Men's high jump indoor world record progression

The Men's high jump indoor world record progression starting in 1881, with additional demonstration and professional records. The best indoor performances on record as agreed to by the world's leading statisticians were accepted as the inaugural IAAF Indoor World Records from 1 January 1987. However, the inaugural record in this event was set early in 1987 by Patrick Sjoberg. Records as per the IAAF are as at 31 January 2010.

Record Progression
In lightgreen records ratified by IAAF.

Asterisks indicates cinder take-off, "A" indicates mark set at altitude