2025 World Championships Women’s Top 10 Formcharts

In a tough-to-assess 100 final, Paris medalists Julien Alfred, Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden are all predicted to figure prominently. (KEVIN MORRIS)

WE HAVE LISTED our Top 10 in each event. Any Team USA members who don’t make the Top 10 are listed in alphabetical order at the end of the event.

All charts are based on the best information available as of September 09 (meaning that final entry lists were known, but not actual start lists), so the presence of an athlete’s name doesn’t guarantee they’ll contest the event.

Given the lack of information on which personnel will be used, the mixed-sex 4×4 is not included.

The editorial staff thanks correspondents Jonathan Berenbom, Tom Casacky, Sean Hartnett, Richard Hymans, Dave Johnson, Stuart Mazdon, Becca Peter, Michael J. Roth, Kevin Saylors, Steve Underwood & Howard Willman for their invaluable assistance in compiling these picks.

The combined thinking of our panel predicts 16 medals for the U.S. women: 8 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze. Overall, the U.S. total is 34 (17 men, 16 women, 1 mixed).

The picks will NOT be updated as the meet progresses.

100 METERS

1.
Julien Alfred
(St. Lucia)

2.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
(USA)

3.
Shericka Jackson
(Jamaica)

4.
Sha’Carri Richardson
(USA)

5.
Tina Clayton
(Jamaica)

6.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith
(Côte d’Ivoire)

7.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
(Jamaica)

8.
Dina Asher-Smith
(Great Britain)

9.
Jacious Sears
(USA)

10.
TeeTee Terry
(USA)

200 METERS

1.
Julien Alfred
(St. Lucia)

2.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
(USA)

3
Shericka Jackson
(Jamaica)

4.
Brittany Brown
(USA)

5.
Dina Asher-Smith
(Great Britain)

6.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith
(Côte d’Ivoire)

7.
Anavia Battle
(USA)

8.
Amy Hunt
(Great Britain)

9.
Ashanti Moore
(Jamaica)

10.
Daryll Neita
(Great Britain)

400 METERS

1.
Marileidy Paulino
(Dominican Republic)

2.
Salwa Eid Naser
(Bahrain)

3.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
(USA)

4.
Henriette Jæger
(Norway)

5.
Martina Weil
(Chile)

6.
Amber Anning
(Great Britain)

7.
Bella Whittaker
(USA)

8.
Nickisha Pryce
(Jamaica)

9.
Aaliyah Butler
(USA)

10.
Lieke Klaver
(Netherlands)

800 METERS

1.
Keely Hodgkinson
(Great Britain)

2.
Audrey Werro
(Switzerland)

3.
Georgia Hunter Bell
(Great Britain)

4.
Tsige Duguma
(Ethiopia)

5.
Anaïs Bourgoin
(France)

6.
Prudence Sekgodiso
(South Africa)

7.
Halimah Nakaayi
(Uganda)

8.
Nigist Getachew
(Ethiopia)

9.
Mary Moraa
(Kenya)

10.
Lilian Odira
(Kenya)

(Team USA: Maggi Congdon, Sage Hurta-Klecker, Roisin Willis)

1500 METERS

1.
Faith Kipyegon
(Kenya)

2.
Nelly Chepchirchir
(Kenya)

3.
Jessica Hull
(Australia)

4.
Diribe Welteji
(Ethiopia)

5.
Nikki Hiltz
(USA)

6.
Freweyni Hailu
(Ethiopia)

7.
Sinclaire Johnson
(USA)

8.
Linden Hall
(Australia)

9.
Laura Muir
(Great Britain)

10.
Birke Haylom
(Ethiopia)

(also Team USA: Heather MacLean)

STEEPLE

1.
Faith Cherotich
(Kenya)

2.
Winfred Yavi
(Bahrain)

3.
Peruth Chemutai
(Uganda)

4.
Sembo Almayew
(Ethiopia)

5.
Norah Jeruto
(Kazakhstan)

6.
Doris Lemngole
(Kenya)

7.
Marwa Bouzayani
(Tunisia)

8.
Lea Meyer
(Germany)

9.
Lexy Halladay-Lowry
(USA)

10.
Alice Finot
(France)

(also team USA: Kaylee Mitchell, Angelina Napoleon)

5000 METERS

1.
Beatrice Chebet
(Kenya)

2.
Faith Kipyegon
(Kenya)

3.
Gudaf Tsegay
(Ethiopia)

4.
Agnes Ngetich
(Kenya)

5.
Nadia Battocletti
(Italy)

6.
Medina Eisa
(Ethiopia)

7.
Shelby Houlihan
(USA)

8.
Josette Andrews
(USA)

9.
Nozomi Tanaka
(Japan)

10. Margaret Akidor
(Kenya)

(also Team USA: Elise Cranny)

