Women · Middle Distance · All-Time
1500 Metres
3:48.68
Best mark
World record
4:02.75
Top 50 cutoff
2000 rows: tie at the cutoff
4:00.76
Median
Of the 2000 performances
45
Countries
ETH 267 · RUS 245 · 43 others
Performance distribution
2000 performances from 3:48.68 to 4:02.75 · median 4:00.76
Top 50 cutoff
The mark an athlete needed to make the list
World all-time top 50
All performances · updated 4 Sep 2026 · methodology
2000 rows · tie at the cutoff
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon WR | KEN | 3:48.68 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 31 |
| 2 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:49.04 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 30 |
| 3 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:49.11 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | 29 |
| 4 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:50.07 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 24 |
| 5 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.30 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 27 |
| 6 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:50.37 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | 28 |
| 7 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:50.46 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 8 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:50.62 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 28 |
| 9 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:50.72 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 29 |
| 10 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:50.83 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 27 |
| 11 | Jiang Bo | CHN | 3:50.98 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 12 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.07 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | 27 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.29 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 14 | Lang Yinglai | CHN | 3:51.34 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 15 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:51.41 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | 29 |
| 16 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 3:51.92 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 17 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:51.95 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.15 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 19 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:52.47 | 13 Aug 1980 | Zürich | 28 |
| 20 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:52.56 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 21 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.59 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | 28 |
| 22 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:52.61 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 23 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:52.67 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 28 |
| 24 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:52.75 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 25 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.89 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 30 |
| 26 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:52.96 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 28 |
| 27 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:53.11 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 28 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:53.22 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 18 |
| 29 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:53.23 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | 27 |
| 30 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:53.37 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 31 |
| 31 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:53.60 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | 28 |
| 32 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:53.63 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | 28 |
| 33 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:53.75 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | 22 |
| 34 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:53.79 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 31 |
| 35 | Yin Lili | CHN | 3:53.91 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 17 |
| 35 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:53.91 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | 27 |
| 37 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:53.93 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 21 |
| 38 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:53.96 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | 25 |
| 39 | Lan Lixin | CHN | 3:53.97 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 40 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:53.98 | 15 Jun 2024 | Nairobi | 30 |
| 41 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.01 | 20 Jun 2021 | Chorzów | 24 |
| 42 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.03 | 28 May 2023 | Rabat | 26 |
| 43 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:54.11 | 8 Jul 2015 | Barcelona | 24 |
| 44 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:54.16 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 23 |
| 45 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:54.22 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 25 |
| 46 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:54.23 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | 29 |
| 47 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.32 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 48 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.38 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 49 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:54.50 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 50 | Zhang Ling | CHN | 3:54.52 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 16 |
| 50 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.52 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | KEN | 3:54.73 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 25 |
| 53 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:54.75 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 30 |
| 53 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:54.75 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | 28 |
| 55 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:54.76 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 31 |
| 56 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:54.79 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 18 |
| 57 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:54.87 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | 22 |
| 57 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:54.87 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 29 |
| 59 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:54.92 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 60 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:54.93 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | 17 |
| 61 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:54.98 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 27 |
| 62 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:54.99 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 63 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:55.0 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 28 |
| 64 | Lan Lixin | CHN | 3:55.01 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 65 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 3:55.06 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 66 | Dong Yanmei | CHN | 3:55.07 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 67 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.08 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | 21 |
| 68 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.10 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 69 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:55.14 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 29 |
| 70 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.16 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 30 |
| 70 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:55.16 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 72 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.18 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 21 |
| 73 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:55.20 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | 29 |
| 74 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.22 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | 23 |
| 75 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.25 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | 22 |
| 75 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.25 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 22 |
| 75 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:55.25 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 78 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 3:55.30 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 78 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:55.30 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | 26 |
| 80 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:55.33 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 80 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:55.33 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 82 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.34 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | 30 |
| 83 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:55.38 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 24 |
| 83 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.38 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 29 |
| 85 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:55.40 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 86 | Zhang Ling | CHN | 3:55.47 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 16 |
| 86 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:55.47 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | 28 |
| 88 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:55.48 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 30 |
| 88 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:55.48 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | 23 |
| 90 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:55.56 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | 20 |
| 91 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:55.58 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | 29 |
