| World women's all-time best shot put indoor |
| 1 | 22.50 | Helena Fibingerova | CS | 490713 | 1 | Jablonec | 770219 |
| 2 | 22.14 | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 620716 | 1 | Penza | 870207 |
| 3 | 21.59 | Ilona [Schoknecht, Briesenick] Slupianek ¶ | GDR | 560924 | 1 | East Berlin | 790124 |
| 4 | 21.46 | Claudia Losch | GDR | 600110 | 1 | Zweibrücken | 860204 |
| 5 | 21.26 | Ines [Reichenbach] Müller | GDR | 590102 | 1 | East Berlin | 850224 |
| 6 | 21.26 | Natalya [Petrova] Akhrimenko | URS | 550512 | 1 | Leningrad | 870124 |
| 7 | 21.23 | Margitta [Ludewig, Droese] Pufe | GDR | 520910 | 1 | Senftenberg | 780226 |
| 8 | 21.15 | Irina Korzhanenko | RUS | 740516 | 1 | Moskva | 990218 |
| 9 | 21.10 | Sui Xinmei &91-93 | CHN | 650129 | 1 | Beijing | 900324 |
| 10 | 21.08 | Li Meisu | CHN | 590417 | 1 | Beijing | 880325 |
| 11 | 21.06 | Eva Wilms | FRG | 520728 | 1 | Dortmund | 770219 |
| 12 | 21.06 | Nunu Abashidze ¶ | UKR | 550327 | 1 | Budapest | 840208 |
| 13 | 21.03 | Helma Knorscheidt | GDR | 561231 | 2 | East Berlin | 830804 |
| 14 | 20.94 | Kathrin Neimke | GDR | 660718 | 1 | Senftenberg | 880203 |
| 15 | 20.85 | Heidi Krieger | GDR | 650720 | 1 | East Berlin | 870125 |
| 16 | 20.79 | Valentina Fedyushina | UKR | 650210 | 1 | Brovary | 940301 |
| 17 | 20.78 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 411119 | 1 | Sofia | 760214 |
| 18 | 20.75 | Heike [Dittrich] Hartwig | GDR | 621230 | 1 | Senftenberg | 870207 |
| 19 | 20.74 | Verzhina [Veselinova] Ignatova | BUL | 571118 | 1 | Sofia | 820221 |
| 20 | 20.71 | Larisa [Agapova] Peleshenko ¶ | URS | 640229 | 2 | Volgograd | 880211 |
| 21 | 20.70 | Liane Schmuhl | GDR | 610629 | 1 | Senftenberg | 820227 |
| 22 | 20.69 | Svetlana Krivelyova | RUS | 690613 | 1 | Moskva | 990122 |
| 23 | 20.62 | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 450929 | 2 | Göteborg | 740309 |
| 24 | 20.60 | Viktoria (Vita) Pavlysh | UKR | 690115 | 1 | Zaporizhzhya | 970210 |
| 25 | 20.58 | Marianne Adam | GDR | 510919 | 2 | East Berlin | 790204 |
| 26 | 20.57 | Mihaela Loghin | ROM | 520601 | 1 | Bucuresti | 870222 |
| 27 | 20.50 | Christa Wiese | GDR | 671225 | 2 | Senftenberg | 890212 |
| 28 | 20.37 | Sona Vasickova | CS | 620314 | 1 | Praha | 890121 |
| 29 | 20.35 | Cordula Schulze | GDR | 590911 | 1 | Budapest | 820220 |
| 30 | 20.34 | Marina Antonyuk | URS | 620512 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 870115 |
| 31 | 20.33 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 650507 | 2 | Sevilla | 910310 |
| 32 | 20.30 | Stephanie Storp | FRG | 681128 | 1 | Den Haag | 890219 |
| 33 | 20.30 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | 700205 | 1 | Bad Segeberg | 960302 |
| 34 | 20.17 | Iris Plotzitzka | FRG | 660107 | 1 | München | 880123 |
| 35 | 20.13 | Svetla [Mitkova] Sinirtas | BUL | 640617 | 1 | Vessilinovo | 920201 |
| 36 | 20.08 | Li Xiaoyun | CHN | 710710 | 1 | Jinan | 930116 |
| 37 | 20.06 | Svetlana (Esfir) [Dolzhenko] Krachevskaya | URS | 441123 | 2 | München | 760222 |
| 38 | 20.01 | Anna Romanova | RUS | 680309 | 1 | Volgograd | 920120 |
| 39 | 19.96 | Simone Rüdrich | GDR | 611124 | 2 | Senftenberg | 830220 |
