An absorbent article including: a leak preventer in sheet form; an absorber capable of absorbing a bodily fluid, wherein at least one layer thereof is arranged above the leak preventer; and a pair of right and left floating leg gathers that are arranged, above the absorber, from a front end part to a rear end part in a length direction of a body of the absorbent article via a front body, a crotch part and a rear body, wherein the floating leg gather has a head part and a hanging part that connects to the head part, wherein the head parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are arranged to face inward and the hanging parts thereof are arranged to face outward, wherein a front end part and a rear end part of the floating leg gather respectively couple to in the vicinity of the front end part and in the vicinity of the rear end part of the body of the absorbent article, the hanging part being configured to hang down from the head part toward the absorber, wherein the pair of right and left floating leg gathers: form a front part pocket by being coupled to the body of the absorbent article and/or to a surface of the absorber in the vicinity of lower end parts of the hanging parts thereof, from the front end part to the front body in the front-rear direction; form a rear part pocket by being coupled to the body of the absorbent article and/or the surface of the absorber in the vicinity of the lower end parts of the hanging parts thereof, from the rear end part to the rear body in the front-rear direction; and are spaced apart from the surface of the absorber in the vicinity of the crotch part. a leak preventer in sheet form; an absorber capable of absorbing a bodily fluid, wherein at least one layer thereof is arranged above the leak preventer; and a pair of right and left floating leg gathers that are arranged, above the absorber, from a front end part to a rear end part in a length direction of a body of the absorbent article via a front body, a crotch part and a rear body, wherein the floating leg gather has a head part and a hanging part that connects to the head part, wherein the head parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are arranged to face inward and the hanging parts thereof are arranged to face outward, wherein a front end part and a rear end part of the floating leg gather respectively couple to in the vicinity of the front end part and in the vicinity of the rear end part of the body of the absorbent article, the hanging part being configured to hang down from the head part toward the absorber, wherein the pair of right and left floating leg gathers: form a front part pocket by being coupled to the body of the absorbent article and/or to a surface of the absorber in the vicinity of lower end parts of the hanging parts thereof, from the front end part to the front body in the front-rear direction; form a rear part pocket by being coupled to the body of the absorbent article and/or the surface of the absorber in the vicinity of the lower end parts of the hanging parts thereof, from the rear end part to the rear body in the front-rear direction; and are spaced apart from the surface of the absorber in the vicinity of the crotch part. <EOS>