| 92 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.59 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | 28 |
| 92 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:55.59 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 94 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:55.60 | 15 Aug 2003 | Zürich | |
| 95 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:55.63 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | 32 |
| 96 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:55.64 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | 28 |
| 97 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:55.68 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 97 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:55.68 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 22 |
| 99 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:55.69 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 21 |
| 100 | Tsige Duguma | ETH | 3:55.71 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 101 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:55.76 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 102 | Dong Yanmei | CHN | 3:55.82 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 103 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:55.86 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 104 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:55.87 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 105 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:55.90 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 106 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:55.92 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | 25 |
| 107 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:55.93 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | 26 |
| 108 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:55.94 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 109 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:55.96 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 110 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:55.97 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | 27 |
| 111 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:55.99 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 112 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:56.0 | 28 Jun 1976 | Podolsk | 24 |
| 112 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:56.00 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 30 |
| 112 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:56.00 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 112 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:56.00 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 31 |
| 116 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:56.05 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 22 |
| 117 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:56.07 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 118 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:56.10 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 119 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:56.12 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 119 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:56.12 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 121 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:56.14 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 121 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:56.14 | 11 Jun 2017 | Hengelo | 24 |
| 121 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:56.14 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 124 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:56.17 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 125 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:56.18 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 126 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:56.22 | 17 Aug 1988 | Zürich | 25 |
| 126 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:56.22 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | 24 |
| 128 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:56.24 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 128 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:56.24 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 130 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:56.28 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | 28 |
| 130 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:56.28 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | 20 |
| 132 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:56.29 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 133 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:56.30 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 24 |
| 134 | Liu Dong | CHN | 3:56.31 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 23 |
| 135 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:56.33 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 136 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:56.34 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 137 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:56.35 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | 31 |
| 138 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:56.36 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 30 |
| 139 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:56.38 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 140 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:56.39 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 141 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:56.40 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 142 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:56.41 | 28 May 2016 | Eugene | 22 |
| 142 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:56.41 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 144 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 3:56.43 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 145 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:56.50 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 146 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 3:56.54 | 31 May 2012 | Roma | |
| 146 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:56.54 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | 30 |
| 148 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:56.55 | 10 Jul 2009 | Roma | |
| 149 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:56.56 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | 28 |
| 149 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:56.56 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | 22 |
| 151 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:56.57 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 152 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 3:56.60 | 10 May 2013 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 153 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:56.61 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 154 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 3:56.63 | 18 Aug 1984 | Praha | |
| 154 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:56.63 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | |
| 156 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 3:56.65 | 2 Sep 1984 | Rieti | |
| 157 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:56.68 | 8 Jun 2018 | Chorzów | 27 |
| 158 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:56.69 | 3 Sep 2021 | Bruxelles | 28 |
| 158 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:56.69 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 160 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 3:56.7 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 160 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:56.7 | 12 Jul 1986 | Bucuresti | 29 |
| 162 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:56.72 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 162 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 3:56.72 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 162 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:56.72 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 165 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:56.73 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | 26 |
| 165 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 3:56.73 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 167 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 3:56.74 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 168 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:56.75 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 169 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:56.76 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | 20 |
| 170 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:56.77 | 14 Aug 1996 | Zürich | |
| 171 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:56.79 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 171 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:56.79 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | 19 |
| 173 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 3:56.8 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 173 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:56.80 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 175 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:56.82 | 14 May 2016 | Shanghai | 22 |
| 176 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:56.86 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | 29 |
| 177 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:56.9 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 178 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 3:56.91 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 178 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 3:56.91 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 178 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:56.91 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | 20 |
| 181 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:56.92 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | |
| 182 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:56.93 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 182 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:56.93 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 184 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:56.94 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | 21 |
| 185 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 3:56.97 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 186 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:56.98 | 10 May 2013 | Ad-Dawhah | 19 |
| 186 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:56.98 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 17 |
