| INDEX World all-time lists | HOME Track & field athletics statistics |
| 1 | 22.66 | Randy Barnes ¶ | USA | 660616 | 1 | Los Angeles | 890120 |
| 2 | 22.55 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 621101 | 1 | Senftenberg | 890211 |
| 3 | 22.26 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 610711 | 1 | Magglingen | 870208 |
| 4 | 22.11 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 450601 | 1 | San Francisco, Ca | 750405 |
| 5 | 22.09 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 700213 | 1 | Tampere | 000207 |
| 6 | 22.02 | George Woods | USA | 430211 | 1 | Inglewood, Ca | 740208 |
| 7 | 21.83 | Aleksandr Bagach ¶ | UKR | 661121 | 1 | Brovary | 990221 |
| 8 | 21.79 | Remigius Machura ¶ | CS | 600703 | 1 | Praha | 850213 |
| 9 | 21.77 | Mike Stulce ¶ | USA | 690714 | 1 | Birmingham | 930213 |
| 10 | 21.77 | John Godina | USA | 720531 | 1 | Maebashi | 980307 |
| 11 | 21.60 | Andy Bloom | USA | 730811 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 000304 |
| 12 | 21.56 | Jim Doehring ¶ | USA | 620127 | 1 | New York, NY | 930226 |
| 13 | 21.54 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 590103 | 1 | Torino | 870228 |
| 14 | 21.50 | Terry Albritton | USA | 550114 | 1 | Inglewood, Ca | 770204 |
| 15 | 21.47 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 660623 | 1 | Valencia | 980228 |
| 16 | 21.46A | Kevin Akins | USA | 600127 | 1 | Albuquerque, NM | 830122 |
| 17 | 21.46 | Sergey Kasnauskas | URS | 610404 | 1 | Moskva | 840219 |
| 18 | 21.44 | Al Feuerbach | USA | 480114 | 2 | Inglewood, Ca | 740208 |
| 19 | 21.44 | Cottrell J. Hunter ¶ | USA | 681214 | 1 | Chapel Hill, Nc | 990115 |
| 20 | 21.42 | Fred de Bernardi | USA | 490302 | 1 | Portland | 740420 |
| 21 | 21.40 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 600917 | 1 | Penza | 870206 |
| 22 | 21.40 | Adam Nelson | USA | 750707 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 010303 |
| 23 | 21.39 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 550809 | 1 | Potsdam | 850106 |
| 24 | 21.39 | Mikhail Kostin | URS | 590510 | 1 | Minsk | 880129 |
| 25 | 21.36 | James Randle Matson | USA | 450305 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 740510 |
| 26 | 21.36A | Janus Robberts | RSA | 790310 | 1 | Reno, Nv | 010224 |
| 27 | 21.25 | Mike Carter | USA | 601029 | 1 | Detroit | 810313 |
| 28 | 21.25 | Janis Bojars | URS | 560512 | 2 | Moskva | 840217 |
| 29 | 21.25 | Maris Petrashko | URS | 610306 | 1 | Vilnius | 890108 |
| 30 | 21.25 | Kevin Toth | USA | 671229 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 940305 |
| 31 | 21.24 | Sören Tallhem | SWE | 640216 | 1 | Syracuse | 850309 |
| 32 | 21.22 | "Augie" August Wolf ¶ | USA | 610903 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 840121 |
| 33 | 21.20 | Yuriy Belonog | UKR | 740309 | 1 | Odessa, UKR | 961222 |
| 34 | 21.16 | Vyacheslav Lykho ¶ | URS | 670116 | 1 | Cosford | 900318 |
| 35 | 21.10 | Mike Lehmann | USA | 600311 | 1 | Bloomington, In | 820306 |
| 36 | 21.06 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 501115 | 1 | San Diego | 770219 |
| 37 | 21.06 | Vladimir Kiselyev (1) | URS | 570101 | 3 | Moskva | 840217 |
| 38 | 21.03 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 620906 | 1 | Glasgow | 900303 |
| 39 | 21.03 | Paolo Dal Soglio | ITA | 700729 | 1 | Genova | 970211 |
| 40 | 21.02 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 510318 | 1 | Louisville | 850209 |
| 41 | 21.01 | Gregg Tafralis ¶ | USA | 580409 | 1 | Princeton, NJ | 860228 |
| 42 | 21.01 | Ron Backes | USA | 630102 | 1 | Oklahoma City | 860315 |
