U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 Places for 1947–62 reflect only those Americans who Justin Gatlin had made the World Rankings back-to-back No. 1s with his ’04 Olympic 1947 and ’05 World 1...... Mel Patton Champs golds. 2...... Bill Mathis 3...... Barney Ewell 1951 4...... Ed Conwell 1...... Jim Golliday 5...... Tom Carey 2...... Andy Stanfield 6...... Harrison Dillard 3...... Art Bragg 1948 4...... Bob Work 5...... Jim Ford 1...... Harrison Dillard 2...... Barney Ewell 1952 3...... Mel Patton 1...... Lindy Remigino 4...... Ed Conwell 2...... Jim Golliday 5...... Don Campbell 3...... Andy Stanfield 1949 4...... Art Bragg 5...... Dean Smith 1...... Mel Patton 6...... James Gathers 2...... Andy Stanfield 3...... Bob Work 1953 4...... Charlie Peters 1...... Willie Williams 5...... Harrison Dillard 2...... Art Bragg 6...... Paul Bienz 3...... Thane Baker 1950 4...... Andy Stanfield © JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO RUN 5...... Jim Golliday 1...... Andy Stanfield 2...... Bob Boyd 1954 1955 3...... Art Bragg 1...... Art Bragg 1...... Jim Golliday 4...... Donnie Anderson 2...... Jim Golliday 2...... Bobby Morrow 5...... Paul Bienz 3...... Willie Williams 3...... Rod Richard 6...... Bob Tyler 4...... Dean Smith 4...... Dean Smith 5...... Andy Stanfield 5...... John Haines 6...... Carl Cager 6...... Harry Nash 7...... James Jackson 7...... Leamon King
© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1956 1960 1964 1...... Bobby Morrow 1...... Ray Norton 1...... Bob Hayes 2...... Dave Sime 2...... Charlie Tidwell 2...... Trenton Jackson 3...... Leamon King 3...... Dave Sime 3...... Henry Carr 4...... Thane Baker 4...... Frank Budd 4...... Gerry Ashworth 5...... Ira Murchison 5...... Paul Winder 5...... Darel Newman 6...... Willie Williams 6...... Mel Pender 1961 7...... Charlie Greene 1957 1...... Frank Budd 8...... Richard Stebbins 1...... Bobby Morrow 2...... Bob Hayes 9...... Travis Williams 2...... Leamon King 3...... Dave James 10...... Dave Morris 3...... Willie White 1962 4...... Dave Sime 1965 1...... Bob Hayes 5...... Ira Murchison 1...... George Anderson 2...... Frank Budd 6...... Orlando Hazley 2...... Darel Newman 3...... Roger Sayers 3...... Charlie Greene 1958 4...... Henry Carr 4...... Fred Kuller 1...... Bobby Morrow 5...... Dave James 5...... Richard Stebbins 2...... Ira Murchison 1963 6...... Jim Hines 3...... Ray Norton 1...... Bob Hayes 7...... John Carlos 4...... Dave Sime 2...... Henry Carr 8...... Mel Pender 5...... Willie White 3...... John Gilbert 9...... Larry Questad 1959 4...... Larry Questad 10...... Bernie Rivers 1...... Ray Norton 5...... Nate Adams 1966 2...... Charlie Tidwell 6...... Paul Drayton 1...... Charlie Greene 3...... Bobby Poynter 7...... Willie Williams 2...... Jim Hines 4...... Bobby Morrow 8...... John Moon 3...... George Anderson 5...... Ira Murchison 9...... Paul Winder 4...... Tommie Smith 6...... Roscoe Cook 10...... Bobby Poynter 5...... Hal Busby 7...... Bill Woodhouse 6...... Bill Gaines 7...... Jim Freeman 8...... Rene Matison 9...... Jim Lee 10...... Norm Jackson
© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1967 1970 1973 1...... Jim Hines 1...... John Carlos 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Charlie Greene 2...... Ben Vaughan 2...... Herb Washington 3...... Willie Turner 3...... Charlie Greene 3...... Ivory Crockett 4...... John Carlos 4...... Eddie Hart 4...... Ed Hammonds 5...... Jerry Bright 5...... Ivory Crockett 5...... Gerald Tinker 6...... Bob Rovere 6...... Robert Taylor 6...... Steve Riddick 7...... George Anderson 7...... Isaac Curtis 7...... Larry Burton 8...... Bill Gaines 8...... Jim Green 8...... Thomas Whatley 9...... Mel Pender 9...... Willie Turner 9...... Willie Deckard 10...... Tommie Smith 10...... Mel Gray 10...... Larry Brown
