EVER WONDER WHO the overall best performers have been in our authoritative World Rankings for women, which began with the 1956 season? Stats Editor Jim Rorick has pulled together all kinds of numbers for you, scoring the annual Top 10s on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

First, in a by-event compilation, you’ll find the leaders in the categories of Most Points, Most Rankings, Most No. 1s and The Top U.S. Scorers (in the World Rankings, not the U.S. Rankings). Following that are the stats on an all-events basis.

All the data is as of the end of the ’19 season, including a significant number of recastings based on the many retests that were carried out on old samples and resulted in doping positives.

Event-By-Event Tabulations

100 METERS

Most Points

1. Merlene Ottey 140; 2. Marlies Göhr 99; 3. Evelyn Ashford 98; 4. Veronica Campbell-Brown 95; 5. Irena Szewińska 82; 6. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 72; 7. Renate Stecher 67; 8. Gwen Torrence 60; 9. tie, Annegret Richter & Chandra Sturrup 56.

Most Rankings

1. Ottey 19; 2. tie, Ashford, Campbell-Brown & Göhr 13; 5. Szewińska 12.

Consecutive—Ottey 18.

Most No. 1s

1. Göhr 6; 2. Fraser-Pryce 5; 3. tie, Ashford, Ottey & Stecher 4.

Consecutive—Carmelita Jeter, Marion Jones, Ottey & Stecher 3.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Ashford 98; 2. Torrence 60; 3. Jeter 54; 4. Gail Devers 50; 5. Chryste Gaines 44; 6. Wyomia Tyus 41; 7. Tori Bowie 35; 8. Inger Miller 34; 9. Iris Davis 33; 10. Torri Edwards 32.

200 METERS

Most Points

1. Merlene Ottey 147; 2. Irena Szewińska 131; 3. Allyson Felix 122; 4. Veronica Campbell-Brown 78; 5. Marita Koch 75; 6. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie 73; 7. Renate Stecher 72; 8. Gwen Torrence 58; 9. Bärbel Wöckel 56; 10. Evelyn Ashford 54.

Most Rankings

1. Ottey 18; 2. Szewińska 15; 3. Felix 14; 4. Ferguson McKenzie 11; 5. Campbell-Brown 10.

Consecutive—Ottey 18.

Most No. 1s

tie 1. Felix & Szewińska 7; 3. Koch 5; 4. Stecher 4; 5. tie, 5 with 3.

Consecutive—Szewińska 4.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Felix 122; 2. Torrence 58; 3. Ashford 54; 4. Florence Griffith Joyner 40; 5. tie, Inger Miller & Sanya Richards-Ross 33; 7. Marion Jones 30; 8. Dannette Young-Stone 29; 9. Edith McGuire 26; 10. tie, Valerie Brisco & Barbara Ferrell 25.

400 METERS

Most Points

1. Marita Koch 96; 2. Sanya Richards-Ross 87; 3. Maria Itkina 79; 4. Novlene Williams-Mills 71; 5. tie, Allyson Felix & Jearl Miles Clark 66; 7. Shin Geum Dan 64; 8. Cathy Freeman 61; 9. Olga Bryzgina 59; 10. Ana Guevara 56.

Most Rankings

1. Miles Clark 12; 2. Richards-Ross & Williams-Mills 11; 4. tie, Itkina & Koch 10.

Consecutive—Itkina, Miles Clark & Williams-Mills 10.

Most No. 1s

1. Koch 7; 2. Richards-Ross 6; 3. tie, Dan & Marie-José Pérec 5; 5. Irena Szewińska 4.

Consecutive—Dan & Richards-Ross 5.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Richards-Ross 87; 2. tie, Felix & Miles Clark 66; 4. Francena McCorory 46; 5. Kathy Hammond 32; 6. Natasha Hastings 31; 7. tie, Valerie Brisco & Phyllis Francis 30; 9. Dee Dee Trotter 28; 10. Lillie Leatherwood 20.

