This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 27, 2007. The women had their final three days later, on August 30, 2007.

Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	83.63 m	Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)	Osaka, Japan	27.08.2007
2	82.94 m	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	28.07.2007
3	82.62 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Rieti, Italy	09.09.2007
4	82.30 m	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10.06.2007	NR
5	81.60 m	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	Osaka, Japan	27.08.2007
6	81.40 m	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10.06.2007
7	80.70 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10.06.2007
8	80.68 m	Markus Esser (GER)	Leverkusen, Germany	10.08.2007
9	80.31 m	Eşref Apak (TUR)	Minsk, Belarus	28.07.2007
10	80.00 m	Igor Vinichenko (RUS)	Bogatyr Adler, Russia	11.02.2007	PB
11	79.83 m	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	Osaka, Japan	25.08.2007
12	79.12 m	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	03.07.2007
13	78.89 m	Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	16.06.2007
14	78.61 m	Pavel Kryvitski (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	28.07.2007
15	78.60 m	Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	28.07.2007
16	78.35 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Osaka, Japan	27.08.2007
17	78.21 m	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	Albufeira, Portugal	26.05.2007
18	78.10 m	A. G. Kruger (USA)	Indianapolis, United States	22.06.2007
19	78.03 m	Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS)	Sochi, Russia	26.05.2007
20	77.92 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Schönebeck, Germany	10.06.2007
21	77.65 m	Marco Lingua (ITA)	Nice, France	28.04.2007
22	77.60 m	Artem Rubanko (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	25.05.2007
23	77.60 m	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	Reims, France	17.07.2007
24	77.57 m	András Haklits (CRO)	Varaždin, Croatia	07.07.2007
25	77.38 m	James Steacy  (CAN)	Calgary, Canada	16.06.2007

Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80 m	August 15, 2006	Tallinn, Estonia

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	77.30 m	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	Bogatyr Adler, Russia	22.04.2007
2	76.83 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Doha, Qatar	11.05.2007	NR
3	76.36 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Warsaw, Poland	17.06.2007	AR
4	76.21 m	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	Sochi, Russia	26.05.2007	PB
5	75.77 m	Betty Heidler (GER)	Halle, Germany	19.05.2007
6	75.08 m	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	Warsaw, Poland	17.06.2007	NR
7	74.86 m	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	Shijiazhuang, PR China	03.08.2007	AR
8	73.94 m	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	01.06.2007
9	73.71 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Castres, France	11.08.2007
10	73.45 m	Kathrin Klaas (GER)	Halle, Germany	19.05.2007
11	73.21 m	Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL)	Dublin, Ireland	21.07.2007	NR
12	72.94 m	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	Athens, Georgia, United States	13.04.2007	AR
13	72.51 m	Brittany Riley (USA)	Des Moines, United States	28.04.2007	PB
14	72.36 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Tula, Russia	02.08.2007
15	72.28 m	Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS)	Bogatyr Adler, Russia	22.04.2007
16	72.10 m	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	Bogatyr Adler, Russia	22.04.2007
17	71.96 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Abuja, Nigeria	05.05.2007
18	71.83 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	20.04.2007
19	71.78 m	Yelena Priyma (RUS)	Sochi, Russia	26.05.2007	PB
20	71.74 m	Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	01.06.2007
21	71.43 m	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	Palermo, Italy	29.09.2007
22	71.29 m	Darya Pchelnik (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	28.07.2007
23	71.14 m	Arasay Thondike (CUB)	Warsaw, Poland	17.06.2007
24	71.11 m	Stéphanie Falzon (FRA)	Sasolburg, South Africa	23.01.2007
25	71.08 m	Amélie Perrin (FRA)	Strasbourg, France	28.06.2007

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