2017 IAAF World Championship Rankings
2017 IAAF World Championship Rankings
Top-8 projections based on season's best and 2016 Olympic performances
MEN'S TOP 8 PROJECTIONS:
| EVENT | RNK | ATHLETE | COUNTRY |
| 100 | 1 | Christian Coleman | USA |
| 100 | 2 | Usain Bolt | JAM |
| 100 | 3 | Yohan Blake | JAM |
| 100 | 4 | Justin Gatlin | USA |
| 100 | 5 | Akani Simbine | RSA |
| 100 | 6 | Christopher Belcher | USA |
| 100 | 7 | Thando Roto | RSA |
| 100 | 8 | Ben Youssef Meité | CIV |
| 200 | 1 | Isaac Makwala | BOT |
| 200 | 2 | Wayde van Niekerk | RSA |
| 200 | 3 | Christophe Lemaitre | FRA |
| 200 | 4 | Akani Simbine | RSA |
| 200 | 5 | Churandy Martina | NED |
| 200 | 6 | Jereem Richards | TTO |
| 200 | 7 | Yohan Blake | JAM |
| 200 | 8 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | GBR |
| 400 | 1 | Wayde van Niekerk | RSA |
| 400 | 2 | Fred Kerley | USA |
| 400 | 3 | LaShawn Merritt | USA |
| 400 | 4 | Isaac Makwala | BOT |
| 400 | 5 | Gil Roberts | USA |
| 400 | 6 | Machel Cadenio | TTO |
| 400 | 7 | Baboloki Thebe | BOT |
| 400 | 8 | Karabo Sibanda | BOT |
| 800 | 1 | Emmanuel Korir | KEN |
| 800 | 2 | Ferguson Cheruiyot | KEN |
| 800 | 3 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | FRA |
| 800 | 4 | Donavan Brazier | USA |
| 800 | 5 | Nijel Amos | BOT |
| 800 | 6 | Kipyegon Bett | KEN |
| 800 | 7 | Marcin Lewandowski | POL |
| 800 | 8 | Brandon McBride | CAN |
| 1500 | 1 | Elijah Manangoi | KEN |
| 1500 | 2 | Timothy Cheruiyot | KEN |
| 1500 | 3 | Matthew Centrowitz | USA |
| 1500 | 4 | Nick Willis | NZL |
| 1500 | 5 | Sadik Mikhou | BRN |
| 1500 | 6 | Asbel Kiprop | KEN |
| 1500 | 7 | Aman Wote | ETH |
| 1500 | 8 | Ayanleh Souleiman | DJI |
| 3K SC | 1 | Evan Jager | USA |
| 3K SC | 2 | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN |
| 3K SC | 3 | Soufiane El Bakkali | MAR |
| 3K SC | 4 | Jairus Birech | KEN |
| 3K SC | 5 | Stanley Kebenei | USA |
| 3K SC | 6 | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN |
| 3K SC | 7 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA |
| 3K SC | 8 | Hillary Bor | USA |
| 5K | 1 | Mo Farah | GBR |
| 5K | 2 | Muktar Edris | ETH |
| 5K | 3 | Selemon Barega | ETH |
| 5K | 4 | Paul Chelimo | USA |
| 5K | 5 | Mohammed Ahmed | CAN |
| 5K | 6 | Yomif Kejelcha | ETH |
| 5K | 7 | Joshua Cheptegei | UGA |
| 5K | 8 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | ETH |
| 10K | 1 | Mo Farah | GBR |
| 10K | 2 | Paul Tanui | KEN |
| 10K | 3 | Bedan Muchiri | KEN |
| 10K | 4 | Joshua Cheptegei | UGA |
| 10K | 5 | Abadi Hadis | ETH |
| 10K | 6 | Jemal Yimer | ETH |
| 10K | 7 | Nguse Tesfaldet | ERI |
| 10K | 8 | Andamlak Belihu | ETH |
| Marathon | 1 | Tamirat Tola | ETH |
| Marathon | 2 | Tsegaye Mekonnen | ETH |
| Marathon | 3 | Alphonce Felix | TAN |
| Marathon | 4 | Daniel Wanjiru | KEN |
