World Championship Single Distances
This page lists all information available on the World Championship Single Distances. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Single Distances. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.
Most starts World Championship Single Distances Men
| Total participations at championship | ||||
| # | name | total | period | |
| 1 | Bob de Jong | NED | 13 | 1997-2013 |
| 2 | Jan Bos | NED | 11 | 1997-2009 |
| KC Boutiette | USA | 11 | 1996-2017 | |
| Pekka Koskela | FIN | 11 | 2003-2016 | |
| Sven Kramer | NED | 11 | 2007-2021 | |
| Mika Poutala | FIN | 11 | 2004-2017 | |
| 7 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 10 | 2005-2020 |
| Shani Davis | USA | 10 | 2004-2017 | |
| Mike Ireland | CAN | 10 | 1996-2008 | |
| Joji Kato | JPN | 10 | 2003-2017 | |
| Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 10 | 2000-2012 | |
| Dmitry Lobkov | RUS | 10 | 2001-2013 | |
| Konrad Niedźwiedzki | POL | 10 | 2005-2017 | |
| Jan Smeekens | NED | 10 | 2007-2020 | |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 10 | 1996-2008 | |
| 16 | Patrick Beckert | GER | 9 | 2011-2021 |
| Steven Elm | CAN | 9 | 1998-2009 | |
| Nico Ihle | GER | 9 | 2008-2021 | |
| Yevgeny Lalenkov | RUS | 9 | 2003-2013 | |
| Kjeld Nuis | NED | 9 | 2011-2021 | |
| Sverre Lunde Pedersen | NOR | 9 | 2011-2021 | |
| Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 9 | 1996-2005 | |
| Ivan Skobrev | RUS | 9 | 2003-2013 | |
| Bart Swings | BEL | 9 | 2011-2021 | |
| Bart Veldkamp | BEL | 9 | 1996-2005 | |
| Carl Verheijen | NED | 9 | 1999-2009 | |
| Marco Weber | GER | 9 | 2003-2015 | |
| 28 | Dmitry Babenko | KAZ | 8 | 2007-2017 |
| Jordan Belchos | CAN | 8 | 2012-2021 | |
| Jorrit Bergsma | NED | 8 | 2012-2021 | |
| Frank Dittrich | GER | 8 | 1996-2004 | |
| Casey FitzRandolph | USA | 8 | 1996-2005 | |
| Janne Hänninen | FIN | 8 | 1997-2005 | |
| Yuya Oikawa | JPN | 8 | 2005-2016 | |
| Gianni Romme | NED | 8 | 1996-2005 | |
| Erben Wennemars | NED | 8 | 1999-2008 | |
| 37 | Matteo Anesi | ITA | 7 | 2004-2013 |
| Christian Breuer | GER | 7 | 1997-2005 | |
| Zbigniew Bródka | POL | 7 | 2011-2019 | |
| Kip Carpenter | USA | 7 | 2000-2008 | |
| Alexis Contin | FRA | 7 | 2007-2017 | |
| Jörg Dallmann | GER | 7 | 2001-2011 | |
| Laurent Dubreuil | CAN | 7 | 2012-2021 | |
| Eskil Ervik | NOR | 7 | 1998-2007 | |
| Øystein Grødum | NOR | 7 | 2001-2011 | |
| Hiroki Hirako | JPN | 7 | 2001-2012 | |
| Ermanno Ioriatti | ITA | 7 | 1998-2011 | |
| Aleksey Yesin | RUS | 7 | 2008-2017 | |
| Denis Yuskov | RUS | 7 | 2012-2020 | |
| Michael Künzel | GER | 7 | 1996-2003 | |
| Håvard Lorentzen | NOR | 7 | 2012-2021 | |
| Denny Morrison | CAN | 7 | 2007-2015 | |
| Jason Parker | CAN | 7 | 1996-2003 | |
| Johan Röjler | SWE | 7 | 2001-2009 | |
