Men · Throws · All-Time
Javelin Throw
98.48
Best mark
World record
90.44
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
91.59
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
16
Countries
GER 6 · FIN 4 · 14 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 98.48 to 90.44 · median 91.59
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 30 Jul 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Železný WR | CZE | 98.48 | 25 May 1996 | Jena | 29 |
| 2 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 97.76 | 6 Sep 2020 | Chorzów | 27 |
| 3 | Thomas Röhler | GER | 93.90 | 5 May 2017 | Doha | 25 |
| 4 | Aki Parviainen | FIN | 93.09 | 26 Jun 1999 | Kuortane | 24 |
| 5 | Anderson Peters | GRN | 93.07 | 13 May 2022 | Doha | 24 |
| 6 | Arshad Nadeem | PAK | 92.97 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 7 | Julius Yego | KEN | 92.72 | 26 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 26 |
| 8 | Rumesh Tharanga | SRI | 92.62 | 4 Jun 2026 | Rome | 23 |
| 9 | Sergey Makarov | RUS | 92.61 | 30 Jun 2002 | Sheffield | 29 |
| 10 | Raymond Hecht | GER | 92.60 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zurich | 27 |
| 11 | Andreas Hofmann | GER | 92.06 | 2 Jun 2018 | Offenburg | 26 |
| 12 | Konstadinós Gatsioúdis | GRE | 91.69 | 24 Jun 2000 | Kuortane | 26 |
| 13 | Andreas Thorkildsen | NOR | 91.59 | 2 Jun 2006 | Oslo | 24 |
| 14 | Tero Pitkämäki | FIN | 91.53 | 26 Jun 2005 | Kuortane | 22 |
| 15 | Julian Weber | GER | 91.51 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zurich | 30 |
| 16 | Steve Backley | GBR | 91.46 | 25 Jan 1992 | Auckland | 22 |
| 17 | Cheng Chao-tsun | TPE | 91.36 | 26 Aug 2017 | Taipei | 23 |
| 18 | Breaux Greer | USA | 91.29 | 21 Jun 2007 | Indianapolis | 30 |
| 19 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | BRA | 91.00 | 3 Aug 2025 | São Paulo | 25 |
| 20 | Jakub Vadlejch | CZE | 90.88 | 13 May 2022 | Doha | 31 |
| 21 | Kimmo Kinnunen | FIN | 90.82 | 26 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 22 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | LAT | 90.73 | 22 Jul 2007 | Tallinn | 25 |
| 23 | Magnus Kirt | EST | 90.61 | 22 Jun 2019 | Kuortane | 29 |
| 24 | Seppo Räty | FIN | 90.60 | 20 Jul 1992 | Nurmijärvi | 30 |
| 25 | Boris Henry | GER | 90.44 | 9 Jul 1997 | Linz | 23 |