T&FN began formally selecting men’s AOYs in ’59, the women’s in ’76. The women’s scoring system was 5-4-3-2-1 in the first year, but since then has always been 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Codes: * = athlete was also in the top 10 of the previous year’s voting; the number in the right-hand column is % of a perfect score.
Trivia
The top overall scorers: 1. Marita Koch 63; 2. Heike Drechsler & Jackie Joyner-Kersee 55; 4. Yelena Isinbaeva 52; 5. Maria Mutola 50…
Most years in the top 10: Drechsler 10, JJK & Koch 9, Mutola 8…
Koch is the only 4-time winner, with JJK and Anita Włodarczyk at 3 apiece…
There have been 3 perfect scores: Rosi Ackermann ’77, Merlene Ottey ’90 & Marion Jones ’98…
The best U.S. year was ’85, with 4 scorers… The U.S. was shut out in ’77, ’78, ’80, ’96, ’03, ’08 & ’17…
Most repeaters in a year was 6: ’86,’07 & ’09; fewest repeaters was 1 in ’11…
switch to men
| 1976 |
| 1. |
Tatyana Kazankina |
Soviet Union |
95.4% |
| 2. |
Irena Szewińska |
Poland |
|
| 3. |
Rosi Ackermann |
East Germany |
|
| 4. |
Annegret Richter |
West Germany |
|
| 5. |
Sigrun Siegl |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Ruth Fuchs |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Ivanka Khristova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 8. |
Lyudmila Bragina |
Soviet Union |
|
| 1977 |
| 1. |
Rosi Ackermann |
East Germany |
100.0% |
| 2. |
Irena Szewińska |
Poland |
|
| 3. |
Marlies Göhr |
East Germany |
|
| 4. |
Grażyna Rabsztyn |
Poland |
|
| 5. |
Ruth Fuchs |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Helena Fibingerová |
Czechoslovakia |
|
| 7. |
Eva Wilms |
West Germany |
|
| 8. |
Grete Waitz |
Norway |
|
| 9. |
Marita Koch |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Nadezhda Tkachenko |
Soviet Union |
|
| 1978 |
| 1. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
96.8% |
| 2. |
Sara Simeoni |
Italy |
|
| 3. |
Vilma Bardauskienė |
Soviet Union |
|
| 4. |
Marlies Göhr * |
East Germany |
|
| 5. |
Tatyana Zelentsova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 6. |
Evelin Jahl |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Ruth Fuchs * |
East Germany |
|
| 8. |
Rosi Ackermann * |
East Germany |
|
| 9. |
Grażyna Rabsztyn * |
Poland |
|
| 10. |
Johanna Klier |
East Germany |
|
| 1979 |
| 1. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
96.1% |
| 2. |
Evelyn Ashford |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Grażyna Rabsztyn * |
Poland |
|
| 4. |
Totka Petrova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 5. |
Ruth Fuchs * |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Ilona Slupianek |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Grete Waitz |
Norway |
|
| 8. |
Yekaterina Smirnova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 9. |
Marina Stepanova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 10. |
Svetlana Ulmasova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 1980 |
| 1. |
Ilona Slupianek * |
East Germany |
87.3% |
| 2. |
Nadezhda Olizarenko |
Soviet Union |
|
| 3. |
Tatyana Kazankina |
Soviet Union |
|
| 4. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
|
| 5. |
Nadezhda Tkachenko |
Soviet Union |
|
| 6. |
Evelin Jahl |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Sara Simeoni |
