2023 Men’s Pole Vault World Rankings

Up, up and away. Twice more Mondo Duplantis raised the World Record in ’23. (JIRO MOCHIZUKI)

REMAINING A CLASS APART, AOY runner-up Mondo Duplantis was the obvious choice as he claimed his third No. 1 in a row. As with last year he lost only a single competition, being defeated by EJ Obiena, Chris Nilsen and Kurtis Marschall in Monaco…

NILSEN BEAT OBIENA 5-4, but the Filipino star was runner-up at both the WC and DLF, while the American was =3 & 5… After missing last year, No. 4 Sam Kendricks appears in the Top 10 for the seventh time. He moves past ’60s legends John Pennel and Bob Seagren to No. 3 among all-time U.S. scorers…

CONSPICUOUS IN HIS ABSENCE for the first time since ’08 is former WR holder Renaud Lavillenie, who required late-year hamstring surgery.

JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST
1. MONDO DUPLANTIS (Sweden) (11/10/99, 6-0/174) (1.83/79)
6.10i 1)Uppsala 2/02
6.06i 1)Berlin 2/10
6.01i 1)Liévin WIT 2/15
6.22i 1)Clermont-Ferrand 2/25
5.91 1)Los Angeles CT 5/27
6.11 1)Hengelo 6/04
6.01 1)Oslo DL 6/15
6.12 1)Ostrava CT 6/27
6.05 1)Stockholm DL 7/02
5.71 1)Sollentuna 7/08
6.01 1)Chorzów DL 7/16
5.72 =4)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena; 3. Marschall
6.10 1)World Ch 8/26
(5.75q)
6.00 1)Zürich DL 8/31
5.60 1)Fin-Swe 9/03
6.10 1)Brussels DL 9/08
6.23 1)Eugene DL 9/17
2. EJ OBIENA (Philippines) (11/17/95, 6-2¾/150) (1.90/68)
5.65i 1)Padua 1/21
5.77i 2)Cottbus 1/25 1. Kendricks
5.82i 1)Roubaix 1/28
5.91i 3)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Lightfoot
5.77i 1)Łódź 2/04
5.87i 1)Torun WIT 2/08
5.82i 2)Berlin 2/10 1. Duplantis
5.64i 10)Liévin WIT 2/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Stecchi; 3t. Wooten; 3t. Marschall; 5. Nilsen;
6. Koppelaar; 7. Vloon; 8. Broeders; 9. Lavillenie
5.65 1)Phnom Penh 5/08
5.72 =3)Bydgoszcz CT 6/06 1. Nilsen; 2. Lisek
6.00 1)Bergen 6/10
5.81 3)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Nilsen
5.90 3)Ostrava CT 6/27 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall
5.82 2)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Duplantis
5.72 2)Sotteville-lès-Rouen 7/07 1. Marschall
5.91 1)Asian Ch 7/16
5.82 2)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen
6.00 2)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis
(5.75q)
5.60 10)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Collet; 5. Marschall;
6t. Nilsen; 6t. Sasma; 8. Broeders; 9. McWhorter
5.92 1)Berlin 9/03
5.92 1)Aachen 9/06
5.92 3)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks
5.82 2)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis
5.90 1)Asian G 9/30
3. CHRIS NILSEN (US) (1/13/98, 6-5/205) (1.96/93)
5.71i 1)Vermillion 2/04
5.72i 2)Mondeville 2/08 1. Wooten
5.82i 1)Metz 2/11
5.82i 5)Liévin WIT 2/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Stecchi; 3t. Wooten; 3t. Marschall
5.92i 2)Rouen 3/11 1. Kendricks
5.80 1)Vermillion 5/05
5.71 3)Los Angeles CT 5/27 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks
5.82 2)Chorzów 6/04 1. Lisek
5.92 1)Bydgoszcz CT 6/06
5.91 2)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Duplantis
5.91 1)USATF 7/08
5.81 3)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks
5.92 1)Monaco DL 7/21
5.82 2)Murphey Cl 8/05 1. Kendricks
5.95 =3)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena
(5.75q)
5.75 =6)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Collet; 5. Marschall
5.72 4)Berlin 9/03 1. Obiena; 2. Guttormsen; 3. Lightfoot