Now with history’s first sub-14:00 time for 5000 time to her name, Paris 5K/10K doubler Beatrice Chebet is a more than solid bet to win both. (KEVIN MORRIS)

10,000 METERS

1.
Beatrice Chebet
(Kenya)

2.
Agnes Ngetich
(Kenya)

3.
Gudaf Tsegay
(Ethiopia)

4.
Nadia Battocletti
(Italy)

5.
Ejgayehu Taye
(Ethiopia)

6.
Ririka Hironaka
(Japan)

7.
Joy Cheptoyek
(Uganda)

8.
Tsige Gebreselama
(Ethiopia)

9.
Elise Cranny
(USA)

10.
Fotyen Tesfay
(Ethiopia)

(also Team USA: Emily Infeld, Taylor Roe)

100 HURDLES

1.
Masai Russell
(USA)

2.
Nadine Visser
(Netherlands)

3.
Grace Stark
(USA)

4.
Tobi Amusan
(Nigeria)

5.
Ackera Nugent
(Jamaica)

6.
Danielle Williams
(Jamaica)

7.
Ditaji Kambundji
(Switzerland)

8.
Megan Tapper
(Jamaica)

9.
Alaysha Johnson
(USA)

10.
Devynne Charlton
(Bahamas)

400 HURDLES

1.
Femke Bol
(Netherlands)

2.
Dalilah Muhammad
(USA)

3.
Anna Cockrell
(USA)

4.
Savannah Sutherland
(Canada)

5.
Jasmine Jones
(USA)

6.
Rushell Clayton
(Jamaica)

7.
Emma Zapletalová
(Slovakia)

8.
Andrenette Knight
(Jamaica)

9.
Gianna Woodruff
(Panama)

10.
Emily Newnham
(Great Britain)

MARATHON

1.
Tigst Assefa
(Ethiopia)

2.
Sutume Asefa
(Ethiopia)

3.
Peres Jepchirchir
(Kenya)

4.
Tigist Ketema
(Ethiopia)

5.
Yuka Suzuki
(Japan)

6.
Stella Chesang
(Uganda)

7.
Magdalyne Masai
(Kenya)

8.
Shitaye Eshete
(Bahrain)

9.
Kana Kobayashi
(Japan)

10.
Deshun Zhang
(China)

(Team USA: Erika Kemp, Jessica McClain, Susanna Sullivan)

20K WALK

1
Mária Pérez
(Spain)

2
Kimberly García
(Peru)

3
Nanako Fuji
(Japan)

4
Jaiyu Yang
(China)

5
Alegna González
(Mexico)

6
Zhenxia Ma
(China)

7
Viviane Lyra
(Brazil)

8
Laura García-Caro
(Spain)

9
Antonella Palmisano
(Italy)

10.
Evelyn Inga
(Peru)

(Team USA: Lauren Harris)

35K WALK

1
Li Ma
(China)

2
Paula Milena Torres
(Ecuador)

3
Mária Pérez
(Spain)

4
Kimberly García
(Peru)

5
Antonella Palmisano
(Italy)

6
Olivia Sandery
(Australia)

7
Hanna Shevchenko
(Ukraine)

8
Nicole Colombi
(Italy)

9
Karla Serrano
(Mexico)

10
Antigóni Drisbióti
(Greece)

(Team USA: Katie Burnett, Miranda Melville, Maria Michta-Coffey)

4 x 100

1.
United States

(add to relay pool: Tamara Clark, Jenna Prandini, Jacious Sears)

2.
Jamaica

3.
Great Britain

4.
Germany

5.
Canada

6.
Netherlands

7.
Spain

8.
Switzerland

9.
Australia

10.
Côte d’Ivoire

4 x 400

1.
United States

(add to relay pool: Alexis Holmes, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Britton Wilson)

2.
Netherlands

3.
Great Britain

4.
Belgium

5.
France

6.
Ireland

7.
Canada

8.
Poland

9.
Italy

10.
Spain

HIGH JUMP

1.
Nicola Olyslagers
(Australia)

2.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
(Ukraine)

