By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 women’s Ranker in each discipline for 2018—you’ll be taken to this year’s complete World (and U.S.) Rankings.
The explanation for what goes into our selection of these Top 10s can be found by clicking here.
If you’re in a rush and you’d like to see a down-and-dirty listing of just the Top 10s with no details, click here.
100 — Marie-Josée Ta Lou
200 — Shaunae Miller-Uibo
400 — Salwa Eid Naser
800 — Caster Semenya
1500 — Shelby Houlihan
St — Beatrice Kipkoech
5000 — Hellen Obiri
10,000 — Stacy Ndiwa
100H — Keni Harrison
400H — Shamier Little
Marathon — Vivian Cheruiyot
20K Walk — Lupita González
50K Walk — Rui Liang
HJ — Mariya Lasitskene
PV — Sandi Morris
LJ — Malaika Mihambo
TJ — Caterine Ibargüen
SP — Lijiao Gong
DT — Sandra Perković
HT — Anita Włodarczyk
JT — Huihui Lu
Heptathlon — Nafi Thiam