Italy |
|
| 8. |
Grete Waitz * |
Norway |
|
| 9. |
Bärbel Wöckel |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Vera Komisova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 1981 |
| 1. |
Evelyn Ashford |
USA |
93.3% |
| 2. |
Antoaneta Todorova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 3. |
Jarmila Kratochvílová |
Czechoslovakia |
|
| 4. |
Ramona Neubert |
East Germany |
|
| 5. |
Allison Roe |
New Zealand |
|
| 6. |
Tatyana Anisimova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 7. |
Ilona Slupianek * |
East Germany |
|
| 8. |
Evelin Jahl * |
East Germany |
|
| 9. |
Ellen Neumann |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Ulrike Meyfarth |
West Germany |
|
| 1982 |
| 1. |
Marita Koch |
East Germany |
95.7% |
| 2. |
Ulrike Meyfarth * |
West Germany |
|
| 3. |
Valy Ionescu |
Romania |
|
| 4. |
Svetlana Ulmasova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 5. |
Ramona Neubert * |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Ilona Slupianek * |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Olga Dvirna |
Soviet Union |
|
| 8. |
Bärbel Wöckel |
East Germany |
|
| 9. |
Mary Slaney |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Evelyn Ashford * |
USA |
|
| 1983 |
| 1. |
Jarmila Kratochvílová |
Czechoslovakia |
99.4% |
| 2. |
Mary Slaney * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Tamara Bykova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 4. |
Tiina Lillak |
Finland |
|
| 5. |
Ramona Neubert * |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Marlies Göhr |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Grete Waitz |
Norway |
|
| 8. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
|
| 9. |
Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Bettina Jahn |
East Germany |
|
| 1984 |
| 1. |
Evelyn Ashford |
USA |
85.7% |
| 2. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
|
| 3. |
Heike Drechsler * |
East Germany |
|
| 4. |
Lyudmila Andonova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 5. |
Joan Samuelson |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Sabine John |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Marlies Göhr * |
East Germany |
|
| 8. |
Natalya Lisovskaya |
Soviet Union |
|
| 9. |
Petra Felke |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Tatyana Kazankina |
Soviet Union |
|
| 1985 |
| 1. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
84.2% |
| 2. |
Petra Felke * |
East Germany |
|
| 3. |
Mary Slaney |
USA |
|
| 4. |
Stefka Kostadinova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 5. |
Heike Drechsler * |
East Germany |
|
| 6. |
Sabine Busch |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
Ingrid Kristiansen |
Norway |
|
| 8. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
USA |
|
| 9. |
Valerie Brisco |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Joan Samuelson * |
USA |
|
| 1986 |
| 1. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
90.1% |
| 2. |
Heike Drechsler * |
East Germany |
|
| 3. |
Yordanka Donkova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 4. |
Ingrid Kristiansen * |
Norway |
|
| 5. |
Stefka Kostadinova * |
Bulgaria |
|
| 6. |
Fatima Whitbread |
Great Britain |
|
| 7. |
Marina Stepanova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 8. |