| 188 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:56.99 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 27 |
| 188 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:56.99 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 190 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.00 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | 21 |
| 190 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:57.00 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 192 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:57.02 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 192 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.02 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | 28 |
| 194 | Liu Jing | CHN | 3:57.03 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 195 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:57.04 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | 23 |
| 196 | Svetlana Guskova | MDA | 3:57.05 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 196 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:57.05 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 198 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:57.08 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 19 |
| 198 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.08 | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich | 26 |
| 198 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:57.08 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | 22 |
| 198 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:57.08 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 202 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.09 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | 30 |
| 203 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.10 | 1 Jul 2017 | Paris | 24 |
| 204 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:57.11 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 205 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:57.12 | 26 Jul 1983 | Stockholm | |
| 206 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.13 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | 23 |
| 207 | Lang Yinglai | CHN | 3:57.15 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 18 |
| 207 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:57.15 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 209 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:57.20 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 210 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:57.22 | 1 Jul 1984 | Bucuresti | |
| 210 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:57.22 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 210 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.22 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | 24 |
| 210 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.22 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | 29 |
| 214 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:57.24 | 30 Aug 1985 | Bruxelles | |
| 215 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:57.26 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 215 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.26 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 23 |
| 215 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:57.26 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 218 | Jiang Bo | CHN | 3:57.27 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 218 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:57.27 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 220 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:57.29 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 220 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.29 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | 26 |
| 222 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:57.30 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 222 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:57.30 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | 21 |
| 224 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:57.31 | 6 Sep 2016 | Rovereto | 25 |
| 224 | Weronika Lizakowska | POL | 3:57.31 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 226 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.33 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 20 |
| 226 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.33 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 228 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:57.34 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 25 |
| 229 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:57.35 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 230 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:57.38 | 27 Jun 2023 | Ostrava | 21 |
| 231 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 3:57.4 | 11 Aug 1979 | Athínai | |
| 231 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 3:57.4 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 231 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 3:57.40 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 231 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:57.40 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | 22 |
| 231 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.40 | 13 Sep 2020 | Berlin | 27 |
| 236 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 3:57.41 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 236 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:57.41 | 22 Jul 2018 | London | 25 |
| 238 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:57.42 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 239 | Cory McGee | USA | 3:57.44 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 239 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:57.44 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 241 | Zhang Linli | CHN | 3:57.46 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 241 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:57.46 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 243 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:57.48 | 31 Jul 1982 | Bucuresti | |
| 244 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.49 | 22 Jul 2016 | London | 23 |
| 245 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 3:57.50 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 245 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:57.50 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | 19 |
| 247 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:57.51 | 1 Jul 2017 | Paris | 23 |
| 248 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:57.52 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 249 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:57.53 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 22 |
| 250 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:57.54 | 10 May 2013 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 250 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.54 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 20 |
| 252 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:57.56 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 253 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 3:57.57 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 253 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.57 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | 26 |
| 255 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:57.59 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 256 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.60 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 20 |
| 257 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:57.61 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 257 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:57.61 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 257 | Nelly Jepkosgei | BRN | 3:57.61 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 260 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:57.62 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 21 |
| 261 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:57.63 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 261 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.63 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | 32 |
| 263 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:57.64 | 10 Jun 2018 | Stockholm | 21 |
| 264 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.65 | 28 May 2023 | Rabat | 22 |
| 265 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:57.66 | 28 May 2023 | Rabat | 17 |
| 266 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:57.70 | 2 Sep 1984 | Rieti | |
| 267 | Christiane Wartenberg | GDR | 3:57.71 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | |
| 267 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 3:57.71 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 269 | Galina Zakharova | RUS | 3:57.72 | 14 Sep 1984 | Baku | |
| 269 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:57.72 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 269 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 3:57.72 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 272 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:57.73 | 30 Aug 1985 | Bruxelles | |
| 272 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 3:57.73 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 274 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.74 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 24 |
| 274 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:57.74 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | 29 |
| 276 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:57.75 | 30 Aug 2002 | Bruxelles | |
| 276 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.75 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | 26 |
| 276 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 3:57.75 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 279 | Liu Jing | CHN | 3:57.77 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 279 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:57.77 | 19 May 2012 | Shanghai | 21 |
| 281 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:57.78 | 29 Jul 1981 | Budapest | 28 |
| 281 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:57.78 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | |
| 283 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:57.79 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 283 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:57.79 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | 20 |
| 285 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:57.80 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | 29 |
