| Time | Runner | Place | Date |
| 10,6 | Don Lippincott (USA) | Stockholm | July 6, 1912 |
| 10,6 | Jackson Scholz (USA) | Stockholm, Sweden | September 16, 1920 |
| 10,4 | Charlie Paddock (USA) | Redlands, California | April 23, 1921 |
| 10,4 | Eddie Tolan (USA) | Stockholm | August 8, 1929 |
| 10,4 | Eddie Tolan (USA) | Copenhagen, Denmark | August 25, 1929 |
| 10,3 | Percy Williams (CAN) | Toronto, Ontario | August 9, 1930 |
| 10,3 | Eddie Tolan (USA) | Los Angeles, California | August 1, 1932 |
| 10,3 | Ralph Metcalfe (USA) | Budapest, Hungary | August 12, 1933 |
| 10,3 | Eulace Peacock (USA) | Oslo, Norway | August 6, 1934 |
| 10,3 | Chris Berger (NED) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | August 26, 1934 |
| 10,3 | Ralph Metcalfe (USA) | Osaka, Japan | September 15, 1934 |
| 10,3 | Ralph Metcalfe (USA) | Dairen, China | September 23, 1934 |
| 10,3 | Takayoshi Yoshioka (JPN) | Tokyo, Japan | June 15, 1935 |
| 10,2 | Jesse Owens (USA) | Chicago, Illinois | June 20, 1936 |
| 10,2 | Harold Davis (USA) | Compton, California | June 6, 1941 |
| 10,2 | Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) | Fresno, California | May 15, 1948 |
| 10,2 | Barney Ewell (USA) | Evanston, Illinois | July 9, 1948 |
| 10,2 | Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (GBR) | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | August 25, 1951 |
| 10,2 | Heinz Fütterer (FRG) | Yokohama, Japan | October 31, 1954 |
| 10,2 | Bobby Joe Morrow (USA) | Houston, Texas | May 19, 1956 |
| 10,2 | Ira Murchison (USA) | Compton | June 1, 1956 |
| 10,2 | Bobby Joe Morrow (USA) | Bakersfield, California | June 22, 1956 |
| 10,2 | Ira Murchison (USA) | Los Angeles | June 29, 1956 |
| 10,2 | Bobby Joe Morrow (USA) | Los Angeles | June 29, 1956 |
| 10,1 | Willie Williams (USA) | Berlin, Germany | August 3, 1956 |
| 10,1 | Ira Murchison (USA) | Berlin | August 4, 1956 |
| 10,1 | Leamon King (USA) | Ontario, California | October 20, 1956 |
| 10,1 | Leamon King (USA) | Santa Ana, California | October 27, 1956 |
| 10,1 | Ray Norton (USA) | San Jose, California | April 18, 1959 |
| 10,0 | Armin Hary (FRG) | Zürich, Switzerland | June 21, 1960 |
| 10,0 | Harry Jerome (CANADA) | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | July 15, 1960 |
| 10,0 | Horacio Esteves (VEN) | Caracas, Venezuela | August 15, 1964 |
| 10,0 | Bob Hayes (USA) | Tokyo | October 15, 1964 |
| 10,0 | Jim Hines (USA) | Modesto, California | May 27, 1967 |
| 10,0 | Enrique Figuerola (CUB) | Budapest | June 17, 1967 |
| 10,0 | Paul Nash (RSA) | Krugersdorp, South Africa | April 2, 1968 |
| 10,0 | Oliver Ford (USA) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | May 31, 1968 |
| 10,0 | Charles Greene (USA) | Sacramento, California | June 20, 1968 |
| 10,0 | Roger Bambuck (FRA) | Sacramento | June 20, 1968 |
| 9,9 | Jim Hines (USA) | Sacramento | June 20, 1968 |
| 9,9 | Ronnie Ray Smith (USA) | Sacramento | June 20, 1968 |
| 9,9 | Charles Greene (USA) | Sacramento | June 20, 1968 |
| 9,9 | Eddie Hart (USA) | Eugene, Oregon | July 1, 1972 |
| 9,9 | Reynaud Robinson (USA) | Eugene | July 1, 1972 |
| 9,9 | Steve Williams (USA) | Los Angeles | June 21, 1972 |
| 9,9 | Silvio Leonard (CUB) | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | June 5, 1975 |
| 9,9 | Steve Williams (USA) | Siena, Italy | July 16, 1975 |
| 9,9 | Steve Williams (USA) | Berlin | August 22, 1975 |
| 9,9 | Steve Williams (USA) | Gainesville, Florida | March 27, 1976 |
| 9,9 | Harvey Glance (USA) | Columbia, South Carolina | April 3, 1976 |
| 9,9 | Harvey Glance (USA) | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | May 1, 1976 |
| 9,9 | Don Quarrie (JAM) | Modesto | May 22, 1976 |
| Time | Runner | Place | Date |
| 9,95 | Jim Hines (USA) | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 |
| 9,93 | Calvin Smith (USA) | Colorado Springs, Colorado | July 3, 1983 |
| 9,93 | Carl Lewis (USA) | Rome, Italy | August 30, 1987 |
| 9,92 | Carl Lewis (USA) | Seoul, South Korea | September 24, 1988 |
| 9,90 | Leroy Burrell (USA) | New York, New York | June 14, 1991 |
| 9,86 | Carl Lewis (USA) | Tokyo | August 25, 1991 |
| 9,85 | Leroy Burrell (USA) | Lausanne, Switzerland | July 6, 1994 |
| 9,84 | Donovan Bailey (CAN) | Atlanta, Georgia | July 29, 1996 |
| 9,79 | Maurice Greene (USA) | Athens, Greece | June 16, 1999 |
| 9,78 | Tim Montgomery (USA) | Paris, France | September 14, 2002 |