2019 World Athletics Rankings

The 2019 World Athletics Rankings document the best performing athletes in the sport of athletics, per the World Athletics individual athlete ranking system. It was the first year that the IAAF used the 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, plus additional points for their placing within the competition, and some minor modifications based on the conditions.^[1] The world rankings are updated each Wednesday.

As of 31 March 2020, the number one ranked male athlete is Armand Duplantis with 1515 points,^[2] and the number one ranked female athlete is Sifan Hassan with 1528 points.^[3]

Men (as of 31 March 2020)[4] # Athlete Nation Event(s) Points 1 Armand Duplantis  Sweden (SWE) Pole vault 1515 2 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 100 metres, 200 metres 1505 3 Karsten Warholm  Norway (NOR) 400 metres hurdles 1503 4 Christian Coleman  United States (USA) 100 metres 1477 5 Sam Kendricks  United States (USA) Pole vault 1474 6 Tom Walsh  New Zealand (NZL) Shot put 1470 7 Rai Benjamin  United States (USA) 400 metres hurdles 1466 8 Christian Taylor  United States (USA) Triple jump 1465 8 Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 1500 metres 1465 10 Daniel Ståhl  Sweden (SWE) Discus throw 1464

Women (as of 31 March 2020)[5] # Athlete Nation Event(s) Points 1 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED) 1500 metres, 5000 metres 1528 2 Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain (GBR) 100 metres, 200 metres 1494 3 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya (KEN) 3000 metres steeplechase 1479 4 Dalilah Muhammad  United States (USA) 400 metres hurdles 1478 5 Mariya Lasitskene  Russia (RUS) High jump 1477 6 Shaunae Miller  Bahamas (BAH) 200 metres, 400 metres 1467 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica (JAM) 100 metres 1465 7 Malaika Mihambo  Germany (GER) Long jump 1465 9 Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela (VEN) Triple jump 1463 10 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain (BHR) 400 metres 1460

IAAF World Rankings, as of 17 September 2019.^[6]

Men # Athlete Born Points 1 Justin Gatlin 10 Feb 1982 1386 2 Christian Coleman 06 Mar 1996 1378 3 Akani Simbine 21 Sep 1993 1359 4 Zharnel Hughes 13 Jul 1995 1354 5 Yohan Blake 26 Dec 1989 1344 6 Michael Rodgers 24 Apr 1985 1342 7 Zhenye Xie 17 Aug 1993 1324 8 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 1322 9 Andre De Grasse 10 Nov 1994 1320 10 Arthur Cissé 29 Dec 1996 1298

Women # Athlete Born Points 1 Dina Asher-Smith 04 Dec 1995 1406 2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 27 Dec 1986 1399 3 Elaine Thompson 28 Jun 1992 1364 4 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 18 Nov 1988 1358 5 Dafne Schippers 15 Jun 1992 1326 6 Aleia Hobbs 24 Feb 1996 1321 7 Blessing Okagbare 09 Oct 1988 1312 8 Gina Lückenkemper 21 Nov 1996 1294 9 Ewa Swoboda 26 Jul 1997 1291 10 Crystal Emmanuel 27 Nov 1991 1282

Men # Athlete Born Points 1 Toshikazu Yamanishi 15 Feb 1996 1329 2 Koki Ikeda 03 May 1998 1279 3 Diego García 19 Jan 1996 1278 4 Massimo Stano 27 Feb 1992 1277 5 Wang Kaihua 16 Feb 1994 1271 5 Perseus Karlström 02 May 1990 1271 7 Éider Arévalo 09 Mar 1993 1267 8 Vasiliy Mizinov 29 Dec 1997 1259 9 Eiki Takahashi 19 Nov 1992 1254 10 Álvaro Martín 18 Jun 1994 1249

Women # Athlete Born Points 1 Qieyang Shenjie 11 Nov 1990 1300 2 Yang Jiayu 18 Feb 1996 1284 3 Érica de Sena 03 May 1985 1250 4 Sandra Arenas 17 Sep 1993 1241 5 Maria Pérez 29 Apr 1996 1239 6 Liu Hong 12 May 1987 1233 7 Eleonora Giorgi 14 Sep 1989 1232 8 Anežka Drahotová 22 Jul 1995 1229 9 Kimberly García 19 Oct 1993 1223 10 Ma Zhenxia 01 Aug 1998 1213

Men # Athlete Born Points 1 Maryan Zakalnytskyy 20 Aug 1994 1308 2 Hirooki Arai 18 May 1988 1297 3 Satoshi Maruo 28 Nov 1991 1280 4 Matej Tóth 10 Feb 1983 1267 4 Hayato Katsuki 28 Nov 1990 1267 6 Yusuke Suzuki 02 Jan 1988 1264 7 Wang Qin 08 May 1994 1257 8 Dmitriy Dziubin 12 Jul 1990 1256 9 Masatora Kawano 23 Oct 1998 1255 10 Yohann Diniz 01 Jan 1978 1253

Women # Athlete Born Points 1 Rui Liang 18 Jun 1994 1313 2 Inês Henriques 01 May 1980 1305 3 Júlia Takács 29 Jun 1989 1292 4 Hong Liu 12 May 1987 1278 5 Johana Ordóňez 12 Dec 1987 1276 6 Claire Woods 06 Jul 1981 1270 7 Paola Viviana Pérez 21 Dec 1989 1266 8 Faying Ma 30 Aug 1993 1260 9 Eleonora Anna Giorgi 14 Sep 1989 1259 10 Maocuo Li 20 Oct 1992 1257

IAAF World Rankings

• World Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-02.

• IAAF Scoring Tables