U.S. Rankings — Men's Hammer

U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer Places for 1947–62 reflect only those Americans who made the World Rankings 1947 1...... Bob Bennett

1948 1...... Sam Felton 2...... Bob Bennett

1949 1...... Sam Felton 2...... Henry Dreyer

1950 1...... Sam Felton

1951 1...... Sam Felton

1952 (no U.S. in World Ranks) A.G. Kruger 1953 earned 5 No. 1s 1...... Marty Engel between ’06 & ’14

1954 (no U.S. in World Ranks)

1955 1...... Hal Connolly

1956 1...... Hal Connolly 2...... Al Hall 3...... Cliff Blair

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1957 1964 1967 1...... Al Hall 1...... Hal Connolly 1...... Ed Burke 2...... Hal Connolly 2...... Ed Burke 2...... George Frenn 3...... Al Hall 3...... Jim Pryde 1958 4...... Bill McWilliams 4...... Tom Gage 1...... Hal Connolly 5...... Jim Pryde 5...... Bob Narcessian 2...... Al Hall 6...... Alex Schulten 6...... Augie Zilincar 1959 7...... Bill Corsetti 7...... Hal Connolly 1...... Hal Connolly 8...... Tom Pagani 8...... Bill Graham 9...... George Frenn 9...... Tom Fraus 1960 10...... Bob Backus 10...... John Fiore 1...... Hal Connolly 1965 1968 1961 1...... Hal Connolly 1...... Ed Burke 1...... Hal Connolly 2...... Ed Burke 2...... Hal Connolly 1962 3...... George Frenn 3...... Al Hall 1...... Hal Connolly 4...... John Fiore 4...... George Frenn 2...... Al Hall 5...... Bill Corsetti 5...... Tom Gage 6...... Alex Schulten 6...... Bob Narcessian 1963 7...... Tom Gage 7...... Jim Kavanaugh 1...... Hal Connolly 8...... Al Hall 8...... Wayne Pangburn 2...... Al Hall 9...... Jim Pryde 9...... Jim Pryde 3...... George Frenn 10...... Art Croasdale 10...... Augie Zilincar 4...... Ed Burke 5...... George Desnoyers 1966 1969 6...... Jim Pryde 1...... Hal Connolly 1...... George Frenn 7...... Bill McWilliams 2...... Ed Burke 2...... Hal Connolly 8...... Art Doten 3...... Tom Gage 3...... Tom Gage 9...... Doug Tozour 4...... George Frenn 4...... Larry Hart 10...... Clark Ballard 5...... Jim Pryde 5...... Al Hall 6...... John Fiore 6...... Wayne Pangburn 7...... Alex Schulten 7...... Jim Pryde 8...... Wayne Pangburn 8...... Augie Zilincar 9...... Tom Pagani 9...... Steve DeAutremont 10...... Al Hall 10...... Dick Narcessian

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1970 1973 1976 1...... George Frenn 1...... Ted Bregar 1...... Larry Hart 2...... Tom Gage 2...... George Frenn 2...... Bill Diehl 3...... Hal Connolly 3...... Al Hall 3...... Alvin Jackson 4...... Steve DeAutremont 4...... Steve DeAutremont 4...... Boris Djerassi 5...... Wayne Pangburn 5...... Bill Shuff 5...... Ted Bregar 6...... Larry Hart 6...... Tom Gage 6...... Bill Shuff 7...... Bob Narcessian 7...... Boris Djerassi 7...... Dave McKenzie 8...... Dewitt Davies 8...... Andy Bessette 8...... Andy Bessette 9...... Augie Zilincar 9...... Alvin Jackson 9...... George Frenn 10...... Al Hall 10...... Bill Diehl 10...... Emmitt Berry

1971 1974 1977 1...... George Frenn 1...... Steve DeAutremont 1...... Emmitt Berry 2...... Tom Gage 2...... Tom Gage 2...... Boris Djerassi 3...... Al Hall 3...... Bill Diehl 3...... Peter Galle 4...... Al Schoterman 4...... Bill Shuff 4...... George Frenn 5...... Hal Connolly 5...... Larry Hart 5...... Bill Johnston 6...... Larry Hart 6...... Peter Galle 6...... Andy Bessette 7...... Steve DeAutremont 7...... Dale Casey 7...... Ed Arcaro 8...... Bob Narcessian 8...... Andy Bessette 8...... Dave McKenzie 9...... Bill Penny 9...... Boris Djerassi 9...... Tom Gage 10...... Bill Dinneen 10...... George Frenn 10...... Mac Wilkins