| Aleksandr Rumyantsev | RUS | 7 | 2011-2021 | |
| Samuel Schwarz | GER | 7 | 2007-2015 | |
| Haralds Silovs | LAT | 7 | 2011-2021 | |
| Tomasz Świst | POL | 7 | 1996-2003 | |
| Gerard van Velde | NED | 7 | 1996-2005 | |
| Total starts at various events at championship | ||||
| # | name | total | period | |
| 1 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 29 | 2005-2020 |
| 2 | Sven Kramer | NED | 28 | 2007-2021 |
| 3 | Shani Davis | USA | 27 | 2004-2017 |
| 4 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen | NOR | 26 | 2011-2021 |
| Bart Swings | BEL | 26 | 2011-2021 | |
| 6 | Jordan Belchos | CAN | 24 | 2012-2021 |
| Bob de Jong | NED | 24 | 1997-2013 | |
| 8 | Ivan Skobrev | RUS | 22 | 2003-2013 |
| Erben Wennemars | NED | 22 | 1999-2008 | |
| 10 | Denny Morrison | CAN | 21 | 2007-2015 |
| 11 | Patrick Beckert | GER | 20 | 2011-2021 |
| Jorrit Bergsma | NED | 20 | 2012-2021 | |
| Jan Bos | NED | 20 | 1997-2009 | |
| Steven Elm | CAN | 20 | 1998-2009 | |
| Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 20 | 2000-2012 | |
| Peter Michael | NZL | 20 | 2015-2021 | |
| Konrad Niedźwiedzki | POL | 20 | 2005-2017 | |
| Marco Weber | GER | 20 | 2003-2015 | |
| 19 | KC Boutiette | USA | 19 | 1996-2017 |
| Pekka Koskela | FIN | 19 | 2003-2016 | |
| Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 19 | 1996-2008 | |
| 22 | Enrico Fabris | ITA | 18 | 2003-2009 |
| Andrea Giovannini | ITA | 18 | 2015-2021 | |
| Janne Hänninen | FIN | 18 | 1997-2005 | |
| Bart Veldkamp | BEL | 18 | 1996-2005 | |
| Carl Verheijen | NED | 18 | 1999-2009 | |
| 27 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | RUS | 17 | 2003-2013 |
| Dmitry Lobkov | RUS | 17 | 2001-2013 | |
| Mika Poutala | FIN | 17 | 2004-2017 | |
| 30 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | CAN | 16 | 2015-2021 |
| Alexis Contin | FRA | 16 | 2007-2017 | |
| Eskil Ervik | NOR | 16 | 1998-2007 | |
| Hiroki Hirako | JPN | 16 | 2001-2012 | |
| Nico Ihle | GER | 16 | 2008-2021 | |
| Denis Yuskov | RUS | 16 | 2012-2020 | |
| Joey Mantia | USA | 16 | 2015-2021 | |
| Kjeld Nuis | NED | 16 | 2011-2021 | |
| Danila Semerikov | RUS | 16 | 2015-2021 | |
| 39 | Zbigniew Bródka | POL | 15 | 2011-2019 |
| Frank Dittrich | GER | 15 | 1996-2004 | |
| Chad Hedrick | USA | 15 | 2003-2009 | |
| Ermanno Ioriatti | ITA | 15 | 1998-2011 | |
| Mike Ireland | CAN | 15 | 1996-2008 | |
| Johan Röjler | SWE | 15 | 2001-2009 | |
| Keiji Shirahata | JPN | 15 | 1996-2001 | |
| 46 | Petter Andersen | NOR | 14 | 1998-2005 |
| Casey FitzRandolph | USA | 14 | 1996-2005 | |
| Aleksey Yesin | RUS | 14 | 2008-2017 | |
| Lee Seung-hoon | KOR | 14 | 2011-2017 | |
| Derek Parra | USA | 14 | 1999-2005 | |
| Gianni Romme | NED | 14 | 1996-2005 | |
| Hiroyasu Shimizu | JPN | 14 | 1996-2005 | |
