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World best decathletes by season – top 10 points ranking (0)

Oct 24, 2026
This historical men’s decathlon ranking highlights sustained success in the world’s annual top 10 lists. Athletes earn 10 points for first place, nine for second and so on down to one point for tenth. Career totals reflect both outstanding seasons and longevity among the world’s leading decathletes.

How to read the table: Points is the career total earned from annual top 10 places. Seasons counts appearances in those lists. Period shows the first and last qualifying seasons, which are not necessarily consecutive. Columns 1–10 show the number of times each position was achieved. Empty cells indicate no appearances at that position.

P Athlete Date of birth Nation Period Points Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Vasili Kuznetsov 07.02.1932 URS 1953–1963 93 11 2 4 3 1 1
2 Damian Warner 04.11.1989 CAN 2012–2026 92 13 2 1 4 2 1 3
3 Roman Šebrle 26.11.1974 CZE 1997–2007 90 11 5 3 2 1
4 Kevin Mayer 10.02.1992 FRA 2012–2022 80 10 3 4 1 1 1
5 Dan O'Brien 18.07.1966 USA 1990–1998 74 8 6 1 1
6 Tomaš Dvorak 11.05.1972 CZE 1994–2003 68 10 3 1 1 1 2 2
7 Erki Nool 25.06.1970 EST 1995–2004 67 10 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
8 Bryan Clay 03.01.1980 USA 2002–2010 67 8 4 1 1 1 1
9 Daley Thompson 30.07.1958 GBR 1977–1986 62 7 2 2 3
10 Paavo Yrjölä 18.06.1902 FIN 1925–1932 61 8 3 2 1 1 1
11 Trey Hardee 07.02.1984 USA 2006–2015 61 7 1 3 3
12 Guido Kratschmer 10.01.1953 FRG 1974–1986 59 8 3 1 2 1 1
13 Ashton Eaton 21.01.1988 USA 2010–2016 59 6 5 1
14 Michael Smith 14.09.1967 CAN 1989–1997 58 9 2 2 3 2
15 Yuri Kutenko 08.06.1932 URS 1954–1961 56 8 2 1 2 2 1
16 Jürgen Hingsen 25.01.1958 FRG 1979–1986 52 6 2 2 2
17 Christian Plaziat 28.10.1963 FRA 1987–1994 52 7 2 1 1 1 1 1
18 Tom Pappas 06.09.1976 USA 1999–2009 51 10 2 2 1 2 2 1
19 Yang Chuan-kwang 10.07.1933 TPE 1958–1964 50 6 2 1 1 1 1
20 Akilles Järvinen 19.09.1905 FIN 1926–1932 48 6 1 3 1 1
21 Kurt Bendlin 22.05.1943 FRG 1965–1974 48 7 2 1 2 1 1
22 Bill Toomey 10.01.1939 USA 1965–1969 47 5 3 1 1
23 Evert Nilsson 22.10.1894 SWE 1920–1926 46 6 3 1 1 1
24 Vladimir Volkov 07.03.1921 URS 1947–1954 46 7 1 1 1 2 1 1
25 Eduard Hämäläinen 21.01.1969 BLR, FIN 1993–1998 46 6 1 2 1 2
26 Siegfried Wentz 07.03.1960 FRG 1981–1988 46 8 2 2 1 1 2
27 Robert Richards 20.02.1926 USA 1951–1956 45 6 2 1 2 1
28 Aleksander Kolmpere 17.04.1899 EST 1920–1924 44 5 2 1 1 1
29 Heino Lipp 21.06.1922 EST 1946–1953 44 6 1 2 2 1
30 Harold Osborn 13.04.1899 USA 1922–1926 43 5 3 1 1
31 Bob Mathias 17.11.1930 USA 1948–1956 43 5 3 1 1
32 Siegfried Stark 12.06.1955 GDR 1976–1982 43 6 1 1 3 1
33 Hans-Heinrich Sievert 01.12.1909 GER 1931–1938 42 5 3 1 1
34 Mykola Avilov 06.08.1948 URS 1968–1978 41 6 1 1 1 2 1
35 Torsten Voss 24.03.1963 GDR 1982–1990 41 7 2 2 1 2
36 Sergei Kuznetsov 02.06.1918 URS 1943–1947 39 5 2 1 1 1
37 Rafer Johnson 18.08.1935 USA 1955–1960 39 4 3 1
38 Christian Schenk 09.02.1965 GDR, GER 1987–1993 38 6 3 1 1 1
39 Aleksandr Grebenyuk 02.05.1951 URS 1972–1979 37 5 1 2 1 1
40 Leonel Suarez 01.09.1987 CUB 2008–2016 37 6 1 1 2 1 1
