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With 'absolute world records' I simply mean that no one has jumped better. For masters this means that no one older (age in days!) has jumped better, for children no one younger. The tables below give age with two digits behind the point. Although in fact the jumps are worse, equallings are given (except equallings by the same jumper).

Kids
Children develop very fast and so one month age difference can be one centimeter height difference, see the graph above. At first girls and boys develop about equally fast, until for girls development slows down. For boys this takes some more years. The green line goes through the best jumps of boys of age 7-14. The line for girls is less clear.
A possibility is that development does not give a straight line; see graph to the right (or an enlargement of it) where horizontally the square root of age has been used. For boys this leads to a nice fit, but again not for girls. (Data came from two websites, with international age records and European youth records.)
Masters
For masters decline goes rather slow, around two centimeters each year. Somewhere after age 30 decline sets in and at a certain age decline accelerates - likely a genetic effect. The dark-blue line shows men's records, the dark red line women's. Green lines are again lines through the very best records. (See links for other masters world records (see also Masterstrack) and for European masters records.) The green lines of men and women are strikingly parallel and decline lookes linear onto a high age.
Masters track and field is still going up - otherwise I should not have jumped world records. (See pictures of my jumps over 1.57 (former world record W50, now NR; take-off with right), over 1.50 (former world record W55, take-off with left) and a near miss at 1.50 (just after world record W60 of 1.47m, take-off with right again).)
Quality
Below you find tables with records for all ages, first women, than men. Most columns are easy to understand. The third column sometimes shows an 'i', for I have taken the best jump of outdoor and indoor (i). The last but one column, 'line', indicates possible records for exactly that age, as following from the green line in the graph. The last column is mentioned 'quality', it shows how much the real record is lying below the green line, in centimeters. Through the very best records goes the green line and so these ones have quality=zero. All other records have a quality below zero. At the end of the tables is shown how fast decline for masters is.
Weia Reinboud (weiatletiek (at-symbol) xmsnet (dot) nl)
WOMEN
| age | height |
| name |
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| meet site |
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| line | quality |
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| D | M | Y |
| D | M | Y |
| [cm] |
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| 6.79 | 0.95 | | Olivia Härkönen FIN | 23 | 09 | 2002 | Tornio | 06 | 07 | 2009 | | |
