo 7 June 2003 14553 Kenneth Bednarek 14 October 1998 14134 Bryan Levell 23 December 2003 14055 Alexander Ogando 3 May 2000 13946 Zharnel Hughes 13 July 1995 13497 Courtney Lindsey 18 November 1998 13498 Tapiwanashe Makarawu 14 August 2000 13479 Robert Gregory 12 December 2001 134610 Joseph Fahnbulleh 11 September 2001 1339
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Brittany Brown 18 April 1995 14142 Anavia Battle 28 March 1999 14133 Melissa Jefferson 21 February 2001 14104 Amy Hunt 15 May 2002 13975 Dina Asher-Smith 4 December 1995 13876 Shericka Jackson 16 July 1994 13857 Marie Josée Ta Lou 18 November 1988 13618 McKenzie Long 11 July 2000 13329 Favour Ofili 31 December 2002 133010 Daryll Neita 29 August 1996 1305
400 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Bayapo Ndori 20 June 1999 14342 Jacory Patterson 2 February 2000 14333 Collen Kebinatshipi 13 February 2004 14324 Christopher Bailey 29 May 2000 14105 Zakithi Nene 2 April 1998 14086 Jereem Richards 13 January 1994 13877 Charlie Dobson 20 October 1999 13648 Matthew Hudson-Smith 26 October 1994 13639 Vernon Norwood 10 April 1992 135810 Muzala Samukonga 9 December 2002 1353
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Marileidy Paulino 25 October 1996 14802 Salwa Eid Naser 23 May 1998 14633 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 17 January 1998 14184 Henriette Jæger 30 June 2003 14015 Amber Anning 18 November 2000 13976 Natalia Bukowiecka 17 January 1998 13957 Isabella Whittaker 15 February 2002 13698 Nickisha Pryce 7 March 2001 13699 Lieke Klaver 20 August 1998 135110 Martina Weil 12 July 1999 1347
800 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1 August 2004 15122 Djamel Sedjati 3 May 1999 14463 Marco Arop 20 September 1998 14334 Josh Hoey 1 November 1999 14255 Max Burgin 20 May 2002 14236 Mohamed Attaoui 26 September 2001 14217 Tshepiso Masalela 25 May 1999 14108 Bryce Hoppel 5 September 1997 13789 Gabriel Tual 9 April 1998 134810 Slimane Moula 25 February 1999 1348
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Georgia Bell 17 October 1993 14422 Keely Hodgkinson 3 March 2002 14233 Audrey Werro 27 March 2004 14054 Lilian Odira 18 April 1999 13945 Tsige Duguma 23 February 2001 13846 Prudence Sekgodiso 5 January 2002 13757 Sarah Moraa 26 October 2005 13538 Addison Wiley 24 October 2003 13509 Sage Hurta-Klecker 23 June 1998 134610 Halimah Nakaayi 16 October 1994 1345
1500 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Isaac Nader 17 August 1999 14232 Niels Laros 17 April 2005 14173 Phanuel Koech 1 December 2006 14164 Azeddine Habz 19 July 1993 14135 Yared Nuguse 1 June 1999 14126 Reynold Cheruiyot 30 July 2004 14097 Timothy Cheruiyot 20 November 1995 14008 Anass Essayi 18 May 2001 13559 Cameron Myers 9 June 2006 135310 Robert Farken 20 September 1997 1351
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Nelly Chepchirchir 4 June 2003 14312 Jessica Hull 22 October 1996 14293 Faith Kipyegon 10 January 1994 14154 Nikki Hiltz 23 October 1994 13945 Diribe Welteji 13 May 2002 13796 Sarah Healy 13 February 2001 13707 Linden Hall 20 June 1991 13698 Georgia Bell 17 October 1993 13669 Birke Haylom 6 January 2006 134810 Sinclaire Johnson 13 April 1998 1343
5000 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Jimmy Gressier 4 May 1997 14172 Yomif Kejelcha 1 August 1997 13983 Cole Hocker 6 June 2001 13954 Biniam Mehary 20 December 2006 13955 Grant Fisher 22 April 1997 13946 Kuma Girma 24 November 2005 13947 Birhanu Balew 27 February 1996 13898 Nico Young 27 July 2002 13849 Ky Robinson 27 February 2002 137310 Isaac Kimeli 9 March 1994 1367
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Beatrice Chebet 5 March 2000 14962 Nadia Battocletti 12 April 2000 13893 Gudaf Tsegay 23 January 1997 13884 Agnes Jebet Ngetich 23 January 2001 13855 Faith Kipyegon 10 January 1994 13606 Fantaye Belayneh 11 September 2000 13527 Birke Haylom 6 January 2006 13488 Likina Amebaw 30 November 1997 13469 Josette Andrews 15 December 1995 134610 Shelby Houlihan 8 February 1993 1340
10,000 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Berihu Aregawi 28 February 2001 13322 Selemon Barega 20 January 2000 13043 Yomif Kejelcha 1 August 1997 12994 Ishmael Kipkurui 10 February 2005 12965 Jimmy Gressier 4 May 1997 12786 Adriaan Wildschutt 3 May 1998 12757 Jacob Kiplimo 14 November 2000 12698 Joshua Cheptegei 12 September 1996 12639 Grant Fisher 22 April 1997 125810 Andreas Almgren 12 June 1995 1254
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Beatrice Chebet 5 March 2000 14052 Nadia Battocletti 12 April 2000 13863 Agnes Jebet Ngetich 23 January 2001 13554 Gudaf Tsegay 23 January 1997 13465 Ririka Hironaka 24 November 2000 13206 Fotyen Tesfay 17 February 1998 12917 Joy Cheptoyek 15 May 2002 12808 Asayech Ayichew 3 April 2005 12589 Yenawa Nbret 18 May 2007 125710 Megan Keith 23 April 2002 1255