1972 1975 1978 1...... Tom Gage 1...... Boris Djerassi 1...... Boris Djerassi 2...... Al Schoterman 2...... Larry Hart 2...... Emmitt Berry 3...... George Frenn 3...... Steve DeAutremont 3...... Peter Galle 4...... Hal Connolly 4...... Bill Diehl 4...... Carl Eklund 5...... Al Hall 5...... George Frenn 5...... Rich Perkins 6...... Bob Narcessian 6...... Andy Bessette 6...... Dave McKenzie 7...... Steve DeAutremont 7...... Bill Shuff 7...... Dwight Midles 8...... Frank Bredice 8...... Ted Bregar 8...... John McArdle 9...... Bill Shuff 9...... Peter Galle 9...... Mark Sawyer 10...... Larry Hart 10...... Dave McKenzie 10...... Ed Arcaro

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1979 1982 1985 1...... Boris Djerassi 1...... Dave McKenzie 1...... Jud Logan 2...... Andy Bessette 2...... Ed Burke 2...... Ken Flax 3...... Emmitt Berry 3...... Bill Green 3...... Bill Green 4...... Peter Galle 4...... Andy Bessette 4...... Dave McKenzie 5...... Jim Jesernig 5...... Peter Farmer 5...... John McArdle 6...... John McArdle 6...... John McArdle 6...... Jan DeSoto 7...... Dwight Midles 7...... Doug Barnett 7...... Brian Masterson 8...... Ed Healey 8...... Manny Silverio 8...... Pat Egan 9...... Alvin Jackson 9...... Keith Bateson 9...... Lance Deal 10...... Dave McKenzie 10...... Peter Galle 10...... Steve Rohovit

1980 1983 1986 1...... Andy Bessette 1...... Dave McKenzie 1...... Jud Logan 2...... Boris Djerassi 2...... Ed Burke 2...... Bill Green 3...... John McArdle 3...... John McArdle 3...... Ken Flax 4...... Dave McKenzie 4...... Bill Green 4...... Lance Deal 5...... Peter Galle 5...... Andy Bessette 5...... Dave McKenzie 6...... Rick Buss 6...... Peter Farmer 6...... Pat Egan 7...... Stan Podolski 7...... Kent Landerholm 7...... Greg Gassner 8...... Ed Burke 8...... Bill Sutherland 8...... Brian Masterson 9...... Dwight Midles 9...... Greg Gassner 9...... Mike Maynard 10...... Tom Lenz 10...... Al Schoterman 10...... John McArdle

1981 1984 1987 1...... Dave McKenzie 1...... Bill Green 1...... Jud Logan 2...... Andy Bessette 2...... Jud Logan 2...... Ken Flax 3...... Peter Farmer 3...... Ed Burke 3...... Bill Green 4...... John McArdle 4...... Dave McKenzie 4...... Lance Deal 5...... Rick Buss 5...... John McArdle 5...... Mike Fritchman 6...... Peter Galle 6...... Al Schoterman 6...... Mike Maynard 7...... Bill Sutherland 7...... Peter Farmer 7...... John McArdle 8...... Boris Djerassi 8...... Jan DeSoto 8...... Jim Driscoll 9...... Bill Green 9...... Ken Flax 9...... Doug Gillard 10...... Ed Burke 10...... Andy Bessette 10...... Russ Meldrum

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1988 1991 1994 1...... Ken Flax 1...... Ken Flax 1...... Lance Deal 2...... Lance Deal 2...... Lance Deal 2...... Jim Driscoll 3...... Jud Logan 3...... Jud Logan 3...... Kevin McMahon 4...... John McArdle 4...... Jim Driscoll 4...... Brian Murer 5...... Doug Gillard 5...... Scott McGee 5...... Scott McGee 6...... Jim Driscoll 6...... John Walker 6...... David Popejoy 7...... Pat Egan 7...... Mike Morales 7...... Darren Zaylor 8...... Mike Maynard 8...... Horatio Garcia 8...... David Loshonkohl 9...... Jim Thiss 9...... John O’Connor 9...... Steve Dering 10...... Dave Duchene 10...... Mike Fritchman 10...... Scott Sargeant

