Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Boys
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Eric Heiden | USA | 2:02.75 | Madonna di Campiglio | ITA | outdoor - natural | 18 Jan 1976 | |
| 2 | Eric Heiden | USA | 1:59.46 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 20 Feb 1977 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Klimov | URS | 1:56.15 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 24 Mar 1983 | |
| 4 | Masahiko Omura | JPN | 1:55.90 | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 15 Feb 1987 | |
| 5 | Ådne Søndrål | NOR | 1:55.76 | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 1990 | |
| 6 | Falko Zandstra | NED | 1:53.26 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 2 Mar 1991 | |
| 7 | Yusuke Imai (1977) | JPN | 1:52.88 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 2 Mar 1996 | |
| 8 | Yusuke Imai (1977) | JPN | 1:52.78 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 9 Mar 1996 | |
| 9 | Yusuke Imai (1977) | JPN | 1:52.33 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Feb 1997 | |
| 10 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 1:52.25 | * | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 6 Dec 1997 |
| 11 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 1:51.47 | * | Nagano | JPN | indoor - artificial | 12 Feb 1998 |
| 12 | Dmitry Shepel | RUS | 1:50.45 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 21 Mar 1998 |
| 13 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 1:49.71 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 28 Nov 1998 |
| 14 | Mark Tuitert | NED | 1:48.45 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 19 Mar 1999 |
| 15 | Shingo Doi | JPN | 1:47.33 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 17 Mar 2001 |
| 16 | Beorn Nijenhuis | NED | 1:46.80 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Mar 2002 |
| 17 | Remco olde Heuvel | NED | 1:46.73 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 21 Mar 2003 |
| 18 | Håvard Bøkko | NOR | 1:46.07 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 18 Nov 2005 |
| 19 | Sjoerd de Vries | NED | 1:45.54 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 15 Mar 2007 |
| 20 | Brian Hansen | USA | 1:44.52 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 4 Dec 2009 |
| 21 | Brian Hansen | USA | 1:44.45 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 11 Dec 2009 |
| 22 | Allan Dahl Johansson | NOR | 1:43.13 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 3 Dec 2017 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
