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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart
1920 point table
7485.69 Aleksander Klumberg EST Helsinki Sep 17, 1922
7710.775 Harold Osborn USA Paris Jul 12, 1924
7820.93 Paavo Yrjölä FIN Viipuri Jul 18, 1926
7995.19 Paavo Yrjölä FIN Helsinki Jul 17, 1927
8053.29 Paavo Yrjölä FIN Amsterdam Aug 04, 1928
  8117.30 Paavo Yrjölä FIN Aalborg Jul 10, 1930
8255.475 Akilles Järvinen FIN Viipuri Jul 19, 1930
8462.235 James Bausch USA Los Angeles Aug 06, 1932
  8467.62 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER Hamburg Jul 23, 1933
8790.46 Hans-Heinrich Sievert GER Hamburg Jul 08, 1934
1934 point table
  7875 Glenn Morris USA Milwaukee Jun 27, 1936
7900 Glenn Morris USA Berlin Aug 08, 1936
8042 Robert Mathias USA Tulare,USA Jun 30, 1950
1950 point table
7887 Robert Mathias USA Helsinki Jul 26, 1952
7985 Rafer Johnson USA Kingsburg Jun 11, 1955
8014 Vasiliy Kuznetsov URS Krasnodar May 18, 1958
8302 Rafer Johnson USA Moscow Jul 28, 1958
8357 Vasiliy Kuznetsov URS Moscow May 17, 1959
8683 Rafer Johnson USA Eugene Jul 09, 1960
  8709 Philip Mulkey USA Memphis Jun 17, 1961
1962 point table
  8089 Yang Chuan-Kwang TWN Walnut Apr 28, 1963
8230 Russ Hodge USA Los Angeles Jul 24, 1966
8319 Kurt Bendlin GER Heidelberg May 14, 1967
8417 Bill Toomey USA Los Angeles Dec 11, 1969
8454 Nikolay Avilov URS München Sep 08, 1972
8524 Bruce Jenner USA Eugene Aug 10, 1975
8538 Bruce Jenner USA Eugene Jun 26, 1976
8618 Bruce Jenner USA Montreal Jul 30, 1976
8622 Daley Thompson GBR Götzis May 18, 1980
8649 Guido Kratschmer GER Bernhausen Jun 14, 1980
8704 Daley Thompson GBR Götzis May 23, 1982
8723 Jürgen Hingsen GER Ulm Aug 15, 1982
8743 Daley Thompson GBR Athens Sep 08, 1982
8779 Jürgen Hingsen GER Bernhausen Jun 05, 1983
8798 Jürgen Hingsen GER Mannheim Jun 09, 1984
1985 point table
8847 Daley Thompson GBR Los Angeles Aug 09, 1984
8891 Dan O'Brien USA Talence Sep 05, 1992
8994 Tomas Dvorák CZE Prague Jul 04, 1999
9026 Roman Sebrle CZE Götzis May 27, 2001
9039 Ashton Eaton USA Eugene, OR Jun 23, 2012
9045 Ashton Eaton USA Beijing Aug 29, 2015
  9126 Mayer Kevin USA Talence Sep 16, 2018