Fastest Men in the World (1972-2025)

[@MisterFilOfficial]

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[@diasisaacs8599]

Yohane Blake is the second fastest on this list

[@oskarjakobsson6538]

The top 5 fastest times of all time. Raced against each other in the Olympic finals 2012 in London! Best lineup ever!

[@mikedownload4029]

That was INCREDIBLE and will likely NEVER be repeated for the rest of human existence.

[@alespissoto]

also, that Jamaican relay team had 4 of the 10 fastest men in history

[@pato20995]

Ye 4 frauds tho

[@SharkMaan1]

@@pato20995no

[@dominictoretto6234]

​@@pato20995how so?

[@mauricioubillusmarchena6660]

Its a privilege for us to have been able to watch the era of Bolt, Gatlin, Powell, Blake and Gay. The greatest collection of 100m sprinters ever by a country mile. It's outstanding how even with that group of people, one man stood alone over the rest. Bolt was built differently.

[@davidrees7059]

The era of drug cheats.

[@vendu]

@@davidrees7059every one takes PEDs now.

[@elevenb6967]

@@davidrees7059 Source?

[@stugamerzone8076]

Yohan blake was a beast

[@morifan3128]

@@davidrees7059 Usain was never caught so shut your trap. Innocent until proven guilty.

[@smalim1223]

And kishane thompson 9'77

[@danbotez1307]

Good point

[@AppleLauda_destroyer99942]

R.I.P Jim Hines

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Great athlete 💚

[@The_Swan_]

🙏

[@Brotherfaris]

Love how dramatic it gets when Bolt comes in haha

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Make room for the🐐

[@kudandanga9400]

That base-drop when Usain Bolt's name comes up shows true respect.

[@jonathanvijongarth]

I noticed that! Love that! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@TheDude0218]

Bolt was a speed demon. Wickedly fast.

[@patrickstar3820]

Great video. It's kinda crazy that the top 5 hasn't changed for over a decade.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@patrickstar3820 Thank you! 🙏

[@Darshu2301]

Bolt Tyson Blake Powell Gatlin They are legends❤🎉

[@ericpkingston1327]

Where is Yohan Blake who is second ??

[@Darshu2301]

Yohan Blake at 3 Tyson gay at 2

[@ericpkingston1327]

@@Darshu2301 how could that be that Yohan is 3rd when they ran the same time and Rohan had more negative wind ??? World Athletics have Rohan as 2nd , if anything Tyson should be 3rd !

[@ericpkingston1327]

@@Darshu2301 actually they are both 2nd on World Athletics Ratings. Too bad they weren't consistent with Gold for both Lyles and Kishane . But we will be great going forward...Lyles can't dodge forever if he wants SHOES 👟 wheelchair 💺 or not !

[@stevemartin7798]

No most are drug cheats.

[@JosiahPlett]

I did not realize just how dominant the USA was in the 80s and 90s, holy moly

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@JosiahPlett Yes I realized it while I was gathering data for this video, it's very impressive, I wonder what would be the reason..

[@spoonabenson8762]

America pretty much had a head start in a lot of sporting events due to better training infrastructure. We can tell the world overall is getting more advanced in that field due to just how much more countries are medaling. Two clear examples is how much more dominant China has become in various swimming events. America while stilling winning in Basketball actually had a few close matches this Olympics which caught many off guard

[@gabrielguerrero3404]

@@MisterFilOfficial they’re rich and everyone around the world comes to live there. It would be more unusual and odd for them to not have as many medals as they do in the Olympics

[@lucky4life676]

​@@spoonabenson8762and don't forget about the drugs that USA was using in those times especially in track and field that was why they was dominant in 80 and 90

[@joeissac3934]

America dominates in everything: Politics, military, technology, culture etc....not sure why dominating in the Olympics Track & field would be surprising.

