U.S. Rankings — Men's Discus

U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus Places for 1947–62 reflect 1951 1952 only those Americans who made the World Rankings 1...... Dick Doyle 1...... Sim Iness 2...... Vic Frank 2...... Jim Dillion 1947 3...... Jim Dillion 3...... Fortune Gordien 1...... Fortune Gordien 4...... Bob Mathias 4...... Dick Doyle 2...... Bob Fitch 5...... Jim Fuchs 5...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Max Dodge 6...... Taylor Lewis 7...... Cliff Anderson 1948 1...... Fortune Gordien 2...... Vic Frank 3...... Byrl Thompson © andrew mcclanahan/photo run 4...... William Burton 5...... George Kadera

1949 1...... Fortune Gordien 2...... Vic Frank 3...... Jim Fuchs 4...... Byrl Thompson 5...... John Donaldson 6...... Bill Miller

1950 1...... Fortune Gordien 2...... Jim Fuchs 3...... Dick Doyle 4...... Vic Frank 5...... Taylor Lewis 6...... Byrl Thompson

7...... Sim Iness Lance Brooks had a 2-year reign as No. 1 Finley is on a 3-year streak as No. 1

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 1953 1958 1963 1...... Fortune Gordien 1...... Rink Babka 1...... Al Oerter 2...... Sim Iness 2...... Al Oerter 2...... Jay Silvester 3...... Jack Ellis 3...... Jack Ellis 3...... Rink Babka 4...... Parry O’Brien 4...... Jay Silvester 4...... Bob Humphreys 5...... Dave Weill 1954 1959 6...... John McGrath 1...... Fortune Gordien 1...... Al Oerter 7...... Bert Reuss 2...... Parry O’Brien 2...... Rink Babka 8...... Stan Sanders 3...... Jim Dillion 3...... Parry O’Brien 9...... Fred Shaffer 4...... Des Koch 4...... Dick Cochran (1 resident foreigner in 5...... Leon Patterson original Ranking) 1960 1955 1...... Al Oerter 1964 1...... Fortune Gordien 2...... Rink Babka 1...... Al Oerter 2...... Sim Iness 2...... Dick Cochran 2...... Dave Weill 3...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Jay Silvester 3...... Jay Silvester 4...... Des Koch 4...... Bob Humphreys 4...... Rink Babka 5...... Jack Ellis 5...... Glenn Passey 1956 6...... Bob Humphreys 1...... Al Oerter 1961 7...... John McGrath 2...... Fortune Gordien 1...... Jay Silvester 8...... Bill Neville 3...... Ron Drummond 2...... Rink Babka 9...... Larry Kennedy 4...... Parry O’Brien 3...... Al Oerter 10...... Dick Crane 5...... Des Koch 4...... Bob Humphreys 5...... Parry O’Brien 1965 1957 1...... Jay Silvester 1...... Parry O’Brien 1962 2...... Dave Weill 2...... Rink Babka 1...... Al Oerter 3...... Randy Matson 3...... Jack Ellis 2...... Jay Silvester 4...... Rink Babka 4...... Al Oerter 3...... Rink Babka 5...... Bob Humphreys 5...... Fortune Gordien 4...... Dave Weill 6...... Parry O’Brien 5...... Bob Humphreys 7...... John McGrath 6...... Parry O’Brien 8...... Bill Neville 9...... Bob Stoecker 10...... Jon Cole

© Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 1966 1969 1972 1...... Al Oerter 1...... Jay Silvester 1...... Jay Silvester 2...... Rink Babka 2...... Jon Cole 2...... John Powell 3...... Randy Matson 3...... Al Oerter 3...... Tim Vollmer 4...... Gary Carlsen 4...... Gary Carlsen 4...... Dick Drescher 5...... Dave Weill 5...... Tim Vollmer 5...... Gary Carlsen 6...... Bob Stoecker 6...... Dick Drescher 6...... Brian Oldfield 7...... Jon Cole 7...... Ed Kohler 7...... Steve Gunzel 8...... Bob Humphreys 8...... John Powell 8...... Gary Ordway 9...... Art Swarts 9...... Bill Neville 9...... Art Swarts 10...... John McGrath 10...... John Morton 10...... Bob Stoltman

