Men · Throws · All-Time

Hammer Throw

World record

86.74

Yuriy SedykhURSStuttgart · 30 Aug 1986

40 years standingRecord progression →

86.74

Best mark

World record

81.66

Top 50 cutoff

50 rows

82.63

Median

Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks

18

Countries

RUS 9 · HUN 6 · 16 others

Performance distribution

50 athletes from 86.74 to 81.66 · median 82.63

86.7486.0484.9084.8684.7084.6284.5184.4884.4084.2584.1983.9383.6883.4683.4383.3883.3083.1883.1683.0483.0082.7882.7782.6982.6482.6282.6282.5882.5482.5482.5282.5282.4482.4082.3882.3882.2882.2482.2482.2382.2282.1682.0882.0081.8881.8181.7981.7881.7081.66

86.74 · WR82.63 · median81.66 · cutoff

Top 50 cutoff

The mark an athlete needed to make the list

World all-time top 50

Best by athlete · data refreshed 17 Sep 2026 · methodology

50 rows

#AthleteCountryMarkDateVenueAge
1 Yuriy Syedikh WR RUS 86.74 30 Aug 1986 Stuttgart
2 Sergey Litvinov RUS 86.04 3 Jul 1986 Dresden 28
3 Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR 84.90 21 Jul 2005 Stayki 28
4 Koji Murofushi JPN 84.86 29 Jun 2003 Praha 28
5 Ethan Katzberg CAN 84.70 16 Sep 2025 Tokyo 23
6 Igor Astapkovich BLR 84.62 6 Jun 1992 Sevilla 29
7 Ivan Tikhon BLR 84.51 9 Jul 2008 Grodno
8 Igor Nikulin RUS 84.48 12 Jul 1990 Lausanne 29
9 Jüri Tamm EST 84.40 9 Sep 1984 Banská Bystrica 27
10 Bence Halász HUN 84.25 11 Aug 2026 Birmingham 29
11 Adrián Annus HUN 84.19 10 Aug 2003 Szombathely 30
12 Paweł Fajdek POL 83.93 9 Aug 2015 Szczecin 26
13 Tibor Gécsek HUN 83.68 19 Sep 1998 Zalaegerszeg 33
14 Andrey Abduvaliyev UZB 83.46 26 May 1990 Sochi 23
15 Aleksey Zagornyi RUS 83.43 10 Feb 2002 Adler 23
16 Szymon Ziółkowski POL 83.38 5 Aug 2001 Edmonton 25
17 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN 83.30 14 Jul 2004 Lahti 24
18 Balasz Hazai HUN 83.18 12 Aug 2025 Budapest
19 Rudy Winkler USA 83.16 5 Jul 2025 Eugene 30
20 Heinz Weis GER 83.04 29 Jun 1997 Frankfurt 33
21 Balázs Kiss HUN 83.00 4 Jun 1998 Saint-Denis 26
22 Karsten Kobs GER 82.78 26 Jun 1999 Dortmund 27
23 Merlin Hummel GER 82.77 16 Sep 2025 Tokyo 23
24 Krisztián Pars HUN 82.69 16 Aug 2014 Zürich 32
25 Günther Rodehau GDR 82.64 3 Aug 1985 Dresden 26
26 Sergey Kirmasov RUS 82.62 30 May 1998 Bryansk
27 Andrey Skvaruk UKR 82.62 27 Apr 2002 Koncha-Zaspa
28 Primoz Kozmus SLO 82.58 2 Sep 2009 Celje
29 Ralf Haber GER 82.54 9 Sep 1988 Potsdam 26
30 Vasiliy Sidorenko RUS 82.54 13 May 1992 Krasnodar
31 Lance Deal USA 82.52 7 Sep 1996 Milano
32 Wojciech Nowicki POL 82.52 4 Aug 2021 Tokyo
33 Yann Chassinand FRA 82.44 13 Jun 2026 Los Angeles
34 Plamen Minev BUL 82.40 1 Jun 1991 Plovdiv
35 Gilles Dupray FRA 82.38 21 Jun 2000 Chelles
36 Mykhaylo Kokhan UKR 82.38 13 Jun 2026 Los Angeles
37 Ilya Konovalov RUS 82.28 10 Jul 2003 Tula
38 Benjaminas Viluckis LTU 82.24 24 Aug 1986 Klaipeda
39 Vyacheslav Korovin RUS 82.24 20 Jun 1987 Chelyabinsk
40 Vladislav Piskunov UKR 82.23 27 Apr 2002 Koncha-Zaspa
41 Holger Klose GER 82.22 2 May 1998 Dortmund
42 Vitaliy Alisevich BLR 82.16 13 Jul 1988 Pärnu
43 Ivan Tanev BUL 82.08 3 Sep 1988 Sofia
44 Sergey Alay BLR 82.00 12 May 1992 Stayki
45 Jud Logan USA 81.88 22 Apr 1988 University Park
46 Libor Charfreitag SVK 81.81 29 Jun 2003 Praha
47 Christophe Épalle FRA 81.79 30 Jun 2000 Clermont-Ferrand
48 Christoph Sahner GER 81.78 11 Sep 1988 Wemmetsweiler
49 Aleksandr Seleznyov RUS 81.70 22 May 1993 Sochi
50 Aleksandr Krikun UKR 81.66 29 May 2004 Kyiv
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