This is a list of the oldest person to die at each rank (i.e. world's 10th-oldest) in the World Top 20. This list is different from the oldest person to be at a certain position (i.e. Lucile Randon turned 118 and was the second-oldest, but later became WOP).

1. Jeanne Calment - 122 years, 164 days - 4 Aug 1997
2. Delphia Welford - 117 years, 66 days - 14 Nov 1992
3. Francisca Celsa dos Santos - 116 years, 349 days - 5 Oct 2021
4. Jeanne Bot - 116 years, 128 days - 22 May 2021
5. Shigeyo Nakachi - 115 years, 345 days - 11 Jan 2021
6. Hester Ford - 115 years, 245 days - 17 Apr 2021
7. Bonita Gibson - 114 years, 249 days - 10 Mar 2026
8. Iris Westman - 115 years, 128 days - 3 Jan 2021
9. Mina Kitagawa - 115 years, 46 days - 19 Dec 2020
10. Tomás Pinales Figuereo - 114 years, 177 days - 24 Sep 2020
11. Cecile Klein - 114 years, 212 days - 13 Jan 2022
12. Yoshi Baba - 114 years, 215 days - 4 Jan 2022
13. Anna Stoehr - 114 years, 67 days - 21 Dec 2014
14. Kiyo Komatsu - 114 years, 42 days - 10 Mar 2025
15. Evangelista Luisa López - 114 years, 68 days - 28 Aug 2021
16. Juliana Teodora Artola Ondara - 113 years, 281 days - 28 Jan 2025
17. Dolores Vélez Bravo - 113 years, 325 days - 12 Oct 2021
18. Florence Carroll - 113 years, 310 days - 15 Apr 2021
19. Juana Aritama de Fuentes - 113 years, 331 days - 21 May 2021
20. Diega Cammalleri - 113 years, 235 days - 15 June 2019

Honorable Mention (older than 20th):

21. Maude Harris - 113 years, 261 days - 3 May 2021

(This list is based on SCs LQ validated/recognised only)