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The Track & Field News<\/em> World Rankings \u2014 the definitive work on the subject for more than 75 years \u2014 are coordinated by T&FN<\/em> Editor Emeritus E. Garry Hill. Current members of the international Rankings team are Dave Johnson, Richard Hymans, Jonathan Berenbom & Stuart Mazdon. Sieg Lindstrom provides integral help on the road events. Special thanks to Jim Rorick for his assistance with the ongoing historical maintenance of the Rankings, both World and U.S.<\/p>\n

The first-ever Rankings, for the \u201847 season (men only), were the brainchild of T&FN<\/em> cofounder Cordner Nelson. The next year he handed the task off to stat legends R.L. Quercetani & Don Potts, who shepherded the project for the next three decades.<\/p>\n

In \u201956, Czechoslovakia\u2019s Jan Popper began parallel women\u2019s Rankings; these were folded into the T&FN<\/em> family in the early \u201980s.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Rankings began with the \u201963 season, but you will note that there are partial Rankings for years before that, where we have simply ported over all Americans who were in the World Rankings. The \u201963 Rankings are sometimes not 10-deep because in that first year resident non-Americans were also included.<\/p>\n

The whole purpose of our World Rankings is to establish relative merit for the single season in question. They are not reflective of how the compilers felt athletes would have finished in any kind of idealized competition. Ergo, the \u201cbest\u201d athlete in any given year isn\u2019t always No. 1.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the importance of a meet is relative to who competes in it, not how much stock an athlete or their fans might place in it.<\/p>\n

As important as major meets are, we should also note that no competition, not even the Olympic Games or World Championships, is the be-all, end-all. We\u2019re looking for people who maintain high standards over a whole year.<\/p>\n

The Rankings are based on these 3 criteria, in descending order of importance: 1. Honors Won; 2. Head-To-Head Records with other athletes; 3. Sequence Of Marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MEN\u2019S WORLD RANKINGS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By Event, 1947\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Athlete, 1947\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Nation, 1947\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly Top 10s, 2003-2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All-Time Scoring Leaders By Event, 1947-2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All-Time Composite Scoring Leaders, 1947\u20132023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WOMEN\u2019S WORLD RANKINGS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By Event, 1956\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Athlete, 1956\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Nation, 1956\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly Top 10s, 2003\u20132023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All-Time Scoring Leaders By Event, 1956-2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All-Time Composite Scoring Leaders, 1956\u20132023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MEN\u2019S U.S. RANKINGS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By Event, 1963\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Athlete, 1963\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly Top 10s, 2009-2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WOMEN\u2019S U.S. RANKINGS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By Event, 1956-2024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index By Athlete 1956\u20132024<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly Top 10s, 2009-2023<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note: these Rankings reflect the many changes that were required after all of WADA\u2019s retests started moving through the pipeline. \u00b6 after a year = a Ranking that has changed since the original was published in the magazine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Track & Field News 1948\u20132025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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