compiled by T&FN Staff
(marks updated December 29, 2020)
(¶ = World Record performance; i = mark made indoors; A = altitude over 1000m)
| Track Events | ||
| 100 | 9.86 | Michael Norman (US) |
| 200 | 19.76 | Noah Lyles (US) |
| 400 | 44.91 | Justin Robinson (US) |
| 800 | 1:43.15 | Donavan Brazier (US) |
| 1500 | 3:28.45 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) |
| Mile | 3:50.61 | Stewart McSweyn (Australia) |
| Steeple | 8:08.04 | Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) |
| 3000 | 7:26.64 | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) |
| 5000 | 12:35.36 ¶ | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) |
| 10,000 | 26:11.00 ¶ | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.11 | Orlando Ortega (Spain) |
| 400 Hurdles | 46.87 | Karsten Warholm (Norway) |
| Road Events | ||
| Half-Marathon | 57:32 ¶ | Kibiwott Kandie (Kenya) |
| Marathon | 2:03:00 | Evans Chebet (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | 1:17:36 | Toshikazu Yamanishi (Japan) |
| 50K Walk | 3:41:15 | Matej Tóth (Slovakia) |
| Relay Events | ||
| 4 x 100 | 38.56 | Sprintec (Jamaica) |
| 4 x 400 | 3:02.77i | Texas A&M |
| (outdoor) | 3:04.32 | Nihon University (Japan) |
| 4 x 1500 | 14:34.97 | Nike Bowerman TC (US) |
| Field Events | ||
| High Jump | 7-7¾ | 2.33i | Darryl Sullivan (US) |
| 7-7¾ | 2.33i | Tom Gale (Great Britain) | |
| 7-7¾ | 2.33i | Luis Zayas (Cuba) | |
| 7-7¾ | 2.33i | Jamal Wilson (Bahamas) | |
| 7-7¾ | 2.33i | Ilya Ivanyuk (Russia) | |
| 7-7¾ | 2.33 | Maksim Nedasekau (Belarus) | |
| Pole Vault | 20-3¼i | 6.18 ¶ | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) |
| (outdoor) | 20-2 | 6.15 | Duplantis |
| Long Jump | 27-7¼ | 8.41i | Juan Miguel Echevarría (Cuba) |
| (outdoor) | 27-5¼ | 8.36 | Jianan Wang (China) |
| Triple Jump | 58-3¾ | 17.77i | Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso) |
| (outdoor) | 57-7¾ | 17.57 | Christian Taylor (US) |
| Shot | 75-2 | 22.91 | Ryan Crouser (US) |
| Discus | 234-2 | 71.37 | Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) |
| Hammer | 264-9 | 80.70 | Rudy Winkler (US) |
| Javelin | 320-9 | 97.76 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) |
| Decathlon | 8552 | Kevin Mayer (France) |