Some 2015 marathon stats after the Spring season

World Records
M - 2:02:57 - Dennis Kimetto (KEN) Berlin 28 September 2014
W - 2:15:25 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) London 13 April 2003

2015 Top 10 Leaders :  (Ref. IAAF)
Men
1) 2:04:42 (WL) - Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 26 April -  London winner
2) 2:04:47 - Wilson Kipsang (KEN) 26 April - London #2
3) 2:05:28 - Berhanu Lemi (ETH) 23 January - Dubai winner
4) 2:05:49 - Mark Korir (KEN) 12 April - Paris winner 
5) 2:05:50 - Dennis Kimetto (KEN) 26 April - London #3
6) 2:05:52 - Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #2
7) 2:06:00 - Endeshaw Negesse (ETH) 22 February - Tokyo winner 
8) 2:06:06 - Deribe Robi (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #3
9) 2:06:11 - Wilson Loyanae (KEN) 15 March - Seoul winner
10) 2:06:19 (CR) - Moses Mosop (KEN) 3 January - Xiamen winner 

Women 
1) 2:19:52 (WL) (CR) - Mare Dibaba (ETH) 3 January - Xiamen winner 
2) 2:20:02 - Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 23 January - Dubai winner 
3) 2:20:03 - Gladys Kiprono (KEN) 23 January - Dubai #2
4) 2:20:21 - Lucy  Kabuu (KEN) 23 January - Dubai #3
5) 2:20:59 - Shure Demise (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #4
6) 2:21:17 - Aberu Kebede (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #5
7) 2:21:56 - Mulu Seboka (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #6
8) 2:22:08 (CR) - Eunice Kirwa (BRN) 8 March - Nagoya winner 
9) 2:22:09 - Tetiana Shmyrko (UKR) 25 January - Osaka winner
10) 2:22:27 - Mariya Konovalova (RUS) 8 March - Nagoya #2

New Course Records :
Men
2:06:19 - 03 January - Xiamen - Moses Mosop (KEN)
2:15:19 - 08 March - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - Josphat Too (KEN)
2:13:14 - 22 March - New Taipei City - Eliud Kiplagat Barngetany (KEN) 
Women
2:19:52 - 03 January - Xiamen - Mare Dibaba (ETH)
2:22:08 - 08 March - Nagoya - Eunice Kirwa (Kenyan-born Bahrain)
2:26:25 - 26 April - Warsaw - Fatuma Sado (ETH)

Number of Finishers/Starters :
40,176/41,342 - Paris 12 April 
37,675 Finishers - London 26 April 
34,045/35,310 - Tokyo 22 February 
26,610 Finishers - Boston 20 April