2024 Men’s Shot World Rankings

Ryan Crouser prevailed over arguably the rockiest road to No. 1 he’s traveled in his skein of 5 straight leaderships and 7 overall. (KEVIN MORRIS)

RYAN CROUSER CONTINUES to pound out long throw after long throw. His 11-meet ’24 tally breaks out this way: 75-footers, 2; 74-footers, 5; 73-footers, 3; 72-footers, 1…

STILL, BY HIS lofty standards, it was an off-year, with a best of 75-2¾ (22.93) after breaking the 23-meter barrier the preceding 3 years. And he lost thrice, once to yearly list leader Joe Kovacs and twice to Leonardo Fabbri… Despite his poor Olympics, the Italian parlayed his pair of wins over Crouser and a 5–2 record against Kovacs into the runner-up position…

IN AN ALL-TIME SENSE it was a big year for Crouser in the event-scoring department as he claimed leadership No. 7, tieing him with Udo Beyer & Parry O’Brien at the top of that category.

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1. RYAN CROUSER (US) (12/18/92, 6-7/298) (2.01/135)
22.80 | 74-9¾i 1)USATF Ind 2/17
22.77 | 74-8½i 1)World Ind 3/01
22.84 | 74-11¼ 1)Olympic Trials 6/22
(21.44q)
22.37 | 73-4¾ 2)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri
22.90 | 75-1¾ 1)Olympic Games 8/03
(21.49q)
22.12 | 72-7 2)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs
22.49 | 73-9½ 1)Rome DL 8/30
22.66 | 74-4¼ 1)Zürich DL 9/05
22.93 | 75-2¾ 1)Zagreb CT 9/07
22.25 | 73-0 1)Bellinzona 9/09
22.79 | 74-9¼ 2)Brussels DL 9/14 1. Fabbri
2. LEONARDO FABBRI (Italy) (4/15/97, 6-6¾/265) (2.00/120)
21.26 | 69-9i 1)Łódź 1/27
21.67 | 71-1¼i 2)Nordhausen 1/28 1. Weir
21.06 | 69-1¼i 2)Rochlitz 2/04 1. Weir
22.37 | 73-4¾i 1)Liévin WIT 2/10
21.07 | 69-1½i 2)Ita Ind 2/18 1. Weir
21.68 | 71-1½i 3)Madrid WIT 2/23 1. Campbell; 2. Walsh
21.96 | 72-¾i 3)World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh
22.88 | 75-¾ 1)Modena 5/01
22.95 | 75-3½ 1)Savona 5/15
22.59 | 74-1½ 1)Lucca 5/19
22.91 | 75-2 1)Asti 5/23
22.40 | 73-6 1)Ostrava CT 5/28
22.45 | 73-8 1)Euro Ch 6/08
(21.10q)
22.38 | 73-5¼ 1)Bydgoszcz 6/20
22.11 | 72-6½ 1)Ita Ch 6/30
22.90 | 75-1¾ 1)Pergine Valsugana 7/06
22.43 | 73-7¼ 1)Gyulai Mem 7/09
22.52 | 73-10¾ 1)London DL 7/20
21.70 | 71-2½ 5)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl
(21.76q)
22.03 | 72-3½ 3)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser
21.70 | 71-2½ 2)Rome DL 8/30 1. Crouser
21.86 | 71-8¾ 2)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser
22.24 | 72-11¾ 4)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell
21.36 | 70-1 3)Bellinzona 9/09 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl
22.98 | 75-4¾ 1)Brussels DL 9/14
3. JOE KOVACS (US) (6/28/89, 5-11¼/291) (1.81/132)
22.01 | 72-2½ 1)Alumni Open 4/27
22.93 | 75-2¾ 1)USATF LA 5/18
23.13 | 75-10¾ 1)Eugene DL 5/25
22.43 | 73-7¼ 2)Olympic Trials 6/22 1. Crouser
(22.13q)
22.03 | 72-3½ 4)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Otterdahl
22.15 | 72-8 2)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser
(21.24q)
22.14 | 72-7¾ 1)Chorzów DL 8/25
21.62 | 70-11¼ 4)Rome DL 8/30 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl
20.90 | 68-7 4)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl
21.07 | 69-1½ 5)Bellinzona 9/09 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Fabbri; 4. Ponzio
nm )Brussels DL 9/14 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Enekwechi
4. PAYTON OTTERDAHL (US) (4/2/96, 6-4/293) (1.93/133)
