| 1 | PoseBH-H | 86.5 | Yes | PoseBH: Prototypical Multi-Dataset Training Beyo... | 2025-05-23 | Code |
| 2 | ViTPose (ViTAE-G, ensemble) | 86 | No | ViTPose: Simple Vision Transformer Baselines for... | 2022-04-26 | Code |
| 3 | ViTPose (ViTAE-G) | 85.9 | No | ViTPose: Simple Vision Transformer Baselines for... | 2022-04-26 | Code |
| 4 | CCM+ | 84.5 | No | Towards High Performance Human Keypoint Detection | 2020-02-03 | Code |
| 5 | UDP-Pose-PSA(384x288) | 84.3 | No | Polarized Self-Attention: Towards High-quality P... | 2021-07-02 | Code |
| 6 | SCIO (HRNet-48) | 84.2 | No | Self-Constrained Inference Optimization on Struc... | 2022-07-06 | - |
| 7 | HRNet-W48+DARK | 83.7 | No | Distribution-Aware Coordinate Representation for... | 2019-10-14 | Code |
| 8 | UDP-Pose-PSA(256x192) | 83.6 | No | Polarized Self-Attention: Towards High-quality P... | 2021-07-02 | Code |
| 9 | HRNet-W48 + extra data | 83.1 | No | Deep High-Resolution Representation Learning for... | 2019-02-25 | Code |
| 10 | HRNet* | 83.1 | No | Deep High-Resolution Representation Learning for... | 2019-02-25 | Code |
| 11 | Simple Base+* | 82.7 | No | Simple Baselines for Human Pose Estimation and T... | 2018-04-17 | Code |
| 12 | OmniPose (WASPv2) | 82.6 | No | OmniPose: A Multi-Scale Framework for Multi-Pers... | 2021-03-18 | Code |
| 13 | EvoPose2D-L | 82.5 | No | EvoPose2D: Pushing the Boundaries of 2D Human Po... | 2020-11-17 | Code |
| 14 | HRFormer-B | 82.3 | No | HRFormer: High-Resolution Transformer for Dense ... | 2021-10-18 | Code |
| 15 | MSPN | 81.5 | No | Rethinking on Multi-Stage Networks for Human Pos... | 2019-01-01 | Code |
| 16 | MSPN | 81.5 | No | Rethinking on Multi-Stage Networks for Human Pos... | 2019-01-01 | Code |
| 17 | HRNet | 81.5 | No | Deep High-Resolution Representation Learning for... | 2019-02-25 | Code |
| 18 | AlphaPose | 81.5 | No | RMPE: Regional Multi-person Pose Estimation | 2016-12-01 | Code |
| 19 | MIPNet | 81.2 | No | Multi-Instance Pose Networks: Rethinking Top-Dow... | 2021-01-27 | Code |
| 20 | PoseFix | 81.2 | No | PoseFix: Model-agnostic General Human Pose Refin... | 2018-12-10 | Code |
| 21 | TransPose-H-A6 | 81.1 | No | TransPose: Keypoint Localization via Transformer | 2020-12-28 | Code |
| 22 | DPIT-L | 80.6 | No | DPIT: Dual-Pipeline Integrated Transformer for H... | 2022-09-02 | - |
| 23 | Flow-based (ResNet-152) | 80 | No | Simple Baselines for Human Pose Estimation and T... | 2018-04-17 | Code |
| 24 | Simple Base | 80 | No | Simple Baselines for Human Pose Estimation and T... | 2018-04-17 | Code |
| 25 | PPE (ResNeXt-101) | 79.5 | No | Deep Multi-Task Networks For Occluded Pedestrian... | 2022-06-15 | - |
| 26 | S-ViPNAS-HRNetW32 | 79.5 | No | ViPNAS: Efficient Video Pose Estimation via Neur... | 2021-05-21 | Code |
| 27 | TFPose (ND=6 ResNet-50) | 78.8 | No | TFPose: Direct Human Pose Estimation with Transf... | 2021-03-29 | - |
| 28 | RMPE++ | 78.6 | No | RMPE: Regional Multi-person Pose Estimation | 2016-12-01 | Code |
| 29 | CPN+ [6, 9] | 78.1 | No | Cascaded Pyramid Network for Multi-Person Pose E... | 2017-11-20 | Code |
| 30 | CPN+ | 78.1 | No | Cascaded Pyramid Network for Multi-Person Pose E... | 2017-11-20 | Code |
| 31 | CPN | 77.2 | No | Cascaded Pyramid Network for Multi-Person Pose E... | 2017-11-20 | Code |
| 32 | CPN | 77.2 | No | Cascaded Pyramid Network for Multi-Person Pose E... | 2017-11-20 | Code |
| 33 | HigherHRNet (ScaleNet_P4) | 77.2 | No | ScaleNAS: One-Shot Learning of Scale-Aware Repre... | 2020-11-30 | - |
| 34 | SMPR (HR-Net-32) | 77.2 | No | SMPR: Single-Stage Multi-Person Pose Regression | 2020-06-28 | Code |
