2025 Men’s Shot World Rankings

A World Ranker in 10 of the last 11 seasons, Joe Kovacs returned to the No. 1 spot he earned in ’15. (VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN)

RYAN CROUSER PROVED that he’s still the best shot putter on the planet. He also rated only No. 9 on the year. How to explain that dichotomy? Hampered by a bad elbow all year, he was held to just a single competition. But that was a big one as he trounced the rest of the WC shot field in winning his third gold…

BEHIND CROUSER there was little adherence to form, with silver medalist Uziel Muñoz not winning a competition outside of Mexico and not rating at all. Bronze medalist/yearly list leader Leonardo Fabbri scored too many losses (1–5 against Joe Kovacs, 2–5 against Payton Otterdahl, 4–6 against Tom Walsh) to rate better than No. 4…

NO. 1 KOVACS DIDN’T MAKE the U.S. team, finishing only 4th at a brutal USATF despite reaching 72-5 (22.07). The team didn’t have a great Tokyo. Tripp Piperi finished 6th, Josh Awotunde 7th and Otterdahl went out in the Q. With a pair of DL wins, plus a Final 2nd, Otterdahl had an overall season good enough to earn him No. 2.

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1. JOE KOVACS (US) (6/28/89, 5-11¼/291) (1.81/132)
20.79 | 68-2½ 4)Halle 5/23 1. Campbell; 2. Thomsen; 3. Lincoln
21.52 | 70-7¼ 3)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell
21.59 | 70-10 4)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell
21.13 | 69-4 1)Jõhvi 6/21
22.48 | 73-9 1)Eugene DL 7/05
22.07 | 72-5 4)USATF 8/03 1. Awotunde; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Piperi
22.33 | 73-3¼ 1)Budapest WT 8/12
21.82 | 71-7¼ 3)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri
22.04 | 72-3¾ 1)Lausanne DL 8/20
22.46 | 73-8¼ 1)Zürich DL 8/27
2. PAYTON OTTERDAHL (US) (4/2/96, 6-4/293) (1.93/133)
21.39 | 70-2¼ 3)Drake R 4/26 1. Steen; 2. Piperi
21.71 | 71-2¾ 1)Zagreb WT 5/22
21.97 | 72-1 1)Rabat DL 5/25
21.59 | 70-10 1)Bydgoszcz 5/30
20.70 | 67-11 6)Rovereto 6/02 1. Weir; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Geist; 5. Lincoln
21.56 | 70-9 6)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell; 4. Kovacs; 5. Piperi
22.09 | 72-5¾ 1)Iron Wood II 6/28
21.92 | 71-11 6)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi; 5. Campbell
22.35 | 73-4 2)USATF 8/03 1. Awotunde
21.05 | 69-¾ 6)Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs; 2. Walsh; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Petersson; 5. Steen
22.28 | 73-1¼ 1)Chorzów DL 8/16
21.24 | 69-8¼ 6)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi; 4. Walsh; 5. Steen
22.07 | 72-5 2)Zürich DL 8/27 1. Kovacs
19.78 | 64-10¾ nq)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz; 3. Fabbri; 4. Walsh; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Piperi; 7. Awotunde; 8. Lincoln; 9. Bukowiecki; 10. Thomsen;
11. Petersson; 12. Stanek
3. TOM WALSH (New Zealand) (3/1/92, 6-1¼/271) (1.86/123)
20.86 | 68-5¼ 2)Auckland 2/09 1. Gill
21.10 | 69-2¾ 1)Christchurch 2/22
21.24 | 69-8¼ 1)NZ Ch 3/08
21.65 | 71-½i 1)World Indoor 3/23
21.71 | 71-2¾ 2)Zagreb WT 5/22 1. Otterdahl
21.41 | 70-3 6)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs; 4. Piperi; 5. Geist
21.13 | 69-4 5)Bydgoszcz 5/30 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi
21.89 | 71-10 1)Rome DL 6/06
21.50 | 70-6½ 8)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi; 5. Campbell;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Fabbri
21.52 | 70-7¼ 2)Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs
21.72 | 71-3¼ 4)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs
21.47 | 70-5¼ 4)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi
21.55 | 70-8½ 5)Zürich DL 8/27 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell; 4. Piperi
21.94 | 71-11¾ 4)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz; 3. Fabbri
(21.74q)
4. LEONARDO FABBRI (Italy) (4/15/97) (6-6, 243) (1.98/110)
20.65 | 67-9i 5)Ostrava WT 2/04 1. Weir; 2. Toader; 3. Steen; 4. Stanek
20.71 | 67-11½i 4)Łódź 2/08 1. Bukowiecki; 2. Enekwechi; 3. Steen
21.95 | 72-¼i 1)Liévin WT 2/13
21.62 | 70-11¼i 1)Toruń WT 2/16
21.45 | 70-4½i 1)Nehvizdy 2/19
21.85 | 71-8¼i 1)Ita Ind 2/23
19.72 | 64-8½i nq)Euro Ind 3/09 1. Toader; 2. Petersson; 3. Stanek; 4. Lincoln; 5. Sinancevic;
6. Ponzio; 7. Levchenko; 8. Weir
21.36 | 70-1i 4)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh; 2. Steen; 3. Piperi
20.64 | 67-8¾ 2)Gaborone WT 4/12 1. Weir
20.79 | 68-2½ 1)Neustädt 5/18
21.21 | 69-7 1)Savona 5/21
21.63 | 70-11¾ 3)Zagreb WT 5/22 1. Otterdahl; 2. Walsh
21.03 | 69-0 8)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs; 4. Piperi; 5. Geist;
6. Walsh; 7. Enekwechi
21.35 | 70-½ 7)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell; 4. Kovacs; 5. Piperi;
6. Otterdahl
22.31 | 73-2½ 1)Lucca 6/08
21.22 | 69-7½ 1)Brescia 6/15
21.70 | 71-2½ 1)Ostrava WT 6/24
21.68 | 71-1½ 1)Euro Teams 6/29
21.71 | 71-2¾ 7)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi; 5. Campbell;
6. Otterdahl
22.13 | 72-7¼ 1)Lignano 7/13
21.62 | 70-11¼ 1)Lucerne 7/15
21.99 | 72-1¾ 1)Madrid 7/19
22.08 | 72-5¼ 1)Florence 7/23
22.82 | 74-10½ 1)Ita Ch 8/03
18.43 | 60-5¾ 5)Sollentuna 8/10 1. Petersson; 2. Ponzio; 3. Lincoln; 4. Arbinge
3 | 9-10¼f )Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs; 2. Walsh; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Petersson; 5. Steen;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Campbell; 8. Lincoln
22.10 | 72-6¼ 2)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl
21.77 | 71-5¼ 2)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs
21.47 | 70-5¼ 6)Zürich DL 8/27 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell; 4. Piperi; 5. Walsh
21.94 | 71-11¾ 3)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz
(20.95q)
5. TRIPP PIPERI (US) (1/20/99, 6-2/287) (1.88/130)
20.68 | 67-10¼i 1)Seattle 2/01
3 | 9-10¼f )Liévin WT 2/13 1. Fabbri; 2. Weir; 3. Stanek; 4. Enekwechi; 5. Bukowiecki;
6. Ponzio; 7. Elemba
21.50 | 70-6½i 1)USATF Ind 2/23
21.48 | 70-5¾i 3)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh; 2. Steen
21.52 | 70-7¼ 2)Drake R 4/26 1. Steen
21.47 | 70-5¼ 4)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs
21.23 | 69-8 4)Bydgoszcz 5/30 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi
20.80 | 68-3 1)Bergen 6/03
21.58 | 70-9¾ 5)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell; 4. Kovacs
21.96 | 72-¾ 2)Lucca 6/08 1. Fabbri
22.09 | 72-5¾ 4)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi
21.88 | 71-9½ 1)Murphey Cl 7/12
22.29 | 73-1¾ 3)USATF 8/03 1. Awotunde; 2. Otterdahl
21.69 | 71-2 5)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs; 4. Walsh
21.49 | 70-6¼ 3)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri
21.84 | 71-8 4)Zürich DL 8/27 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Campbell
21.50 | 70-6½ 6)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz; 3. Fabbri; 4. Walsh; 5. Enekwechi
(21.47q)
6. ROGER STEEN (US) (5/17/92, 6-¾/260) (1.85/118)
20.02 | 65-8¼i 2)Nordhausen 1/25 1. Chen; 1. Weir