5.82 4)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena
5.72 5)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Kendricks; 4. Marschall
4. SAM KENDRICKS (US) (9/7/92, 6-2¼/174) (1.89/79)
5.82i 1)Cottbus 1/25
5.70i 3)Düsseldorf 1/29 1. Lightfoot; 2. Lillefosse
5.67i =6)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Obiena; 4. Marschall; 5. Lillefosse
5.70i 2)Łódź 2/04 1. Obiena
5.72i 5)Mondeville 2/08 1. Wooten; 2. Nilsen; 3t. Fritsch; 3t. Ludwig
5.82i 1)Metz 2/11
5.91i(A) 1)USATF Ind 2/18
5.92i 1)Rouen 3/11
5.71 3)Atlanta City G 5/06 1. Miller; 2. Wooten
5.91 2)Los Angeles CT 5/27 1. Duplantis
5.72 3)Chorzów 6/04 1. Lisek; 2. Nilsen
5.72 =3)Bydgoszcz CT 6/06 1. Nilsen; 2. Lisek
5.88 3)Bergen 6/10 1. Obiena; 2. Lightfoot
5.71 4)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Nilsen; 3. Obiena
5.65 2)Dessau-Roßlau 6/17 1. Lightfoot
5.81 =4)USATF 7/08 1. Nilsen; 2. McWhorter; 3. Bradford
5.91 2)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Duplantis
5.72 =4)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena; 3. Marschall
5.82 1)Murphey Cl 8/05
5.95 2)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis
5.52 9)Berlin 9/03 1. Obiena; 2. Guttormsen; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Nilsen; 5. Sasma;
6. Karalis; 7. Vloon; 8. Stecchi
5.87 2)Aachen 9/06 1. Obiena
5.92 2)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis
5.72 3)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena
5. KC LIGHTFOOT (US) (11/11/99, 6-2/165) (1.88/75)
5.71i(A) 4)PV Summit 1/13 1. Collet; 2. Wooten; 3. Guttormsen
5.82i 1)Maryville 1/21
5.83i 1)Karlsruhe WIT 1/27
5.76i 1)Düsseldorf 1/29
5.91i 2)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis
nh –)Łódź 2/04 1. Obiena; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lisek; 4. Stecchi; 5. Sobera;
6. Karalis…
5.86i(A) 3)USATF Ind 2/18 1. Kendricks; 2. Wooten
5.71 =5)Los Angeles CT 5/27 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Nilsen; 4. Guttormsen
6.07 1)Music City 6/02
6.00 2)Bergen 6/10 1. Obiena
5.90 1)Turku CT 6/13
5.75 1)Dessau-Roßlau 6/17
5.81 =4)USATF 7/08 1. Nilsen; 2. McWhorter; 3. Bradford
5.62 3)Murphey Cl 8/05 1. Kendricks; 2. Nilsen
5.85 3)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks
5.82 3)Berlin 9/03 1. Obiena; 2. Guttormsen
5.82 5)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena; 4. Nilsen
5.52 7)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Kendricks; 4. Marschall; 5. Nilsen;
6. Broeders
6. KURTIS MARSCHALL (Australia) (4/25/97, 6-2/172) (1.88/78)
5.60 1)Perth 1/20
5.83i 2)Karlsruhe WIT 1/27 1. Lightfoot
5.82i 4)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Obiena
5.82i 3)Berlin 2/10 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena
5.82i =3)Liévin WIT 2/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Stecchi
5.91i 2)Clermont-Ferrand 2/25 1. Duplantis
5.70 1)Perth 3/10
5.85 1)Brisbane 3/25
5.80 1)Aus Ch 4/02
(4.90q)
5.81 2)Hengelo 6/04 1. Duplantis
5.71 2)Turku CT 6/13 1. Lightfoot
5.90 2)Ostrava CT 6/27 1. Duplantis
5.62 5)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Lillefosse; 4. Broeders
5.95 1)Sotteville-lès-Rouen 7/07
5.71 =6)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Nilsen; 4. Lisek; 5. Lita Baehre
5.82 3)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena
5.71 4)Jockgrim 8/04 1. Lisek; 2. Karalis; 3. Ludwig
5.95 =3)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena
(5.75q)
5.85 5)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Collet
