Most world records set by Women
| # | name | total | 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 3000 | 5000 | 2x500 | sprint | mini | small | team | |
| 1 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | GER | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Cindy Klassen | CAN | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tatyana Barabash-Averina | URS | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Bonnie Blair | USA | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stien Baas-Kaiser | NED | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich | GDR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Zofia Nehringowa | POL | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | GER | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Claudia Pechstein | GER | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Laila Schou Nilsen | NOR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rimma Zhukova | URS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | URS | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anni Friesinger-Postma | GER | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liselotte Landbeck | AUT | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Synnøve Lie | NOR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ans Schut | NED | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miho Takagi | JPN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sheila Young-Ochowicz | USA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Brittany Bowe | USA | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt | GER | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yvonne van Gennip | NED | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Anne Henning | USA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Sang-hwa | KOR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Verné Lesche | FIN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heather Richardson | USA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn | GDR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nana Takagi | JPN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chris Witty | USA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jenny Wolf | GER | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Kristina Groves | CAN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nao Kodaira | JPN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christine Nesbitt | CAN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tamara Rylova | URS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ayano Sato | JPN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tatyana Sidorova | URS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lidiya Skoblikova | URS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galina Stepanskaya | URS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Annamarie Thomas | NED | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyudmila Titova | URS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yu Jing | CHN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clara Hughes | CAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tatyana Karelina | URS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kit Klein | USA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sofya Kondakova | URS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nina Statkevich | URS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marianne Timmer | NED | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sabine Völker | GER | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Olga Akifyeva | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniela Anschütz-Thoms | GER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joy Beune | NED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Undis Blikken | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellie van den Brom | NED | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zoya Kholshchevnikova | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyudmila Fechina | URS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Helga Haase | GDR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emese Hunyady | AUT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mariya Isakova | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Erina Kamiya | JPN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ayaka Kikuchi | JPN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tamara Kuznetsova | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Li Qishi | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monika Gawenus-Pflug | FRG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Galina Romanova | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyubov Sadchikova | URS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ruth Budzisch-Schleiermacher | GDR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brittany Schussler | CAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lidiya Selikhova | URS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khalida Shchegoleyeva | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Becky Sundstrom | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nancy Swider-Peltz | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maki Tabata | JPN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randi Thorvaldsen | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maki Tsuji | JPN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khalida Vorobyeva | URS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Natalya Voronina | RUS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhang Hong | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