800 METERS

Most Points

1. Maria Mutola 145; 2. Ana Quirot 82; 3. Janeth Jepkosgei 63; 4. Lyubov Gurina 62; 5. Kelly Holmes 61; 6. tie, Nadezhda Olizarenko & Caster Semenya 58; 8. Hasna Benhassi 56; 9. Vera Nikolić 54; 10. Gunhild Hoffmeister 51.

Most Rankings

1. Mutola 18; 2. tie, Gurina, Holmes, Jepkosgei & Quirot 9.

Consecutive—Mutola 18.

Most No. 1s

1. Mutola 9; 2. Semenya 5; 4. Quirot 4; 4. tie, Shin Geum Dan, Lyudmila Gurevich, Jarmila Kratochvilová, Madeline Manning & Eunice Sum 3.

Consecutive—Mutola 6.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Ajee’ Wilson 44; 2. Manning 43; 3. Alysia Montaño 29; 4. tie, Joetta Clark-Diggs & Jearl Miles Clark 27; 6. Brenda Martinez 16; 7. Meredith Valmon 15; 8. Raevyn Rogers 14; Anna Willard 13; 10. tie, Charlette Cooke, Doris Heritage, Mary Slaney, Nicole Teter & Maggie Vessey 9.

1500 METERS

Most Points

1. Maryam Jamal 69; 2. Doina Melinte 63; 3. Gunhild Hoffmeister 55; 4. Tatyana Kazankina 54; 5. tie, Sifan Hassan & Shannon Rowbury 50; 7. tie, Faith Kipyegon, Carla Sacramento & Jenny Simpson 49; 10. tie, Lyudmila Bragina, Yekaterina Podkopayeva & Tatyana Tomashova 44.

Most Rankings

1. Melinte 10; 2. tie, Ulrike Bruns & Podkopayeva 9; 4. tie, Jamal, Maricica Puică, Rowbury, Sacramento & Simpson 8.

Consecutive—Melinte 10.

Most No. 1s

1. Jamal 5; 2. tie, Kazankina & Svetlana Masterkova 3; 4. tie, 8 with 2.

Consecutive—Jamal 5.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Rowbury 50; 2. Simpson 49; 3. Mary Slaney 35; 4. Regina Jacobs 29; 5. Suzy Hamilton 22; 6. Francie Larrieu Smith 16; 7. tie, Shelby Houlihan & Morgan Uceny 15; 9. Christin Wurth-Thomas 10; 10. Doris Heritage 8.

STEEPLECHASE

Most Points

1. Sofia Assefa 57; 2. Hyvin Jepkemoi 55; 3. tie, Milcah Chemos & Emma Coburn 47; 5. Habiba Ghribi 41; 6. tie, Beatrice Chepkoech & Gulnara Galkina 37; 8. Hiwot Ayalew 35; 9. Tatyana Petrova 23; 10. Etenesh Diro 22.

Most Rankings

1. Assefa 9; 2. Jepkemoi 8; 3. tie, Cristina Casandra & Coburn 7; 5. Chemos 6.

Consecutive—Assefa 9.

Most No. 1s

1. Galkina 4; 2. tie, Chepkoech & Ghribi 3; 4. tie, Chemos & Alesya Turova 2.

Consecutive—Chepkoech 3.

Only U.S. Scorers

1. Coburn 47; 2. Courtney Frerichs 11; 3. Jenny Simpson 8; 4. Elizabeth Jackson 2; 5. tie, Lisa Aguilera, Stephanie Garcia & Anna Willard 1.

5000 METERS

Most Points

1. Meseret Defar 96; 2. Tirunesh Dibaba 90; 3. Maricica Puică 72; 4. Gabi Szabo 68; 5. Vivian Cheruiyot 65; 6. Sonia O’Sullivan 59; 7. Grete Waitz 58; 8. Svetlana Ulmasova 55; 9. Yvonne Murray 54; 10. Paula Radcliffe 48.

Most Rankings

1. Defar 11; 2. Dibaba 10; 3. tie, Murray, Puică, Radcliffe & Szabo 9.

Consecutive—Defar 11.

Most No. 1s

1. tie, Defar & Dibaba 5; 3. tie, Tatyana Dorovskikh, Hellen Obiri, Szabo & Ulmasova 3.

