| # | Mark | Skater | Country | Date | Rink |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.52,8 | Zofia Nehringowa | POL | 8 Feb 1931 | Warszawa |
| 2 | 6.22,4 | Zofia Nehringowa | POL | 9 Feb 1935 | Warszawa |
| 3 | 6.12,0 | Kit Klein | USA | 1 Feb 1936 | Stockholm Stadion |
| 4 | 5.29,6 | Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 30 Jan 1937 | Davos |
| 5 | 5.29,1 | Zoya Kholshchevnikova | URS | 30 Jan 1949 | Moskva Dynamo |
| 6 | 5.26,7 | Tatyana Karelina | URS | 11 Feb 1951 | Medeo |
| 7 | 5.22,2 | Olga Akifyeva | URS | 16 Feb 1951 | Medeo |
| 8 | 5.21,3 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 8 Jan 1952 | Medeo |
| 9 | 5.13,8 | Rimma Zhukova | URS | 23 Jan 1953 | Medeo |
| 10 | 5.06,0 | Inga Artamonova | URS | 28 Jan 1962 | Medeo |
| 11 | 5.05,9 | Lidia Skoblikova | URS | 15 Jan 1967 | Oslo Bislett |
| 12 | 5.04,8 | Stien Kaiser | NED | 29 Jan 1967 | Davos |
| 13 | 4.56,8 | Stien Kaiser | NED | 5 Mar 1967 | Inzell |
| 14 | 4.54,6 | Stien Kaiser | NED | 3 Feb 1968 | Davos |
| 15 | 4.52,0 | Ans Schut | NED | 2 Feb 1969 | Grenoble |
| 16 | 4.50,4 | Ans Schut | NED | 9 Feb 1969 | Davos |
| 17 | 4.50,3 | Ans Schut | NED | 23 Feb 1969 | Inzell |
| 18 | 4.46,5 | Stien Kaiser | NED | 16 Jan 1971 | Davos |
| 19 | 4.44,69 | Tamara Kuznetsova | URS | 12 Jan 1975 | Medeo |
| 20 | 4.40,85 | Nancy Swider | USA | 13 Mar 1976 | Inzell |
| 21 | 4.40,59 | Galina Stepanskaya | URS | 16 Mar 1976 | Medeo |
| 22 | 4.31,00 | Galina Stepanskaya | URS | 23 Mar 1976 | Medeo |
| 23 | 4.21,70 | Gabi Schönbrunn | GDR | 28 Mar 1981 | Medeo |
| 24 | 4.20,91 | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich | GDR | 23 Mar 1984 | Medeo |
| 25 | 4.18,02 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 21 Mar 1986 | Medeo |
| 26 | 4.16,85 | Yvonne van Gennip | NED | 19 Mar 1987 | Heerenveen Thialf |
| 27 | 4.16,76 | Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | GDR | 5 Dec 1987 | Calgary |
| 28 | 4.11,94 | Yvonne van Gennip | NED | 23 Feb 1988 | Calgary |
| 29 | 4.10,80 | Gunda Kleemann | GER | 9 Dec 1990 | Calgary |
| 30 | 4.09,32 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann | GER | 25 Mar 1994 | Calgary |
| 31 | 4.07,80 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 7 Dec 1997 | Heerenveen Thialf |
| 32 | 4.07,13 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 13 Dec 1997 | Hamar Vikingskipet |
| 33 | 4.05,08 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 14 Mar 1998 | Heerenveen Thialf |
| 34 | 4.01,67 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 27 Mar 1998 | Calgary |
| 35 | 4.00,51 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 30 Jan 2000 | Calgary |
| 36 | 4.00,26 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 17 Feb 2001 | Hamar Vikingskipet |
| 37 | 3.59,27 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 2 Mar 2001 | Calgary |
| 38 | 3.57,70 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 10 Feb 2002 | Salt Lake City-Kearns |
| 39 | 3.55,75 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 12 Nov 2005 | Calgary |
| 40 | 3.53,34 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 18 Mar 2006 | Calgary |