22.59 | 74-1½i 1)Drake R 4/24
22.14 | 72-7¾ 1)Drake R Inv 4/27
22.41 | 73-6¼ 1)USATF Throws 5/04
22.16 | 72-8½ 2)Eugene DL 5/25 1. Kovacs
22.38 | 73-5¼ 1)Rathdrum 6/01
22.26 | 73-½ 3)Olympic Trials 6/22 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs
(21.70q)
21.95 | 72-¼ 1)Lucerne 7/16
22.13 | 72-7¼ 3)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser
22.03 | 72-3½ 4)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Campbell
(21.52q)
20.95 | 68-8¾ 4)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri
21.63 | 70-11¾ 3)Rome DL 8/30 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri
21.38 | 70-1¾ 3)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri
22.46 | 73-8¼ 2)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser
21.61 | 70-10¾ 2)Bellinzona 9/09 1. Crouser
21.48 | 70-5¾ 4)Brussels DL 9/14 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Campbell
5. RAJINDRA CAMPBELL (Jamaica) (2/29/96, 6-0/225) (1.83/102)
21.13 | 69-4i 3)Łódź 1/27 1. Fabbri; 2. Enekwechi
20.76 | 68-1½i 6)Ostrava WiT 1/30 1. Steen; 2. Stanek; 3. Walsh; 4. Enekwechi; 5. Mihaljevic
20.81 | 68-3¼i 2)Miramas 2/02 1. Lincoln
22.16 | 72-8½i 1)Madrid WIT 2/23
3 | 9-10¼f )World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Weir; 5. Gill;
6. Enekwechi; 7. Romani; 8. F. Mihaljevic; 9. Pezer; 10. Lincoln;
11. Stanek; 12. Bertemes; 13. Steen; 14. Hassan; 15. Munoz
21.85 | 71-8¼i 2)Drake R 4/24 1. Otterdahl
21.56 | 70-9 3)Drake R Inv 4/27 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen
21.69 | 71-2 2)USATF Throws 5/04 1. Otterdahl
21.07 | 69-1½ 6)USATF LA 5/18 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Awotunde; 5. Piperi
20.68 | 67-10¼ 7)Eugene DL 5/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Awotunde; 5. Walsh;
6. Steen
21.13 | 69-4 1)Kingston 6/08
21.54 | 70-8 1)Jerome Cl 6/15
21.22 | 69-7½ 2)Bydgoszcz 6/20 1. Fabbri
20.01 | 65-7¾ 1)Jam Ch 6/30
21.20 | 69-6¾ 5)Gyulai Mem 7/09 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Walsh
21.12 | 69-3½ 2)Schifflange 7/21 1. Bertemes
22.15 | 72-8 3)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs
(21.05q)
21.64 | 71-0 1)Thum 8/16
21.13 | 69-4 1)Borås 8/21
20.78 | 68-2¼ 8)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Thomsen; 7. Gill
21.52 | 70-7¼ 5)Rome DL 8/30 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs
21.11 | 69-3¼ 3)Rovereto 9/03 1. Steen; 2. Ponzio
20.19 | 66-3 8)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Lincoln;
6. Enekwechi; 7. Steen
22.31 | 73-2½ 3)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl
20.80 | 68-3 6)Bellinzona 9/09 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Fabbri; 4. Ponzio; 5. Kovacs
21.95 | 72-¼ 3)Brussels DL 9/14 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser
6. CHUK ENEKWECHI (Nigeria) (1/28/93, 5-11¼/256) (1.81/116)
20.63 | 67-8¼i 1)Wieczorek Inv 1/19
21.14 | 69-4¼i 2)Łódź 1/27 1. Fabbri
21.08 | 69-2i 4)Ostrava WiT 1/30 1. Steen; 2. Stanek; 3. Walsh
20.74 | 68-½i 3)Miramas 2/02 1. Lincoln; 2. Campbell
21.63 | 70-11¾i 2)Nehvizdy 2/20 1. Walsh
21.54 | 70-8i 4)Madrid WIT 2/23 1. Campbell; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri
21.60 | 70-10½i 6)World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Weir; 5. Gill
21.06 | 69-1¼ 1)African G 3/19
20.85 | 68-5 1)Musco Twi 4/20
21.54 | 70-8i 3)Drake R 4/24 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell
21.43 | 70-3¾ 5)Drake R Inv 4/27 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen; 3. Campbell; 4. Geist
20.97 | 68-9¾ 5)USATF Throws 5/04 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Munoz; 4. Geist
21.78 | 71-5½ 3)USATF LA 5/18 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen
21.91 | 71-10¾ 3)Eugene DL 5/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl
21.34 | 70-¼ 3)Ostrava CT 5/28 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist
21.41 | 70-3 1)Białystok 6/02
21.53 | 70-7¾ 1)Prague 6/03
21.37 | 70-1½ 1)Ngr Ch 6/16
21.22 | 69-7½ 1)Afr Ch 6/21
21.59 | 70-10 3)Gyulai Mem 7/09 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist
21.52 | 70-7¼ 2)Dublin 7/12 1. Geist
21.42 | 70-3½ 6)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Fabbri
(21.13q)
20.93 | 68-8 5)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri; 4. Otterdahl
21.00 | 68-10¾ 6)Rome DL 8/30 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Campbell
20.95 | 68-8¾ 4)Rovereto 9/03 1. Steen; 2. Ponzio; 3. Campbell
20.52 | 67-4 6)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Lincoln
21.27 | 69-9½ 6)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell; 4. Fabbri; 5. Steen
20.56 | 67-5½ 7)Bellinzona 9/09 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Fabbri; 4. Ponzio; 5. Kovacs;
6. Campbell
21.29 | 69-10¼ 5)Brussels DL 9/14 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl
7. TOM WALSH (New Zealand) (3/1/92, 6-1¼/271) (1.86/123)
21.17 | 69-5½i 3)Ostrava WiT 1/30 1. Steen; 2. Stanek
22.16 | 72-8½i 2)Liévin WIT 2/10 1. Fabbri
21.91 | 71-10¾i 1)Belgrade 2/13
21.96 | 72-¾i 1)Nehvizdy 2/20
22.03 | 72-3½i 2)Madrid WIT 2/23 1. Campbell
22.07 | 72-5i 2)World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser
21.51 | 70-7 2)Wellington 3/16 1. Gill
21.02 | 68-11¾ 7)USATF LA 5/18 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Awotunde; 5. Piperi;
6. Campbell
21.33 | 69-11¾ 5)Eugene DL 5/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Awotunde
21.17 | 69-5½ 5)Ostrava CT 5/28 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Lincoln
21.33 | 69-11¾ 4)Gyulai Mem 7/09 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist; 3. Enekwechi
21.34 | 70-¼ 3)Lucerne 7/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Geist
21.06 | 69-1¼ 6)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Gill
3 | 9-10¼f )Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Fabbri;
6. Enekwechi; 7. Gill; 8. Munoz; 9. Thomsen; 10. Stanek;
11. Weir
(21.48q)
8. JORDAN GEIST (US) (7/21/98, 6-½/276) (1.84/125)
20.50() | 67-3¼iA 3)USATF Ind 2/17 1. Crouser; 2. Steen
21.47 | 70-5¼ 4)Drake R Inv 4/27 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen; 3. Campbell
21.23 | 69-8 4)USATF Throws 5/04 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Munoz
21.72 | 71-3¼ 1)Halle 5/25
22.09 | 72-5¾ 2)Ostrava CT 5/28 1. Fabbri
21.79 | 71-6 4)Olympic Trials 6/22 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Otterdahl
(21.24q)
21.72 | 71-3¼ 2)Gyulai Mem 7/09 1. Fabbri
22.25 | 73-0 1)Dublin 7/12
21.60 | 70-10½ 2)Lucerne 7/16 1. Otterdahl
20.45 | 67-1¼ 10)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Thomsen; 7. Gill; 8. Campbell; 9. Steen
20.93 | 68-8 3)Szczecin 8/28 1. Ponzio; 2. Steen
20.88 | 68-6 5)Rovereto 9/03 1. Steen; 2. Ponzio; 3. Campbell; 4. Enekwechi
21.18 | 69-6 7)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell; 4. Fabbri; 5. Steen;
6. Enekwechi