| 7.90 | 1.21 | i | Sandra Törnros SWE | 25 | 02 | 1995 | Västerås | 18 | 01 | 2003 | | |
| 8.30 | 1.34 | | Sandra Törnros SWE | 25 | 02 | 1995 | Gävle | 12 | 06 | 2003 | | |
| 9.39 | 1.37 | | Sandra Törnros SWE | 25 | 02 | 1995 | Gävle | 17 | 07 | 2004 | | |
| 9.55 | 1.44 | | Sophia Begg AUS | 14 | 06 | 1988 | Dubbo | 03 | 01 | 1998 | | |
| 10.23 | 1.56 | | Yvonne Baum GER | 21 | 03 | 1967 | Gotha | 12 | 06 | 1977 | | |
| 11.41 | 1.60 | | Jenny Isgren SWE | 16 | 04 | 1981 | Malmö | 13 | 09 | 1992 | | |
| 11.52 | 1.60 | | Dominick Nouws NED | 27 | 02 | 1994 | Papendrecht | 03 | 09 | 2005 | | |
| 11.61 | 1.64 | i | Vanessa Varjolampi FIN | 08 | 04 | 1995 | Turku | 19 | 11 | 2006 | | |
| 11.71 | 1.69 | | Stacey Destin USA | 07 | 11 | 1996 | Omaha | 24 | 07 | 2008 | | |
| 12.49 | 1.72 | | Neele Albrecht GER | 09 | 11 | 1987 | Hamburg | 07 | 05 | 2000 | | |
| 12.70 | 1.72 | | Schquay Brignac USA | 13 | 11 | 1983 | Houston | 25 | 07 | 1996 | | |
| 12.74 | 1.75 | | Stacey Destin USA | 07 | 11 | 1996 | Des Moines | 04 | 08 | 2009 | | |
| 13.13 | 1.80 | | Sonja Wennekes AUS | 27 | 10 | 1973 | Sydney | 12 | 12 | 1986 | | |
| 13.91 | 1.81 | | Akela Jones BAR | 22 | 04 | 1995 | Bridgetown | 20 | 03 | 2009 | | |
| 14.08 | 1.81 | | Lea Haggett GBR | 09 | 05 | 1972 | Birmingham | 06 | 06 | 1986 | | |
| 14.09 | 1.82 | i | Renáta Medgyesová SVK | 28 | 01 | 1983 | Dunaújváros | 01 | 03 | 1997 | | |
| 14.11 | 1.85 | | Carmen Hunter AUS | 26 | 10 | 1978 | Perth | 05 | 12 | 1992 | | |
| 14.39 | 1.89 | | Marina Kuptsova RUS | 22 | 12 | 1981 | Moskva | 12 | 05 | 1996 | | |
| 15.43 | 1.90 | | Marina Kuptsova RUS | 22 | 12 | 1981 | Moskva | 27 | 05 | 1997 | | |
| 15.70 | 1.93 | i | Venelina Veneva BUL | 13 | 06 | 1974 | Tolbukhin | 24 | 02 | 1990 | | |
| 16.11 | 1.95 | i | Marina Kuptsova RUS | 22 | 12 | 1981 | Brno | 30 | 01 | 1998 | | |
| 17.10 | 1.96 | | Charmaine Gale RSA | 27 | 02 | 1964 | Bloemfontein | 04 | 04 | 1981 | | |
| 17.51 | 1.96 | | Olga Turchak KAZ | 05 | 03 | 1967 | Donetsk | 07 | 09 | 1984 | | |
| 17.54 | 1.96 | | Eleanor Patterson AUS | 22 | 05 | 1996 | Townsville | 07 | 12 | 2013 | | |
| 18.19 | 1.97 | | Yelena Yelesina RUS | 04 | 04 | 1970 | Halle | 12 | 06 | 1988 | | |
| 18.36 | 1.98 | | Yelena Yelesina RUS | 04 | 04 | 1970 | Nyíregyháza | 13 | 08 | 1988 | | |
| 18.83 | 2.01 | | Heike Balck GER | 19 | 08 | 1970 | Chemnitz | 18 | 06 | 1989 | | |
| 19.34 | 2.01 | | Olga Turčak KAZ | 05 | 03 | 1967 | Moskva | 07 | 07 | 1986 | | |
| 19.77 | 2.01 | | Blanka Vlasic CRO | 08 | 11 | 1983 | Zürich | 15 | 08 | 2003 | | |
| 20.20 | 2.03 | i | Marina Kuptsova RUS | 22 | 12 | 1981 | Wien | 02 | 03 | 2002 | | |
| 20.40 | 2.06 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Moskva | 18 | 08 | 1985 | | |
| 21.17 | 2.07 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Sofia | 25 | 05 | 1986 | | |
| 21.18 | 2.08 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Sofia | 31 | 05 | 1986 | | |
