Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Σ	Δ pts
1	Yelena Isinbayeva	Yelena Isinbayeva	Yelena Isinbayeva	Yelena Isinbayeva	Yelena Isinbayeva	272	▲ +1
2	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	241	▲ +1
3	Tirunesh Dibaba	Tirunesh Dibaba	Tirunesh Dibaba	Tirunesh Dibaba	Tirunesh Dibaba	231	–
4	Valerie Adams	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Faith Kipyegon	226	▲ +22
5	Marita Koch	Valerie Adams	Valerie Adams	Valerie Adams	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	210	–
6	Heike Drechsler	Marita Koch	Marita Koch	Faith Kipyegon	Valerie Adams	207	–
7	Merlene Ottey	Heike Drechsler	Heike Drechsler	Sifan Hassan	Sifan Hassan	199	–
8	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Merlene Ottey	Merlene Ottey	Marita Koch	Marita Koch	198	▲ +1
9	Irena Szewińska	Irena Szewińska	Irena Szewińska	Heike Drechsler	Heike Drechsler	190	–
10	Meseret Defar	Meseret Defar	Meseret Defar	Merlene Ottey	Merlene Ottey	188	–
11	Anita Włodarczyk	Anita Włodarczyk	Anita Włodarczyk	Irena Szewińska	Irena Szewińska	182	–
12	Ingrid Kristiansen	Ingrid Kristiansen	Ingrid Kristiansen	Meseret Defar	Meseret Defar	182	–
13	Grete Andersen-Waitz	Grete Andersen-Waitz	Grete Andersen-Waitz	Anita Włodarczyk	Anita Włodarczyk	180	▲ +1
14	Stefka Kostadinova	Stefka Kostadinova	Stefka Kostadinova	Ingrid Kristiansen	Ingrid Kristiansen	174	–
15	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Grete Andersen-Waitz	Grete Andersen-Waitz	173	–
16	Tamara Press	Tamara Press	Yulimar Rojas	Stefka Kostadinova	Stefka Kostadinova	170	–
17	Paula Radcliffe	Paula Radcliffe	Tamara Press	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Florence Griffith-Joyner	169	▲ +1
18	Allyson Felix	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Paula Radcliffe	Yulimar Rojas	Yulimar Rojas	169	▲ +4
19	Gail Devers	Allyson Felix	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Tamara Press	Tamara Press	163	–
20	Barbora Špotáková	Gail Devers	Faith Kipyegon	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Elaine Thompson-Herah	162	▲ +1
21	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Barbora Špotáková	Allyson Felix	Nafissatou Thiam	Nafissatou Thiam	162	▲ +1
22	Renate Stecher	Renate Stecher	Gail Devers	Paula Radcliffe	Paula Radcliffe	161	–
23	Maria Mutola	Maria Mutola	Sifan Hassan	Allyson Felix	Allyson Felix	158	–
24	Vivian Cheruiyot	Vivian Cheruiyot	Barbora Špotáková	Gail Devers	Gail Devers	156	–
25	Gabriela Szabo	Gabriela Szabo	Renate Stecher	Barbora Špotáková	Barbora Špotáková	154	▲ +1
26	Tatyana Kazankina	Sandra Perković	Maria Mutola	Renate Stecher	Renate Stecher	149	–
27	Iolanda Balaș	Tatyana Kazankina	Vivian Cheruiyot	Maria Mutola	Maria Mutola	148	–
28	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Iolanda Balaș	Gabriela Szabo	Vivian Cheruiyot	Vivian Cheruiyot	147	–
29	Sifan Hassan	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Sandra Perković	Gabriela Szabo	Gabriela Szabo	145	–
30	Brittney Reese	Sifan Hassan	Tatyana Kazankina	Sandra Perković	Sandra Perković	145	–
31	Sandra Perković	Yulimar Rojas	Iolanda Balaș	Tatyana Kazankina	Tatyana Kazankina	139	–
32	Wang Junxia	Brittney Reese	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Iolanda Balaș	Beatrice Chebet	138	▲ +33
33	Caterine Ibargüen	Wang Junxia	Brittney Reese	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Iolanda Balaș	138	–
34	Derartu Tulu	Caterine Ibargüen	Wang Junxia	Brittney Reese	Veronica Campbell-Brown	138	–
35	Carolina Klüft	Derartu Tulu	Nafissatou Thiam	Wang Junxia	Wang Junxia	135	▲ +1
36	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Gong Lijiao	Caterine Ibargüen	Caterine Ibargüen	Brittney Reese	134	–
37	Caster Semenya	Carolina Klüft	Gong Lijiao	Gong Lijiao	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	133	▲ +23
38	Tatyana Lebedeva	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Derartu Tulu	Derartu Tulu	Caterine Ibargüen	130	–
39	Nadezhda Chizhova	Caster Semenya	Carolina Klüft	Carolina Klüft	Gong Lijiao	129	–
40	Inessa Kravets	Tatyana Lebedeva	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Derartu Tulu	126	–
41	Liu Hong	Nadezhda Chizhova	Caster Semenya	Caster Semenya	Carolina Klüft	125	–
42	Yordanka Donkova	Nafissatou Thiam	Tatyana Lebedeva	Tatyana Lebedeva	Fanny Blankers-Koen	125	–
43	Gong Lijiao	Inessa Kravets	Nadezhda Chizhova	Nadezhda Chizhova	Caster Semenya	124	–
44	Irina Privalova	Liu Hong	Inessa Kravets	Inessa Kravets	Tatyana Lebedeva	124	–
45	Jessica Ennis	Yordanka Donkova	Liu Hong	Irina Privalova	Hellen Obiri	122	▲ +5
46	Mariya Lasitskene	Irina Privalova	Yordanka Donkova	Liu Hong	Nadezhda Chizhova	122	–
47	Natalya Lisovskaya	Natalya Lisovskaya	Irina Privalova	Yordanka Donkova	Inessa Kravets	119	–
48	Galina Chistyakova	Jessica Ennis	Natalya Lisovskaya	Hellen Obiri	Irina Privalova	119	▲ +1
49	Stacy Dragila	Mariya Lasitskene	Galina Chistyakova	Natalya Lisovskaya	Liu Hong	118	–
50	Yelena Nikolayeva	Galina Chistyakova	Jessica Ennis	Galina Chistyakova	Yordanka Donkova	118	–