Editing Discus throw (section)

===Women===
*Correct as of April 2025.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/women/senior Discus Throw - women - senior - outdoor]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-20.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best Discus Throw|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/wdiscok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=23 June 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Mark !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|1 || align=center|1 || {{T&FcalcR|76.80}} || [[Gabriele Reinsch]] || {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 9 July 1988 || [[Neubrandenburg]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| rowspan=2 align=center|2 || rowspan=2 align=center|2 || rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|74.56}} || [[Zdeňka Šilhavá]] || {{flagu|Czechoslovakia}}|| 26 August 1984 || [[Nitra]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| [[Ilke Wyludda]] || {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 23 July 1989 || [[Neubrandenburg]] || 
|-
| rowspan=2| || align=center|4 || {{T&FcalcR|74.44}} || ''Reinsch #2'' || rowspan=2| || 13 September 1988 || [[Berlin]]||
|-
| align=center|5 || {{T&FcalcR|74.40}} || ''Wyludda #2'' || 13 September 1988 || [[Berlin]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|6 || {{T&FcalcR|74.08}} || [[Diana Gansky]] || {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 20 June 1987 || [[Karl-Marx-Stadt]] || 
|-
| || align=center|7 || {{T&FcalcR|73.90}} || ''Gansky #2'' || || 27 June 1987 || [[Prague]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |5
| align="center" |8
|{{T&FcalcR|73.84}}
|[[Daniela Costian]]
|{{flagu|Romania|1965}}
|30 April 1988
|[[Bucharest]]
|
|-
| align="center" |
| align="center" |9
|{{T&FcalcR|73.78}}
|''Costian #2''
|
|24 April 1988
|[[Bucharest]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6
| align="center" |10
|{{T&FcalcR|73.52}}
|[[Valarie Allman]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|12 April 2025
|[[Ramona, Oklahoma|Ramona]]
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=12 April 2025 |title=Allman throws 73.52m North American discus record in Ramona |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/valarie-allman-north-american-discus-record-ramona |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |11 || {{T&FcalcR|73.42}} || ''Reinsch #3'' 
| || 12 June 1988 || [[Karl-Marx-Stadt]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7 || align="center" |12 || {{T&FcalcR|73.36}} || [[Irina Meszynski]]|| {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 17 August 1984 || [[Prague]]||
|-
| || align="center" |13 || {{T&FcalcR|73.32}} || ''Gansky #2''|| || 11 June 1987 || [[Neubrandenburg]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |14 || {{T&FcalcR|73.28}} || [[Galina Savinkova]]|| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}|| 8 September 1984 || [[Donetsk]]||
|-
| rowspan="3" | || rowspan="2" align="center" |15 || rowspan="2" |{{T&FcalcR|73.26}} || ''Savinkova #2'' || rowspan="3" | || 22 May 1983 || [[Leselidze (town)|Leselidze]] ||
|-
| ''Gansky #3'' || 6 June 1986 || [[Neubrandenburg]] || 
|-
| align=center|17 || {{T&FcalcR|73.24}} || ''Gansky #4'' || 29 May 1987 || [[Leipzig]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|9 || align="center" |18 || {{T&FcalcR|73.22}} || [[Tsvetanka Khristova]] || {{flagu|Bulgaria|1971}} || 19 April 1987 || [[Kazanlak]] || 
|-
| || align=center|19 || {{T&FcalcR|73.16}} || ''Wyludda #3'' || || 13 September 1988 || [[Berlin]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|10 || align="center" |20 || {{T&FcalcR|73.10}} || [[Gisela Beyer]] || {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 20 July 1984 || [[Berlin]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
|align=center|11
|align=center|21
|{{T&FcalcR|73.09}}
|[[Yaime Pérez]]
|{{flagu|Cuba}}
|13 April 2024
