Women · Throws · All-Time
Javelin Throw
72.28
Best mark
World record
67.30
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
68.11
Median
Of the 25 best-by-athlete marks
15
Countries
GER 5 · CZE 2 · 13 others
Performance distribution
25 athletes from 72.28 to 67.30 · median 68.11
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 30 Jul 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbora Špotáková WR | CZE | 72.28 | 13 Sep 2008 | Stuttgart | 27 |
| 2 | Yan Ziyi | CHN | 71.74 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | 18 |
| 3 | Osleidys Menéndez | CUB | 71.70 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | 25 |
| 4 | Maria Andrejczyk | POL | 71.40 | 9 May 2021 | Split | 25 |
| 5 | Mariya Abakumova | RUS | 70.53 | 1 Sep 2013 | Berlin | 27 |
| 6 | Christina Obergföll | GER | 70.20 | 23 Jun 2007 | Munich | 25 |
| 7 | Trine Hattestad | NOR | 69.48 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | 34 |
| 8 | Sunette Viljoen | RSA | 69.35 | 9 Jun 2012 | New York City | 28 |
| 9 | Christin Hussong | GER | 69.19 | 30 May 2021 | Chorzów | 27 |
| 10 | Kathryn Mitchell | AUS | 68.92 | 11 Apr 2018 | Gold Coast | 35 |
| 11 | Sara Kolak | CRO | 68.43 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | 22 |
| 12 | Steffi Nerius | GER | 68.34 | 31 Aug 2008 | Elstal | 36 |
| 13 | Kara Winger | USA | 68.11 | 2 Sep 2022 | Brussels | 36 |
| 14 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 67.98 | 2 Aug 2019 | Shenyang | 30 |
| 15 | Victoria Hudson | AUT | 67.76 | 28 Jun 2025 | Maribor | 29 |
| 16 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | AUS | 67.70 | 9 Jul 2019 | Lucerne | 27 |
| 17 | Katharina Molitor | GER | 67.69 | 30 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 31 |
| 18 | Sonia Bisset | CUB | 67.67 | 6 Jul 2005 | Salamanca | 34 |
| 19 | Mirela Manjani | GRE | 67.51 | 30 Sep 2000 | Sydney | 23 |
| 20 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | BLR | 67.47 | 7 Jun 2018 | Oslo | 26 |
| 21 | Nikola Ogrodníková | CZE | 67.40 | 26 May 2019 | Offenburg | 28 |
| 21 | Maggie Malone | USA | 67.40 | 17 Jul 2021 | East Stroudsburg | 27 |
| 23 | Haruka Kitaguchi | JPN | 67.38 | 8 Sep 2023 | Brussels | 25 |
| 24 | Linda Stahl | GER | 67.32 | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City | 28 |
| 25 | Vera Rebrik | RUS | 67.30 | 19 Feb 2016 | Sochi | 26 |