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United States
Career
1924 - 2026
Best year
2024
Total points
1610
Best results
15x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#1
10-year rank
#1
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Haley Cope |
| 2025 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Diana MacManus |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 2024 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Claire Curzan |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Haley Cope |
| 2023 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 2019 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Regan Smith |
| 2011 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Missy Franklin |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Rachel Bootsma |
| 2022 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Claire Curzan |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Leila Vaziri |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 2001 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Ali DeLoof |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Regan Smith |
| 2025 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 2001 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Haley Cope |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Melissa Belote |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Regan Smith |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Reilly Tiltmann |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Regan Smith |
| 1985 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Betsy Mitchell |
| 1978 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Linda Jezek |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Katie Welch |
| 2003 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Alex Walsh |
| 2009 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Elizabeth Beisel |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Rhyan White |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Barbara Bedford |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Lia Oberstar |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Diana MacManus |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Susie Atwood |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lea Maurer |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Libby Kinkead |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Whitney Hedgepeth |
| 2013 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Missy Franklin |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Denali Knapp |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Phoebe Bacon |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Lindsay Benko |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Susie Atwood |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Claire Curzan |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Missy Franklin |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Lillian Watson |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Kathleen Baker |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Isabelle Stadden |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Isabelle Stadden |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Claire Curzan |
| 1973 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Melissa Belote |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Amy White |
| 1986 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Betsy Mitchell |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Regan Smith |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Elizabeth Pelton |
| 1991 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Janie Wagstaff |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Lisa Bratton |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Claire Curzan |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Beth Botsford |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Dede Trimble |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Maya DiRado |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lea Maurer |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Barbara Darby |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Elizabeth Beisel |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Janie Wagstaff |
| 2011 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Missy Franklin |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Barbara Bedford |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Missy Franklin |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kendis Moore |
| 2022 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Rhyan White |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Misty Hyman |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Elizabeth Beisel |
| 2008 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Bonnie Brandon |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Clara Smiddy |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Whitney Hedgepeth |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Elizabeth Pelton |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Linda Jezek |
| 2024 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Claire Curzan |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Elizabeth Beisel |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Teresa Crippen |
| 2025 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 2006 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Rachel Joseph |
| 1985 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Andrea Hayes |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Kathleen Baker |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Missy Franklin |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Andrea Hayes |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Cathy Ferguson |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Kaye Hall |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Beth Barr |
| 2007 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Diana Trimble |
| 2005 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Kennedy Noble |
| 2017 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Kathleen Baker |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Regan Smith |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Lindsay Benko |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Julia Smit |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Holly Green |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Amy White |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 2019 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Regan Smith |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Lindsay Benko |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Donna Lee Wennerstrom |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Jamie Reid |
| 2023 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Susan Walsh |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Bonnie Brandon |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Elizabeth Pelton |
| 2005 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Lynn Burke |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lea Maurer |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Michelle Donahue |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Barbara Bedford |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Diana MacManus |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Susan Walsh |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Sheila Donahue |
| 2007 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Regan Smith |
| 1999 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Barbara Bedford |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Margaret Hoelzer |
| 1987 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Holly Green |
| 2025 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 1993 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Angel Martino |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Cynthia Gill |
| 2022 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Claire Curzan |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Melissa Belote |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Regan Smith |
| 1951 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Maureen O'Brien |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Clara Smiddy |
| 1956 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Carin Cone |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Regan Smith |
| 2007 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Julia Smit |
| 1978 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Linda Jezek |
| 1967 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kaye Hall |
| 2024 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Claire Curzan |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Ginny Duenkel |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Missy Franklin |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Courtney Shealy |
| 1994 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Barbara Bedford |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Eleanor Holm |
| 1985 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Betsy Mitchell |
| 2004 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Haley Cope |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Jenny Kemp |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kristen Kinehan |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Misty Hyman |
| 1979 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Linda Jezek |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Josephine Fuller |
| 2001 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Kathleen Baker |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Catherine Fox |
| 1983 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Joan Pennington |
| 2023 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Lea Maurer |
| 2023 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kennedy Noble |
| 2019 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Kaye Hall |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Lea Maurer |
| 2018 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Beth Botsford |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Suzanne Zimmerman |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2022 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Claire Curzan |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Diana MacManus |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Cathy Ferguson |
| 2022 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Regan Smith |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Alice Bridges |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 1999 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Denali Knapp |
| 1991 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Janie Wagstaff |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Sybil Bauer |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Haley Cope |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Jill Hlay |
| 2025 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Beth Botsford |
| 1985 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Andrea Hayes |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Barbara Bedford |
| 1963 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Nina Harmer |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Whitney Hedgepeth |
| 1989 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Anne Mahoney |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Phoebe Bacon |
| 1998 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Lea Maurer |
| 1975 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Rosemary Boone |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Kathleen Baker |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Susie Atwood |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 2011 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Natalie Coughlin |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Cathy Ferguson |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Janie Wagstaff |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Olivia Smoliga |
| 1991 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Jodi Wilson |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Missy Franklin |
| 1997 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Lea Maurer |
| 2021 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Barbara Bedford |
| 1955 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Coralie O'Connor |
| 2013 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Missy Franklin |
| 1924 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Aileen Riggin |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Haley Cope |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Regan Smith |
| 1995 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Kristy Heydanek |
| 1982 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Susan Walsh |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Misty Hyman |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Christine Kluter |
| 2023 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Theresa Andrews |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 2024 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Katharine Berkoff |
| 1959 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Carin Cone |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 18 | Betsy Mitchell |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Susan O'Brien |
| 2011 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 7 | Rachel Bootsma |
| 1986 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 10 | Betsy Mitchell |
| 1971 | Pan American Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 4 | Susie Atwood |
| 1973 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Melissa Belote |
| 1968 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Jane Swagerty |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 2 | Kathleen Baker |
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