100 metres men legal analytics

100 metres table View source
Top mark
9.58
🇯🇲 Usain Bolt
Berlin · 2009-08-16
10th-place mark
9.74
gap: +0.16
100th-place mark
9.83
gap: +0.25
Median age, top 100
25.8 yrs
Distinct athletes
572
4885 canonical perfs
Years contested
1964–2026
16 historical WRs
World-record progression 16 world records since 1964

Canonical list: All-time men's best 100m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 55 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: 6 performances1972: 1 performance1975: 2 performances1976: 2 performances1977: 3 performances1978: 5 performances1979: 4 performances1980: 3 performances1981: 8 performances1982: 8 performances1983: 14 performances1984: 11 performances1985: 6 performances1986: 11 performances1987: 18 performances1988: 28 performances1989: 18 performances1990: 19 performances1991: 34 performances1992: 32 performances1993: 44 performances1994: 68 performances1995: 41 performances1996: 123 performances1997: 101 performances1998: 114 performances1999: 89 performances2000: 76 performances2001: 49 performances2002: 60 performances2003: 70 performances2004: 86 performances2005: 91 performances2006: 77 performances2007: 71 performances2008: 154 performances2009: 147 performances2010: 91 performances2011: 157 performances2012: 176 performances2013: 158 performances2014: 129 performances2015: 240 performances2016: 209 performances2017: 169 performances2018: 186 performances2019: 185 performances2020: 36 performances2021: 223 performances2022: 245 performances2023: 290 performances2024: 310 performances2025: 345 performances2026: 41 performances197019801990200020102020034519642026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 9.95A 🇺🇸 Jim Hines 1968-10-14
  2. 1970s 9.98A 🇨🇺 Silvio Leonard 1977-08-11
  3. 1980s 9.92 🇺🇸 Carl Lewis 1988-09-24
  4. 1990s 9.79 🇺🇸 Maurice Greene 1999-06-16
  5. 2000s 9.58 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt 2009-08-16
  6. 2010s 9.63 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt 2012-08-05
  7. 2020s 9.75 🇯🇲 Kishane Thompson 2025-06-27
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇯🇲 JAM 54
  2. 🇺🇸 USA 41
  3. 🇰🇪 KEN 2
  4. 🇮🇹 ITA 1
  5. TTO 1
  6. 🇿🇦 RSA 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt 18
  2. 🇯🇲 Asafa Powell 16
  3. 🇺🇸 Justin Gatlin 15
  4. 🇺🇸 Tyson Gay 7
  5. 🇯🇲 Kishane Thompson 7
  6. 🇯🇲 Yohan Blake 6
  7. 🇺🇸 Fred Kerley 4
  8. 🇯🇲 Oblique Seville 4
Mark vs age 800 points