Evolution of the world record 500 meters Boys
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Dan Immerfall | USA | 0:39.35 | Madonna di Campiglio | ITA | outdoor - natural | 17 Jan 1976 | |
| 2 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 0:39.23 | Trondheim | NOR | outdoor - natural | 23 Jan 1977 | |
| 3 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 0:39.00 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 24 Feb 1979 | |
| 4 | Jan Ykema | NED | 0:38.42 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 31 Jan 1981 | |
| 5 | Dan Jansen | USA | 0:38.24 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 23 Jan 1982 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Antipov | URS | 0:38.19 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 26 Mar 1982 | |
| 7 | Yukihiro Mitani | JPN | 0:38.12 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 11 Mar 1984 | |
| 8 | Roman Popadchuk | URS | 0:38.01 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 17 Mar 1986 | |
| 9 | Roman Popadchuk | URS | 0:37.48 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 21 Mar 1986 | |
| 10 | Roman Popadchuk | URS | 0:37.23 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 13 Dec 1986 | |
| 11 | Vadim Shakshakbayev | URS | 0:37.08 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 5 Feb 1991 | |
| 12 | Aleksandr Golubev (1972) | URS | 0:37.01 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 6 Feb 1991 | |
| 13 | Vadim Shakshakbayev | URS | 0:36.95 | Inzell | GER | outdoor - artificial | 24 Feb 1991 | |
| 14 | Vadim Shakshakbayev | URS | 0:36.68 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 19 Mar 1991 | |
| 15 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 0:36.67 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 1 Mar 1996 | |
| 16 | Lee Kyou-hyuk | KOR | 0:36.59 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 8 Mar 1996 | |
| 17 | Jeremy Wotherspoon | CAN | 0:36.58 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 23 Mar 1996 | |
| 18 | Choi Jae-bong | KOR | 0:36.30 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 27 Nov 1998 |
| 19 | Masaaki Kobayashi | JPN | 0:36.23 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 18 Mar 2000 |
| 20 | Masaaki Kobayashi | JPN | 0:35.93 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 19 Mar 2000 |
| 21 | Pekka Koskela | FIN | 0:35.89 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 1 Dec 2001 |
| 22 | Yu Fengtong | CHN | 0:35.30 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 12 Feb 2002 |
| 23 | Tadashi Obara | JPN | 0:35.24 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 24 Mar 2002 |
| 24 | Joji Kato | JPN | 0:34.88 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 11 Jan 2003 |
| 25 | Joji Kato | JPN | 0:34.75 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 12 Feb 2003 |
| 26 | Laurent Dubreuil | CAN | 0:34.66 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 22 Jan 2012 |
| 27 | Chung Jae-woong | KOR | 0:34.66 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 9 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