1989 1992 1995 1...... Lance Deal 1...... Lance Deal 1...... Lance Deal 2...... Ken Flax 2...... Ken Flax 2...... Kevin McMahon 3...... Jud Logan 3...... Jim Driscoll 3...... David Popejoy 4...... Jim Driscoll 4...... Scott McGee 4...... Jim Driscoll 5...... Doug Gillard 5...... Pat Egan 5...... John Walker 6...... Pat Egan 6...... Kevin McMahon 6...... Brian Murer 7...... John O’Connor 7...... John Walker 7...... Steve Dering 8...... John McArdle 8...... Jesse Saglio 8...... Lou Chisari 9...... Dave Wilson 9...... Steve Dering 9...... David Loshonkohl 10...... John Billingsley 10...... Horatio Garcia 10...... Scott Sargeant

1990 1993 1996 1...... Ken Flax 1...... Lance Deal 1...... Lance Deal 2...... Jud Logan 2...... Jim Driscoll 2...... Kevin McMahon 3...... Lance Deal 3...... Kevin McMahon 3...... David Popejoy 4...... Jim Driscoll 4...... Brian Murer 4...... John Walker 5...... Scott McGee 5...... David Popejoy 5...... Brian Murer 6...... Mike Fritchman 6...... Scott McGee 6...... Jim Driscoll 7...... Mike Morales 7...... Lou Chisari 7...... Scott McGee 8...... John O’Connor 8...... Dave Paddison 8...... Steve Dering 9...... John Walker 9...... Jesse Saglio 9...... Craig Carter 10...... John Knight 10...... Steve Dering 10...... Marvin Williams

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1997 2000 2003 1...... Kevin McMahon 1...... Lance Deal 1...... James Parker 2...... Jud Logan 2...... Kevin McMahon 2...... Paddy McGrath 3...... David Popejoy 3...... Jud Logan 3...... Jake Freeman 4...... Mark McGehearty 4...... Mark McGehearty 4...... Travis Nutter 5...... Scott McGee 5...... Jerry Ingalls 5...... Lucais MacKay 6...... Brian Murer 6...... Kevin Mannon 6...... Drew Loftin 7...... Steve Dering 7...... James Parker 7...... Kevin McMahon 8...... John Walker 8...... John McEwen 8...... Jerry Ingalls 9...... Sean McGehearty 9...... Travis Nutter 9...... Michael Mai 10...... Justin Strand 10...... Jay Harvard 10...... A.G. Kruger

1998 2001 2004 1...... Lance Deal 1...... Kevin McMahon 1...... James Parker 2...... Kevin McMahon 2...... Jay Harvard 2...... A.G. Kruger 3...... Jud Logan 3...... James Parker 3...... Kevin McMahon 4...... Travis Nutter 4...... John McEwen 4...... Travis Nutter 5...... Adam Connolly 5...... Kevin Mannon 5...... Michael Mai 6...... Scott McGee 6...... Travis Nutter 6...... Jim Heizman 7...... Dan Bourque 7...... Bert Sorin 7...... Jake Freeman 8...... Justin Strand 8...... Jim Heizman 8...... Scott Boothby 9...... Kevin Mannon 9...... Carey Ryan 9...... Chris Nulle 10...... Scott Sargeant 10...... Jake Freeman 10...... Luke Woydziak

1999 2002 2005 1...... Lance Deal 1...... Lance Deal 1...... James Parker 2...... Kevin McMahon 2...... John McEwen 2...... A.G. Kruger 3...... Jud Logan 3...... Kevin McMahon 3...... Kibwé Johnson 4...... Adam Connolly 4...... Jay Harvard 4...... Jake Freeman 5...... Mark McGehearty 5...... Jerry Ingalls 5...... Travis Nutter 6...... Jerry Ingalls 6...... James Parker 6...... Scott Boothby 7...... Dan Bourque 7...... Jim Heizman 7...... Luke Woydziak 8...... Steve DeSantis 8...... Scott Boothby 8...... Lucais MacKay 9...... James Parker 9...... Carey Ryan 9...... Arnaldo Cueto 10...... John McEwen 10...... Jake Freeman 10...... Adam Kriz

