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 a front end part and a rear end part of the floating leg gather respectively couple to the vicinity of the front end part and 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 at least parts of the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other in the vicinity of lower end parts thereof, and a transferring passage for bodily fluids on inner surface sides of the hanging parts is formed, and wherein for each of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers, the head part is arranged to face outward and the hanging part is arranged to face inward, and the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other by being respectively coupled to a connection sheet at the lower end parts thereof or the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other by being respectively directly coupled to each other in the vicinity of the lower end parts thereof, and the hanging parts are not fixed to the surface of the absorber from the front end part to the rear end part and are spaced apart from the surface of the absorber. 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 a front end part and a rear end part of the floating leg gather respectively couple to the vicinity of the front end part and 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 at least parts of the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other in the vicinity of lower end parts thereof, and a transferring passage for bodily fluids on inner surface sides of the hanging parts is formed, and wherein for each of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers, the head part is arranged to face outward and the hanging part is arranged to face inward, and the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other by being respectively coupled to a connection sheet at the lower end parts thereof or the hanging parts of the pair of right and left floating leg gathers are connected to each other by being respectively directly coupled to each other in the vicinity of the lower end parts thereof, and the hanging parts are not fixed to the surface of the absorber from the front end part to the rear end part and are spaced apart from the surface of the absorber. <EOS>