The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a race that has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2010, every race except one has had over 45,000 finishers, peaking at over 53,000 in 2019. From 1970 through 1975, the race was held entirely in Central Park, but since 1976, the course has started in Staten Island and goes through each of the city's five boroughs. The race was canceled in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York less than a week before the race had been scheduled to take place. The open division of the race transitioned to a virtual event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, while the wheelchair division was cancelled.

Including the 2020 event, 40 men and 34 women have won the open division of the New York City Marathon, while nine men and ten women have won the wheelchair division. The winners have represented 23 countries. Americans have won the marathon the most, doing so on 35 occasions; Kenyans have won 32 times; and Swiss 16 times.

Gary Muhrcke won the first race with a time of 2:31:38. There were 127 entrants, of whom 55 finished – the only female starter, Nina Kuscsik, withdrew partway due to illness. The following year, Beth Bonner became the first female finisher, winning the race in 2:55:22, a time that is officially credited as the first sub-3-hour marathon by a woman. Grete Waitz, a Norwegian female runner, achieved three official world records at the race between 1978 and 1980. Allison Roe and Alberto Salazar set world record times in the women's and men's races in 1981, but a later investigation found that the course was short. Their times do not stand as official world records, though the New York City Marathon maintains them as course records. Waitz dominated the women's marathon between 1978 and 1988, winning nine of the eleven races during that period: her nine wins are the most of any runner at the New York City Marathon. In the men's race, Bill Rodgers has won the most times, doing so in four consecutive years, from 1976 to 1979. The current open division course records are held by Tamirat Tola, who set a time of 2:04:58 in the 2023 men's race, and Margaret Okayo, who set the women's record at 2:22:31 in 2003.

A wheelchair race has been held since 2000, when 72 people finished: Kamel Ayari won the men's race, and Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan won the women's. Among wheelchair racers, Marcel Hug of Switzerland has the most victories, with six. Three competitors have five victories each: Kurt Fearnley of Australia, Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland, and Tatyana McFadden of the United States. Hug holds the men's course record with a time of 1:25:26 set in 2022, while Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland holds the women's record with 1:39:32 set in 2023.

Winners Men's open division

+ Winners: Men's open division Year Winner Country Time Notes 1970 2:31:38 Course record 1971 2:22:54 Course record 1972 2:27:52 1973 2:21:54 Course record 1974 2:26:30 1975 2:19:27 Course record, second victory 1976 2:10:10 Course record 1977 2:11:28 Second victory 1978 2:12:12 Third victory 1979 2:11:42 Fourth victory 1980 2:09:41 Course record 1981 2:08:13 Course record (course measured short), second victory 1982 2:09:29 Third victory 1983 2:08:59 1984 2:14:53 1985 2:11:34 Second victory 1986 2:11:06 1987 2:11:01 1988 2:08:20 1989 2:08:01 Course record 1990 2:12:39 1991 2:09:28 1992 2:09:29 1993 2:10:04 1994 2:11:21 1995 2:11:00 Second victory 1996 2:09:54 1997 2:08:12 1998 2:08:45 Second victory 1999 2:09:14 2000 2:10:09 2001 2:07:43 Course record 2002 2:08:07 2003 2:10:30 2004 2:09:28 2005 2:09:30 2006 2:09:58 2007 2:09:04 Second victory 2008 2:08:43 Second victory 2009 2:09:15 2010 2:08:14 2011 2:05:06 Course record 2012 colspan=4 2013 2:08:24 Second victory 2014 2:10:59 2015 2:10:34 2016 2:07:51 2017 2:10:53 2018 2:05:59 2019 2:08:13 Second victory 2020 2:23:48 2021 2:08:22 2022 2:08:41 2023 2:04:58 Current course record 2024 2:07:39 2025Benson Kipruto2:08:09

