Some new marathon stat as 2015 season ending

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 Fastest times :  (Ref. IAAF)
Men
1) 2:04:00 (WL) - Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Berlin 27 September 
2) 2:04:42 - Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) London 26 April
3) 2:04:47 - Wilson Kipsang (KEN) London (#2) 26 April
4) 2:05:21 - Eliud Kiptanui (KEN) Berlin (#2) 27 September 
5) 2:05:28 - Berhanu Lemi (ETH) Dubai 23 January
6) 2:05:49 - Mark Korir (KEN) Paris 12 April
7) 2:05:50 - Dennis Kimetto (KEN) London (#3) 26 April
8) 2:05:52 - Lelisa Desisa (ETH) Dubai (#2) 23 January
8) 2:05:52 - Stephen Kibiwott Chebogut (KEN) Eindhoven 11 October
10) 2:05:58 - Deribe Robi (ETH) Eindhoven (#2) 11 October

Women 
1) 2:19:25 (WL) -  Gladys  Kiprono (KEN) Berlin 27 September
2) 2:19:52 - Mare Dibaba (ETH) 3 January - Xiamen winner 
3) 2:20:02 - Aselefech Mergia (ETH) Dubai 23 January
4) 2:20:03 - Gladys Kiprono (KEN) Dubai (#2) 23 January
5) 2:20:21 - Lucy  Kabuu (KEN) Dubai (#3) 23 January
6) 2:20:48 -  Aberu Kebede (ETH) Berlin (#2) 27 September
7) 2:20:59 - Shure Demise (ETH) 23 January- Dubai #4
8) 2:21:17 - Aberu Kebede (ETH) 23 January - Dubai  #5
9) 2:21:56 - Mulu Seboka (ETH) 23 January - Dubai #6
10) 2:22:08 (CR) - Eunice Kirwa (BRN) 8 March - Nagoya winner 


New Course Records :
Men
2:06:19 - Xiamen - 03 January - Moses Mosop (KEN)
2:15:19 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 08 March - Josphat Too (KEN)
2:13:14 - New Taipei City - 22 March - Eliud Kiplagat Barngetany (KEN) 
2:10:10 - Lanzhou - 13 Jun - Ajara Ward Georgios (ETH )
2:08:42 - Gold Coast - 05 Jul - Kenneth Mungara (KEN)
2:07:14 - Shanghai - 08 Nov - Paul Lonyangata (KEN)
2:11:04 - Beirut - 08 Nov - Jackson Limo (KEN)
2:06:13 - Valencia - 15 Nov - John Mwangangi (KEN)
2:09:57 - Guangzhou - 06 Dec - Sentayehu Merga Ejigu (ETH)
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)
2:31:22 - Lanzhou 13 Jun - Nguriatukei Rael (KEN)
2:30:20 - Cape Town - 20 Sep - Isabella Ochichi (KEN)
2:26:58 - Valencia - 15 Nov  - Beata Naigambo (Namibia)
2:25:44 - Saitama (JPN) Iinaugural) - 15 Nov -  Atsede Baysa (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 
49,617/50,235 - New York 1 November