World record progression 10,000 m speed skating men
# World record progression 10,000 m speed skating men

The world record progression 10,000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:

| Nr | Name | Nation | Result | Date | Venue | Meeting |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oskar Fredriksen | Norway | 20:21.4 | 14 January 1893 | Amsterdam |
| 2 | Halfdan Nielsen | Norway | 19:47.4 | 13 February 1893 | Stockholm |
| 3 | Frithiof Ericson | Sweden | 19:22.8 | 7 January 1894 | Stockholm |
| 4 | Jaap Eden | Netherlands | 19:12.4 | 10 February 1894 | Stockholm |
| 5 | Jaap Eden | Netherlands | 17:56.0 | 23 February 1895 | Hamar |
| 6 | Peder Østlund | Norway | 17:50.6 | 11 February 1900 | Davos |
| 7 | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 17:46.3 | 18 February 1912 | Kristiania |
| 8 | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 17:36.4 | 25 January 1913 | Trondhjem |
| 9 | Oscar Mathisen | Norway | 17:22.6 | 1 February 1913 | Kristiania |
| 10 | Armand Carlsen | Norway | 17:17.4 | 5 February 1928 | Davos |
| 11 | Ivar Ballangrud | Norway | 17:14.4 | 6 February 1938 | Davos |
| 12 | Charles Mathiesen | Norway | 17:01.5 | 3 March 1940 | Hamar |
| 13 | Hjalmar Andersen | Norway | 16:57.4 | 6 February 1949 | Davos |
| 14 | Hjalmar Andersen | Norway | 16:51.4 | 27 January 1952 | Gjøvik |
| 15 | Hjalmar Andersen | Norway | 16:32.6 | 10 February 1952 | Hamar | ECh Allround 1952 |
| 16 | Kjell Bäckman | Sweden | 16:14.2 | 27 February 1960 | Squaw Valley |
| 17 | Knut Johannesen | Norway | 15:46.6 | 27 February 1960 | Squaw Valley | OG 1960 |
| 18 | Jonny Nilsson | Sweden | 15:33.0 | 24 February 1963 | Karuizawa | WCh Allround 1963 |
| 19 | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 15:32.2 | 6 February 1966 | Oslo |
| 20 | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 15:31.8 | 28 February 1967 | Inzell |
| 21 | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 15:29.5 | 21 January 1968 | Horten |
| 22 | Fred Anton Maier | Norway | 15:20.3 | 28 January 1968 | Oslo |
| 23 | Per Willy Guttormsen | Norway | 15:16.1 | 10 March 1968 | Inzell |
| 24 | Kees Verkerk | Netherlands | 15:03.6 | 26 January 1969 | Inzell | ECh 1969 |
| 25 | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 15:01.6 | 14 February 1971 | Gothenburg | WCh 1971 |
| 26 | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 14:55.9 | 14 March 1971 | Inzell |
| 27 | Viktor Varlamov | Soviet Union | 14:52.73 | 25 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 28 | Sten Stensen | Norway | 14:50.31 | 25 January 1976 | Oslo | ECh 1976 |
| 29 | Piet Kleine | Netherlands | 14:43.92 | 13 March 1976 | Inzell |
| 30 | Sten Stensen | Norway | 14:38.08 | 21 March 1976 | Medeo |
| 31 | Viktor Lyoshkin | Soviet Union | 14:34.33 | 3 April 1977 | Medeo |
| 32 | Eric Heiden | USA | 14:28.13 | 23 February 1980 | Lake Placid | OG 1980 |
| 33 | Dmitry Ogloblin | Soviet Union | 14:26.71 | 29 March 1980 | Medeo |
| 34 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 14:23.59 | 31 January 1982 | Oslo | Allround ECh 1982 |
| 35 | Igor Malkov | Soviet Union | 14:21.51 | 24 March 1984 | Medeo |
| 36 | Geir Karlstad | Norway | 14:12.14 | 16 February 1986 | Inzell | Allround WCh 1986 |
| 37 | Geir Karlstad | Norway | 14:03.92 | 15 February 1987 | Heerenveen | Allround WCh 1987 |
| 38 | Geir Karlstad | Norway | 13:48.51 | 6 December 1987 | Calgary | Speed skating World Cup 1986/87 – World Cup 3 |
| 39 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 13:48.20 | 21 February 1988 | Calgary | OG 1988 |
| 40 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 13:43.54 | 10 February 1991 | Heerenveen | Allround WCh 1991 |
| 41 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 13:30.55 | 20 February 1994 | Hamar | OG 1994 |
| 42 | Gianni Romme | Netherlands | 13:15.33 | 17 February 1998 | Nagano | OG 1998 |
| 43 | Gianni Romme | Netherlands | 13:08.71 | 29 March 1998 | Calgary | World Single Distance Championships |
| 44 | Gianni Romme | Netherlands | 13:03.40 | 26 November 2000 | Heerenveen |
| 45 | Jochem Uytdehaage | Netherlands | 12:58.92 | 22 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | OG 2002 |
| 46 | Carl Verheijen | Netherlands | 12:57.92 | 4 December 2005 | Heerenveen |
| 47 | Chad Hedrick | United States | 12:55.11 | 31 December 2005 | Salt Lake City |
| 48 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 12:51.60 | 19 March 2006 | Calgary | Allround WCh 2006 |
| 49 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 12:49.88 | 11 February 2007 | Heerenveen | Allround WCh 2007 |
| 50 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 12:41.69 | 10 March 2007 | Salt Lake City | World Single Distance Championships |
| 51 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 12:36.30 | 21 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | World Cup |
| 52 | Graeme Fish | Canada | 12:33.86 | 14 February 2020 | Salt Lake City | World Single Distance Championships |
| 53 | Nils van der Poel | Sweden | 12:32.95 | 14 February 2021 | Heerenveen | World Single Distance Championships |
| 54 | Nils van der Poel | Sweden | 12:30.74 | 11 February 2022 | Beijing | OG 2022 |
