100 metres men non-legal analytics

100 metres table View source
Top mark
9.68
🇺🇸 Tyson Gay
Eugene · 2008-06-29
10th-place mark
9.75
gap: +0.07
100th-place mark
9.86
gap: +0.18
Median age, top 100
24.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
742
2126 canonical perfs
Years contested
1964–2026
5 historical WRs
World-record progression 5 world records since 1964

Canonical list: wind-assisted. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 53 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1964: 1 performance1968: 1 performance1970: 1 performance1977: 2 performances1978: 9 performances1979: 1 performance1980: 8 performances1981: 7 performances1982: 8 performances1983: 12 performances1984: 11 performances1985: 13 performances1986: 12 performances1987: 19 performances1988: 25 performances1989: 23 performances1990: 18 performances1991: 32 performances1992: 28 performances1993: 32 performances1994: 21 performances1995: 39 performances1996: 26 performances1997: 18 performances1998: 34 performances1999: 27 performances2000: 37 performances2001: 19 performances2002: 29 performances2003: 25 performances2004: 42 performances2005: 24 performances2006: 24 performances2007: 36 performances2008: 34 performances2009: 71 performances2010: 45 performances2011: 38 performances2012: 39 performances2013: 87 performances2014: 47 performances2015: 111 performances2016: 69 performances2017: 109 performances2018: 55 performances2019: 47 performances2020: 15 performances2021: 106 performances2022: 96 performances2023: 142 performances2024: 136 performances2025: 172 performances2026: 43 performances197019801990200020102020017219642026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 9.91 🇺🇸 Robert Hayes 1964-10-15
  2. 1970s 9.87 🇺🇸 William Snoddy 1978-04-01
  3. 1980s 9.78 🇺🇸 Carl Lewis 1988-07-16
  4. 1990s 9.69A 🇧🇧 Obadele Thompson 1996-04-13
  5. 2000s 9.68 🇺🇸 Tyson Gay 2008-06-29
  6. 2010s 9.69 🇨🇦 Andre De Grasse 2017-06-18
  7. 2020s 9.74 🇨🇦 Andre De Grasse 2021-08-21
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇺🇸 USA 68
  2. 🇯🇲 JAM 11
  3. 🇨🇦 CAN 3
  4. TTO 3
  5. 🇧🇸 BAH 2
  6. 🇨🇮 CIV 1
  7. 🇳🇬 NGR 1
  8. 🇬🇭 GHA 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇺🇸 Tyson Gay 8
  2. 🇺🇸 Trayvon Bromell 5
  3. 🇺🇸 Maurice Greene 5
  4. 🇺🇸 Noah Lyles 4
  5. 🇯🇲 Asafa Powell 4
  6. 🇺🇸 Justin Gatlin 4
  7. 🇺🇸 Mike Rodgers 4
  8. 🇺🇸 Andre Cason 3
Mark vs age 799 points