# Women's pole vault indoor world record progression
## IAAF Record Progression

| Record | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date |
| 4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Nicole Rieger | Germany | Karlsruhe | 1.03.1994 |
| =4.08 m (13 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Karlsruhe | 1.03.1994 |
| 4.10 m (13 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Zweibrücken | 27.01.1995 |
| 4.11 m (13 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Pulheim | 3.02.1995 |
| 4.12 m (13 ft 6 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Berlin | 10.02.1995 |
| 4.13 m (13 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Karlsruhe | 12.02.1995 |
| 4.15 m (13 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Erfurt | 15.02.1995 |
| 4.20 m (13 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Prague | 24.01.1996 |
| 4.21 m (13 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Landau | 28.01.1996 |
| 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Erfurt | 31.01.1996 |
| =4.22 m (13 ft 10 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Erfurt | 31.01.1996 |
| 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Erfurt | 31.01.1996 |
| 4.28 m (14 ft 1⁄2 in) | Sun Caiyun | China | Tianjin | 27.02.1996 |
| 4.30 m (14 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Emma George | Australia | Melbourne | 10.12.1996 |
| 4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) | Emma George | Australia | Melbourne | 10.12.1996 |
| =4.40 m (14 ft 5 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Paris | 9.03.1997 |
| 4.41 m (14 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Erfurt | 4.02.1998 |
| 4.42 m (14 ft 6 in) | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland | Bielefeld | 6.02.1998 |
| 4.43 m (14 ft 6+1⁄4 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Prague | 14.02.1998 |
| 4.44 m (14 ft 6+3⁄4 in) | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland | Eskilstuna | 14.02.1998 |
| 4.45 m (14 ft 7 in) | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine | Valencia | 1.03.1998 |
| 4.46 m (14 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Berlin | 6.03.1998 |
| 4.47 m (14 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Emma George | Australia | Adelaide | 7.03.1998 |
| 4.48 m (14 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Sindelfingen | 8.03.1998 |
| =4.48 m (14 ft 8+1⁄4 in) | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic | Sindelfingen | 8.03.1998 |
| 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) | Emma George | Australia | Adelaide | 26.03.1998 |
| 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) | Emma George | Australia | Adelaide | 26.03.1998 |
| 4.56 m (14 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Nicole Humbert | Germany | Stockholm | 25.02.1999 |
| 4.57 m (14 ft 11+3⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Pocatello | 19.02.2000 |
| 4.61 m (15 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Pocatello | 19.02.2000 |
| 4.62 m (15 ft 1+3⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Atlanta | 3.03.2000 |
| 4.63 m (15 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | New York City | 2.02.2001 |
| 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Pocatello | 10.02.2001 |
| 4.64 m (15 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Dortmund | 11.02.2001 |
| 4.66 m (15 ft 3+1⁄4 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Pocatello | 17.02.2001 |
| 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Pocatello | 17.02.2001 |
| 4.71 m (15 ft 5+1⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Stuttgart | 3.02.2002 |
| 4.72 m (15 ft 5+3⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Stockholm | 6.02.2002 |
| 4.73 m (15 ft 6 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Gent | 10.02.2002 |
| 4.74 m (15 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Liévin | 24.02.2002 |
| 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Wien | 3.03.2002 |
| 4.76 m (15 ft 7+1⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Glasgow | 2.02.2003 |
| 4.77 m (15 ft 7+3⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Birmingham | 21.02.2003 |
| 4.78 m (15 ft 8 in) | Stacy Dragila | United States | Boston | 2.03.2003 |
| 4.80 m (15 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Birmingham | 16.03.2003 |
| 4.81 m (15 ft 9+1⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 15.02.2004 |
| 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 15.02.2004 |
| 4.85 m (15 ft 10+3⁄4 in) | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | Athína | 22.02.2004 |
| 4.86 m (15 ft 11+1⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Budapest | 6.03.2004 |
| 4.87 m (15 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 12.02.2005 |
| 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Birmingham | 18.02.2005 |
| 4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Liévin | 26.02.2005 |
| 4.90 m (16 ft 3⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Madrid | 6.03.2005 |
| 4.91 m (16 ft 1+1⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 12.02.2006 |
| 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 10.02.2007 |
| 4.95 m (16 ft 2+3⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 16.02.2008 |
| 4.97 m (16 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 15.02.2009 |
| 5.00 m (16 ft 4+3⁄4 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Donetsk | 15.02.2009 |
| 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in) | Yelena Isinbaeva | Russia | Stockholm | 23.02.2012 |
| 5.02 m (16 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Jennifer Suhr | United States | Albuquerque | 2.03.2013 |
| 5.03 m (16 ft 6 in) | Jennifer Suhr | United States | Brockport | 30.01.2016 |