Consecutive—Obiri 3.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Mary Slaney 34; 2. PattiSue Plumer 25; 3. Jan Merrill 14; 4. Francie Larrieu Smith 13; 5. Lynn Jennings 7; 6. tie, Vicki Huber, Molly Huddle & Annette Peters 5; 9. Shelly Steely 4; 10. tie, Shelby Houlihan & Shannon Rowbury 3.

10,000 METERS

Most Points

1. Tirunesh Dibaba 77; 2. Olga Bondarenko 62; 3. Derartu Tulu 57; 4. Fernanda Ribeiro 54; 5. tie, Ingrid Kristiansen & Paula Radcliffe 49; 7. Kathrin Wessel 47; 8. Liz McColgan 39; 9. Vivian Cheruiyot 37; 10. Berhane Adere 36.

Most Rankings

1. Dibaba 8; 2. tie, Bondarenko, Radcliffe, Ribeiro, Tulu & Wessel 7.

Consecutive—Bondarenko, Ribeiro & Wessel 6.

Most No. 1s

1. Dibaba 6; 2. tie, Kristiansen & Tulu 3; 4. tie, Almaz Ayana, Bondarenko, Cheruiyot, Ribeiro & Junxia Wang 2.

Consecutive—Kristiansen 3.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Lynn Jennings 31; 2. tie, Shalane Flanagan & Molly Huddle 21; 4. tie, Deena Kastor & Francie Larrieu Smith 11; 6. tie, Kara Goucher, Emily Infeld & Mary Slaney 10; 9. Joan Samuelson 7; 10. tie, Amy Begley & Mary Knisely 5.

100 HURDLES

Most Points

1. tie, Gail Devers & Pam Ryan 95; 3. Karin Balzer 87; 4. Dawn Harper Nelson 74; 5. Grazyna Rabsztyn 69; 6. Yordanka Donkova 68; 7. Sally Pearson 67; 8. Ludmila Engquist 66; 9. Tie, Brigitte Foster-Hylton & Cornelia Oschkenat 56.

Most Rankings

1. tie, Balzer, Devers & Ryan 11; 4. Rabsztyn 10; 5. tie, Donkova, Harper Nelson & Pearson 9.

Consecutive—Rabsztyn & Ryan 10.

Most No. 1s

1. Devers 8; 2. tie, Balzer & Keni Harrison 4; 4. tie, 6 with 3.

Consecutive—Devers 5.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Devers 95; 2. Harper-Nelson 74; 3. Lolo Jones 46; 4. Harrison 43; 5. Brianna McNeal 41; 6. Melissa Morrison-Howard 39; 7. Queen Claye 34; 8. Michelle Perry 33; 9. Sharika Nelvis 31; 10. Ginnie Crawford 29.

400 HURDLES

Most Points

1. Deon Hemmings 74; 2. Lashinda Demus 68; 3. tie, Kim Batten & Sandra Farmer-Patrick 66; 5. Zuzana Hejnová 62. 6. Kaliese Carter 59; 7. tie, Yuliya Pechonkina & Tatyana Tereshchuk 56; 9. Sally Gunnell 53; 10. Sandra Glover 50.

Most Rankings

1. Tereshchuk 11; 2. tie, Demus & Hemmings 10; 4. tie, Batten & Hejnová 9.

Consecutive—Hemmings 10.

Most No. 1s

1. tie, Demus, Farmer-Patrick, Hemmings & Marina Stepanova 3; 4. tie, 9 with 2.

Consecutive—Demus, Farmer-Patrick, Gunnell, Hemmings & Melaine Walker 2.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Demus 68; 2. Batten 66; 3. Farmer-Patrick 59; 4. Glover 50; 5. Dalilah Muhammad 45; 6. Tonja Buford-Bailey 40; 7. Shamier Little 34; 8. Georganne Moline 31; 9. Tiffany Williams 29; 10. Janeene Vickers 21.