5.62 10)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena; 4. Nilsen; 5. Lightfoot;
6. McWhorter; 7. Collet; 8. Guttormsen; 9. Broeders
5.72 4)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Kendricks
7. PIOTR LISEK (Poland) (8/16/92, 6-4¼/212) (1.94/96)
5.60i 5)Cottbus 1/25 1. Kendricks; 2. Obiena; 3. Broeders; 4. Ladwig
5.35i 5)Sabadell 1/28
5.70i 3)Łódź 2/04 1. Obiena; 2. Kendricks
5.72i 6)Torun WIT 2/08 1. Obiena; 2. Koppelaar; 3. Broeders; 4. Vloon; 5. Stecchi
5.62i 5)Dortmund 2/12 1. Blech; 2. Lita Baehre; 3. Ludwig; 4. Ladwig
5.62i 1)Pol Ind 2/19
5.72i 2)Osijek 2/22 1. Karalis
5.80i 2)Euro Ind 3/05 1. Guttormsen
(5.65iq)
5.71 1)Duszniki 5/13
5.81 1)Białystok 5/21
5.70 1. Recklinghausen 5/26
5.73 2)Rehlingen 5/28 1. Lita Baehre
5.82 1)Chorzów 6/04
5.82 2)Bydgoszcz CT 6/06 1. Nilsen
5.76 =4)Bergen 6/10 1. Obiena; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Kendricks
5.46 3)Turku CT 6/13 1. Lightfoot; 2. Marschall
5.80 1)Poznań 6/18
5.80 4)Euro Teams 6/23 1. Vloon; 2. Karalis; 3. Collet
5.70 4)Ostrava CT 6/27 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Obiena
5.71 4)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Nilsen
5.46 2)Pol Ch 7/28 1. Sobera
5.82 1)Jockgrim 8/04
5.87 1)St. Wendel 8/09
5.65 1)Międzyzdroje 8/17
5.75 =9)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3t. Nilsen; 3t. Marschall; 5. Collet;
6. Huang; 7. Broeders; 8. McWhorter
(5.75q)
5.70 1)Dessau-Roßlau 9/01
5.70 =2)Szczecin 9/06 1. Karalis
5.75 2)Wesel 9/10 1. Ludwig
8. THIBAUT COLLET (France) (6/17/99, 5-9¾/165) (1.77/75)
5.81i(A) 1)PV Summit 1/13
5.55i 6)Roubaix 1/28 1. Obiena; 2. Yao; 3. Cormont; 4. Emig; 5. M. Collet
5.67i =6)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Obiena; 4. Marschall; 5. Lillefosse
5.72i 5)Metz 2/11 1. Nilsen; 1. Kendricks; 3. Broeders; 4. Wooten
5.50i 3)Fr Ind 2/19 1. Sene; 2. V. Lavillenie
5.81i 4)Clermont-Ferrand 2/25 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Vloon
5.65i nq)Euro Ind 3/04 1. Guttormsen; 2. Karalis; 2. Lisek; 4. Blech; 5. Cormont;
6. Stecchi; 7. Lillefosse; 8. Broeders; 9. Lita Baehre
5.40 3)Grenoble 5/21 1. Rouana; 2. Sense
5.61 6)Hengelo 6/04 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Vloon; 4. Wooten; 5. Lita Baehre
5.81 1)Montbonnot-St.-Martin 6/07
5.81 1)Olympia 6/18
5.80 3)Euro Teams 6/23 1. Vloon; 2. Karalis
5.60 6)Ostrava CT 6/27 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Obiena; 4. Lisek; 4. Lillefosse
5.72 4)Sotteville-lès-Rouen 7/07 1. Marschall; 2. Obiena; 3. Thiery
5.62 =8)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena; 3. Marschall; 4t. Lita Baehre; 4t. Duplantis;
4t. Kendricks; 7. Lillefosse
5.71 1)Fr Ch 7/30
5.90 5)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3t. Nilsen; 3t. Marschall
(5.75q)
5.85 4)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot
5.82 3)Aachen 9/06 1. Obiena; 2. Kendricks
5.82 7)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena; 4. Nilsen; 5. Lightfoot;
6. McWhorter
9. BEN BROEDERS (Belgium) (6/21/95, 5-10/165) (1.78/75)
5.72i 3)Cottbus 1/25 1. Kendricks; 2. Obiena
5.67i =6)Uppsala 2/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Obiena; 4. Marschall; 5. Lillefosse
5.82i 3)Torun WIT 2/08 1. Obiena; 2. Koppelaar
5.77i 3)Metz 2/11 1. Nilsen; 1. Kendricks
5.64i 8)Liévin WIT 2/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Stecchi; 3t. Wooten; 3t. Marschall; 5. Nilsen;
6. Koppelaar; 7. Vloon
5.80i 1)Gent 2/19
