Ranking
0 official, 2 reported and 4 not yet verified. Unverified times come from public reports we haven't matched to a source yet — treat them as indicative.
| # | Runner | Time | Pace /km | Race | Year | Status & source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧 James Milner Former England midfielder and six-time Premier League winner — ran an impressive 3:09:04 at the 2026 New York City Marathon | 3:09:04 | 4:29 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 Jennifer Connelly Labyrinth, Top Gun: Maverick | 3:40:09 | 5:13 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | ReportedRunner's World |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 Mike Marza ABC7 New York Eyewitness News anchor | 3:50:39 | 5:28 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 Del Water Gap Singer-songwriter (S. Holden Jaffe) | 3:53:25 | 5:32 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Liz Cho ABC7 New York Eyewitness News anchor — first marathon | 4:15:07 | 6:03 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | Unverified |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 Zarna Garg Comedian, actor and bestselling author — first marathon | 9:21:51 | 13:19 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | ReportedRunner's World |
Professional marathon runners
Listed separately so elite athletes don't dominate the ranking above.
| # | Runner | Time | Pace /km | Race | Year | Status & source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇪 Andreas Almgren Won the 2026 New York City Marathon on his debut — first Swede to win a major marathon; 2025 World 10,000m bronze, 2026 World Half Marathon champion (58:06) | 2:06:01 | 2:59 | New York City Marathon | 2026 | OfficialWorld Athletics |
What the times show
New York's five-borough course is hillier than London or Berlin, so times here usually run a few minutes slower for the same fitness.
The middle time on this list is 3:53:25, a pace of 5:32 per km.
How this list works
“Celebrity” here means someone famous mainly for something other than running — acting, music, sport, politics or media. Professional distance runners are listed separately and never mixed into celebrity rankings.
Each runner appears once, with their best recorded time. Rankings and counts update automatically as the database changes. Read our methodology for what Official, Reported and Unverified mean.