41 Leo Neugebauer 19.06.2000 GER 2023–2026 36 4 1 2 1
42 Göran Waxberg 23.05.1919 SWE 1942–1946 35 5 1 2 1 1
43 Hans-Joachim Walde 28.06.1942 FRG 1963–1972 35 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
44 Ryszard Skowronek 01.05.1949 POL 1972–1976 35 5 1 1 1 1 1
45 Dave Johnson 07.04.1963 USA 1989–1995 35 5 1 1 1 1 1
46 Chris Huffins 15.04.1970 USA 1995–2000 35 6 1 2 1 1 1
47 Andrei Krauchanka 04.01.1986 BLR 2007–2014 34 5 1 1 1 1 1
48 Dmitri Karpov 23.07.1981 KAZ 2003–2008 33 5 4 1
49 Ilya Shkurenyov 11.01.1991 RUS 2013–2019 33 6 1 2 1 1 1
50 Lindon Victor 28.02.1993 GRN 2016–2024 33 7 1 3 1 1 1
51 Josef Zeilbauer 24.08.1952 AUT 1973–1981 32 7 1 2 1 1 1 1
52 Uwe Freimuth 10.09.1961 GDR 1981–1986 32 5 1 1 1 1 1
53 Karl Olof Bexell 14.06.1909 SWE 1935–1938 31 4 1 2 1
54 Edwin Larsen 13.11.1916 DEN 1940–1945 31 5 1 1 1 1 1
55 David Edstrom 10.09.1938 USA 1957–1961 31 5 1 2 1 1
56 Steve Fritz 01.11.1967 USA 1993–1997 31 5 1 2 1 1
57 Bruce Jenner 28.10.1949 USA 1974–1976 30 3 3
58 Eelco Sintnicolaas 07.04.1987 NED 2010–2017 30 6 1 1 2 1 1
59 Fritz Müller 24.12.1914 GER 1937–1941 29 3 2 1
60 Ignace Heinrich 31.07.1925 FRA 1948–1951 29 4 2 1 1
61 Milt Campbell 09.12.1933 USA 1952–1956 29 3 2 1
62 Walter Meier 03.08.1927 GDR 1953–1959 29 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
63 Paul Herman 07.03.1941 USA 1961–1965 29 5 1 1 2 1
64 Robert Clark 28.01.1913 USA 1934–1936 28 3 1 2
65 Rein Aun 05.10.1940 EST 1964–1968 28 5 1 2 1 1
66 Phil Mulkey 07.01.1933 USA 1958–1963 27 6 1 1 2 1 1
67 Pierce LePage 22.01.1996 CAN 2019–2023 27 4 1 2 1
68 Erik-Per Andersson 26.12.1921 SWE 1945–1948 26 4 1 1 1 1
69 Joachim Kirst 21.05.1947 GDR 1969–1971 26 3 2 1
70 Leonid Litvinenko 28.01.1949 URS 1971–1976 26 5 3 2
71 Dean Macey 12.12.1977 GBR 1999–2004 26 4 1 1 1 1
72 Raymond Anet 20.04.1915 SUI 1937–1943 25 4 1 1 1 1
73 Attila Zsivoczky 29.04.1977 HUN 1999–2006 25 7 1 1 2 1 2
74 Kai Kazmirek 28.01.1991 GER 2013–2019 25 7 1 3 2 1
75 Helge Jansson 01.06.1904 SWE 1924–1930 24 6 1 1 2 1 1
76 Wilson Charles 04.04.1908 USA 1929–1933 24 5 1 1 1 2
77 Wolrad Eberle 04.05.1908 GER 1932–1934 24 3 1 1 1
78 Russell Hodge 12.09.1939 USA 1964–1970 24 4 1 1 1 1
79 Niklas Kaul 11.02.1998 GER 2019–2026 24 4 1 2 1
80 Sander Skotheim 31.03.2002 NOR 2023–2026 24 4 1 1 1 1
81 Rudolf Glötzner 01.12.1917 GER 1938–1940 23 3 2 1
82 Werner von Moltke 24.05.1936 FRG 1962–1966 23 3 2 1
83 Yuri Kutenko 05.03.1952 URS 1980–1985 23 4 1 1 1 1
84 Kyle Garland 28.05.2000 USA 2022–2026 23 4 1 1 1 1
85 Pyotr Denisenko 13.09.1920 URS 1946–1951 22 5 1 1 1 1 1
86 Fred Dixon 05.11.1949 USA 1974–1977 22 3 2 1
87 Frank Busemann 26.02.1975 GER 1996–2000 22 4 1 1 1 1
88 Erwin Huber 05.04.1907 GER 1933–1936 21 3 1 1 1
89 Aleksandr Dyomin 01.04.1903 URS 1935–1940 21 5 1 1 2 1
90 Floyd Simmons 10.04.1923 USA 1948–1952 21 3 1 1 1
91 Horst Beyer 05.01.1940 FRG 1964–1967 21 4 1 1 1 1
92 Valter Külvet 19.02.1964 EST 1981–1988 21 3 1 1 1

Source: World best decathletes by season – top 10 points lists, compiled by Priit Tänava (Estonia / ATFS). Updated 20 September 2026.

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