Who Is the Strongest Woman in the World?
There are two honest answers: the athlete who holds the current World's Strongest Woman title, and the greatest strongwoman of all time by the numbers. Here is both, backed by real competition data.
Andrea Thompson Andrea Thompson is the reigning World's Strongest Woman (2025).
Right now, Andrea Thompson is the reigning World’s Strongest Woman (2025). The strongest woman of all time, by our data-driven ranking of every title and win across the sport’s history, is Donna Moore. Both answers are explained below, from real competition results.
Who Is the Strongest Woman of All Time?
A single title is a snapshot. To answer who is the strongest woman ever, we rank athletes by a weighted score out of 100 that combines World's Strongest Woman titles, Arnold Strongwoman wins, total international victories, career longevity, and recency, computed from real results, not opinion.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | WSW Wins | Arnold Wins | International Wins | Years Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna Moore |
United Kingdom
|
66.0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2013-2026 |
| 2 | Olga Liashchuk |
Ukraine
|
59.9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2016-2026 |
| 3 | Rebecca Roberts |
United Kingdom
|
51.2 | 3 | - | 4 | 2017-2025 |
| 4 | Aneta Florczyk |
Poland
|
50.1 | 4 | - | 6 | 2003-2008 |
| 5 | Andrea Thompson |
United Kingdom
|
43.8 | 2 | - | 3 | 2016-2026 |
| 6 | Erin Murray |
United States
|
37.4 | - | - | 6 | 2020-2026 |
| 7 | Inez Carrasquillo |
Puerto Rico
|
36.3 | - | 1 | 5 | 2021-2026 |
| 8 | Victoria Long |
United States
|
33.1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2019-2024 |
| 9 | Melissa Peacock |
Canada
|
30.3 | - | - | 3 | 2018-2026 |
| 10 | Annabelle Chapman |
United Kingdom
|
29.1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2019-2025 |
How We Answer "Strongest Woman in the World"
The phrase "strongest woman in the world" has two legitimate meanings. In the present tense it refers to the current World's Strongest Woman champion, the winner of the premier annual strongwoman contest. In the all-time sense it refers to the most accomplished competitor across a full career, which is best answered with data rather than recency bias.
Our all-time ranking is computed from a weighted formula. World's Strongest Woman titles carry the most weight (30%), followed by Arnold Strongwoman wins (20%), total international victories (20%), career longevity (15%), and recency (15%). The result is a normalized score out of 100. Ties are broken by World's Strongest Woman wins, then Arnold wins, then total international victories. Because it is built from real competition results, the ranking updates automatically as new contests are recorded.
Explore the complete greatest-of-all-time list, browse every World's Strongest Woman champion, or see the wider women's strongman hub.