2018 Men’s Marathon World Rankings

Eliud Kipchoge didn’t want for pace help in his World Record race in Berlin. (VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN)

TICKING OFF THE BOXES: yearly leader, check; World Record, check; undefeated, check; win 2 (it’s basically impossible to win 3) World Marathon Majors races, check. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget, Athlete Of The Year: CHECK!

ALL-TIME RANKING STATS only bolster Kipchoge’s credentials. Not only is he the first to win 5 times (as he was last year at 4), he’s also soaring up the all-time scoring list, which leads us to a trivia quiz: what do Juma Ikangaa, Haile Gebrselassie, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers & Rob de Castella have in common? All of them dropped a spot on the event’s all-time scoring list as the Kenyan great soared from No. 9 to No. 4. He now has 52 points. Ahead of him? Veikko Karvonen 65, Wilson Kipsang 56, Toshihiko Seko 55…

THE RUNNER-UP SPOT went to Mo Farah in his first real season of marathoning, which produced a WMM win (Chicago) and 3rd. That was rated just ahead of Mosinet Geremew’s Dubai win and Chicago 2nd, since the Briton won their head-to-head match… The first 5 is rounded out by Tola Shura with a pair of WMM runner-up finishes and Leul Gebrselassie, who didn’t run any of the WMMs, but did have a pair of 2:04 finishes.

JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST
1. ELIUD KIPCHOGE (Kenya) (11/5/84, 5-5¾/115) (1.67/52)
2:04:17 1)London 4/22
2:01:39 1)Berlin 9/16
2. MO FARAH (Great Britain) (3/23/83, 5-8¾/143) (1.75/65)
2:06:21 3)London 4/22 1. Kipchoge; 2. Shura
2:05:11 1)Chicago 10/07
3. MOSINET GEREMEW (Ethiopia) (2/12/92, 5-8½/126) (1.74/57)
2:04:00 1)Dubai 1/26
2:05:24 2)Chicago 10/07 1. Farah
4. TOLA SHURA (Ethiopia) (6/9/96)
2:04:49 2)London 4/22 1. Kipchoge
2:06:01 2)New York 11/04 1. Desisa
5. LEUL GEBRSELASSIE (Ethiopia) (9/20/93, 5-7/121) (1.70/55)
2:04:02 2)Dubai 1/26 1. Geremew
2:04:31 1)Valencia 12/02
6. LELISA DESISA (Ethiopia) (1/14/90, 5-7/115) (1.70/52)
dnf –)Boston 4/16 1. Kawauchi; 2. Kirui; 3. Biwott; 4. Pennel; 5. Bumbalough;
6. Smith; 7. Nageeye; 8. Kibet; 9. Coolsaet; 10. Vassallo;
2:05:59 1)New York 11/04
7. KENNETH KIPKEMOI (Kenya) (8/2/84, 5-5/119) (1.65/54)
2:05:44 1)Rotterdam 4/08
2:05:57 4)Chicago 10/07 1. Farah; 2. Geremew; 3. Osako
8. SISAY LEMMA (Ethiopia) (12/12/90, 5-7/125) (1.70/57)
2:04:08 5)Dubai 1/26 1. Geremew; 2. Gebrselassie; 3. Tola; 4. Mengistu
2:07:02 2)Prague 5/06 1. Rupp
2:04:58 1)Ljubljana 10/28
9. TAMIRAT TOLA (Ethiopia) (8/11/91, 5-11/130) (1.80/59)
2:04:06 3)Dubai 1/26 1. Geremew; 2. Gebrselassie
dnf –)Boston 4/16 1. Kawauchi; 2. Kirui; 3. Biwott; 4. Pennel; 5. Bumbalough;
6. Smith; 7. Nageeye; 8. Kibet; 9. Coolsaet; 10. Vassallo;
2:08:30 4)New York 11/04 1. Desisa; 2. Shura; 3. Kamworor
10. LAWRENCE CHERONO (Kenya) (8/7/88, 5-7/121) (1.70/55)
2:09:25 7)London 4/22 1. Kipchoge; 2. Shura; 3. Farah; 4. Kirui; 5. Muchiri;
6. Bekele
2:04:06 1)Amsterdam 10/21
U.S. RANKINGS
1. Galen Rupp (Nike Oregon Project) 6. Elkanah Kibet (American Distance Project)
dnf)Boston, 1)Prague, 5)Chicago 8)Boston, 13)Chicago
2. Jared Ward (Saucony) 7. Aaron Braun (Hoka Northern Arizona)
6)New York dnf)Rotterdam, 14)Chicago
3. Shadrack Biwott (Hanson’s Brooks) 8. Brogan Austin (rabbit)
3)Boston, 9)New York 1)USATF Champs
4. Scott Fauble (Hoka Northern Arizona) 9. Matt Llano (Hoka Northern Arizona)
dnf)Chicago, 7)New York 2)USATF Champs
5. Chris Derrick (Bowerman Track Club) 10. Josh Izewski (Zap Fitness)
10)New York 3)USATF Champs

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