| Irene Schouten (Senior) | 3:54.04 | 1 year 198 days | 20.11.2022 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Irene Schouten (Senior) | 3:54.59 | 1 year 21 days | 30.10.2021 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Natalia Voronina (Senior) | 3:56.85 | 272 days | 31.01.2021 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Irene Schouten (Senior) | 3:57.15 | 7 days | 24.01.2021 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Antoinette de Jong (Senior) | 3:57.32 | 28 days | 27.12.2020 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Martina Sáblíková (Senior) | 3:58.11 | 4 years 298 days | 05.03.2016 | Berlin (GER) | Result |
| Ireen Wüst (Senior) | 3:58.68 | 2 years 362 days | 09.03.2013 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | 4:00.26 | 12 years 23 days | 17.02.2001 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | 4:02.01 | 2 years 12 days | 06.02.1999 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | 4:05.08 | 330 days | 13.03.1998 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Claudia Pechstein (Senior) | 4:07.13 | 90 days | 13.12.1997 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (Senior) | 4:07.80 | 7 days | 06.12.1997 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann (Senior) | 4:10.40 | 295 days | 14.02.1997 | Nagano (JPN) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann (Senior) | 4:11.81 | 2 years 333 days | 19.03.1994 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann (Senior) | 4:12.25 | 70 days | 08.01.1994 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann (Senior) | 4:12.32 | 34 days | 05.12.1993 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Gunda Niemann (Senior) | 4:13.10 | 267 days | 13.03.1993 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | 4:16.85 | 5 years 361 days | 19.03.1987 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Karin Kania-Enke (Senior) | 4:21.63 | 102 days | 07.12.1986 | Berlin (GER) | Result |
| Yvonne van Gennip (Neo) | 4:22.05 | 8 days | 29.11.1986 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (Senior) | 4:26.59 | 322 days | 11.01.1986 | Geithus (NOR) | Result |
| Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich (Neo) | 4:28.18 | 2 years 354 days | 23.01.1983 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (Neo) | 4:34.27 | 3 years 32 days | 23.12.1979 | West-Allis (USA) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (A2) | 4:40.35 | 301 days | 25.02.1979 | Grenoble (FRA) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (A2) | 4:41.24 | 22 days | 03.02.1979 | Den Haag (NED) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (A2) | 4:43.35 | 6 days | 28.01.1979 | Trondheim (NOR) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (A2) | 4:44.90 | 29 days | 30.12.1978 | West-Allis (USA) | Result |
| Beth Heiden (A1) | 4:44.97 | 349 days | 15.01.1978 | West-Allis (USA) | Result |
| Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg (Senior) | 4:47.50 | 2 years 3 days | 13.01.1976 | Hamar (NOR) | Result |
| Atje Keulen-Deelstra (M35) | 4:49.07 | 1 year 324 days | 23.02.1974 | Heerenveen (NED) | Result |
| Sippie Tigchelaar (Neo) | 4:50.26 | 364 days | 24.02.1973 | Strömsund (SWE) | Result |
| Ans Schut (Senior) | 4:52.00 | 4 years 23 days | 02.02.1969 | Grenoble (FRA) | Result |
| Ans Schut (Neo) | 4:56.20 | 356 days | 12.02.1968 | Grenoble (FRA) | Result |
| Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | 5:04.20 | 4 years 32 days | 12.01.1964 | Tscheljabinsk (RUS) | Result |
| Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | 5:07.10 | 6 days | 06.01.1964 | Tscheljabinsk (RUS) | Result |
| Lidija Skoblikova (Senior) | 5:10.10 | 307 days | 05.03.1963 | Tscheljabinsk (RUS) | Result |
| Valentina Moskovskaja (n/a) | 5:11.80 | 309 days | 30.04.1962 | (RUS) | Result |
| Inga Voronina (Senior) | 5:14.10 | 1 year 48 days | 13.03.1961 | Jekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) (RUS) | Result |
| Inga Voronina (Neo) | 5:17.30 | 363 days | 15.03.1960 | Kirov (RUS) | Result |
| Inga Voronina (Neo) | 5:17.70 | 6 days | 09.03.1960 | Kirov (RUS) | Result |
| Eevi Huttunen (Senior) | 5:18.80 | 3 years 2 days | 08.03.1957 | Pieksämäki (FIN) | Result |
| Inga Artamonova (A2) | 5:23.50 | 1 year 2 days | 06.03.1956 | Jekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) (RUS) | Result |
| Rimma Zjukova (Senior) | 5:24.40 | 3 years 70 days | 27.12.1952 | Jekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) (RUS) | Result |
| Zoja Kholstsjevnikova (Senior) | 5:29.10 | 3 years 331 days | 31.01.1949 | Moscow (RUS) | Result |
| Tatjana Karelina (M30) | 5:31.50 | 2 years 352 days | 14.02.1946 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) | Result |
| Tatjana Karelina (Senior) | 5:36.00 | 4 years 363 days | 17.02.1941 | Moscow (RUS) | Result |
| Serafima Paromova (Senior) | 5:39.00 | 2 years 338 days | 17.03.1938 | Kirov (RUS) | Result |
| Serafima Paromova (Senior) | 5:44.10 | 1 year 352 days | 30.03.1936 | Gorki (Nishni Nowgorod) (RUS) | Result |
| Marija Isakova (B2) | 5:48.10 | 6 days | 24.03.1936 | Kirov (RUS) | Result |
| Verné Lesche (A1) | 5:49.20 | 38 days | 15.02.1936 | Tampere (Tammerfors) (FIN) | Result |
| Undis Blikken (Neo) | 5:54.70 | 2 years 16 days | 30.01.1934 | Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR) | Result |
| Zoja Mironova (Neo) | 6:10.60 | 337 days | 27.02.1933 | Moscow (RUS) | Result |
| Verné Lesche (C1) | 6:32.50 | 352 days | 12.03.1932 | Helsinki (Helsingfors) (FIN) | Result |
| Zofia Nehringowa (Neo) | 6:52.80 | 1 year 32 days | 09.02.1931 | Warszawa (POL) | Result |
| Zofia Nehringowa (Neo) | 6:52.80 | 1 day | 08.02.1931 | Warszawa (POL) | Result |
| A Alhola (n/a) | 7:04.30 | 3 years 354 days | 20.02.1927 | Helsinki (Helsingfors) (FIN) | Result |