Top 50 longest standing world record set by Women
| # | name | days | disciplin | record | date | place | ||
| 1 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 10956 (= 29 y 364 d) | 5000 meters | 9:01.6 | 24 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
| 2 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 6555 (= 17 y 346 d) | 500 meters | 0:46.4 | 30 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
| 3 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 6396 (= 17 y 187 d) | Small combination | 154.580 | 19 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
| 4 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 5118 (= 14 y 5 d) | 1000 meters | 1:38.8 | 31 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
| 5 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4781 (= 13 y 33 d) | 1500 meters | 2:38.1 | 23 Jan 1937 | Oslo | NOR |
| 6 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 4732 (= 12 y 349 d) | 3000 meters | 3:53.34 | 18 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
| 7 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4396 (= 12 y 13 d) | 5000 meters | 9:28.3 | 31 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
| 8 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 4383 (= 12 y 0 d) | 3000 meters | 5:29.6 | 30 Jan 1937 | Davos | SUI |
| 9 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 4270 (= 11 y 252 d) | 1500 meters | 1:59.30 | 22 Mar 1986 | Medeo | URS |
| 10 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 4019 (= 11 y 1 d) | Mini combination | 166.682 | 26 Mar 1983 | Medeo | URS |
| 11 | Christine Nesbitt | CAN | 3772 (= 10 y 119 d) | Mini combination | 153.856 | 11 Nov 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 12 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 3647 (= 9 y 360 d) | 1500 meters | 1:51.79 | 20 Nov 2005 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 13 | Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 3597 (= 9 y 310 d) | 500 meters | 0:36.36 | 16 Nov 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 14 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 3557 (= 9 y 269 d) | 1000 meters | 1:17.65 | 26 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
| 15 | Heather Richardson | USA | 3555 (= 9 y 268 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.190 | 28 Dec 2013 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 16 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt | GER | 3304 (= 9 y 17 d) | Sprint combination | 149.305 | 12 Jan 2003 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 17 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 3292 (= 9 y 5 d) | 3000 meters | 5:13.8 | 23 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
| 18 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 2963 (= 8 y 41 d) | 1000 meters | 1:33.4 | 12 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
| 19 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 2935 (= 8 y 13 d) | 5000 meters | 6:42.66 | 18 Feb 2011 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 20 | Kristina Groves | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN |
| Christine Nesbitt | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN | |
| Brittany Schussler | CAN | 2896 (= 7 y 339 d) | Team pursuit | 2:55.79 | 6 Dec 2009 | Calgary | CAN | |
| 21 | Li Qishi | CHN | 2861 (= 7 y 304 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| Yu Jing | CHN | 2861 (= 7 y 304 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| Zhang Hong | CHN | 2861 (= 7 y 304 d) | Team sprint | 1:24.65 | 22 Nov 2015 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| 22 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 2850 (= 7 y 293 d) | Small combination | 168.271 | 22 Mar 1986 | Medeo | URS |
| 23 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 2583 (= 7 y 26 d) | 1500 meters | 2:19.0 | 27 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
| 24 | Khalida Shchegoleyeva | URS | 2578 (= 7 y 22 d) | 1500 meters | 2:25.5 | 30 Jan 1953 | Medeo | URS |
| 25 | Tamara Rylova | URS | 2573 (= 7 y 16 d) | 500 meters | 0:45.6 | 11 Jan 1955 | Medeo | URS |
| 26 | Jenny Wolf | GER | 2485 (= 6 y 293 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.420 | 10 Mar 2007 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 27 | Nao Kodaira | JPN | 2399 (= 6 y 208 d) | Sprint combination | 146.390 | 26 Feb 2017 | Calgary | CAN |
| 28 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 2224 (= 6 y 32 d) | 500 meters | 0:39.10 | 22 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
| 29 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 2198 (= 6 y 7 d) | 500 meters | 0:44.9 | 27 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
| 30 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 2192 (= 6 y 1 d) | 2x500 meters | 74.720 | 9 Mar 2001 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 31 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2136 (= 5 y 310 d) | Sprint combination | 149.305 | 25 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
| 32 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2135 (= 5 y 309 d) | 1000 meters | 1:13.11 | 25 Mar 2006 | Calgary | CAN |
| 33 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 2114 (= 5 y 288 d) | Mini combination | 155.576 | 17 Mar 2001 | Calgary | CAN |
| 34 | Yvonne van Gennip | NED | 2108 (= 5 y 281 d) | 5000 meters | 7:14.13 | 28 Feb 1988 | Calgary | CAN |
| 35 | Joy Beune | NED | 2022 (= 5 y 196 d) | Mini combination | 153.776 | 10 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 36 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 1917 (= 5 y 91 d) | 500 meters | 0:37.22 | 9 Dec 2001 | Calgary | CAN |
| 37 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 1862 (= 5 y 36 d) | Mini combination | 189.033 | 28 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
| 38 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 1842 (= 5 y 16 d) | 5000 meters | 6:46.91 | 23 Feb 2002 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 39 | Sheila Young | USA | 1841 (= 5 y 14 d) | Sprint combination | 166.210 | 13 Mar 1976 | Inzell | FRG |
| 40 | Sheila Young | USA | 1840 (= 5 y 13 d) | 500 meters | 0:40.68 | 13 Mar 1976 | Inzell | FRG |
| 41 | Lidiya Skoblikova | URS | 1836 (= 5 y 10 d) | 1000 meters | 1:31.8 | 22 Feb 1963 | Karuizawa | JPN |
| 42 | Galina Stepanskaya | URS | 1831 (= 5 y 4 d) | 3000 meters | 4:31.00 | 23 Mar 1976 | Medeo | URS |
| 43 | Tatyana Averina | URS | 1825 (= 4 y 364 d) | 1000 meters | 1:23.46 | 29 Mar 1975 | Medeo | URS |
| 44 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 1813 (= 4 y 352 d) | 3000 meters | 5:06.0 | 28 Jan 1962 | Medeo | URS |
| 45 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 1658 (= 4 y 197 d) | 3000 meters | 3:52.02 | 9 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| Brittany Bowe | USA | 1658 (= 4 y 197 d) | 1000 meters | 1:11.61 | 9 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA | |
| 47 | Miho Takagi | JPN | 1657 (= 4 y 196 d) | 1500 meters | 1:49.84 | 10 Mar 2019 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 48 | Heather Richardson | USA | 1498 (= 4 y 37 d) | Sprint combination | 147.735 | 20 Jan 2013 | Calgary | CAN |
| 49 | Chris Witty | USA | 1496 (= 4 y 35 d) | 1000 meters | 1:13.83 | 17 Feb 2002 | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 50 | Anni Friesinger | GER | 1484 (= 4 y 23 d) | Team pursuit | 2:56.04 | 13 Nov 2005 | Calgary | CAN |
| Daniela Anschütz | GER | 1484 (= 4 y 23 d) | Team pursuit | 2:56.04 | 13 Nov 2005 | Calgary | CAN | |
| Claudia Pechstein | GER | 1484 (= 4 y 23 d) | Team pursuit | 2:56.04 | 13 Nov 2005 | Calgary | CAN | |
| = current world record | ||||||||
| bold | = longest standing world record on this discipline | |||||||
