Top 50 longest standing world record set by Men
| # | name | days | disciplin | record | date | place | ||
| 1 | Clas Thunberg | FIN | 9132 (= 25 y 1 d) | 1000 meters | 1:28.4 | 11 Jan 1930 | Davos | SUI |
| 2 | Oscar Mathisen | NOR | 8414 (= 23 y 13 d) | 1500 meters | 2:17.4 | 18 Jan 1914 | Davos | SUI |
| 3 | Oscar Mathisen | NOR | 7651 (= 20 y 346 d) | 1000 meters | 1:31.8 | 30 Jan 1909 | Davos | SUI |
| 4 | Erben Wennemars | NED | 7020 (= 19 y 81 d) | Small combination | 146.365 | 13 Aug 2005 | Calgary | CAN |
| 5 | Eskil Ervik | NOR | 6936 (= 18 y 362 d) | 3000 meters | 3:37.28 | 5 Nov 2005 | Calgary | CAN |
| 6 | Jaap Eden | NED | 6187 (= 16 y 344 d) | 5000 meters | 8:37.6 | 25 Feb 1894 | Hamar | NOR |
| 7 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 6075 (= 16 y 231 d) | 2x500 meters | 68.310 | 15 Mar 2008 | Calgary | CAN |
| 8 | Oscar Mathisen | NOR | 5482 (= 15 y 4 d) | 10,000 meters | 17:22.6 | 1 Feb 1913 | Kristiania | NOR |
| 9 | Oscar Mathisen | NOR | 5131 (= 14 y 18 d) | 500 meters | 0:43.4 | 17 Jan 1914 | Davos | SUI |
| 10 | Hans Engnestangen | NOR | 5083 (= 13 y 335 d) | 500 meters | 0:41.8 | 5 Feb 1938 | Davos | SUI |
| 11 | Hans Engnestangen | NOR | 4739 (= 12 y 356 d) | 1500 meters | 2:13.8 | 29 Jan 1939 | Davos | SUI |
| 12 | Shani Davis | USA | 4732 (= 12 y 349 d) | Big combination | 145.742 | 19 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
| 13 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 4430 (= 12 y 47 d) | 1000 meters | 1:22.8 | 12 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
| 14 | Peder Østlund | NOR | 4389 (= 12 y 7 d) | 10,000 meters | 17:50.6 | 11 Feb 1900 | Davos | SUI |
| 15 | Åke Seyffarth | SWE | 4008 (= 10 y 355 d) | 3000 meters | 4:45.7 | 3 Feb 1942 | Davos | SUI |
| 16 | Pavel Pegov | URS | 3920 (= 10 y 267 d) | 1000 meters | 1:12.58 | 25 Mar 1983 | Medeo | URS |
| 17 | Sven Kramer | NED | 3676 (= 10 y 23 d) | 5000 meters | 6:03.32 | 17 Nov 2007 | Calgary | CAN |
| 18 | Shani Davis | USA | 3654 (= 10 y 2 d) | 1000 meters | 1:06.42 | 7 Mar 2009 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| Armand Carlsen | NOR | 3654 (= 10 y 1 d) | 10,000 meters | 17:17.4 | 5 Feb 1928 | Davos | SUI | |
| 20 | Anton Huiskes | NED | 3640 (= 9 y 353 d) | 3000 meters | 4:40.2 | 24 Jan 1953 | Davos | SUI |
| 21 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 3297 (= 9 y 10 d) | Sprint combination | 137.230 | 19 Jan 2003 | Calgary | CAN |
| 22 | Peder Østlund | NOR | 3276 (= 8 y 354 d) | 1000 meters | 1:34.0 | 10 Feb 1900 | Davos | SUI |
| 23 | Vincent De Haître | CAN | 3267 (= 8 y 345 d) | Team sprint | 1:17.75 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| William Dutton | CAN | 3267 (= 8 y 345 d) | Team sprint | 1:17.75 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| Alexandre St. Jean | CAN | 3267 (= 8 y 345 d) | Team sprint | 1:17.75 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| 24 | Charles Mathiesen | NOR | 3262 (= 8 y 339 d) | 10,000 meters | 17:01.5 | 3 Mar 1940 | Hamar | NOR |
| 25 | Sven Kramer | NED | 3178 (= 8 y 256 d) | 10,000 meters | 12:41.69 | 10 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 26 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR | 2939 (= 8 y 17 d) | 10,000 meters | 16:32.6 | 10 Feb 1952 | Hamar | NOR |
| Boris Shilkov | URS | 2939 (= 8 y 17 d) | 5000 meters | 7:45.6 | 9 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS | |
| 28 | Dmitry Sakunenko | URS | 2932 (= 8 y 10 d) | Big combination | 184.638 | 10 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
| 29 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 2928 (= 8 y 6 d) | 500 meters | 0:34.03 | 9 Nov 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 30 | Åke Seyffarth | SWE | 2924 (= 8 y 2 d) | 5000 meters | 8:13.7 | 3 Feb 1941 | Davos | SUI |
| 31 | Shani Davis | USA | 2920 (= 7 y 363 d) | 1500 meters | 1:41.04 | 11 Dec 2009 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 32 | Peder Østlund | NOR | 2919 (= 7 y 363 d) | 1500 meters | 2:22.6 | 11 Feb 1900 | Davos | SUI |
| 33 | Kai Verbij | NED | 2805 (= 7 y 249 d) | Sprint combination | 136.065 | 26 Feb 2017 | Calgary | CAN |
| 34 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR | 2562 (= 7 y 5 d) | 3000 meters | 4:49.6 | 29 Jan 1935 | Davos | SUI |
| Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 2562 (= 7 y 5 d) | 500 meters | 0:40.2 | 22 Jan 1956 | Misurina | ITA | |
| 36 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 2556 (= 6 y 364 d) | 500 meters | 0:40.2 | 28 Jan 1956 | Misurina | ITA |
| 37 | Harald Strøm | NOR | 2527 (= 6 y 335 d) | 5000 meters | 8:26.5 | 18 Feb 1922 | Kristiania | NOR |
| 38 | Juhani Järvinen | FIN | 2523 (= 6 y 331 d) | 1500 meters | 2:06.3 | 1 Mar 1959 | Squaw Valley | USA |
| 39 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | CAN | 2518 (= 6 y 327 d) | 5000 meters | 6:01.86 | 10 Dec 2017 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 40 | Sven Kramer | NED | 2435 (= 6 y 243 d) | Team pursuit | 3:37.80 | 11 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| Carl Verheijen | NED | 2435 (= 6 y 243 d) | Team pursuit | 3:37.80 | 11 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| Erben Wennemars | NED | 2435 (= 6 y 243 d) | Team pursuit | 3:37.80 | 11 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| 41 | Koen Verweij | NED | 2283 (= 6 y 92 d) | Team pursuit | 3:35.60 | 16 Nov 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| Sven Kramer | NED | 2283 (= 6 y 92 d) | Team pursuit | 3:35.60 | 16 Nov 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| Jan Blokhuijsen | NED | 2283 (= 6 y 92 d) | Team pursuit | 3:35.60 | 16 Nov 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| 42 | Falko Zandstra | NED | 2204 (= 6 y 12 d) | Small combination | 156.059 | 3 Mar 1991 | Calgary | CAN |
| 43 | Yevgeny Kulikov | URS | 2191 (= 5 y 364 d) | 500 meters | 0:37.00 | 29 Mar 1975 | Medeo | URS |
| Ard Schenk | NED | 2191 (= 6 y 364 d) | 3000 meters | 4:08.3 | 2 Mar 1972 | Inzell | FRG | |
| 45 | Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 2190 (= 7 y 6 d) | 2x500 meters | 68.960 | 10 Mar 2001 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 46 | Peder Østlund | NOR | 2177 (= 5 y 351 d) | 500 meters | 0:45.2 | 10 Feb 1900 | Davos | SUI |
| 47 | Sverre Farstad | NOR | 2164 (= 5 y 338 d) | Big combination | 188.958 | 6 Feb 1949 | Davos | SUI |
| Pavel Pegov | URS | 2164 (= 5 y 337 d) | Sprint combination | 146.955 | 26 Mar 1983 | Medeo | URS | |
| 49 | André Hoffmann | GDR | 2149 (= 5 y 322 d) | 1500 meters | 1:52.06 | 20 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
| 50 | Dmitry Ogloblin | URS | 2117 (= 5 y 290 d) | 3000 meters | 4:04.06 | 28 Mar 1979 | Medeo | URS |
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| bold | = longest standing world record on this discipline | |||||||
