World Rankings — Men’s Shot

Ryan Crouser had a breakout year in moving to the top for the first time in ’16

1 (US) 2 () 3 (US) 4 Tomás Stanek () 5 Darrell Hill (US) 6 () 7 Štipe Žunić () 8 Michał Haratyk

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1947 1948 1...... Heino Lipp () 1...... Charles Fonville (US) 2...... Jim Delaney (US) 2...... (US) 3...... (US) 3...... Jim Delaney (US) 4...... Charles Fonville (US) 4...... (US) 5...... Norm Wasser (US) 5...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6...... Wilbur Thompson (US) 6...... Bill Bayless (US) 7...... Bernie Mayer (US) 7...... Rollin Prather (US) 8...... Jerry Shipkey (US) 8...... Bernie Mayer (US) 9...... Stan Lampert (US) 9...... Otis Chandler (US) 10...... Bill Bayless (US) 10...... Norm Wasser (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1949 1953 1...... Jim Fuchs (US) 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... Stan Lampert (US) 2...... Jiří Skobla () 3...... Wilbur Thompson (US) 3...... (US) 4...... Bernie Mayer (US) 4...... Bernie Mayer (US) 5...... Otis Chandler (US) 5...... (US) 6...... Lew Davis (US) 6...... Roland Nilsson () 7...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 7...... Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8...... Bill Bayless (US) 8...... Howard Hertz (US) 9...... () 9...... John Savidge (Great Britain) 10...... Fortune Gordien (US) 10...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 1950 1954 1...... Jim Fuchs (US) 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... Otis Chandler (US) 2...... Stan Lampert (US) 3...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Wilbur Thompson (US) 4...... Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5...... Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 5...... Tom Jones (US) 6...... Bernie Mayer (US) 6...... Bill Bangert (US) 7...... Stan Lampert (US) 7...... Jim Fuchs (US) 8...... George Ker (US) 8...... Bernie Mayer (US) 9...... Lew Davis (US) 9...... John Stellern (US) 10...... Charles Fonville (US) 10...... Heino Heinaste (Soviet Union) 1951 1955 1...... Jim Fuchs (US) 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... Otis Chandler (US) 2...... Tom Jones (US) 3...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3...... (US) 4...... Parry O’Brien (US) 4...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 5...... Ray Martin (US) 6...... Darrow Hooper (US) 6...... Don Vick (US) 7...... Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 7...... Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 8...... John Savidge (Great Britain) 8...... Tom Meyer (US) 9...... Robert Carey (US) 9...... Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 10...... Bernie Mayer (US) 10...... Rosie Grier (US) 1952 1956 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... Jim Fuchs (US) 2...... Bill Nieder (US) 3...... Darrow Hooper (US) 3...... (US) 4...... Bernie Mayer (US) 4...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5...... Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 6...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Don Vick (US) 7...... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 7...... Stan Lampert (US) 8...... John Savidge (Great Britain) 8...... Boris Balyayev (Soviet Union) 9...... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 9...... Charlie Butt (US) 10...... Georgiy Fyodorov (Soviet Union) 10... Karl-Heinz Wegmann ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1957 1961 1...... Bill Nieder (US) 1...... (US) 2...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Parry O’Brien (US) 4...... Dave Owen (US) 4...... (US) 5...... Don Vick (US) 5...... Alfred Sosgórnik () 6...... Ken Bantum (US) 6...... (US) 7...... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 7...... () 8...... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 8...... Vilmos Varjú () 9...... Jaroslav Plíhal (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10....Vladimir Loshchilov (Soviet Union) 10...... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 1958 1962 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 1...... Dallas Long (US) 2...... Dallas Long (US) 2...... Gary Gubner (US) 3...... (US) 3...... Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 4...... Bill Nieder (US) 4...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5...... Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 6...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Dave Davis (US) 7...... (US) 7...... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 8...... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 8...... Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9...... Bob Henry (US) 9...... Billy Joe (US) 10...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10...... Parry O’Brien (US) 1959 1963 1...... Parry O’Brien (US) 1...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 2...... Dallas Long (US) 2...... Dave Davis (US) 3...... Bill Nieder (US) 3...... Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 4...... Dave Davis (US) 4...... Parry O’Brien (US) 5...... Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5...... Gary Gubner (US) 6...... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 6...... Dallas Long (US) 7...... Charlie Butt (US) 7...... () 8...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 8...... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 9...... Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 9...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 10...... Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 10. Adolfas Varanauskas (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1...... Bill Nieder (US) 1...... Dallas Long (US) 2...... Parry O’Brien (US) 2...... (US) 3...... Dallas Long (US) 3...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4...... Dave Davis (US) 4...... Parry O’Brien (US) 5...... Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 5...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 6...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 6...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7...... Jay Silvester (US) 7...... Dave Davis (US) 8...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 8...... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 9...... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 9...... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 10...... Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 10...... Gary Gubner (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1965 1969 1...... Randy Matson (US) 1...... () 2...... (US) 2...... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 3...... John McGrath (US) 3...... Neal Steinhauer (US) 4...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4...Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 5...... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 5...... Randy Matson (US) 6...... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 6. Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 7...... Jay Silvester (US) 7...... (US) 8...... Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 8..... (East Germany) 9...... Dave Maggard (US) 9...... Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 10...... Dave Price (US) 10...... (US) 1966 1970 1...... Randy Matson (US) 1...... Randy Matson (US) 2...... Neal Steinhauer (US) 2.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 3...... Parry O’Brien (US) 3...... Karl Salb (US) 4...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4. Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 5...... Mike Bianco (US) 5...... Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 6...... Dave Maggard (US) 6...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 7...... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 7...... Pierre Colnard () 8...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 8...... Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 9...... Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 9. Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany)) 10...... Dave Steen (Canada) 10...... (US) 1967 1971 1...... Randy Matson (US) 1.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 2...... Neal Steinhauer (US) 2...... Randy Matson (US) 3...... Dave Maggard (US) 3...Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 4...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 5...... (New Zealand) 5...... (US) 6...... Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 6...... Karl Salb (US) 7...... Dave Davis (US) 7...... Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 8...... Traugott Glöckler (West Germany) 8...... Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9. Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 9...... Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 10. Hans-Dieter Prollius (East Germany) 10...... Rimantas Plunge (Soviet Union) 1968 1972 1...... Randy Matson (US) 1...... George Woods (US) 2...... George Woods (US) 2...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 3...... Dave Maggard (US) 3.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 4...... Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 4...... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 5...... Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 5...... Al Feuerbach (US) 6. Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 6...... Randy Matson (US) 7...... Neal Steinhauer (US) 7...Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 8...... Karl Salb (US) 8...... Brian Oldfield (US) 9...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 9...... (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 10...... Fred DeBernardi (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1973 1977 1...... Al Feuerbach (US) 1...... (East Germany) 2.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 2...... Reijo Ståhlberg () 3...... George Woods (US) 3...... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 4...... Jaroslav Brabec (Czechoslovakia) 4...... (Great Britain) 5...... Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 5...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 6...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 6...... Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 7...... Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 7...... (US) 8...Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 8...... Al Feuerbach (US) 9...... Hans Almström (Sweden) 9...... Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 10...... Hans Höglund (Sweden) 10...... (US) 1974 1978 1...... Al Feuerbach (US) 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...... George Woods (US) 2...... Al Feuerbach (US) 3...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 3.Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 4.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 4...... Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5...... Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 5...... Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 6.Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 6...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 7...... Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 7...... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 8...... Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 8...... Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 9...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 9...... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 10...... Jesse Stuart (US) 10...... Władysław Komar (Poland) 1975 1979 1...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...... Al Feuerbach (US) 2...... Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 3...Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 3...... (US) 4...... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 4...... (Soviet Union) 5...... Hans Höglund (Sweden) 5...... Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 6.....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 6...... Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 7...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7.Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 8...... (Canada) 8...... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 9...... Terry Albritton (US) 9...... Colin Anderson (US) 10...... George Woods (US) 10...... Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 1976 1980 1.Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...... Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 3...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 3...... Brian Oldfield (US) 4...... Al Feuerbach (US) 4...... Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 5...... Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5.Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 6...... Terry Albritton (US) 6...... Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 7...... George Woods (US) 7...... Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 8...... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 8...... Al Feuerbach (US) 9...... Pete Shmock (US) 9....Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 10.Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 10...... Pete Shmock (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1981 1985 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 1...... (East Germany) 2...... Brian Oldfield (US) 2...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 3...... Michael Carter (US) 3... (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 4...... (Italy) 5...... Dave Laut (US) 5...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 6...... Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 6...... Werner Günthör () 7....Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 7...... Dave Laut (US) 8...... Mikhail Gusyev (Soviet Union) 8...... Kevin Akins (US) 9...... Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 9...... Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 10...... Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 10...... (US) 1982 1986 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 1...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2...... Dave Laut (US) 2...