compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks updated December 12, 2021)
(¶ = World Record performance; i = mark made indoors; A = altitude over 1000m)
| Track Events | ||
| 100 | 9.77 | Trayvon Bromell (US) |
| 9.76(A) | Bromell | |
| 200 | 19.52 | Noah Lyles (US) |
| 400 | 43.85 | Randolph Ross (US) |
| 43.85 | Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) | |
| 800 | 1:42.91 | Nijel Amos (Bot) |
| 1000 | 2:15.81 | Robert Farken (Germany) |
| 1500 | 3:28.28 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| Mile | 3:47.24 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) |
| Steeple | 8:07.12 | Benjamin Kigen (Kenya) |
| 3000 | 7:24.98i | Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) |
| (outdoor) | 7:26.25 | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) |
| 5000 | 12:48.45 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) |
| 10,000 | 26:33.93 | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.81 | Grant Holloway (US) |
| 400 Hurdles | 45.94 ¶ | Karsten Warholm (Norway) |
| Road Events | ||
| Half-Marathon | 57:31 ¶ | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) |
| Marathon | 2:02:57 | Titus Ekiru (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | 1:16:54 | Kaihua Wang (China) |
| 50K Walk | 3:38:42 | Satoshi Maruo (Japan) |
| Relay Events | ||
| 4 x 100 | 37.50 | Italy |
| 4 x200 | 1:22.16 | Star Athletics (multi-nation) |
| 4 x 400 | 2:55.70 | United States |
| Field Events | ||
| High Jump | 2.37 | 7-9¼i | Maksim Nedasekau (Belarus) |
| 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Ilya Ivanyuk (Russia) | |
| 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) | |
| 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) | |
| Pole Vault | 6.10 | 20-0 | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) |
| Long Jump | 8.60 | 28-2¾ | Miltiádis Tentóglou (Greece) |
| Triple Jump | 18.07 | 59-3½i ¶ | Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso) |
| (outdoor) | 17.98 | 59-0 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Portugal) |
| Shot | 23.37 | 76-8¼ ¶ | Ryan Crouser (US) |
| Discus | 71.40 |234-3 | Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) |
| Hammer | 82.98 | 272-3 | Pawel Fajdek (Poland) |
| Javelin | 96.29 | 315-11 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) |
| Decathlon | 9018 | Damian Warner (Canada) |