iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF drawdown: 14.4% below the all-time high (price)
IShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF is 14.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −14.4%
- 85.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $395.65
- Aug 14, 2026
- Time below the high
- 2 mo
- since Aug 14, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −60.3%
- Oct 9, 2002
- Longest underwater
- 6.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 11, 2025
- 10 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Mar 30, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2000: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2000 | Oct 9, 2002 | −60.3% | 2.1 yrs | May 22, 2007 | 6.7 yrs |
| Oct 10, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −58.1% | 17 mo | Feb 8, 2011 | 3.3 yrs |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Jun 16, 2022 | −42.3% | 16 mo | Dec 11, 2025 | 4.8 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −39.8% | 28 days | Aug 7, 2020 | 6 mo |
| Apr 29, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −29.5% | 5 mo | Jan 9, 2013 | 1.7 yrs |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −29.2% | 8 mo | Feb 10, 2017 | 1.6 yrs |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −29.0% | 4 mo | Jan 16, 2020 | 17 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2000: how far iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF is currently 14.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2000) took iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF 60.3% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 9, 2002. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from IWO; no free deep history exists for iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.