1. Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
– London Marathon champion
– Berlin Marathon champion with the biggest improvement on a men’s marathon world record since 1967
2.Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN)
– World leads at both 1500m and one mile, with nine out of 11 wins across those distances
– Diamond League champion
– Silvers at the Commonwealth Games and African Championships
3. Christian Coleman (USA)
– World indoor record and world indoor champion at 60m
– World lead and Diamond League champion at 100m
4.Armand Duplantis (SWE)
– European champion at pole vault with a world-leading height
– World under-20 champion
– Eight world under-20 records or bests, indoors and out
5. Emmanuel Korir (KEN)
– World lead and the world’s fastest at 800m since 2012
– Diamond League champion, Continental Cup winner and African Championships silver
– World number six at 400m
6. Abderrahman Samba (QAT)
– World lead and unbeaten in nine finals at 400m hurdles, setting the world’s quickest time since 1992
– Asian Games champion at 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay
– Continental Cup winner
– Asian Indoor champion at 4x400m relay
7.Tomas Walsh (NZL)
– World lead with the world’s longest shot put since 2003
– World Indoor, Commonwealth Games and Diamond League champion
8.Noah Lyles (USA)
– World lead and unbeaten in his five races at 200m, including at the Diamond League final
– Continental Cup winner at 100m & 4x100m
– Continental Cup winner at 100m & 4x100m
– World lead at 150m straight
9.Luvo Manyonga (RSA)
– Diamond League and Commonwealth Games champion at long jump
– Diamond League and Commonwealth Games champion at long jump
– Silvers at World Indoor and African Championships
10.Kevin Mayer (FRA)
– World Indoor champion at heptathlon
– World Indoor champion at heptathlon
– World record at decathlon, when he scored exactly the same number of points on each of the two days