U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1948 1949 Places for 1947–62 reflect 1...... Charles Fonville 1...... only those Americans who made the World Rankings 2...... Wilbur Thompson 2...... Stan Lampert 3...... Jim Delaney 3...... Wilbur Thompson 1947 4...... Jim Fuchs 4...... Bernie Mayer 1...... Jim Delaney 5...... Bill Bayless 5...... Otis Chandler 2...... Fortune Gordien 6...... Rollin Prather 6...... Lew Davis 3...... Charles Fonville 7...... Bernie Mayer 7...... Bill Bayless 4...... Norm Wasser 8...... Otis Chandler 8...... Fortune Gordien 5...... Wilbur Thompson 9...... Norm Wasser 6...... Bernie Mayer 7...... Jerry Shipkey 8...... Stan Lampert finally moved to No. 1 in his 9...... Bill Bayless seventh year in the top 10, 2013

© giancarlo colombo/photo run © Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1950 1954 1958 1...... Jim Fuchs 1...... Parry O’Brien 1...... Parry O’Brien 2...... Otis Chandler 2...... Stan Lampert 2...... 3...... Wilbur Thompson 3...... Tom Jones 3...... 4...... Bernie Mayer 4...... Bill Bangert 4...... 5...... Stan Lampert 5...... Jim Fuchs 5...... Bob Humphreys 6...... George Ker 6...... Bernie Mayer 6...... Bob Henry 7...... Lew Davis 7...... John Stellern 1959 8...... Charles Fonville 1955 1...... Parry O’Brien 1951 1...... Parry O’Brien 2...... Dallas Long 1...... Jim Fuchs 2...... Tom Jones 3...... Bill Nieder 2...... Otis Chandler 3...... Bill Nieder 4...... Dave Davis 3...... Parry O’Brien 4...... Ray Martin 5...... Charles Butt 4...... Darrow Hooper 5...... Don Vick 1960 5...... Robert Carey 6...... Tom Meyer 1...... Bill Nieder 6...... Bernie Mayer 7...... Rosie Grier 2...... Parry O’Brien 1952 1956 3...... Dallas Long 1...... Parry O’Brien 1...... Parry O’Brien 4...... Dave Davis 2...... Jim Fuchs 2...... Bill Nieder 5...... Jay Silvester 3...... Darrow Hooper 3...... Ken Bantum 1961 4...... Bernie Mayer 4...... Don Vick 1...... Dallas Long 5...... Stan Lampert 1953 2...... Parry O’Brien 6...... Charles Butt 1...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Jay Silvester 2...... Darrow Hooper 1957 4...... Gary Gubner 3...... Bernie Mayer 1...... Bill Nieder 1962 4...... Tom Jones 2...... Parry O’Brien 1...... Dallas Long 5...... Howard Hertz 3...... Dave Owen 2...... Gary Gubner 4...... Don Vick 3...... Dave Davis 5...... Ken Bantum 4...... Billy Joe 5...... Parry O’Brien

© Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1963 1966 1969 1...... Dave Davis 1...... 1...... 2...... Parry O’Brien 2...... Neal Steinhauer 2...... Randy Matson 3...... Gary Gubner 3...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Karl Salb 4...... Dallas Williams 4...... Mike Bianco 4...... 5...... John McGrath 5...... Dave Maggard 5...... Bruce Wilhelm 6...... Randy Matson 6...... Jon Cole 6...... Steve Wilhelm 7...... Jay Silvester 7...... George Woods 7...... John Hubbell 8...... Dave Maggard 8...... Gene Crews 8...... Eddie Hearon 9...... Al Williams 9...... Dave Davis 9...... Mark Ostoich (1 resident foreigner) 10...... Rod Stewart 10...... Steve Marcus

1964 1967 1970 1...... Dallas Long 1...... Randy Matson 1...... Randy Matson 2...... Randy Matson 2...... Neal Steinhauer 2...... Karl Salb 3...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Dave Maggard 3...... Bruce Wilhelm 4...... Dave Davis 4...... Dave Davis 4...... Steve Wilhelm 5...... Gary Gubner 5...... George Woods 5...... 6...... John McGrath 6...... Ken Petera 6...... George Woods 7...... George Woods 7...... Jon Cole 7...... Dave Murphy 8...... Dan Castle 8...... Steve Marcus 8...... Neal Steinhauer 9...... Dave Maggard 9...... Bruce Wilhelm 9...... Doug Lane 10...... Mike Berkowitz 10...... Jack Harvey 10...... Sam Walker

