Pole vault men legal analytics

Pole vault table View source
Top mark
6.30
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Armand Duplantis
Tokyo · 2025-09-15
10th-place mark
6.15
gap: +0.15
100th-place mark
6.00
gap: +0.30
Median age, top 100
25.6 yrs
Distinct athletes
366
5319 canonical perfs
Years contested
1976–2026
37 historical WRs
World-record progression 37 world records since 1976

Canonical list: All-time men's best pole vault. Higher mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 49 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
1976: 1 performance1978: 1 performance1980: 10 performances1981: 15 performances1982: 16 performances1983: 22 performances1984: 51 performances1985: 80 performances1986: 70 performances1987: 91 performances1988: 77 performances1989: 77 performances1990: 96 performances1991: 124 performances1992: 149 performances1993: 128 performances1994: 161 performances1995: 145 performances1996: 190 performances1997: 160 performances1998: 176 performances1999: 166 performances2000: 160 performances2001: 148 performances2002: 123 performances2003: 152 performances2004: 144 performances2005: 111 performances2006: 144 performances2007: 146 performances2008: 97 performances2009: 74 performances2010: 72 performances2011: 62 performances2012: 70 performances2013: 87 performances2014: 61 performances2015: 130 performances2016: 104 performances2017: 112 performances2018: 135 performances2019: 156 performances2020: 59 performances2021: 167 performances2022: 181 performances2023: 211 performances2024: 190 performances2025: 209 performances2026: 8 performances19801990200020102020021119762026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 5.71 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Mike Tully 1978-05-19
  2. 1980s 6.06 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Sergey Bubka 1988-07-10
  3. 1990s 6.14A πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Sergey Bubka 1994-07-31
  4. 2000s 6.05 πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Dmitriy Markov 2001-08-09
  5. 2010s 6.06 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Sam Kendricks 2019-07-27
  6. 2020s 6.30 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Armand Duplantis 2025-09-15
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ SWE 41
  2. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ UKR 28
  3. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA 9
  4. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί RUS 8
  5. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· GRE 4
  6. πŸ‡«πŸ‡· FRA 4
  7. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ RSA 3
  8. πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί AUS 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Armand Duplantis 41
  2. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Sergey Bubka 28
  3. πŸ‡«πŸ‡· Renaud Lavillenie 4
  4. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· EmmanouΓ­l KarΓ‘lis 4
  5. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Okkert Brits 3
  6. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jeff Hartwig 3
  7. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Sam Kendricks 3
  8. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Rodion Gataullin 3
Mark vs age 800 points