| 285 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:57.80 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 287 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:57.82 | 25 Aug 1982 | Tirrenia | |
| 287 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:57.82 | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne | 26 |
| 287 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:57.82 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | 20 |
| 290 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:57.83 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 24 |
| 291 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:57.84 | 27 May 2023 | Westwood | 21 |
| 292 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.85 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 23 |
| 292 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.85 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 26 |
| 294 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.87 | 23 Aug 2020 | Stockholm | 27 |
| 294 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:57.87 | 27 Jun 2023 | Ostrava | 22 |
| 294 | Elise Cranny | USA | 3:57.87 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 297 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:57.88 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | 23 |
| 298 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:57.89 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 299 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 3:57.90 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 299 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:57.90 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 301 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:57.91 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 301 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:57.91 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | 29 |
| 303 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 3:57.92 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 303 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:57.92 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 305 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:57.95 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 305 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:57.95 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 305 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:57.95 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 308 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 3:58.00 | 2 Jun 1993 | Jinan | 20 |
| 308 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:58.00 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 310 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:58.01 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | 20 |
| 310 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:58.01 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 312 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:58.02 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 313 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:58.03 | 21 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 313 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 3:58.03 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 315 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:58.04 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | |
| 316 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:58.05 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 316 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:58.05 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 316 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:58.05 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 319 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:58.06 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | 22 |
| 319 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:58.06 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | 31 |
| 321 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 3:58.07 | 29 Jun 1997 | Sheffield | |
| 321 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:58.07 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | 22 |
| 323 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 3:58.08 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 324 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:58.09 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | 20 |
| 324 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.09 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | 30 |
| 324 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:58.09 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 324 | Sophie Malbranque | FRA | 3:58.09 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 324 | Claudia Hollingsworth | AUS | 3:58.09 | 5 Mar 2026 | Melbourne | |
| 329 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:58.1 | 9 Jun 1984 | Bucuresti | 27 |
| 329 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:58.10 | 28 May 2016 | Eugene | 19 |
| 331 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 3:58.11 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 331 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:58.11 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | 30 |
| 333 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 3:58.12 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 333 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 3:58.12 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 333 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:58.12 | 4 Jun 2023 | Hengelo | 30 |
| 333 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 3:58.12 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 337 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 3:58.13 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 337 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:58.13 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 339 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:58.14 | 24 May 2025 | Zagreb | 28 |
| 340 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:58.15 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 340 | Nadia Battocletti | ITA | 3:58.15 | 2 Jun 2025 | Rovereto | 25 |
| 342 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 3:58.17 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 343 | Liu Dong | CHN | 3:58.18 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 23 |
| 343 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.18 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 25 |
| 343 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:58.18 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | 21 |
| 343 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:58.18 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | 25 |
| 343 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:58.18 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | 23 |
| 348 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:58.19 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 349 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 3:58.2 | 13 Jul 1979 | Bucuresti | |
| 349 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 3:58.2 | 11 Aug 1979 | Athínai | |
| 349 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 3:58.20 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 349 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 3:58.20 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 353 | Yin Lili | CHN | 3:58.22 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | 17 |
| 353 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:58.22 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | 26 |
| 353 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:58.22 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 356 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.24 | 6 Sep 2020 | Chorzów | 27 |
| 357 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.25 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | 26 |
| 357 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 3:58.25 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 357 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:58.25 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | 25 |
| 360 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:58.26 | 12 Jul 1984 | Bucuresti | 27 |
| 361 | Elvan Abeylegesse | TUR | 3:58.28 | 30 May 2004 | Moskva | |
| 361 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:58.28 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 361 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:58.28 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 361 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:58.28 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | |
| 365 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:58.29 | 29 Jul 1981 | Budapest | |
| 365 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:58.29 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 365 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:58.29 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 368 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 3:58.3 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 369 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:58.31 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 370 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:58.33 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zürich | 27 |
| 370 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 3:58.33 | 8 Sep 2024 | Zagreb | |
| 372 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:58.36 | 9 May 2021 | Walnut | |
| 372 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:58.36 | 31 May 2025 | Philadelphia | 28 |
| 374 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 3:58.37 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | 29 |
| 375 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 3:58.38 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 376 | Maria Cioncan | ROU | 3:58.39 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 376 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:58.39 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 25 |
| 378 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:58.40 | 18 Aug 1985 | Moskva | |
| 378 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 3:58.40 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 380 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:58.42 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 380 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:58.42 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 380 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:58.42 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 383 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 3:58.43 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 383 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:58.43 | 6 Sep 2002 | Berlin | |
