long jump
| Rnk | Mark | Name | Nation | Born | Pos | Venue | Date | Best | Date/Best |
| 1 | 8.60 1.8 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Padova | 0626 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| 2 | 8.56 1.3 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 1 | Torino | 0624 | | |
| + | 8.56 1.1 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Sevilla | 0828 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.52 0.5 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Winnipeg | 0725 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.52 0.5 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | Q1 | Winnipeg | 0725 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| 3 | 8.50 0.2 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 2 | Torino | 0624 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.49A 1.3 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 1 | Guadalajara | 0619 | | |
| + | 8.46A 1.2 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | + | Guadalajara | 0619 | | |
| + | 8.43 0.3 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | München | 0911 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.42 0.1 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Paris | 0721 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.41 1.8 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Doha, Qat | 0513 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.40 -0.7 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 0425 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.40 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Bad Langensalza | 0612 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.40 0.3 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Monaco | 0804 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.40 0.9 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Montauban | 0807 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.40 0.6 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 2 | Sevilla | 0828 | | |
| + | 8.40 0.9 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Bruxelles | 0903 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.39 0.0 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Zürich | 0811 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.38A 0.4 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | + | Guadalajara | 0619 | | |
| + | 8.36 1.7 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 1 | Göteborg | 0801 | | |
| 4 | 8.36 1.6 | Gregor Cankar | SLO | 750125 | 3 | Sevilla | 0828 | 8.40 | 970518 |
| 5 | 8.35 0.7 | Jai Taurima | AUS | 720626 | 4 | Sevilla | 0828 | | |
| 6 | 8.34 1.5 | Carlos Calado | POR | 751005 | 1 | Lisboa | 0619 | 8.36 | 970620 |
| + | 8.34 0.7 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Zagreb | 0705 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.33 1.8 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 2 | Oslo, NOR | 0630 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| 7 | 8.31 0.1 | Hatem Moursal Hussein | EGY | 750120 | 3 | Oslo, NOR | 0630 | 8.26A | 980911 |
| 8 | 8.30 0.2 | Roman Shchurenko | UKR | 760914 | 1 | Belaya Cerkov | 0725 | | |
| + | 8.28 1.8 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 2 | Jena | 0605 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.28 0.1 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Athína | 0616 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.28 -0.6 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 2 | Athína | 0616 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.28 1.2 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 1 | Salamanca | 0715 | | |
| + | 8.28 0.8 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 2 | Bruxelles | 0903 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.27 0.8 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 2 | Zürich | 0811 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| + | 8.26 1.5 | Hatem Moursal Hussein | EGY | 750120 | 1 | Dakar | 0501 | 8.26A | 980911 |
| + | 8.26 1.5 | Hatem Moursal Hussein | EGY | 750120 | 1 | Dakar | 0502 | 8.26A | 980911 |
| + | 8.26 1.8 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | + | Jerez De La Frontera | 0522 | | |
| + | 8.25 0.5 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Praha | 0614 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| + | 8.24 0.5 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Praha | 0614 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| 9 | 8.24 1.9 | Shane Hair | AUS | 751024 | 5 | Sevilla | 0828 | | |
| 10 | 8.22 1.9 | Erick Walder | USA | 711105 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 0417 | 8.74A | 940402 |
| + | 8.22 0.7 | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 721217 | 1 | Berlin | 0907 | 8.71 | 950718 |
| - | 8.50W 2.4 | Erick Walder | USA | 711105 | 1 | Oslo | 0630 | 8.74A | 940402 |
| - | 8.39W 2.8 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Jena | 0605 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| - | 8.35W 4.4 | Shane Hair | AUS | 751024 | 1 | La Laguna | 0605 | | |
| - | 8.33W 2.5 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 770724 | 1 | Jerez De La Frontera | 0522 | | |
| - | 8.32W 3.7 | Emmanuel Bangué | FRA | 710721 | 1 | Pierre-Bénite | 0611 | 8.25 | 960910 |
| - | 8.32AW 2.1 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | USA | 730330 | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 0410 | 8.63 | 940704 |
| - | 8.29W 2.2 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 0508 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| - | 8.29W 2.4 | James Beckford | JAM | 750109 | 2 | München | 0911 | 8.62 | 970405 |
| - | 8.27W 2.2 | Danial Jahic | YUG | 790701 | 1 | Rethymnon | 0528 | | |
| - | 8.19W 2.6 | Kofi Amoah Prah | GER | 741020 | 2 | Erfurt | 0703 | | |
| - | 8.19AW 2.4 | Ian Lowe | CAN | 730223 | 1 | Flagstaff, Az | 0717 | 7.84 | 95 |
| - | 8.18W 4.6 | Frankie Young | USA | 751026 | 2 | Boise, Id | 0603 | | |
| | 8.39? 1.2 | Joan Lino Martínez | CUB | 780117 | 1 | La Habana | 0205 | 8.19 | 980220 |
| | 8.23? -0.7 | Luis Meliz | CUB | 790811 | 2 | La Habana | 0205 | | |