Women's open division

+ Winners: Women's open division Year Winner Country Time Notes 1970 colspan=4 1971 2:55:22 World record 1972 3:08:41 1973 2:57:07 Second victory 1974 3:07:29 1975 2:46:14 Course record 1976 2:39:11 Course record 1977 2:43:10 Second victory 1978 2:32:30 World record 1979 2:27:33 World record, second victory 1980 2:25:42 World record, third victory 1981 2:25:29 Course record (course measured short) 1982 2:27:14 Fourth victory 1983 2:27:00 Fifth victory 1984 2:29:30 Sixth victory 1985 2:28:34 Seventh victory 1986 2:28:06 Eighth victory 1987 2:30:17 1988 2:28:07 Ninth victory 1989 2:25:30 1990 2:30:45 1991 2:27:32 1992 2:24:40 Course record 1993 2:26:24 1994 2:27:37 1995 2:28:06 Second victory 1996 2:28:18 1997 2:28:43 1998 2:25:17 1999 2:25:06 2000 2:25:45 2001 2:24:21 Course record 2002 2:25:56 2003 2:22:31 Former course record, second victory 2004 2:23:10 2005 2:24:41 2006 2:25:05 Second victory 2007 2:23:09 Second victory 2008 2:23:56 Third victory 2009 2:28:52 2010 2:28:20 2011 2:23:15 2012 colspan=4 2013 2:25:07 2014 2:25:07 2015 2:24:25 Second victory 2016 2:24:26 Third victory 2017 2:26:53 2018 2:22:48 Fourth victory 2019 2:22:38 2020 2:35:28 Virtual event held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2:22:39 2022 2:23:23 2023 2:27:23 2024 2:24:35 2025 2:19:51 Course record, second victory

Men's wheelchair division

+ Winners: Men's wheelchair division Year Winner Country Time Notes 2000 Tunisia 1:53:50 2001 Mexico 1:39:29 Course record 2002 South Africa 1:38:27 Course record 2003 South Africa 1:32:19 Course record, second victory 2004 Mexico 1:33:16 Second victory 2005 South Africa 1:31:11 Course record 2006 Australia 1:29:22 Course record 2007 Australia 1:33:58 Second victory 2008 Australia 1:44:51 Third victory 2009 Australia 1:35:58 Fourth victory 2010 United Kingdom 1:37:29 2011 Japan 1:31:41 2012 colspan=4 2013 Switzerland 1:40:14 2014 Australia 1:30:55 Fifth victory, shortened 23.2 mile course 2015 South Africa 1:30:54 Second victory 2016 Switzerland 1:35:44 Second victory 2017 Switzerland 1:37:17 Third victory 2018 United States 1:36:21 2019 United States 1:37:24 Second victory 2020 colspan="4" 2021 1:31:24 Fourth victory 2022 Switzerland 1:25:26 Current course record, fifth victory 2023 Switzerland 1:25:29 Sixth victory2024Daniel Romanchuk1:36:31Third victory2025 Switzerland 1:30:16 Seventh victory

Women's wheelchair division

+ Winners: Women's wheelchair division Year Winner Country Time Notes 2000 Vietnam 2:46:47 Course record 2001 Italy 2:08:51 Course record 2002 United States 2:14:39 2003 United States 1:59:30 Course record, second victory 2004 Switzerland 1:53:27 Course record 2005 Switzerland 1:54:52 Second victory 2006 United States 1:54:17 2007 Switzerland 1:52:38 Course record, third victory 2008 Switzerland 2:06:42 Fourth victory 2009 Switzerland 1:58:15 Fifth victory 2010 United States 2:02:22 2011 United States 1:50:25 Course record 2012 colspan=4 2013 United States 1:59:13 Second victory 2014 United States 1:42:16 Third victory, 23.2 mile course 2015 United States 1:43:04 Course record, fourth victory 2016 United States 1:47:43 Fifth victory 2017 Switzerland 1:48:09 2018 Switzerland 1:50:27 Second victory 2019 Switzerland 1:44:20 Third victory 2020 colspan="4" 2021 1:51:01 2022 United States 1:42:43 Course record 2023 Switzerland 1:39:32 Current course record2024Susannah Scaroni1:48:05Second victory2025Susannah Scaroni1:42:10Third victory

Victories by nationality Country Open division Wheelchair division Total Men's Women's Men's Women's 149312371716003301791601000102510801517412074200641016204062000202002110021000110001010010010110001010010100101001100010010100011

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