World record progression 1500 m speed skating men
The world record progression 1500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:
| Nr. | Name | Country | Result | Date | Venue | - |
| 1 | Jaap Eden | | 2:35.0 | 11 January 1893 | Groningen | - |
| 2 | Peder Østlund | | 2:32.6 | 25 February 1893 | Hamar | - |
| 3 | Peder Østlund | | 2:31.4 | 24 February 1894 | Hamar | - |
| 4 | Einar Halvorsen | | 2:29.6 | 24 February 1894 | Hamar | - |
| 5 | Peder Østlund | | 2:28.8 | 25 February 1894 | Hamar | - |
| 6 | Jaap Eden | | 2:25.4 | 23 February 1895 | Hamar | - |
| 7 | Peder Østlund | | 2:23.6 | 7 February 1898 | Davos | - |
| 8 | Peder Østlund | | 2:22.6 | 11 February 1900 | Davos | - |
| 9 | Oscar Mathisen | | 2:20.8 | 9 February 1908 | Davos | - |
| 10 | Oscar Mathisen | | 2:20.6 | 30 January 1910 | Davos | - |
| 11 | Oscar Mathisen | | 2:19.4 | 11 January 1914 | Kristiania | - |
| 12 | Oscar Mathisen | | 2:17.4 | 18 January 1914 | Davos | - |
| 13 | Michael Staksrud | | 2:14.9 | 31 January 1937 | Davos | - |
| 14 | Hans Engnestangen | | 2:13.8 | 29 January 1939 | Davos | - |
| 15 | Valentin Chaikin | | 2:12.9 | 20 January 1952 | Medeo | - |
| 16 | Yevgeny Grishin | | 2:09.8 | 10 January 1955 | Medeo | - |
| 17 | Yuri Mikhaylov | | 2:09.1 | 20 January 1956 | Davos | - |
| 18 | Yevgeny Grishin | | 2:08.6 | 30 January 1956 | Misurina | OG 1956 |
| 19 | Yuri Mikhaylov | | 2:08.6 | 30 January 1956 | Misurina | OG 1956 |
| 20 | Juhani Järvinen | | 2:06.3 | 1 March 1959 | Squaw Valley | - |
| 21 | Ard Schenk | | 2:06.2 | 26 January 1966 | Davos | - |
| 22 | Ard Schenk | | 2:05.3 | 30 January 1966 | Inzell | - |
| 23 | Kees Verkerk | | 2:03.9 | 26 February 1967 | Inzell | - |
| 24 | Magne Thomassen | | 2:02.5 | 5 February 1968 | Davos | - |
| 25 | Kees Verkerk | | 2:02.0 | 9 February 1969 | Davos | - |
| 26 | Kees Verkerk | | 2:01.9 | 8 March 1970 | Inzell | - |
| 27 | Ard Schenk | | 1:58.7 | 16 January 1971 | Davos | - |
| 28 | Hans van Helden | | 1:55.61 | 13 March 1976 | Inzell | - |
| 29 | Jan Egil Storholt | | 1:55.18 | 20 March 1977 | Medeo | - |
| 30 | Eric Heiden | | 1:54.79 | 19 January 1980 | Davos | - |
| 31 | Igor Zhelezovski | | 1:54.26 | 26 March 1983 | Medeo | - |
| 32 | Oleg Bozhev | | 1:53.26 | 24 March 1984 | Medeo | - |
| 33 | Nikolay Gulyayev | | 1:52.70 | 15 February 1987 | Heerenveen | Allround WCh 1987 |
| 34 | Igor Zhelezovski | | 1:52.50 | 5 December 1987 | Calgary | |
| 35 | André Hoffmann | | 1:52.06 | 20 February 1988 | Calgary | OG 1988 |
| 36 | Rintje Ritsma | | 1:51.60 | 8 January 1994 | Hamar | Allround ECh 1994 |
| 37 | Johann Olav Koss | | 1:51.29 | 16 February 1994 | Hamar | OG 1994 |
| 38 | Hiroyuki Noake | | 1:50.61 | 2 March 1996 | Calgary | - |
| 39 | K. C. Boutiette | | 1:50.09 | 15 March 1997 | Calgary | - |
| 40 | Neal Marshall | | 1:50.05 | 16 March 1997 | Calgary | - |
| 41 | Ids Postma | | 1:49.81 | 29 November 1997 | Berlin | - |
| 42 | Kevin Overland | | 1:49.07 | 29 November 1997 | Calgary | - |
| 43 | Rintje Ritsma | | 1:48.88 | 20 December 1997 | Heerenveen | - |
| 44 | Ådne Søndrål | | 1:47.87 | 12 February 1998 | Nagano | OG 1998 |
| 45 | Ådne Søndrål | | 1:46.43 | 28 March 1998 | Calgary | - |
| 46 | Jakko Jan Leeuwangh | | 1:45.56 | 29 January 2000 | Calgary | - |
| 47 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | | 1:45.20 | 16 March 2001 | Calgary | - |
| 48 | Derek Parra | | 1:43.95 | 19 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | OG 2002 |
| 49 | Shani Davis | | 1:43.33 | 9 January 2005 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 50 | Chad Hedrick | | 1:42.78 | 18 November 2005 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 51 | Shani Davis | | 1:42.68 | 19 March 2006 | Calgary | - |
| 52 | Shani Davis | | 1:42.32 | 4 March 2007 | Calgary | - |
| 53 | Erben Wennemars | | 1:42.32 | 9 November 2007 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 54 | Denny Morrison | | 1:42.01 | 14 March 2008 | Calgary | - |
| 55 | Shani Davis | | 1:41.80 | 6 March 2009 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 56 | Shani Davis | | 1:41.04 | 11 December 2009 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 57 | Denis Yuskov | | 1:41.02 | 9 December 2017 | Salt Lake City | - |
| 58 | Kjeld Nuis | | 1:40.17 | 10 March 2019 | Salt Lake City | - |
