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.
World men’s decathlon all-time list. Discover the names, numbers, and stories of the men who have pushed the limits of the decathlon - all the way up to 8400 points.
The total points from an athlete’s 10 best decathlons is an interesting statistic, as it highlights athletes who have accumulated 82000 points or more across their top 10 performances.
Here's a compilation for decathlon total score ranking by each category such as running, jumping and throwing events. It would cover for the last 60 years and target for whole results without any restriction, therefore it includes marks which
The article, originally published on Decathlon 2000 and now updated, considers a “season ‐long” decathlon record by adding an athlete’s best event results from across several months to pinpoint the year they were likely in peak form,
Daley Thompson might have dominated British decathlon, but indoors Tim Duckworth was the best Brit of all time. He set the British indoor heptathlon record of 6188 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2018.
Total points based on personal bests: calculated by adding the points from an decathlete’s personal records in each event. This section lists all totals exceeding 8900 points. It is worth checking because it contains very interesting data.