Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer scored a rare Rankings event double in the LJ and decathlon. Before Ehammer, who also did the single-year double in ’22 (2 LJ/9 deca), the list is short: Bill Albans 1950 (4 LJ/9 deca), Rafer Johnson 1956 (6 LJ/2 deca) and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 1957 (6 LJ/9 deca) & ’58 (3 LJ/ 9 deca). (TAKESHI NISHIMOTO)
IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW you’ll find all kinds of facts & figures relating to each of the 44 individual Rankings events. Here are some overall stats — plus by-nation scoring — to whet your appetite:
The World Rankings Defenders
The 8 world men’s repeaters: Noah Lyles 200, Emmanuel Wanyonyi 800 (3 in a row), Soufiane El Bakkali steeple (6), Rai Benjamin 400H, Mondo Duplantis PV (5), Mykolas Alekna DT, Ethan Katzberg HT, Leo Neugebauer Dec.
The U.S. Rankings Defenders
The 8 U.S. men’s repeaters: Noah Lyles 100 (3), Kenneth Rooks steeple, Rai Benjamin 400H (6), Conner Mantz marathon (3), Nick Christie 20W (6), Sam Kendricks PV, Sam Mattis DT (5), Curtis Thompson JT (5).
The 8 U.S. women’s repeaters: Nikki Hiltz 1500 (3), Vashti Cunningham HJ (7), Katie Moon PV (3), Tara Davis-Woodhall LJ (3), Jasmine Moore TJ, Chase Jackson SP (4), Valarie Allman DT (7), Anna Hall hept (4).
Men’s By-Nation Scoring: U.S. Men Exceed ’24 Score
Only twice in the history of our men’s Rankings has Team USA not racked up the most points (scoring each event 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). Those anomalous years were ’11 & ’14, when distance powerhouse Kenya slipped into the top spot. But in all 76 other campaigns, it has been the American squad coming out on top.
The ’11 total of 180 was the lowest U.S. total ever. The highest of all time was 458, in the inaugural year, ’47, even though fewer events were scored than now. This year’s tally of 234 is a rise of 5 over ’24’s winning score.
Team USA placed performers in the Top 10s of 16 of 22 events (the all-time high was 20 in 1972). This year’s shutouts were in these 6 disciplines (year listed is the last in which the U.S. scored): steeple (’24), marathon (’17), 20W (’73), 35W (never), LJ (’23), TJ (’24).
This year’s tally of U.S. No. 1s matched ’24 at 5: Noah Lyles (200), Jacory Patterson (400), Cordell Tinch (110H), Rai Benjamin (400H), Joe Kovacs (SP). The all-time high was 13 in ’52 & ’56. The last time in double digits was a 10, in ’68.
The 55 men’s scoring nations for ’25:
1. US 234; 2. Kenya 76; 3. Jamaica 75; 4. Germany 67; 5. Ethiopia 58; 6. Italy 48; 7. France 43; 8. Japan 34; 9. China 32; 10. Canada 30; 11. tie, Botswana & Brazil 28; 13. Sweden 26; 14. Spain 25; 15. tie, Great Britain & New Zealand 24;
17. Australia 23; 18. Norway 20; 19. Switzerland 19; 20. Portugal 18; 21. tie, Algeria & Netherlands 16; 23. tie, Morocco & Ukraine 15; 25. tie, Greece & Trinidad 14; 27. India 13; 28. South Africa 11; 29. tie, Lithuania, Nigeria, Qatar & South Korea 10; 33. tie, Hungary, Slovenia & Uganda 9;
36. tie, Belgium, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico & Russia 8; 40. tie, Grenada & Tanzania 7; 42. tie, Cuba & Dominican Republic 6; 44. Estonia 5; 45. tie, Burkina Faso & Poland 4; 47. tie, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Sri Lanka, Turkey & Zimbabwe 3; 52. tie, Ireland & Samoa 2; 54. tie, Slovakia & Zambia 1.
The World Doublers
Making the Top 10 in a single event is major achievement; scoring a double is on another level. Still, 30 athletes were able to pull off that feat.
The 12 world men’s doublers: 100/200 — Noah Lyles (3/1), Kenny Bednarek (4/2), Zharnel Hughes (6/6) 5000/10,000 — Yomif Kejelcha (1/2), Jimmy Gressier (4/2), Nico Young (5/7), Biniam Mehary (6/4), Grant Fisher (10/10) 20W/35W — Caio Bonfim (2/3), Massimo Stano (8/2), Aurelien Quinion (9/6) LJ/decathlon — Simon Ehammer (2/7)
The 1 world women’s tripler: 1500/5000/10,000 — Beatrice Chebet (10/1/1)
The 13 world women’s doublers: 100/200 — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (1/1), Julien Alfred (2/6), Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith (4/10), Shericka Jackson (6/5), Dina Asher-Smith (10/8) 400/400H — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (1/6) 800/1500 — Georgia Hunter Bell (2/7) 1500/5000 — Faith Kipyegon (1/4) 5000/10,000 — Nadia Battocletti (2/2), Gudaf Tsegay (3/3) 20W/35W — Mária Pérez (1/1), Kimberly García (5/7) LJ/TJ — Jasmine Moore (6/7)
Women’s By-Nation Scoring: U.S. Racks Record Total
A superb year for the U.S. women found them racking up a record 261 points, 132 ahead of the total for runner-up Kenya. The 261 is an increase of 42 over last year with an estimable margin above the previous all-time high of 248 from ’18.
Team USA scored in 16 of 22 events, 2 shy of the record set in ’19 & ’21 (with no long walk, 21 events were Ranked in the latter year). This year’s 6 shutouts (with the year last scored): 10,000 (’23), marathon (’21), 20W (never), 35W (never), HJ (’23), JT (’24).
Team USA earned a record-equaling 7 No. 1s — a nice bump up from 4 in ’24.
The 53 women’s scoring nations for ’25:
1. US 261; 2. Kenya 129; 3. Ethiopia 77; 4. Great Britain 55; 5. Jamaica 54; 6. Netherlands 42; 7. Cuba 39; 8. Italy 38; 9. tie, Australia, China, Spain & Switzerland 26; 13. Germany 25; 14. tie, Ecuador & Poland 21;
16. Ukraine 20; 17. Canada 19; 18. Bahrain 17; 19. Japan 16; 20. tie, Finland, Serbia, St. Lucia, Colombia, France, South Africa, Greece, Nigeria, Peru, Sweden, Uganda, Dominican Republic, Ireland & Mexico 9;
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