Statistician Peter Matthews' assessment of form and achievements during the past year

These merit rankings of British athletes by Peter Matthews from Athletics International (of which this is the 50th successive year!) are an assessment of form and achievements during 2017.

The major factors by which the rankings are determined are win-loss record, performances in major meetings and sequence of marks, with both indoor and outdoor results considered.

This year the major targets for top athletes were the World Championships and for younger athletes the European Under-20 and Under-23 Championships.

Below you will find the top three in each women's event. The top three in the men’s rankings can be found here. The full British top-12 list for every event (except in those events where there were insufficient British athletes producing adequate performances), including the details of athletes' seasons, are featured in our December 21 end-of-year stats special, which is available to buy and read digitally here or order here.

100m
1 Asha Philip
2 Daryll Neita
3 Dina Asher-Smith

200m
1 Dina Asher-Smith
2 Bianca Williams
3 Finette Agyapong

400m

1 Zoey Clark
2 Emily Diamond
3 Anyika Onuora

800m
1 Lynsey Sharp
2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke
3 Laura Muir

1500m 
1 Laura Muir
2 Laura Weightman
3 Jessica Judd

5000m
1 Laura Muir
2 Eilish McColgan
3 Stephanie Twell

10,000m
1 Beth Potter
2 Katrina Wootton
3 Charlotte Taylor

(10 miles - 20km) - half-marathon
1 Gemma Steel
2 Lily Partridge
3 Charlotte Purdue

Marathon
1 Charlotte Purdue
2 Alyson Dixon
3 Sonia Samuels

2000m and 3000m steeplechase
1 Rosie Clarke
2 Lennie Waite
3 Iona Lake

100m hurdles

1 Tiffany Porter
2 Cindy Ofili
3 Alicia Barrett

400m hurdles

1 Eilidh Doyle
2 Meghan Beesley
3 Jessica Turner

High jump

1 Morgan Lake
2 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
3 Bethan Partridge

Pole vault

1 Holly Bradshaw
2 Lucy Bryan
3 Sally Peake

Long jump
1 Lorraine Ugen
2 Shara Proctor
3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Triple jump
1 Naomi Ogbeta
2 Shara Proctor
3 Laura Samuel

Shot
1 Rachel Wallader
2 Amelia Strickler
3 Sophie McKinna

Discus

1 Jade Lally
2 Kirsty Law
3 Eden Francis

Hammer

1 Sophie Hitchon
2 Rachel Hunter
3 Carys Parry

Javelin
1 Laura Whittingham
2 Joanna Blair
3 Hannah Johnson

Heptathlon
1 Katarina Johnson-Thompson
2 Niamh Emerson
3 Katie Stainton

Walks
1 Bethan Davies
2 Gemma Bridge
3 Heather Lewis

» For the full top-12 list for every event (except in those events where there were insufficient British athletes producing adequate performances), including the details of athletes' seasons, see the December 21 end-of-year stats special edition of AW, which is available to buy and read digitally here or order here.

» Peter Matthews is the co-editor of Athletics International. For more information on receiving the Athletics International newsletter email [email protected]