Men · Jumps · All-Time
Pole Vault
6.30
Best mark
Best on this list
5.91
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
6.00
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
19
Countries
USA 13 · FRA 7 · 17 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 6.30 to 5.91 · median 6.00
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 | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | SWE | 6.30 | 15 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 25 |
| 2 | Emmanouil Karalis | GRE | 6.20 | 27 Aug 2026 | Zürich | 26 |
| 3 | Sergey Bubka | UKR | 6.14 | 31 Jul 1994 | Sestriere | 30 |
| 4 | KC Lightfoot | USA | 6.07 | 2 Jun 2023 | Nashville | 23 |
| 5 | Sam Kendricks | USA | 6.06 | 27 Jul 2019 | Des Moines | 26 |
| 6 | Maksim Tarasov | RUS | 6.05 | 16 Jun 1999 | Athínai | 28 |
| 7 | Dmitri Markov | AUS | 6.05 | 9 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | 26 |
| 8 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA | 6.05 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | 28 |
| 9 | Brad Walker | USA | 6.04 | 8 Jun 2008 | Eugene | 26 |
| 10 | Okkert Brits | RSA | 6.03 | 18 Aug 1995 | Köln | 21 |
| 11 | Jeff Hartwig | USA | 6.03 | 14 Jun 2000 | Jonesboro | 32 |
| 12 | Thiago Braz | BRA | 6.03 | 15 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 22 |
| 13 | Piotr Lisek | POL | 6.02 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | 26 |
| 14 | Igor Trandenkov | RUS | 6.01 | 4 Jul 1996 | Sankt Peterburg | 29 |
| 15 | Timothy Mack | USA | 6.01 | 18 Sep 2004 | Monaco | 32 |
| 16 | Yevgeniy Lukyanenko | RUS | 6.01 | 1 Jul 2008 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 17 | Radion Gataullin | RUS | 6.00 | 16 Sep 1989 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 18 | Tim Lobinger | GER | 6.00 | 24 Aug 1997 | Köln | 24 |
| 19 | Toby Stevenson | USA | 6.00 | 8 May 2004 | Modesto | 27 |
| 20 | Paul Burgess | AUS | 6.00 | 26 Feb 2005 | Perth | 25 |
| 21 | Steve Hooker | AUS | 6.00 | 27 Jan 2008 | Perth | 25 |
| 22 | Timur Morgunov | RUS | 6.00 | 12 Aug 2018 | Berlin | 21 |
| 23 | Chris Nilsen | USA | 6.00 | 6 May 2022 | Greenfield | 24 |
| 24 | Ernest John Obiena | PHI | 6.00 | 10 Jun 2023 | Bergen | 27 |
| 25 | Kurtis Marschall | AUS | 6.00 | 14 Jul 2026 | Budapest | 29 |
| 26 | Sondre Guttormsen | NOR | 6.00 | 24 Jul 2026 | Trondheim | |
| 27 | Lawrence Johnson | USA | 5.98 | 25 May 1996 | Knoxville | |
| 28 | Jean Galfione | FRA | 5.98 | 23 Jul 1999 | Amiens | |
| 29 | Scott Huffman | USA | 5.97 | 18 Jun 1994 | Knoxville | |
| 30 | Joe Dial | USA | 5.96 | 18 Jun 1987 | Norman | |
| 31 | Andrej Tiwontschik | GER | 5.95 | 16 Aug 1996 | Köln | |
| 32 | Michael Stolle | GER | 5.95 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 33 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 5.95 | 6 Aug 2003 | Castres | |
| 34 | Thibaut Collet | FRA | 5.95 | 19 Jun 2024 | Monbonnot Saint Martin | |
| 35 | Zachery Bradford | USA | 5.95 | 11 Sep 2026 | Budapest | |
| 36 | Raphael Holzdeppe | GER | 5.94 | 26 Jul 2015 | Nürnberg | |
| 37 | Danny Ecker | GER | 5.93 | 26 Jul 1998 | Ingolstadt | |
| 38 | Aleksandr Averbukh | ISR | 5.93 | 19 Jul 2003 | Madrid | |
| 39 | Shawnacy Barber | CAN | 5.93 | 25 Jul 2015 | London | |
| 40 | Pawel Wojciechowski | POL | 5.93 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | |
| 41 | Baptiste Thiery | FRA | 5.93 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 42 | István Bagyula | HUN | 5.92 | 5 Jul 1991 | Linz | |
| 43 | Igor Potapovich | KAZ | 5.92 | 13 Jun 1992 | Dijon | |
| 44 | Dean Starkey | USA | 5.92 | 21 May 1994 | São Paulo | |
| 45 | Björn Otto | GER | 5.92 | 1 Jul 2012 | Helsinki | 34 |
| 46 | Menno Vloon | NED | 5.92 | 1 Sep 2024 | Berlin | |
| 47 | Ersu Sasma | TUR | 5.92 | 27 Jul 2025 | Berlin | |
| 48 | Austin Miller | USA | 5.92 | 2 Aug 2025 | Eugene | |
| 49 | Robin Emig | FRA | 5.92 | 2 Sep 2025 | Chiari | |
| 50 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5.91 | 31 Aug 1984 | Roma |