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United States
Career
1924 - 2025
Best year
2020
Total points
1243
Best results
9x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#1
10-year rank
#1
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Cathy Carr |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Megan Quann |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Lilly King |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Lydia Jacoby |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Sharon Wichman |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Amanda Beard |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Kate Douglass |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Anita Nall |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Amanda Beard |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Rebecca Soni |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Agnes Geraghty |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Claudia Kolb |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Dana Schoenfield |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Susan Rapp |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Amanda Beard |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Lilly King |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lilly King |
| 2019 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lilly King |
| 1998 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2009 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2011 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lilly King |
| 2019 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lilly King |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Amanda Beard |
| 2011 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lilly King |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Kate Douglass |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Catie Ball |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lauri Siering |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Tami Paumier |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Dorsey Tierney |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Staciana Stitts |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Staciana Stitts |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Michelle McKeehan |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Annie Chandler |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Katie Meili |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Anne Lazor |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Mary Lou Elsenius |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Anne Warner |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Alice Driscoll |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Catie Ball |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lynn Colella |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lauri Siering |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Dorsey Tierney |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Dorsey Tierney |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Alexi Spann |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Caitlin Leverenz |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Anne Lazor |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Anita Nall |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Amanda Beard |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Tara Kirk |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lilly King |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Amy Shaw |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Mary Ellen Blanchard |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Kristine Quance |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Anita Nall |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Amanda Beard |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Micah Sumrall |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Jessica Hardy |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Sharon Wichman |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Katie Meili |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Lilly King |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Anita Nall |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Amanda Beard |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Annie Lazor |
| 2001 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2005 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2009 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2023 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Lilly King |
| 1978 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Tracy Caulkins |
| 1982 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kim Rhodenbaugh |
| 2003 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Amanda Beard |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2007 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Tara Kirk |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Katie Meili |
| 2025 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kate Douglass |
| 1998 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2007 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Megan Jendrick |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Micah Sumrall |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Bethany Galat |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kate Douglass |
| 2024 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kate Douglass |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Tracey McFarlane |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Megan Quann |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Tara Kirk |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Megan Jendrick |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lilly King |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Lilly King |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Tara Kirk |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Lilly King |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Anne Lazor |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Emily Escobedo |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Kate Douglass |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Kate Douglass |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Linda Kurtz |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Marcia Morey |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Tracy Caulkins |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lori Heisick |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lydia Morrow |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kristen Woodring |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Corrie Clark |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Ashley Wanland |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Mary Sears |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Patty Kempner |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Roby Whipple |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Claudia Kolb |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Susan Rapp |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Chantal Dubois |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Annemieke McReynolds |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Haley Spencer |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Bethany Galat |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Tara Kirk |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Rebecca Soni |
| 2013 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Katie Meili |
| 1975 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Marcia Morey |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Tara Kirk |
| 2009 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Kasey Carlson |
| 2013 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2023 | World Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Lydia Jacoby |
| 1973 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Lynn Colella |
| 1998 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Jenna Street |
| 2013 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Micah Sumrall |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Kate Douglass |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Cynthia Goyette |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Lynn Colella |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kim Rhodenbaugh |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Terri Baxter |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kelli King-Bednar |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Elizabeth Tinnon |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Penny Pence |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Anne Brancroft |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Marcia Morey |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Patricia Speeds |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kim Rhodenbaugh |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kathy Smith |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Anita Nall |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Katie Yevak |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Keri Hehn |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Michelle McKeehan |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Anne Lazor |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Lilly King |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Katie Meili |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Lilly King |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Amanda Beard |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Tara Kirk |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Laura Sogar |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Bethany Galat |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Lilly King |
| 1985 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Jenny Hau |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Mary Ellen Blanchard |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kelli King-Bednar |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Amanda Beard |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kristy Kowal |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Breeja Larson |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Susan Johnson |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Tracey McFarlane |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kristine Quance |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Amanda Beard |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kristy Kowal |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Tara Kirk |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Tara Kirk |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Jessica Hardy |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Molly Hannis |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Lilly King |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Lilly King |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Tara Kirk |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Molly Hannis |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Alex Walsh |
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