[@ABLQuality]

Great video bro, nice to see you uploading after so many years

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽💚

[@o_CwNOOB_o]

1. Kishane Thompson 9.77 at tied number 9 all time 2. Yes Steve Mullings was banned for doping but his 9.80 is still on the all time list 3. There are some minor mistakes like Gatlin in 2014 he ran 9.78 in the DL but you forgot to add Anyways great video.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@o_CwNOOB_o Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@Benny-zo3qh]

Where's Yohan Blake? Y'all put the American, Gay, and left him out Edit: talking bout the thumbnail

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@Benny-zo3qh The thumbnail depict the top 10 list in 2009, Blake joined the list later, in 2012.

[@insight1239]

If Kishane finished i see 9.73

[@Benny-zo3qh]

@@MisterFilOfficial Understood 👍🏿

[@apilkey]

👉Don’t forget Bolt also ran 9.63 and 9.69.

[@sydboski]

The 9.63 was not a world record. The 9.69 should have been on there.

[@apilkey]

@@sydboskiya granted this video is only about the fastest men in the world not world records or even top fastest times so each person can only be listed once. But if he was to do a video on top fastest 100m of all times then Bolt would be listed more than once.

[@sydboski]

@@apilkey Well it is based on chronological times. So the first time Bolt should have shown up would have been his first WR of 9.72 then the time next to his name should have been 9.69 then last should be the 9.58. If you look at the video again you will see Carl Lewis's time change to a lower time a few times also.

[@apilkey]

@@sydboskiah yes you’re right I see what you’re saying if those were also the fastest times that year

[@hervinchung3675]

The glorification of America. This is what it’s all about. So frustrating for the superpower that little Jamaica can upstage them.

[@simonmcpartlin6547]

If Ben Johnson hadn’t had his 9.79 scrubbed from the books in 88 that record would have stood for 18 years!!!!

[@elnardowebster2842]

greatest robbery in olympic history.

[@izumolee6714]

It was proven that he wasn't the only one doping back in those days (not necessarily steroids but other ped). Alot of athletes were doing it, Ben was just the one that got caught.

[@elnardowebster2842]

@@izumolee6714 in espn documentary "9.79" it is stated that 6 of the 8 finalists were caught during their careers. Of course, Carl Lewis was one of them, caught multiple times but never disqualified. Ben Johnson is the Goat.

[@sylvainimart6028]

@@elnardowebster2842 C'est un scandale en effet ! Ben Johnson devrait etre reclassé un peu comme ça a été fait en vélo sur le tour de France pour Bjarn Riis qui a récupéré sa victoire de 1996 !

[@dslapster64]

This is awesome

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Thank you! 🙏

[@alanchamberlain9967]

Bolt's record will last another 20 years, unless they make carbon fiber shoes even faster than today's models. I don't think Bolt ever ran in carbon fiber shoes, which makes his record seem superhuman.

[@mikedownload4029]

Its going to last a lot longer than 20 years.

[@BKaino]

way shorter. doping is getting better and shoe technology.

[@mikedownload4029]

@@BKaino There isn't a man on the planet that is within .19 seconds of his 100m record at their peak, and there isn't a man in history within .11 seconds. No amount of shoes and doping is going to get these modern sprinters lower than 9.58. They won't even get close. In fact this generation is even slower than the last generation.

[@alanchamberlain9967]

@@BKaino You're probably right.

[@MilesNJRacing]

I can see 9.58 standing for at least 50 years in total, and realistically the person who ends up breaking it will most likely be built just like him

[@ernstgottschalk8023]

1991 - the first time the top 10 was under 10 seconds. 2004 - the first time the top 10 was under 09.90 seconds 2022 - the first time the top 10 was under 09.80 seconds It took 13 years and then 18 years. Based on that trend everyone will have run under 09.70 seconds in 2045.

