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The supreme athletics event tests the mind and body over ten events. Athletes will compete against one another and the scoring table.

Kyle Garland recently set a new personal best of 8869 points in the decathlon at the 2025 USATF. At the 2022 USA Combined Events Championships in Fayetteville, Kyle Garland tallied 8720 points, breaking the NCAA decathlon record.

Multi-events scoring, we like it! So, have fun with this!

This handy combined events points calculator allows you to calculate both of men's and women's decathlon, heptathlon and pentathlon scores. Also adjust for junior competitions.

If Honolulu's Bryan Clay had all his personal-best marks in the same meet, he would break the world decathlon scoring record.

At the 2010 Barrientos Memorial - a prestigious annual track and field meet held in Cuba - Yordani García delivered an outstanding performance in the decathlon, scoring 8381 points.

Steve Fritz missed an Olympic medal by 20 points in Atlanta 1996. He had finished the best competition of his life, scoring 8644 points. That got him 4th place.

Failing in just one event can end a decathlete's entire competition, with no points scored and no chance of recovery - no matter how well they've performed elsewhere.

Jiri Ryba achieved 6th place at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, scoring 8332 points. He secured a bronze medal at the 1995 European Junior Championships in Nyíregyháza, Hungary, with 7271 points.

A Legacy Larger Than Sport

At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Bruce Jenner captured gold in the men’s decathlon, cementing his place in athletic history

This story captures Jürgen Hingsen’s incredible achievements and records while highlighting the recurring theme of being overshadowed by Daley Thompson

Christian Schenk's personal best was 8500 points, achieved in August 1993 in Stuttgart.