All-Time Men’s 100/200/400 Combined Scoring

Not surprisingly, Usain Bolt is the highest-scoring combo sprinter, aided by the top single-event score of all, 1356 points for his 100 World Record from the ’09 World Championships. (JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO RUN)

BEING WORLD-CLASS in both the 100 & 200 or both the 200 & 400 is tough enough, but how about those very rare athletes who are great at all 3 events? The current big performer in this regard is former quartermiler Fred Kerley, who dropped down to the 100/200 in ’21 and in ’21 and ’22 produced marks good enough to bring him from outside the top 50 all the way to No. 2.

In 2024 or this very early stage of ’25, Paris 200 champ Letsile Tebogo has moved up from No. 8 to No. 6. Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek likewise improved his 100 and 200 PRs to move from No. 10 to No. 9. Others who bettered scores and/or list positions: Noah Lyles from No. 18 to 16, Erriyon Knighton (with a 45.37 400 this April)  from No. 28 to 17, Matthew Boling from No. 21 to 18 and the Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando, gaining 8 points yet slipping a spot to No. 23.

Here are the top 50 combo athletes of all time as scored on the WA (formerly IAAF) Tables. For those athletes from the era where hand and auto timing were both in use times are marked by * (0.14 added to the 400, 0.24 to the 100 and 200). Altitude-aided marks—designated with an (A)—and indoor marks are included, wind-aided times are not. An addendum at the bottom gives the best low-altitude marks for those with better high-altitude performances.

Thanks to those who have posted and e-mailed amendments; more are always welcome.

The Top 50 of all time (stats updated by Jim Rorick from an original compilation by Justin Clouder):

All-Time Men’s 100/200/400 Combined Scoring
3867 Usain Bolt 9.58 (1356) 19.19 (1351) 45.28 (1160)
3825 Fred Kerley 9.76 (1291) 19.76 (1258)(A) 43.64 (1276)
3815 Michael Johnson 10.09 (1176) 19.32 (1329) 43.18 (1310)
3813 Michael Norman 9.86 (1255) 19.70 (1268) 43.45 (1290)
3793 Wayde van Niekerk 9.94 (1227) 19.84 (1245) 43.03 (1321)
3791 Letsile Tebogo 9.86 (1255) 19.46 (1306) 44.29 (1230)(A)
3790 Tyson Gay 9.69 (1316) 19.58 (1287) 44.89 (1187)
3745 Yohan Blake 9.69 (1316) 19.26 (1339) 46.32 (1090)
3740 Kenny Bednarek 9.87 (1252) 19.57 (1289) 44.73 (1199)(A)
3698 Xavier Carter 10.00 (1206) 19.63 (1279) 44.53 (1213)
(10)
3668 Mike Marsh 9.93 (1231) 19.73 (1263) 45.08 (1174)
3664 Isaac Makwala 10.20 (1138)(A) 19.77 (1256) 43.72 (1270)
3661 Wallace Spearmon 9.96 (1220) 19.65 (1276) 45.22 (1165)
3656 Asafa Powell 9.72 (1305) 19.90 (1236) 45.94 (1115)
3653 Rai Benjamin 10.03 (1196) 19.99 (1222) 44.21 (1235)
3653 Noah Lyles 9.79 (1280) 19.31 (1331) 47.04 (1042)
3649 Erriyon Knighton 10.04 (1193) 19.49 (1302) 45.37 (1154)
3637 Matthew Boling 9.98 (1213) 19.92 (1233) 44.84 (1191)
3637 Steven Gardiner 10.35 (1089) 19.75 (1260) 43.48 (1288)
3634 Femi Ogunode 9.91 (1238) 19.97 (1225) 45.12 (1171)
(20)
3631 Jereem Richards 10.19 (1142) 19.80 (1252) 44.18 (1237)
3631 Obadele Thompson 9.87 (1252)(A) 19.97 (1225) 45.38 (1154)(A)
3620 Alexander Ogando 10.09 (1176) 19.86 (1242) 44.68
(1202)
3619 Frank Fredericks 9.86 (1255) 19.68 (1271) 46.28 (1093)
3606 Dennis Mitchell 9.91 (1238) 20.09 (1206)(A) 45.26 (1162)
3604 Walter Dix 9.88 (1248) 19.53 (1295) 46.75 (1061)
3602 Zharnel Hughes 9.83 (1266) 19.73 (1263) 46.58 (1073)
3601 Robson da Silva 10.02 (1199) 19.96 (1226) 45.06 (1176)
3601 Bruno Hortelano 10.06 (1186) 20.04 (1214) 44.69 (1201)
3601 Josephus Lyles 10.03 (1196) 19.93 (1231) 45.09 (1174)
(30)
3592 Francis Obikwelu 9.86 (1255) 19.84 (1245) 46.29 (1092)
3591 Jon Drummond 9.92 (1234) 20.03 (1215) 45.55 (1142)
3591 Churandy Martina 9.91 (1238) 19.81 (1250) 46.13 (1103)(A)
3587 Pietro Mennea 10.01 (1203)(A) 19.72 (1264)(A) 45.87 (1120)
3586 LaShawn Merritt 10.47 (1050) 19.74 (1261) 43.65 (1275)
3586 Gil Roberts 10.12 (1165) 20.22 (1186) 44.22 (1235)
3576 Steve Williams 10.07 (1182) 20.02*(1217) 45.04*(1177)(A)
3571 Akeem Bloomfield 10.42 (1066) 19.81 (1250) 43.94 (1255)
3570 Aaron Brown 9.96 (1220) 19.95 (1228) 45.84 (1122)
3566 Justin Gatlin 9.74 (1298) 19.57 (1289) 48.02 (979)
(40)
3562 Kevin Little 10.13 (1162) 20.10 (1204) 44.77 (1196)
3560 Jacory Patterson 10.11 (1169) 20.14 (1198) 44.81 (1193)
3559 Carl Lewis 9.86 (1255) 19.75 (1260) 47.01 (1044)
3555 James Sanford 10.02 (1199) 19.94*(1229)(A) 45.77 (1127)
3550 Kelly Willie 10.13 (1162) 20.24 (1182) 44.63 (1206)
3548 Innocent Egbunike 10.15 (1155) 20.42 (1155) 44.17 (1238)
3548 Warren Weir 10.02 (1199) 19.79 (1253) 46.23 (1096)
3548 Mark Witherspoon 10.04 (1193) 20.12 (1201) 45.37 (1154)
3544 Tommie Smith 10.34*(1092) 19.83 (1247)(A) 44.64*(1205)
3544 Baboloki Thebe 10.29 (1108)(A) 20.21 (1187)(A) 44.02 (1249)
Non-Altitude
3820 Kerley 9.76 (1291) 19.79 (1253) 43.64 (1276)
3758 Tebogo 9.86 (1255) 19.46 (1306) 44.75 (1197)
3695 Bednarek 9.87 (1252) 19.57 (1289) 45.37 (1154)
3598 Makwala 10.40 (1072) 19.77 (1256) 43.72 (1270)
3589 Mitchell 9.91 (1238) 20.20 (1189) 45.26 (1162)
April 05, 2025