MARATHON

Most Points

1. Grete Waitz 79; 2. Rosa Mota 76; 3. tie, Katrin Dörre-Heinig & Catherine Ndereba 69; 5. Ingrid Kristiansen 68; 6. Joan Samuelson 53; 7. tie, Mary Keitany & Paula Radcliffe 49; 9. Edna Kiplagat 46; 10. Tegla Loroupe 44.

Most Rankings

1. Dörre-Heinig 12; 2. Kristiansen 10; 3. tie, Mota, Ndereba & Waitz 9.

Consecutive—Ndereba 9.

Most No. 1s

1. Waitz 6; 2. tie, Mota & Radcliffe 3; 4. tie, Keitany, Irina Mikitenko, Uta Pippig, Samuelson & Christa Vahlensieck 2.

Consecutive—Waitz 3.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Samuelson 53; 2. Patti Catalano 28; 3. Deena Kastor 26; 4. Kim Merritt 21; 5. tie, Gayle Barron & Julie Brown 20; 7. Miki Gorman; 17; 8. Kim Jones 14; 9. Lisa Weidenbach 12; 10. Francie Larrieu Smith 11.

20K WALK

Most Points

1. Yelena Nikolayeva 91; 2. Hong Liu 87; 3. Olimpiada Ivanova 69; 4. Kerry Saxby-Junna 66; 5. María Vasco 56; 7. Elisa Rigaudo 49; 7. Annarita Sidoti 45; 8. Elisabetta Perrone 42; 9. Shenjie Qieyang 41; 10. Sari Essayah 40.

Most Rankings

1. Nikolayeva 13; 2. Saxby-Junna 12; 3. tie, Ana Cabecinha, Liu, Rigaudo & Vasco 10.

Consecutive—Cabecinha & Saxby-Junna 8.

Most No. 1s

1. Liu 4; 2. tie, Ivanova & Saxby-Junna 3; 4. tie, Essayah, Olga Kaniskina, Yelena Lashmanova, Nikolayeva & Sidoti 2.

Consecutive—Essayah, Ivanova, Kaniskina, Lashmanova, Liu, Saxby-Junna & Sidoti 2.

U.S. Scorers

None.

50K WALK

Most Points

1. Rui Liang 9; 2. Maocuo Li 5; 3. Hang Yin 4; 4. tie, Eleonora Giorgi & Claire Tallent 3; 6. tie, Inês Henriques & Hong Liu 2; 8. tie, Klavdiya Afanasyeva & Paola Pérez 1.

Most Rankings

1. Liang 2; 2. tie, 8 with 1.

Consecutive—Liang 2.

Most No. 1s

1. tie, Li & Liang 1.

Consecutive—Li & Liang 1.

U.S. Scorers

None.

HIGH JUMP

Most Points

1. Stefka Kostadinova 114; 2. Iolanda Balaș 107; 3. Blanka Vlašić 97; 4. Inga Babakova 92; 5. Taisia Chenchik 85; 6. Sara Simeoni 81; 7. Rosi Ackermann 79; 8. Tamara Bykova 78; 9. Ruth Beitia 69; 10. tie, Kajsa Bergqvist & Debbie Brill 66.

Most Rankings

1. Vlašić 14; 2. tie, Babakova, Beitia & Kostadinova 13; 5. tie, Brill & Bykova 12.

Consecutive—Beitia 13.

Most No. 1s

1. Balas 9; 2. Kostadinova 6; 3. Mariya Lasitskene 5; 4. tie, Ackermann, Bergqvist & Vlašić 4.

Consecutive—Balas 9.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Chaunté Lowe 53; 2. Louise Ritter 50; 3. Amy Acuff 29; 4. Vashti Cunningham 23; 5. Eleanor Montgomery 20; 6. Tisha Waller 16; 7. Brigetta Barrett 15; 8. Joni Huntley 14; 9 tie, Coleen Sommer & Jan Wohlschlag 11.

POLE VAULT

Most Points

1. Yelena Isinbaeva 106; 2. Svetlana Feofanova 91; 3. Jenn Suhr 78; 4. Fabiana Murer 68; 5. Monika Pyrek 67; 6. Stacy Dragila 66; 7. Yarisley Silva 59; 8. Katerína Stefanídi 48; 9. Silke Spiegelburg 46; 10. Anna Rogowska 45.

