The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time from Illinois
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The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time from Illinois
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Birthplace | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Bob Richards | 1948 | Champaign | 38 |
| 2 | Harold Osborn | 1924 | Butler | 58 |
| 3 | Mike Conley | 1984 | Chicago | 124 |
| 4 | Al Joyner | 1984 | East St. Louis | 351 |
| 5 | Aries Merritt | 2012 | Chicago | 361 |
| 6 | Charles Dvorak | 1904 | Chicago | 379 |
| 7 | Frank Foss | 1920 | Chicago | 400 |
| 8 | Bill Hogenson | 1904 | Chicago | 540 |
| 9 | Josiah McCracken | 1900 | Lincoln | 557 |
| 10 | Hollis Conway | 1988 | Chicago | 571 |
| 11 | Bill Verner | 1904 | Grundy County | 626 |
| 12 | Evan Jager | 2012 | Algonquin | 713 |
| 13 | Bill Droegemueller | 1928 | Chicago | 810 |
| 14 | Don Laz | 1952 | Chicago | 834 |
| 15 | Earl Eby | 1920 | Aurora | 836 |
| 16 | Greg Foster | 1984 | Maywood | 864 |
| 17 | Herbert Jamison | 1896 | Peoria | 871 |
| 18 | Horatio Fitch | 1924 | Chicago | 873 |
| 19 | Lambert Redd | 1932 | Grafton | 904 |
| 20 | Levi Casey | 1928 | Vienna | 912 |
| 21 | Marc Wright | 1912 | Chicago | 916 |
| 22 | Merritt Giffin | 1908 | Lockport | 921 |
| 23 | Jim Fuchs | 1948 | Chicago | 1001 |
| 24 | Fred Moloney | 1900 | Ottawa | 1066 |
| 25 | Rick Wohlhuter | 1972 | Geneva | 1108 |
| 26 | Art Shaw | 1908 | Joliet | 1263 |
| 27 | Basil Bennett | 1920 | Dudley | 1266 |
| 28 | Earl Jones | 1984 | Chicago | 1294 |
| 29 | Ed Myers | 1920 | Hinsdale | 1298 |
| 30 | Frank Lane | 1896 | Chicago | 1311 |
| 31 | Frank Murphy | 1912 | East Chicago | 1312 |
| 32 | George Varnell | 1904 | Chicago | 1553 |
| 33 | Wallace Spearmon | 2008 | Chicago | 1594 |
| 34 | Dike Eddleman | 1948 | Centralia | 1734 |
| 35 | Edward Knourek | 1920 | Chicago | 1741 |
| 36 | Geoff Vanderstock | 1968 | Chicago | 1755 |
| 37 | Ira Murchison | 1956 | Chicago | 1777 |
| 38 | John Case | 1912 | Evanston | 1791 |
| 39 | William Moloney | 1900 | Ottawa | 1877 |
| 40 | Joie Ray | 1920 | Kankakee | 1942 |
| 41 | Jim Spivey | 1984 | Schiller Park | 1966 |
| 42 | Gilbert Van Cleve | 1904 | Staunton | 2003 |
| 43 | Chuck Smith | 1972 | Chicago | 2190 |
| 44 | Kenneth Bartlett | 1920 | LaGrange | 2277 |
| 45 | Sherman Landers | 1920 | Oregon | 2328 |
| 46 | Robert Edgren | 1906 | Chicago | 2473 |
| 47 | Zach Ziemek | 2016 | Itasca | 2489 |
| 48 | Ron Zinn | 1960 | Peoria | 2579 |
| 49 | Brian Oldfield | 1972 | Elgin | 2643 |
| 50 | Walter Dray | 1904 | Peoria | 2817 |
| 51 | Harvey Lord | 1900 | Evanston | 2938 |
| 52 | Henry Slack | 1900 | Chicago | 2993 |
| 53 | Bob Packard | 1936 | Rockford | 3100 |
| 54 | Milton Angier | 1920 | Beardstown | 3234 |
| 55 | Robert Emery | 1920 | Chicago | 3261 |
| 56 | Tom Pukstys | 1992 | Glen Ellyn | 3384 |
| 57 | Sidney Hatch | 1904 | River Forest | 3415 |
| 58 | David Patrick | 1992 | Centralia | 3534 |
| 59 | Frank Coyle | 1912 | Chicago | 3550 |
| 60 | Wilbur Burroughs | 1908 | Edwardsville | 3787 |
| 61 | Tom Petranoff | 1984 | Aurora | 4306 |
| 62 | Kenneth Wilson | 1920 | Atwood | 4467 |
| 63 | Ray Conger | 1928 | Seward | 4514 |
| 64 | Tim Broe | 2004 | Peoria | 5010 |
| 65 | Charles Hall | 1908 | Chicago | 5101 |
| 66 | Chuck Mellor | 1920 | Chicago | 5118 |
| 67 | David Kendziera | 2020 | Arlington Heights | 5196 |
| 68 | Warren Druetzler | 1952 | Chicago | 5353 |
| 69 | Phil Coleman | 1956 | Champaign | 5482 |
| 70 | Charley Borah | 1928 | Fairfield | 5686 |
| 71 | Harry Goelitz | 1920 | Oak Park | 5762 |
| 72 | Robert Dunne | 1920 | River Forest | 5924 |
| 73 | Tom O'Hara | 1964 | Chicago | 5971 |
| 74 | Clarence Jaquith | 1920 | Chicago | 6458 |
| 75 | Mark Deady | 1988 | Lincolnshire | 6555 |
| 76 | Norman Patterson | 1912 | Chicago | 6568 |
| 77 | Mark Witherspoon | 1992 | Chicago | 6955 |
| 78 | Pete Phelps | 1924 | Carbon Cliff | 6986 |
| 79 | Craig Virgin | 1976 | Belleville | 7618 |
| 80 | Darrin Plab | 1992 | Lake Belleville | 7688 |
| 81 | Danny Lopez | 1992 | Chicago | 8642 |
| 82 | Lance Brooks | 2012 | Springfield | 8763 |
| 83 | Mike Durkin | 1976 | Chicago | 9104 |
| 84 | Jorge Torres | 2008 | Chicago | 9949 |
| 85 | Keith Brantly | 1996 | Scott AFB | 10742 |
| 86 | Darryl Sullivan | 2020 | Marion | 11150 |
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