Evelyn Ashford |
USA |
|
| 9. |
Marita Koch * |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Petra Felke * |
East Germany |
|
| 1987 |
| 1. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
97.1% |
| 2. |
Stefka Kostadinova * |
Bulgaria |
|
| 3. |
Silke Möller |
East Germany |
|
| 4. |
Natalya Lisovskaya |
Soviet Union |
|
| 5. |
Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Soviet Union |
|
| 6. |
Fatima Whitbread |
Great Britain |
|
| 7. |
Sabine Busch |
East Germany |
|
| 8. |
Ginka Zagorcheva |
Bulgaria |
|
| 9. |
Ingrid Kristiansen * |
Norway |
|
| 10. |
Rosa Mota |
Portugal |
|
| 1988 |
| 1. |
Florence Griffith Joyner |
USA |
99.4% |
| 2. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Petra Felke |
East Germany |
|
| 4. |
Yordanka Donkova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 5. |
Paula Ivan |
Romania |
|
| 6. |
Natalya Lisovskaya * |
Soviet Union |
|
| 7. |
Tatyana Dorovskikh * |
Soviet Union |
|
| 8. |
Rosa Mota * |
Portugal |
|
| 9. |
Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Ana Quirós |
Cuba |
|
| 1989 |
| 1. |
Ana Quirós * |
Cuba |
97.6% |
| 2. |
Ilke Wyludda |
East Germany |
|
| 3. |
Sandra Farmer-Patrick |
USA |
|
| 4. |
Paula Ivan * |
Romania |
|
| 5. |
Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
|
| 6. |
Larisa Nikitina |
Soviet Union |
|
| 7. |
Galina Chistyakova |
Soviet Union |
|
| 8. |
Silvia Costa |
Cuba |
|
| 9. |
Ingrid Kristiansen |
Norway |
|
| 10. |
Petra Felke * |
East Germany |
|
| 1990 |
| 1. |
Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
100.0% |
| 2. |
Ilke Wyludda * |
East Germany |
|
| 3. |
Rosa Mota |
Portugal |
|
| 4. |
Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
|
| 5. |
Ana Quirós * |
Cuba |
|
| 6. |
Katrin Krabbe |
East Germany |
|
| 7. |
PattiSue Plumer |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Heike Henkel |
West Germany |
|
| 9. |
Petra Felke * |
East Germany |
|
| 10. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
USA |
|
| 1991 |
| 1. |
Heike Henkel * |
Germany |
88.9% |
| 2. |
Katrin Krabbe * |
Germany |
|
| 3. |
Liz McColgan |
Great Britain |
|
| 4. |
Ludmila Engquist |
Soviet Union |
|
| 5. |
Merlene Ottey * |
Jamaica |
|
| 6. |
Marie-José Pérec |
France |
|
| 7. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Wanda Panfil |
Poland |
|
| 9. |
Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Soviet Union |
|
| 10. |
Heike Drechsler * |
Germany |
|
| 1992 |
| 1. |
Heike Drechsler |
Germany |
91.6% |
| 2. |
Heike Henkel * |
Germany |
|
| 3. |
Marie-José Pérec |
France |
|
| 4. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
|
| 5. |
Gail Devers |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Gwen Torrence |
USA |
|
| 7. |
Ellen van Langen |
Holland |
|
| 8. |
Derartu Tulu |
Ethiopia |
|
| 9. |
Irina Privalova |
Russia |
|
| 10. |
Yelena Romanova |
Russia |
|
| 1993 |
| 1. |
Junxia Wang |
China |
91.1% |
| 2. |
Gail Devers * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Sally Gunnell |
Great Britain |
|
| 4. |
Yunxia Qu |
China |
|
| 5. |
Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
|
| 6. |
Heike Drechsler * |
Germany |
|
| 7. |
Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
|
| 8. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
|
| 9. |
