Recently, in World Athletics' 2025 global marathon events ranking, the Shanghai Marathon entered the global top ten for the first time, placing eighth — the best result for a Chinese marathon on this authoritative list.

The London Marathon ranks first, the Chicago Marathon second, the Tokyo Marathon third, and the Boston Marathon fourth. It is hoped the Shanghai Marathon can break into the top five in the future.

Within this global top-tier event evaluation system, the Shanghai Marathon, thanks to its strong elite field and outstanding competitive level, scored 250 points in the "participation score", demonstrating growing international appeal. Even more notably, the event achieved a high 9646 points in the "performance score".

Among them, women's champion Brigid Kosgei produced a stunning 2:16:36, not only smashing the race record and setting the fastest women's marathon time ever in China, but also ranking fourth among women's marathon performances worldwide this year.

These eye-catching performances together pushed the Shanghai Marathon's total score to 9896 points, marking that the Shanghai Marathon has steadily entered the ranks of the world's elite marathons, showcasing to the world the high-level development of marathon running in China and Shanghai's international influence in urban sports culture.