Men · Jumps · All-Time
Triple Jump
World record
18.29+1.3
Jonathan EdwardsGBRGothenburg · 7 Aug 1995
31 years standingRecord progression →
18.29
Best mark
World record
17.60
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
17.77
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
20
Countries
USA 10 · CUB 7 · 18 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 18.29 to 17.60 · median 17.77
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 | Jonathan Edwards WR | GBR | 18.29 | +1.3 | 7 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | 29 |
| 2 | Christian Taylor | USA | 18.21 | +0.2 | 27 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 25 |
| 3 | Jordan Alejandr Díaz | ESP | 18.18 | -0.3 | 11 Jun 2024 | Roma | |
| 4 | Andy Díaz | ITA | 18.15 | +1.7 | 15 Aug 2026 | Birmingham | 30 |
| 5 | Will Claye | USA | 18.14 | +0.4 | 29 Jun 2019 | Long Beach | 28 |
| 6 | Kenny Harrison | USA | 18.09 | -0.4 | 27 Jul 1996 | Atlanta | 31 |
| 7 | Pedro Pablo Pichardo | CUB | 18.08 | 0.0 | 28 May 2015 | La Habana | |
| 8 | Teddy Tamgho | FRA | 18.04 | +0.3 | 18 Aug 2013 | Moskva | 24 |
| 9 | Willie Banks | USA | 17.97 | +1.5 | 16 Jun 1985 | Indianapolis | 29 |
| 10 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17.92 | +1.6 | 31 Aug 1987 | Roma | 22 |
| 11 | James Beckford | JAM | 17.92 | +1.9 | 20 May 1995 | Odessa | 20 |
| 12 | Vladimir Inozemtsev | UKR | 17.90 | +1.0 | 20 Jun 1990 | Bratislava | 26 |
| 13 | Jadel Gregório | BRA | 17.90 | +0.4 | 20 May 2007 | Belém | 26 |
| 14 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 17.89 | 0.0 | 15 Oct 1975 | Ciudad de México | 21 |
| 15 | Mike Conley | USA | 17.87 | +1.7 | 27 Jun 1987 | San José | 24 |
| 16 | Jaydon Hibbert | JAM | 17.87 | +1.3 | 13 May 2023 | Baton Rouge | 18 |
| 17 | Charles Simpkins | USA | 17.86 | +1.3 | 2 Sep 1985 | Kobe | 21 |
| 18 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 17.85 | +0.9 | 8 Aug 1997 | Athínai | 24 |
| 19 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | BUR | 17.82 | +0.2 | 6 Jul 2021 | Székesfehérvár | 28 |
| 20 | Marian Oprea | ROU | 17.81 | +1.0 | 5 Jul 2005 | Lausanne | 23 |
| 21 | Phillips Idowu | GBR | 17.81 | +0.1 | 29 Jul 2010 | Barcelona | 31 |
| 22 | Christian Olsson | SWE | 17.79 | +1.4 | 22 Aug 2004 | Athínai | 24 |
| 23 | Nikolay Musiyenko | UKR | 17.78 | +1.0 | 7 Jun 1986 | Leningrad | 26 |
| 24 | Lázaro Betancourt | CUB | 17.78 | +0.6 | 15 Jun 1986 | La Habana | |
| 25 | Melvin Lister | USA | 17.78 | +0.8 | 17 Jul 2004 | Sacramento | 26 |
| 26 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | RUS | 17.77 | +1.0 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 24 |
| 27 | Oleg Protsenko | RUS | 17.75 | +0.3 | 10 Jun 1990 | Moskva | |
| 28 | Leonid Voloshin | RUS | 17.75 | +1.0 | 26 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | |
| 29 | +1,1 Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 17.75 | 5 Jul 2002 | Saint-Denis | ||
| 30 | Nelson Évora | POR | 17.74 | +1.4 | 27 Aug 2007 | Osaka | |
| 31 | Sheryf El-Sheryf | UKR | 17.72 | +1.3 | 17 Jul 2011 | Ostrava | |
| 32 | Walter Davis | USA | 17.71 | -0.7 | 25 Jun 2006 | Indianapolis | |
| 33 | Aliecer Urrutia | CUB | 17.70 | +1.7 | 6 Jun 1996 | Sevilla | |
| 34 | Igor Lapshin | BLR | 17.69 | +1.5 | 31 Jul 1988 | Stayki | |
| 35 | Jordan Scott | JAM | 17.69 | +1.7 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 36 | Danila Burkenya | RUS | 17.68 | +0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | |
| 37 | Omar Craddock | USA | 17.68 | 0.0 | 20 Apr 2019 | Long Beach | |
| 38 | Wu Ruiting | CHN | 17.68 | +1.0 | 4 Aug 2025 | Quzhou | |
| 39 | Yasser Mohamed Triki | ALG | 17.67 | +0.4 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 40 | Ralf Jaros | GER | 17.66 | +1.7 | 30 Jun 1991 | Frankfurt | |
| 41 | Aleksandr Yakovlev | UKR | 17.65 | +1.0 | 6 Jun 1987 | Moskva | |
| 42 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 17.65 | +0.8 | 9 Jul 1998 | Oslo | |
| 43 | Yoandri Betanzos | CUB | 17.65 | +1.4 | 25 Apr 2009 | La Habana | |
| 44 | Alexis Copello | CUB | 17.65 | +0.1 | 30 May 2009 | La Habana | |
| 45 | Nathan Douglas | GBR | 17.64 | +1.4 | 10 Jul 2005 | Manchester | |
| 46 | Andrea Dallavalle | ITA | 17.64 | +1.5 | 19 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 47 | Kenta Bell | USA | 17.63 | +0.9 | 21 Apr 2002 | Walnut | |
| 48 | Brian Wellman | BER | 17.62 | +0.1 | 15 Apr 1995 | El Paso | |
| 49 | Arnie David Girat | CUB | 17.62 | -0.2 | 25 Apr 2009 | La Habana | |
| 50 | Vladimir Plekhanov | RUS | 17.60 | +0.6 | 4 Aug 1985 | Leningrad |