1967 1970 1973 1...... Rink Babka 1...... Jay Silvester 1...... John Powell 2...... Gary Carlsen 2...... Dick Drescher 2...... Tim Vollmer 3...... Jay Silvester 3...... Tim Vollmer 3...... Mac Wilkins 4...... Randy Matson 4...... John Powell 4...... Jay Silvester 5...... Al Oerter 5...... Jon Cole 5...... Jim Penrose 6...... Jon Cole 6...... Bill Neville 6...... Ken Stadel 7...... Dave Weill 7...... Gary Ordway 7...... Dick Drescher 8...... Bill Neville 8...... Doug Knop 8...... Gary Ordway 9...... Art Swarts 9...... Dave Weill 9...... Steve Gunzel 10...... Curt Harper 10...... Ed Kohler 10...... Larry Kennedy

1968 1971 1974 1...... Jay Silvester 1...... Jay Silvester 1...... John Powell 2...... Al Oerter 2...... Tim Vollmer 2...... Mac Wilkins 3...... Gary Carlsen 3...... Dick Drescher 3...... Dick Drescher 4...... Rink Babka 4...... Fred DeBernardi 4...... Marshall Smith 5...... Tim Vollmer 5...... Gary Ordway 5...... Larry Kennedy 6...... Bill Neville 6...... Bill Neville 6...... Jim McGoldrick 7...... Larry Kennedy 7...... Ed Kohler 7...... Don Tollefson 8...... Curt Harper 8...... John Powell 8...... Ken Stadel 9...... John Morton 9...... Doug Knop 9...... Tim Vollmer 10...... Dave Weill 10...... Mike Louisiana 10...... Gary Ordway

© Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 1975 1978 1981 1...... John Powell 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... Ben Plucknett 2...... Mac Wilkins 2...... Ken Stadel 2...... John Powell 3...... Jay Silvester 3...... Jim McGoldrick 3...... Art Burns 4...... Ken Stadel 4...... Dave Voorhees 4...... Dave Voorhees 5...... Dick Drescher 5...... Art Swarts 5...... Ken Stadel 6...... Jim McGoldrick 6...... Al Oerter 6...... Al Oerter 7...... Tim Vollmer 7...... Ben Plucknett 7...... Stan Cain 8...... Art Swarts 8...... Marcus Gordien 8...... Art Swarts 9...... Marshall Smith 9...... Dan Gardner 9...... Scott Crowell 10...... Dave Voorhees 10...... Ray Burton 10...... Dean Crouser

1976 1979 1982 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... Mac Wilkins 2...... John Powell 2...... Ken Stadel 2...... Art Burns 3...... Jay Silvester 3...... John Powell 3...... John Powell 4...... Dick Drescher 4...... Al Oerter 4...... Ben Plucknett 5...... Ken Stadel 5...... Ben Plucknett 5...... Ken Stadel 6...... Art Swarts 6...... Art Swarts 6...... Al Oerter 7...... Mike Louisiana 7...... Jim McGoldrick 7...... Dave Voorhees 8...... Larry Kennedy 8...... Dan Gardner 8...... Stan Cain 9...... Ben Plucknett 9...... Art Burns 9...... Art Swarts 10...... Jim McGoldrick 10...... Tim Fox 10...... Dean Crouser

1977 1980 1983 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... John Powell 2...... John Powell 2...... John Powell 2...... Ben Plucknett 3...... Ken Stadel 3...... Ben Plucknett 3...... Art Burns 4...... Jim McGoldrick 4...... Al Oerter 4...... Mac Wilkins 5...... Art Swarts 5...... Ken Stadel 5...... Paul Bishop 6...... Mike Weeks 6...... Stan Cain 6...... Dean Crouser 7...... Al Oerter 7...... Art Swarts 7...... Rick Meyer 8...... Art Burns 8...... Art Burns 8...... Greg McSeveney 9...... Ben Plucknett 9...... Jim McGoldrick 9...... Al Oerter 10...... Dave Voorhees 10...... Tim Scott 10...... Pat McCulla

© Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 1984 1987 1990 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... John Powell 1...... Kamy Keshmiri 2...... John Powell 2...... Randy Heisler 2...... Mike Buncic 3...... Art Burns 3...... Art Burns 3...... Randy Heisler 4...... Mitch Crouser 4...... Mike Buncic 4...... John Nichols 5...... Marcus Gordien 5...... John Brenner 5...... Rick Meyer 6...... Greg McSeveney 6...... Art McDermott 6...... Brian Blutreich 7...... Pat McCulla 7...... Judd Binley 7...... Anthony Washington 8...... Jay Kovar 8...... Ed Wade 8...... David Wilson 9...... Judd Binley 9...... August Wolf 9...... Johnny Mitchell 10...... Jim McGoldrick 10...... Mac Wilkins 10...... Jim Seifert