3.
Yuliya Levchenko
(Ukraine)

4.
Maria Żodzik
(Poland)

5.
Morgan Lake
(Great Britain)

6.
Eleanor Patterson
(Australia)

7.
Christina Honsel
(Germany)

8.
Angelina Topić
(Serbia)

9.
Vashti Cunningham
(USA)

10.
Marija Vuković
(Montenegro)

(also Team USA: Sanaa Barnes, Emma Gates)

POLE VAULT

1.
Katie Moon
(USA)

2.
Sandi Morris
(USA)

3.
Molly Caudery
(Great Britain)

4.
Angelica Moser
(Switzerland)

5.
Hana Moll
(USA)

6.
Tina Šutej
(Slovenia)

7.
Olivia McTaggart
(New Zealand)

8.
Amanda Moll
(USA)

9.
Amálie Švábíková
(Czechia)

10.
Juliana Campos
(Brazil)

LONG JUMP

1.
Tara Davis-Woodhall
(USA)

2.
Malaika Mihambo
(Germany)

3.
Larisa Iapichino
(Italy)

4.
Claire Bryant
(USA)

5.
Hilary Kpatcha
(France)

6.
Jazmin Sawyers
(Great Britain)

7.
Agate de Sousa
(Portugal)

8.
Alina Rotaru-Kottmann
(Romania)

9.
Fatima Diame
(Spain)

10.
Quanesha Burks
(USA)

TRIPLE JUMP

1.
Leyanis Pérez
(Cuba)

2.
Liadagmis Povea
(Cuba)

3.
Davisleidis Velazco
(Cuba)

4.
Thea LaFond
(Dominica)

5.
Shanieka Ricketts
(Jamaica)

6.
Jasmine Moore
(USA)

7.
Caroline Joyeux
(Germany)

8.
Ackelia Smith
(Jamaica)

9.
Gabriele dos Santos
(Brazil)

10.
Ilionis Guillaume
(France)

(also on Team USA: Agur Dwol)

SHOT

1.
Chase Jackson
(USA)

2.
Sarah Mitton
(Canada)

3.
Jessica Schilder
(Netherlands)

4.
Yemisi Ogunleye
(Germany)

5.
Maggie Ewen
(USA)

6.
Maddi Wesche
(New Zealand)

7.
Lijiao Gong
(China)

8.
Fanny Roos
(Sweden)

9.
Auriol Dongmo
(Portugal)

10.
Jaida Ross
(USA)

(also Team USA: Jessica Ramsey)

Undefeated this season, Paris long jump gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall arrives in Tokyo as the world list leader. (VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN)

DISCUS

1.
Valarie Allman
(USA)

2.
Jorinde van Klinken
(Netherlands)

3.
Sandra Elkasević
(Croatia)

4.
Bin Feng
(China)

5.
Marike Steinacker
(Germany)

6.
Kristin Pudenz
(Germany)

7.
Shanice Craft
(Germany)

8.
Liliana Cá
(Portugal)

9.
Lagi Tausaga
(USA)

10.
Vanessa Kamga
(Sweden)

(also team USA: Shelby Frank, Gabi Jacobs)

HAMMER

1.
Camryn Rogers
(Canada)

2.
DeAnna Price
(USA)

3.
Jie Zhao
(China)

4.
Brooke Andersen
(USA)

5.
Jiale Zhang
(China)

6.
Krista Tervo
(Finland)

7.
Rachel Richeson
(USA)

8
.Silja Kosonen
(Finland)

9.
Janee’ Kassanavoid
(USA)

10.
Katrine Koch Jacobsen
(Denmark)

JAVELIN

1.
Adriana Vilagoš
(Serbia)

2.
Elína Tzénggo
(Greece)

3.
Haruka Kitaguchi
(Japan)

4.
Jo-Ané Du Plessis
(South Africa)

5.
Victoria Hudson
(Austria)

6.
Qianqian Dai
(China)

7.
Sigrid Borge
(Norway)

8.
Flor Dennis Ruiz
(Colombia)

9.
Momone Ueda
(Japan)

10.
Mackenzie Little
(Australia)

(Team USA: Evie Bliss, Madison Wiltrout)

HEPTATHLON

1.
Anna Hall
(USA)

2.
Nafi Thiam
(Belgium)

3.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
(Great Britain)

4.
Sofie Dokter
(Netherlands)

5.
Saga Vanninen
(Finland)

6.
Taliyah Brooks
(USA)

7.
Kate O’Connor
(Ireland)

8.
Martha Araujo
(Colombia)

9.
Michelle Atherley
(USA)

10.
Annik Kalin
(Switzerland)

(also Team USA: Timara Chapman)

ADD TO U.S. MIXED 4×4 RELAY POOL

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