# The 23 Greatest New York City Marathon Champions

> Course-record setters, multi-title dynasties and one-day upsets have all crossed the line in Central Park. Some of these wins still get retold every November.

*By YPB Team · Published October 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-23-greatest-new-york-city-marathon-champions*

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1. **Wilson Kipsang** — score 1000/1000
   Former world record holder who won the 2014 men's race.
2. **Peres Jepchirchir** — score 858/1000
   Olympic champion who added the New York title in 2021.
3. **Tamirat Tola** — score 777/1000
   Ethiopian who set the men's course record of 2:04:58 in 2023.
4. **Marílson Gomes dos Santos** — score 678/1000
   Brazil's only champion, winning the men's race in 2006 and 2008.
5. **Geoffrey Kamworor** — score 678/1000
   Kenyan two-time men's champion, winning in 2017 and 2019.
6. **Ingrid Kristiansen** — score 678/1000
   Norwegian world record holder who won the 1989 women's race.
7. **Martin Lel** — score 555/1000
   Kenyan two-time men's champion, in 2003 and 2007.
8. **Rod Dixon** — score 555/1000
   New Zealander who won the 1983 race with a dramatic late surge.
9. **Mary Keitany** — score 555/1000
   Kenyan four-time women's champion who set a dominant course record in 2018.
10. **Sharon Lokedi** — score 555/1000
   Kenyan who won on her marathon debut in 2022.
11. **Edna Kiplagat** — score 555/1000
   Kenyan marathon great who won New York in 2010.
12. **Alberto Salazar** — score 0/1000
   Won three straight men's titles from 1980 to 1982.
13. **Shalane Flanagan** — score 0/1000
   Ended a 40-year drought for American women with her emotional 2017 win.
14. **Tegla Loroupe** — score 0/1000
   Won back-to-back in 1994 and 1995, the first African woman to win a major marathon.
15. **Kathrine Switzer** — score 0/1000
   Running pioneer who won the 1974 women's race as a New Yorker.
16. **Jelena Prokopčuka** — score 0/1000
   Latvian who won consecutive women's titles in 2005 and 2006.
17. **Bill Rodgers** — score 0/1000
   American star who won four straight titles from 1976 to 1979 on the first five-borough course.
18. **Paula Radcliffe** — score 0/1000
   British marathon great who won the women's race three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2008.
19. **Meb Keflezighi** — score 0/1000
   Became the first American man in 27 years to win New York, in 2009.
20. **Geoffrey Mutai** — score 0/1000
   Kenyan who smashed the course record in 2011 and won again in 2013.
21. **Hellen Obiri** — score 0/1000
   Kenyan track star who won the women's race in 2023.
22. **Uta Pippig** — score 0/1000
   German star who won the women's race in 1993.
23. **Margaret Okayo** — score 0/1000
   Kenyan two-time women's champion who set a course record in 2003.

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