|[[Ramona, Oklahoma|Ramona]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perez launches discus 73.09m, Sears clocks 10.77 for 100m {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/yaime-perez-discus-73-09m-jacious-sears-10-77-100m |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | || rowspan="2" align="center" |22 || rowspan="2" |{{T&FcalcR|73.04}} || ''Gansky #5'' || rowspan="4" | || 6 June 1987 || [[Potsdam]] ||
|-
| ''Wyludda #4'' || 5 August 1989 || [[Gateshead]] || 
|-
| align=center|24 || {{T&FcalcR|72.96}} || ''Savinkova #3'' || 23 June 1985 || [[Erfurt]] || 
|-
| align=center|25 || {{T&FcalcR|72.94}} || ''Gansky #6'' || 9 July 1988 || [[Neubrandenburg]] || 
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align=center|12 || rowspan="14" align="center" | || {{T&FcalcR|72.92}} || [[Martina Hellmann]] || {{flagu|East Germany}}|| 20 August 1987 || [[Potsdam]] || 
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |13
| {{T&FcalcR|72.14}} || [[Galina Murašova|Galina Murashova]] || {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
|17 August 1984
|[[Prague]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |14
| {{T&FcalcR|71.80}} || [[Mariya Petkova|Mariya Vergova]]|| {{flagu|Bulgaria}}
|13 July 1980
|[[Sofia]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |15
| {{T&FcalcR|71.68}} || [[Xiao Yanling]]|| {{flagu|China}}
|14 March 1992
|[[Beijing]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |16
| {{T&FcalcR|71.58}} || [[Ellina Zvereva]]|| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
|12 June 1988
|[[Leningrad]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |17
| {{T&FcalcR|71.50}} || [[Evelin Jahl]]|| {{flagu|East Germany}}
|10 May 1980
|[[Potsdam]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |18
|{{T&FcalcR|71.41}}
|[[Sandra Perković]]|| {{flagu|Croatia}}
|18 July 2017
|[[Bellinzona]]
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Perkovic throws 71.41m in Bellinzona, world's best discus mark since 1992 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/castelli-bellinzona-2017-perkovic |publisher=IAAF |author=Diego Sampaolo |date=19 July 2017 |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |19
| {{T&FcalcR|71.30}} || [[Larisa Korotkevich]]|| {{flagu|Russia|1991}}
|29 May 1992
|[[Sochi]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |20
| {{T&FcalcR|71.22}} || [[Ria Stalman]]|| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
|15 July 1984
|[[Walnut, California|Walnut]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21
| {{T&FcalcR|70.88}} || [[Hilda Ramos]]|| {{flagu|Cuba}}
|8 May 1992
|[[Havana]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22
| {{T&FcalcR|70.80}} || [[Larisa Mikhalchenko]]|| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
|18 June 1988
|[[Kharkiv]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23
| {{T&FcalcR|70.72}}|| [[Laulauga Tausaga]]|| {{flagu|United States}}
|12 April 2025
|[[Ramona, Oklahoma|Ramona]]
|<ref name=":3" />
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24
| {{T&FcalcR|70.68}} || [[Maritza Martén]]|| {{flagu|Cuba}}
|18 July 1992
|[[Seville]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |25
| {{T&FcalcR|70.65}} || [[Denia Caballero]]|| {{flagu|Cuba}}
|20 June 2015
|[[Bilbao]]
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Denia Caballero sets Discus world lead of 70.65, Pichardo debuts in long jump|url=http://www.watchathletics.com/article/9067/denia-caballero-sets-discus-world-lead-of-70-65-pichardo-debuts-in-long-jump/|publisher=watchathletics.com|date=21 June 2015|access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>
|}

====Annulled marks====
*[[Daniela Costian]] of Romania threw a best of 73.48 in Bucharest on 30 April 1988. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.
*[[Darya Pishchalnikova]] of Russia threw a best of 70.69 in Cheboksary on 5 July 2012. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.

====Non-legal marks====
*[[Martina Hellmann]] also threw 78.14 at an unofficial meeting in Berlin on 6 September 1988.
*[[Ilke Wyludda]] also threw 75.36 at an unofficial meeting in Berlin on 6 September 1988.