IN A 10-DAY SPAN THIS SUMMER, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah produced the two fastest “basic” women’s 100s ever based on our Big Gold Book wind/altitude charts. Setting aside Flojo’s wind-reading-doubtful ratified World Record, ETH ran 10.61 in Tokyo (converts to 10.57) and 10.54 (converts to 10.60) in Eugene.
Overall, as of September 9, 11 women have now run the equivalent of 10.76 or faster on 43 occasions.
| Adj. | Clock | Wind | Name | Site | Date | Pos. | Meet |
| 10.50 | *10.49 | 0.0 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | Indianapolis | 16-Jul-1988 | 1q1 | OT |
| 10.57 | 10.61 | -0.6 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Tokyo | 31-Jul-2021 | 1 | OG |
| 10.60 | 10.54 | 0.9 | —–Thompson-Herah | Eugene | 21-Aug-2021 | 1 | Pre |
| 10.66 | 10.67 | -0.1 | Carmelita Jeter | Thessaloniki | 13-Sep-2009 | 1 | WAF |
| 10.68 | 10.62 | +1.0 | —–Griffith-Joyner | Seoul | 24-Sep-1988 | 1q3 | OG |
| 10.69 | 10.61 | +1.2 | —–Griffith-Joyner | Indianapolis | 17-Jul-1988 | 1 | OT |
| 10.69 | 10.70 | -0.1 | Marion Jones | Seville | 22-Aug-1999 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.70 | 10.54 | +3.0 | —–Griffith-Joyner | Seoul | 25-Sep-1988 | 1 | OG |
| 10.70 | 10.71 | -0.3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Moscow | 12-Aug-2013 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.70 | 10.72 | -0.3 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Brussels | 6-Sep-2013 | 1 | VD |
| 10.70 | 10.77 | -1.2 | Sha’Carri Richardson | Walnut | 9-May-2021 | 1 | Mt SAC |
| 10.70 | 10.74 | -0.6 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Tokyo | 31-Jul-2021 | 2 | OG |
| 10.70 | 10.65 | 0.6 | —–Thompson-Herah | Zurich | 9-Sep-2021 | 1 | WK |
| 10.71 | 10.64 | +1.2 | —–Jeter | Shanghai | 20-Sep-2009 | 1 | |
| 10.71 | 10.63 | +1.3 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Kingston | 5-Jun-2021 | 1 | JAAA |
| 10.71 | 10.60 | +1.7 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Lausanne | 26-Aug-2021 | 1 | Athl |
| 10.72 | 10.72 | 0.0 | —–Jones | Monaco | 8-Aug-1998 | 1 | Herc |
| 10.72 | 10.70 | +0.3 | —–Thompson-Herah | Kingston | 1-Jul-2016 | 1 | NC |
| 10.72 | 10.71 | +0.1 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Doha | 29-Sep-2019 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.72 | 10.76 | -0.6 | Shericka Jackson | Tokyo | 31-Jul-2021 | 3 | OG |
| 10.73 | 10.77 | -0.9 | —–Jones | Zurich | 12-Aug-1998 | 1rA | WK |
| 10.74 | 10.71 | +0.1 | —–Jones | Chengdu | 12-May-1998 | 1 | |
| 10.74 | 10.72 | 0.0 | —–Jones | Lausanne | 25-Aug-1998 | 1 | Athl |
| 10.74 | 10.83 | -1.3 | —–Jones | Brussels | 25-Aug-2000 | 1rA | VD |
| 10.74 | 10.73 | +0.1 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Berlin | 17-Aug-2009 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.74 | 10.70 | +0.6 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Kingston | 29-Jun-2012 | 1 | NC |
| 10.74 | 10.76 | -0.3 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Beijing | 24-Aug-2015 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.74 | 10.71 | +0.5 | —–Thompson-Herah | Rio de Janeiro | 13-Aug-2016 | 1 | OG |
| 10.75 | 10.82 | -1.0 | Gail Devers | Barcelona | 1-Aug-1992 | 1 | OG |
| 10.75 | 10.79 | -0.6 | —–Jones | Osaka | 9-May-1998 | 1 | |
| 10.75 | 10.80 | -0.8 | —–Jones | Brussels | 28-Aug-1998 | 1 | VD |
| 10.75 | 10.74 | +0.2 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Saint-Denis | 4-Jul-2015 | 1 | DL |
| 10.75 | 10.71 | +0.6 | —–Thompson-Herah | Székesfehérvár | 6-Jul-2021 | 1 | Gyulai |
| 10.75 | 10.73 | 0.3 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Tokyo | 31-Jul-2021 | 1sf3 | OG |
| 10.75 | 10.64 | +1.7 | —–Thompson-Herah | Lausanne | 26-Aug-2021 | 2 | Athl |
| 10.76 | 10.83 | -1.0 | Juliet Cuthbert | Barcelona | 1-Aug-1992 | 2 | OG |
| 10.76 | 10.65 | +1.1 | —–Jones | Johannesburg | 12-Sep-1998 | 1 | WCp |
| 10.76 | 10.75 | +0.1 | Kerron Stewart | Berlin | 17-Aug-2009 | 2 | WCh |
| 10.76 | 10.72 | +0.6 | —–Thompson-Herah | Brussels | 9-Sep-2016 | 1 | VD |
| 10.76 | 10.78 | -0.3 | —–Thompson-Herah | Shanghai | 13-May-2017 | 1 | DL |
| 10.76 | 10.71 | +0.8 | —–Thompson-Herah | Kingston | 23-Jun-2017 | 1 | NC |
| 10.76 | 10.78 | -0.3 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Tokyo | 30-Jul-2021 | 1r1h4 | OG |
| 10.76 | 10.76 | 0.0 | —–Thompson-Herah | Tokyo | 31-Jul-2021 | 1sf1 | OG |
| *Prob. strongly wind-assisted, but is officially AR and WR | |||||||
| Adjusted for wind and altitude per Dapena-Linthorne Tables, pp. 140-141, Big Gold Book, 4th printing—2012 Charley Shaffer 09 September 2021 |
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