1965 1968 1971 1...... Randy Matson 1...... Randy Matson 1...... Randy Matson 2...... Neal Steinhauer 2...... George Woods 2...... Al Feuerbach 3...... John McGrath 3...... Dave Maggard 3...... Karl Salb 4...... Jay Silvester 4...... Neal Steinhauer 4...... Bruce Wilhelm 5...... Dave Magard 5...... Karl Salb 5...... Jay Silvester 6...... Dave Price 6...... Ken Patera 6...... Vince Monari 7...... Carl Wallin 7...... Roger Orrell 7...... Fred DeBernardi 8...... Roger Orrell 8...... Jay Silvester 8...... Jesse Stuart 9...... Gene Crews 9...... Steve Marcus 9...... Sam Walker 10...... Lee Johnson 10...... Brian Oldfield 10...... Steve Wilhelm

© Track & Field News 2019 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1972 1975 1978 1...... George Woods 1...... Al Feuerbach 1...... Al Feuerbach 2...... Al Feuerbach 2...... Terry Albritton 2...... Colin Anderson 3...... Randy Matson 3...... George Woods 3...... Mac Wilkins 4...... Brian Oldfield 4...... Sam Walker 4...... Doug Price 5...... Fred DeBernardi 5...... Pete Shmock 5...... Pete Shmock 6...... Pete Shmock 6...... Jesse Stuart 6...... 7...... Doug Lane 7...... Colin Anderson 7...... Sam Walker 8...... Bruce Wilhelm 8...... Dana LeDuc 8...... Bob Feuerbach 9...... Karl Salb 9...... Rich Bilder 9...... Jeff Stover 10...... Steve Wilhelm 10...... Jim Neidhart 10...... Jesse Stuart

1973 1976 1979 1...... Al Feuerbach 1...... Al Feuerbach 1...... Dave Laut 2...... George Woods 2...... Terry Albritton 2...... Colin Anderson 3...... Bruce Wilhelm 3...... George Woods 3...... Al Feuerbach 4...... Ron Semkiw 4...... Pete Shmock 4...... Michael Carter 5...... Jesse Stuart 5...... Mac Wilkins 5...... Steve Summers 6...... Sam Walker 6...... Colin Anderson 6...... Pete Shmock 7...... Richard Marks 7...... Jesse Stuart 7...... Ian Pyka 8...... Mac Wilkins 8...... Dana LeDuc 8...... Sam Walker 9...... Rich Bilder 9...... Ron Semkiw 9...... Marcus Gordien 10...... Dana LeDuc 10...... Sam Walker 10...... Jeff Stover

1974 1977 1980 1...... Al Feuerbach 1...... Terry Albritton 1...... Brian Oldfield 2...... George Woods 2...... Al Feuerbach 2...... Al Feuerbach 3...... Jesse Stuart 3...... Mac Wilkins 3...... Pete Shmock 4...... Pete Shmock 4...... Pete Shmock 4...... Colin Anderson 5...... Dana LeDuc 5...... Sam Walker 5...... Dave Laut 6...... Sam Walker 6...... Colin Anderson 6...... Ian Pyka 7...... Terry Albritton 7...... Mike Weeks 7...... Jesse Stuart 8...... Richard Marks 8...... Mike Budincich 8...... Steve Summers 9...... Ron Semkiw 9...... Doug Price 9...... Sam Walker 10...... Dave Doupe 10...... Bob Medlin 10...... Michael Carter

© Track & Field News 2019 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1981 1984 1987 1...... Brian Oldfield 1...... Brian Oldfield 1...... John Brenner 2...... Michael Carter 2...... Michael Carter 2...... 3...... Dave Laut 3...... Dave Laut 3...... Ron Backes 4...... Colin Anderson 4...... August Wolf 4...... Garry Frank 5...... Jesse Stuart 5...... John Brenner 5...... Jeff Braun 6...... Al Feuerbach 6...... Gregg Tafralis 6...... Kevin Akins 7...... Ben Plucknett 7...... Mike Lehmann 7...... Art McDermott 8...... Jeff Braun 8...... Tony Harlin 8...... 9...... Mike Lehmann 9...... Zane Hubbard 9...... Jim Banich 10...... Mike Weeks 10...... Ian Pyka 10...... Dave Laut

1982 1985 1988 1...... Dave Laut 1...... Dave Laut 1...... 2...... Dean Crouser 2...... Kevin Akins 2...... Gregg Tafralis 3...... Kevin Akins 3...... Gregg Tafralis 3...... Ron Backes 4...... Mike Lehmann 4...... John Brenner 4...... Jim Doehring 5...... Brian Oldfield 5...... Jesse Stuart 5...... Dave Laut 6...... Al Feuerbach 6...... Rob Suelflohn 6...... August Wolf 7...... Marcus Gordien 7...... Brian Oldfield 7...... John Brenner 8...... Jeff Braun 8...... August Wolf 8...... Jim Banich 9...... Mike Weeks 9...... John Campbell 9...... Brian Faul 10...... Gregg Tafralis 10...... Gary Williky 10...... Brian Oldfield