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 2006 2009 2012 1...... A.G. Kruger 1...... Jake Freeman 1...... Kibwé Johnson 2...... Kibwé Johnson 2...... A.G. Kruger 2...... A.G. Kruger 3...... James Parker 3...... Michael Mai 3...... Chris Cralle 4...... Jake Freeman 4...... Cory Martin 4...... Conor McCullough 5...... Travis Nutter 5...... Walter Henning 5...... Drew Loftin 6...... Michael Mai 6...... Garland Porter 6...... Michael Mai 7...... Cory Martin 7...... Nick Welihozkiy 7...... Andy Fryman 8...... Lucais MacKay 8...... Drew Loftin 8...... Garland Porter 9...... Nick Welihozkiy 9...... Jesse Doty 9...... Jake Freeman 10...... Jim Heizman 10...... Chris Rohr 10...... Lucais MacKay

2007 2010 2013 1...... A.G. Kruger 1...... Kibwé Johnson 1...... A.G. Kruger 2...... Kibwé Johnson 2...... A.G. Kruger 2...... Chris Cralle 3...... Travis Nutter 3...... Jake Freeman 3...... Drew Loftin 4...... Jake Freeman 4...... Drew Loftin 4...... Kibwé Johnson 5...... Michael Mai 5...... Garland Porter 5...... Jake Freeman 6...... Jake Dunkleberger 6...... Walter Henning 6...... Colin Dunbar 7...... Cory Martin 7...... Cory Martin 7...... Justin Welch 8...... Nick Owens 8...... Chris Rohr 8...... Andy Fryman 9...... Adam Midles 9...... Chris Cralle 9...... Jeremy Postin 10...... James Parker 10...... Michael Mai 10...... Remy Conatser

2008 2011 2014 1...... A.G. Kruger 1...... Kibwé Johnson 1...... A.G. Kruger 2...... Kevin McMahon 2...... Michael Mai 2...... Kibwé Johnson 3...... Jake Freeman 3...... A.G. Kruger 3...... Chris Cralle 4...... Travis Nutter 4...... Drew Loftin 4...... Andy Fryman 5...... Cory Martin 5...... Garland Porter 5...... Matthias Tayala 6...... Michael Mai 6...... Conor McCullough 6...... Justin Welch 7...... Kibwé Johnson 7...... Andy Fryman 7...... Greg Skipper 8...... Jake Dunkleberger 8...... Chris Rohr 8...... Michael Lihrman 9...... Lucais MacKay 9...... Eric Flores 9...... Ryan Loughney 10...... James Parker 10...... Ryan Loughney 10...... Remy Conatser

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s Hammer 2015 2017 2019 1...... Kibwé Johnson 1...... Alex Young 1...... Sean Donnelly 2...... Conor McCullough 2...... Rudy Winkler 2...... Rudy Winkler 3...... A.G. Kruger 3...... Johnnie Jackson 3...... Conor McCullough 4...... JC Lambert 4...... Kibwé Johnson 4...... Daniel Haugh 5...... Matthias Tayala 5...... Sean Donnelly 5...... Alex Young 6...... Colin Dunbar 6...... Colin Dunbar 6...... Michael Shanahan 7...... Andy Fryman 7...... Darien Thornton 7...... Morgan Shigo 8...... Michael Lihrman 8...... Jordan Crayon 8...... Colin Dunbar 9...... Greg Skipper 9...... Andy Fryman 9...... Daniel Roberts 10...... Chuk Enekwechi 10...... Daniel Roberts 10...... AJ McFarland

2016 2018 1...... Rudy Winkler 1...... Alex Young 2...... Kibwé Johnson 2...... Sean Donnelly 3...... Conor McCullough 3...... Rudy Winkler 4...... A.G. Kruger 4...... Daniel Roberts 5...... Andy Fryman 5...... Conor McCullough 6...... Colin Dunbar 6...... Daniel Haugh 7...... Matthias Tayala 7...... Morgan Shigo 8...... Sean Donnelly 8...... Colin Dunbar 9...... JC Lambert 9...... Adam Kelly 10...... Darien Thornton 10...... Jordan Crayon