| Marathon | 5 | Solomon Mutai | UGA |
| Marathon | 6 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen | TUR |
| Marathon | 7 | Paul Lonyangata | KEN |
| Marathon | 8 | Callum Hawkins | GBR |
| 110H | 1 | Omar McLeod | JAM |
| 110H | 2 | Sergey Shubenkov | RUS |
| 110H | 3 | Devon Allen | USA |
| 110H | 4 | Ronald Levy | JAM |
| 110H | 5 | Orlando Ortega | ESP |
| 110H | 6 | Aries Merritt | USA |
| 110H | 7 | Garfield Darien | FRA |
| 110H | 8 | Johnathan Cabral | CAN |
| 400H | 1 | Kerron Clement | USA |
| 400H | 2 | Kyron McMaster | IVB |
| 400H | 3 | Yasmani Copello | TUR |
| 400H | 4 | Eric Futch | USA |
| 400H | 5 | Karsten Warholm | NOR |
| 400H | 6 | Thomas Barr | IRL |
| 400H | 7 | Rasmus Magi | EST |
| 400H | 8 | Michael Stigler | USA |
| 20K RW | 1 | Wang Kaihua | CHN |
| 20K RW | 2 | Dane Bird-Smith | AUS |
| 20K RW | 3 | Christopher Linke | GER |
| 20K RW | 4 | Eiki Takahashi | JPN |
| 20K RW | 5 | Sergey Shirobokov | RUS |
| 20K RW | 6 | Daisuke Matsunaga | JPN |
| 20K RW | 7 | Caio Bonfim | BRA |
| 20K RW | 8 | Isamu Fujisawa | JPN |
| 50K RW | 1 | Jared Tallent | AUS |
| 50K RW | 2 | Hiroki Arai | JPN |
| 50K RW | 3 | Yohann Diniz | FRA |
| 50K RW | 4 | Evan Dunfee | CAN |
| 50K RW | 5 | Yu Wei | CHN |
| 50K RW | 6 | Kai Kobayashi | JPN |
| 50K RW | 7 | Robert Heffernan | IRL |
| 50K RW | 8 | Harvard Haukenes | NOR |
| 4x1 | 1 | Team | JAM |
| 4x1 | 2 | Team | JPN |
| 4x1 | 3 | Team | CAN |
| 4x1 | 4 | Team | USA |
| 4x1 | 5 | Team | GBR |
| 4x1 | 6 | Team | CHN |
| 4x1 | 7 | Team | TTO |
| 4x1 | 8 | Team | GER |
| 4x4 | 1 | Team | USA |
| 4x4 | 2 | Team | JAM |
| 4x4 | 3 | Team | BAH |
| 4x4 | 4 | Team | BEL |
| 4x4 | 5 | Team | BOT |
| 4x4 | 6 | Team | CUB |
| 4x4 | 7 | Team | POL |
| 4x4 | 8 | Team | BRA |
| HJ | 1 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | QAT |
| HJ | 2 | Derek Drouin | CAN |
| HJ | 3 | Danyil Lysenko | RUS |
| HJ | 4 | Bogdan Bondarenko | UKR |
| HJ | 5 | Mateusz Przybylko | GER |
| HJ | 6 | Robbie Grabarz | GBR |
| HJ | 7 | Sylwester Bednarek | POL |
| HJ | 8 | Andrii Protsenko | UKR |
| PV | 1 | Sam Kendricks | USA |
| PV | 2 | Piotr Lisek | POL |
| PV | 3 | Renaud Lavillenie | FRA |
| PV | 4 | Armand Duplantis | SWE |
| PV | 5 | Paweł Wojciechowski | POL |
| PV | 6 | Jan Kudlicka | CZE |
| PV | 7 | Konstadínos Filippídis | GRE |
| PV | 8 | Xue Changrui | CHN |
| LJ | 1 | Luvo Manyonga | RSA |
| LJ | 2 | Jarrion Lawson | USA |
| LJ | 3 | Ruswahl Samaai | RSA |
| LJ | 4 | Jeffrey Henderson | USA |
| LJ | 5 | Tyrone Smith | BER |
| LJ | 6 | Wang Jianan | CHN |
| LJ | 7 | Maykel D. Massó | CUB |
| LJ | 8 | Aleksandr Menkov | RUS |
| TJ | 1 | Christian Taylor | USA |
| TJ | 2 | Will Claye | USA |
| TJ | 3 | Dong Bin | CHN |
| TJ | 4 | Max Heß | GER |
| TJ | 5 | Andy Díaz | CUB |
| TJ | 6 | Chris Benard | USA |
| TJ | 7 | Jhon Murillo | COL |