1968 1971 1974 1...... Jim Hines 1...... Jim Green 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Charlie Greene 2...... Del Meriwether 2...... Reggie Jones 3...... Mel Pender 3...... Willie McGee 3...... Ivory Crockett 4...... Ronnie Ray Smith 4...... Charlie Greene 4...... Steve Riddick 5...... Clyde Glosson 5...... Eddie Hart 5...... Clifford Outlin 6...... Kirk Clayton 6...... Harrington Jackson 6...... Clancy Edwards 7...... Bill Hurd 7...... Willie Deckard 7...... Mark Lutz 8...... Tom Randolph 8...... Warren Edmonson 8...... Del Meriwether 9...... John Carlos 9...... Ivory Crockett 9...... Harold Williams 10...... Oliver Ford 10...... Bobby Turner 10...... Bill Collins
1969 1972 1975 1...... John Carlos 1...... Robert Taylor 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Ivory Crockett 2...... Eddie Hart 2...... Steve Riddick 3...... Charlie Greene 3...... Rey Robinson 3...... Houston McTear 4...... Mel Gray 4...... Gerald Tinker 4...... Clifford Outlin 5...... Robert Taylor 5...... Warren Edmonson 5...... Reggie Jones 6...... Ronnie Ray Smith 6...... Herb Washington 6...... Ed Preston 7...... Oliver Ford 7...... Ivory Crockett 7...... Charlie Wells 8...... Eddie Hart 8...... Marshall Dill 8...... Clancy Edwards 9...... Doug Hawken 9...... Isaac Curtis 9...... Bill Collins 10...... Ben Vaughan 10...... Jon Young 10...... Don Merrick
© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1976 1979 1982 1...... Harvey Glance 1...... James Sanford 1...... Carl Lewis 2...... Steve Williams 2...... Harvey Glance 2...... Calvin Smith 3...... Steve Riddick 3...... Houston McTear 3...... Mel Lattany 4...... Reggie Jones 4...... Jerome Deal 4...... Stanley Floyd 5...... Johnny Jones 5...... Emmit King 5...... Jeff Phillips 6...... Houston McTear 6...... Steve Riddick 6...... Mike Miller 7...... Ed Preston 7...... Eddie Hart 7...... Emmit King 8...... Rey Robinson 8...... Mel Lattany 8...... Willie Gault 9...... Willie Smith 9...... Eric Brown 9...... Mark McNeil 10...... Bill Collins 10...... Steve Williams 10...... Darwin Cook
1977 1980 1983 1...... Houston McTear 1...... Stanley Floyd 1...... Carl Lewis 2...... Steve Williams 2...... James Sanford 2...... Calvin Smith 3...... Clancy Edwards 3...... Mel Lattany 3...... Mel Lattany 4...... Johnny Jones 4...... Harvey Glance 4...... Emmit King 5...... Steve Riddick 5...... Carl Lewis 5...... Ron Brown 6...... Harvey Glance 6...... Mike Roberson 6...... Willie Gault 7...... Mike Kee 7...... Calvin Smith 7...... Sam Graddy 8...... Cliff Wiley 8...... Steve Williams 8...... Terry Scott 9...... Mike Roberson 9...... Houston McTear 9...... Rod Richardson 10...... Tony Easley 10...... Willie Gault 10...... Al Miller
1978 1981 1984 1...... Clancy Edwards 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 2...... Steve Williams 2...... Mel Lattany 2...... Sam Graddy 3...... Curtis Dickey 3...... James Sanford 3...... Kirk Baptiste 4...... Steve Riddick 4...... Stanley Floyd 4...... Ron Brown 5...... Harvey Glance 5...... Jeff Phillips 5...... Calvin Smith 6...... Houston McTear 6...... Dwayne Evans 6...... Harvey Glance 7...... Eddie Hart 7...... Eric Brown 7...... Emmit King 8...... James Sanford 8...... Ron Brown 8...... Mel Lattany 9...... Don Coleman 9...... Calvin Smith 9...... Elliston Stinson 10...... Mike Kee 10...... Willie Gault 10...... Albert Robinson
© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1985 1988 1991 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Leroy Burrell 2...... Kirk Baptiste 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Carl Lewis 3...... Calvin Smith 3...... Dennis Mitchell 3...... Dennis Mitchell 4...... Terry Scott 4...... Joe DeLoach 4...... Andre Cason 5...... Lee McNeill 5...... Brian Cooper 5...... Mark Witherspoon 6...... Mike Morris 6...... Albert Robinson 6...... Mike Marsh 7...... Darwin Cook 7...... Mike Marsh 7...... Floyd Heard 8...... Harvey Simon 8...... Emmit King 8...... Michael Bates 9...... Thomas Jefferson 9...... Lee McNeill 9...... Jon Drummond 10...... Joe DeLoach 10...... Mark Witherspoon 10...... James Trapp