5.71i 6)Clermont-Ferrand 2/25 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Vloon; 4. Collet; 5. Cormont
5.60i 8)Euro Ind 3/05 1. Guttormsen; 2. Karalis; 2. Lisek; 4. Blech; 5. Cormont;
6. Stecchi; 7. Lillefosse
(5.75iq)
5.46 1)Baton Rouge 4/22
5.71 2)Duszniki 5/13 1. Lisek
5.40 5)Recklinghausen 5/26 1. Lisek; 2. Ludwig; 3t. Vloon; 3t. Miller
nh –)Hengelo 6/04 1. Duplantis; 2. Marschall; 3. Vloon; 4. Wooten; 5. Lita Baehre;
6. Collet; 7. Sasma
5.76 4)Bergen 6/10 1. Obiena; 2. Lightfoot; 3. Kendricks
5.71 5)Oslo DL 6/15 1. Duplantis; 2. Nilsen; 3. Obiena; 4. Kendricks
5.61 6)Olympia 6/18 1. Collet; 2. Karalis; 3. Fritsch; 4. Wooten; 5. Stecchi
5.45 10)Euro Teams 6/23 1. Vloon; 2. Karalis; 3. Collet; 4. Lisek; 5. Stecchi;
6t. Ladwig; 6t. Buaro; 8. Lillefosse; 9. Alasaari
5.72 4)Stockholm DL 7/02 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Lillefosse
5.42 1)Liège 7/12
5.42 =10)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena; 3. Marschall; 4t. Lita Baehre; 4t. Duplantis;
4t. Kendricks; 7. Lillefosse; 8t. Collet; 8t. McWhorter
5.70 1)Leuven 8/05
5.75 7)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3t. Nilsen; 3t. Marschall; 5. Collet;
6. Huang
(5.75q)
5.75 8)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Collet; 5. Marschall;
6t. Nilsen; 6t. Sasma
5.72 9)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena; 4. Nilsen; 5. Lightfoot;
6. McWhorter; 7. Collet; 8. Guttormsen
5.65 4)Wesel 9/10 1. Ludwig; 2. Lisek; 3. Miller
5.52 6)Eugene DL 9/17 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3. Kendricks; 4. Marschall; 5. Nilsen
10. ZACH MCWHORTER (US) (1/7/99, 5-10/150) (1.78/68)
5.33i 1)Chapel Hill 1/14
5.30 1)San Marcos 3/31
5.51 =6)Texas R 4/01 1. Slinkman; 1. Ellis; 2. Barkdull; 2. Bradford; 3. Garretson;
4. Rademeyer; 5. Waters
5.46 2)Long Beach 4/13 1. Garretson
5.40 =10)Mt SAC R 4/15 1. Miller; 1. Magula; 2. Slinkman; 2. Fritsch; 3t. Rademeyer;
3t. Winder; 5. Waters; 6. Sampy; 7. Stephenson; 8t. Brown;
8t. Burns
5.53(A) 1)Provo 4/22
5.65 2)Chula Vista 4/30 1. Winder
5.70(A) 1)Provo 5/03
5.72 =1)Chula Vista 5/28 -+!
5.50 1)Busan 6/10
5.60 3)Poznań 6/18 1. Lisek; 2. Vloon
5.71 2)Sopot 6/23 1. Thiery
5.86 2)USATF 7/08 1. Nilsen
5.71 8)Chorzów DL 7/16 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Nilsen; 4. Lisek; 5. Lita Baehre;
6t. Marschall; 6t. Braz
5.62 =8)Monaco DL 7/21 1. Nilsen; 2. Obiena; 3. Marschall; 4t. Lita Baehre; 4t. Duplantis;
4t. Kendricks; 7. Lillefosse
5.75 8)World Ch 8/26 1. Duplantis; 2. Obiena; 3t. Nilsen; 3t. Marschall; 5. Collet;
6. Huang; 7. Broeders
(5.75q)
5.75 9)Zürich DL 8/31 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Lightfoot; 4. Collet; 5. Marschall;
6t. Nilsen; 6t. Sasma; 8. Broeders
5.82 6)Brussels DL 9/08 1. Duplantis; 2. Kendricks; 3. Obiena; 4. Nilsen; 5. Lightfoot

U.S. RANKINGS
1. *Chris Nilsen (Nike) 6. Jacob Wooten (unattached)
1)USATF, =3)World Ch, 5)Eugene DL 2)USATF Indoor, 4)Hengelo, 6)USATF
2. *Sam Kendricks (Nike) 7. Matt Ludwig (unattached)
=4)USATF, 2)Zürich DL, 3)Eugene DL 4)USATF Indoor, 7)USATF, 1)Wesel
3. *KC Lightfoot (Puma) 8. Carson Waters (unattached)
=4)USATF, 3)Zürich DL, 7)Eugene DL 6)USATF Indoor, 5) Mt SAC R, =9)USATF
4. *Zach McWhorter (unattached) 9. Austin Miller (unattached)
2)USATF, 8)World Ch, 6)Brussels DL 7)USATF Indoor, 1)Mt SAC R, 12)USATF
5. Zach Bradford (Texas Tech) 10. Luke Winder (RISE)
=3)NCAA, 3)USATF, nq)World Ch 5)USATF Indoor, 1)Chula Vista, 14)USATF

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