This page lists theWorld Best Year Performance in the year2001 in the men'sdecathlon. The main event during this season were the2001 World Athletics Championships inEdmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the competition started on August 6, 2001, and ended on Tuesday August 7, 2001.Roman Šebrle broke the world record, collecting 9026 points at the2001 Hypo-Meeting inGötzis,Austria.
2001 World Year Ranking
[edit]| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 9026 |  Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | WR |
| 2 | 8902 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 3 | 8815 |  Erki Nool (EST) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 4 | 8603 |  Dean Macey (GBR) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 5 | 8465 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | |
| 6 | 8408 |  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Arles, France | 10/06/2001 | |
| 7 | 8371 |  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 8 | 8332 | Jiří Ryba (CZE) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 9 | 8323 |  Tom Pappas (USA) | Brisbane, Australia | 07/09/2001 | |
| 10 | 8307 |  Stefan Schmid (GER) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 11 | 8280 |  Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 12 | 8241 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 13 | 8220 | Phil McMullen (USA) | Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 14 | 8213 |  Mário Aníbal (POR) | Kaunas, Lithuania | 01/07/2001 | |
| 15 | 8206 |  Chiel Warners (NED) | Ried, Germany | 01/07/2001 | |
| 16 | 8192 | Frank Busemann (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 17/06/2001 | |
| 17 | 8169 | Bryan Clay (USA) | Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
 Michael Nolan (CAN) | Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 19 | 8153 |  Benjamin Jensen (NOR) | Talence, France | 16/09/2001 | |
| 20 | 8151 | Sebastian Knabe (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 17/06/2001 | PB |
| 21 | 8139 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Bernhausen, Germany | 22/07/2001 | |
| 22 | 8122 |  Klaus Ambrosch (AUT) | Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | PB |
| 23 | 8099 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) | Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | |
| 24 | 8075 | Chad Smith (USA) | Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 25 | 8069 |  Raúl Duany (CUB) | Beijing, PR China | 31/08/2001 | |