| TJ | 8 | Nelson Evora | POR |
| SP | 1 | Ryan Crouser | USA |
| SP | 2 | Joe Kovacs | USA |
| SP | 3 | Tom Walsh | NZL |
| SP | 4 | Tomáš Staněk | CZE |
| SP | 5 | O'Dayne Richards | JAM |
| SP | 6 | Franck Elemba | CGO |
| SP | 7 | David Storl | GER |
| SP | 8 | Konrad Bukowiecki | POL |
| DT | 1 | Daniel Ståhl | SWE |
| DT | 2 | Piotr Malachowski | POL |
| DT | 3 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | AUT |
| DT | 4 | Philip Milanov | BEL |
| DT | 5 | Fedrick Dacres | JAM |
| DT | 6 | Gerd Kanter | EST |
| DT | 7 | Andrius Gudžius | LTU |
| DT | 8 | Zoltan Kovago | HUN |
| HT | 1 | Wojciech Nowicki | POL |
| HT | 2 | Paweł Fajdek | POL |
| HT | 3 | Dilshod Nazarov | TJK |
| HT | 4 | Valeriy Pronkin | RUS |
| HT | 5 | Bence Halász | HUN |
| HT | 6 | Marcel Lomnický | SVK |
| HT | 7 | Diego Del Real | MEX |
| HT | 8 | Pavel Bareisha | BLR |
| JT | 1 | Thomas Röhler | GER |
| JT | 2 | Johannes Vetter | GER |
| JT | 3 | Julius Yego | KEN |
| JT | 4 | Andreas Hofmann | GER |
| JT | 5 | Jakub Vadlejch | CZE |
| JT | 6 | Keshorn Walcott | TTO |
| JT | 7 | Tero Pitkämäki | FIN |
| JT | 8 | Marcin Krukowski | POL |
| DEC | 1 | Kevin Mayer | FRA |
| DEC | 2 | Damian Warner | CAN |
| DEC | 3 | Kai Kazmirek | GER |
| DEC | 4 | Ilya Shkurenyov | RUS |
| DEC | 5 | Larbi Bouraada | ALG |
| DEC | 6 | Rico Freimuth | GER |
| DEC | 7 | Leonel Suarez | CUB |
| DEC | 8 | Zach Ziemek | USA |
WOMEN'S TOP 8 PROJECTIONS:
| EVENT | RNK | ATHLETE | COUNTRY |
| 100 | 1 | Elaine Thompson | JAM |
| 100 | 2 | Tori Bowie | USA |
| 100 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | TTO |
| 100 | 4 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | CIV |
| 100 | 5 | Murielle Ahouré | CIV |
| 100 | 6 | Dafne Schippers | NED |
| 100 | 7 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | TTO |
| 100 | 8 | Blessing Okagbare | NGR |
| 200 | 1 | Tori Bowie | USA |
| 200 | 2 | Dafne Schippers | NED |
| 200 | 3 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | BAH |
| 200 | 4 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | CIV |
| 200 | 5 | Deajah Stevens | USA |
| 200 | 6 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | TTO |
| 200 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | GBR |
| 200 | 8 | Mujinga Kambundji | SUI |
| 400 | 1 | Allyson Felix | USA |
| 400 | 2 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | BAH |
| 400 | 3 | Quanera Hayes | USA |
| 400 | 4 | Phyllis Francis | USA |
| 400 | 5 | Shericka Jackson | JAM |
| 400 | 6 | Kendall Ellis | USA |
| 400 | 7 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | JAM |
| 400 | 8 | Chrisann Gordon | JAM |
| 800 | 1 | Caster Semenya | RSA |
| 800 | 2 | Francine Niyonsaba | BDI |
| 800 | 3 | Margaret Wambui | KEN |
| 800 | 4 | Melissa Bishop | CAN |
| 800 | 5 | Ajee' Wilson | USA |
