| # | Performance | Athlete(s) | NOC | Games | Date | Phase | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:08.6 | Léon Quaglia |  FRA |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 9 | ||
| 2 | 8:59.0 | Frithjof Paulsen |  NOR |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 7 | ||
| 3 | 8:54.6 | Harald Strøm | NOR |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 5 | ||
| 4 | 8:48.4 | Julius Skutnabb |  FIN |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 5 | 8:39.0 | Clas Thunberg | FIN |
Chamonix 1924 | 26 January 1924 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 6 | 8:30.1 | Antero Ojala | FIN |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 | 12 February 1936 | Final Standings | 3 | ||
| 7 | 8:19.6 | Ivar Ballangrud | NOR |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 | 12 February 1936 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 8 | 8:10.6 | Hjalmar Andersen | NOR |
Oslo 1952 | 17 February 1952 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 9 | 8:04.8 | Helmut Kuhnert |  GER |
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | 29 January 1956 | Final Standings | 9 | ||
| 10 | 8:00.2 | Wim de Graaff |  NED |
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | 29 January 1956 | Final Standings | =4 | ||
| 11 | 7:48.7 | Boris Shilkov |  URS |
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | 29 January 1956 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 12 | 7:48.3 | Hermann Strutz |  AUT |
Innsbruck 1964 | 5 February 1964 | Final Standings | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7:45.8 | Viktor Kosichkin | URS |
Innsbruck 1964 | 5 February 1964 | Final Standings | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7:38.6 | Per Ivar Moe | NOR |
Innsbruck 1964 | 5 February 1964 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 15 | 7:38.4 | Knut Johannesen | NOR |
Innsbruck 1964 | 5 February 1964 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 16 | 7:35.9 | Kimmo Koskinen | FIN |
Grenoble 1968 | 15 February 1968 | Final Standings | 9 | ||
| 17 | 7:23.2 WR | Kees Verkerk | NED |
Grenoble 1968 | 15 February 1968 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 18 | 7:22.4 WR | Fred Anton Maier | NOR |
Grenoble 1968 | 15 February 1968 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 19 | 7:05.59 | Tom Erik Oxholm | NOR |
Lake Placid 1980 | 16 February 1980 | Final Standings | 3 | ||
| 20 | 7:02.29 | Eric Heiden |  USA |
Lake Placid 1980 | 16 February 1980 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 21 | 6:56.57 | Dmitry Bochkaryov | URS |
Calgary 1988 | 17 February 1988 | Final Standings | 17 | ||
| 22 | 6:44.98 | Leo Visser | NED |
Calgary 1988 | 17 February 1988 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 23 | 6:44.63 | Tomas Gustafson |  SWE |
Calgary 1988 | 17 February 1988 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 24 | 6:42.68 | Kjell Storelid | NOR |
Lillehammer 1994 | 13 February 1994 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 25 | 6:34.96 | Johann Olav Koss | NOR |
Lillehammer 1994 | 13 February 1994 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 26 | 6:28.31 WR | Bart Veldkamp |  BEL |
Nagano 1998 | 8 February 1998 | Final Standings | 3 | ||
| 27 | 6:28.24 WR | Rintje Ritsma | NED |
Nagano 1998 | 8 February 1998 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 28 | 6:22.20 WR | Gianni Romme | NED |
Nagano 1998 | 8 February 1998 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 29 | 6:21.73 | Jens Boden | GER |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 9 February 2002 | Final Standings | 3 | ||
| 30 | 6:17.98 WR | Derek Parra | USA |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 9 February 2002 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 31 | 6:14.66 WR | Jochem Uytdehaage | NED |
Salt Lake City 2002 | 9 February 2002 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 32 | 6:14.60 | Sven Kramer | NED |
Vancouver 2010 | 13 February 2010 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 33 | 6:10.76 | Sven Kramer | NED |
Sochi 2014 | 8 February 2014 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 34 | 6:09.76 | Sven Kramer | NED |
PyeongChang 2018 | 11 February 2018 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 35 | 6:09.31 | Patrick Roest | NED |
Beijing 2022 | 6 February 2022 | Final Standings | 2 | ||
| 36 | 6:08.84 | Nils van der Poel | SWE |
Beijing 2022 | 6 February 2022 | Final Standings | 1 | ||
| 37 | 6:03.95 | Sander Eitrem | NOR |
Milano-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 | 8 February 2026 | Final Standings | 1 |