Most Rankings

1. Isinbaeva 13; 2. tie, Feofanova, Murer & Suhr 11; 5. Spiegelburg 10.

Consecutive—Isinbaeva 13.

Most No. 1s

1. Isinbaeva 7; 2. tie, Dragila & Emma George 3; 4. tie, Feofanova, Sandi Morris, Murer & Suhr 2.

Consecutive—Isinbaeva 6.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Suhr 78; 2. Dragila 66; 3. Morris 42; 4. Katie Nageotte 17; 5. Kellie Suttle 9; 6. Lacy Janson 6; 7. Mel Mueller 3; 8. tie, Chelsea Johnson, Mary Saxer & Mary Vincent 2.

LONG JUMP

Most Points

1. Heike Drechsler 168; 2. Brittney Reese 98; 3. Jackie Joyner-Kersee 88; 4. Fiona May 74; 5. Mary Rand 67; 6. Viorica Viscopoleanu 62; 7. Irena Szewińska 61; 8. Inessa Kravets 59; 9. tie, Galina Chistyakova & Ivana Španović 58.

Most Rankings

1. Drechsler 21; 2. Joyner-Kersee & Reese 12; 4. May 11; 5. Viscopoleanu 10.

Consecutive—Drechsler 13.

Most No. 1s

1. Drechsler 10; 2. Reese 7; 3. Rand 4; 4. tie, Joyner-Kersee, Tatyana Shchelkanova & Szewińska 3.

Consecutive—Reese 5.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Reese 98; 2. Joyner-Kersee 88; 3. Tianna Bartoletta 45; 4. Willye White 38; 5. tie, Janay DeLoach & Martha Watson 25; 7. Kathy McMillan 24; 8. tie, Jodi Anderson & Carol Lewis 22; 10. Grace Upshaw 21.

TRIPLE JUMP

Most Points

1. Caterine Ibargüen 83; 2. Tatyana Lebedeva 79; 3. Yamilé Aldama 66; 4. Olha Saladukha 65; 5. Yargelis Savigne 64; 6. Olga Rypakova 62; 7. Kim Williams 50; 8. tie, Ashia Hansen & Anna Pyatykh 49; 10. Françoise Mbango 45.

Most Rankings

1. tie, Aldama & Saladukha 11; 3. tie, Ibargüen, Lebedeva & Rypakova 9.

Consecutive—Ibargüen 9.

Most No. 1s

1. Ibargüen 5; 2. Lebedeva 4; 3. tie, 7 with 2.

Consecutive—Ibargüen 4.

Only U.S. Scorers

1. Keturah Orji 19; 2. Sheila Hudson 8; 3. Tori Franklin 6.

SHOT

Most Points

1. Helena Fibingerová 123; 2. Valerie Adams 121; 3. Astrid Kumbernuss 110; 4. Lijiao Gong 106; 5. Nadezhda Chizova 103; 6. Nadine Kleinert 95; 7. Tamara Press 92; 7. Ilona Briesenick 91; 9. Natalya Lisovskaya 84; 10. Margitta Gummel 83.

Most Rankings

1. Fibingerová 16; 2. tie, Adams & Kleinert 15; 4. Kumbernuss 14; 5. Gong 13.

Consecutive—Fibingerová 16.

Most No. 1s

1. Adams 10; 2. tie, Chizova & Press 7; 4. Briesenick 6. Kumbernuss 5.

Consecutive—Adams 10.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Michelle Carter 57; 2. tie, Earlene Brown & Connie Price-Smith 28; 4. Jill Camarena-Williams 26; 5. Raven Saunders 16; 6. Tia Brooks 13; 7. tie, Chase Ealey & Maggie Ewen 8; 9. Teri Steer 7; 10. tie, Dani Hill & Brittany Smith 6.

