compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks updated December 14, 2022)
(¶ = World Record performance; i = mark made indoors; A = altitude over 1000m)
| Track Events | ||
| 100 | 9.76 | Fred Kerley (US) |
| 200 | 19.31 | Noah Lyles (US) |
| 400 | 43.56 | Michael Norman (US) |
| 800 | 1:43.26 | Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) |
| 1000 | 2:13.88 | Jake Wightman (Great Britain) |
| 1500 | 3:29.02 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) |
| Mile | 3:46.46 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) |
| Steeple | 7:58.28 | Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) |
| 3000 | 7:25.93 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo (Burundi) |
| 5000 | 12:45.71 | Jacob Krop (Kenya) |
| 10,000 | 26:33.84 | Grant Fisher (US) |
| 110 Hurdles | 12.84 | Devon Allen (US) |
| 400 Hurdles | 46.29 | Alison dos Santos (Brazil) |
| Road Events | ||
| Half-Marathon | 57:56 | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) |
| Marathon | 2:01:09 ¶ | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | 1:17:47 | Vasiliy Mizinov (Russia) |
| 35K Walk | 2:23:14 | Massimo Stani (Italy) |
| Relay Events | ||
| 4 x 100 | 37.48 | Canada |
| 4 x 200 | 1:20.80 | Texas (US) |
| 4 x 400 | 2:56.17 | United States |
| Field Events | ||
| High Jump | 2.37 | 7-9¼ | Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) |
| Pole Vault | 6.21 | 20-4½ ¶ | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) |
| Long Jump | 8.55 | 28-¾i | Miltiádis Tentóglou (Greece) |
| (outdoor) | 8.52 | 27-11½ | Tentóglou |
| Triple Jump | 17.95 | 58-10¾ | Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Portugal) |
| Shot | 23.23 | 76-2¾ | Joe Kovacs (US) |
| Discus | 71.47| 234-5 | Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) |
| Hammer | 82.00 | 269-0 | Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) |
| Javelin | 93.07 | 305-4 | Anderson Peters (Grenada) |
| Decathlon | 8816 | Kevin Mayer (France) |
