List of world records in canoeing
Listed below are the canoe sprint world best times in Sprint canoe and Sprint kayak events. The ICF only acknowledge world best times set in finals of Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, Continental Championships and "other canoe sprint events with acceptable high technical level".
Men Kayak
| Distance | Event | Time | Crew | Nationality | Year | Location | Ref |
| 200m | K1 | 33.380 | Liam Heath | 2017 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 200m | K2 | 30.500 | Nebojša Grujić, Marko Novaković | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 200m | K4 | 29.023 | Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, Zoltán Pager, István Beé | 1997 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 500m | K1 | 1:35.04 | Tom Liebscher | 2019 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 500m | K2 | 1:26.500 | Bence Nádas, Sándor Tótka | 2017 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 500m | K4 | 1:17.734 | Tom Liebscher, Ronald Rauhe, Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke | 2017 | Račice, Czech Republic | ||
| 1000m | K1 | 3:21.890 | Max Hoff | 2015 | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
| 1000m | K2 | 3:04.940 | Marko Tomićević, Milenko Zorić | 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| 1000m | K4 | 2:46.724 | Daniel Havel, Lukáš Trefil, Josef Dostál, Jan Štěrba | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 5000m | K1 | 18:00.040 | Eirik Veras Larsen | 2009 | Poznań, Poland | ||
| 4x200m relay | K1 | 2:24.193 | Miklós Dudás, Sándor Tótka, Bence Nádas, Dávid Hérics | 2014 | Moscow, Russia |
Women Kayak
| Distance | Event | Time | Crew | Nationality | Year | Location | Ref |
| 200m | K1 | 37.898 | Lisa Carrington | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 200m | K2 | 35.869 | Anna Kárász, Ninetta Vad | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 200m | K4 | 33.778 | Mariana Limbau, Raluca Ionita, Sanda Toma, Elena Radu | 1997 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 500m | K1 | 1:46.465 | Volha Khudzenka | 2019 | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| 500m | K2 | 1:37.071 | Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz | 2011 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 500m | K4 | 1:28.219 | Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Anna Kárász, Ninetta Vad | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 1000m | K1 | 3:48.560 | Teneale Hatton | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 1000m | K2 | 3:31.645 | Justyna Iskrzycka, Paulina Paszek | 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| 1000m | K4 | 3:13.296 | Eszter Rasztótsky, Kinga Dékány, Krisztina Fazekas, Natasa Janics | 2003 | Gainesville, United States | ||
| 5000m | K1 | 20:10.100 | Bridgitte Hartley | 2009 | Racice, Czech Republic | ||
| 4x200m relay | K1 | 2:47.793 | Karolina Naja, Edyta Dzieniszewska, Ewelina Wojnarowska, Marta Walczykiewicz | 2014 | Moscow, Russia |
Men Canoe
| Distance | Event | Time | Crew | Nationality | Year | Location | Ref |
| 200m | C1 | 37.446 | Henrikas Žystautas | 2016 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 200m | C2 | 35.350 | Alexey Korovashkov, Ivan Shtyl | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 200m | C4 | 32.753 | Robert Vinturis, Ionel Averian, Marian Ciucu, Cristian Mardale | 1997 | Duisburg, Germany | ||
| 500m | C1 | 1:43.669 | Martin Fuksa | 2018 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 500m | C2 | 1:35.270 | Alexey Korovashkov, Ivan Shtyl | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 500m | C4 | 1:29.155 | Pavel Petrov, Mikhail Pavlov, Victor Melantiev, Ivan Shtyl | 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| 1000m | C1 | 3:42.385 | Martin Fuksa | 2018 | Duisburg, Germany | ||
| 1000m | C2 | 3:25.041 | Yul Oeltze, Peter Kretschmer | 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| 1000m | C4 | 3:10.701 | Ilya Pervukhin, Viktor Melantyev, Kirill Shamshurin, Rasul Ishmukhamedov | 2014 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 5000m | C1 | 20:27.35 | Kurt Kuschela | 2010 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 4x200m relay | C1 | 2:43.602 | Ivan Shtyl, Andrey Kraitor, Alexey Korovashkov, Nikolay Lipkin | 2014 | Moscow, Russia |
Women Canoe
| Distance | Event | Time | Crew | Nationality | Year | Location | Ref |
| 200m | C1 | 44.504 | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 2018 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 200m | C2 | 42.686 | Daryna Pikuleva, Kamila Bobr | 2016 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||
| 500m | C1 | 2:00.73 | Alena Nazdrova | 2019 | Szeged, Hungary | ||
| 500m | C2 | 1:51.428 | Katie Vincent, Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 2018 | Duisburg, Germany | ||
| 5000m | C1 | 25:00.822 | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 2019 | Duisburg, Germany |