1985 1988 1991 1...... Art Burns 1...... Mac Wilkins 1...... Mike Buncic 2...... John Powell 2...... Mike Buncic 2...... Kamy Keshmiri 3...... Greg McSeveney 3...... Randy Heisler 3...... Anthony Washington 4...... Mike Buncic 4...... Ben Plucknett 4...... Mike Gravelle 5...... Judd Binley 5...... John Powell 5...... Brian Blutreich 6...... Art Swarts 6...... Anthony Washington 6...... Brent Patera 7...... Rick Meyer 7...... Art Swarts 7...... Rick Meyer 8...... Gary Williky 8...... Judd Binley 8...... Mike Yonkey 9...... Marty Davenport 9...... Scott Eriksson 9...... James Parman 10...... Randy Heisler 10...... Ken Stadel 10...... Todd Wilson

1986 1989 1992 1...... Art Burns 1...... Mike Buncic 1...... Anthony Washington 2...... Rick Meyer 2...... Kamy Keshmiri 2...... Mike Buncic 3...... John Powell 3...... Mac Wilkins 3...... Carlos Scott 4...... Mike Buncic 4...... G?ran Svensson 4...... Rick Meyer 5...... Greg McSeveney 5...... John Nichols 5...... Brian Blutreich 6...... Randy Heisler 6...... Anthony Washington 6...... Randy Heisler 7...... John Brenner 7...... Art McDermott 7...... Adam Setliff 8...... Jay Kovar 8...... Randy Heisler 8...... John Nichols 9...... Judd Binley 9...... Rick Meyer 9...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 10...... Art McDermott 10...... Mike Gravelle 10...... Jim Seifert

© Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 1993 1996 1999 1...... Anthony Washington 1...... Anthony Washington 1...... Anthony Washington 2...... Mike Buncic 2...... Adam Setliff 2...... Andy Bloom 3...... Mike Gravelle 3...... John Godina 3...... John Godina 4...... Steve Muse 4...... Andy Bloom 4...... Doug Reynolds 5...... Rick Meyer 5...... Randy Heisler 5...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 6...... Randy Heisler 6...... Brian Blutreich 6...... Casey Malone 7...... Brian Milne 7...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 7...... Carl Brown 8...... Adam Setliff 8...... Gregg Hart 8...... James Dennis 9...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 9...... Erik Johnson 9...... Nick Petrucci 10...... Jim Seifert 10...... Jamie Presser 10...... Mike Mielke

1994 1997 2000 1...... Mike Gravelle 1...... John Godina 1...... Adam Setliff 2...... Carlos Scott 2...... Adam Setliff 2...... Anthony Washington 3...... Randy Heisler 3...... Andy Bloom 3...... John Godina 4...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 4...... Anthony Washington 4...... Andy Bloom 5...... Jim Seifert 5...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 5...... Doug Reynolds 6...... Adam Setliff 6...... Doug Reynolds 6...... Nick Petrucci 7...... John Godina 7...... Gregg Hart 7...... Casey Malone 8...... Gregg Hart 8...... Mike Walsh 8...... Carl Brown 9...... Mike Buncic 9...... Kevin Carr 9...... Reedus Thurmond 10.... Anthony Washington 10...... David Dumble 10...... Mark White

1995 1998 2001 1...... Anthony Washington 1...... John Godina 1...... Adam Setliff 2...... John Godina 2...... Adam Setliff 2...... Anthony Washington 3...... Mike Buncic 3...... Anthony Washington 3...... John Godina 4...... Randy Heisler 4...... Andy Bloom 4...... Andy Bloom 5...... Adam Setliff 5...... Carl Brown 5...... Nick Petrucci 6...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 6...... Casey Malone 6...... Jarred Rome 7...... Brian Blutreich 7...... Ian Waltz 7...... Doug Reynolds 8...... Gregg Hart 8...... Ben Lindsey 8...... Carl Brown 9...... Andy Bloom 9...... Doug Reynolds 9...... Casey Malone 10...... Andy Meyer 10...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 10...... Kevin Fitzpatrick

© Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 2002 2005 2008 1...... Adam Setliff 1...... Ian Waltz 1...... Ian Waltz 2...... John Godina 2...... Jarred Rome 2...... Michael Robertson 3...... Jarred Rome 3...... Carl Brown 3...... Casey Malone 4...... Casey Malone 4...... Michael Robertson 4...... Jarred Rome 5...... Ian Waltz 5...... Casey Malone 5...... Rashaud Scott 6...... Carl Brown 6...... Adam Kuehl 6...... Doug Reynolds 7...... Doug Reynolds 7...... Nick Petrucci 7...... Adam Kuehl 8...... Scott Moser 8...... Sam Segond 8...... John Godina 9...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 9...... Garrett Johnson 9...... Jason Young 10...... Nick Petrucci 10...... Brian Trainor 10...... Will Conwell

2003 2006 2009 1...... Carl Brown 1...... Ian Waltz 1...... Casey Malone 2...... John Godina 2...... Jarred Rome 2...... Jarred Rome 3...... Nick Petrucci 3...... Casey Malone 3...... Ian Waltz 4...... Doug Reynolds 4...... Dan Austin 4...... Adam Kuehl 5...... Adam Setliff 5...... Nick Petrucci 5...... Karl Erickson 6...... Casey Malone 6...... Adam Kuehl 6...... Lance Brooks 7...... Josh Ralston 7...... Carl Brown 7...... Ryan Whiting 8...... Ian Waltz 8...... Jason Young 8...... Rashaud Scott 9...... Jason Young 9...... Karl Erickson 9...... Drew Ulrick 10...... Reedus Thurmond 10...... Sean Shields 10...... Jason Lewis

2004 2007 2010 1...... Casey Malone 1...... Ian Waltz 1...... Casey Malone 2...... Jarred Rome 2...... Jarred Rome 2...... Jason Young 3...... Ian Waltz 3...... Michael Robertson 3...... Jarred Rome 4...... Carl Brown 4...... Adam Kuehl 4...... Ian Waltz 5...... Michael Robertson 5...... Greg Garza 5...... Russ Winger 6...... Andy Bloom 6...... Doug Reynolds 6...... Adam Kuehl 7...... Doug Reynolds 7...... Casey Malone 7...... Lance Brooks 8...... Jason Young 8...... Karl Erickson 8...... Mason Finley 9...... Kevin Fitzpatrick 9...... Wes Stockbarger 9...... Will Conwell 10...... Brian Trainor 10...... Nick Petrucci 10...... Ryan Whiting

© Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Discus 2011 2014 2017 1...... Jason Young 1...... Hayden Reed 1...... Mason Finley 2...... Ian Waltz 2...... Bryan Powlen 2...... Andrew Evans 3...... Jarred Rome 3...... Mason Finley 3...... Rodney Brown 4...... Lance Brooks 4...... Russ Winger 4...... Brian Williams 5...... Russ Winger 5...... Jared Schuurmans 5...... Sam Mattis 6...... Wes Stockbarger 6...... Rodney Brown 6...... Jared Schuurmans 7...... Casey Malone 7...... Lance Brooks 7...... Tavis Bailey 8...... Adam Kuehl 8...... Jason Young 8...... Reggie Jagers 9...... Mason Finley 9...... Andrew Evans 9...... Jason Harrell 10...... Nick Jones 10...... Tavis Bailey 10...... Michael Ohakwe

2012 2015 2018 1...... Lance Brooks 1...... Jared Schuurmans 1...... Mason Finley 2...... Jason Young 2...... Russ Winger 2...... Reggie Jagers 3...... Russ Winger 3...... Rodney Brown 3...... Sam Mattis 4...... Jarred Rome 4...... Andrew Evans 4...... Andrew Evans 5...... Ian Waltz 5...... Mason Finley 5...... Jared Schuurmans 6...... Casey Malone 6...... Sam Mattis 6...... Luke Vaughn 7...... Wes Stockbarger 7...... Tavis Bailey 7...... Jason Harrell 8...... Dan Hytinen 8...... Chase Madison 8...... Rodney Brown 9...... Luke Bryant 9...... Hayden Reed 9...... Philip Jagers 10...... Nick Jones 10...... Macklin Tudor 10...... Brian Williams

2013 2016 1...... Lance Brooks 1...... Mason Finley 2...... Casey Malone 2...... Tavis Bailey 3...... Russ Winger 3...... Andrew Evans 4...... Jarred Rome 4...... Nate Moses 5...... James Plummer 5...... Jason Harrell 6...... Rodney Brown 6...... Lance Brooks 7...... Mike Torie 7...... Jared Schuurmans 8...... Chase Madison 8...... James Plummer 9...... Jared Schuurmans 9...... Sam Mattis 10...... Luke Bryant 10...... Rodney Brown