Men · Throws · All-Time
Discus Throw
75.56
Best mark
World record
71.06
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
71.84
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
17
Countries
USA 5 · LTU 2 · 15 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 75.56 to 71.06 · median 71.84
Top 25 cutoff through history
How fast an athlete needed to be to make the list each year
Season lists are not yet published for this event. This chart fills in as they are imported from a permitted source.
World all-time top 25
Best by athlete · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 26 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mykolas Alekna WR | LTU | 75.56 | 13 Apr 2025 | Ramona | 22 |
| 2 | Matthew Denny | AUS | 74.78 | 13 Apr 2025 | Ramona | 28 |
| 3 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 74.08 | 6 Jun 1986 | Neubrandenburg | 26 |
| 4 | Steven Richter | GER | 74.00 | 9 Apr 2026 | Ramona | 23 |
| 5 | Virgilijus Alekna | LTU | 73.88 | 3 Aug 2000 | Kaunas | 28 |
| 6 | Gerd Kanter | EST | 73.38 | 4 Sep 2006 | Helsingborg | 27 |
| 7 | Kristjan Čeh | SLO | 72.61 | 9 Apr 2026 | Ramona | 27 |
| 8 | Sam Mattis | USA | 72.45 | 9 Apr 2026 | Ramona | 32 |
| 9 | Ralford Mullings | JAM | 72.01 | 16 Aug 2025 | Ramona | 22 |
| 10 | Lawrence Okoye | GBR | 71.88 | 11 Apr 2026 | Ramona | 34 |
| 11 | Yuriy Dumchev | URS | 71.86 | 29 May 1983 | Moscow | 24 |
| 11 | Daniel Ståhl | SWE | 71.86 | 29 Jun 2019 | Bottnaryd | 26 |
| 13 | Piotr Małachowski | POL | 71.84 | 8 Jun 2013 | Hengelo | 30 |
| 14 | Róbert Fazekas | HUN | 71.70 | 14 Jul 2002 | Szombathely | 26 |
| 15 | Lars Riedel | GER | 71.50 | 3 May 1997 | Wiesbaden | 29 |
| 16 | Alex Rose | SAM | 71.48 | 11 May 2024 | Allendale | 32 |
| 17 | Ben Plucknett | USA | 71.32 | 4 Jun 1983 | Eugene | 29 |
| 18 | John Powell | USA | 71.26 | 9 Jun 1984 | San Jose | 36 |
| 18 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 71.26 | 15 Nov 1984 | Malmö | 38 |
| 18 | Imrich Bugár | TCH | 71.26 | 25 May 1985 | San Jose | 30 |
| 21 | Ruben Rolvink | NED | 71.22 | 31 May 2026 | Ramona | 23 |
| 22 | Art Burns | USA | 71.18 | 19 Jul 1983 | San Jose | 29 |
| 23 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 71.16 | 9 Aug 1978 | Berlin | 24 |
| 24 | Anthony Washington | USA | 71.14 | 22 May 1996 | Salinas | 30 |
| 25 | Luis Delís | CUB | 71.06 | 21 May 1983 | Havana | 25 |