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3...... Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 3...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 4...... Dean Crouser (US) 4...... Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5...... Kevin Akins (US) 5...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 6... Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 7...... Mike Lehmann (US) 7...... (US) 8...... Vladimir Milić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 9...... Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 9...... (US) 10...... Peter Block (East Germany) 10...... Mikhail Kostin (Soviet Union) 1983 1987 1...... (Poland) 1...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...... Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 3...... Dave Laut (US) 3...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 4...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 4...... John Brenner (US) 5... Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 5... Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Kevin Akins (US) 6...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7...... Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 7...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 8...... Mike Lehmann (US) 8...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 9...... Brian Oldfield (US) 9...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 10...... Michael Carter (US) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 1984 1988 1...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 1...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2...... Randy Barnes (US) 3...... Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 3...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 4...... Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 4...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 5...... Sergey Kasnauskas (Soviet Union) 5... Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6... Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 7...... Brian Oldfield (US) 7...... Helmut Krieger (Poland) 8...... Michael Carter (US) 8...... () 9...... Dave Laut (US) 9...... Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 10...... August Wolf (US) 10...... Gregg Tafralis (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1989 1993 1...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 1...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2...... Randy Barnes (US) 3...... Randy Barnes (US) 3...... (US) 4...... Jim Doehring (US) 4...... Aleksandr Bagach () 5...... (US) 5...... (US) 6...... () 6...... Yevgeniy Palchikov () 7...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 7...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Georg Andersen (Norway) 8...... Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 9...... August Wolf (US) 9...... Gert Weil (Chile) 10...... Karsten Stolz (West Germany) 10...... (Italy) 1990 1994 1...... Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 1...... C.J. Hunter (US) 2...... Georg Andersen (Norway) 2...... Randy Barnes (US) 3...... Oliver-Sven Buder (East Germany) 3...... Jim Doehring (US) 4...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 4...... Kevin Toth (US) 5...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 5...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 6...... Udo Beyer (East Germany) 6...... Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 7...... Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 7...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 8...... (US) 8...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 9...... Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 9...... (US) 10...... Mikhail Kulish (Soviet Union) 10...... Pétur Guđmundsson (Iceland) 1991 1995 1...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 1...... (US) 2...... Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 2...... (Finland) 3...... Aleksandr Klimenko (Soviet Union) 3...... Randy Barnes (US) 4...... Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 4...... Brent Noon (US) 5...... Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 5...... C.J. Hunter (US) 6...... Ron Backes (US) 6...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 7...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 7...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8...... Sergey Nikolayev (Soviet Union) 8...... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 9...... Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 9...... Kevin Toth (US) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 10...... Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 1992 1996 1...... Mike Stulce (US) 1...... Randy Barnes (US) 2...... Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2...... John Godina (US) 3...... Jim Doehring (US) 3...... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 4...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 4...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 5...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Russia) 5...... C.J. Hunter (US) 6...... Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 6...... Kevin Toth (US) 7...... Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 7...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8...... Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 8...... Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 9...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 9...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10...... (Italy)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1997 2001 1...... John Godina (US) 1...... John Godina (US) 2...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 2...... (US) 3...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 3...... Manuel Martínez () 4...... C.J. Hunter (US) 4...... (South Africa) 5...... (Ukraine) 5...... (Finland) 6...... Mika Halvari (Finland) 6...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 7...... Randy Barnes (US) 7...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 8...... Conny Karlsson (Finland) 9...... Kevin Toth (US) 9...... Brad Snyder (Canada) 10...... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 10...... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 1998 2002 1...... John Godina (US) 1...... Adam Nelson (US) 2...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 2...... Kevin Toth (US) 3...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 3...... John Godina (US) 4...... C.J. Hunter (US) 4...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 5...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 5...... Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6...... Kevin Toth (US) 6...... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 7...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 7...... Janus Robberts (South Africa) 8...... Mika Halvari (Finland) 8...... () 9...... Adam Nelson (US) 9...... (Germany) 10...... Gregg Tafralis (US) 10...... Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 1999 2003¶ 1...... C.J. Hunter (US) 1...