| 40 | 19.90 | Mihaela Oana | ROM | 681111 | 1 | Bucuresti | 940206 |
| 41 | 19.83 | Ramona [Ebert] Pagel | USA | 611110 | 1 | Inglewood, Ca | 870220 |
| 42 | 19.80 | Elena [Stoyanova] Simenova ¶ | BUL | 520123 | 2 | Sofia | 760214 |
| 43 | 19.76 | Zdenka [Bartonova] Silhava ¶ | CS | 540615 | 1 | Jablonec | 830219 |
| 44 | 19.70 | Danguola [Urbikiene] Bimbaite | LIT | 621210 | - | Moskva | 840218 |
| 45 | 19.69 | Raisa Taranda | URS | 470223 | 2 | Moskva | 760201 |
| 46 | 19.64 | Lyudmila [Andriasian] Voyevudskaya | URS | 590622 | 1 | Kiev | 880130 |
| 47 | 19.61 | Grit [Hammer] Haupt | GDR | 660604 | 2 | Senftenberg | 900218 |
| 48 | 19.60 | Belsis Laza | CUB | 670605 | 1 | Piraeus | 890308 |
| 49 | 19.59 | Vera [Bokova] Tsapkalenko ¶ | URS | 540305 | 2 | Minsk | 770219 |
| 50 | 19.59 | Tatyana Khorkhulyova | BLR | 640715 | 1 | Minsk | 920211 |
| 51 | 19.58 | Gabriele Retzlaff | GDR | 540906 | 5 | Senftenberg | 790218 |
| 52 | 19.54 | Margitta [Gummel] & Helmbold | GDR | 410629 | 1 | East Berlin | 710228 |
| 53 | 19.52 | Livia [Mehes] Simon | ROM | 650306 | 1 | Bucuresti | 890211 |
| 54 | 19.44 | Tressa Thompson ¶ | USA | 750506 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 990219 |
| 55 | 19.36 | Jana Ciobanu | ROM | 680112 | 2 | Bucuresti | 940206 |
| 56 | 19.35 | Nadine [Schmitt] Kleinert | GER | 751020 | 1 | Sassnitz | 000205 |
| 57 | 19.32 | Faina [Melnik] Veleva | URS | 450709 | 3 | Moskva | 800217 |
| 58 | 19.32 | Zhang Liuhong | CHN | 690116 | 3 | Toronto | 930313 |
| 59 | 19.29 | Lyudmila Sechko | RUS | 741127 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 010105 |
| 60 | 19.27 | Lyudmila Savina | URS | 550715 | 2 | Moskva | 840204 |
| 61 | 19.26 | Krystyna [Danilczyk] Zabawska | POL | 680114 | 1 | Spala | 990221 |
| 62 | 19.24 | Nadezhda Ostapchuk | BLR | 801012 | 2 | Lisboa | 010310 |
| 63 | 19.23 | Irina Bogomolova | URS | 591003 | 2 | Moskva | 830116 |
| 64 | 19.23 | Natalya Zubekhina | URS | 510304 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 850203 |
| 65 | 19.20 | Viktoria [Szelinger] Horvath | HUN | 560818 | 2 | Piraeus | 890308 |
| 66 | 19.19 | Nina Isayeva | URS | 500706 | 1 | Moskva | 820131 |
| 67 | 19.18 | Aleksandra Abashidze | URS | 581214 | 4 | Moskva | 830218 |
| 68 | 19.17 | Jesseca Cross | USA | 750510 | 1 | Lawrence, Ks | 000108 |
| 69 | 19.16 | Antonina [Vashchenko] Ivanova | URS | 321225 | 1 | Moskva | 740224 |
| 70 | 19.14 | Ines Wittich | GER | 691114 | 1 | Bad Segeberg | 940129 |
| 71 | 19.13 | Tamara Bufyetova | URS | 510902 | 5 | Moskva | 830218 |
| 72 | 19.13 | Alena Vitoulova | CS | 600506 | 2 | Jablonec | 880220 |
| 73 | 19.12 | Connie Price-Smith | USA | 620603 | 3 | Barcelona | 950311 |
| 74 | 19.11 | Nina Samsonova | URS | 511207 | 1 | Budapest | 800131 |
| 75 | 19.10 | Irina Khudorozhkina ¶ | RUS | 681013 | 1 | Torino | 960217 |
| 76 | 19.10 | Yumileidi Cumba | CUB | 750211 | 1 | Piraeus | 010218 |
| 77 | 19.08 | Konstanze [Simm] Kleeberg | GDR | 640514 | 7 | East Berlin | 870125 |
| 78 | 19.06 | Venissa Head | GBR | 560901 | 1 | St.Athan | 840409 |
| 79 | 19.04 | Teri [Steer] Tunks | USA | 751003 | 2 | Fairfax, Va | 990219 |
| 80 | 19.03 | Kalliopi Ouzouni | GRE | 730208 | 1 | Piraeus | 000122 |