Statistics by Yoshiaki Oikawa (ATFS/JAPAN)
| 1500m |
| RANK | MARK | POINTS | DECATHLETE | | NATION | DECA SCORE | VENUE NATION | MEETING | DATE |
| 1 | 3:48.2h | 1042 | Paul | Cummings | USA | 4830 h [62] | Provo USA | | 1976.10. 8 |
| 2 | 3:54.2h | 996 | Simo | Saloranta | FIN | 4590 h | Naantali FIN | | 1959.10.11 |
| 3 | 3:54.9h | 991 | Roland | Weeden | GBR | 5521 h | Grays GBR | | 1984. 9.29 |
| 4 | 3:58.7h | 963 | Robert | Baker | USA | 7479 | Austin USA | | 1980. 4. 3 |
| 5 | 3:59.8h | 955 | Gary | McManus | USA | 4770 h [62] | Pleasant Hill USA | | 1975. 8. 1 |
| 6 | 4:00.51 | 950 | Herbert | Peter | FRG/GER | 7102 | Bernhausen FRG | N Jr | 1978. 7.30 |
| 7 | 4:00.6h | 949 | Rigoberto | González | CUB | 5969 h | Santiago de Cuba CUB | | 1986. 7.18 |
| 8 | 4:00.8h | 948 | Vladimir | Kuznetsov | URS/RUS | 7028 | Zhitomir URS | | 1973. 8.25 |
| 9 | 4:01.00 | 946 | Geoffrey | Seurey | KEN | 6918 A | Nairobi KEN | | 1987. 8.12 |
| 10 | 4:01.4h | 943 | Olavi | Vuorisalo | FIN | 5230 h | Naantali FIN | | 1959.10.11 |
| 4:01.4h | 943 | Robert | Fournier | USA | 6946 h | Sacramento USA | | 1985. 4.13 |
| 12 | 4:02.3h | 937 | Alez | Quer | ESP | 4524 h | Barcelona ESP | | 1983.10.16 |
| 13 | 4:02.8h | 933 | Jon | Brooks | GBR | 4013 h | Cambridge GBR | | 1987. 6.14 |
| 14 | 4:03.64 | 927 | Curtis | Beach | USA | 7989 | Eugene USA | NCAA | 2013. 6. 6 |
| 15 | 4:03.7h | 926 | John | Gamble | CAN | 7021 | Ottawa CAN | | 1976. 8.21 |
| 4:03.7h | 926 | Victor | Smith | GBR | 4181 h | Erith GBR | | 1976. 9.12 |
| 17 | 4:04.1h | 923 | Dietmar | Jentsch | GDR/GER | 7416 | Erfurt GDR | | 1979. 6.16 |
| 18 | 4:04.11 | 923 | Joseph | Detmer | USA | 7963 w | Sacramento USA | NCAA | 2007. 6. 7 |
| 19 | 4:04.4h | 921 | Tony | Verhoeven | CAN | 6950 h | Ottawa CAN | | 1976. 8.21 |
| 20 | 4:04.54 | 920 | Marco Antônio | Brito | BRA | 6850 h | Rio de Janeiro BRA | | 1992. 5.22 |
|