Men · Throws · All-Time
Shot Put
23.56
Best mark
World record
22.28
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
22.59
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
8
Countries
USA 15 · ITA 3 · 6 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 23.56 to 22.28 · median 22.59
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 1 Sep 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Crouser WR | USA | 23.56 | 27 May 2023 | Los Angeles | 30 |
| 2 | Joe Kovacs | USA | 23.23 | 7 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 33 |
| 3 | Randy Barnes | USA | 23.12 | 20 May 1990 | Westwood | 23 |
| 4 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 23.06 | 22 May 1988 | Chania | 25 |
| 5 | Leonardo Fabbri | ITA | 22.98 | 14 Sep 2024 | Brussels | 27 |
| 6 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 22.91 | 12 Aug 1987 | Viareggio | 28 |
| 7 | Tom Walsh | NZL | 22.90 | 5 Oct 2019 | Doha | 27 |
| 8 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 22.86 | 10 May 1975 | El Paso | 29 |
| 9 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 22.75 | 23 Aug 1988 | Bern | 27 |
| 10 | Kevin Toth | USA | 22.67 | 19 Apr 2003 | Lawrence | 35 |
| 11 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 22.64 | 20 Aug 1986 | Berlin | 31 |
| 12 | Darlan Romani | BRA | 22.61 | 30 Jun 2019 | Stanford | 28 |
| 13 | Payton Otterdahl | USA | 22.59 | 24 Apr 2024 | Des Moines | 28 |
| 13 | Rajindra Campbell | JAM | 22.59 | 30 Aug 2026 | Berlin | 30 |
| 15 | Christian Cantwell | USA | 22.54 | 5 Jun 2004 | Gresham | 23 |
| 16 | Jordan Geist | USA | 22.53 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zurich | 28 |
| 17 | John Brenner | USA | 22.52 | 26 Apr 1987 | Walnut | 26 |
| 18 | Adam Nelson | USA | 22.51 | 18 May 2002 | Portland | 26 |
| 19 | Josh Awotunde | USA | 22.47 | 3 Aug 2025 | Eugene | 30 |
| 20 | Darrell Hill | USA | 22.44 | 31 Aug 2017 | Brussels | 24 |
| 20 | Zane Weir | ITA | 22.44 | 3 Sep 2023 | Padua | 27 |
| 22 | Reese Hoffa | USA | 22.43 | 3 Aug 2007 | London | 29 |
| 23 | Michał Haratyk | POL | 22.32 | 28 Jul 2019 | Warsaw | 27 |
| 24 | Tripp Piperi | USA | 22.29 | 3 Aug 2025 | Eugene | 26 |
| 25 | Ryan Whiting | USA | 22.28 | 10 May 2013 | Doha | 26 |