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By clicking on the following by-event links—represented by the No. 1 men’s Ranker in each discipline for 2018—you’ll be taken… Read More

THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE! Christian Coleman or Ronnie Baker? Our selectors really were torn after the year’s two fastest… Read More

U.S. ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Noah Lyles put up some historic 200 numbers in 2018. His 5-race half-lap sequence went… Read More

THE RANKINGS TEAM went back and forth on this one as many of the mainstream characters had limited seasons. The… Read More

SECOND-YEAR PRO Emmanuel Korir was an easy choice for the top spot, losing only one race and winning all 5… Read More

SINCE WR HOLDER Hicham El Guerrouj picked up his seventh title back in ’03 the 1500/mile leadership has gone to… Read More

IN HIS SEVENTH appearance in the Top 10, Conseslus Kipruto claimed his fourth No. 1 and third in a row…. Read More

THE FIRST SUB-12:50 race since Paris ’12 (and first sub-12:45 since Paris ’05) proved to be the key to unlocking… Read More

AS OUR SPORT MOVES towards tighter presentation, the 10K has all but disappeared from the European Circuit. Indeed, not a… Read More

2-TIME REIGNING NO. 1 Omar McLeod started his season in fine fashion, winning the Shanghai and Eugene DL titles in… Read More

2018 ISN’T EVEN OVER YET but already anticipation runs high for next year’s meetings (how many? where?) between Abderrahmane Samba… Read More

TICKING OFF THE BOXES: yearly leader, check; World Record, check; undefeated, check; win 2 (it’s basically impossible to win 3)… Read More

ONLY 19 AT THE TIME, Koki Ikeda made his first race outside of Japan a successful one when he beat… Read More

AS IN THE 20, Japan had its first-ever No. 1, this time in the form of Hiroki Arai, a top-3… Read More

IF YOUR SEASON is going to end prematurely, as Mutaz Barshim’s did on July 02, you might as well go… Read More

NO. 1 WAS EASY. Then things got hard. Sam Kendricks repeated at the top of the heap, the first American… Read More

STILL A TEENAGER when he did his jumping this year, Juan Miguel Echevarría was a narrow choice for No. 1… Read More

CHRISTIAN TAYLOR & Pedro Pablo Pichardo have waged some great wars over the last half-dozen seasons. This year was close… Read More

BACK IN ’14 Tom Walsh became the second New Zealander ever to garner a shot ranking, debuting at No. 5…. Read More

LAST YEAR Fedrick Dacres became the first Jamaican ever to earn a Top 10 spot in the discus, reaching No…. Read More