Statistics by Yoshiaki Oikawa (ATFS/JAPAN)
| Shot put |
| RANK | MARK | POINTS | DECATHLETE | | NATION | DECA SCORE | VENUE NATION | MEETING | DATE |
| 1 | 19.17 | 1048 | Edy | Hubacher | SUI | 7,303 h | Bern SUI | | 1969.10. 4 |
| 2 | 18.32 | 995 | Brian | Oldfield | USA | dnf (-) | Columbus USA | OSU R | 1971. 4.16 |
| 3 | 18.11 | 982 | Paul | Edwards | GBR | 6,147 | Woking GBR | | 1988. 7. 9 |
| 4 | 18.03 | 977 | Michael | Smith | CAN | 8,144 | Kuala Lumpur MAS | Com G | 1998. 9.17 |
| 5 | 17.78 | 961 | Maurice | Smith | JAM | 8,434 | Kladno CZE | | 2008. 6.18 |
| 6 | 17.76 | 960 | Russell | Hodge | USA | 6,806 h (9) | Hamburg FRG | vFRG | 1966. 8.21 |
| 7 | 17.57 | 948 | Wladyslaw | Komar | POL | 6,636 h | Sopot POL | | 1963.10.26 |
| 8 | 17.46 | 942 | Leo | Neugebauer | GER | 8,961 | Eugene USA | NCAA | 2024. 6. 5 |
| 9 | 17.40 | 938 | Joachim | Kirst | GDR | 8,182 h | Schielleiten GDR | | 1969. 5.31 |
| 10 | 17.37 | 936 | Yuriy | Dyachkov | URS/RUS | 7,583 h | Tbilisi URS | | 1971. 5. 6 |
| 11 | 17.36 | 935 | Rudorf | Zigert | URS/RUS | 8,002 h | Odessa URS | | 1973.10. 5 |
| 12 | 17.35 | 935 | Bengt | Jarlsjö | SWE | 7,815 | Baton Rouge USA | | 1991. 3.30 |
| 13 | 17.32 | 933 | Antonio | Peñalver | ESP | 8,306 | Alhama de Murcia ESP | | 1991. 6. 1 |
| 14 | 17.26 | 929 | Tom | Pappas | USA | 8,511 | Eugene USA | US OT | 2008. 6.29 |
| 15 | 17.20 | 925 | Michael | Bailey | USA | 6,976 h | Tucson USA | | 1983. 2.12 |
| 16 | 17.19 | 925 | Norbert | Demmel | GER | 8,011 | Ratingen GER | vUSA | 1995. 7.29 |
| 17 | 17.18 | 924 | Johannes | Booysen | RSA | 6,614 hA | Pretoria RSA | | 1971.10. 1 |
| 18 | 17.09 | 919 | Thomas | Gustavsson | SWE | 7,217 h | Albany USA | | 1982. 4.20 |
| 17.09 | 919 | Garrett | Scantling | USA | 8,320 | Jacksonville USA | | 2025. 6.28 |
| 20 | 17.02 | 914 | Kyle | Garland | USA | 8,703 | Tokyo JPN | WC | 2025. 9.20 |
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