1983 1986 1989 1...... Dave Laut 1...... John Brenner 1...... Randy Barnes 2...... Kevin Akins 2...... Gregg Tafralis 2...... Jim Doehring 3...... Mike Lehmann 3...... Randy Barnes 3...... Mike Stulce 4...... Brian Oldfield 4...... Kevin Akins 4...... Gregg Tafralis 5...... Michael Carter 5...... Ron Backes 5...... August Wolf 6...... Jesse Stuart 6...... Jim Doehring 6...... Ron Backes 7...... John Brenner 7...... Art McDermott 7...... Art McDermott 8...... Marcus Gordien 8...... Brian Oldfield 8...... David Wilson 9...... Dean Crouser 9...... Mike Smith 9...... Marty Kobza 10...... August Wolf 10...... Jesse Stuart 10...... C.J. Hunter

© Track & Field News 2019 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1990 1993 1996 1...... Ron Backes 1...... Randy Barnes 1...... Randy Barnes 2...... Art McDermott 2...... Jim Doehring 2...... 3...... Shane Collins 3...... Kevin Toth 3...... C.J. Hunter 4...... C.J. Hunter 4...... C.J. Hunter 4...... Kevin Toth 5...... Gregg Tafralis 5...... Brent Noon 5...... Mark Parlin 6...... Kevin Law 6...... Chris Volgenau 6...... Ron Backes 7...... John Frazier 7...... John Godina 7...... Brad Mears 8...... Ron McKee 8...... Kevin Coleman 8...... Kevin Coleman 9...... Marty Kobza 9...... Gregg Tafralis 9...... Andy Bloom 10...... Jordy Reynolds 10...... Paul Conlin 10...... Scott Petersen

1991 1994 1997 1...... Ron Backes 1...... C.J. Hunter 1...... John Godina 2...... C.J. Hunter 2...... Randy Barnes 2...... C.J. Hunter 3...... David Wilson 3...... Jim Doehring 3...... Randy Barnes 4...... Art McDermott 4...... Kevin Toth 4...... Kevin Toth 5...... Terry Strouf 5...... Gregg Tafralis 5...... Brian Miller 6...... Eric Bergreen 6...... Brent Noon 6...... Mark Parlin 7...... Jordy Reynolds 7...... John Godina 7...... Andy Bloom 8...... Lance Wilson 8...... Chris Volgenau 8...... Brad Mears 9...... Dwight Johnson 9...... Scott Petersen 9...... 10...... Ron McKee 10...... Steve Albert 10...... Dwight Johnson

1992 1995 1998 1...... Mike Stulce 1...... John Godina 1...... John Godina 2...... Jim Doehring 2...... Randy Barnes 2...... C.J. Hunter 3...... Gregg Tafralis 3...... Brent Noon 3...... Kevin Toth 4...... Ron Backes 4...... C.J. Hunter 4...... Adam Nelson 5...... Kevin Toth 5...... Kevin Toth 5...... Gregg Tafralis 6...... Kevin Coleman 6...... Scott Petersen 6...... Andy Bloom 7...... C.J. Hunter 7...... Mark Parlin 7...... Jim Doehring 8...... Terry Strouf 8...... Pete Kaligis 8...... Brian Miller 9...... Brent Noon 9...... Jonathan Ogden 9...... Steve Albert 10...... Shane Collins 10...... Ernie Conwell 10...... Dwight Johnson

© Track & Field News 2019 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 1999 2002 2005 1...... C.J. Hunter 1...... Adam Nelson 1...... Adam Nelson 2...... John Godina 2...... Kevin Toth 2...... John Godina 3...... Andy Bloom 3...... John Godina 3...... 4...... Kevin Toth 4...... 4...... Christian Cantwell 5...... Brad Mears 5...... Jamie Beyer 5...... Jamie Beyer 6...... Adam Nelson 6...... Andy Bloom 6...... Dan Taylor 7...... Steve Albert 7...... Reese Hoffa 7...... Sheldon Battle 8...... Jamie Beyer 8...... Jarred Rome 8...... Garrett Johnson 9...... John Davis 9...... John Davis 9...... Jeff Chakouian 10...... Marcus Clavelle 10...... Tonyo Silvester 10...... Russ Winger