[@spoonabenson8762]

That’s a very interesting observation. It’s clear these fractions of seconds take a great deal to shave off. It’s highly impressive what he’s runners achieve. Their work ethics are incredible

[@TS_Tiziano]

I don't know if it's possible, you have to take into account that the Top 5 has been the same for 8 years (and the Top 4 has been the same for 12) and since then, the closest time they got to was 9.76 seconds. I think we'll have to wait at least until 2053 to see if everyone can finally go below 7.75 seconds...

[@highvalence7649]

​@@TS_Tiziano7.75

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Very interesting analysis!

[@mcentepede]

Usain Bolt ran 9.58 and Ben Johnson ran 9.69 b4 they jacked away his records, gold medal and blacklisted him from track

[@knutthompson7879]

It is preposterous what an outlier Bolt is. 9.8 was and still is a barrier few ever get through, and we’re talking 9.58? It’s bananas

[@JamesXiii]

Lived to see a Kenyan among the fastest… Historic and monumental!! 🇰🇪❤️

[@davesimpson4314]

Calvin Smith a true gentleman and probably one of the very few clean sprinters on here who held the on here...9.93 in 1983 WR for 6 years .

[@FOXY23--]

Kishane should be on this chart because he ran 9.77 .

[@bilogskii2216]

I don't know who Jim Hines is but running sub 10 in the 70's is absolutely insane.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

He was a true living legend!

[@raya472]

Sooooo basically all of them would have won gold in the 2024 100m olympic finals😂

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Yes, it's insane!

[@ryuharsetyopashaharidadi8029]

do men run faster than the women or is it not comparable? Like I saw Femke Bol from Netherlands for instance or Sydney Mclaughlin? or are these different kinds of racing? I just recently watched running and track and field thanks

[@ryuharsetyopashaharidadi8029]

I think they are different events yeah? But do track and field athletes also run 100m?

[@binhthai4531]

2024 100m olympic finals is very good. PB on this top 10 of all time are 9:78 and 7 final runner Olympic 2024 are 9:79- 9:85. That is very good race.

[@raya472]

@ryuharsetyopashaharidadi8029 track events are like the 100m 200m 400m 800m etc everything that involves running. Field events are like javelin, discus, pole vault, high and long jump...everything that happens in the area of the track. But I must add that an athlete, if so trainned can do both. Like Carl Lewis.

[@Lyude02]

if only powell ran all out on his 9.74,. i only there are alot of what ifs in track, but powell could have been second😢 9.6x something

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@Lyude02 I agree 100% 🙌

[@lloydhermitt5191]

Am gonna say this loud and clear some American track and field, writers and commentators hate the fact that a small country like Jamaica produce such array of world class sprinters which amongst them we have the legend himself Usain Bolt the greatest male sprinter of all time and current world record holder both in the 100 and 200 meters. On the women side there is the legend Shellyann Fraser Pryce the GOAT and the fastest female sprinter alive Elaine Thompson Herah. These facts are nightmare to the American track and field world !

[@MisterFilOfficial]

You won't believe what you see! Check out the craziest comebacks of all time! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp2QdGB9r9aCf9E

[@mariofor-mck9834]

“USA” “Jamaica” and “OTHERS” sums up the competition

[@wongjoe1069]

How about Thompson

[@Alchemistic88]

It is crazy that no one in history broke 9.8 until the early 2000s. And how Bolt and a few others raised the standard so much that it made that time look slow, like Bolt on an off day, past his prime was hitting 9.8...

[@Mark-zy5uj]

Ben Johnson deserves 1st place recognition regardless of the BS positive test.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Why?

[@jfla5700]

His best time was 9.79? But yes I don't know why Johnsons best times aren't here when other dopers are still on the list.

[@HamishGarland]

There was also no mention of his 9.83 in 1987. This time was ratified, it was more stringently scrutinised than any record beforehand, and it was only rescinded due to rules the IAAF implemented retroactively.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@HamishGarland I get it now, is because I based the list on data provided by World Athletics (former IAAF), they don't count any pb of Steve Mullings and any pb of Ben Johnson after he did what he did

[@flmadejj863]

where's kishane thompson?

