Track 400 Metres

World rankings with year-on-year performance comparison

Comparing 2026 vs 2025
400 Metres — Women — Top 50 (2026)
# Athlete Nat Age 2026 2025 Change % Change
1 Dejanea Oakley JAM 22 48.92 49.65 +0.73 +1.47%
2 Ella ONOJUVWEVWO 25 — 49.47 50.31 +0.84 +1.67%
3 Ella Onojuvwewo NGR 21 49.47 50.31 +0.84 +1.67%
4 Henriette JÆGER 30 — 49.52 49.49 -0.03 -0.06%
5 Kaylyn Brown USA 21 49.54 50.35 +0.81 +1.61%
6 Henriette Jæger NOR 23 49.60 49.49 -0.11 -0.22%
7 Madison Whyte USA 22 49.64 50.78 +1.14 +2.25%
8 Sanaria Butler USA 22 49.64 — — New
9 Nickisha Pryce JAM 25 49.75 49.46 -0.29 -0.59%
10 Lurdes Gloria Manuel CZE 21 49.77 — — New
11 Aaliyah BUTLER 05 — 49.78 49.09 -0.69 -1.41%
12 Aailyah Butler USA 22 49.78 49.09 -0.69 -1.41%
13 Stacey Ann Williams JAM 27 49.80 49.59 -0.21 -0.42%
14 Yemi Mary John GBR 23 49.85 50.50 +0.65 +1.29%
15 Marileidy Paulino DOM 30 49.89 47.98 -1.91 -3.98%
16 Rachel Joseph USA 22 50.08 50.66 +0.58 +1.14%
17 Natalia Bukowiecka POL 28 50.12 49.27 -0.85 -1.73%
18 Mercy Adongo OKETCH 30 — 50.17 50.14 -0.03 -0.06%
19 Sharlene Mawdsley IRL 28 50.17 — — New
20 Amber Anning GBR 25 50.19 49.36 -0.83 -1.68%
21 Roxana GÓMEZ 07 — 50.24 49.48 -0.76 -1.54%
22 Roxana Gómez CUB 27 50.24 49.48 -0.76 -1.54%
23 Favour ONYAH 07 — 50.25 — — New
24 Jameesia Ford USA 21 50.25 50.43 +0.18 +0.36%
25 Favour Oyinye Onyah NGR 20 50.25 — — New
26 Javonya Valcourt BAH 21 50.26 50.68 +0.42 +0.83%
27 Bassant Hemida EGY 30 50.27 50.36 +0.09 +0.18%
28 Kemi ADEKOYA 16 — 50.28 — — New
29 Sydney Segalla USA 22 50.31 — — New
30 Alexis Holmes USA 26 50.42 50.12 -0.30 -0.60%
31 Bailey Lear USA 25 50.42 50.50 +0.08 +0.16%
32 Alexia Smith USA 22 50.51 — — New
33 Cydney Wright USA 23 50.52 — — New
34 Lieke Klaver NED 28 50.60 50.11 -0.49 -0.98%
35 Sada Williams BAR 28 50.60 50.39 -0.21 -0.42%
36 Shaquena Foote JAM 25 50.62 — — New
37 Britton Wilson USA 25 50.66 50.25 -0.41 -0.82%
38 Wadeline Venlogh USA 28 50.74 49.91 -0.83 -1.66%
39 Emma ZAPLETALOVÁ 24 — 50.78 50.76 -0.02 -0.04%
40 Emma Zapletalová SVK 26 50.78 50.76 -0.02 -0.04%
41 Quincy Penn BAH 21 50.78 — — New
42 Paris Peoples USA 26 50.79 — — New
43 Braelyn Baker USA 20 50.80 — — New
44 Hannah Douglas USA 24 50.81 — — New
45 Rushana Dwyer JAM 23 50.81 — — New
46 Marlie VILJOEN 01 — 50.82 — — New
47 Skyler Franklin JAM 19 50.83 — — New
48 Shafiqua Maloney VIN 27 50.85 — — New
49 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 28 50.92 48.19 -2.73 -5.67%
50 Obakeng KAMBERUKA 08 — 50.97 — — New
Top 10 Performances — 2026
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