| Sven Kramer (NED, Senior) | 3:38.64 | 1 year 14 days | 05.02.2018 | Gangwon (Kangwon) (KOR) |
| Sven Kramer (NED, Senior) | 3:38.79 | 1 year 46 days | 21.12.2016 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Wouter olde Heuvel (NED, Senior) | 3:39.36 | 5 years 27 days | 26.11.2011 | Astana (KAZ) |
| Sven Kramer (NED, Senior) | 3:40.51 | 1 year 293 days | 06.02.2010 | Richmond (CAN) |
| Sven Kramer (NED, Neo) | 3:41.48 | 1 year 48 days | 20.12.2008 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Sven Kramer (NED, Neo) | 3:41.67 | 1 year 63 days | 19.10.2007 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Sven Kramer (NED, Neo) | 3:43.21 | 1 year 256 days | 05.02.2006 | Turin (ITA) |
| Gianni Romme (NED, Senior) | 3:44.92 | 1 year 112 days | 16.10.2004 | Erfurt (GER) |
| Chad Hedrick (USA, Senior) | 3:46.95 | 330 days | 21.11.2003 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Carl Verheijen (NED, Senior) | 3:47.10 | 1 year 5 days | 16.11.2002 | Erfurt (GER) |
| Bob de Jong (NED, Senior) | 3:52.14 | 1 year 20 days | 27.10.2001 | Berlin (GER) |
| Jelmer Beulenkamp (NED, Neo) | 3:52.67 | 3 years 245 days | 25.02.1998 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| René Taubenrauch (GER, Senior) | 3:56.91 | 32 days | 24.01.1998 | Berlin (GER) |
| Johann Olav Koss (NOR, Neo) | 3:57.52 | 7 years 319 days | 13.03.1990 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Leo Visser (NED, Neo) | 3:59.27 | 2 years 360 days | 19.03.1987 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Tomas Gustafson (SWE, Senior) | 4:09.77 | 3 years 93 days | 17.12.1983 | Heerenveen (NED) |
| Rolf Falk-Larssen (NOR, Neo) | 4:10.59 | 364 days | 18.12.1982 | Stavanger (NOR) |
| Jan Egil Storholt (NOR, Senior) | 4:11.22 | 6 years 1 day | 18.12.1976 | Eindhoven (NED) |
| Jan Egil Storholt (NOR, Senior) | 4:16.82 | 336 days | 17.01.1976 | Elverum (NOR) |
| Amund Martin Sjøbrend (NOR, Neo) | 4:17.40 | 28 days | 20.12.1975 | Nordre Land (NOR) |
| Fred Anton Maier (NOR, Masters AG 30) | 4:21.80 | 6 years 324 days | 31.01.1969 | Hamar (NOR) |
| Fred Anton Maier (NOR, Senior) | 4:22.40 | 325 days | 12.03.1968 | Notodden (NOR) |
| Fred Anton Maier (NOR, Senior) | 4:25.40 | 66 days | 06.01.1968 | Deventer (NED) |
| Rudie Liebrechts (NED, Neo) | 4:26.80 | 2 years 315 days | 25.02.1965 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) |
| Ants Antson (URS, Senior) | 4:27.30 | 1 year 15 days | 11.02.1964 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) |
| Eduard Matusevitsj (URS, Senior) | 4:32.00 | 34 days | 08.01.1964 | Drammen (NOR) |
| Ivar Eriksen (NOR, Neo) | 4:33.00 | 314 days | 28.02.1963 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) |
| Knut Johannesen (NOR, Senior) | 4:33.90 | 47 days | 12.01.1963 | Tønsberg (NOR) |
| Paul Enock (CAN, Senior) | 4:37.20 | 336 days | 10.02.1962 | Hamar (NOR) |
| Rudie Liebrechts (NED, A2) | 4:40.90 | 364 days | 11.02.1961 | Hamar (NOR) |
| Torstein Seiersten (NOR, Senior) | 4:42.80 | 4 years 341 days | 08.03.1956 | Nes (NOR) |
| Sigvard Ericsson (SWE, Senior) | 4:45.30 | 2 days | 06.03.1956 | Borlänge (SWE) |
| Torstein Seiersten (NOR, Senior) | 4:45.70 | 7 days | 28.02.1956 | Lappeenranta (FIN) |
| Sigvard Ericsson (SWE, Neo) | 4:46.00 | 1 year 363 days | 02.03.1954 | Östersund (SWE) |
| Charles Mathiesen (NOR, Senior) | 4:50.60 | 14 years 24 days | 10.02.1940 | Bergen (NOR) |
| Ivar Eriksen Ballangrud (NOR, Masters AG 30) | 4:51.80 | 4 years 17 days | 25.01.1936 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) |
| Karl Wazulek (AUT, Neo) | 4:57.80 | 332 days | 27.02.1935 | Hamar (NOR) |
| Oscar Mathisen (NOR, A2) | 4:58.80 | 27 years 47 days | 18.01.1908 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) |
| Nikolaj Sedov (RUS, Neo) | 5:30.00 | 2 years 305 days | 19.03.1905 | Moskau (RUS) |
| Nikolaj Sedov (RUS, Neo) | 5:40.00 | 1 day | 18.03.1905 | Moskau (RUS) |
| Jan C. Greve (NED, Senior) | 5:46.40 | 2 years 101 days | 08.12.1902 | Groningen (NED) |
| S. Lebedev (RUS, n/a) | 5:51.60 | 4 years 298 days | 13.02.1898 | Moskau (RUS) |
| Adolf D. Norseng (NOR, Neo) | 5:53.00 | 10 years 4 days | 12.02.1888 | Hamar (NOR) |
| J. H. Harms jr. (GER, n/a) | 6:38.00 | 11 days | 01.02.1888 | Hamburg (GER) |
| J. H. Harms jr. (GER, n/a) | 7:00.20 | 349 days | 17.02.1887 | Hamburg (GER) |
| Jacob R. de Jong (NED, Neo) | 9:36.00 | 39 days | 09.01.1887 | Hamburg (GER) |