Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Boys
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Lee Yeong-ha | KOR | 4:21.78 | Madonna di Campiglio | ITA | outdoor - natural | 17 Jan 1976 | |
| 2 | Jan Junell | SWE | 4:19.98 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 19 Feb 1977 | |
| 3 | Eric Heiden | USA | 4:16.02 | Montreal | CAN | outdoor - natural | 4 Feb 1978 | |
| 4 | Tomas Gustafson | SWE | 4:15.71 | Assen | NED | outdoor - artificial | 26 Jan 1980 | |
| 5 | Geir Karlstad | NOR | 4:12.50 | Innsbruck | AUT | outdoor - artificial | 27 Feb 1982 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Klimov | URS | 4:07.95 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 23 Mar 1983 | |
| 7 | Valery Guk | URS | 4:05.99 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 14 Mar 1984 | |
| 8 | Michael Spielmann | GDR | 4:03.91 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 21 Jan 1989 | |
| 9 | Falko Zandstra | NED | 4:02.10 | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 13 Mar 1990 | |
| 10 | Falko Zandstra | NED | 3:57.64 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 1 Mar 1991 | |
| 11 | Bob de Jong | NED | 3:53.06 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 8 Mar 1996 | |
| 12 | Mark Tuitert | NED | 3:48.56 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 19 Mar 1999 |
| 13 | Tom Prinsen | NED | 3:46.75 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 21 Mar 2002 |
| 14 | Remco olde Heuvel | NED | 3:45.87 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 20 Mar 2003 |
| 15 | Wouter olde Heuvel | NED | 3:44.72 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2005 |
| 16 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 3:43.66 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 5 Nov 2005 |
| 17 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 3:43.20 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 21 Mar 2006 |
| 18 | Sjoerd de Vries | NED | 3:42.98 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 13 Mar 2007 |
| 19 | Allan Dahl Johansson | NOR | 3:41.19 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 6 Dec 2017 |
| 20 | Allan Dahl Johansson | NOR | 3:40.14 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 2 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
