Women · Sprints · All-Time
100 Metres
World recordRatified
10.490.0
Florence Griffith JoynerUSAIndianapolis · 16 Jul 1988
38 years standingRecord progression →
10.49
Best mark
World record
10.67
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
10.65
Median
Of the 25 performances
3
Countries
JAM 14 · USA 10 · 1 others
Performance distribution
25 performances from 10.49 to 10.67 · median 10.65
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 28 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence Griffith Joyner WR | USA | 10.49 | 0.0 | 16 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 28 |
| 2 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | JAM | 10.54 | +0.9 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | 29 |
| 3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.60 | +1.7 | 26 Aug 2021 | Lausanne | 34 |
| 4 | Florence Griffith Joyner | USA | 10.61 | +1.2 | 17 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 28 |
| 4 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | JAM | 10.61 | -0.6 | 31 Jul 2021 | Tokyo | 29 |
| 4 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | USA | 10.61 | +0.3 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 7 | Florence Griffith Joyner | USA | 10.62 | +1.0 | 24 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 28 |
| 7 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.62 | +0.4 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | 35 |
| 9 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.63 | +1.3 | 5 Jun 2021 | Kingston | 34 |
| 9 | Adaejah Hodge | IVB | 10.63 | +1.9 | 11 Jun 2026 | Eugene | 20 |
| 11 | Carmelita Jeter | USA | 10.64 | +1.2 | 20 Sep 2009 | Shanghai | 29 |
| 11 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | JAM | 10.64 | +1.7 | 26 Aug 2021 | Lausanne | 29 |
| 13 | Marion Jones | USA | 10.65 | +1.1 | 12 Sep 1998 | Johannesburg | 22 |
| 13 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | JAM | 10.65 | +0.6 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zurich | 29 |
| 13 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.65 | -0.8 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zurich | 35 |
| 13 | Shericka Jackson | JAM | 10.65 | +1.0 | 7 Jul 2023 | Kingston | 28 |
| 13 | Sha'Carri Richardson | USA | 10.65 | -0.2 | 21 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 23 |
| 13 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | USA | 10.65 | +0.4 | 1 Aug 2025 | Eugene | 24 |
| 19 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.66 | +0.5 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | 35 |
| 19 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | USA | 10.66 | +0.1 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 24 |
| 21 | Carmelita Jeter | USA | 10.67 | -0.1 | 13 Sep 2009 | Thessaloniki | 29 |
| 21 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.67 | -0.4 | 7 May 2022 | Nairobi | 35 |
| 21 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.67 | +0.5 | 18 Jun 2022 | Paris | 35 |
| 21 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.67 | +0.8 | 17 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 35 |
| 21 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 10.67 | +1.3 | 8 Aug 2022 | Székesfehérvár | 35 |