| 22.43 | 2.09 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Roma | 30 | 08 | 1987 | | |
| 25.81 | 2.08 | | Blanka VlaŠić CRO | 08 | 11 | 1983 | Zagreb | 31 | 08 | 2009 | | |
| 29.31 | 2.08 | i | Kajsa Bergqvist SWE | 12 | 10 | 1976 | Arnstadt | 04 | 02 | 2006 | | |
| 29.53 | 2.06 | i | Anna Čičerova RUS | 22 | 07 | 1982 | Arnstadt | 04 | 02 | 2012 | | |
| 29.79 | 2.05 | | Kajsa Bergqvist SWE | 12 | 10 | 1976 | London | 28 | 07 | 2006 | | |
| 30.52 | 2.05 | | Tia Hellebaut BEL | 16 | 02 | 1978 | Beijing | 23 | 08 | 2008 | | |
| 31.36 | 2.05 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Atlanta | 03 | 08 | 1996 | | |
| 31.48 | 2.04 | | Stefka Kostadinova BUL | 25 | 03 | 1965 | Tokyo | 16 | 09 | 1996 | | |
| 32.18 | 2.04 | | Venelina Veneva BUL | 13 | 06 | 1974 | Zürich | 18 | 08 | 2006 | 2.11 | -6.81 |
| 34.02 | 2.03 | | Inha Babakova UKR | 27 | 06 | 1967 | Lausanne | 04 | 07 | 2001 | 2.07 | -4.17 |
| 36.00 | 2.01 | | Inha Babakova UKR | 27 | 06 | 1967 | Oslo | 27 | 06 | 2003 | 2.03 | -2.25 |
| 36.17 | 2.00 | | Ruth Beitia ESP | 01 | 04 | 1979 | Roma | 04 | 06 | 2015 | 2.03 | -2.90 |
| 36.92 | 1.99 | | Inha Babakova UKR | 27 | 06 | 1967 | Moskva | 30 | 05 | 2004 | 2.01 | -2.42 |
| 36.94 | 1.98 | | Inha Babakova UKR | 27 | 06 | 1967 | Sevilla | 05 | 06 | 2004 | 2.01 | -3.39 |
| 37.03 | 1.98 | | Venelina Veneva BUL | 13 | 06 | 1974 | Split | 24 | 06 | 2011 | 2.01 | -3.21 |
| 37.23 | 1.95 | | Inha Babakova UKR | 27 | 06 | 1967 | Monaco | 18 | 09 | 2004 | 2.01 | -5.82 |
| 37.94 | 1.95 | | Venelina Veneva BUL | 13 | 06 | 1974 | Izmir | 20 | 05 | 2012 | 1.99 | -4.42 |
| 40.67 | 1.94 | i | Venelina Veneva BUL | 13 | 06 | 1974 | Dobrič | 15 | 02 | 2015 | 1.94 | 0.00 |
| 41.38 | 1.90 | | Romary Rifka | 23 | 12 | 1970 | Mexico City | 11 | 05 | 2012 | 1.93 | -2.59 |
| 41.46 | 1.89 | | Romary Rifka | 23 | 12 | 1970 | Barquisimeto | 08 | 06 | 2012 | 1.92 | -3.44 |
| 41.50 | 1.80 | i | Oana Pantelimon ROU | 27 | 09 | 1972 | Budapest | 27 | 03 | 2014 | 1.92 | -12.36 |
| 41.71 | 1.76 | | Roberta Bugarini ITA | 19 | 09 | 1969 | Firenze | 04 | 06 | 2011 | 1.92 | -15.95 |
| 41.78 | 1.76 | | Trish Porter USA | 27 | 08 | 1962 | Albuquerque | 06 | 06 | 2004 | 1.92 | -15.81 |
| 46.41 | 1.76 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 10 | 03 | 1953 | Gateshead | 06 | 08 | 1999 | 1.83 | -6.65 |
| 49.23 | 1.65 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 10 | 03 | 1953 | Burnaby | 01 | 06 | 2002 | 1.77 | -12.07 |
| 49.30 | 1.61 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 10 | 03 | 1953 | Eugene | 29 | 06 | 2002 | 1.77 | -15.91 |
| 49.46 | 1.60 | | Frauke Lindemann GER | 26 | 01 | 1965 | Erfurt | 11 | 07 | 2014 | 1.77 | -16.60 |
| 51.27 | 1.60 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 10 | 03 | 1953 | Langley | 19 | 06 | 2004 | 1.73 | -13.01 |
| 51.83 | 1.58 | | Carmen Karg GER | 19 | 08 | 1954 | Chemnitz | 17 | 06 | 2006 | 1.72 | -13.91 |
| 52.29 | 1.55 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 10 | 03 | 1953 | Abbotsford | 26 | 06 | 2005 | 1.71 | -15.99 |