Sandra Farmer-Patrick * |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Trine Hattestad |
Norway |
|
| 1994 |
| 1. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee * |
USA |
79.7% |
| 2. |
Maria Mutola * |
Mozambique |
|
| 3. |
Sonia O’Sullivan |
Ireland |
|
| 4. |
Sally Gunnell * |
Great Britain |
|
| 5. |
Gwen Torrence |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Heike Drechsler * |
Germany |
|
| 7. |
Marie-José Pérec |
France |
|
| 8. |
Uta Pippig |
Germany |
|
| 9. |
Svetla Dimitrova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 10. |
Ilke Wyludda |
Germany |
|
| 1995 |
| 1. |
Sonia O’Sullivan * |
Ireland |
91.8% |
| 2. |
Gwen Torrence * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Maria Mutola * |
Mozambique |
|
| 4. |
Kim Batten |
USA |
|
| 5. |
Astrid Kumbernuss |
Germany |
|
| 6. |
Fernanda Ribeiro |
Portugal |
|
| 7. |
Gail Devers |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Marie-José Pérec * |
France |
|
| 9. |
Natalya Shikolenko |
Belarus |
|
| 10. |
Inessa Kravets |
Ukraine |
|
| 1996 |
| 1. |
Svetlana Masterkova |
Russia |
96.2% |
| 2. |
Marie-José Pérec * |
France |
|
| 3. |
Astrid Kumbernuss * |
Germany |
|
| 4. |
Ludmila Engquist |
Sweden |
|
| 5. |
Ghada Shouaa |
Syria |
|
| 6. |
Stefka Kostadinova |
Bulgaria |
|
| 7. |
Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
|
| 8. |
Fernanda Ribeiro * |
Portugal |
|
| 9. |
Ilke Wyludda |
Germany |
|
| 10. |
Junxia Wang |
China |
|
| 1997 |
| 1. |
Marion Jones |
USA |
95.2% |
| 2. |
Astrid Kumbernuss * |
Germany |
|
| 3. |
Gabriela Szabo |
Romania |
|
| 4. |
Cathy Freeman |
Australia |
|
| 5. |
Ana Quirot |
Cuba |
|
| 6. |
Beatrice Faumuiná |
New Zealand |
|
| 7. |
Sabine Braun |
Germany |
|
| 8. |
Ludmila Engquist * |
Sweden |
|
| 9. |
Trine Hattestad |
Norway |
|
| 10. |
Emma George |
Australia |
|
| 1998 |
| 1. |
Marion Jones * |
USA |
100.0% |
| 2. |
Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
|
| 3. |
Svetlana Masterkova |
Russia |
|
| 4. |
Glory Alozie |
Nigeria |
|
| 5. |
Gabriela Szabo* |
Romania |
|
| 6. |
Mihaela Melinte |
Romania |
|
| 7. |
Catherina McKiernan |
Ireland |
|
| 8. |
Vita Pavlysh |
Ukraine |
|
| 9. |
Monica Dinescu |
Romania |
|
| 10. |
Christine Arron |
France |
|
| 1999 |
| 1. |
Gabi Szabo * |
Romania |
97.6% |
| 2. |
Marion Jones * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Mihaela Melinte * |
Romania |
|
| 4. |
Tegla Loroupe |
Kenya |
|
| 5. |
Stacy Dragila |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Eunice Barber |
France |
|
| 7. |
Cathy Freeman |
Australia |
|
| 8. |
Svetlana Masterkova * |
Russia |
|
| 9. |
Gete Wami |
Ethiopia |
|
| 10. |
Gail Devers |
USA |
|
| 2000 |
| 1. |
Stacy Dragila * |
USA |
| 2 |
Cathy Freeman * |
Australia |
| 3. |
Trine Hattestad |
Norway |
| 4. |
Naoko Takahashi |
Japan |
| 5. |
Derartu Tulu |
Ethiopia |
| 6. |
Gabi Szabo * |
Romania |
| 7. |
Irina Privalova |
Russia |
| 8. |
Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
| 9. |
Gail Devers * |
USA |
| 10. |
Denise Lewis |
Great Britain |
| ¶ Marion Jones voted No. 1 at 99.7% but retroactively banned for doping |
| 2001 |
| 1. |
Stacy Dragila * |
USA |
95.3% |
| 2. |
Marion Jones * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Olga Yegorova |
Russia |
|
| 4. |
Osleidys Menéndez |
Cuba |
|
| 5. |
