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
7.07
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
7.16
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
18
Countries
RUS 12 · USA 7 · 16 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 7.52 to 7.07 · median 7.16
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 | Galina Chistyakova WR | RUS | 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 | GER | 7.48 | +1.2 | 9 Jul 1988 | Neubrandenburg | 23 |
| 4 | Anişoara Cuşmir | ROU | 7.43 | +1.4 | 4 Jun 1983 | Bucuresti | 20 |
| 5 | Tatyana Kotova | RUS | 7.42 | +2.0 | 23 Jun 2002 | Annecy | 25 |
| 6 | Yelena Belevskaya | BLR | 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 | UKR | 7.31 | +1.5 | 12 Sep 1985 | Almaty | 22 |
| 10 | Marion Jones | USA | 7.31 | +1.9 | 31 May 1998 | Eugene | 22 |
| 11 | Brittney Reese | USA | 7.31 | +1.7 | 2 Jul 2016 | Eugene | 29 |
| 12 | Malaika Mihambo | GER | 7.30 | -0.8 | 6 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 25 |
| 13 | Irina Simagina | RUS | 7.27 | -0.4 | 31 Jul 2004 | Tula | 22 |
| 14 | Maurren Maggi | BRA | 7.26 | +1.9 | 26 Jun 1999 | Bogotá | 23 |
| 15 | Larysa Berezhna | UKR | 7.24 | +1.0 | 25 May 1991 | Granada | 30 |
| 16 | Helga Radtke | GER | 7.21 | +1.6 | 26 Jul 1984 | Dresden | 22 |
| 17 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | RUS | 7.21 | +1.9 | 27 May 2007 | Sochi | 27 |
| 18 | Valy Ionescu | ROU | 7.20 | -0.5 | 1 Aug 1982 | Bucuresti | |
| 19 | Irena Oženko | LTU | 7.20 | +2.0 | 12 Sep 1986 | Budapest | 23 |
| 20 | Yelena Sinchukova | RUS | 7.20 | +0.8 | 20 Jun 1991 | Budapest | 30 |
| 21 | Irina Mushailova | RUS | 7.20 | +0.7 | 14 Jul 1994 | Sankt Peterburg | 27 |
| 22 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | USA | 7.20 | +1.2 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | 27 |
| 23 | Irina Valyukevich | BLR | 7.17 | +1.8 | 18 Jul 1987 | Bryansk | 27 |
| 24 | Tianna Bartoletta | USA | 7.17 | +0.6 | 17 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | 30 |
| 25 | Esa Brume | NGR | 7.17 | +1.1 | 29 May 2021 | Chula Vista | |
| 26 | Iolanda Chen | RUS | 7.16 | 30 Jul 1988 | Moskva | ||
| 27 | Elva Goulbourne | JAM | 7.16 | -0.1 | 22 May 2004 | Ciudad de México | |
| 28 | Sosthene Taroum Moguenara | GER | 7.16 | +1.6 | 28 May 2016 | Weinheim | |
| 29 | Niole Medvedyeva | LTU | 7.14 | +1.8 | 4 Jun 1988 | Riga | |
| 30 | Mirela Dulgheru | ROU | 7.14 | +1.2 | 5 Jul 1992 | Sofia | |
| 31 | Ivana Španović | SRB | 7.14 | +1.2 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 33 |
| 32 | Olga Kucharenko | RUS | 7.13 | +2.0 | 27 May 2010 | Sochi | |
| 33 | Brooke Buschkuehl | AUS | 7.13 | +1.8 | 9 Jul 2022 | Chul Vista | |
| 34 | Sabine Paetz | GDR | 7.12 | +1.6 | 19 May 1984 | Dresden | 26 |
| 35 | Chioma Ajunwa | NGR | 7.12 | +0.9 | 2 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 36 | Naide Gomes | POR | 7.12 | +1.3 | 29 Jul 2008 | Monaco | |
| 37 | Larissa Iapichino | ITA | 7.12 | +1.8 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 38 | Fiona May | ITA | 7.11 | +0.8 | 22 Aug 1998 | Budapest | |
| 39 | Anna Klyashtornaya | RUS | 7.11 | +1.3 | 20 Jun 2012 | Moskva | |
| 40 | Chelsea Hayes | USA | 7.10 | +1.6 | 1 Jul 2012 | Eugene | |
| 41 | Vilma Bardauskiené | LTU | 7.09 | 0.0 | 29 Aug 1978 | q Praha | |
| 42 | Lyudmila Ninova | AUT | 7.09 | +1.5 | 5 Jun 1994 | Sevilla | |
| 43 | Alyssa Jones | USA | 7.09 | -0.2 | 28 May 2026 | Fayetteville | |
| 44 | Marieta Ilcu | ROU | 7.08 | +0.5 | 25 Jun 1989 | Pitesti | |
| 45 | Anastassia Mirochuk-Ivanova | BLR | 7.08 | +1.9 | 12 Jun 2012 | Minsk | |
| 46 | Chantel Malone | IVB | 7.08 | +1.4 | 27 Mar 2021 | Miramar | |
| 47 | Ackelia Smith | JAM | 7.08 | +1.9 | 13 May 2023 | Norman | |
| 48 | Svetlana Zorina | RUS | 7.07 | 0.0 | 15 Aug 1987 | Krasnodar | |
| 49 | Yelena Sokolova | RUS | 7.07 | +0.5 | 8 Aug 2012 | London | |
| 50 | Shara Proctor | GBR | 7.07 | +0.4 | 28 Aug 2015 | Beijing |