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World Best Year Performance in Men's 400 m
1966:
Wendell Mottley
(TTO)
1967:
Tommie Smith
(USA)
1968:
Lee Evans
(USA)
1969:
Curtis Mills
(USA)
1970:
Charles Asati
(KEN)
1971:
John Smith
(USA)
1972:
Wayne Collett
(USA)
1973:
Maurice Peoples
(USA)
1974:
Alberto Juantorena
(CUB)
1975:
Ronnie Ray
(USA)
1976 – 1978:
Alberto Juantorena
(CUB)
1979:
Harald Schmid
(FRG)
1980:
Viktor Markin
(RUS)
1981:
Bert Cameron
(JAM)
1982:
Sunder Nix
(USA)
1983:
Erwin Skamrahl
(FRG)
1984:
Alonzo Babers
(USA)
1985:
Michael Franks
(USA)
1986:
Gabriel Tiacoh
(CIV)
1987 – 1988:
Harry Reynolds
(USA)
1989:
Antonio Pettigrew
(USA)
1990:
Danny Everett
(USA)
1991:
Michael Johnson
(USA)
1992:
Quincy Watts
(USA)
1993 – 2000:
Michael Johnson
(USA)
2001:
Tyree Washington
(USA)
2002:
Leonard Byrd
(USA)
2003:
Tyree Washington
(USA)
2004 – 2007:
Jeremy Wariner
(USA)
2008:
LaShawn Merritt
(USA)
2010:
Jeremy Wariner
(USA)
2011:
LaShawn Merritt
(USA)
2012:
Kirani James
(GRN)
2013:
LaShawn Merritt
(USA)
2014:
Kirani James
(GRN)
2015 – 2017:
Wayde van Niekerk
(RSA)
2018 – 2019:
Michael Norman
(USA)
2020:
Justin Robinson
(USA)
2021:
Randolph Ross
(USA) and
Steven Gardiner
(BAH)
2022:
Michael Norman
(USA)