Women · Distance · All-Time
5000 Metres
13:58.06
Best mark
World record
14:15.41
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
14:11.15
Median
Of the 25 performances
3
Countries
ETH 16 · KEN 8 · 1 others
Performance distribution
25 performances from 13:58.06 to 14:15.41 · median 14:11.15
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 19 Jul 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatrice Chebet WR | KEN | 13:58.06 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 25 |
| 2 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 14:00.21 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 26 |
| 3 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | KEN | 14:01.29 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 24 |
| 4 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 14:03.69 | 6 Jun 2025 | Rome | 25 |
| 5 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 14:04.41 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 28 |
| 6 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 14:05.20 | 9 Jun 2023 | Paris | 29 |
| 7 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 14:05.92 | 17 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 23 |
| 8 | Letesenbet Gidey | ETH | 14:06.62 | 7 Oct 2020 | Valencia | 22 |
| 9 | Letesenbet Gidey | ETH | 14:07.94 | 9 Jun 2023 | Paris | 25 |
| 10 | Letesenbet Gidey | ETH | 14:08.79 | 3 Sep 2023 | Berlin | 25 |
| 11 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 14:09.52 | 5 Sep 2024 | Zurich | 24 |
| 12 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 14:09.82 | 14 Sep 2024 | Brussels | 24 |
| 13 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 14:11.15 | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo | 23 |
| 14 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 14:12.29 | 23 Jul 2023 | London | 26 |
| 15 | Almaz Ayana | ETH | 14:12.59 | 2 Jun 2016 | Rome | 24 |
| 16 | Meseret Defar | ETH | 14:12.88 | 22 Jul 2008 | Stockholm | 24 |
| 17 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 14:12.92 | 23 Jul 2023 | London | 23 |
| 18 | Ejgayehu Taye | ETH | 14:12.98 | 27 May 2022 | Eugene | 22 |
| 19 | Ejgayehu Taye | ETH | 14:13.31 | 9 Jun 2023 | Paris | 23 |
| 20 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 14:13.32 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 24 |
| 21 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 14:13.42 | 23 Jul 2023 | London | 30 |
| 22 | Ejgayehu Taye | ETH | 14:14.09 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 21 |
| 23 | Almaz Ayana | ETH | 14:14.32 | 17 May 2015 | Shanghai | 23 |
| 24 | Senbere Teferi | ETH | 14:15.24 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 26 |
| 25 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 14:15.41 | 4 Jul 2015 | Saint-Denis | 24 |