[@jimbob-bc8bk]

Lol Bolt’s drop just didn’t seem to end

[@insight1239]

Were yall just as shocked when Omanyala got last in the semis

[@user-rm4ct6qd1f]

칼루이스vs 벤존슨 -> 도너번 베일리 vs 마이클 존슨 -> 프랭키프레데릭스vs아토볼든vs모리스그린 -> 아사파파월vs우사인볼트vs타이슨게이vs저스틴게이틀린

[@user36623]

After 12 years gatlin reduce the time 9:85 to 9:74 . that's incredible comparing with his age .

[@mcentepede]

@@user36623 True but he admitted that his speed was steroids-enhanced. Took the ban, did his time like a man, and returned back from his ban juiced up beyond comprehension, and beat Bolt in his last race. Great competition from both dudes. A rivalry

[@francovar07]

Bolt appeared four decades earlier, bolt in beijing was like if Lyles running in seoul or los angeles

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

86, Era of American doping 😂

[@boyx15sfn]

If Usain Bolt doesn't exist, the fastest man alive would be gay 😂

[@lucky4life676]

I see where you are getting at, some may not get it but I do 😂😅 good one

[@trimainebarnett8175]

Bolt let all of them run fast cause everyone want to beat his record good one tho 😂

[@jayrome8764]

Yohan Blake was faster than Gay

[@mrmakeyouhappy7708]

where is yohan blake 9.69

[@MilesNJRacing]

Watch the video and you'll see him

[@mr.worldwide3282]

And where is Andre de grasse( canada)

[@royfredericks2231]

Powell came on the scene and right to the top😂😂😂😂

[@Revolver1981]

Tim Montgomery broke Maurice Greene's record running 9.78.

[@cousinleigh1470]

Yip

[@Revolver1981]

@@cousinleigh1470 Although he was stripped of that time later for drugs cheating.

[@cjeelde]

Wanna see a re-upload with either these two actions: 1 - remove S after all results, it's un-necessary duplicate 2 - change "S" to "s" so from big S to small s and also add space between the number and s :) That would make the video improved and easier to watch. I actuallt thought "S" was "5" first when watching on the phone. So this is a good reason to try to make it easier to read the numbers :)

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Thank you for the advice cjeelde, I will remember it for the next videos

[@ragdollrunnerv-gan3162]

Nice would be coool if you did a 400m one

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@ragdollrunnerv-gan3162 Thanks! 🙏 Good idea! I'm planning to do more videos like this 🙌

[@tkc403]

Where is kishane 9.77??

[@matthewconnor6817]

I wish people would stop airbrushing Ben Johnson’s 9.79 out of history. Everyone at his level was using something in the 80s. Look at the women’s 100m to 800m set back then that still stand today for example.

[@hotbiz123]

This is sprint table is incorrect, because Yohan Blake ran 9.69 in a more difficult situation than Tyson Gay; so both men should be there, but Blake would be second!

[@stephenwilliams7200]

You are wrong blake ran his 9.69 after tyson so therefore he is behide him in the alltime list

[@waterrocketlab151]

This is a list of how fast they ran. Not how fast they could have run. It’s also interesting to note how Yohan Blake only ran one wind adjusted race under 9.8 while Tyson Gay did so on multiple occasions.

[@brianmuia1335]

Omanyala in top 10 thats amazing 🎉🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@elnardowebster2842]

Ben Johnson should never be forgotten. 9.79 - no one beat him for 18 years. The rest is politics, shame on people who just repeat what politicians tell them to. Ben Johnson, still today, the GOAT.

[@Wiedz_175]

Usain bolt 🐐🐐🐐

[@UltraWhale]

I don't care what anyone says but IMO Ben Johnson's 9.79 is as legit as any other time on this list. Yeah he was juicing but so was everyone else, he just got caught and became a scapegoat.

