Ranking the Most Talented Vault Lineups in Gymnastics History

Other data is this series:
Uneven Bars
Balance Beam
Floor Exercise

The methodology explaining these rankings can be found here.

Note: The lowest possible score is 6 points.

CompetitionParticipantsPoints
2006
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Anna Pavlova
Cheng Fei
Alicia Sacramone
Lais Souza
Hong Su Jong
Sandra Izbasa
18
2007
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Jana Komrskova
Cheng Fei
Alicia Sacramone
Hong Su Jong
Hong Un-Jong
Jade Barbosa
18
1995
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Gina Gogean
Lilia Podkopayeva
Svetlana Khorkina
Simona Amanar
Mo Huilan
Elena Grosheva
Meng Fei
17
1994
Worlds
Lavinia Milosovici
Shannon Miller
Gina Gogean
Tatiana Lysenko
Elena Piskun
Lilia Podkopayeva
Svetlana Khorkina
Dina Kochetkova
16
2008
Olympics
Oksana Chusovitina
Anna Pavlova
Cheng Fei
Alicia Sacramone
Hong Un-Jong
Jade Barbosa
Ariella Kaslin
Carlotta Giovanni
16
1988
Olympics
Boriana Stoyanova
Elena Shushunova
Dagmar Kersten
Wang Xiaoyang
Svetlana Boginskaya
Gabriela Potorac
Daniela Silivas
Brandy Johnson
15
1992
Worlds
Svetlana Boginskaya
Lavinia Milosovici
Oksana Chusovitina
Henrietta Onodi
Silvia Mitova
Kerri Strug
Gina Gogean
Stella Umeh
Elvira Becks
15
1993
Worlds
Lavinia Milosovici
Oksana Chusovitina
Kerri Strug
Gina Gogean
Elena Piskun
Klara Kudilkova
Arasoy Jova
Lilia Podkopayeva
15
2016
Olympics
Oksana Chusovitina
Hong Un-Jong
Giulia Steingruber
Maria Paseka
Simone Biles
Dipa Karmakar
Wang Yan
Shallon Olsen
15
1979
Worlds
Nellie Kim
Steffi Kraker
Dumitrita Turner
Stella Zakharova
Christa Canary
Maxi Gnauck
Melita Ruhn
Suzy Kellem
14
1991
Worlds
Svetlana Boginskaya
Cristina Bontas
Lavinia Milosovici
Oksana Chusovitina
Henrietta Onodi
Shannon Miller
Kim Zmeskal
Li Yan
14
2013
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Hong Un-Jong
McKayla Maroney
Phan Thi Ha Thanh
Giulia Steingruber
Yamilet Pena
Simone Biles
Chantysha Netteb
14
1958
Worlds
Ann-Sofi Pettersson 
Tamara Manina
Elena Leusteanu
Larissa Latynina
Sofia Muratova
Lidia Ivanova
13
1992
Olympics
Svetlana Boginskaya
Lavinia Milosovici
Henrietta Onodi
Shannon Miller
Kim Zmeskal
Gina Gogean
Tatiana Lysenko
Eva Rueda
13
2005
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Anna Pavlova
Cheng Fei
Alicia Sacramone
Olga Scherbatykh
Joanna Skowronska
Imogen Cairns
13
1956
Olympics
Ann-Sofi Pettersson 
Tamara Manina
Elena Leusteanu
Larissa Latynina
Olga Lemhenyi-Tass
Sofia Muratova
12
1972
Olympics
Erika Zuchold
Karin Janz
Lyubov Burda
Ludmilla Turischeva
Olga Korbut
Tamara Lazakovich
12
2003
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Alena Kvasha
Kang Yun Mi
Monica Rosu
Anna Pavlova
Coralie Chacon
Leyanet Gonzalez
12
2012
Olympics
Oksana Chusovitina
Sandra Izbasa
Brittany Rogers
McKayla Maroney
Yamilet Pena
Maria Paseka
Janine Berger
Ellie Black
12
2015
Worlds
Hong Un-Jong
Giulia Steingruber
Alexa Moreno
Maria Paseka
Simone Biles
Ellie Downie
Dipa Karmakar
Wang Yan
12
2021
Olympics
Alexa Moreno
Mykayla Skinner
Shallon Olsen
Jade Carey
Yeo Seo Jeong
Lilia Akhaimova
Rebeca Andrade
Angelina Melnikova
12
1962
Worlds
Tamara Manina
Larissa Latynina
Vera Caslavska
Birgit Radochla
Ingrid Fost
Irina Pervuschina
11
1980
Olympics
Nadia Comaneci
Steffi Kraker
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Maxi Gnauck
Melita Ruhn
Elena Davydova
11
1983
Worlds
Maxi Gnauck
Lavinia Agache
Boriana Stoyanova
Ecaterina Szabo
Olga Bicherova
Silvia Rau
Julianne McNamara
Natalia Yurchenko
11
1996
Worlds
Gina Gogean
Svetlana Khorkina
Simona Amanar
Annia Hatch
Elisabeth Valle
Joana Juarez
Vassou Tsavdaridou
Leyva Bermudez
11
1996
Olympics
Svetlana Boginskaya
Shannon Miller
Gina Gogean
Simona Amanar
Mo Huilan
Elena Grosheva
Roza Galieva
Dominique Dawes
11
1997
Worlds
Gina Gogean
Svetlana Khorkina
Simona Amanar
Zhou Duan
Adrienn Varga
Mohini Bhardwaj
Kui Yuanyuan
Elena Dolgopolova
11