| 800 | 6 | Sifan Hassan | NED |
| 800 | 7 | Joanna Jozwik | POL |
| 800 | 8 | Charlene Lipsey | USA |
| 1500 | 1 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH |
| 1500 | 2 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN |
| 1500 | 3 | Sifan Hassan | NED |
| 1500 | 4 | Laura Muir | GBR |
| 1500 | 5 | Jenny Simpson | USA |
| 1500 | 6 | Winny Chebet | KEN |
| 1500 | 7 | Meraf Bahta | SWE |
| 1500 | 8 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER |
| 3K SC | 1 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | KEN |
| 3K SC | 2 | Celphine Chespol | KEN |
| 3K SC | 3 | Ruth Jebet | BRN |
| 3K SC | 4 | Beatrice Chepkoech | KEN |
| 3K SC | 5 | Emma Coburn | USA |
| 3K SC | 6 | Sofia Assefa | ETH |
| 3K SC | 7 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | GER |
| 3K SC | 8 | Colleen Quigley | USA |
| 5K | 1 | Hellen Obiri | KEN |
| 5K | 2 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH |
| 5K | 3 | Senbere Teferi | ETH |
| 5K | 4 | Yasemin Can | TUR |
| 5K | 5 | Almaz Ayana | ETH |
| 5K | 6 | Letesenbet Gidey | ETH |
| 5K | 7 | Shannon Rowbury | USA |
| 5K | 8 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal | NOR |
| 10K | 1 | Almaz Ayana | ETH |
| 10K | 2 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH |
| 10K | 3 | Alice Nawowuna | KEN |
| 10K | 4 | Molly Huddle | USA |
| 10K | 5 | Yasemin Can | TUR |
| 10K | 6 | Eloise Wellings | AUS |
| 10K | 7 | Dera Dida | ETH |
| 10K | 8 | Emily Infeld | USA |
| Marathon | 1 | Eunice Jepkirui | BRN |
| Marathon | 2 | Birhane Dibaba | ETH |
| Marathon | 3 | Filomena Cheyech | KEN |
| Marathon | 4 | Rose Chelimo | BRN |
| Marathon | 5 | Mare Dibaba | ETH |
| Marathon | 6 | Yuka Ando | JPN |
| Marathon | 7 | Helah Kiprop | KEN |
| Marathon | 8 | Amy Cragg | USA |
| 100H | 1 | Kendra Harrison | USA |
| 100H | 2 | Nia Ali | USA |
| 100H | 3 | Sally Pearson | AUS |
| 100H | 4 | Tobi Amusan | NGR |
| 100H | 5 | Tiffany Porter | GBR |
| 100H | 6 | Danielle Williams | JAM |
| 100H | 7 | Phylicia George | CAN |
| 100H | 8 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | GER |
| 400H | 1 | Dalilah Muhammad | USA |
| 400H | 2 | Shamier Little | USA |
| 400H | 3 | Zuzana Hejnová | CZE |
| 400H | 4 | Sara Slott Petersen | DEN |
| 400H | 5 | Kori Carter | USA |
| 400H | 6 | Rhonda Whyte | JAM |
| 400H | 7 | Ristananna Tracey | JAM |
| 400H | 8 | Eilidh Doyle | GBR |
| 20K RW | 1 | Maria Guadalupe González | MEX |
| 20K RW | 2 | Lu Xiuzhi | CHN |
| 20K RW | 3 | Wang Na | CHN |
| 20K RW | 4 | Antonella Palmisano | ITA |
| 20K RW | 5 | Yang Jiayu | CHN |
| 20K RW | 6 | Erica de Sena | BRA |
| 20K RW | 7 | Klavdiya Afanasyeva | RUS |
| 20K RW | 8 | Ana Cabecinha | POR |
| 4x1 | 1 | USA | |
| 4x1 | 2 | JAM | |
| 4x1 | 3 | GBR | |
| 4x1 | 4 | GER | |
| 4x1 | 5 | TTO | |
| 4x1 | 6 | UKR | |
| 4x1 | 7 | NED | |
