U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1947 1949 Places for 1947–70 reflect 1...... Ted Vogel 1...... Vic Dyrgall only those Americans who made the World Rankings 1948 1950–54 (no U.S. in World Ranks) (no U.S. in World Ranks)
Meb Keflezighi’s 6 No. 1s were spread over a 12-year period
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© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1955 1965 1973 1...... Nick Costes 1...... Buddy Edelen 1...... Frank Shorter 2...... Jon Anderson 1956 1966–69 3...... Doug Schmenk (no U.S. in World Ranks) (no U.S. in World Ranks) 4...... Tom Fleming 1957 1970 5...... John Vitale 1...... John Kelley 1...... Kenny Moore 6...... Jeff Galloway 7...... Don Kennedy 1958 1971 8...... Phil Camp 1...... John Kelley 1...... Frank Shorter 9...... Dave White 2...... Kenny Moore 1959 10...... Terry Ziegler 3...... Bill Scobey 1...... John Kelley 4...... Herb Lorenz 1974 1960 5...... John Vitale 1...... Frank Shorter (no U.S. in World Ranks) 6...... Norm Higgins 2...... Tom Fleming 7...... Mike Hazilla 3...... Ron Wayne 1961 8...... Byron Lowry 4...... John Vitale 1...... John Kelley 9...... Jeff Galloway 5...... Carl Hatfield 6...... Steve Hoag 1962 10...... Skip Houk 7...... Terry Ziegler 1...... Buddy Edelen 1972 8...... Dennis Williams 1963 1...... Frank Shorter 9...... Doug Schmenk 1...... Buddy Edelen 2...... Kenny Moore 10...... Justin Gubbins 3...... Jack Bacheler 1964 4...... Jeff Galloway 1975 1...... Buddy Edelen 5...... Don Kardong 1...... Bill Rodgers 6...... Greg Brock 2...... Steve Hoag 7...... Mark Covert 3...... Tom Fleming 8...... Tom Hoffman 4...... Gary Tuttle 9...... Dave White 5...... Jim Stanley 10...... Norm Higgins 6...... Chuck Smead 7...... Russ Pate 8...... Jon Anderson 9...... Rick Rojas 10...... Kirk Pfeffer
© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1976 1979 1982 1...... Frank Shorter 1...... Bill Rodgers 1...... Alberto Salazar 2...... Don Kardong 2...... Kirk Pfeffer 2...... Benji Durden 3...... Bill Rodgers 3...... Jeff Wells 3...... Dick Beardsley 4...... Tom Fleming 4...... Tony Sandoval 4...... John Lodwick 5...... Tony Sandoval 5...... Herm Atkins 5...... Bill Rodgers 6...... Gary Tuttle 6...... John Lodwick 6...... Greg Meyer 7...... John Bramley 7...... Benji Durden 7...... Dan Schlesinger 8...... Kirk Pfeffer 8...... Bob Hodge 8...... Bob Hodge 9...... Carl Hatfield 9...... Garry Bjorklund 9...... Mike Layman 10...... Jeff Galloway 10...... Tom Fleming 10...... Tom Raunig
1977 1980 1983 1...... Bill Rodgers 1...... Alberto Salazar 1...... Alberto Salazar 2...... Garry Bjorklund 2...... Tony Sandoval 2...... Greg Meyer 3...... Tom Fleming 3...... Kirk Pfeffer 3...... Ron Tabb 4...... Jeff Wells 4...... Kyle Heffner 4...... Benji Durden 5...... Don Kardong 5...... Bill Rodgers 5...... Ed Mendoza 6...... Ron Wayne 6...... Benji Durden 6...... John Tuttle 7...... Randy Thomas 7...... Ron Tabb 7...... Mike Layman 8...... Kenny Moore 8...... Jeff Wells 8...... Dan Schlesinger 9...... Lionel Ortega 9...... Garry Bjorklund 9...... Jeff Wells 10...... Chuck Smead 10...... Bob Hodge 10...... Rudy Chapa
1978 1981 1984 1...... Bill Rodgers 1...... Alberto Salazar 1...... Pete Pfitzinger 2...... Jeff Wells 2...... Craig Virgin 2...... Alberto Salazar 3...... Randy Thomas 3...... Bill Rodgers 3...... John Tuttle 4...... Jack Fultz 4...... Dick Beardsley 4...... Dave Gordon 5...... Don Kardong 5...... Garry Bjorklund 5...... Dean Matthews 6...... John Lodwick 6...... Benji Durden 6...... Tony Sandoval 7...... Garry Bjorklund 7...... John Lodwick 7...... Ken Martin 8...... Lionel Ortega 8...... Dennis Rinde 8...... Greg Meyer 9...... Tony Sandoval 9...... Tony Sandoval 9...... Bill Rodgers 10...... Benji Durden 10...... Ron Tabb 10...... Fred Torneden
© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1985 1988 1991 1...... Phil Coppess 1...... Mark Conover 1...... Steve Spence 2...... Pat Petersen 2...... Ed Eyestone 2...... Bill Reifsnyder 3...... Ken Martin 3...... Pete Pfitzinger 3...... Bob Kempainen 4...... Don Norman 4...... Paul Gompers 4...... Ken Martin 5...... Don Janicki 5...... Mark Curp 5...... Chris Fox 6...... Marty Froelick 6...... Mark Nenow 6...... Keith Brantly 7...... Dean Matthews 7...... Don Norman 7...... Mike Clayton 8...... George Malley 8...... Bob Hodge 8...... Budd Coates 9...... Pete Pfitzinger 9...... Greg Meyer 9...... Don Johns 10...... John Moreno 10...... Rich McCandless 10...... Ivan Huff
1986 1989 1992 1...... Bill Donakowski 1...... Ken Martin 1...... Steve Spence 2...... Don Janicki 2...... Pat Petersen 2...... Ed Eyestone 3...... Dave Gordon 3...... Don Janicki 3...... Bob Kempainen 4...... Paul Cummings 4...... Bill Reifsnyder 4...... Keith Brantly 5...... Thom Hunt 5...... Ivan Huff 5...... Steve Plasencia 6...... Bill Rodgers 6...... Ed Eyestone 6...... Brad Hudson 7...... Ric Sayre 7...... Darrell General 7...... Don Janicki 8...... Danny Grimes 8...... Chris Fox 8...... Chad Bennion 9...... Marty Froelick 9...... Don Norman 9...... Bill Reifsnyder 10...... Pete Pfitzinger 10...... Doug Kurtis 10...... Steve Taylor
1987 1990 1993 1...... Pat Petersen 1...... Ed Eyestone 1...... Mark Plaatjes 2...... Pete Pfitzinger 2...... Steve Spence 2...... Bob Kempainen 3...... Marty Froelick 3...... Mark Curp 3...... Keith Brantly 4...... Ric Sayre 4...... Don Janicki 4...... Don Janicki 5...... Don Janicki 5...... Paul Pilkington 5...... Ed Eyestone 6...... Dave Gordon 6...... Steve Taylor 6...... Jerry Lawson 7...... Paul Cummings 7...... Dave Mora 7...... John Tuttle 8...... Paul Gompers 8...... Bill Reifsnyder 8...... Joe Leuchtmann 9...... Mark Curp 9...... John Tuttle 9...... Mark Curp 10...... Budd Coates 10...... Brad Hudson 10...... Paul Pilkington
© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1994 1997 2000 1...... Bob Kempainen 1...... David Scudamore 1...... Khalid Khannouchi 2...... Arturo Barrios 2...... Jerry Lawson 2...... Rod DeHaven 3...... Paul Pilkington 3...... Todd Williams 3...... Peter de la Cerda 4...... Ed Eyestone 4...... Jerod Neas 4...... Mark Coogan 5...... Don Janicki 5...... Ed Eyestone 5...... Scott Larson 6...... Steve Plasencia 6...... Dan Held 6...... David Morris 7...... Keith Brantly 7...... Terrance Mahon 7...... Eric Mack 8...... Mark Coogan 8...... Alfredo Vigueras 8...... Eddy Hellebuyck 9...... Dan Held 9...... Brad Hudson 9...... Josh Cox 10...... Jeff Jacobs 10...... Paul Zimmerman 10...... David Scudamore
1995 1998 2001 1...... Bob Kempainen 1...... Keith Brantly 1...... Rod DeHaven 2...... Steve Plasencia 2...... Alfredo Vigueras 2...... Scott Larson 3...... Keith Brantly 3...... Rod DeHaven 3...... Josh Cox 4...... Ed Eyestone 4...... David Morris 4...... Clint Verran 5...... Dan Held 5...... Mark Coogan 5...... Kevin Collins 6...... Don Janicki 6...... John Sence 6...... Chris Lundstrom 7...... Arturo Barrios 7...... Jon Hume 7...... Shawn Found 8...... Mark Coogan 8...... Joseph McVeigh 8...... Peter de la Cerda 9...... Chris Fox 9...... Darrell General 9...... Pete Julian 10...... Mark Curp 10...... Ed Eyestone 10...... Eddy Hellebuyck
1996 1990 2002 1...... Bob Kempainen 1...... David Morris 1...... Khalid Khannouchi 2...... Keith Brantly 2...... Alfredo Vigueras 2...... Alan Culpepper 3...... Mark Coogan 3...... Joe LeMay 3...... Dan Browne 4...... Jerry Lawson 4...... Todd Williams 4...... Meb Keflezighi 5...... Steve Plasencia 5...... Rod DeHaven 5...... Keith Dowling 6...... Marco Ochoa 6...... Eddy Hellebuyck 6...... Brad Hauser 7...... Keith Dowling 7...... Stephen Swift 7...... Kyle Baker 8...... Dan Held 8...... Scott Larson 8...... Clint Verran 9...... Joe LeMay 9...... Todd Reeser 9...... David Morris 10...... Don Janicki 10...... Mike Dudley 10...... Rod DeHaven
© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2003 2006 2009 1...... Meb Keflezighi 1...... Khalid Khannouchi 1...... Meb Keflezighi 2...... Ryan Shay 2...... Abdi Abdirahman 2...... Ryan Hall 3...... Kevin Collins 3...... Brian Sell 3...... Dathan Ritzenhein 4...... Eddy Hellebuyck 4...... Meb Keflezighi 4...... Jorge Torres 5...... Clint Verran 5...... Alan Culpepper 5...... Nick Arciniaga 6...... Jeff Campbell 6...... Mbarak Hussein 6...... Abdi Abdirahman 7...... Scott Strand 7...... Peter Gilmore 7...... Jason Lehmkuhle 8...... Jimmy Hearld 8...... Dathan Ritzenhein 8...... Jason Hartmann 9...... Todd Reeser 9...... Fernando Cabada 9...... Josh Cox 10...... Brian Clas 10...... Clint Verran 10...... Pat Rizzo
2004 2007 2010 1...... Meb Keflezighi 1...... Ryan Hall 1...... Ryan Hall 2...... Alan Culpepper 2...... Dathan Ritzenhein 2...... Meb Keflezighi 3...... Khalid Khannouchi 3...... Brian Sell 3...... Dathan Ritzenhein 4...... Dan Browne 4...... Khalid Khannouchi 4...... Jason Hartmann 5...... Scott Larson 5...... Jason Lehmkuhle 5...... Brett Gotcher 6...... Clint Verran 6...... Dan Browne 6...... Nick Arciniaga 7...... Trent Briney 7...... Peter Gilmore 7...... Jason Lehmkuhle 8...... Brian Sell 8...... Nate Jenkins 8...... Antonio Vega 9...... Peter Gilmore 9...... Meb Keflezighi 9...... Jeff Eggleston 10...... Josh Cox 10...... Jacob Frey 10...... Sergio Reyes
2005 2008 2011 1...... Meb Keflezighi 1...... Ryan Hall 1...... Ryan Hall 2...... Alan Culpepper 2...... Dathan Ritzenhein 2...... Meb Keflezighi 3...... Abdi Abdirahman 3...... Abdi Abdirahman 3...... Ed Moran 4...... Brian Sell 4...... Josh Rohatinsky 4...... Jeff Eggleston 5...... Mbarak Hussein 5...... Jason Lehmkuhle 5...... Nick Arciniaga 6...... Matt Downin 6...... Brian Sell 6...... Matt Gabrielson 7...... Peter Gilmore 7...... Bolota Asmerom 7...... Jason Lehmkuhle 8...... Ryan Shay 8...... Fernando Cabada 8...... Bobby Curtis 9...... Matt Lane 9...... Justin Young 9...... Keith Bechtol 10...... Clint Verran 10...... Matt Downin 10...... Luke Humphrey
© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2012 2015 2018 1...... Meb Keflezighi 1...... Luke Puskedra 1...... Galen Rupp 2...... Ryan Hall 2...... Dathan Ritzenhein 2...... Jared Ward 3...... Dathan Ritzenhein 3...... Meb Keflezighi 3...... Shadrack Biwott 4...... Abdi Abdirahman 4...... Jared Ward 4...... Scott Fauble 5...... Brett Gotcher 5...... Matt Llano 5...... Chris Derrick 6...... Andrew Carlson 6...... Matt Tegenkamp 6...... Elkanah Kibet 7...... Fernando Cabada 7...... Aaron Braun 7...... Aaron Braun 8...... Nick Arciniaga 8...... Craig Leon 8...... Brogan Austin 9...... Ryan Vail 9...... Jeff Eggleston 9...... Matt Llano 10...... Jeff Eggleston 10...... Brendan Martin 10...... Josh Izewski
2013 2016 2019 1...... Dathan Ritzenhein 1...... Galen Rupp 1...... Jared Ward 2...... Jason Hartmann 2...... Jared Ward 2...... Scott Fauble 3...... Ryan Vail 3...... Meb Keflezighi 3...... Leonard Korir 4...... Matt Tegenkamp 4...... Abdi Abdirahman 4...... Augustus Maiyo 5...... Jeff Eggleston 5...... Shadrack Biwott 5...... Elkanah Kibet 6...... Nick Arciniaga 6...... Tyler Pennel 6...... Shadrack Biwott 7...... Josphat Boit 7...... Luke Puskedra 7...... Abdi Abdirahman 8...... Shadrack Biwott 8...... Bobby Curtis 8...... Jake Riley 9...... Bobby Curtis 9...... Diego Estrada 9...... Jerrell Mock 10...... Craig Leon 10...... Patrick Smyth 10...... Ahmed Osman
2014 2017 1...... Meb Keflezighi 1...... Galen Rupp 2...... Ryan Vail 2...... Abdi Abdirahman 3...... Nick Arciniaga 3...... Shadrack Biwott 4...... Jeff Eggleston 4...... Augustus Maiyo 5...... Bobby Curtis 5...... Chris Derrick 6...... Josphat Boit 6...... Elkanah Kibet 7...... Fernando Cabada 7...... Scott Smith 8...... Jake Riley 8...... Scott Fauble 9...... Tyler Pennel 9...... Tim Ritchie 10...... Sean Quigley 10...... Ryan Vail
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