2004
Olympics
Annia Hatch
Elena Zamolodchikova
Alena Kvasha
Kang Yun Mi
Monica Rosu
Anna Pavlova
Coralie Chacon
Wang Tiantian
11
2014
Worlds
Hong Un-Jong
Phan Thi Ha Thanh
Giulia Steingruber
Alexa Moreno
Simone Biles
Mykayla Skinner
Alla Sosnitskaya
Claudia Fragapane
11
2017
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Giulia Steingruber
Maria Paseka
Ellie Black
Wang Yan
Shallon Olsen
Jade Carey
Sae Miyakawa
11
1978
Worlds
Nellie Kim
Nadia Comaneci
Steffi Kraker
Rhonda Schwandt
Emilia Eberle
Natalia Shaposhnikova
Heike Kuhardt
Andrea Horacsek
10
1985
Worlds
Boriana Stoyanova
Ecaterina Szabo
Natalia Yurchenko
Elena Shushunova
Dagmar Kersten
Huang Qun
Sabrina Mar
Yu Feng
10
2011
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Jade Barbosa
Tatiana Nabieva
McKayla Maroney
Phan Thi Ha Thanh
Giulia Steingruber
Alexa Moreno
Yamilet Pena
10
2018
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Alexa Moreno
Ellie Black
Simone Biles
Shallon Olsen
Yeo Seo Jeong
Liu Jinru
Pyon Rye Yong
10
2019
Worlds
Alexa Moreno
Simone Biles
Ellie Downie
Shallon Olsen
Jade Carey
Yeo Seo Jeong
Qi Qi
Lilia Akhaimova
10
1954
Worlds
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Ann-Sofi Pettersson 
Tamara Manina
Evy Berggren
Galina Shamrai
Elena Leusteanu
9
1970
Worlds
Erika Zuchold
Karin Janz
Lyubov Burda
Ludmilla Turischeva
Marcella Vachova
Angelika Hellmann
9
1976
Olympics
Ludmilla Turischeva
Nellie Kim
Carola Dombeck
Nadia Comaneci
Gitta Escher
Marta Egervari
9
1981
Worlds
Steffi Kraker
Stella Zakharova
Maxi Gnauck
Elena Davydova
Lavinia Agache
Zhu Zheng
Li Cuiling
Eva Mareckova
9
1987
Worlds
Boriana Stoyanova
Elena Shushunova
Eugenia Golea
Aurelia Dobre
Svetlana Baitova
Wang Xiaoyang
Wang Huiying
Martina Jentsch
9
1989
Worlds
Gabriela Potorac
Brandy Johnson
Olesia Dudnik
Cristina Bontas
Natalia Laschenova
Milena Mavrodieva
Fan Di
Larissa Lowing
9
2000
Olympics
Simona Amanar
Elena Zamolodchikova
Denisse Lopez
Laura Martinez
Andreea Raducan
Ekaterina Lobaznyuk
Esther Moya
Dong Fangxiao
9
2009
Worlds
Hong Un-Jong
Ariella Kaslin
Kayla Williams
Youna Dufournet
Ekaterina Kurbatova
Anna Myzdrikova
Brittany Rogers
Elsa Garcia
9
1960
Olympics
Larissa Latynina
Sofia Muratova
Margarita Nikolaeva
Adolfina Tkacikova
Sonia Iovan
Polina Astakhova
8
1964
Olympics
Larissa Latynina
Vera Caslavska
Birgit Radochla
Toshiko Shirasu
Elena Volchetskaya
Ute Starke
8
1968
Olympics
Vera Caslavska
Erika Zuchold
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Marianna Krajcirova
Zinaida Voronina
Miroslava Sklenickova
8
2001
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Svetlana Khorkina
Mohini Bhardwaj
Andreea Raducan
Jana Komrskova
Andreea Ulmeanu
Verona van de Leur
Ashley Miles
8
2002
Worlds
Oksana Chusovitina
Elena Zamolodchikova
Verona van de Leur
Natalia Ziganshina
Oana Petrovschi
Sabina Cojocar
Ashley Postell
Alena Kvasha
8
2010
Worlds
Alicia Sacramone
Imogen Cairns
Jade Barbosa
Ariella Kaslin
Aliya Mustafina
Tatiana Nabieva
Jo Hyun-Joo
Diana Chelaru
8
1966
Worlds
Vera Caslavska
Ute Starke
Erika Zuchold
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Marianna Krajcirova
Hiroko Ikenada
7
1984
Olympics
Lavinia Agache
Ecaterina Szabo
Mary Lou Retton
Tracee Talavera
Zhou Ping
Kellie Brown
Brigitta Lehmann
Chen Yongyan
7
1999
Worlds
Simona Amanar
Elena Zamolodchikova
Maria Olaru
Elena Produnova
Trudi Mcintosh
Denisse Lopez
Viktoria Karpenko
Laura Martinez
7
1950
Worlds
Helena Rakoczy
Gertrude Kolar
Alexandra Lemoine
Karin Lindberg
Stefania Reindlowa
6
1952
Olympics
Ekaterina Kalinchuk
Maria Gorokhovskaya
Galina Minaicheva
Medea Jugeli
Galina Urbanovich
Nina Bocharova
6
1974
Worlds
Ludmilla Turischeva
Angelika Hellmann
Olga Korbut
Bozena Perdykulova
Alina Goreac
Rusudan Sikharulidze
6
2021
Worlds
Rebeca Andrade
Angelina Melnikova
Asia D’Amato
Nancy Taman
Csenge Bacskay
Ofir Netzer
Natalia Escalera
Elze Geurts
6

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