January 2024

YOU CAN NOW ADD BURKINA FASO to the list of nations which have had a No. 1 (in any event)…. Read More

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM was figuring out where to place Jakob Ingebrigtsen. To be sure, he was the world champion, but… Read More

CONTINUING A TRADITION that is now 4 seasons old, in mid-December World Athletics President Seb Coe held video chats with… Read More

MAKING IT 4 No. 1s in the last 5 Rankings, Joshua Cheptegei parlayed his WC gold into the perfect vehicle… Read More

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW Jakob Ingebrigtsen lost the year’s biggest race to a Briton, but was nonetheless… Read More

LAST YEAR CHASE EALEY became only the third American women (after Earlene Brown in ’58 and Michelle Carter in ’16)… Read More

IN A 5-RACE SEASON that mirrored his ’22 leadership, the undefeated Soufiane El Bakkali again won 4 DL titles and… Read More

A LONG 17-MEET CAMPAIGN by young Yaroslava Mahuchikh featured no fewer than 15 wins, including the all-important WC and DL… Read More

NOT SINCE EAST GERMANY in ’88 had a country other than the U.S. gone 1-2 here, but with Pierce LePage’s… Read More

NEERAJ CHOPRA MADE HISTORY in ’18 when he became the first Indian ever to rate in the javelin, debuting at… Read More

REMAINING A CLASS APART, AOY runner-up Mondo Duplantis was the obvious choice as he claimed his third No. 1 in… Read More

CAN YOU REMEMBER the last time an American claimed No. 1 in the high jump? You’ll be forgiven if you… Read More

A PERFECT SEASON? Certainly on the track it was. Faith Kipyegon put together a campaign for the ages in ’23:… Read More

AFTER INJURIES HELD HIM to No. 5 in ’22, Karsten Warholm got back on track and picked off his fourth… Read More

THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOBODY with a flawless case for the preeminent position: surprise world champ Antonio Watson didn’t compete in… Read More

UNDEFEATED NOAH LYLES was the obvious choice for the top spot, claiming his fourth No.1 ever (only legends Usain Bolt… Read More

NOAH LYLES WON THE WC, but was far from a slam-dunk choice for No. 1 as he returned to the… Read More

DESPITE FINISHING 2nd at both the WC (Danielle Williams) and DLF (Tobi Amusan), Jasmine Camacho-Quinn was an easy choice for… Read More

THE AOY IS, OBVIOUSLY, No. 1, and we’ve bombarded you with Ryan Crouser stats all year, so we’ll keep it… Read More

“I’M REALLY HAPPY,” Ryan Crouser declared after the DL Final, when his election through the vote of our expert international… Read More