Men · Jumps · All-Time
Long Jump
8.95
Best mark
World record
8.46
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
8.51
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
20
Countries
USA 19 · CUB 4 · 18 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 8.95 to 8.46 · median 8.51
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
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Wind | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Powell WR | USA | 8.95 | +0.3 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 2 | Bob Beamon | USA | 8.90 | +2.0 | 18 Oct 1968 | Ciudad de México | 22 |
| 3 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.87 | -0.2 | 30 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | 30 |
| 4 | Robert Emmiyan | ARM | 8.86 | +1.9 | 22 May 1987 | Tsakhkadzor | 22 |
| 5 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.74 | +1.4 | 18 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | 32 |
| 6 | Erick Walder | USA | 8.74 | +2.0 | 2 Apr 1994 | El Paso | 22 |
| 7 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 8.74 | -1.2 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | 31 |
| 8 | Irving Saladino | PAN | 8.73 | +1.2 | 24 May 2008 | Hengelo | 25 |
| 9 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8.71 | +1.9 | 18 Jul 1995 | Salamanca | 22 |
| 10 | Tajay Gayle | JAM | 8.69 | +0.5 | 28 Sep 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 23 |
| 11 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | CUB | 8.68 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 2018 | Bad Langensalza | 19 |
| 12 | Louis Tsatoumas | GRE | 8.66 | +1.6 | 2 Jun 2007 | Kalamáta | 25 |
| 13 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | GRE | 8.66 | +1.0 | 26 Jul 2026 | Vólos | 28 |
| 14 | Luvo Manyonga | RSA | 8.65 | +1.3 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom | 26 |
| 15 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | USA | 8.63 | +0.5 | 4 Jul 1994 | Linz | 21 |
| 16 | James Beckford | JAM | 8.62 | +0.7 | 5 Apr 1997 | Orlando | 22 |
| 17 | Jarrion Lawson | USA | 8.58 | +1.8 | 3 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 22 |
| 18 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 8.56 | +1.3 | 24 Jun 1999 | Torino | 21 |
| 19 | Aleksandr Menkov | RUS | 8.56 | +0.2 | 16 Aug 2013 | Moskva | 22 |
| 20 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 8.54 | +0.9 | 28 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 21 |
| 21 | Mitchell Watt | AUS | 8.54 | +1.7 | 29 Jul 2011 | Stockholm | 23 |
| 22 | Wayne Pinnock | JAM | 8.54 | +1.2 | 23 Aug 2023 | q Budapest | 22 |
| 23 | Jaime Jefferson | CUB | 8.53 | +1.2 | 12 May 1990 | La Habana | 28 |
| 24 | Savanté Stringfellow | USA | 8.52 | +0.7 | 21 Jun 2002 | Palo Alto | |
| 25 | Jeffrey Henderson | USA | 8.52 | +1.8 | 22 Jul 2015 | Toronto | |
| 26 | Roland McGhee | USA | 8.51 | +1.7 | 14 May 1995 | São Paulo | |
| 27 | Greg Rutherford | GBR | 8.51 | +1.7 | 24 Apr 2014 | Chula Vista | |
| 28 | Simon Ehammer | SUI | 8.51 | +1.0 | 30 May 2026 | D Götzis | 26 |
| 29 | Llewellyn Starks | USA | 8.50 | +0.2 | 7 Jul 1991 | Rhede | |
| 30 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | RSA | 8.50 | +1.3 | 4 Jul 2009 | Madrid | |
| 31 | Melvin Lister | USA | 8.49 | +2.0 | 13 May 2000 | Baton Rouge | 22 |
| 32 | Jai Taurima | AUS | 8.49 | +0.6 | 28 Sep 2000 | Sydney | |
| 33 | Sebastian Bayer | GER | 8.49 | +1.6 | 4 Jul 2009 | Ulm | 23 |
| 34 | Christian Reif | GER | 8.49 | +0.7 | 31 May 2014 | Weinheim | |
| 35 | Ruswahl Samaai | RSA | 8.49 | -0.8 | 22 Apr 2017 | Potchefstroom | |
| 36 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | BUL | 8.49 | +1.3 | 14 Jul 2026 | Plovdiv | |
| 37 | Joe Greene | USA | 8.48 | +0.8 | 14 May 1995 | São Paulo | |
| 38 | Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi | KSA | 8.48 | +0.6 | 2 Jul 2006 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen | |
| 39 | Kevin Dilworth | USA | 8.47 | +1.9 | 9 May 1996 | Abilene | |
| 40 | John Moffitt | USA | 8.47 | +0.9 | 26 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 41 | Andrew Howe | ITA | 8.47 | -0.2 | 30 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 42 | Li Jinzhe | CHN | 8.47 | 0.0 | 28 Jun 2014 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 43 | Wang Jianan | CHN | 8.47 | +0.7 | 16 Jun 2018 | Guiyang | |
| 44 | JuVaughn Harrison | USA | 8.47 | -0.2 | 27 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 45 | Leonid Voloshin | RUS | 8.46 | +2.0 | 5 Jul 1988 | Tallinn | |
| 46 | Mike Conley | USA | 8.46 | +1.6 | 4 May 1996 | Springfield | 33 |
| 47 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré | SEN | 8.46 | +1.8 | 15 Jun 1997 | Bad Langensalza | |
| 48 | Miguel Pate | USA | 8.46 | 0.0 | 3 May 2003 | Ciudad de México | 23 |
| 49 | Ibrahín Camejo | CUB | 8.46 | +0.3 | 21 Jun 2008 | Bilbao | |
| 50 | Luis Alberto Rivera | MEX | 8.46 | +1.3 | 12 Jul 2013 | Kazan |