Elaine Thompson-Herah’s 10.61 to win Tokyo gold four years ago adjusts to the fastest wind-legal time ever, 10.57. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT)
(As of August 22, 2025)
HERE YOU’LL FIND our list of the fastest “basic” women’s 100s ever based on our Big Gold Book wind/altitude charts.
The 2025 season has added a new name: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden at No. 5 performer for her 10.75 dash with -1.5 wind at the Prefontaine Classic. That adjusts to 10.66. Jefferson-Wooden’s 10.76 at the Brussels DL adjusts to 10.75, just below the list cutoff.
2024 saw just one new name added: Julien Alfred for her 10.72 (clock time) Paris Olympics winner. As Alfred finished just behind Jefferson-Wooden in the ’25 Pre 100, her 10.77, adjusting to 10.68, lifted her to No. 6 performer on the compilation.
In a 10-day span in 2021, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah produced the two fastest entries. Setting aside Flojo’s wind-reading-doubtful ratified World Record, ETH ran 10.61 in Tokyo (converts to 10.57) and 10.54 (converts to 10.60) in Eugene.
In 2022, Thompson-Herah’s Jamaican rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added seven marks to the compilation.
Two big names joined the list in the summer of 2023, Shericka Jackson and Sha’Carri Richardson — now at No. 4 all-time with her 10.65 Budapest Worlds winner, which adjusts to 10.64.
Adj.
Clock
Wind
Name
Site
Date
Pos.
Meet
10.50
*10.49
0.0
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Indianapolis
16-Jul-1988
1q1
OT
10.57
10.61
-0.6
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Tokyo
31-Jul-2021
1
OG
10.60
10.54
+0.9
—–Thompson-Herah
Eugene
21-Aug-2021
1
Pre
10.61
10.65
-0.8
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Zurich
8-Sep-2022
1
DL Final
10.64
10.62
+0.4
—–Fraser-Pryce
Monaco
10-Aug-2022
1
Herc
10.64
10.65
-0.2
Sha’Carri Richardson
Budapest
21-Aug-2023
1
WCh
10.66
10.67
-0.1
Carmelita Jeter
Thessaloniki
13-Sep-2009
1
WAF
10.66
10.75
-1.5
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
Eugene
5-Jul-2025
1
Pre
10.67
10.66
+0.1
—–Jefferson-Wooden
Chorzów
16-Aug-2025
1
DL
10.68
10.62
+1.0
—–Griffith-Joyner
Seoul
24-Sep-1988
1q3
OG
10.68
10.77
-1.5
Julien Alfred
Eugene
5-Jul-2025
2
Pre
10.68
10.65
+0.4
—–Jefferson-Wooden
Eugene
1-Aug-2025
1
NC
10.69
10.61
+1.2
—–Griffith-Joyner
Indianapolis
17-Jul-1988
1
OT
10.69
10.70
-0.1
Marion Jones
Seville
22-Aug-1999
1
WCh
10.70
10.54
+3.0
—–Griffith-Joyner
Seoul
25-Sep-1988
1
OG
10.70
10.71
-0.3
—–Fraser-Pryce
Moscow
12-Aug-2013
1
WCh
10.70
10.72
-0.3
—–Fraser-Pryce
Brussels
6-Sep-2013
1
VD
10.70
10.77
-1.2
—–Richardson
Walnut
9-May-2021
1
Mt SAC
10.70
10.74
-0.6
—–Fraser-Pryce
Tokyo
31-Jul-2021
2
OG
10.70
10.65
+0.6
—–Thompson-Herah
Zurich
9-Sep-2021
1
WK
10.70
10.67
-0.4
—–Fraser-Pryce
Nairobi
7-May-2022
1
CT
10.70
10.67
+0.5
—–Fraser-Pryce
Paris
18-Jun-2022
1
DL
10.70
10.66
+0.6
—–Fraser-Pryce
Chorzów
6-Aug-2022
1
DL
10.70
10.79
-1.4
—–Alfred
Monaco
11-Jul-2025
1
Herc DL
10.71
10.64
+1.2
—–Jeter
Shanghai
20-Sep-2009
1
10.71
10.63
+1.3
—–Fraser-Pryce
Kingston
5-Jun-2021
1
JAAA
10.71
10.60
+1.7
—–Fraser-Pryce
Lausanne
26-Aug-2021
1
Athl
10.71
10.65
+1.0
Shericka Jackson
Kingston
7-Jul-2023
1
NC
10.71
10.72
-0.2
—–Jackson
Budapest
21-Aug-2023
2
WCh
10.71
10.72
-0.1
—–Alfred
Paris
3-Aug-2024
1
OG
10.72
10.72
0.0
—–Jones
Monaco
8-Aug-1998
1
Herc
10.72
10.70
+0.3
—–Thompson-Herah
Kingston
1-Jul-2016
1
NC
10.72
10.71
+0.1
—–Fraser-Pryce
Doha
29-Sep-2019
1
WCh
10.72
10.76
-0.6
—–Jackson
Tokyo
31-Jul-2021
3
OG
10.72
10.67
+0.8
—–Fraser-Pryce
Eugene
17-Jul-2022
1
WCh
10.72
10.71
+0.1
—–Richardson
Eugene
6-Jul-2023
1q1
NC
10.73
10.77
-0.9
—–Jones
Zurich
12-Aug-1998
1rA
WK
10.73
10.71
+0.4
—–Jackson
Monaco
10-Aug-2022
2
Herc
10.74
10.71
+0.1
—–Jones
Chengdu
12-May-1998
1
10.74
10.72
0.0
—–Jones
Lausanne
25-Aug-1998
1
Athl
10.74
10.83
-1.3
—–Jones
Brussels
25-Aug-2000
1rA
VD
10.74
10.73
+0.1
—–Fraser-Pryce
Berlin
17-Aug-2009
1
WCh
10.74
10.70
+0.6
—–Fraser-Pryce
Kingston
29-Jun-2012
1
NC
10.74
10.76
-0.3
—–Fraser-Pryce
Beijing
24-Aug-2015
1
WCh
10.74
10.71
+0.5
—–Thompson-Herah
Rio de Janeiro
13-Aug-2016
1
OG
10.74
10.72
+0.4
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Monaco
10-Aug-2022
3
Herc
*Prob. strongly wind-assisted, but is officially AR and WR
Adjusted for wind and altitude per Dapena-Linthorne Tables, pp. 140-141,
Big Gold Book, 4th printing—2017 update — Charley Shaffer 16 August 2025
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