Men · World record

Shot Put

The current record and its documented progression: 53 ratified records from 1909 to 2023, with 1 not ratified shown in place.

Current record

23.56

Ryan Crouser USALos Angeles · 27 May 2023

3 years standing0.19 m improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

23.5615.54

19091949 · Fuchs 17.791959 · O'Brien 19.301975 · Oldfield 22.862023 · Crouser 23.56

Documented records

53 ratified · 1 not ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372027096, imported 2 Sep 2026

Mark	Athlete	Nation	Venue	Date	Stood
23.56	Ryan Crouser	USA	Westwood, U.S.	27 May 2023	3 yrs
23.37	Ryan Crouser	USA	Eugene, U.S.	18 Jun 2021	1 yr
23.12	Randy Barnes	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	20 May 1990	31 yrs
23.06	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	Chania, Greece	22 May 1988	1 yr
22.91	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	284 d
22.84	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	0 d
22.72	Alessandro Andrei	ITA	Viareggio, Italy	12 Aug 1987	0 d
22.64	Udo Beyer	GDR	Berlin, Germany	20 Aug 1986	357 d
22.62	Ulf Timmermann	GDR	Berlin, Germany	22 Sep 1985	332 d
22.22	Udo Beyer	GDR	Los Angeles, U.S.	25 Jun 1983	2 yrs
22.15	Udo Beyer	GDR	Gothenburg, Sweden	6 Jul 1978	4 yrs
22.00	Aleksandr Baryshnikov	URS	Paris, France	10 Jun 1976	2 yrs
21.85	Terry Albritton	USA	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.	21 Feb 1976	110 d
22.86	Brian Oldfield Not ratified	USA	El Paso, United States	10 May 1975
21.82	Al Feuerbach	USA	San Jose, U.S.	5 May 1973	2 yrs
21.78	Randy Matson	USA	College Station, U.S.	23 Apr 1967	6 yrs
21.52	Randy Matson	USA	College Station, U.S.	8 May 1965	1 yr
20.68	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	25 Jul 1964	287 d
20.20	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	29 May 1964	57 d
20.10	Dallas Long	USA	Los Angeles, U.S.	4 Apr 1964	55 d

Showing 20 of 54 · Show all · Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and ^A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.