Analytical statistics are often used in journalism in general, and in sports journalism in particular. Processing statistics to show the development of a particular sport is a challenge for many sports journalists and therefore there is not much data in the literature in this way of writing about sports. This is exactly the reason and purpose of writing this paper - an analysis of the development and movement of athletics based on statistical data. Specifically, this paper provides an overview of Croatian athletics in the last 20 years through the results of the currently best Croatian decathlete and compares them with the results of decathlon in the world, but also the development of the results of each discipline individually. Athletics is one of the most fundamental and widespread sports, which includes running, throwing and jumping disciplines. It is also a sport marked by an extremely long and rich history. Due to its comprehensiveness, it is said that athletics is the queen of all sports, which is logical due to the many disciplines that are an integral part of sports. Sports competitions further generated various top athletes from various sports, including athletics. In the last 20 years, athletics in Croatia is one of the sports that has won many medals. In the last 20 years, Croatian athletes have won a total of 53 medals at the Olympic Games, world and European championships and at the European and world indoor championships. Unfortunately, athletics as a sport is not getting the level of attention in Croatia it deserves, so fewer and fewer young athletes are getting involved in the sport.