| 4x1 | 8 | NGR | |
| 4x4 | 1 | USA | |
| 4x4 | 2 | JAM | |
| 4x4 | 3 | GBR | |
| 4x4 | 4 | UKR | |
| 4x4 | 5 | CAN | |
| 4x4 | 6 | ITA | |
| 4x4 | 7 | POL | |
| 4x4 | 8 | AUS | |
| HJ | 1 | Mariya Lasitskene | RUS |
| HJ | 2 | Ruth Beitia | ESP |
| HJ | 3 | Airinė Palšytė | LTU |
| HJ | 4 | Mirela Demireva | BUL |
| HJ | 5 | Vashti Cunningham | USA |
| HJ | 6 | Kamila Lićwinko | POL |
| HJ | 7 | Nafissatou Thiam | BEL |
| HJ | 8 | Alessia Trost | ITA |
| PV | 1 | Ekateríni Stefanídi | GRE |
| PV | 2 | Sandi Morris | USA |
| PV | 3 | Jenn Suhr | USA |
| PV | 4 | Eliza McCartney | NZL |
| PV | 5 | Holly Bradshaw | GBR |
| PV | 6 | Yarisley Silva | CUB |
| PV | 7 | Nicole Buchler | SUI |
| PV | 8 | Lisa Ryzih | GER |
| LJ | 1 | Ivana Španović | SRB |
| LJ | 2 | Brittney Reese | USA |
| LJ | 3 | Tianna Bartoletta | USA |
| LJ | 4 | Claudia Salman-Rath | GER |
| LJ | 5 | Lorraine Ugen | GBR |
| LJ | 6 | Ese Brume | NGR |
| LJ | 7 | Ksenija Balta | EST |
| LJ | 8 | Christabel Nettey | CAN |
| TJ | 1 | Yulimar Rojas | VEN |
| TJ | 2 | Caterine Ibargüen | COL |
| TJ | 3 | Olga Rypakova | KAZ |
| TJ | 4 | Kimberly Williams | JAM |
| TJ | 5 | Patrícia Mamona | POR |
| TJ | 6 | Nubia Soares | BRA |
| TJ | 7 | Hanna Minenko | ISR |
| TJ | 8 | Liadagmis Povea | CUB |
| SP | 1 | Raven Saunders | USA |
| SP | 2 | Anita Márton | HUN |
| SP | 3 | Michelle Carter | USA |
| SP | 4 | Dani Bunch | USA |
| SP | 5 | Gong Lijiao | CHN |
| SP | 6 | Aliona Dubitskaya | BLR |
| SP | 7 | Danniel Thomas | JAM |
| SP | 8 | Geisa Arcanjo | BRA |
| DT | 1 | Sandra Perković | CRO |
| DT | 2 | Dani Stevens | AUS |
| DT | 3 | Denia Caballero | CUB |
| DT | 4 | Yaimé Pérez | CUB |
| DT | 5 | Melina Robert-Michon | FRA |
| DT | 6 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | USA |
| DT | 7 | Nadine Müller | GER |
| DT | 8 | Su Xinyue | CHN |
| HT | 1 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL |
| HT | 2 | Gwen Berry | USA |
| HT | 3 | Zhang Wenxiu | CHN |
| HT | 4 | Hanna Malyshik | BLR |
| HT | 5 | Wang Zheng | CHN |
| HT | 6 | Sophie Hitchon | GBR |
| HT | 7 | Hanna Skydan | AZE |
| HT | 8 | DeAnna Price | USA |
| JT | 1 | Sara Kolak | CRO |
| JT | 2 | Barbora Špotáková | CZE |
| JT | 3 | Eda Tuğsuz | TUR |
| JT | 4 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | BLR |
| JT | 5 | Sunette Viljoen | RSA |
| JT | 6 | Kathryn Mitchell | AUS |
| JT | 7 | Liu Shiying | CHN |
| JT | 8 | Lu Huihui | CHN |
| HEP | 1 | Nafissatou Thiam | BEL |
| HEP | 2 | Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa | LAT |
| HEP | 3 | Carolin Schäfer | GER |
| HEP | 4 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | GBR |
| HEP | 5 | Anouk Vetter | NED |
| HEP | 6 | Yorgelis Rodriguez | CUB |
| HEP | 7 | Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | HUN |
| HEP | 8 | Claudia Salman-Rath | GER |