Men · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
8.95
Best mark
World record
8.53
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
8.66
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
12
Countries
USA 9 · CUB 3 · 10 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 8.95 to 8.53 · median 8.66
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 27 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Powell WR | USA | 8.95 | +0.3 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 2 | Bob Beamon | USA | 8.90 | +2.0 | 18 Oct 1968 | Mexico City | 22 |
| 3 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.87 | -0.2 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 30 |
| 4 | Robert Emmiyan | URS | 8.86 | +1.9 | 22 May 1987 | Tsaghkadzor | 22 |
| 5 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.74 | +1.4 | 18 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 32 |
| 5 | Erick Walder | USA | 8.74 | +2.0 | 2 Apr 1994 | El Paso | 22 |
| 5 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 8.74 | -1.2 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | 31 |
| 8 | Irving Saladino | PAN | 8.73 | +1.2 | 24 May 2008 | Hengelo | 25 |
| 9 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.71 | +1.9 | 18 Jul 1995 | Salamanca | 22 |
| 9 | Sebastian Bayer | GER | 8.71 | 8 Mar 2009 | Turin | 22 | |
| 11 | Tajay Gayle | JAM | 8.69 | +0.5 | 28 Sep 2019 | Doha | 23 |
| 12 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | CUB | 8.68 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 2018 | Bad Langensalza | 19 |
| 13 | Louis Tsatoumas | GRE | 8.66 | +1.6 | 2 Jun 2007 | Kalamata | 25 |
| 13 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | GRE | 8.66 | +1.0 | 26 Jul 2026 | Volos | 28 |
| 15 | Luvo Manyonga | RSA | 8.65 | +1.3 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom | 26 |
| 16 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | USA | 8.63 | +0.5 | 4 Jul 1994 | Linz | 21 |
| 17 | James Beckford | JAM | 8.62 | +0.7 | 5 Apr 1997 | Orlando | 22 |
| 18 | Miguel Pate | USA | 8.59 | 1 Mar 2002 | New York City | 22 | |
| 19 | Jarrion Lawson | USA | 8.58 | +1.8 | 3 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 22 |
| 20 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 8.56 | 7 Mar 1999 | Maebashi | 21 | |
| 20 | Aleksandr Menkov | RUS | 8.56 | +0.2 | 16 Aug 2013 | Moscow | 22 |
| 22 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 8.54 | +0.9 | 28 Jul 1980 | Moscow | 21 |
| 22 | Mitchell Watt | AUS | 8.54 | +1.7 | 29 Jul 2011 | Stockholm | 23 |
| 22 | Wayne Pinnock | JAM | 8.54 | +1.2 | 23 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 22 |
| 25 | Jaime Jefferson | CUB | 8.53 | +1.2 | 12 May 1990 | Havana | 28 |