Juggling world records comprise the best performances in the fields of endurance and numbers juggling.
Criteria
For ratification as a world record, the claimed record
- must be proved by video evidence, either available to the general public or
- must be validated by organizations such as Guinness World Records
Up until 2012 any record must have been proved by either of the two methods above or by video evidence, available to the members of the former Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). JISCON is no longer active.
Records begin where each object being juggled has been thrown and successfully caught at least once (e.g. 11 catches of 12 balls is not listed). This is known as a 'flash'. Where each object is thrown and caught more than once the term used is a 'qualify'.
Notes on defining the props
- Balls, which include beanbags, must be roughly spherical objects.
- Clubs, which include sticks and batons, must be long, roughly cylindrical objects.
- Rings, which include plates and hoops, must be flat, roughly circular objects.
- Bouncing balls must be bounced off a solid, flat, horizontal surface with just one bounce per ball between each throw and catch.
Solo juggling records
Props must be thrown individually from each hand, and counting of catches commences once all props bar one have been thrown. Multiplexing (throwing more than one prop at a time from the same hand) is not allowed. Catches are counted only for throws made while no props have been dropped. According to JISCON definition, a drop is "a failure to catch an object that, as a result, hits the ground or any foreign object. A drop is considered to have happened at the moment the object should have been caught or touched, not when it hits the ground."
Balls
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 beanbags | 14 catches | Alex Barron |  United Kingdom
|
2017 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 13 beanbags | 15 catches | Alex Barron | United Kingdom
|
2013 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 12 beanbags | 20 catches | Alex Barron | United Kingdom
|
2017 | (Video on YouTube) |
| Tom Whitfield | United Kingdom
|
2024 | (Video on YouTube) | ||
| 11 beanbags | 34 catches | Tom Whitfield | United Kingdom
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 10 beanbags | 51 catches | Tom Whitfield | United Kingdom
|
2024 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 9 balls | 55 s | Anthony Gatto |  United States
|
2006 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 8 balls | 1 min 18 s | Enzo Nicolás Agüero |  Argentina
|
2023 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 7 balls | 16 min 25 s | Adolfo Esteban Cardenas |  Chile
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 6 balls | 30 min 46 s | Maximilian Kuschmierz |  Germany
|
2023 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 5 balls | 3 h 44 min 46 s | Bence Ónodi |  Hungary
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 4 balls | 3 h 03 min 13 s | Chris Smith | United States
|
2023 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 3 balls | 13 h 10 min | David Rush | United States
|
2023 | Verified by GWR |
Clubs
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 clubs | 11 catches | Eivind Dragsjø |  Norway
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 8 clubs | 18 catches | Moritz Rosner | Germany
|
2023 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 7 clubs | 4 min 24 s | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
2005 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 6 clubs | 7 min 38 s | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
2005 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 5 clubs | 53 min 21 s | Thomas Dietz | Germany
|
2005 | Verified by JISCON |
| 4 clubs | 2 h 7 min 17 s | Caio Stevanovich |  Brazil
|
2023 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 3 clubs | 5 h 1 min 51 s | Alexandr Inozemtzev |  Russia
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
Rings
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 rings | 13 catches | Danil Lysenko |  Ukraine
|
2024 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 12 rings | 16 catches | Willy Colombaioni |  Italy
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube), (Video on YouTube) |
| 11 rings | 21 catches | Lysenko Danil | Ukraine
|
2020 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 10 rings | 47 catches | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
2005 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 9 rings | 50 s | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
2005 | (Video on YouTube), |
| 8 rings | 1 min 17 s | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
1989 | (Video on YouTube), |
| 7 rings | 15 min 6 s | Anthony Gatto | United States
|
2011 | (Video on YouTube |
| 6 rings | 6 min 37 s | Eivind Dragsjø | Norway
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 5 rings | 58 min 22 s | Caio Stevanovich | Brazil
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 4 rings | 1 h 20 min 55 s | Maximilian Kuschmierz | Germany
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 3 rings | 3 h 10 min 45 s | Maximilian Kuschmierz | Germany
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
Bouncing
Force Bounce
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 bounce balls | 12 catches | Alan Šulc |  Czech Republic
|
2008 | (Video on YouTube), |
| 10 bounce balls | 10 catches | Alan Šulc | Czech Republic
|
2008 | (Video on YouTube), |
| Henrik Veres | Hungary
|
2013 | (Video on YouTube) | ||
| Tony Garcia |  Spain
|
2014 | (Video on YouTube) | ||
| David Enoch Sosman |  Denmark  France
|
2021 | (Video on TikTok) | ||
| 9 bounce balls | 98 catches | Alan Šulc | Czech Republic
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 8 bounce balls | 4 min 12 s | Alan Šulc | Czech Republic
|
2011 | (Video on YouTube), |
| 7 bounce balls | 2 min 15 s | David Nayer | United States
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 6 bounce balls | 5 min 48 s | David Nayer | United States
