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.IAAF launch official world rankings system for 2019 trial - Mike Rowbottom, Inside the Games, 27 February 2019 The world rankings are updated each Wednesday.
As of 31 March 2020, the number one ranked male athlete is Armand Duplantis with 1515 points,Men's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-02. and the number one ranked female athlete is Sifan Hassan with 1528 points.Women's overall ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
Overall rankings (top 10)
+ Men (as of 31 March 2020)World Rankings Men's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2020-05-20.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Armand Duplantis Pole vault 1515 2 Noah Lyles 1505 3 Karsten Warholm 1503 4 Christian Coleman 100 metres 1477 5 Sam Kendricks Pole vault 1474 6 Tom Walsh Shot put 1470 7 Rai Benjamin 400 metres hurdles 1466 8 Triple jump 1465 8 Timothy Cheruiyot 1500 metres 1465 10 Daniel Ståhl Discus throw 1464
+ Women (as of 31 March 2020)World Rankings Women's Overall Ranking. IAAF. Retrieved 2020-05-20.#AthleteNationEvent(s)Points 1 Sifan Hassan 1528 2 Dina Asher-Smith 100 metres, 200 metres 1494 3 Beatrice Chepkoech 1479 4 Dalilah Muhammad 400 metres hurdles 1478 5 Mariya Lasitskene High jump 1477 6 Shaunae Miller 200 metres, 400 metres 1467 7 100 metres 1465 7 Malaika Mihambo Long jump 1465 9 Yulimar Rojas Triple jump 1463 10 Salwa Eid Naser 400 metres 1460
Event rankings (top 10)
IAAF World Rankings, as of 17 September 2019.
100 metres
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Justin Gatlin 10 Feb 1982 13862 Christian Coleman 06 Mar 1996 13783 Akani Simbine 21 Sep 1993 13594 Zharnel Hughes 13 Jul 1995 13545 Yohan Blake 26 Dec 1989 13446 Michael Rodgers 24 Apr 1985 13427 Zhenye Xie 17 Aug 1993 13248 Noah Lyles 18 Jul 1997 13229 Andre De Grasse 10 Nov 1994 132010 Arthur Cissé 29 Dec 1996 1298
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Dina Asher-Smith 04 Dec 1995 14062 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 27 Dec 1986 13993 Elaine Thompson 28 Jun 1992 13644 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 18 Nov 1988 13585 Dafne Schippers 15 Jun 1992 13266 Aleia Hobbs 24 Feb 1996 13217 Blessing Okagbare 09 Oct 1988 13128 Gina Lückenkemper 21 Nov 1996 12949 Ewa Swoboda 26 Jul 1997 129110 Crystal Emmanuel 27 Nov 1991 1282
20 km racewalking
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Toshikazu Yamanishi 15 Feb 199613292 Koki Ikeda 03 May 199812793 Diego García 19 Jan 199612784 Massimo Stano 27 Feb 199212775 Wang Kaihua 16 Feb 199412715 Perseus Karlström 02 May 199012717 Éider Arévalo 09 Mar 199312678 Vasiliy Mizinov 29 Dec 199712599 Eiki Takahashi 19 Nov 1992125410 Álvaro Martín 18 Jun 19941249
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Qieyang Shenjie 11 Nov 199013002 Yang Jiayu 18 Feb 199612843 Érica de Sena 03 May 198512504 Sandra Arenas 17 Sep 199312415 Maria Pérez 29 Apr 199612396 Liu Hong 12 May 198712337 Eleonora Giorgi 14 Sep 198912328 Anežka Drahotová 22 Jul 199512299 Kimberly García 19 Oct 1993122310 Ma Zhenxia 01 Aug 19981213
50 km racewalking
Men #AthleteBornPoints1 Maryan Zakalnytskyy 20 Aug 1994 13082 Hirooki Arai 18 May 1988 12973 Satoshi Maruo 28 Nov 1991 12804 Matej Tóth 10 Feb 1983 12674 Hayato Katsuki 28 Nov 1990 12676 Yusuke Suzuki 02 Jan 1988 12647 Wang Qin 08 May 1994 12578 Dmitriy Dziubin 12 Jul 1990 12569 Masatora Kawano 23 Oct 1998 125510 Yohann Diniz 01 Jan 1978 1253
Women #AthleteBornPoints1 Rui Liang 18 Jun 1994 13132 Inês Henriques 01 May 1980 13053 Júlia Takács 29 Jun 1989 12924 Hong Liu 12 May 1987 12785 Johana Ordóňez 12 Dec 1987 12766 Claire Woods 06 Jul 1981 12707 Paola Viviana Pérez 21 Dec 1989 12668 Faying Ma 30 Aug 1993 12609 Eleonora Anna Giorgi 14 Sep 1989 125910 Maocuo Li 20 Oct 1992 1257
References
IAAF World Rankings World Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
External links IAAF Scoring Tables