9. JACKO GILL (New Zealand) (12/20/94, 6-2¾/276) (1.90/125)
21.69 | 71-2i 5)World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Weir
21.57 | 70-9¼ 1)Wellington 3/16
21.11 | 69-3¼ 5)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs
21.15 | 69-4¾ 7)Olympic Games 8/03 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Campbell; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Fabbri;
6. Enekwechi
(21.35q)
20.90 | 68-7 1)Soleuvre 8/15
20.89 | 68-6½ 7)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Thomsen
10. ROGER STEEN (US) (5/17/92, 6-¾/260) (1.85/118)
20.58 | 67-6¼i 2)Astana WIT 1/27 1. Lincoln
21.38 | 70-1¾i 1)Ostrava WiT 1/30
21.47() | 70-5¼iA 2)USATF Ind 2/17 1. Crouser
21.06 | 69-1¼i 6)Madrid WIT 2/23 1. Campbell; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Enekwechi; 5. Weir
19.97 | 65-6¼i 13)World Ind 3/01 1. Crouser; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Weir; 5. Gill;
6. Enekwechi; 7. Romani; 8. F. Mihaljevic; 9. Pezer; 10. Lincoln;
11. Stanek; 12. Bertemes
21.69 | 71-2 2)Drake R Inv 4/27 1. Otterdahl
20.79 | 68-2½ 6)USATF Throws 5/04 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Munoz; 4. Geist; 5. Enekwechi
21.78 | 71-5½ 2)USATF LA 5/18 1. Kovacs
20.78 | 68-2¼ 6)Eugene DL 5/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Awotunde; 5. Walsh
20.77 | 68-1¾ 1)Iron Wood I 5/30
21.43 | 70-3¾ 2)Iron Wood II 6/01 1. Otterdahl
21.51 | 70-7 6)Olympic Trials 6/22 1. Crouser; 2. Kovacs; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Geist; 5. Awotunde
(21.00q)
20.69 | 67-10¾ 7)Gyulai Mem 7/09 1. Fabbri; 2. Geist; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Walsh; 5. Campbell;
6. Stanek
20.48 | 67-2¼ 3)Lignano 7/14 1. Weir; 2. Lincoln
20.64 | 67-8¾ 4)Lucerne 7/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Geist; 3. Walsh
20.15 | 66-1½ 8)London DL 7/20 1. Fabbri; 2. Crouser; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Gill;
6. Walsh; 7. Lincoln
20.98 | 68-10 3)Schifflange 7/21 1. Bertemes; 2. Campbell
20.47 | 67-2 9)Chorzów DL 8/25 1. Kovacs; 2. Crouser; 3. Fabbri; 4. Otterdahl; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Thomsen; 7. Gill; 8. Campbell
21.31 | 69-11 2)Szczecin 8/28 1. Ponzio
21.24 | 69-8¼ 1)Białystok 8/31
21.08 | 69-2 1)Olsztyn 9/01
21.81 | 71-6¾ 1)Rovereto 9/03
20.44 | 67-¾ 7)Zürich DL 9/05 1. Crouser; 2. Fabbri; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Kovacs; 5. Lincoln;
6. Enekwechi
21.40 | 70-2½ 5)Zagreb CT 9/07 1. Crouser; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell; 4. Fabbri

US RANKINGS
1. *Ryan Crouser (Nike) 6. John Awotunde (Shore Athletic Club)
1)World Indoor, 1)Olympic Trials, 1)Olympic Games 4)USATF LA, 4)Eugene DL, 5)Olympic Trials
2. *Joe Kovacs (Nike) 7. Tripp Piperi (unattached)
1)Eugene DL, 2)Olympic Trials, 2)Olympic Games 4)USATF Indoor, 5)USATF LA, 7)Olympic Trials
3. *Payton Otterdahl (Iron Wood TC) 8. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Mississippi)
3)Olympic Trials, 4)Olympic Games, 4)Brussels DL 1)NCAA Indoor, 1)NCAA, 8)Olympic Trials
4. *Jordan Geist (Iron Wood TC) 9. T’Mond Johnson (Garage Strength)
3)USATF Indoor, 4)Olympic Trials, 1)Dublin 8)USATF Indoor, 1)Throws U V, 9)Olympic Trials
5. *Roger Steen (Velaasa) 10. Nik Curtiss (Garage Strength)
2)USATF Indoor, 2)Drake R, 6)Olympic Trials 5)USATF Indoor, 1)Throws U IV, 12)Olympic Trials

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