By clicking on the following by-event links — represented by the No. 1 women’s Ranker in each discipline for ’21 — 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.
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The World No. 1s
100 — Elaine Thompson-Herah
200 — Elaine Thompson-Herah
400 — Shaunae Miller-Uibo
800 — Athing Mu
1500 — Faith Kipyegon
St — Norah Tanui
5000 — Sifan Hassan
10,000 — Sifan Hassan
100H — Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
400H — Sydney McLaughlin
Marathon — Peres Jepchirchir
20K Walk — Antonella Palmisano
HJ — Mariya Lasitskene
PV — Katie Nageotte
LJ — Malaika Mihambo
TJ — Yulimar Rojas
SP — Lijiao Gong
DT — Valarie Allman
HT — Anita Włodarczyk
JT — Maria Andrejczyk
Heptathlon — Nafi Thiam