Men
| Time | Runner | Place | Date |
| 2:55:18.4 | John Hayes (USA) | Shepherd's Bush | July 24, 1908 |
| 2:52:45.4 | Robert Fowler (USA) | Yonkers, USA | January 1, 1909 |
| 2:46:52.6 | James Clark (USA) | New York, USA | February 12, 1909 |
| 2:46:04.6 | Albert Raines (USA) | New York,USA | May 8, 1909 |
| 2:42:31 | Frederick Barrett (Great Britain) | Shepherd's Bush | February 12, 1909 |
| 2:38:16.2 | Harry Green (Great Britain) | | |
| 2:36:06.6 | Alexis Ahlgren (Sweden) | Shepherd's Bush | May 31, 1913 |
| 2:32:35:8 | Johnannes Kolehmainen (Finland) | Antwerp, Belgium | August 20, 1920 |
| 2:29:01.8 | Albert Michelsen (USA) | Port Chester | October 13, 1925 |
| 2:27:49 | Fusashige Suzuki (Japan) | Tokyo, Japan | March 31, 1935 |
| 2:26:44 | Yasuo Ikenaka (Japan) | Tokyo, Japan | April 3, 1935 |
| 2:26:42 | Kitei Son (Japan) | Tokyo, Japan | November 3, 1935 |
| 2:25:39 | Yon Bok Suh (Korea) | Boston, USA | April 19, 1947 |
| 2:20:42.2 | James Peters (Great Britain) | Chiswick, England | July 14, 1952 |
| 2:18:40.2 | James Peters (Great Britain) | Chiswick, England | July 13, 1953 |
| 2:18:34.8 | James Peters (Great Britain) | Turku, Finland | October 4, 1953 |
| 2:17:39.4 | James Peters (Great Britain) | Chiswick, England | July 26, 1954 |
| 2:15:17 | Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) | Stockholm, Sweden | August 24, 1958 |
| 2:15:16.2 | Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) | Rome, Italy | September 10, 1960 |
| 2:15:15.8 | Toru Terasawa (Japan) | Beppu, Japan | Feburary 17, 1963 |
| 2:14:28 | Leonard Edelen (USA) | Chiswick, England | July 15, 1963 |
| 2:13:55.4 | Basil Heatley (Great Britain) | Chiswick, England | July 13, 1964 |
| 2:04:55 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | Berlin, Germany | September 28, 2003 |