Categories: W = World; A or Am = American; C = Collegiate (NCAA Div. I only); JC = Junior College; J = Junior (U20); Y = Youth (U18); HS = High School.
Codings: + = event not officially recognized by governing body; ‘ = student not eligible to represent the U.S. internationally; i = mark made indoors; l-a = low-altitude; w-o = women only race; ¶ = conditions for ratification not suitable. Note: unlike T&FN and WA, USATF no longer recognizes the concept of absolute records (no differentiation between marks set indoors or out).
switch to indoor records broken in 2020
| MEN TRACK | |||||
| 200 | 20.33 | AY | Erriyon Knighton (Florida HS) | Satellite Beach, Florida | August 05 |
| 5000 | 13:16.95i | AmC | Tyler Day (Northern Arizona) | Boston, Massachusetts | January 24 |
| 12:35.36 | W | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | Fontvieille, Monaco | August 14 | |
| 300 Hurdles | 33.78 | W+ | Karsten Warholm (Norway) | Oslo, Norway | June 11 |
| 4 x 1500 | 14:34.97 | A | Nike Bowerman TC | Portland, Oregon | July 31 |
| (Evan Jager 3:39, Grant Fisher 3:37, Sean McGorty 3:38, Lopez Lomong 3:39) | |||||
| 10,000 | 26:11.00 | W | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | Valencia, Spain | October 07 |
| 20,000 | 56:20.1 | W+ | Bashir Abdi (Belgium) | Brussels, Belgium | September 04 |
| Hour | 21,330m | 13M, 446y | W | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | Brussels, Belgium | September 04 |
| MEN FIELD | |||||
| Pole Vault | 6.17 | 20-2¾i | W | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) | Toruń, Poland | February 08 |
| 6.18 | 20-3¼i | W | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) | Glasgow, Scotland | February 15 | |
| Hammer | 79.73 | 261-7 | HS | Trey Knight (Ridgefield, Washington) | Oregon City, Oregon | June 27 |
| MEN ROAD | |||||
| 5K | 13:18 | W | Rhonex Kipruto (Kenya) | Valencia, Spain | January 12 |
| 12:51 | W | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | Monaco | February 16 | |
| 10K | 26:24 | W | Rhonex Kipruto (Kenya) | Valencia, Spain | January 12 |
| 10M | 45:54 | A | Galen Rupp (Nike) | Dorena, Oregon | October 30 |
| Half-Marathon | 57:32 | W | Kibiwott Kandie (Kenya) | Valencia, Spain | December 06 |
| WOMEN TRACK | |||||
| 5000 | 14:23.92 | A | Shelby Houlihan (Nike Bowerman TC) | Portland, Oregon | July 10 |
| 14:06.62 | W | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) | Valencia, Spain | October 07 | |
| 15:34.47 | AJ, AY, HS | Jenna Hutchins (Science Hill, Johnson City, Tennessee) | Columbia, South Carolina | December 11 | |
| 1Hour | 18,930m | 11M, 1341y | W | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | Brussels, Belgium | September 04 |
| 17,930m | 11M,248y | A | Molly Huddle (Saucony) | Attleboro, Massachusetts | November 01 | |
| 4 x 1500 | 16:27.02 | W, A | Nike Bowerman TC | Portland, Oregon | July 31 |
| (Colleen Quigley 4:08, Elise Cranny 4:09, Karissa Schweizer 4:06, Shelby Houlihan 4:04) | |||||
| 3000 Walk | 13:00.56i | AJ, HS | Taylor Ewert (Beavercreek, Ohio) | Lynchburg, Virginia | January 17 |
| WOMEN FIELD | |||||
| Pole Vault | 4.48 | 14-8¼ | AJ | Leah Pasqualetti (Orchard Park, New York) | Sun City, California | June 26 |
| Discus | 70.15 | 230-2 | A | Valarie Allman (Oiselle/New York AC) | Rathdrum, Idaho | August 01 |
| Javelin | 63.96 | 209-10 | WJ | Elína Tzénggo (Greece) | Ioánnina, Greece | August 01 |
| Y Javelin | 68.76 | 225-7 | WY | Adriana Vilagoš (Serbia) | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | March 07 |
| WOMEN ROAD | |||||
| 10M (w-o) | 51:23 | A | Keira D’Amato (unattached) | Washington, DC | November 24 |
| Half-Marathon | 64:31 | W | Yeshaneh Ababel (Ethiopia) | Ra’s al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates | February 21 |
| Half-Marathon (w-o) | 65:34 | W | Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) | Prague, Czech Republic | September 05 |
| 65:16 | W | Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) | Gdynia, Poland | October 17 | |
| Marathon | 2:31:49 | AJ | Tierney Wolfgram (Nevada) | Sacramento, California | November 07 |
as of December 14, 2020