20.94 | 68-8½i 1)Belgrade WT 1/29
20.78 | 68-2¼i 1)Rochlitz 2/02
21.09 | 69-2½i 3)Ostrava WT 2/04 1. Weir; 2. Toader
20.82 | 68-3¾i 3)Łódź 2/08 1. Bukowiecki; 2. Enekwechi
21.94 | 71-11¾i 1)Mennomenie 2/14
21.28 | 69-9¾i 2)USATF Ind 2/23 1. Piperi
21.62 | 70-11¼i 2)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh
21.62 | 70-11¼ 1)Drake R 4/26
21.36 | 70-1 5)Zagreb WT 5/22 1. Otterdahl; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri; 4. Enekwechi
20.83 | 68-4¼ 9)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs; 4. Piperi; 5. Geist;
6. Walsh; 7. Enekwechi; 8. Fabbri
21.39 | 70-2¼ 2)Bydgoszcz 5/30 1. Otterdahl
21.77 | 71-5¼ 2)Rovereto 6/02 1. Weir
20.30 | 66-7¼ 10)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell; 4. Kovacs; 5. Piperi;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Fabbri; 8. Enekwechi; 9. Toader
21.68 | 71-1½ 2)Iron Wood II 6/28 1. Otterdahl
22.11 | 72-6½ 2)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs
21.66 | 71-¾ 3)Murphey Cl 7/12 1. Piperi; 2. Enekwechi
21.61 | 70-10¾ 5)USATF 8/03 1. Awotunde; 2. Otterdahl; 3. Piperi; 4. Kovacs
21.11 | 69-3¼ 2)Białystok 8/09 1. Bukowiecki
21.09 | 69-2½ 5)Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs; 2. Walsh; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Petersson
20.82 | 68-3¾ 8)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs; 4. Walsh; 5. Piperi;
6. Campbell; 7. Enekwechi
21.28 | 69-9¾ 5)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi; 4. Walsh
7. CHUK ENEKWECHI (Nigeria) (1/28/93, 5-11¼/256) (1.81/116)
(1/28/93, 5-11¼/256) (1.81/116)
20.88 | 68-6i 2)Łódź 2/08 1. Bukowiecki
20.75 | 68-1i 4)Liévin WT 2/13 1. Fabbri; 2. Weir; 3. Stanek
21.13 | 69-4i 3)Toruń WT 2/16 1. Fabbri; 2. Weir
20.65 | 67-9i 6)Nehvizdy 2/19 1. Fabbri; 2. Weir; 3. Stanek; 4. Toader; 5. Ponzio
21.25 | 69-8¾i 5)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh; 2. Steen; 3. Piperi; 4. Fabbri
20.37 | 66-10 7)Drake R 4/26 1. Steen; 2. Piperi; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Awotunde; 5. Geist;
6. Campbell
21.58 | 70-9¾ 4)Zagreb WT 5/22 1. Otterdahl; 2. Walsh; 3. Fabbri
21.38 | 70-1¾ 7)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs; 4. Piperi; 5. Geist;
6. Walsh
21.27 | 69-9½ 3)Bydgoszcz 5/30 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen
21.62 | 70-11¼ 3)Rovereto 6/02 1. Weir; 2. Steen
21.31 | 69-11 8)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir; 3. Campbell; 4. Kovacs; 5. Piperi;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Fabbri
22.10 | 72-6¼ 3)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen
21.67 | 71-1¼ 2)Murphey Cl 7/12 1. Piperi
21.15 | 69-4¾ 3)Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs; 2. Walsh
21.56 | 70-9 7)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs; 4. Walsh; 5. Piperi;
6. Campbell
21.19 | 69-6¼ 7)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi; 4. Walsh; 5. Steen;
6. Otterdahl
21.52 | 70-7¼ 5)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz; 3. Fabbri; 4. Walsh
(20.83q)
8. RAJINDRA CAMPBELL (Jamaica) (2/29/96, 6-0/225) (1.83/102)
20.45 | 67-1¼i 2)Razorback Inv 2/01 1. Robinson-O’Hagan
3 | 9-10¼f )Liévin WT 2/13 1. Fabbri; 2. Weir; 3. Stanek; 4. Enekwechi; 5. Bukowiecki;
6. Ponzio; 7. Elemba
20.45 | 67-1¼i 9)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh; 2. Steen; 3. Piperi; 4. Fabbri; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Petersson; 7. Toader; 8. Weir
20.84 | 68-4½ 6)Drake R 4/26 1. Steen; 2. Piperi; 3. Otterdahl; 4. Awotunde; 5. Geist
21.40 | 70-2½ 1)Halle 5/23
