Meet the world’s fastest women for the 2024 season toppled by Sha’Carri Richardson and Julien Alfred.
This year produced some of the most iconic 100m performances in history as Julien Alfred and Sha’Carri Richardson topped the exclusive list of the world’s fastest women for the 2024 season.

Both women blazed to jaw-dropping times in 2024, earning the bragging rights as the women to beat this year anytime they raced on the track.

While Richardson reaffirmed her status as the woman with the fastest time in the world for the second consecutive year, Saint Lucia’s Olympic hero Alfred blazed her way to the top as the golden girl with the sole bragging rights of the world’s fastest woman after her Olympic victory.

Following the brilliant performances of the world’s best female 100m sprinters this season, here’s the top 10 list of the fastest women in 2024.

Nigerian speedster and Texas Tech University standout sprinter Rosemary Chukwuma clocked an impressive personal best of 10.88s to win her 100m heat at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

This time will not just rank in the top 10 of the world’s fastest women in 2024 but propels her as the second-fastest Nigerian female sprinter in history behind the legendary Blessing Okagbare.

American 60m record holder Aleia Hobbs ran a blistering identical time of 10.88s at the LSU Invitational back in April. Although she didn’t make the US Olympic team to Paris, her time puts her as the fourth-fastest American in the world this year.

Sprint sensation Tia Clayton blazed her way into the conversation of the fastest sprinters this year after a blistering run of 10.86s to win her semifinal race at the Jamaican Olympic trials.

Clayton will go on to not just make the Olympic team but qualify for the 100m final in Paris, making her the only Jamaican sprinter to do so after the withdrawal of the legendary Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and multiple world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.