| 52.44 | 1.55 | | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Potsdam | 21 | 08 | 2002 | 1.71 | -15.69 |
| 55.56 | 1.55 | | Florence Picaut FRA | 25 | 10 | 1952 | Versailles | 18 | 05 | 2008 | 1.65 | -9.52 |
| 56.31 | 1.50 | | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Krommenie | 02 | 07 | 2006 | 1.63 | -13.04 |
| 59.05 | 1.48 | i | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Ancona | 29 | 03 | 2009 | 1.58 | -9.62 |
| 60.52 | 1.47 | | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Naaldwijk | 19 | 09 | 2010 | 1.55 | -7.70 |
| 61.98 | 1.46 | i | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Apeldoorn | 04 | 03 | 2012 | 1.52 | -5.81 |
| 65.28 | 1.42 | | Weia Reinboud NED | 11 | 03 | 1950 | Den Helder | 21 | 06 | 2015 | 1.45 | -3.29 |
| 67.14 | 1.36 | | Ursula Stelling GER | 23 | 05 | 1941 | Schweinfurt | 12 | 07 | 2008 | 1.42 | -5.60 |
| 70.58 | 1.30 | | Kathy Bergen USA | 24 | 12 | 1939 | Sacramaneto | 24 | 07 | 2010 | 1.35 | -4.78 |
| 70.78 | 1.30 | i | Ursula Stelling GER | 23 | 05 | 1941 | Erfurt | 03 | 03 | 2012 | 1.34 | -4.39 |
| 71.48 | 1.28 | | Kathy Bergen USA | 24 | 12 | 1939 | Houston | 17 | 06 | 2011 | 1.33 | -5.00 |
| 72.52 | 1.27 | | Kathy Bergen USA | 24 | 12 | 1939 | San Marcos | 30 | 06 | 2012 | 1.31 | -3.95 |
| 74.78 | 1.25 | | Kathy Bergen USA | 24 | 12 | 1939 | Las Vegas | 03 | 10 | 2014 | 1.26 | -1.48 |
| 75.45 | 1.22 | | Kathy Bergen USA | 24 | 12 | 1939 | Pasadena | 06 | 06 | 2015 | 1.25 | -3.14 |
| 75.65 | 1.20 | i | Rietje Dijkman NED | 21 | 06 | 1939 | Apeldoorn | 15 | 02 | 2015 | 1.25 | -4.75 |
| 79.06 | 1.18 | | Rosemary Chrimes GBR | 19 | 05 | 1933 | Nuneaton | 10 | 06 | 2012 | 1.18 | 0.00 |
| 79.60 | 1.12 | | Christel Happ GER | 25 | 12 | 1929 | Lahti | 01 | 08 | 2009 | 1.17 | -4.93 |
| 80.42 | 1.10 | | Rosemary Chrimes GBR | 19 | 05 | 1933 | Porto Alegre | 22 | 10 | 2013 | 1.15 | -5.30 |
| 80.80 | 1.09 | i | Rosemary Chrimes GBR | 19 | 05 | 1933 | London | 08 | 03 | 2014 | 1.15 | -5.55 |
| 81.22 | 1.06 | | Rosemary Chrimes GBR | 19 | 05 | 1933 | Birmingham | 09 | 08 | 2014 | 1.14 | -7.72 |
| 81.44 | 1.05 | | Christel Happ GER | 25 | 12 | 1929 | Berlin | 04 | 06 | 2011 | 1.13 | -8.28 |
| 81.93 | 1.04 | | Elsa Enarsson SVE | 30 | 08 | 1930 | Kil | 05 | 08 | 2012 | 1.12 | -8.31 |
| 82.27 | 0.98 | | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Eugene | 09 | 06 | 2001 | 1.12 | -13.64 |
| 83.32 | 0.97 | | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Eugene | 29 | 06 | 2002 | 1.10 | -12.56 |
| 83.40 | 0.96 | i | Margarete Strüven GER | 20 | 10 | 1922 | Linz | 15 | 03 | 2006 | 1.09 | -13.40 |
| 85.49 | 0.94 | | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Dorado | 28 | 08 | 2004 | 1.05 | -11.27 |
| 86.01 | 0.90 | | Johnnye Valien USA | 24 | 07 | 1925 | Berea | 28 | 07 | 2011 | 1.04 | -14.24 |
| 87.61 | 0.90 | | Margaret Hinton USA | 14 | 08 | 1921 | San Antonio | 22 | 03 | 2009 | 1.01 | -11.08 |
| 90.19 | 0.86 | | Margaret Hinton USA | 14 | 08 | 1921 | Houston | 22 | 10 | 2011 | 0.96 | -9.96 |
