Women · Throws · All-Time
Shot Put
22.63
Best mark
World record
20.54
Top 50 cutoff
50 rows
21.16
Median
Of the 50 best-by-athlete marks
15
Countries
RUS 8 · GDR 8 · 13 others
Performance distribution
50 athletes from 22.63 to 20.54 · median 21.16
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 | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalya Lisovskaya WR | RUS | 22.63 | 7 Jun 1987 | Moskva | 24 |
| 2 | Ilona Slupianek | GDR | 22.45 | 11 May 1980 | Potsdam | 23 |
| 3 | Helena Fibingerová | CZE | 22.32 | 20 Aug 1977 | Nitra | 28 |
| 4 | Claudia Losch | GER | 22.19 | 23 Aug 1987 | Hainfeld | 27 |
| 5 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 21.89 | 4 Jul 1976 | Belmeken | 34 |
| 6 | Marianne Adam | GDR | 21.86 | 23 Jun 1979 | Leipzig | 27 |
| 7 | Li Meisu | CHN | 21.76 | 23 Apr 1988 | Shijiazhuang | 29 |
| 8 | Natalya Akhrimenko | RUS | 21.73 | 21 May 1988 | Leselidze | 33 |
| 9 | Viktoriya Pavlysh | UKR | 21.69 | 20 Aug 1998 | Budapest | |
| 10 | Sui Xinmei | CHN | 21.66 | 9 Jun 1990 | Beijing | 25 |
| 11 | Verzhinia Veselinova | BUL | 21.61 | 21 Aug 1982 | Sofia | 24 |
| 12 | Margitta Droese-Pufe | GDR | 21.58 | 28 May 1978 | Erfurt | 25 |
| 13 | Nunu Abashidze | UKR | 21.53 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | 29 |
| 14 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 21.52 | 27 Jun 1990 | Beijing | 25 |
| 15 | Larisa Peleshenko | RUS | 21.46 | 26 Aug 2000 | Moskva | 36 |
| 16 | Nadezhda Chizhova | RUS | 21.45 | 29 Sep 1973 | Varna | 28 |
| 17 | Ines Müller | GDR | 21.45 | 4 Jun 1986 | Schwerin | 27 |
| 18 | Eva Wilms | FRG | 21.43 | 17 Jun 1977 | München | 24 |
| 19 | Svetlana Krachevskaya | RUS | 21.42 | 24 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 35 |
| 20 | Liane Schmuhl | GDR | 21.27 | 26 Jun 1982 | Cottbus | 20 |
| 21 | Heike Hartwig | GER | 21.27 | 22 May 1988 | Haniá | 25 |
| 22 | Valerie Adams | NZL | 21.24 | 29 Aug 2011 | Daegu | 26 |
| 23 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | 21.22 | 5 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | 25 |
| 24 | Kathrin Neimke | GER | 21.21 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | 21 |
| 25 | Helma Knorscheidt | GDR | 21.19 | 24 May 1984 | Berlin | 27 |
| 26 | Chase Jackson | USA | 21.14 | 4 Sep 2026 | Bruxelles | |
| 27 | Heidi Krieger | GDR | 21.10 | 26 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | |
| 28 | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | BLR | 21.09 | 21 Jul 2005 | Minsk | |
| 29 | Jessica Schilder | NED | 21.09 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 30 | Valentina Fedyushina | UKR | 21.08 | 15 May 1988 | Leselidze | |
| 31 | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | 21.06 | 7 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 32 | Zdeňka Šilhavá | CZE | 21.05 | 23 Jul 1983 | Praha | 29 |
| 33 | Ivanka Petrova-Stoycheva | BUL | 21.01 | 28 Jul 1979 | Sofia | |
| 34 | Mihaela Loghin | ROU | 21.00 | 30 Jun 1984 | Formia | |
| 35 | Cordula Schulze | GDR | 21.00 | 21 Jul 1984 | Potsdam | |
| 36 | Belsis Laza | CUB | 20.96 | 2 May 1992 | Ciudad de México | |
| 37 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 20.95 | 14 Jun 1980 | Sofia | |
| 38 | Svetla Mitkova | BUL | 20.91 | 24 May 1987 | Sofia | |
| 39 | Irina Korzhanenko | RUS | 20.82 | 30 May 1998 | Rostov na Donu | |
| 40 | Sona Vasícková | CZE | 20.80 | 2 Jun 1988 | Praha | |
| 41 | Christina Schwanitz | GER | 20.77 | 20 May 2015 | Beijing | |
| 42 | Grit Hammer | GER | 20.72 | 11 Jun 1987 | Neubrandenburg | |
| 43 | Natalya Mikhnevich | BLR | 20.70 | 8 Jul 2008 | Grodno | |
| 44 | Sarah Mitton | CAN | 20.68 | 11 May 2024 | Fleetwood | |
| 45 | Michelle Carter | USA | 20.63 | 12 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 46 | María Elena Sarría | CUB | 20.61 | 22 Jul 1982 | La Habana | |
| 47 | Yanina Korolchik | BLR | 20.61 | 5 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 48 | Marina Antonyuk | RUS | 20.60 | 10 Aug 1986 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 49 | Gong Lijiao | CHN | 20.58 | 1 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 50 | Zhang Liuhong | CHN | 20.54 | 5 Jun 1994 | Beijing |