Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis heads the list of nomination for the Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.
Following a monumental 2024 where he won Olympic gold with a world record, he managed to surpass even that in 2025. He broke the world record four more times, including at the recent World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with a new mark of 6.30m.
The 25-year-old Duplantis, who was also nominated once again for the European Athlete of the Year, looks the odds-on favourite to be picked as the best by the World Athletics.
Apart from his superlative antics at the World Athletics Championships, where he bagged his third outdoor title, Duplantis also leapt to the world indoor pole vault crown.
He won the Diamond League comfortably and has been breaking other records as well.
In winning the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March with 6.15m, Duplantis became the first pole vaulter to clear 6 metres on 100 occasions. He has won 41 pole vault competitions in succession. His last defeat was at the Monaco Diamond League on 21 July 2023.
He has for company in the awards category, four other outstanding athletes – world long jump champion Mattia Furlani of Italy, world hammer champion Ethan Katzberg, New Zealand’s world high jump champion Hamish Kerr and world triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal.
Nominees for 2025 Women’s Field Athlete of the Year (in alphabetical order):
Valarie Allman, USA
• World and Diamond League discus champion
• Undefeated, with nine of the top 11 performances of the year
Tara Davis-Woodhall, USA
• World long jump champion
• Undefeated, with the top three performances of the year
Anna Hall, USA
• World heptathlon champion
• Moved to joint second on world all-time list and set the top three performances of 2025
Nicola Olyslagers, Australia
• World high jump champion indoors and outdoors
• Diamond League champion and world leader with area record
Camryn Rogers, Canada
• World hammer champion
• World leader, moved to second on world all-time list with area record
Nominees for 2025 Men’s Field Athlete of the Year (in alphabetical order):
Mondo Duplantis, Sweden
• World pole vault champion indoors and outdoors
• Set four world records and was undefeated, including the Diamond League title
Mattia Furlani, Italy
• World long jump champion indoors and outdoors
• Two of the top three performances of the year
Ethan Katzberg, Canada
• World hammer champion
• World leader, moved to fifth on world all-time list with area record
Hamish Kerr, New Zealand
• World high jump champion and world indoor silver medallist
• World leader with area record
Pedro Pichardo, Portugal
• World triple jump champion
• World leader
The vote to determine the Field Athlete of the Year finalists is now open on World Athletics social media platforms – on Facebook, Instagram and X. Voting closes on 26 October and the winners will be announced at the World Athletics Awards on 30 November.
The nominees for the Track Athlete of the Year awards were announced on 13 October and the nominees for the Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year awards will be announced on 27 October.
The overall women’s and men’s World Athlete of the Year award winners will be selected from among the track, field and out of stadium category winners.