| 43 | 20.98 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 490823 | 1 | Los Angeles | 760116 |
| 44 | 20.98 | Georg Andersen ¶ | NOR | 630107 | 3 | Budapest | 890304 |
| 45 | 20.97 | Karl Salb | USA | 490519 | 2 | Oklahoma City | 730407 |
| 46 | 20.95 | Ron Semkiw | USA | 540328 | 3 | Daly City | 740201 |
| 47 | 20.95 | Andrey Nemchaninov ¶ | UKR | 661127 | 1 | Kiev | 880130 |
| 48 | 20.94 | Karel Sula | CS | 590630 | 1 | Bratislava | 890121 |
| 49 | 20.91 | Pavel Chumachenko | RUS | 710405 | 1 | Moskva | 010216 |
| 50 | 20.90 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 590627 | 2 | Moskva | 870214 |
| 51 | 20.89 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 440409 | 2 | Göteborg | 740310 |
| 52 | 20.85 | Mark Proctor | GBR | 630115 | 1 | King's Lynn | 980128 |
| 53 | 20.84 | Aleksandr Klimenko | UKR | 700327 | 2 | Kiev | 930213 |
| 54 | 20.79 | Manuel Martinez | ESP | 741207 | 4 | Maebashi | 990305 |
| 55 | 20.77 | Pete Shmock | USA | 500429 | 1 | San Diego | 760221 |
| 56 | 20.76 | Valeriy Voikin | URS | 451014 | 1 | Leningrad | 830130 |
| 57 | 20.76 | Gheorghe Guset ¶ | ROM | 680528 | 1 | Piraeus | 000209 |
| 58 | 20.70 | Aleksander Baryshnikov | URS | 481111 | 1 | Leningrad | 830205 |
| 59 | 20.70 | Scott Lofquist | USA | 600320 | 1 | Princeton, NJ | 850222 |
| 60 | 20.70 | John Brenner | USA | 610104 | 3 | Princeton, NJ | 860228 |
| 61 | 20.69 | Saulius Kleiza | URS | 640402 | 1 | Kaunas | 870124 |
| 62 | 20.68 | Miroslav Menc ¶ | CZE | 710316 | 1 | Praha | 010218 |
| 63 | 20.67 | Neal Steinhauer | USA | 44 | 1 | Portland | 670128 |
| 64 | 20.67 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 490317 | 1 | Grenoble | 720312 |
| 65 | 20.67 | Hans Höglund | SWE | 520723 | 1 | Detroit | 750314 |
| 66 | 20.66 | Petur Gudmundsson | ISL | 620309 | 1 | Reykjavik | 901103 |
| 67 | 20.65 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 530825 | 1 | Genova | 860206 |
| 68 | 20.64 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 551023 | 1 | Milano | 820130 |
| 69 | 20.64 | Dave Laut | USA | 561221 | 1 | Daly City | 830211 |
| 70 | 20.64 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 640508 | 1 | S. Mitrovica | 940319 |
| 71 | 20.63 | Georgi Todorov Janev | BUL | 600307 | 1 | Sofia | 880221 |
| 72 | 20.63 | Roman Virastyuk | UKR | 680420 | 1 | Lvov | 980213 |
| 73 | 20.62 | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 521022 | 1 | Voroshilovgrad | 790111 |
| 74 | 20.62 | Timo Aaltonen | FIN | 690411 | 2 | Gent | 000227 |
| 75 | 20.61 | Viktor Stepanskiy | URS | 590425 | 1 | Kiev | 850203 |
| 76 | 20.60 | Josef Kubes | CS | 570902 | 2 | Jablonec | 840128 |
| 77 | 20.60 | Erik de Bruin ¶ | NED | 630525 | 1 | Dortmund | 851208 |
| 78 | 20.59 | Hreinn Halldorsson | ISL | 490303 | 1 | San Sebastian | 770313 |
| 79 | 20.59 | Nikolay Borodkin | URS | 550404 | 3 | Penza | 870206 |
| 80 | 20.58 | Sergey Donskikh | URS | 560125 | 1 | Leningrad | 830123 |
| 81 | 20.57 | Zlatan Saracevic ¶ | YUG | 560727 | 1 | Budapest | 800201 |
| 82 | 20.56 | Colin Anderson | USA | 511120 | 1 | New York, NY | 790223 |
| 83 | 20.55 | Klaus Görmer | GDR | 630705 | 1 | Jablonec | 870214 |
| 84 | 20.55 | Mark Parlin | USA | 730706 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 970301 |
| 85 | 20.54 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 520921 | 1 | Otaniemi | 790211 |
| 86 | 20.53 | Peter Block | GDR | 550528 | 1 | Cottbus | 810201 |
| 87 | 20.53 | Sergey Sinnitsa | URS | 661221 | 1 | Minsk | 880221 |
| 88 | 20.53 | Arsi Harju | FIN | 740318 | 3 | Valencia | 980228 |
