Women · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
World record
7.52+1.4
Galina ChistyakovaURSLeningrad · 11 Jun 1988
38 years standingRecord progression →
7.52
Best mark
World record
7.17
Top 25 cutoff
26 rows: tie at the cutoff
7.26
Median
Of the 26 best-by-athlete marks
10
Countries
URS 7 · USA 5 · 8 others
Performance distribution
26 athletes from 7.52 to 7.17 · median 7.26
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 27 Aug 2026 · methodology
26 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Chistyakova WR | URS | 7.52 | +1.4 | 11 Jun 1988 | Leningrad | 25 |
| 2 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7.49 | +1.3 | 22 May 1994 | New York City | 32 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 7.48 | +1.2 | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg | 23 |
| 4 | Anişoara Cuşmir | ROU | 7.43 | +1.4 | 4 Jun 1983 | Bucharest | 20 |
| 5 | Tatyana Kotova | RUS | 7.42 | +2.0 | 23 Jun 2002 | Annecy | 25 |
| 6 | Yelena Belevskaya | URS | 7.39 | +0.5 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 23 |
| 7 | Inessa Kravets | UKR | 7.37 | 13 Jun 1992 | Kyiv | 25 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Lebedeva | RUS | 7.33 | +0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | 28 |
| 9 | Olena Khlopotnova | URS | 7.31 | +1.5 | 12 Sep 1985 | Alma Ata | 22 |
| 9 | Marion Jones | USA | 7.31 | +1.9 | 31 May 1998 | Eugene | 22 |
| 9 | Brittney Reese | USA | 7.31 | +1.7 | 2 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 29 |
| 12 | Malaika Mihambo | GER | 7.30 | -0.8 | 6 Oct 2019 | Doha | 25 |
| 13 | Irina Simagina | RUS | 7.27 | -0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | 22 |
| 14 | Maurren Maggi | BRA | 7.26 | +1.8 | 25 Jun 1999 | Bogotá | 23 |
| 15 | Larysa Berezhna | URS | 7.24 | +1.0 | 25 May 1991 | Granada | 30 |
| 15 | Ivana Španović | SRB | 7.24 | 5 Mar 2017 | Belgrade | 26 | |
| 17 | Helga Radtke | GDR | 7.21 | +1.6 | 26 Jul 1984 | Dresden | 22 |
| 17 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | RUS | 7.21 | +1.9 | 27 May 2007 | Sochi | 27 |
| 19 | Vali Ionescu | ROU | 7.20 | -0.3 | 1 Aug 1982 | Bucharest | 21 |
| 19 | Irena Oženko | URS | 7.20 | +2.0 | 12 Sep 1986 | Budapest | 23 |
| 19 | Yelena Sinchukova | URS | 7.20 | +0.8 | 20 Jun 1991 | Budapest | 30 |
| 19 | Irina Mushailova | RUS | 7.20 | +0.7 | 14 Jul 1994 | Saint Petersburg | 27 |
| 19 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | USA | 7.20 | +1.2 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | 27 |
| 24 | Irina Valyukevich | URS | 7.17 | +1.8 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 27 |
| 24 | Tianna Bartoletta | USA | 7.17 | +0.6 | 17 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 30 |
| 24 | Ese Brume | NGR | 7.17 | +1.1 | 29 May 2021 | Chula Vista | 25 |