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.
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