Tatyana Lebedeva |
Russia |
|
| 6. |
Violeta Szekely |
Romania |
|
| 7. |
Catherine Ndereba |
Kenya |
|
| 8. |
Maria Mutola * |
Mozambique |
|
| 9. |
Olimpiada Ivanova |
Russia |
|
| 10. |
Derartu Tulu |
Ethiopia |
|
| 2002 |
| 1. |
Paula Radcliffe |
Great Britain |
98.3% |
| 2. |
Marion Jones * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Ana Guevara |
Mexico |
|
| 4. |
Svetlana Feofanova |
Russia |
|
| 5. |
Tatyana Kotova |
Russia |
|
| 6. |
Gail Devers |
USA |
|
| 7. |
Kajsa Bergqvist |
Sweden |
|
| 8. |
Süreyya Ayhan |
Turkey |
|
| 9. |
Maria Mutola * |
Mozambique |
|
| 10 |
Yuliya Pechonkina |
Russia |
|
| 2003 |
| 1. |
Maria Mutola * |
Mozambique |
88.7% |
| 2. |
Ana Guevara * |
Mexico |
|
| 3. |
Carolina Klüft |
Sweden |
|
| 4. |
Hestrie Cloete |
South Africa |
|
| 5. |
Berhane Adere |
Ethiopia |
|
| 6. |
Süreyya Ayhan * |
Turkey |
|
| 7. |
Svetlana Feofanova * |
Russia |
|
| 8. |
Eunice Barber |
France |
|
| 9. |
Yipsi Moreno |
Cuba |
|
| 10. |
Jana Pittman |
Australia |
|
| 2004 |
| 1. |
Yelena Isinbaeva |
Russia |
96.4% |
| 2. |
Kelly Holmes |
Great Britain |
|
| 3. |
Yelena Slesarenko |
Russia |
|
| 4. |
Carolina Klüft * |
Sweden |
|
| 5. |
Tonique Williams-Darling |
Bahamas |
|
| 6. |
Osleidys Menéndez |
Cuba |
|
| 7. |
Tatyana Lebedeva |
Russia |
|
| 8. |
Veronica Campbell |
Jamaica |
|
| 9. |
Joanna Hayes |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Yipsi Moreno * |
Cuba |
|
| 2005 |
| 1. |
Yelena Isinbaeva * |
Russia |
98.9% |
| 2. |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
Ethiopia |
|
| 3. |
Kajsa Bergqvist |
Sweden |
|
| 4. |
Osleidys Menéndez * |
Cuba |
|
| 5. |
Allyson Felix |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Carolina Klüft * |
Sweden |
|
| 7. |
Paula Radcliffe |
Great Britain |
|
| 8. |
Nadzeya Ostapchuk |
Belarus |
|
| 9. |
Sanya Richards-Ross |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Tatyana Lebedeva * |
Russia |
|
| 2006 |
| 1. |
Sanya Richards-Ross * |
USA |
98.9% |
| 2. |
Meseret Defar |
Ethiopia |
|
| 3. |
Yelena Isinbaeva * |
Russia |
|
| 4. |
Sherone Simpson |
Jamaica |
|
| 5. |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
Ethiopia |
|
| 6. |
Tatyana Lebedeva * |
Russia |
|
| 7. |
Tatyana Lysenko |
Russia |
|
| 8. |
Carolina Klüft * |
Sweden |
|
| 9. |
Michelle Perry |
USA |
|
| 10. |
Franka Dietzsch |
Germany |
|
| 2007 |
| 1. |
Meseret Defar * |
Ethiopia |
93.8% |
| 2. |
Yelena Isinbaeva * |
Russia |
|
| 3. |
Blanka Vlašić |
Croatia |
|
| 4. |
Allyson Felix |
USA |
|
| 5. |
Carolina Klüft * |
Sweden |
|
| 6. |
Tirunesh Dibaba * |
Ethiopia |
|
| 7. |
Tatyana Lebedeva * |
Russia |
|
| 8. |
Sanya Richards-Ross * |
USA |
|
| 9. |
Veronica Campbell-Brown |
Jamaica |
|
| 10. |
Janeth Jepkosgei |
Kenya |
|
| 2008 |
| 1. |
Tirunesh Dibaba * |
Ethiopia |
96.2% |
| 2. |
Yelena Isinbaeva * |
Russia |
|
| 3. |
Pamela Jelimo |
Kenya |
|
| 4. |
Barbora Špotáková |
Czech Republic |
|
| 5. |
Gulnara Galkina |
Russia |
|
| 6. |
Melaine Walker |
Jamaica |
|
| 7. |
Blanka Vlašić * |
Croatia |
|
| 8. |
Veronica Campbell-Brown * |
Jamaica |
|
| 9. |
Valerie Adams |
New Zealand |
|
| 10. |
Aksana Menkova |
Belarus |
|
| 2009 |
| 1. |
Sanya Richards-Ross * |
USA |
89.1% |
| 2. |
Blanka Vlašić * |
Croatia |
|
| 3. |
Valerie Adams * |
New Zealand |
|
| 4. |
Anita Włodarczyk |
