Men · Throws · All-Time
Hammer Throw
86.74
Best mark
World record
82.64
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
83.68
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
11
Countries
URS 5 · HUN 5 · 9 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 86.74 to 82.64 · median 83.68
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 | Yuriy Sedykh WR | URS | 86.74 | 30 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | 31 |
| 2 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 86.04 | 3 Jul 1986 | Dresden | 28 |
| 3 | Vadim Devyatovskiy | BLR | 84.90 | 21 Jul 2005 | Minsk | 28 |
| 4 | Koji Murofushi | JPN | 84.86 | 29 Jun 2003 | Prague | 28 |
| 5 | Ethan Katzberg | CAN | 84.70 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 6 | Igor Astapkovich | BLR | 84.62 | 6 Jun 1992 | Seville | 29 |
| 7 | Ivan Tsikhan | BLR | 84.51 | 9 Jul 2008 | Grodno | 31 |
| 8 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 84.48 | 12 Jul 1990 | Lausanne | 29 |
| 9 | Jüri Tamm | URS | 84.40 | 9 Sep 1984 | Banská Bystrica | 27 |
| 10 | Bence Halász | HUN | 84.25 | 11 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 29 |
| 11 | Adrián Annus | HUN | 84.19 | 10 Aug 2003 | Szombathely | 30 |
| 12 | Paweł Fajdek | POL | 83.93 | 9 Aug 2015 | Szczecin | 26 |
| 13 | Tibor Gécsek | HUN | 83.68 | 19 Sep 1998 | Zalaegerszeg | 33 |
| 14 | Andrey Abduvaliyev | URS | 83.46 | 26 May 1990 | Adler | 23 |
| 15 | Aleksey Zagornyi | RUS | 83.43 | 10 Feb 2002 | Adler | 23 |
| 16 | Ralf Haber | GDR | 83.40 | 16 May 1988 | Athens | 25 |
| 17 | Szymon Ziółkowski | POL | 83.38 | 5 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | 25 |
| 18 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | FIN | 83.30 | 14 Jul 2004 | Lahti | 24 |
| 19 | Rudy Winkler | USA | 83.16 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 30 |
| 20 | Heinz Weis | GER | 83.04 | 29 Jun 1997 | Frankfurt | 33 |
| 21 | Balázs Kiss | HUN | 83.00 | 4 Jun 1998 | Saint-Denis | 26 |
| 22 | Karsten Kobs | GER | 82.78 | 26 Jun 1999 | Dortmund | 27 |
| 23 | Merlin Hummel | GER | 82.77 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 24 | Krisztián Pars | HUN | 82.69 | 16 Aug 2014 | Zürich | 32 |
| 25 | Günther Rodehau | GDR | 82.64 | 3 Aug 1985 | Dresden | 26 |