200 METRES
| Usain Bolt | JAM | 21 | Aug | 86 | 196/88 | | 19.30 | | -0.9 | | 1 | | OG | Beijing | | | 20 | Aug | 08 |
| Michael Johnson | USA | 13 | Sep | 67 | 185/78 | | 19.32 | | 0.4 | | 1 | | OG | Atlanta, GA | | | 01 | Aug | 96 |
| Tyson Gay | USA | 09 | Aug | 82 | 183/73 | | 19.62 | | -0.3 | | 1 | | USATF | Indianapolis, IN | | | 24 | Jun | 07 |
| Xavier Carter | USA | 08 | Dec | 85 | 190/86 | | 19.63 | | 0.4 | | 1 | | Athl/SGP | Lausanne | | | 11 | Jul | 06 |
| Usain Bolt (2) | | | | | | | 19.63 | | -0.9 | | 1 | | Athl/SGP | Lausanne | | | 02 | Sep | 08 |
| Wallace Spearmon | USA | 24 | Dec | 84 | 188/78 | | 19.65 | | 0.0 | | 1 | | | Daegu | | | 28 | Sep | 06 |
| Michael Johnson (2) | | | | | | | 19.66 | | 1.7 | | 1 | | FOT | Atlanta, GA | | | 23 | Jun | 96 |
| Usain Bolt (3) | | | | | | | 19.67 | | -0.5 | | 1 | | Tsi/GP | Athína | | | 13 | Jul | 08 |
| Frank Fredericks | NAM | 02 | Oct | 67 | 180/73 | | 19.68 | | 0.4 | | 2 | | OG | Atlanta, GA | | | 01 | Aug | 96 |
| Tyson Gay (2) | | | | | | | 19.68 | | -0.1 | | 1 | | WAF | Stuttgart | | | 10 | Sep | 06 |
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| Walter Dix | USA | 31 | Jan | 86 | 179/84 | | 19.69 | | 0.9 | | 1 | | East R | Gainesville, FL | | | 26 | May | 07 |
| Tyson Gay (3) | | | | | | | 19.70 | | 0.4 | | 2 | | Athl/SGP | Lausanne | | | 11 | Jul | 06 |
| Michael Johnson (3) | | | | | | A | 19.71 | | 1.8 | | 1 | r1 | | Pietersburg | | | 18 | Mar | 00 |
| Pietro Mennea | ITA | 28 | Jun | 52 | 178/68 | A | 19.72 | | 1.8 | | 1 | | WUG | México, D.F. | | | 12 | Sep | 79 |
| Michael Marsh | USA | 04 | Aug | 67 | 178/75 | | 19.73 | | -0.2 | | 1 | s1 | OG | Barcelona | | | 05 | Aug | 92 |
| Carl Lewis | USA | 01 | Jul | 61 | 188/80 | | 19.75 | | 1.5 | | 1 | | TAC | Indianapolis, IN | | | 19 | Jun | 83 |
| Joe DeLoach | USA | 05 | Jun | 67 | 183/79 | | 19.75 | | 1.7 | | 1 | | OG | Seoul | | | 28 | Sep | 88 |
| Usain Bolt (4) | | | | | | | 19.75 | | 0.2 | | 1 | | NCh | Kingston | | | 24 | Jun | 07 |
| Tyson Gay (4) | | | | | | | 19.76 | | -0.8 | | 1 | | WCh | Osaka | | | 30 | Aug | 07 |
| Usain Bolt (5) | | | | | | | 19.76 | | -0.4 | | 1 | | Aviva/SGP | London | | | 26 | Jul | 08 |
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| Michael Johnson (4) | | | | | | | 19.77 | | 0.6 | | 1 | | DNG/GP | Stockholm | | | 08 | Jul | 96 |
| Ato Boldon | TRI | 30 | Dec | 73 | 176/75 | | 19.77 | | 0.7 | | 1 | r1 | | Stuttgart | | | 13 | Jul | 97 |
| Tyson Gay (5) | | | | | | | 19.78 | | 0.0 | | 1 | | Athl/SGP | Lausanne | | | 10 | Jul | 07 |
| Carl Lewis (2) | | | | | | | 19.79 | | 1.7 | | 2 | | OG | Seoul | | | 28 | Sep | 88 |
| Michael Johnson (5) | | | | | | | 19.79 | | 1.0 | | 1 | | FOT | New Orleans, LA | | | 28 | Jun | 92 |
| Michael Johnson (6) | | | | | | | 19.79 | | 0.5 | | 1 | | WCh | Göteborg | | | 11 | Aug | 95 |
| Shawn Crawford | USA | 14 | Jan | 78 | 181/86 | | 19.79 | | 1.2 | | 1 | | OG | Athína | | | 26 | Aug | 04 |
| Tyson Gay (6) | | | | | | | 19.79 | | 0.2 | | 1 | | VD/GL | Bruxelles | | | 25 | Aug | 06 |
| Carl Lewis (3) | | | | | | | 19.80 | | -0.9 | | 1 | | OG | Los Angeles, CA | | | 08 | Aug | 84 |
| Ato Boldon (2) | | | | | | | 19.80 | | 0.4 | | 3 | | OG | Atlanta, GA | | | 01 | Aug | 96 |
(30 performances by 13 performers)