| 90.41 | 0.82 | | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Lahti | 01 | 08 | 2009 | 0.96 | -13.52 |
| 95.07 | 0.78 | i | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Budapest | 26 | 03 | 2014 | 0.86 | -8.31 |
| 95.20 | 0.75 | | Olga Kotelko CAN | 02 | 03 | 1919 | Kamloops | 16 | 05 | 2014 | 0.86 | -11.03 |
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MEN
| age | height |
| name |
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| meet site |
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| line | quality |
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| D | M | Y |
| D | M | Y |
| [cm] |
| 1.99 | 0.26 | | Steve Parsons USA | 18 | 04 | 1970 | Northfield | 15 | 04 | 1972 | 0.78 | -52.03 |
| 3.97 | 0.45 | | Kevin Strain USA | 18 | 06 | 1967 | Alhambra | 08 | 06 | 1971 | 0.99 | -54.04 |
| 4.28 | 0.56 | | Kevin Strain USA | 18 | 06 | 1967 | Juneau | 30 | 09 | 1971 | 1.02 | -46.33 |
| 5.82 | 0.81 | | John Carnes USA | 25 | 09 | 1966 | Gainesville | 21 | 07 | 1972 | 1.19 | -37.66 |
| 5.91 | 0.81 | | Tommy Durrance USA | 25 | 08 | 1966 | Gainesville | 21 | 07 | 1972 | 1.20 | -38.55 |
| 6.87 | 0.91 | | Felix Nilsson SWE | 18 | 10 | 2007 | Lund | 30 | 08 | 2014 | 1.30 | -38.74 |
| 7.14 | 1.05 | | Stijn Hendriks NED | 01 | 04 | 2004 | Waalwijk | 21 | 05 | 2011 | 1.33 | -27.62 |
| 7.18 | 1.24 | | Jimmy McPeak USA | 10 | 06 | 1964 | Hollywood | 16 | 08 | 1971 | 1.33 | -9.10 |
| 7.69 | 1.25 | i | Stijn Hendriks NED | 01 | 04 | 2004 | Vlijmen | 11 | 12 | 2011 | 1.39 | -13.52 |
| 8.23 | 1.25 | | Petteri Heinonen FIN | 25 | 05 | 1996 | Kangasala | 18 | 08 | 2004 | 1.44 | -19.22 |
| 8.66 | 1.35 | | Rami Kankaanpää FIN | 07 | 11 | 2001 | Seinäjoki | 05 | 07 | 2010 | 1.49 | -13.78 |
| 9.32 | 1.40 | | Frank Busemann GER | 26 | 02 | 1975 | Gelsenkirchen | 21 | 06 | 1984 | 1.56 | -15.77 |
| 9.53 | 1.43 | | Kyle Hall USA | 29 | 01 | 1965 | Walnut | 08 | 08 | 1974 | 1.58 | -14.95 |
| 9.82 | 1.46 | | Jouni Marjaniemi FIN | 26 | 08 | 1989 | Mynämäki | 22 | 06 | 1999 | 1.61 | -15.10 |
| 9.89 | 1.50 | | Jeroen Groenewold NED | 19 | 10 | 1974 | Amstelveen | 08 | 09 | 1984 | 1.62 | -11.78 |
| 9.96 | 1.50 | i | Vesa Turkulainen FIN | 23 | 11 | 1981 | Turku | 10 | 11 | 1991 | 1.63 | -12.61 |
| 9.97 | 1.55 | i | Stijn Hendriks NED | 01 | 04 | 2004 | Gent | 22 | 03 | 2014 | 1.63 | -7.71 |
| 10.09 | 1.56 | i | Sean Lee USA | 12 | 01 | 2000 | Flagstaff | 14 | 02 | 2010 | 1.64 | -7.93 |
| 10.33 | 1.57 | | Sean Lee USA | 12 | 01 | 2000 | West Covina | 09 | 05 | 2010 | 1.66 | -9.43 |
| 10.42 | 1.60 | | Sean Lee USA | 12 | 01 | 2000 | Downey | 13 | 06 | 2010 | 1.67 | -7.43 |
| 10.52 | 1.60 | | Russel White USA | 15 | 12 | 1970 | San Fernando | 21 | 06 | 1981 | 1.68 | -8.46 |
| 10.90 | 1.63 | | John Thornell AUS | 22 | 04 | 1985 | | 17 | 03 | 1996 | 1.73 | -9.56 |
| 11.04 | 1.74 | | David Gonzales USA | 16 | 07 | 1980 | Tallahassee | 30 | 07 | 1991 | 1.74 | 0.00 |
| 11.64 | 1.76 | | Pich Nhem USA | 09 | 09 | 1976 | Pomona | 01 | 05 | 1988 | 1.80 | -4.43 |
