Men · Throws · All-Time
Javelin Throw
98.48
Best mark
World record
92.28
Top 25 cutoff
26 rows: tie at the cutoff
93.14
Median
Of the 26 performances
8
Countries
GER 11 · CZE 8 · 6 others
Performance distribution
26 performances from 98.48 to 92.28 · median 93.14
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
All performances · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 30 Jul 2026 · methodology
26 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | 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 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 96.29 | 29 May 2021 | Chorzów | 28 |
| 4 | Jan Železný | CZE | 95.66 | 29 Aug 1993 | Sheffield | 27 |
| 5 | Jan Železný | CZE | 95.54 | 6 Apr 1993 | Pietersburg | 26 |
| 6 | Jan Železný | CZE | 94.64 | 31 May 1996 | Ostrava | 29 |
| 7 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 94.44 | 11 Jul 2017 | Luzern | 24 |
| 8 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 94.20 | 19 May 2021 | Ostrava | 28 |
| 9 | Jan Železný | CZE | 94.02 | 26 Mar 1997 | Stellenbosch | 30 |
| 10 | Thomas Röhler | GER | 93.90 | 5 May 2017 | Doha | 25 |
| 11 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 93.88 | 18 Aug 2017 | Thum | 24 |
| 12 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 93.59 | 26 Jun 2021 | Kuortane | 28 |
| 13 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 93.20 | 21 May 2021 | Dessau | 28 |
| 14 | Aki Parviainen | FIN | 93.09 | 26 Jun 1999 | Kuortane | 24 |
| 15 | Anderson Peters | GRN | 93.07 | 13 May 2022 | Doha | 24 |
| 16 | Arshad Nadeem | PAK | 92.97 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 17 | Jan Železný | CZE | 92.80 | 12 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | 35 |
| 18 | Julius Yego | KEN | 92.72 | 26 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 26 |
| 19 | Johannes Vetter | GER | 92.70 | 11 Mar 2018 | Leiria | 24 |
| 20 | Rumesh Tharanga | SRI | 92.62 | 4 Jun 2026 | Rome | 23 |
| 21 | Sergey Makarov | RUS | 92.61 | 30 Jun 2002 | Sheffield | 29 |
| 22 | Raymond Hecht | GER | 92.60 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zurich | 27 |
| 23 | Jan Železný | CZE | 92.42 | 28 May 1997 | Ostrava | 30 |
| 24 | Aki Parviainen | FIN | 92.41 | 24 Jun 2001 | Vaasa | 26 |
| 25 | Jan Železný | CZE | 92.28 | 9 Sep 1995 | Monaco | 29 |
| 25 | Raymond Hecht | GER | 92.28 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zurich | 27 |