[@roughtakes7271]

Totally agreed! I also feel we shouldn't be so harsh on East German runners like Marita Koch because even with todays advanced running tracks, shoes, nutrition and much better and concealable enhancements + the damn strobe light things (cheaty) and the fact so many have been caught across different sports e.g. cycling - some of those records still stand after 30+ years....

[@aobane841]

I agree that it should count.

[@joeissac3934]

American Hegemony at its best! Congrats for the Jamaicans for dominating now & the Canadians for holding themselves up in the 100m's.

[@raybugz9275]

1996 Bailey: I'm the fastest ever. 2000 onwards lollllllll👎👎👎

[@RonangSigit]

Johan Blake 9,69s

[@EnjoytheQ.]

There’s that little gap all the time I wonder who will be next to come along

[@mobilegames481]

Jamaicans are really good at this sport there are already many Jamaicans in the chart

[@imnotasimp7440]

There were other Jamaican sprinters on the list that ran for other countries: Ben Johnson, Linford Christie, and Donovon Bailey.

[@EthanSolomon-hh9uc]

They're mostly drug cheats.

[@oli9532]

Money can’t buy spirit because, whew, Jamaica, straight spirit and soul getting to these levels.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

F A right man!

[@hdmotsadi]

Letsile Tebogo is coming for the List

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Definitely! 🙌

[@spoonabenson8762]

He’ll need a pretty big set up in his 100m game but it’s not out of the picture. I definitely see him dominating the 200m for a good while

[@insight1239]

yea i don't know Needs a lot of power

[@thegreatdel9679]

How he didn’t win the 100m this year

[@stephenwilliams7200]

He is a 200 400 runner

[@RemyMS]

Blake

[@mrazzz4667]

2012 line up : Powell Blake Bolt Gatlin and Gay 💀 amazing ! best 100m all time 🤩

[@botskype9386]

Dude where is Andre de grease he also ran 9.69 check it

[@santeenl]

Andre de Grasse of Canada wins the 100m in an illegal wind of +4.8.

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Hi botskype9386, thank you for your comment. Andre DeGrasse 9.69 (+4.8 m/s) in Stockholm was over the 2.0 m/s wind limit, as I specified in the decription manual timed or wind assisted races are not included as they are not considered valid times. Thanks for watching!

[@botskype9386]

Ohh alright

[@rogerhinds6583]

Where is yohan blake 9:69

[@MisterFilOfficial]

3:23

[@godwinmene8799]

Bolt level above all

[@seanwilson5516]

Blake claims Jamaica doesn't respect him. Wait until he sees the thumbnail to this list.

[@davidgreen6143]

Damn no one even in the same ballpark as Bolt…

[@Wanderpupil]

The difference between 9.58 at 9.69 is actually big, 1.5 meters to be exact. .

[@avari6167]

Usain Bolt will hold that record for decades

[@amooolusina6978]

Kishane Thompson: 9.77

[@blacksuperman9891]

If Lewis' time counts, so should Ben Johnson.

[@aobane841]

Lewis' positive was for a stimulant that would not trigger a positive today. There is a vast difference between that and anabolic steroids.

[@blacksuperman9891]

@@aobane841 do you really think that's the only thing he took considering that he actually got caught? That was called the dirtiest race in history for a reason. They were all juiced up except like one sprinter.

[@0shahar236]

Bolt did 9.69 9.63 And 9.58

[@francomur99]

What about Noah Lyles?

[@esthergichuki-d5h]

Kenya ❤

[@ShakaAssata]

I didn’t know that they would still placed the athletes with above the legal wind aid time to still stand like Tyson gay.. btw where’s kishane and Noah?

[@thedukeofhinojosa6850]

Ben Johnson?

[@Visionary0001]

There are a few errors, here. What about Tim Montgomery's WR of 9.79, achieved months BEFORE Maurice Greene also ran this time, which was later rescinded due to PED violations?