| 12.80 | 1.86 | i | Mohamed Koita FRA | 08 | 01 | 1990 | Clermont-Ferrand | 26 | 10 | 2002 | 1.93 | -6.68 |
| 13.51 | 1.90 | | Johan Wiklund SWE | 02 | 03 | 1981 | Hudiksvall | 04 | 09 | 1994 | 2.00 | -10.17 |
| 13.59 | 1.97 | | Jordi Rofes ESP | 24 | 09 | 1976 | Barcelona | 28 | 04 | 1990 | 2.01 | -4.12 |
| 13.82 | 2.03 | | Hisanori Yamamoto JPN | 26 | 08 | 1962 | | 20 | 06 | 1976 | 2.03 | -0.48 |
| 14.53 | 2.07 | | Oliver Bräutigam GER | 04 | 12 | 1990 | Löwenberg | 16 | 06 | 2005 | 2.11 | -4.07 |
| 14.96 | 2.15 | | Oleksandr Nartov UKR | 21 | 05 | 1988 | Uzhgorod | 08 | 05 | 2003 | 2.16 | -0.65 |
| 15.62 | 2.16 | | Park Jae-Hong KOR | 08 | 11 | 1970 | Seoul | 21 | 06 | 1986 | 2.23 | -6.59 |
| 15.78 | 2.17 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | La Habana | 24 | 07 | 1983 | 2.24 | -7.30 |
| 15.79 | 2.20 | i | Oleksandr Nartov UKR | 21 | 05 | 1988 | Kharkiv | 06 | 03 | 2004 | 2.24 | -4.43 |
| 15.79 | 2.20 | | Christoffe Bryan JAM | 26 | 04 | 1996 | Montego Bay | 11 | 02 | 2012 | 2.24 | -4.43 |
| 16.00 | 2.21 | | Weiqiang Xu CHN | 22 | 05 | 1986 | Shanghai | 21 | 05 | 2002 | 2.27 | -5.61 |
| 16.33 | 2.23 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | La Habana | 10 | 02 | 1984 | 2.30 | -7.09 |
| 16.58 | 2.31 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | La Habana | 13 | 05 | 1984 | 2.33 | -1.83 |
| 16.60 | 2.33 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | La Habana | 19 | 05 | 1984 | 2.33 | 0.00 |
| 17.44 | 2.34 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | La Habana | 20 | 03 | 1985 | 2.42 | -7.87 |
| 18.36 | 2.36 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Santiago de Cuba | 23 | 02 | 1986 | | |
| 19.42 | 2.37 | | Dragutin Topic JUG | 12 | 03 | 1971 | Plovdiv | 12 | 08 | 1990 | incline | |
| 19.48 | 2.37 | | Steve Smith GBR | 29 | 03 | 1973 | Seoul | 20 | 09 | 1992 | 10.61 | |
| 19.69 | 2.37 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Athena | 20 | 06 | 1987 | cm/year | |
| 19.78 | 2.37 | | Jacques Freitag RSA | 11 | 06 | 1982 | Durban | 23 | 03 | 2002 | | |
| 19.85 | 2.37 | i | Ivan Ukhov RUS | 29 | 03 | 1986 | Arnstadt | 04 | 02 | 2006 | | |
| 20.03 | 2.37 | | Zhu Jianhua CHN | 29 | 05 | 1963 | Beijing | 11 | 06 | 1983 | | |
| 20.31 | 2.38 | | Zhu Jianhua CHN | 29 | 05 | 1963 | Shanghai | 22 | 09 | 1983 | | |
| 20.68 | 2.38 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Kvarnsveden | 19 | 06 | 1988 | | |
| 20.90 | 2.43 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Salamanca | 08 | 09 | 1988 | | |
| 21.79 | 2.44 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | San Juan | 29 | 07 | 1989 | | |
| 25.79 | 2.45 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Salamanca | 27 | 07 | 1993 | | |
| 26.64 | 2.42 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Sevilla | 05 | 06 | 1994 | | |
| 30.64 | 2.42 | i | Carlo Thränhardt GER | 05 | 07 | 1957 | Berlin | 26 | 02 | 1988 | | |
| 30.75 | 2.38 | i | Stefan Holm SWE | 25 | 05 | 1976 | Göteborg | 25 | 02 | 2007 | | |