Poland |
|
| 5. |
Yelena Isinbaeva * |
Russia |
|
| 6. |
Allyson Felix * |
USA |
|
| 7. |
Carmelita Jeter |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Yargelis Savigne |
Cuba |
|
| 9. |
Melaine Walker * |
Jamaica |
|
| 10. |
Jessica Ennis-Hill |
Great Britain |
|
| 2010 |
| 1. |
Blanka Vlašić * |
Croatia |
96.3% |
| 2. |
Allyson Felix * |
USA |
|
| 3. |
Jessica Ennis-Hill * |
Great Britain |
|
| 4. |
Veronica Campbell-Brown |
Jamaica |
|
| 5. |
Olga Rypakova |
Kazakstan |
|
| 6. |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
Ethiopia |
|
| 7. |
Fabiana Murer |
Brazil |
|
| 8. |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
Canada |
|
| 9. |
Nancy Langat |
Kenya |
|
| 10. |
Carmelita Jeter |
USA |
|
| ¶Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) |
voted No. 3 but retroactively banned for doping |
|
|
| ¶Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) |
voted No. 5 but retroactively banned for doping |
|
|
| 2011 |
| 1. |
Vivian Cheruiyot |
Kenya |
96.1% |
| 2. |
Sally Pearson |
Australia |
|
| 3. |
Valerie Adams |
New Zealand |
|
| 4. |
Carmelita Jeter |
USA |
|
| 5. |
Anna Chicherova |
Russia |
|
| 6. |
Betty Heidler |
Germany |
|
| 7. |
Lashinda Demus |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Tatyana Chernova |
Russia |
|
| 9. |
Mariya Savinova |
Russia |
|
| 10. |
Veronica Campbell-Brown * |
Jamaica |
|
| 2012 |
| 1. |
Valerie Adams * |
New Zealand |
87.4% |
| 2. |
Jessica Ennis-Hill |
Great Britain |
|
| 3. |
Allyson Felix |
USA |
|
| 4. |
Sally Pearson * |
Australia |
|
| 5. |
Sanya Richards-Ross |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
Jamaica |
|
| 7. |
Sandra Perković |
Croatia |
|
| 8. |
Yuliya Zaripova |
Russia |
|
| 9. |
Tiki Gelana |
Ethiopia |
|
| 10. |
Jenn Suhr |
USA |
|
| 2013 |
| 1. |
Valerie Adams * |
New Zealand |
89.1% |
| 2. |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce * |
Jamaica |
|
| 3. |
Brianna Rollins |
USA |
|
| 4. |
Zuzana Hejnová |
Czech Republic |
|
| 5. |
Abeba Aregawi |
Sweden |
|
| 6. |
Sandra Perković * |
Croatia |
|
| 7. |
Meseret Defar |
Ethiopia |
|
| 8. |
Svetlana Shkolina |
Russia |
|
| 9. |
Caterine Ibargüen |
Colombia |
|
| 10. |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
Ethiopia |
|
| 2014 |
| 1. |
Anita Włodarczyk |
Poland |
90.0% |
| 2. |
Valerie Adams * |
New Zealand |
|
| 3. |
Caterine Ibargüen* |
Colombia |
|
| 4. |
Sandra Perković * |
Croatia |
|
| 5. |
Kaliese Spencer |
Jamaica |
|
| 6. |
Genzebe Dibaba |
Ethiopia |
|
| 7. |
Barbora Špotáková |
Czech Republic |
|
| 8. |
Eunice Sum |
Kenya |
|
| 9. |
Dafne Schippers |
Holland |
|
| 10. |
Dawn Harper Nelson |
USA |
|
| 2015 |
| 1. |
Genzebe Dibaba * |
Ethiopia |
90.0% |
| 2. |
Anita Włodarczyk * |
Poland |
|
| 3. |
Dafne Schippers |
Holland |
|
| 4. |
Almaz Ayana |
Ethiopia |
|
| 5. |
Caterine Ibargüen * |
Colombia |
|
| 6. |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
Jamaica |
|
| 7. |
Allyson Felix |
USA |
|
| 8. |
Hong Liu |
China |
|
| 9. |
Christina Schwanitz |
Germany |
|
| 10. |
Zuzana Hejnová |
Czech Republic |
|
| 2016 |
| 1. |
Anita Włodarczyk* |
Poland |
92.9% |
| 2. |
Almaz Ayana* |
Ethiopia |
|
| 3. |
Elaine Thompson-Herah |
Jamaica |
|
| 4. |
Ruth Jebet |
Bahrain |
|
| 5. |
Keni Harrison |
USA |
|
| 6. |
Sandra Perković* |