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 2...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 2...... () 3...... Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 3...... Adam Nelson (US) 4...... John Godina (US) 4...... John Godina (US) 5...... (US) 5...... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 6...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Kevin Toth (US) 7...... (US) 8...... Arsi Harju (Finland) 8...... (US) 9...... Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 9...... Justin Anlezark (Australia) 10...... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 10...... Tepa Reinikainen (Finland) 2000 2004¶ 1...... Adam Nelson (US) 1...... Christian Cantwell (US) 2...... Andy Bloom (US) 2...... Adam Nelson (US) 3...... John Godina (US) 3...... Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 4...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 4...... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 5...... Arsi Harju (Finland) 5...... Reese Hoffa (US) 6...... Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 6...... John Godina (US) 7...... Mika Halvari (Finland) 7...... Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 8...... Kevin Toth (US) 8...... Janus Robberts (South Africa) 9...... Miroslav Menc (Czech Republic) 9...... Carl Myerscough (Great Britain) 10...... Timo Altonen (Finland) 10...... Yury Bialou (Belarus)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2005¶ 2009¶ 1...... Adam Nelson (US) 1...... Christian Cantwell (US) 2...... Reese Hoffa (US) 2...... (Poland) 3...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 3...... Reese Hoffa (US) 4...... Christian Cantwell (US) 4...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 5...... Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 5...... Adam Nelson (US) 6...... John Godina (US) 6...... Dan Taylor (US) 7...... () 7...... Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 8...... Jamie Beyer (US) 8...... (Canada) 9...... Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 9...... Dorian Scott (Jamaica) 10...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 10...... Peter Sack (Germany) 2006¶ 2010¶ 1...... Reese Hoffa (US) 1...... Christian Cantwell (US) 2...... Christian Cantwell (US) 2...... Reese Hoffa (US) 3...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 3...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 4...... Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 4...... Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 5...... Adam Nelson (US) 5...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 6...... Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 6...... Adam Nelson (US) 7...... Dan Taylor (US) 7...... (US) 8...... Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 8...... Cory Martin (US) 9...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 9...... David Storl (Germany) 10...... Gheorghe Guşet (Romania) 10...... Dan Taylor (US) 2007¶ 2011¶ 1...... Reese Hoffa (US) 1...... Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 2...... Adam Nelson (US) 2...... Christian Cantwell (US) 3...... Christian Cantwell (US) 3...... Reese Hoffa (US) 4...... Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 4...... David Storl (Germany) 5...... Dan Taylor (US) 5...... Ryan Whiting (US) 6...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 6...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 7...... Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 7...... Adam Nelson (US) 8...... Miroslav Vodovnik (Slovenia) 8...... Marco Fortes () 9...... Peter Sack (Germany) 9...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 10...... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 10...... Maksim Sidorov (Russia) 2008¶ 2012 1...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 1...... Reese Hoffa (US) 2...... Christian Cantwell (US) 2...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 3...... Reese Hoffa (US) 3...... Ryan Whiting (US) 4...... Adam Nelson (US) 4...... David Storl (Germany) 5...... Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 5...... Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 6...... Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 6...... Christian Cantwell (US) 8...... Dorian Scott (Jamaica) 7...... Germán Lauro (Argentina) 8...... Dan Taylor (US) 8...... Maksim Sidorov (Russia) 9...... (Australia) 9...... Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 10...... Yuriy Bilonoh (Ukraine) 10...... Justin Rodhe (Canada)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2013 2017 1...... Ryan Whiting (US) 1...... Ryan Crouser (US) 2...... David Storl (Germany) 2...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3...... Reese Hoffa (US) 3...... Joe Kovacs (US) 4...... Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 4...... Tomáš Staněk (Czech Republic) 5...... Ladislav Prášil (Czech Republic) 5...... Darrell Hill (US) 6...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 6...... David Storl (Germany) 7...... Georgi Ivanov () 7...... Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8...... Germán Lauro (Argentina) 8...... Michał Haratyk (Poland) 9...... Cory Martin (US) 9...... Ryan Whiting (US) 10...... Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 10...... (Poland) 2014 2018 1...... Reese Hoffa (US) 1...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 2...... David Storl (Germany) 2...... Ryan Crouser (US) 3...... Joe Kovacs (US) 3...... () 4...... Ryan Whiting (US) 4...... Darrell Hill (US) 5...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 5...... Michał Haratyk (Poland) 6...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 6...... David Storl (Germany) 7...... Christian Cantwell (US) 7...... Tomáš Staněk (Czech Republic) 8...... Kurt Roberts (US) 8...... Ryan Whiting (US) 9...... O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 9...... Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) 10...... Ryan Crouser (US) 10...... (Russia) 2015 2019 1...... Joe Kovacs (US) 1...... Ryan Crouser (US) 2...... David Storl (Germany) 2...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3...... Darlan Romani (Brazil) 4...... O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 4...... Joe Kovacs (US) 5...... Christian Cantwell (US) 5...... Darrell Hill (US) 6...... Reese Hoffa (US) 6...... Michał Haratyk (Poland) 7...... Ryan Whiting (US) 7...... Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) 8...... Jordan Clarke (US) 8...... Chuk Enekwechi (Nigeria) 9...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 9...... (New Zealand) 10...... Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 10...... Tomáš Staněk (Czech Republic) 2016 1...... Ryan Crouser (US) 2...... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3...... Joe Kovacs (US) 4...... Kurt Roberts (US) 5...... Frank Elemba (Congo) 6...... Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) 7...... Darrell Hill (US) 8...... Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 9...... David Storl (Germany) 10...... (Canada)

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