| 31.57 | 2.38 | i | Sorin Matei RUM | 08 | 07 | 1963 | Wuppertal | 03 | 02 | 1995 | | |
| 32.13 | 2.37 | | Stefan Holm SWE | 25 | 05 | 1976 | Athena | 12 | 07 | 2008 | 2.47 | -10.39 |
| 33.87 | 2.35 | | Javier Sotomayor CUB | 13 | 10 | 1967 | Somoso | 26 | 08 | 2001 | 2.44 | -8.67 |
| 35.60 | 2.31 | | Jamie Nieto USA | 02 | 11 | 1976 | New York City | 09 | 06 | 2012 | 2.40 | -8.96 |
| 38.38 | 2.31 | | Dragutin Topic SRB | 12 | 03 | 1971 | Kragujevac | 28 | 07 | 2009 | 2.34 | -3.02 |
| 41.19 | 2.28 | | Dragutin Topic SRB | 12 | 03 | 1971 | Beograd | 20 | 05 | 2012 | 2.28 | 0.00 |
| 42.26 | 2.15 | | Dalton Grant GBR | 08 | 04 | 1966 | Albertville | 10 | 07 | 2008 | 2.26 | -10.72 |
| 42.83 | 2.11 | i | Dennis Lewis USA | 20 | 03 | 1959 | Ann Arbor | 19 | 01 | 2002 | 2.24 | -13.49 |
| 44.45 | 2.07 | | Christian Klemenczak FRA | 22 | 01 | 1957 | Aubervilliers | 04 | 07 | 2001 | 2.21 | -14.02 |
| 45.32 | 2.04 | | Marco Segatel ITA | 23 | 03 | 1962 | Cernusco | 19 | 07 | 2007 | 2.19 | -15.15 |
| 46.50 | 2.05 | | Charles Austin USA | 19 | 12 | 1967 | San Marcos | 20 | 06 | 2014 | 2.17 | -11.63 |
| 46.89 | 2.04 | i | Dennis Lewis USA | 20 | 03 | 1959 | Ypsilanti | 12 | 02 | 2006 | 2.16 | -11.79 |
| 46.89 | 2.00 | i | Marco Segatel ITA | 23 | 03 | 1962 | Modena | 13 | 02 | 2009 | 2.16 | -15.80 |
| 48.58 | 2.00 | | Bruce McBarnette USA | 07 | 10 | 1957 | Durham NC | 06 | 05 | 2006 | 2.12 | -12.18 |
| 50.17 | 2.00 | i | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Birmingham | 02 | 03 | 1997 | 2.09 | -8.78 |
| 50.37 | 1.98 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Baunatal | 17 | 05 | 1997 | 2.08 | -10.34 |
| 53.64 | 1.95 | | Bruce McBarnette USA | 07 | 10 | 1957 | Glassboro | 28 | 05 | 2011 | 2.01 | -6.35 |
| 56.13 | 1.90 | | Carlo Thränhardt GER | 05 | 07 | 1957 | Eberstadt | 23 | 08 | 2013 | 1.96 | -6.01 |
| 56.78 | 1.84 | | Bruce McBarnette USA | 07 | 10 | 1957 | Winston-Salem | 18 | 07 | 2014 | 1.95 | -10.63 |
| 59.06 | 1.84 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Arrecife | 25 | 01 | 2006 | 1.90 | -5.74 |
| 60.03 | 1.81 | | Vladimir Kunsevich RUS | 06 | 08 | 1952 | Zittau | 16 | 08 | 2012 | 1.88 | -6.68 |
| 60.32 | 1.80 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Arrecife | 27 | 04 | 2007 | 1.87 | -7.05 |
| 60.53 | 1.79 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Fulda | 13 | 07 | 2007 | 1.87 | -7.60 |
| 60.70 | 1.76 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Riccione | 13 | 09 | 2007 | 1.86 | -10.24 |
| 62.64 | 1.76 | | Dušan Prezelj | 25 | 01 | 1949 | Lignano | 15 | 09 | 2011 | 1.82 | -6.09 |
| 63.00 | 1.72 | | Phil Fehlen USA | 03 | 07 | 1935 | Saskatoon | 04 | 07 | 1998 | 1.81 | -9.31 |
| 64.89 | 1.68 | | James Gillcrist USA | 28 | 10 | 1927 | | 19 | 09 | 1992 | 1.77 | -9.26 |
| 66.08 | 1.68 | i | Dušan Prezelj SLO | 25 | 01 | 1949 | Istanbul | 22 | 02 | 2015 | 1.75 | -6.73 |
| 66.26 | 1.65 | | Phil Fehlen USA | 03 | 07 | 1935 | Santa Barbara | 06 | 10 | 2001 | 1.74 | -9.34 |