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 5 bounce balls | 59 min 30 s | David Nayer | United States
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube) |
Lift Bounce
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 bounce balls | 12 catches | Eden Zak |  Israel
|
2014 | |
| 10 bounce balls | 51 catches | Mathias Ramfelt | Norway
|
2017 | (Video on Vimeo) |
| 9 bounce balls | 40 s | Mathias Ramfelt | Norway
|
2017 | (Video on Vimeo) |
| 8 bounce balls | 1 min 14 s | Tyron Colombaioni | Italy
|
2016 | (Video on Facebook) |
| 7 bounce balls | 11 min 20 s | Tyron Colombaioni | Italy
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 6 bounce balls | 6 min 43 s | Philippe Dupuis |  Canada
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 5 bounce balls | 56 min 09 s | Liam Ryan-O'Flaherty | United States
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 4 bounce balls | 2 hour 0 min 01 s | Bill Coad | United States
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 3 bounce balls | 3 hours 45 min 13 s | Bill Coad | United States
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
Passing records
When passing, only the props thrown between two separate jugglers are counted. In some patterns (ultimates or one-count) all the throws are caught by the opposite juggler but in other patterns each juggler makes some throws to themselves. The reason for excluding self throws is that two jugglers could make a single pass to their partner and then go on to juggle solo patterns for as long as they wanted therefore undermining the record for 'passing'.
Balls
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 balls | 22 passes | Tom Whitfield & Dan Wood Tom Whitfield & Dave Leahy |
United Kingdom
|
2018 2019 |
(Video on YouTube) (Video on YouTube) |
| 21 balls | 21 passes | Dave Leahy Dan Wood |
United Kingdom
|
2014 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 20 balls | 27 passes | Tom Whitfield Dan Wood |
United Kingdom
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 19 balls | 25 passes | Tom Whitfield Dan Wood |
United Kingdom
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 18 balls | 29 passes | Tom Whitfield Dave Leahy |
United Kingdom
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 17 balls | 39 passes | Tom Whitfield Dave Leahy |
United Kingdom
|
2019 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 16 balls | 47 passes | Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
United States
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 15 balls | 91 passes | Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
United States
|
2012 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 14 balls | 22 seconds (195 passes) |
Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers |
United States
|
2012 | (Video on YouTube), |
| 13 balls | 54 seconds (475 passes) |
Ori Roth Ofek Snir |
Israel
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 12 balls | 1 min 38 s (475 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges |
 Austria Germany
|
2017 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 11 balls | 5 min 5 s (1506 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges |
Austria Germany
|
2018 | (Video on YouTube) |
Clubs
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 clubs | 15 passes | Kaito Tanioka Kento Tanioka |
 Japan
|
2021 | (Video on Instagram) |
| 14 clubs | 32 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2020 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 13 clubs | 31 s (102 passes) |
Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 12 clubs | 28 s (101 passes) |
Daniel Ledel Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2016 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 11 clubs | 1 min 17 s (246 passes) |
Julius Preu Daniel Ledel |
Germany Austria
|
2022 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 10 clubs | 4 min 00 s (808 passes) |
Dominik Harant Daniel Ledel |
Austria
|
2017 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 9 clubs | 7 min 1 s (1392 passes) |
Christoph Mitasch Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2007 | (Video on YouTube) |
Rings
| Equipment | Record | Juggler | Nationality | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 rings | 19 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube). |
| 17 rings | 21 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2020 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 16 rings | 32 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2020 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 15 rings | 52 passes | Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant |
Germany Austria
|
2018 | Video on Instagram |
| 14 rings | 59 passes | Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2013 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 13 rings | 23 seconds (171 passes) |
Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant |
Germany Austria
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 12 rings | 1 min 22 seconds (300 passes) |
Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch |
Austria
|
2020 | (Video on YouTube) |
| 11 rings | 2 min 44 s (1201 passes) |
Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant |
Germany Austria
|
2015 | (Video on YouTube) |
Notes
- In 2012, Chris Hodge and Andrew Hodge set the 14 ball passing record for a 2-count pattern. The 199 catches mentioned in that video include self-throws (an alternate counting method used by the IJA).
References
- ^ "List of Numbers Juggling Records". Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ "Numbers Juggling Rules & Definitions". Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- "Longest duration juggling three objects". Guiness World Records. Guiness World Records. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Official Bounce Juggling World Records". The Bounce Page. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013.
External links
- JISCON the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling
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