IN A 10-DAY SPAN LAST 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.
This year, Thompson-Herah’s Jamaican rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has added seven marks to the compilation.
| 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 |
| 10.61 | 10.65 | -0.8 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Zurich | 8-Sep-2022 | 1 | DL Final |
| 10.64 | 10.62 | +0.4 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Monaco | 10-Aug-2022 | 1 | Herc |
| 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 | —–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 |
| 10.70 | 10.67 | -0.4 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Nairobi | 7-May-2022 | 1 | CT |
| 10.70 | 10.67 | +0.5 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Paris | 18-Jun-2022 | 1 | DL |
| 10.70 | 10.66 | +0.6 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Chorzów | 6-Aug-2022 | 1 | DL |
| 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 |
| 10.72 | 10.67 | +0.8 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Eugene | 17-Jul-2022 | 1 | WCh |
| 10.73 | 10.77 | -0.9 | —–Jones | Zurich | 12-Aug-1998 | 1rA | WK |
| 10.73 | 10.71 | +0.4 | —–Jackson | Monaco | 10-Aug-2022 | 2 | Herc |
| 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 |
| 10.74 | 10.72 | +0.4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Monaco | 10-Aug-2022 | 3 | Herc |
| 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 |
| 10.75 | 10.67 | +1.3 | —–Fraser-Pryce | Székesfehérvár | 10-Aug-2022 | 1 | Gyulai |
| (44 performances by 9 athletes) | |||||||
| 10.76 | 10.83 | -1.0 | Juliet Cuthbert | Barcelona | 1-Aug-1992 | 2 | OG |
| 10.76 | 10.75 | +0.1 | Kerron Stewart | Berlin | 17-Aug-2009 | 2 | WCh |
| *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—2017 update — Charley Shaffer 28 September 2022 |
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