2000 2003 2006 1...... Adam Nelson 1...... Adam Nelson 1...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Andy Bloom 2...... John Godina 2...... Christian Cantwell 3...... John Godina 3...... Christian Cantwell 3...... Adam Nelson 4...... Kevin Toth 4...... Reese Hoffa 4...... Dan Taylor 5...... Reese Hoffa 5...... Dan Taylor 5...... Garrett Johnson 6...... John Davis 6...... Jamie Beyer 6...... Brian Robison 7...... Dennis Black 7...... Tonyo Silvester 7...... John Godina 8...... Brian Miller 8...... Karl Erickson 8...... Jeff Chakouian 9...... Jim Roberts 9...... John Davis 9...... Jamie Beyer 10...... Jarred Rome 10...... Dan Ames 10...... Jarred Rome

2001 2004 2007 1...... John Godina 1...... Christian Cantwell 1...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Adam Nelson 2...... Adam Nelson 2...... Adam Nelson 3...... John Davis 3...... Reese Hoffa 3...... Christian Cantwell 4...... Andy Bloom 4...... John Godina 4...... Dan Taylor 5...... Brian Miller 5...... Dan Taylor 5...... Noah Bryant 6...... Reese Hoffa 6...... Jamie Beyer 6...... Russ Winger 7...... Kevin Toth 7...... Jeff Chakouian 7...... Garrett Johnson 8...... Jeff Chakouian 8...... Dan Ames 8...... Sheldon Battle 9...... Jamie Beyer 9...... Vince Mosca 9...... Chris Figures 10...... Jim Roberts 10...... Tonyo Silvester 10...... Ryan Whiting

© Track & Field News 2019 — 7 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 2008 2011 2014 1...... Christian Cantwell 1...... Christian Cantwell 1...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Reese Hoffa 2...... 3...... Adam Nelson 3...... Ryan Whiting 3...... Ryan Whiting 4...... Dan Taylor 4...... Adam Nelson 4...... Christian Cantwell 5...... Ryan Whiting 5...... Noah Bryant 5...... Kurt Roberts 6...... Russ Winger 6...... Dan Taylor 6...... 7...... Garrett Johnson 7...... Cory Martin 7...... Jordan Clarke 8...... Cory Martin 8...... Russ Winger 8...... Richard Garrett 9...... Noah Bryant 9...... Zack Lloyd 9...... Nick Vena 10...... Jamie Beyer 10...... Kevin Bookout 10...... Cory Martin

2009 2012 2015 1...... Christian Cantwell 1...... Reese Hoffa 1...... Joe Kovacs 2...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Ryan Whiting 2...... Christian Cantwell 3...... Adam Nelson 3...... Christian Cantwell 3...... Reese Hoffa 4...... Dan Taylor 4...... Joe Kovacs 4...... Ryan Whiting 5...... Sheldon Battle 5...... Adam Nelson 5...... Jordan Clarke 6...... Noah Bryant 6...... Cory Martin 6...... Jon Jones 7...... Cory Martin 7...... Kurt Roberts 7...... Darrell Hill 8...... Ryan Whiting 8...... Jordan Clarke 8...... Ryan Crouser 9...... Russ Winger 9...... Jacob Thormaehlen 9...... Bobby Grace 10...... Garrett Johnson 10...... Eric Werskey 10...... Cory Martin

2010 2013 2016 1...... Christian Cantwell 1...... Ryan Whiting 1...... Ryan Crouser 2...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Reese Hoffa 2...... Joe Kovacs 3...... Adam Nelson 3...... Cory Martin 3...... Kurt Roberts 4...... Ryan Whiting 4...... Kurt Roberts 4...... Darrell Hill 5...... Cory Martin 5...... Joe Kovacs 5...... Reese Hoffa 6...... Dan Taylor 6...... Zack Lloyd 6...... Ryan Whiting 7...... Russ Winger 7...... Ryan Crouser 7...... Garrett Appier 8...... Noah Bryant 8...... Jordan Clarke 8...... Adam Nelson 9...... Sheldon Battle 9...... Derrick Vicars 9...... Jordan Clarke 10...... Mason Finley 10...... Paul Davis 10...... Jon Jones

© Track & Field News 2019 — 8 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Shot 2017 2018 1...... Ryan Crouser 1...... Ryan Crouser 2...... Joe Kovacs 2...... Darrell Hill 3...... Darrell Hill 3...... Ryan Whiting 4...... Ryan Whiting 4...... Curt Jensen 5...... Kurt Roberts 5...... Joe Kovacs 6...... Josh Freeman 6...... Josh Awotunde 7...... Jon Jones 7...... Josh Freeman 8...... JC Murasky 8...... Jon Jones 9...... Curt Jensen 9...... Garrett Appier 10...... Roger Steen 10...... David Pless

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