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Juggling world records

Criteria[edit]

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to the members of the former Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON).^[1] JISCON is no longer active.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[edit]

• Balls, which include beanbags, must be roughly spherical objects.^[2]
• Clubs, which include sticks and batons, must be long, roughly cylindrical objects.^[2]
• Rings, which include plates and hoops, must be flat, roughly circular objects.^[2]
• 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[edit]

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."^[2]

Balls[edit]

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
14 beanbags	14 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2017	(VideoonYouTube)
13 beanbags	15 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2013	(VideoonYouTube)
12 beanbags	20 catches	Alex Barron	United Kingdom	2017	(VideoonYouTube)
		Tom Whitfield	United Kingdom	2024	(VideoonYouTube)
11 beanbags	34 catches	Tom Whitfield	United Kingdom	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
10 beanbags	51 catches	Tom Whitfield	United Kingdom	2024	(VideoonYouTube)
9 balls	55 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2006	(VideoonYouTube)
8 balls	1 min 18 s	Enzo Nicolás Agüero	Argentina	2023	(VideoonYouTube)
7 balls	16 min 25 s	Adolfo Esteban Cardenas	Chile	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
6 balls	30 min 46 s	Maximilian Kuschmierz	Germany	2023	(VideoonYouTube)
5 balls	3 h 44 min 46 s	Bence Ónodi	Hungary	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
4 balls	3 h 03 min 13 s	Chris Smith	United States	2023	(VideoonYouTube)
3 balls	13 h 10 min	David Rush	United States	2023	[3]

Clubs[edit]

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
9 clubs	11 catches	Eivind Dragsjø	Norway	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
8 clubs	18 catches	Moritz Rosner	Germany	2023	(VideoonYouTube)
7 clubs	4 min 24 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	(VideoonYouTube)
6 clubs	7 min 38 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	(VideoonYouTube)
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	(VideoonYouTube)
3 clubs	5 h 1 min 51 s	Alexandr Inozemtzev	Russia	2022	(VideoonYouTube)

Rings[edit]

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
13 rings	13 catches	Albert Lucas	United States	2002	[1]
12 rings	16 catches	Willy Colombaioni	Italy	2016	(VideoonYouTube), (VideoonYouTube)
11 rings	21 catches	Lysenko Danila	Ukraine	2020	(VideoonYouTube)
10 rings	47 catches	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	(VideoonYouTube)[1]
9 rings	50 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2005	(VideoonYouTube),[1]
8 rings	1 min 17 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	1989	(VideoonYouTube),[1]
7 rings	15 min 6 s	Anthony Gatto	United States	2011	(VideoonYouTube
6 rings	6 min 37 s	Eivind Dragsjø	Norway	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
5 rings	58 min 22 s	Caio Stevanovich	Brazil	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
4 rings	1 h 20 min 55 s	Maximilian Kuschmierz	Germany	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
3 rings	3 h 10 min 45 s	Maximilian Kuschmierz	Germany	2022	(VideoonYouTube)

Bouncing[edit]

Force Bounce

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
12 bounce balls	12 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2008	(VideoonYouTube),[4]
10 bounce balls	10 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2008	(VideoonYouTube),[4]
		Henrik Veres	Hungary	2013	(VideoonYouTube)
		Tony Garcia	Spain	2014	(VideoonYouTube)
		David Enoch Sosman	Denmark  France	2021	(VideoonTikTok)
9 bounce balls	98 catches	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
8 bounce balls	4 min 12 s	Alan Šulc	Czech Republic	2011	(VideoonYouTube),[4]
7 bounce balls	2 min 15 s	David Nayer	United States	2015	(VideoonYouTube)
6 bounce balls	5 min 48 s	David Nayer	United States	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
5 bounce balls	59 min 30 s	David Nayer	United States	2015	(VideoonYouTube)

Lift Bounce

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
11 bounce balls	12 catches	Eden Zak	Israel	2014	(VideoonYouTube)
10 bounce balls	51 catches	Mathias Ramfelt	Norway	2017	(VideoonVimeo)
9 bounce balls	40 s	Mathias Ramfelt	Norway	2017	(VideoonVimeo)
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	(VideoonYouTube)
6 bounce balls	6 min 43 s	Philippe Dupuis	Canada	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
5 bounce balls	56 min 09 s	Liam Ryan-O'Flaherty	United States	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
4 bounce balls	2 hour 0 min 01 s	Bill Coad	United States	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
3 bounce balls	3 hours 45 min 13 s	Bill Coad	United States	2019	(VideoonYouTube)

Passing records[edit]

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[edit]

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
22 balls	22 passes	Tom Whitfield & Dan Wood Tom Whitfield & Dave Leahy	United Kingdom	2018 2019	(VideoonYouTube) (VideoonYouTube)
21 balls	21 passes	Dave Leahy Dan Wood	United Kingdom	2014	(VideoonYouTube)
20 balls	27 passes	Tom Whitfield Dan Wood	United Kingdom	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
19 balls	25 passes	Tom Whitfield Dan Wood	United Kingdom	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
18 balls	29 passes	Tom Whitfield Dave Leahy	United Kingdom	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
17 balls	39 passes	Tom Whitfield Dave Leahy	United Kingdom	2019	(VideoonYouTube)
16 balls	47 passes	Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers	United States	2015	(VideoonYouTube)
15 balls	91 passes	Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers	United States	2012	(VideoonYouTube)
14 balls	22 seconds (195 passes)	Peter Kaseman Doug Sayers	United States	2012	(VideoonYouTube), [nb 1]
13 balls	54 seconds (475 passes)	Ori Roth Ofek Snir	Israel	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
12 balls	1 min 38 s (475 passes)	Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges	Austria  Germany	2017	(VideoonYouTube)
11 balls	5 min 5 s (1506 passes)	Daniel Ledel Luca Pferdmenges	Austria  Germany	2018	(VideoonYouTube)

Clubs[edit]

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	(VideoonYouTube)
13 clubs	31 s (102 passes)	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
12 clubs	28 s (101 passes)	Daniel Ledel Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2016	(VideoonYouTube)
11 clubs	1 min 17 s (246 passes)	Julius Preu Daniel Ledel	Germany  Austria	2022	(VideoonYouTube)
10 clubs	4 min 00 s (808 passes)	Dominik Harant Daniel Ledel	Austria	2017	(VideoonYouTube)
9 clubs	7 min 1 s (1392 passes)	Christoph Mitasch Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2007	(VideoonYouTube)[1]

Rings[edit]

Equipment	Record	Juggler	Nationality	Year	Ref(s)
18 rings	19 passes	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2015	(VideoonYouTube).
17 rings	21 passes	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2020	(VideoonYouTube)
16 rings	32 passes	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2020	(VideoonYouTube)
15 rings	52 passes	Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant	Germany  Austria	2018	Video on Instagram
14 rings	59 passes	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2013	(VideoonYouTube)
13 rings	23 seconds (171 passes)	Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant	Germany  Austria	2015	(VideoonYouTube)
12 rings	1 min 22 seconds (300 passes)	Dominik Harant Manuel Mitasch	Austria	2020	(VideoonYouTube)
11 rings	2 min 44 s (1201 passes)	Thomas Dietz Dominik Harant	Germany  Austria	2015	(VideoonYouTube)

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• JISCON the Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling