All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

IWM: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

IWM real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, IWM returned +12.94% over the past year and +11.31% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 26, 2000, IWM is up +342.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.82%/yr, and is currently −7.71% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2000-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
IWM
×
+342.99%
+5.82%/yr
+6.19%/yr
R2=0.885
iShares Russell 2000 ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2000-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Start
Value
End
Value
IWM
×
$10,000.00
2000-05-26
$44,298.68
2026-09-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-23

  YTD YoY
IWM
×
+11.31% +12.94%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
IWM
×
−7.71%
on 2026-09-23
from 2026-08-14 peak
−59.82%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-07-09 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
IWM
×
+12.94% +22.86%
+10.84%/yr
+51.88%
+14.95%/yr
+9.27%
+1.79%/yr
+84.52%
+6.32%/yr

Annual Returns

Year IWM
2026 (YTD) +11.31%
2025 +9.72%
2024 +8.26%
2023 +13.04%
2022 −25.31%
2021 +7.01%
2020 +18.42%
2019 +22.59%
2018 −12.78%
2017 +12.21%
2016 +19.12%
2015 −5.17%
2014 +4.25%
2013 +36.65%
2012 +14.71%
2011 −7.18%
2010 +25.05%
2009 +25.08%
2008 −34.22%
2007 −5.63%
2006 +15.37%
2005 +1.00%
2004 +14.33%
2003 +45.17%
2002 −22.22%
2001 +0.23%
2000 +4.07%