DISCUS

Most Points

1. Faina Melnik 103; 2. Nicoleta Grasu 101; 3. Franka Dietzsch 100; 4. Ellina Zvereva 98; 5. Ilke Wyludda 95; 6. tie, Tamara Press & Natalya Sadova 90; 8. Sandra Perković 88; 9. Liesel Westermann 74; 10. Maria Petkova 72.

Most Rankings

1. tie, Grasu & Zvereva 17; 3. Dietzsch 15; 4. tie, Melnik, Sadova & Wyludda 12.

Consecutive—Melnik 12.

Most No. 1s

1. tie, Melnik & Perković 7; 2. tie, Dietzsch & Wyludda 6; 5. Nina Ponomaryeva 5.

Consecutive—Melnik & Perković 7.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Aretha Thurmond 27; 2. Stephanie Brown Trafton 22; 3. Gia Lewis-Smallwood 18; 4. Seilala Sua 10; 5. Earlene Brown 9; 6. Kris Kuehl 8; 7. Suzy Powell 6; 8. Valarie Allman 5; 9. tie, Becky Breisch & Olga Connolly 4.

HAMMER

Most Points

1. tie, Betty Heidler & Anna Włodarczyk 106; 3. Yipsi Moreno 104; 4. Wenxiu Zhang 89; 5. Olga Kuzenkova 83; 6. Kamila Skolimowska 54; 7. tie, Mihaela Melinte & Zheng Wang 44; 9. Manuèla Montebrun 43; 10. Tatyana Lysenko 42.

Most Rankings

1. tie, Heidler, Moreno & Zhang 13; 4. Włodarczyk 12; 5. Kuzenkova 11.

Consecutive—Heidler & Zhang 13.

Most No. 1s

1. Włodarczyk 7; 2. tie, Kuzenkova & Moreno 5; 4. Melinte 4; 5. Heidler 3.

Consecutive—Włodarczyk 6.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. DeAnna Price 21; 2. Gwen Berry 17; 3. Dawn Ellerbe 12; 4. Amy Palmer 10; 5. Anna Mahon 9; 6. tie, Amanda Bingson & Amber Campbell 7; 8. Jessica Cosby Toruga 5; 9. Jeneva Stevens 4; 10. tie, Brooke Andersen & Erin Gilreath 2.

JAVELIN

Most Points

1. Barbora Špotáková 115; 2. Ruth Fuchs 110; 3. Trine Hattestad 107; 4. Petra Meier-Felke 98; 5. Steffi Nerius 95; 6. Osleidys Menéndez 86; 7. Christina Obergföll 84; 8. Tessa Sanderson 78; 9. Elvira Ozolina 66; 10. Sunette Viljoen 57.

Most Rankings

1. tie, Hattestad & Nerius 14; 3. Špotáková 13; 4. tie, Fuchs, Meier-Felke, Menéndez & Sanderson 12.

Consecutive—Meier-Felke 12.

Most No. 1s

1. Špotáková 9; 2. Fuchs 8; 3. Meier-Felke 6; 4. tie, Hattestad & Menéndez 4.

Consecutive—Fuchs 8.

Only U.S. Scorers

1. Kate Schmidt 56; 2. RaNae Bair 21; 3. Kara Winger 13; 4. Barbara Friedrich 12; 5. Karin Smith 10; 6. Sherry Calvert 3; 7. Karen Oldham 1.

HEPTATHLON

Most Points

1. Sabine Braun 102; 2. Jackie Joyner-Kersee 96; 3. Irina Press 71; 4. Burglinde Pollak 70; 5. Nadezhda Tkachenko 69; 6. Jane Frederick 68; 7. Jessica Ennis-Hill 67; 8. Galina Bystrova 65; 9. tie, Anke Behmer & Carolina Klüft 60.

Most Rankings

1. Braun 15; 2. tie, Frederick & Joyner-Kersee 11; 4. tie, Pollak & Urszula Włodarczyk 9.

Consecutive—Braun 12.

Most No. 1s

1. Press 7; 2. tie, Joyner-Kersee & Klüft 6; 4. Ennis-Hill 5; 5. Tkachenko 4.

Consecutive—Klüft 6.