| 67.18 | 1.65 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Zaragoza | 08 | 03 | 2014 | 1.72 | -7.36 |
| 67.39 | 1.64 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Flieden | 24 | 05 | 2014 | 1.72 | -7.91 |
| 67.52 | 1.63 | | Thomas Zacharias GER | 02 | 01 | 1947 | Erfurt | 11 | 07 | 2014 | 1.72 | -8.63 |
| 67.59 | 1.60 | | Milton Newton USA | 06 | 11 | 1933 | Eugene | 09 | 06 | 2001 | 1.71 | -11.49 |
| 71.69 | 1.59 | i | Carl-Erik Särndal SWE | 17 | 07 | 1937 | Ancona | 27 | 03 | 2009 | 1.63 | -3.70 |
| 72.05 | 1.54 | | Carl-Erik Särndal SWE | 17 | 07 | 1937 | Lahti | 06 | 08 | 2009 | 1.62 | -7.94 |
| 75.51 | 1.52 | i | Carl-Erik Särndal SWE | 17 | 07 | 1937 | Malmö | 20 | 01 | 2013 | 1.55 | -2.54 |
| 75.67 | 1.46 | i | Carl-Erik Särndal SWE | 17 | 07 | 1937 | Donostia/San Sebastian | 20 | 03 | 2013 | 1.54 | -8.18 |
| 78.13 | 1.43 | | Richard Lowery USA | 06 | 04 | 1931 | Clermont | 23 | 05 | 2009 | 1.49 | -5.93 |
| 80.20 | 1.37 | | Richard Lowery USA | 06 | 04 | 1931 | Humble | 17 | 06 | 2011 | 1.45 | -7.50 |
| 80.87 | 1.35 | | Samuli Korpi FIN | 19 | 08 | 1929 | Tampere | 02 | 07 | 2010 | 1.43 | -8.06 |
| 81.84 | 1.32 | | Richard Lowery USA | 06 | 04 | 1931 | Clermont | 09 | 02 | 2013 | 1.41 | -8.98 |
| 81.94 | 1.31 | | Samuli Korpi FIN | 19 | 08 | 1929 | Mikkeli | 29 | 07 | 2011 | 1.41 | -9.76 |
| 82.22 | 1.30 | | Gudmund Skriverik NOR | 18 | 04 | 1921 | | 06 | 07 | 2003 | 1.40 | -10.18 |
| 83.37 | 1.30 | i | Walter Hess GER | 03 | 11 | 1922 | Linz | 15 | 03 | 2006 | 1.38 | -7.72 |
| 83.43 | 1.25 | | Esko Kolhonen FIN | 03 | 03 | 1914 | Ikaalinen | 09 | 08 | 1997 | 1.38 | -12.58 |
| 83.64 | 1.25 | | Nils-Bertil Nevrup SWE | 29 | 11 | 1926 | Nyíregyháza | 19 | 07 | 2010 | 1.37 | -12.14 |
| 84.60 | 1.24 | | Emmerich Zensch AUT | 20 | 12 | 1919 | Aarhus | 26 | 07 | 2004 | 1.35 | -11.08 |
| 85.36 | 1.22 | i | Nils-Bertil Nevrup SWE | 29 | 11 | 1926 | Jyväskylä | 07 | 04 | 2012 | 1.33 | -11.46 |
| 85.60 | 1.22 | | Emmerich Zensch AUT | 20 | 12 | 1919 | Edmonton | 26 | 07 | 2005 | 1.33 | -10.94 |
| 86.59 | 1.21 | | Emmerich Zensch AUT | 20 | 12 | 1919 | Poznan | 24 | 07 | 2006 | 1.31 | -9.81 |
| 87.00 | 1.21 | | Donald Pellmann USA | 12 | 08 | 1915 | | | | 2002 | 1.30 | -8.94 |
| 88.25 | 1.18 | i | Emmerich Zensch AUT | 20 | 12 | 1919 | Clermont-Ferrand | 20 | 03 | 2008 | 1.27 | -9.27 |
| 89.56 | 1.15 | | Emmerich Zensch AUT | 20 | 12 | 1919 | Neuhofen | 11 | 07 | 2009 | 1.24 | -9.47 |
| 93.98 | 1.15 | | Donald Pellmann USA | 12 | 08 | 1915 | Palo alto | 05 | 08 | 2009 | 1.15 | 0.00 |
| 95.62 | 0.99 | | Donald Pellmann USA | 12 | 08 | 1915 | Palo alto | 27 | 03 | 2011 | 1.11 | -12.48 |
| 96.09 | 0.88 | | Klaus Langer GER | 15 | 07 | 1916 | Zittau | 16 | 08 | 2012 | 1.11 | -22.61 |
| 96.51 | 0.87 | | Leland McPhie USA | 31 | 03 | 1914 | Saint George | 05 | 10 | 2010 | 1.10 | -22.58 |
| 97.85 | 0.82 | i | Giuseppe Ottaviani | 20 | 05 | 1916 | Budapest | 27 | 03 | 2014 | 1.07 | -24.71 |
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