The oldest men in the Wold

      This is a list of the 100 verified oldest men, arranged in descending order, based on each individual's age in years and days. A "year" typically refers to a calendar year, the time between two dates with the same name.

      However, years may be of different lengths due to the presence or absence of a leap day within the year, or to the conversion of dates from one calendar to another. A supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Currently 22 August 2010, there are 3 verified living supercentenarians on the list, the oldest of whom is American Walter Breuning age 113 years, 335 days. The oldest undisputed man ever was Danish émigré to the United States Christian Mortensen, age 115 years 252 days. However, Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi claimed to be born on 29 June 1865, if so making him 120 years 237 days at the time of his death.

Rank Name Death Age Country

1 Shigechiyo Izumi 120 years, 237 days  Japan
2 Christian Mortensen 115 years, 252 days  United States
3 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 115 years, 156 days  Puerto Rico
4 Mathew Beard 114 years, 222 days United States
5 Yukichi Chuganji 114 years, 189 days Japan
6 Joan Riudavets 114 years , 81 days Spain
7 Fred Hale 113 years, 354 days United States
8 Moses Hardy & 113 years, 335 days  United States
Walter Breuning 113 years, 1335 days  United States
10 Johnson Parks 113 years, 275 days United States
11 Tomoji Tanabe 113 years, 274 days Japan
12 John Ingram McMorran 113 years, 250 days  United States
13 Frederick Frazier 113 years, 138 days United States
14 Jiroemon Kimura 113 years, 125 days Japan
15 Walter Richardson 113 years, 48 days  United States
16 Henry Allingham 113 years, 42 days  United Kingdom
17 Antonio Todde 112 years, 346 days  Italy
18 John Evans 112 years, 295 days  United Kingdom
19 George R. Francis 112 years, 204 days  United States
20 Denzo Ishizaki 112 years, 191 days  Japan
21 Josep Armengol Jover 112 years, 181 days  Spain
22 Giovanni Frau 112 years, 172 days  Italy
23 John Painter 112 years, 162 days  United States
24 Alphaeus Philemon Cole 112 years, 136 days  United States
25 Augusto Moreira 112 years, 130 days  Portugal
26 George Johnson 112 years, 121 days  United States
27 Gengan Tonaki 112 years, 86 days  Japan
28 Yuinosuke Hashimoto 112 years, 34 days  Japan
29 Kumekichi Tani 112 years, 22 days  Japan
30 James Wiggins 112 years, 1 day  United States
31 Thomas Peters 111 years, 354 days[3]  Netherlands
32 Walter H. Seward 111 years, 337 days  United States
33 Maurice Floquet 111 years, 320 days  France
34 John Mosely Turner 111 years, 280 days  United Kingdom
35 Hermann Dörnemann 111 years, 279 days  Germany
36 Antonio Urrea-Hernández 111 years, 272 days  Spain
37 Arthur Carter 111 years, 249 days  United States
38 Jan Machiel Reyskens 111 years, 241 days  Netherlands
39 Joe Thomas 111 years, 227 days  United States
40 James Zackry 111 years, 211 days  United States
41 Kiyoshi Igarashi 111 years, 205 days  Japan
42 Herman Smith-Johannsen 111 years, 204 days  Norway
43 James Henry Brett, Jr. 111 years, 200 days  United States
44 Ernest Pusey 111 years, 198 days  United States
45 Thomas Nelson 111 years, 185 days  United States
46 Earl Brush 111 years, 177 days  United States
47 Antonio de Castro 111 years, 167 days  Portugal
48 Sukesaburo Nakanishi 111 years, 160 days  Japan
49 Luther Goding 111 years, 157 days  United States
50 Jan Pieter Bos 111 years, 156 days  Netherlands
51 Emile Fourcade 111 years, 153 days  France
52 Benjamin Holcomb 111 years, 152 days  United States
53 Aarne Arvonen 111 years, 150 days  Finland
54 George Frederick Ives 111 years, 146 days  Canada[c]
55 Garland Adair 111 years, 134 days  United States
56 Anders Engberg 111 years, 128 days  Sweden
57 Jack Lockett 111 years, 123 days  Australia
58 Henry Hartmann 111 years, 119 days  United States
59 Daniel Guzmán-García 111 years, 105 days  Colombia
60 Sadayoshi Tanabe 111 years, 90 days  Japan
61 Henry Pfeiffer 111 years, 62 days  United States
62 Zachariah Blackistone 111 years, 61 days  United States
63 Antonio Baldo 111 years, 53 days  Italy
64 Edward Bernard 111 years, 50 days  United States
65 Norio Kawada 111 years, 42 days  Japan
66 Kama Nakasone 111 years, 39 days  Japan
67 Harry Patch 111 years, 38 days  United Kingdom
68 Peter Solum 111 years, 33 days  United States
69 Domenico Minervino 111 years, 11 days  Italy
70 Nijiro Tokuda 111 years, 2 days  Japan
71 Valentino Stella 110 years, 365 days  Italy
72 Giichi Okumura 110 years, 360 days  Japan
73 Charles Shebanek 110 years, 352 days  United States
74 Antonio Pierro 110 years, 351 days  United States
75 Gregory Pandazes 110 years, 341 days  United States
Eiju Tsuru 110 years, 341 days  Japan
77 Masatake Kinoshita 110 years, 332 days  Japan
78 Linus Reinhart 110 years, 321 days  United States
79 Lloyd Myers 110 years, 318 days  United States
80 Frank Ahmann 110 years, 316 days  United States
81 Leopold Vietoris 110 years, 309 days  Austria
82 Takashi Hattori 110 years, 306 days  Japan
83 Walter Wilcox 110 years, 283 days  United States
84 Galo Leoz-Ortin 110 years, 276 days  Spain
85 Hilliard Hudson 110 years, 256 days  United States
86 Henri Pérignon 110 years, 247 days  France
87 Gerald Gilman 110 years, 246 days  United States
88 Alexis Daigneau 110 years, 242 days  France
89 Aurelio Diaz 110 years, 240 days  Spain
90 Alton Gilbert 110 years, 224 days  United States
91 James Nash 110 years, 216 days  United States
92 Bernard Delhom 110 years, 213 days  France
93 Charles Young 110 years, 211 days  United States
94 Friedrich Wedeking 110 years, 207 days  Germany
95 Aimé Avignon 110 years, 202 days  France
96 Arno Wagner 110 years, 201 days  Germany
97 Chiake Nakamura 110 years, 189 days  Japan
98 Olav Hovatn 110 years, 185 days  Norway
99 James Sisnett 110 years, 181 days  Barbados
100 Vincenzo Izzillo 110 years, 178 days  United States