| 89 | 20.52 | Vladimir Yaryshkin | URS | 630228 | 2 | Moskva | 880220 |
| 90 | 20.52 | Andrey Mikhnevich | BLR | 760712 | 1 | Minsk | 990116 |
| 91 | 20.51 | Donatas Stukonis | URS | 571119 | 1 | Kishinyev | 850216 |
| 92 | 20.49 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 640723 | 1 | Dortmund | 880219 |
| 93 | 20.48 | Dean Crouser | USA | 600316 | 1 | Moskva | 830204 |
| 94 | 20.46 | Edward Sarul | POL | 581116 | 1 | Zabrze | 860202 |
| 95 | 20.45 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 580717 | 1 | Cosford | 840307 |
| 96 | 20.44 | Mathias Schmidt | GDR | 561122 | 1 | Senftenberg | 780225 |
| 97 | 20.44 | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 520214 | 1 | Sofia | 800127 |
| 98 | 20.44 | Sergey Nikolayev | RUS | 661112 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 930123 |
| 99 | 20.43 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 400411 | 1 | Ludwigshafen | 721106 |
| 100 | 20.43 | Sergey Rubtsov | URS | 650904 | 1 | Omsk | 900127 |
| 101 | 20.43 | Jani Illikainen | FIN | 760126 | 1 | Haparanda | 990123 |
| 102 | 20.43 | Joachim Olsen | DEN | 770531 | 1 | Moscow, Id | 010216 |
| 103 | 20.43 | Milan Haborak | SVK | 730111 | 1 | Bratislava | 010217 |
| 104 | 20.41 | Gerd Lochmann | GDR | 480403 | 1 | Senftenberg | 730224 |
| 105 | 20.40 | Ivan Ivancic ¶ | YUG | 371206 | 1 | Budapest | 830220 |
| 106 | 20.39 | Lars Arvid Nilsen ¶ | NOR | 650415 | 1 | Lubbock, Tx | 870228 |
| 107 | 20.37 | Kjell Ove Hauge ¶ | NOR | 690220 | 2 | Genova | 970211 |
| 108 | 20.37A | Jim Roberts | USA | 761230 | 1 | Pocatello, Id | 010203 |
| 109 | 20.36 | Yevgeniy Palchikov | RUS | 681012 | 1 | Glasgow | 940129 |
| 110 | 20.34 | Richard Navara | CS | 640911 | 2 | Jablonec | 870214 |
| 111 | 20.33 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 520404 | 2 | Moskva | 800208 |
| 112 | 20.33 | Mike Smith | USA | 580604 | 4 | Princeton, NJ | 860228 |
| 113 | 20.32 | Brian Miller | USA | 720320 | 1 | Carbondale, Il | 980220 |
| 114 | 20.32 | Bradley Snyder | CAN | 760108 | 1 | Baton Rouge, La | 980228 |
| 115 | 20.31 | Sergey Solomko | URS | 580528 | 2 | Kiev | 850203 |
| 116 | 20.30 | Valcho Stoev | BUL | 520120 | 1 | Sofia | 750226 |
| 117 | 20.30 | Corrado Fantini | ITA | 670207 | 1 | Genova | 970209 |
| 118 | 20.29 | Jaroslaw Brabec | CS | 490727 | 1 | Rotterdam | 730311 |
| 119 | 20.29 | Jovan Lazarevic | YUG | 520503 | 2 | Torino | 840211 |
| 120 | 20.29 | Vladimir Kisheyev | URS | 581204 | 1 | Moskva | 870125 |
| 121 | 20.28 | Jan Sagedal ¶ | NOR | 600619 | 1 | Oslo | 910202 |
| 122 | 20.27 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | 621208 | 2 | Oklahoma City | 860315 |
| 123 | 20.22 | Mikhail Domorosov | URS | 550305 | 2 | Minsk | 840205 |
| 124 | 20.21 | Gerald Bergmann | GDR | 560903 | 2 | Senftenberg | 780225 |
| 125 | 20.20 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 500726 | 1 | Budapest | 820220 |
| 126 | 20.20 | Marty Kobza | USA | 620306 | 2 | Johnson City | 880121 |
| 127 | 20.19 | Jaromir Vlk | CS | 490304 | 2 | Sindelfingen | 800302 |
| 128 | 20.19 | Torsten Pelzer | GDR | 630626 | 2 | Senftenberg | 850216 |
| 129 | 20.19 | Brent Noon ¶ | USA | 710829 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 950225 |
| 130 | 20.15 | Gert Weil | CHI | 600103 | 1 | Leverkusen | 850131 |
| 131 | 20.14 | Dirk Urban | GER | 690114 | 1 | Bad Segeberg | 960302 |
| 132 | 20.13 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 560705 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 870111 |
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