21.95 | 72-¼ 2)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl
20.72 | 67-11¾ 8)Bydgoszcz 5/30 1. Otterdahl; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi; 5. Walsh;
6. Geist; 7. Bukowiecki
20.64 | 67-8¾ 3)Bergen 6/03 1. Piperi; 2. Thomsen
21.64 | 71-0 3)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh; 2. Weir
21.03 | 69-0 4)Lucca 6/08 1. Fabbri; 2. Piperi; 3. Weir
22.04 | 72-3¾ 5)Eugene DL 7/05 1. Kovacs; 2. Steen; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Piperi
21.59 | 70-10 4)Murphey Cl 7/12 1. Piperi; 2. Enekwechi; 3. Steen
20.85 | 68-5 7)Budapest WT 8/12 1. Kovacs; 2. Walsh; 3. Enekwechi; 4. Petersson; 5. Steen;
6. Otterdahl
21.58 | 70-9¾ 6)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs; 4. Walsh; 5. Piperi
21.00 | 68-10¾ 8)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi; 4. Walsh; 5. Steen;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Enekwechi
21.87 | 71-9 3)Zürich DL 8/27 1. Kovacs; 2. Otterdahl
9. RYAN CROUSER (US) (12/18/92, 6-7/298) (2.01/135)
22.34 | 73-3½ 1)World Ch 9/13
(21.37q)
10. ZANE WEIR (Italy) (9/7/95, 6-¾/236) (1.85/107)
20.53 | 67-4¼i 1)Nordhausen 1/25
20.28 | 66-6½i 2)Rochlitz 2/02 1. Steen
21.39 | 70-2¼i 1)Ostrava WT 2/04
21.72 | 71-3¼i 2)Liévin WT 2/13 1. Fabbri
21.13 | 69-4i 2)Toruń WT 2/16 1. Fabbri
21.19 | 69-6¼i 2)Nehvizdy 2/19 -+!
21.76 | 71-4¾i 2)Ita Ind 2/23 1. Fabbri
19.57 | 64-2½i 8)Euro Ind 3/09 1. Toader; 2. Petersson; 3. Stanek; 4. Lincoln; 5. Sinancevic;
6. Ponzio; 7. Levchenko
(20.91iq)
20.63 | 67-8¼i 8)World Indoor 3/23 1. Walsh; 2. Steen; 3. Piperi; 4. Fabbri; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Petersson; 7. Toader
20.83 | 68-4¼ 1)Gaborone WT 4/12
20.76 | 68-1½ 2)Savona 5/21 1. Fabbri
20.11 | 65-11¾ 11)Rabat DL 5/25 1. Otterdahl; 2. Campbell; 3. Kovacs; 4. Piperi; 5. Geist;
6. Walsh; 7. Enekwechi; 8. Fabbri; 9. Steen; 10. Toader
21.84 | 71-8 1)Rovereto 6/02
21.67 | 71-1¼ 2)Rome DL 6/06 1. Walsh
21.49 | 70-6¼ 3)Lucca 6/08 1. Fabbri; 2. Piperi
21.08 | 69-2 2)Brescia 6/15 1. Fabbri
21.59 | 70-10 1)Pergine Valsugana 6/20
21.39 | 70-2¼ 2)Ostrava WT 6/24 1. Fabbri
20.71 | 67-11½ 3)Ústí Nad Labem 7/09 1. Sinancevic; 2. Bakhit Ahmed
20.98 | 68-10 2)Lignano 7/13 1. Fabbri
20.57 | 67-6 4)Brescia 7/15 1. Sinancevic; 2. Petersson; 3. Toader
21.29 | 69-10¼ 2)Florence 7/23 1. Fabbri
21.04 | 69-½ 2)Ita Ch 8/03 1. Fabbri
20.71 | 67-11½ 2)Lonigo 8/09 1. Ferrara
20.19 | 66-3 9)Chorzów DL 8/16 1. Otterdahl; 2. Fabbri; 3. Kovacs; 4. Walsh; 5. Piperi;
6. Campbell; 7. Enekwechi; 8. Steen
19.77 | 64-10½ 10)Lausanne DL 8/20 1. Kovacs; 2. Fabbri; 3. Piperi; 4. Walsh; 5. Steen;
6. Otterdahl; 7. Enekwechi; 8. Campbell; 9. Awotunde
19.89 | 65-3¼ nq)World Ch 9/13 1. Crouser; 2. Munoz; 3. Fabbri; 4. Walsh; 5. Enekwechi;
6. Piperi; 7. Awotunde; 8. Lincoln; 9. Bukowiecki; 10. Thomsen;
11. Petersson; 12. T. Stanek

U.S. RANKINGS
1. *Joe Kovacs (Nike) 6. Josh Awotunde (Shore AC)
1)Eugene DL, 4)USATF, 1)Zürich DL 3)USATF Ind, 1)USATF, 7)World Ch
2. *Peyton Otterdahl (Asics) 7. Jordan Geist (Iron Wood TC)
2)USATF, 2)Zürich DL, nq)World Ch 4)USATF Ind, 5)Rabat DL, 6)USATF
3. *Tripp Piperi (unattached) 8. Daniel McArthur (unattached)
1)USATF Ind, 3)USATF, 6)World Ch 5)USATF Ind, 4)Iron Wood II, 7)USATF
4. *Roger Steen (Velaasa) 9. Jordan West (unattached)
2)USATF Ind, 2)Eugene DL, 5)USATF 8)USATF Ind, 3)Iron Wood I, 8)USATF
5. *Ryan Crouser (Nike) 10. Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan (Ole Miss)
1)World Ch 1)NCAA Ind, 1)SEC, 3)NCAA

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