Croatia |
|
| 7. |
Caster Semenya |
South Africa |
|
| 8. |
Shaunae Miller-Uibo |
Bahamas |
|
| 9. |
Vivian Cheruiyot |
Kenya |
|
| 10. |
Caterine Ibargüen* |
Colombia |
|
| 2017 |
| 1. |
Anita Włodarczyk* |
Poland |
88.1% |
| 2. |
Mariya Lasitskene |
Russia |
|
| 3. |
Katerína Stefanídi |
Greece |
|
| 4. |
Nafi Thiam |
Belgium |
|
| 5. |
Hellen Obiri |
Kenya |
|
| 6. |
Caster Semenya* |
South Africa |
|
| 7. |
Sandra Perković* |
Croatia |
|
| 8. |
Faith Kipyegon |
Kenya |
|
| 9. |
Almaz Ayana* |
Ethiopia |
|
| 10. |
Elaine Thompson-Herah* |
Jamaica |
|
| 2018 |
| 1. |
Caster Semenya* |
South Africa |
272 |
87.7% |
| 2. |
Beatrice Chepkoech |
Kenya |
257 |
82.9% |
| 3. |
Shaunae Miller-Uibo |
Bahamas |
225 |
72.6% |
| 4. |
Mariya Lasitskene* |
Russia |
209 |
67.4% |
| 5. |
Caterine Ibargüen |
Colombia |
166 |
53.5% |
| 6. |
Salwa Eid Naser |
Bahrain |
102 |
32.9% |
| 7. |
Nafi Thiam* |
Belgium |
90 |
29.0% |
| 8. |
Sandra Perković* |
Croatia |
88 |
28.4% |
| 9. |
Anita Włodarczyk* |
Poland |
70 |
22.6% |
| 10. |
Marie-Josée Ta Lou |
Côte d’Ivoire |
67 |
21.6% |
| 2019 |
| 1. |
Dalilah Muhammad |
USA |
338 |
93.9% |
| 2. |
Sifan Hassan |
Netherlands |
299 |
83.1% |
| 3. |
Salwa Eid Naser* |
Bahrain |
274 |
76.1% |
| 4. |
Brigid Kosgei |
Kenya |
240 |
66.7% |
| 5. |
Yulimar Rojas |
Venezuela |
165 |
45.8% |
| 6. |
Mariya Lasitskene* |
Russia |
143 |
39.7% |
| 7. |
Malaika Mihambo |
Germany |
107 |
29.7% |
| 8. |
Beatrice Chepkoech* |
Kenya |
84 |
23.3% |
| 9. |
Katarina Johnson-Thompson |
Great Britain |
68 |
18.9% |
| 10. |
DeAnna Price |
USA |
67 |
18.6% |
| 2020 |
| No normal season or AOY vote due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 |
| 1. |
Elaine Thompson-Herah |
Jamaica |
307 |
87.7% |
| 2. |
Yulimar Rojas* |
Venezuela |
306 |
87.4% |
| 3. |
Sifan Hassan* |
Netherlands |
285 |
81.4% |
| 4. |
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone |
USA |
282 |
80.6% |
| 5. |
Faith Kipyegon |
Kenya |
174 |
49.7% |
| 6. |
Athing Mu |
USA |
143 |
40.9% |
| 7. |
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn |
Puerto Rico |
138 |
39.4% |
| 8. |
Shaunae Miller-Uibo |
Bahamas |
92 |
26.3% |
| 9. |
Valarie Allman |
USA |
71 |
20.3% |
| 10. |
Dalilah Muhammad |
USA |
42 |
12.0% |
| 2022 |
| 1. |
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone* |
USA |
306 |
98.7% |
| 2. |
Yulimar Rojas* |
Venezuela |
264 |
85.2% |
| 3. |
Faith Kipyegon* |
Kenya |
212 |
68.4% |
| 4. |
Shericka Jackson |
Jamaica |
197 |
63.5% |
| 5. |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |
Jamaica |
196 |
63.2% |
| 6. |
Tobi Amusan |
Nigeria |
147 |
47.4% |
| 7. |
Norah Jeruto |
Kazakhstan |
92 |
29.7% |
| 8. |
Athing Mu* |
USA |
46 |
14.8% |
| 9. |
Brooke Andersen |
USA |
44 |
14.2% |
| 10. |
Valarie Allman* |
USA |
34 |
11.0% |
| 2023 |
| 1. |
Faith Kipyegon* |
Kenya |
319 |
99.7% |
| 2. |
Shericka Jackson |
Jamaica |
263 |
82.2% |
| 3. |
Femke Bol |
Netherlands |
255 |
79.7% |
| 4. |
Gudaf Tsegay |
Ethiopia |
204 |
63.7% |
| 5. |
Sifan Hassan |
Netherlands |
144 |
45.0% |
| 6. |
Yulimar Rojas* |
Venezuela |
34 |
41.9% |
| 7. |
Winfred Yavi |
Bahrain |
119 |
37.2% |
| 8. |
Sha’Carri Richardson |
USA |
83 |
25.9% |
| 9. |
Marileidy Paulino |
Dominican Republic |
54 |
16.9% |
| 10. |
Yaroslava Mahuchikh |
Ukraine |
52 |
16.2% |