Top U.S. Scorers

1. Joyner-Kersee 96; 2. Frederick 68; 3. Shelia Burrell 21; 4. Hyleas Fountain 20; 5. Pat Winslow 16; 6. Erica Bougard 14; 7. DeDee Nathan 10; 8. Sharon Day-Monroe 9; 9. Kelly Blair-LaBounty 7; 10. Kendell Williams 6.

Composite Tabulations, All Events This section is dominated by long-active legends such as Irena Szewińska, Merlene Ottey, Heike Drechsler & Marita Koch: MOST POINTS, ALL EVENTS 1. Irena Szewińska (100, 200, 400, 400H, LJ, heptathlon) 342; 2. Merlene Ottey (100, 200) 287; 3. Heike Drechsler (100, 200, LJ, heptathlon) 237; 4. Marita Koch (100, 200, 400) 210; 5. Allyson Felix (100, 200, 400) 207; 6. Jackie Joyner–Kersee (100H, LJ, heptathlon) 192; 7. Tamara Press (SP, DT) 182; 8. Tirunesh Dibaba (5000, 10,000, marathon) 178; 9. Veronica Campbell–Brown (100, 200) 173; 10. Grete Waitz (1500, 5000, marathon) 166 MOST NO. 1s, ALL EVENTS 16–Irena Szewińska (100-2, 200-7, 400-4, LJ-3); 12–Marita Koch (200-5, 400-7); 11–Tirunesh Dibaba (5000-5, 10,000-6) & Heike Drechsler (200-1, LJ-10); 10–Valerie Adams (SP-10), Irina Press (100H-3, heptathlon-7) & Tamara Press (SP-7, DT-3) MOST RANK APPEARANCES, ALL EVENTS 43–Irena Szewińska; 37–Merlene Ottey; 33–Heike Drechsler; 26–Allyson Felix, Jackie Joyner–Kersee & Marita Koch MOST POINTS, ONE EVENT 1. Heike Drechsler (LJ) 168; 2. Merlene Ottey (200) 147; 3. Maria Mutola (800) 145; 4. Ottey (100) 140; 5. Irena Szewińska (200) 131; 6. Helena Fibingerová (SP) 123; 7. Allyson Felix (200) 122; 8. Valerie Adams (SP) 121; 9. Barbora Špotáková (JT) 115; 10. Stefka Kostadinova (HJ) 114 TOP 5 POINTS, RUNNERS 1. Merlene Ottey (200) 147; 2. Maria Mutola (800) 145; 3. Ottey (100) 140; 4. Irena Szewińska (200) 131; 5. Allyson Felix (200) 122 TOP 5 POINTS, JUMPERS 1. Heike Drechsler (LJ) 168; 2. Stefka Kostadinova (HJ) 114; 3. Iolanda Balaș (HJ) 107; 4. Yelena Isinbaeva (PV) 106; 5. Brittney Reese (LJ) 98 TOP 5 POINTS, THROWERS 1. Helena Fibingerová (SP) 123; 2. Valerie Adams (SP) 121; 3. Barbora Špotáková (JT) 115; 4. tie, Ruth Fuchs (JT) & Astrid Kumbernuss (SP) 110 MOST NO. 1s, ONE EVENT 10–Valerie Adams (SP), Heike Drechsler (LJ); 9–Iolanda Balaș (HJ), Maria Mutola (800) & Barbora Špotáková (JT) MOST CONSECUTIVE NO. 1s 10—Adams; 9–Iolanda Balaș (HJ); 8–Ruth Fuchs (JT); 7–Faina Melnik (DT) & Sandra Perković (DT) MOST RANKS, ONE EVENT 21–Heike Drechsler (LJ); 19–Merlene Ottey (100); 18–Maria Mutola (800) & Ottey (200); 17—Nicoleta Grasu (DT) & Ellina Zvereva (DT) MOST CONSECUTIVE RANKINGS 18–Maria Mutola (800), Merlene Ottey (100) & Ottey (200); 16–Helena Fibingerová (SP); 14–Valerie Adams (SP), Allyson Felix (200) & Nadine Kleinert (SP)