| 35 | KAPAO-L | 76.8 | No | Rethinking Keypoint Representations: Modeling Ke... | 2021-11-16 | Code |
| 36 | OpenPifPaf | 76.8 | No | OpenPifPaf: Composite Fields for Semantic Keypoi... | 2021-03-03 | Code |
| 37 | 4xRSN-50 (ensemble) | 76.1 | No | Learning Delicate Local Representations for Mult... | 2020-03-09 | Code |
| 38 | Dite-HRNet-30 | 76.1 | No | Dite-HRNet: Dynamic Lightweight High-Resolution ... | 2022-04-22 | Code |
| 39 | KAPAO-M | 76 | No | Rethinking Keypoint Representations: Modeling Ke... | 2021-11-16 | Code |
| 40 | HigherHRNet (HR-Net-48) | 75.8 | No | HigherHRNet: Scale-Aware Representation Learning... | 2019-08-27 | Code |
| 41 | 4xRSN-50 | 75.5 | No | Learning Delicate Local Representations for Mult... | 2020-03-09 | Code |
| 42 | S-ViPNAS-Res50 | 75.5 | No | ViPNAS: Efficient Video Pose Estimation via Neur... | 2021-05-21 | Code |
| 43 | PersonLab | 75.5 | No | PersonLab: Person Pose Estimation and Instance S... | 2018-03-22 | Code |
| 44 | Lite-HRNet-30 | 75 | Yes | Lite-HRNet: A Lightweight High-Resolution Network | 2021-04-13 | Code |
| 45 | SPM | 73.1 | No | Single-Stage Multi-Person Pose Machines | 2019-08-24 | Code |
| 46 | HRNet-W48+UDP | 73 | No | The Devil is in the Details: Delving into Unbias... | 2019-11-18 | Code |
| 47 | AE | 72.6 | No | Associative Embedding: End-to-End Learning for J... | 2016-11-16 | Code |
| 48 | Lite-HRNet-18 | 72.2 | No | Lite-HRNet: A Lightweight High-Resolution Network | 2021-04-13 | Code |
| 49 | PifPaf (single-scale) | 72.1 | No | PifPaf: Composite Fields for Human Pose Estimation | 2019-03-15 | Code |
| 50 | KAPAO-S | 71.7 | No | Rethinking Keypoint Representations: Modeling Ke... | 2021-11-16 | Code |
| 51 | DirectPose (ResNet-101) | 71.5 | No | DirectPose: Direct End-to-End Multi-Person Pose ... | 2019-11-18 | Code |
| 52 | Mask-RCNN | 71.4 | No | Mask R-CNN | 2017-03-20 | Code |
| 53 | Mask R-CNN | 71.4 | No | Mask R-CNN | 2017-03-20 | Code |
| 54 | DirectPose (ResNet-101) | 71.2 | No | DirectPose: Direct End-to-End Multi-Person Pose ... | 2019-11-18 | Code |
| 55 | Simple Pose | 70.5 | Yes | Simple Pose: Rethinking and Improving a Bottom-u... | 2019-11-24 | Code |
| 56 | Simple Pose | 70.5 | No | Simple Pose: Rethinking and Improving a Bottom-u... | 2019-11-24 | Code |
| 57 | Identity Mapping Hourglass | 70.5 | No | Simple Pose: Rethinking and Improving a Bottom-u... | 2019-11-24 | Code |
| 58 | G-RMI | 70 | No | Towards Accurate Multi-person Pose Estimation in... | 2017-01-06 | - |
| 59 | G-RMI | 70 | No | Towards Accurate Multi-person Pose Estimation in... | 2017-01-06 | - |
| 60 | G-RMI | 70 | No | Towards Accurate Multi-person Pose Estimation in... | 2017-01-06 | - |
| 61 | Faster R-CNN (ImageNet+300M) | 69.8 | Yes | Revisiting Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data in... | 2017-07-10 | Code |
| 62 | OpenPose | 68.8 | Yes | OpenPose: Realtime Multi-Person 2D Pose Estimati... | 2018-12-18 | Code |
| 63 | Hourglass-104 | 68.8 | No | Greedy Offset-Guided Keypoint Grouping for Human... | 2021-07-07 | Code |
| 64 | CMU-Pose | 68.2 | No | Realtime Multi-Person 2D Pose Estimation using P... | 2016-11-24 | Code |
| 65 | CMU Pose | 68.2 | No | Realtime Multi-Person 2D Pose Estimation using P... | 2016-11-24 | Code |
| 66 | CMU-Pose | 68.2 | No | Realtime Multi-Person 2D Pose Estimation using P... | 2016-11-24 | Code |
| 67 | RMPE | 67.6 | No | RMPE: Regional Multi-person Pose Estimation | 2016-12-01 | Code |
| 68 | RMPE | 67.6 | No | RMPE: Regional Multi-person Pose Estimation | 2016-12-01 | Code |