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Times achieved with doping are not included in this list as they don't represent an achievement

[@sargesarge7783]

Only difference between these guys and Ben Johnsons 9.79 is he got caught.

[@caroledwards6962]

World athletics use to be a fun game

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Sure!

[@LinusFeynstein]

Where is Armin Hary?

[@Thesource24-f7q]

Why wasn’t Linford Christie on there in 88? He ran 9.97 on the Olympic final

[@JFL1963]

Yohan Blake, 9.69

[@bernier42]

Left out Tim Montgomery, 9.78 in 2002, nullified for doping.

[@djknox2]

Ben Johnson was scapegoated when we all know that many of the Americans at their best times also doped. Let's stop propagating the big lie and show best times run.

[@jordanbailey7705]

Kishane Thompson 9.77?

[@ExRinger1]

Wo ist Johnson?

[@seandear8197]

Why am I not seeing Obadele Thompson he ran 9.69 and can't get a mention really

[@володя-ю3о]

Гатлин 9,77 бежал в Пекине , в полуфинале

[@eliteathletes123]

Will one day we reach a point of human limit and we don't play that sports anymore is this possible!

[@MisterFilOfficial]

I believe we are pretty close to human limit, it's the gear that keeps evolving. The guy that will break Usain Bolt WR is probably not even born yet.

[@eliteathletes123]

@@MisterFilOfficial yes probably true.

[@dave929]

When Bolt ran in the ‘12 Olympics he was hinting at 9.4. He slipped coming out of the blocks and still got 9.63. His coach said had he not slipped that he could have ran 9.48. After he set the current 100 and 200 records in ‘09, Michael Johnson said the person to break his records hasn’t been born yet. Coleman and Lyles were hyped about breaking his records, as is Knighton (200). Let these guys progress and stop saying “He will be the next Usain Bolt”.

[@spoonabenson8762]

I think pretty much there’s either going to be a a massive improvement in footwear or what the track itself is made of to see improvement and possibly break the record. That’s if they change the regulations to allow for such things which is rare

[@dave929]

@@spoonabenson8762 When Bolt was boasting of running 9.4 in the ‘12 Olympics., the ones that set up the track said it was made for someone to run 9.4. Kevin Garnett: “Anything is POSSIBLLLLE!!!!”

[@XAVYKURIAN-ns8fv]

Where is Blake in the thumb nail

[@MuzalaKasaji]

Yes where is Blake

[@MisterFilOfficial]

The thumbnail depict the top 10 list in 2009, Blake joined the list later, in 2012.

[@KGGNAIR]

Ussain bolt 9.63... Also their👍🏻

[@davidsilvera9206]

What happened to Blake

[@MisterFilOfficial]

@@davidsilvera9206 what about him?

[@cadizking8161]

Where is the fastest man alive, Noah?😂

[@welshmanwellyrichardmaredz3827]

Why yohan Blake ain’t there?

[@MisterFilOfficial]

Did you just watch the thumbnail and comment but didn't watch the video?

[@yusufkehinde7237]

Bro where is Kishane

[@Jiggha]

Yohan Blake has a career best time of 9.69 as well

[@calou0165]

if bolt ran with the new shoes he would have run the 100m in 9.4 !!!!

[@corydouglas-ms7lj]

Youhan Blake ?

[@J.OlímpicosRiodeJaneiro-2016]

•• O País da Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲 ultimamente dominando as provas de rápida corrida dos 100 metros a 200 metros. • 19 / 08 / 2024.

[@thegreatdel9679]

They didn’t win 2020 or 2024

[@francovar07]

10th is more near to 2th than 2th to Bolt

[@denaliweir7629]

Why Blake in not on that list

[@MisterFilOfficial]

3:23

[@mrxces69]

Jamaica for such a small population is truly impactful. Where you see other, Linford Christie of GBR, Ben Johnson and Donovan Bailey are Jamaican by birth. You should do a video based on their country of birth to really prove where the fastest humans come from