110 & 100 metres hurdles
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Cordell Tinch 13 July 2000 15042 Rachid Muratake 6 February 2002 14063 Enrique Llopis 15 October 2000 14014 Trey Cunningham 26 August 1998 13915 Orlando Bennett 12 October 1999 13826 Jason Joseph 11 October 1998 13807 Jamal Britt 28 December 1998 13798 Dylan Beard 15 September 1998 13789 Grant Holloway 19 November 1997 137610 Ja'Kobe Tharp 30 September 2005 1371
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Grace Stark 6 May 2001 14572 Ditaji Kambundji 20 May 2002 14493 Tobi Amusan 23 April 1997 14304 Masai Russell 17 June 2000 14165 Ackera Nugent 29 April 2002 14096 Danielle Williams 14 September 1992 14027 Nadine Visser 9 February 1995 13928 Devynne Charlton 26 November 1995 13869 Pia Skrzyszowska 20 April 2001 137110 Tonea Marshall 17 October 1998 1354
400 metres hurdles
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Rai Benjamin 27 July 1997 15192 Karsten Warholm 28 February 1996 15153 Alison dos Santos 3 June 2000 14804 Abderrahman Samba 5 September 1995 14635 Ezekiel Nathaniel 20 June 2003 14506 Matheus Lima 1 June 2003 13747 Trevor Bassitt 26 February 1998 13668 Emil Agyekum 22 May 1999 13639 Caleb Dean 20 June 2001 134810 CJ Allen 14 February 1995 1327
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Femke Bol 23 February 2000 15132 Emma Zapletalová 24 March 2000 14183 Jasmine Jones 30 November 2001 14084 Anna Cockrell 28 August 1997 14035 Dalilah Muhammad 7 February 1990 14036 Gianna Woodruff 18 November 1993 13927 Andrenette Knight 19 November 1996 13768 Naomi Van den Broeck 3 January 1996 13589 Ayomide Folorunso 17 October 1996 131810 Amalie Iuel 17 April 1994 1317
3000 metres steeplechase
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Soufiane El Bakkali 7 January 1996 14152 Edmund Serem 27 December 2007 13843 Frederik Ruppert 19 February 1997 13824 Samuel Firewu 3 May 2004 13555 Salaheddine Ben Yazide 6 May 2003 13336 Getnet Wale 16 July 2000 13297 Ryuji Miura 11 February 2002 13288 Daniel Arce 22 April 1992 13189 Simon Koech 10 June 2003 131410 Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui 2 April 1997 1312
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Faith Cherotich 13 July 2004 14912 Winfred Yavi 31 December 1999 14603 Sembo Almayew 24 January 2005 14094 Marwa Bouzayani 26 March 1997 14005 Norah Jeruto 2 October 1995 13946 Peruth Chemutai 10 July 1999 13837 Doris Lemngole 5 February 2002 13808 Gabrielle Jennings 15 September 1998 13359 Gesa Felicitas Krause 3 August 1992 133210 Courtney Wayment 4 August 1998 1331
High jump
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Hamish Kerr 17 August 1996 14232 Woo Sang-hyeok 23 April 1996 14173 Oleh Doroshchuk 4 July 2001 13774 Jan Štefela 20 April 2001 13465 JuVaughn Harrison 30 April 1999 13296 Tyus Wilson 5 November 2002 12797 Romaine Beckford 9 July 2002 12678 Matteo Sioli 1 October 2005 12659 Ryoichi Akamatsu 2 May 1995 126110 Tomohiro Shinno 17 August 1996 1258
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Nicola Olyslagers 28 December 1996 14662 Yaroslava Mahuchikh 19 September 2001 14293 Eleanor Patterson 22 May 1996 13584 Angelina Topić 26 July 2005 13455 Maria Żodzik 19 January 1997 13426 Morgan Lake 12 May 1997 13427 Yuliia Levchenko 28 November 1997 13328 Christina Honsel 7 July 1997 13329 Vashti Cunningham 18 January 1998 126710 Imke Onnen 17 August 1994 1258
Pole vault
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Armand Duplantis 10 November 1999 16382 Emmanouil Karalis 20 October 1999 14873 Kurtis Marschall 25 April 1997 14174 Sam Kendricks 7 September 1992 14025 Menno Vloon 11 May 1994 13916 Renaud Lavillenie 18 September 1986 13677 Thibaut Collet 17 June 1999 13668 Ersu Şaşma 30 September 1999 13529 Christopher Nilsen 13 January 1998 135010 Sondre Guttormsen 1 June 1999 1344
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Katie Moon 13 June 1991 14522 Sandi Morris 8 July 1992 14263 Tina Šutej 7 November 1988 13644 Angelica Moser 9 October 1997 13595 Molly Caudery 17 March 2000 13586 Marie-Julie Bonnin 17 December 2001 13257 Amálie Švábíková 22 November 1999 13238 Emily Grove 22 May 1993 13169 Olivia McTaggart 9 January 2000 130710 Hana Moll 31 January 2005 1305
Long jump
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Mattia Furlani 7 February 2005 14282 Simon Ehammer 7 February 2000 13613 Liam Adcock 21 June 1996 13594 Miltiadis Tentoglou 18 March 1998 13495 Wayne Pinnock 24 October 2000 13236 Tajay Gayle 2 August 1996 13137 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 6 August 2004 13138 Zhang Mingkun 20 October 2000 13099 Thobias Montler 15 February 1996 130610 Shu Heng 22 May 2004 1299
Women