Men · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
8.95
Best mark
World record
8.68
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
8.73
Median
Of the 25 performances
6
Countries
USA 17 · CUB 4 · 4 others
Performance distribution
25 performances from 8.95 to 8.68 · median 8.73
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 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 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.84 | +1.7 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 30 |
| 6 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.79 | +1.9 | 19 Jun 1983 | Indianapolis | 21 |
| 6 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.79 | 27 Jan 1984 | New York City | 22 | |
| 8 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.76 | +1.0 | 24 Jul 1982 | Indianapolis | 21 |
| 8 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.76 | +0.8 | 18 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 27 |
| 10 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.74 | +1.4 | 18 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 32 |
| 10 | Erick Walder | USA | 8.74 | +2.0 | 2 Apr 1994 | El Paso | 22 |
| 10 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 8.74 | -1.2 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | 31 |
| 13 | Irving Saladino | PAN | 8.73 | +1.2 | 24 May 2008 | Hengelo | 25 |
| 14 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.72 | -0.2 | 26 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 27 |
| 15 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.71 | -0.4 | 13 May 1984 | Westwood | 22 |
| 15 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.71 | +0.1 | 19 Jun 1984 | Los Angeles | 22 |
| 15 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.71 | +1.9 | 18 Jul 1995 | Salamanca | 22 |
| 15 | Sebastian Bayer | GER | 8.71 | 8 Mar 2009 | Turin | 22 | |
| 19 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.70 | +0.9 | 17 Jun 1989 | Houston | 33 |
| 19 | Mike Powell | USA | 8.70 | +0.7 | 27 Jul 1993 | Salamanca | 29 |
| 19 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.70 | +1.6 | 12 Aug 1995 | Gothenburg | 22 |
| 22 | Tajay Gayle | JAM | 8.69 | +0.5 | 28 Sep 2019 | Doha | 23 |
| 23 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.68 | +1.0 | 5 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 31 |
| 23 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.68 | +1.6 | 17 Jun 1995 | Lisbon | 22 |
| 23 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | CUB | 8.68 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 2018 | Bad Langensalza | 19 |