1986 1989 1992 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Dennis Mitchell 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Dennis Mitchell 2...... Carl Lewis 3...... Harvey Glance 3...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Leroy Burrell 4...... Lee McRae 4...... Andre Cason 4...... Mark Witherspoon 5...... Sam Graddy 5...... Calvin Smith 5...... Mike Marsh 6...... Mike Morris 6...... Mike Marsh 6...... James Jett 7...... Floyd Heard 7...... Mark Witherspoon 7...... James Trapp 8...... Lee McNeill 8...... Joe DeLoach 8...... Andre Cason 9...... Wallace Spearmon 9...... Brian Cooper 9...... Jon Drummond 10...... Kirk Baptiste 10...... Slip Watkins 10...... Calvin Smith
1987 1990 1993 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Leroy Burrell 1...... Andre Cason 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Carl Lewis 2...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Lee McRae 3...... Mark Witherspoon 3...... Dennis Mitchell 4...... Mark Witherspoon 4...... Calvin Smith 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Stanley Floyd 5...... Daron Council 5...... Carl Lewis 6...... Harvey Glance 6...... Dennis Mitchell 6...... Mike Marsh 7...... Lee McNeill 7...... Mike Marsh 7...... Calvin Smith 8...... Dennis Mitchell 8...... Andre Cason 8...... Sam Jefferson 9...... Henry Thomas 9...... Henry Neal 9...... Bryan Bridgewater 10...... Mike Marsh 10...... Jeff Williams 10...... Jeff Laynes
© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1994 1997 2000 1...... Dennis Mitchell 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Jon Drummond 2...... Tim Montgomery 2...... Brian Lewis 3...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Dennis Mitchell 3...... Jon Drummond 4...... Andre Cason 4....Kareem Streete-Thompson 4...... Tim Montgomery 5...... Carl Lewis 5...... Mike Marsh 5...... Kenny Brokenburr 6...... Tim Montgomery 6...... Leroy Burrell 6...... Bernard Williams 7...... Sam Jefferson 7...... Brian Lewis 7...... Coby Miller 8...... Vince Henderson 8...... Jon Drummond 8...... Mike Marsh 9...... Tim Harden 9...... Vincent Henderson 9...... Curtis Johnson 10...... Mike Marsh 10...... Kenny Brokenburr 10...... Dennis Mitchell
1995 1998 2001 1...... Jon Drummond 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Mike Marsh 2...... Jon Drummond 2...... Bernard Williams 3...... Dennis Mitchell 3...... Tim Harden 3...... Curtis Johnson 4...... Maurice Greene 4...... Brian Lewis 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Tim Harden 5...... Tim Montgomery 5...... Dennis Mitchell 6...... Leroy Burrell 6....Kareem Streete-Thompson 6...... Brian Lewis 7...... Carl Lewis 7...... Vincent Henderson 7...... Shawn Crawford 8...... Tony McCall 8...... Tony McCall 8...... Justin Gatlin 9...... Terry Bowen 9...... Jonathan Carter 9...... Marcus Brunson 10...... Jeff Williams 10...... Bernard Williams 10...... J.J. Johnson
1996 1999 2002 1...... Dennis Mitchell 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Mike Marsh 2...... Tim Harden 2...... Bernard Williams 3...... Jon Drummond 3...... Tim Montgomery 3...... Coby Miller 4...... Carl Lewis 4...... Brian Lewis 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Tim Harden 5...... Jon Drummond 5...... J.J. Johnson 6...... Leroy Burrell 6...... Bernard Williams 6...... Shawn Crawford 7...... Jeff Williams 7...... Coby Miller 7...... Doc Patton 8...... Jeff Laynes 8...... John Capel 8...... Kaaron Conwright 9...... Terry Bowen 9...... Tony McCall 9...... Leonard Scott 10...... Maurice Greene 10...... Curtis Johnson 10...... Jason Smoots
© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 2003 2006 2009 1...... John Capel 1...... Tyson Gay 1...... Tyson Gay 2...... Bernard Williams 2...... Leonard Scott 2...... Doc Patton 3...... Justin Gatlin 3...... Marcus Brunson 3...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Maurice Greene 4...... Shawn Crawford 4...... Travis Padgett 5...... J.J. Johnson 5...... Jason Smoots 5...... Rae Edwards 6...... Jon Drummond 6...... Jordan Vaden 6...... Trindon Holliday 7...... Coby Miller 7...... Kaaron Conwright 7...... Ivory Williams 8...... Mickey Grimes 8...... Xavier Carter 8...... Leroy Dixon 9...... Doc Patton 9...... Bernard Williams 9...... Mark Jelks 10...... Mardy Scales 10...... Mardy Scales 10...... Walter Dix
2004 2007 2010 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Tyson Gay 1...... Tyson Gay 2...... Maurice Greene 2...... Wallace Spearmon II 2...... Mike Rodgers 3...... Shawn Crawford 3...... Walter Dix 3...... Walter Dix 4...... John Capel 4...... Trindon Holliday 4...... Trell Kimmons 5...... Leonard Scott 5...... Mark Jelks 5...... Ryan Bailey 6...... Coby Miller 6...... Leroy Dixon 6...... Ivory Williams 7...... Doc Patton 7...... Doc Patton 7...... Jeff Demps 8...... Bernard Williams 8...... Leonard Scott 8...... J-Mee Samuels 9...... Tyson Gay 9...... J-Mee Samuels 9...... Wallace Spearmon II 10...... J.J. Johnson 10...... Shawn Crawford 10...... Leroy Dixon
2005 2008 2011 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Walter Dix 1...... Walter Dix 2...... Leonard Scott 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... Mike Rodgers 3...... Shawn Crawford 3...... Doc Patton 3...... Justin Gatlin 4...... Walter Dix 4...... Travis Padgett 4...... Trell Kimmons 5...... Mark Jelks 5...... Rodney Martin 5...... Doc Patton 6...... John Capel 6...... Mike Rodgers 6...... Tyson Gay 7...... Maurice Greene 7...... Leroy Dixon 7...... Jeff Demps 8...... Rae Edwards 8...... Xavier Carter 8...... Travis Padgett 9...... Coby Miller 9...... Ivory Williams 9...... Rae Edwards 10...... Jason Smoots 10...... Trindon Holliday 10...... Mookie Salaam
© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 2012 2015 2018 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Christian Coleman 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... Ronnie Baker 3...... Ryan Bailey 3...... Trayvon Bromell 3...... Noah Lyles 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Doc Patton 5...... Isiah Young 5...... Isiah Young 6...... Trell Kimmons 6...... Remontay McClain 6...... Kendal Williams 7...... Jeff Demps 7...... Beejay Lee 7...... Cameron Burrell 8...... Walter Dix 8...... Diondre Batson 8...... Jeff Demps 9...... Harry Adams 9...... Marvin Bracy 9...... Justin Gatlin 10...... Maurice Mitchell 10...... Ronnie Baker 10...... Jaylen Bacon
2013 2016 2019 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Christian Coleman 2...... Mike Rodgers 2...... Trayvon Bromell 2...... Noah Lyles 3...... Charles Silmon 3...... Marvin Bracy 3...... Justin Gatlin 4...... Dentarius Locke 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Ryan Bailey 5...... Tyson Gay 5...... Cravon Gillespie 6...... Mookie Salaam 6...... Ameer Webb 6...... Christopher Belcher 7...... Isiah Young 7...... Christian Coleman 7...... Isiah Young 8...... Diondre Batson 8...... Jarrion Lawson 8...... Matthew Boling 9...... Walter Dix 9...... Dentarius Locke 9...... Bryand Rincher 10...... Calesio Newman 10...... Isiah Young 10...... Demek Kemp
2014 2017 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 2...... Mike Rodgers 2...... Christian Coleman 3...... Tyson Gay 3...... Ronnie Baker 4...... Trayvon Bromell 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Ryan Bailey 5...... Isiah Young 6...... Maurice Mitchell 6...... Christopher Belcher 7...... Sean McLean 7...... Jaylen Bacon 8...... Charles Silmon 8...... Cameron Burrell 9...... Dentarius Locke 9...... Kyree King 10...... Justin Walker 10...... Beejay Lee
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