| World men's all-time best 24 hours Track (t) or Road |
| 1 | 303.506t | Yiannis Kouros | GRE | 560213 | 1 | Adelaide | 971005 |
| + | 290.221 |     Yiannis Kouros |   |   | 1 | Basel | 980503 |
| 2 | 276.209 | Wolfgang Schwerk | FRG | 550728 | 1 | Köln | 870509 |
| 3 | 275.982t | Anatoliy Kruglikov | RUS | 571009 | 1 | Podolsk | 950625 |
| 4 | 274.715 | Bernard Gaudin | FRA | 490918 | 1 | Niort | 821114 |
| 5 | 274.480t | Dave Dowdie | GBR | 541107 | 1 | Gloucester | 820523 |
| 6 | 274.119 | Hans-Martin Erdmann | FRG | 440909 | 2 | Köln | 870509 |
| 7 | 272.624t | Jean-Gilles Boussiquet | FRA | 440726 | 1 | Lausanne | 810503 |
| 8 | 272.619t | Eduard Khirov | RUS | 61 | 2 | Podolsk | 950625 |
| 9 | 268.859 | Alain Prual | FRA | 590924 | 1 | Gravigny | 990812 |
| 10 | 268.251t | Don Ritchie | GBR | 440706 | 1 | London | 911027 |
| 11 | 268.000 | Aleksandr Komissarenko | URS |   | 1 | Tula | 8209 |
| 12 | 267.626 | Lucien Taelman | BEL | 570709 | 1 | Marquette | 980830 |
| + | 267.543 |     Don Ritchie |   |   | 1 | Milton Keynes | 900204 |
| 13 | 267.088t | Ivan Labutin | RUS | 59 | 3 | Podolsk | 950625 |
| 14 | 265.932t | Rae Clark | USA | 520207 | 1 | Portland | 900929 |
| + | 265.683t |     Yiannis Kouros |   |   | 1 | Verona | 000924 |
| 15 | 264.400t | Mikhail Yeremisov | RUS | 61 | 3 | Podolsk | 940827 |
| 16 | 264.246 | Paul Beckers | BEL | 620822 | 1 | Torhout | 920802 |
| 17 | 263.466t | Mark Pickard | GBR | 600308 | 1 | London | 811011 |
| 18 | 263.172 | János Bogár | HUN | 640726 | 1 | Szeged | 930704 |
| 19 | 263.144 | Tomás Rusek | CZE | 480827 | 2 | Marquette | 980830 |
| 20 | 262.640t | Rune Larsson | SWE | 560511 | 1 | Hönefoss, NOR | 860713 |