| 383 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:58.43 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 23 |
| 386 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 3:58.44 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | |
| 386 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:58.44 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 388 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:58.46 | 15 Jun 2024 | Nairobi | |
| 389 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.49 | 31 Aug 2018 | Bruxelles | 25 |
| 390 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:58.5 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 391 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 3:58.52 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 392 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.53 | 10 Jun 2018 | Stockholm | 25 |
| 393 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:58.54 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | |
| 393 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 3:58.54 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 393 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:58.54 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 396 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:58.55 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zürich | 28 |
| 397 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 3:58.56 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 398 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:58.57 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 29 |
| 399 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:58.58 | 1 Jun 2013 | Eugene | |
| 399 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.58 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 30 |
| 401 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 3:58.59 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 401 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:58.59 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | 23 |
| 401 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:58.59 | 5 Jun 2026 | Moskva | 20 |
| 404 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:58.60 | 7 Aug 1981 | Moskva | 28 |
| 404 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 3:58.60 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 406 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:58.62 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 407 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:58.63 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 20 |
| 407 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:58.63 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 407 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:58.63 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | 32 |
| 410 | Wang Renmei | CHN | 3:58.64 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 410 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:58.64 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 412 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 3:58.65 | 25 Aug 1982 | Tirrenia | |
| 412 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 3:58.65 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 412 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:58.65 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 415 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.66 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | 22 |
| 416 | Hildegard Körner | GDR | 3:58.67 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 417 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:58.68 | 13 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 417 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 3:58.68 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 419 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:58.69 | 29 Jun 1990 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 33 |
| 419 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 3:58.69 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 421 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:58.70 | 7 Aug 1981 | Moskva | |
| 421 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:58.70 | 18 Aug 1984 | Praha | |
| 421 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:58.70 | 2 Jun 2025 | Rovereto | |
| 424 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 3:58.71 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 424 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 3:58.71 | 19 Aug 1992 | Zürich | |
| 426 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:58.72 | 13 Jul 2009 | Athínai | |
| 426 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 3:58.72 | 18 May 2014 | Shanghai | |
| 428 | Yan Wei | CHN | 3:58.74 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 428 | Patrícia Silva | POR | 3:58.74 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 430 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:58.75 | 2 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 431 | Svetlana Ulmasova | UZB | 3:58.76 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 431 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:58.76 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | |
| 433 | Adelle Tracey | JAM | 3:58.77 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 434 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 3:58.78 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 435 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:58.79 | 11 Aug 2002 | München | |
| 435 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 3:58.79 | 1 Jun 2009 | Hengelo | |
| 437 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:58.80 | 27 Jul 1988 | Verona | 25 |
| 437 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 3:58.80 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | |
| 439 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 3:58.81 | 11 Aug 2002 | München | |
| 439 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:58.81 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 439 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 3:58.81 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 442 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:58.82 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 443 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:58.83 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 444 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 3:58.84 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 444 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:58.84 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 444 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:58.84 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 444 | Claudia Hollingsworth | AUS | 3:58.84 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 448 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:58.85 | 25 Jul 1995 | Monaco | |
| 448 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:58.85 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 450 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:58.88 | 22 Jul 2018 | London | |
| 450 | Elise Cranny | USA | 3:58.88 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | |
| 450 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.88 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 453 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 3:58.89 | 26 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 453 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:58.89 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 453 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:58.89 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 456 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:58.9 | 12 Aug 1984 | Ryazan | |
| 457 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:58.91 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 31 |
| 457 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:58.91 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | 29 |
| 459 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:58.92 | 23 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | |
| 459 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER | 3:58.92 | 27 Aug 2017 | Berlin | |
| 461 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:58.93 | 29 Aug 2010 | Rieti | |
| 461 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:58.93 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 19 |
| 461 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:58.93 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 464 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:58.94 | 5 Aug 1980 | Roma | 28 |
| 464 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:58.94 | 31 Aug 2018 | Bruxelles | 25 |
| 466 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:58.95 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 466 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:58.95 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 30 |
| 468 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:58.96 | 25 Jul 2006 | Stockholm | |
| 468 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:58.96 | 4 Jun 2023 | Hengelo | |
| 468 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:58.96 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 468 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:58.96 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 472 | Wang Qingfen | CHN | 3:58.97 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 472 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:58.97 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | 29 |
| 474 | Nigist Getachew | ETH | 3:58.98 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 475 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 3:59.0 | 8 Aug 1979 | Viareggio | |
| 475 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.0 | 2 Jul 2007 | Athínai | |
| 477 | Giana Romanova | RUS | 3:59.01 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 477 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:59.01 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 477 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:59.01 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 480 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 3:59.02 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 480 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 3:59.02 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 480 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 3:59.02 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 480 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER | 3:59.02 | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich | |
| 480 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 3:59.02 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 485 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:59.04 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 485 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.04 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 25 |
| 485 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 3:59.04 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 488 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 3:59.05 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 488 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 3:59.05 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 488 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.05 | 8 Sep 2020 | Ostrava | 26 |
| 491 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:59.06 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | 25 |
| 491 | Elise Cranny | USA | 3:59.06 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 491 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 3:59.06 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 491 | Sarah Madeleiene | FRA | 3:59.06 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 495 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.07 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 21 |
| 496 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:59.08 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 497 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.09 | 22 Jul 2018 | London | 21 |
| 498 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:59.10 | 2 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 498 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:59.10 | 18 Jul 1994 | Nice | |
| 498 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 3:59.10 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 498 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 3:59.10 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 502 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:59.12 | 30 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 28 |
| 502 | Nouria Mérah-Benida | ALG | 3:59.12 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | |
| 502 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:59.12 | 11 Sep 2015 | Bruxelles | 22 |
| 505 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.13 | 14 Jun 2005 | Athínai | |
| 505 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 3:59.13 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 507 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.14 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 508 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.15 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 508 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 3:59.15 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | |
| 510 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 3:59.16 | 7 Aug 1991 | Zürich | |
| 510 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 3:59.16 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | |
| 510 | Marta Zenoni | ITA | 3:59.16 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 513 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:59.17 | 19 Aug 1988 | Bruxelles | 25 |
| 513 | Addison Wiley | USA | 3:59.17 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 513 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:59.17 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 513 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.17 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 517 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:59.19 | 4 Jun 1984 | Eugene | |
| 517 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 3:59.19 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 517 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:59.19 | 31 May 2022 | Ostrava | 20 |
| 517 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:59.19 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 517 | Nadia Battocletti | ITA | 3:59.19 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | 24 |
| 517 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:59.19 | 24 May 2025 | Zagreb | 19 |
| 523 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.21 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | 20 |
| 523 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 3:59.21 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 525 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 3:59.22 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 525 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.22 | 13 May 2017 | Shanghai | 23 |
| 525 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 3:59.22 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 525 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:59.22 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 525 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 3:59.22 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 530 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:59.23 | 10 Jul 1989 | Nice | 25 |
| 530 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 3:59.23 | 19 May 2012 | Shanghai | |
| 532 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 3:59.24 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 532 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 3:59.24 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 532 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:59.24 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 535 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:59.25 | 28 Jun 1986 | Pitesti | 29 |
| 535 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 3:59.25 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 535 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 3:59.25 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 535 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 3:59.25 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | 28 |
| 539 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:59.26 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 539 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:59.26 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | |
| 541 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:59.27 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | 30 |
| 541 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 3:59.27 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 541 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:59.27 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | 18 |
| 541 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.27 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 545 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 3:59.28 | 2 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 545 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 3:59.28 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 545 | Haregeweyn Kalayu | ETH | 3:59.28 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 548 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 3:59.3 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 548 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:59.3 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 548 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:59.30 | 4 Jul 1996 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 548 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER | 3:59.30 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | |
| 548 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:59.30 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | 25 |
| 553 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 3:59.31 | 26 Jun 1982 | Cottbus | 29 |
| 553 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:59.31 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 553 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:59.31 | 5 Jun 1983 | Birmingham | |
| 553 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.31 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 553 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:59.31 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | |
| 553 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:59.31 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 559 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.32 | 11 Sep 2015 | Bruxelles | 21 |
| 559 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:59.32 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 559 | Salomé Afonso | POR | 3:59.32 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 562 | Tigist Girma | ETH | 3:59.33 | 27 Jun 2023 | Ostrava | |
| 563 | Liu Li | CHN | 3:59.34 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 563 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.34 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 563 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:59.34 | 14 May 2016 | Shanghai | |
| 563 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:59.34 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 20 |
| 567 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.35 | 7 Aug 1993 | Monaco | |
| 567 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.35 | 20 Jul 2001 | Monaco | |
| 567 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.35 | 9 Sep 2005 | Monaco | |
| 567 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | MAR | 3:59.35 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 567 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:59.35 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 572 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 3:59.37 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 572 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:59.37 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 574 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 3:59.38 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 574 | Anna Willard | USA | 3:59.38 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 574 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:59.38 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | 21 |
| 577 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 3:59.39 | 8 Sep 2024 | Zagreb | |
| 578 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 3:59.40 | 6 Sep 2002 | Berlin | |
| 578 | Marta García | ESP | 3:59.40 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 580 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:59.41 | 31 Aug 2018 | Bruxelles | 25 |
| 581 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:59.42 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | |
| 581 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 3:59.42 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 583 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:59.43 | 13 Aug 1980 | Zürich | |
| 583 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 3:59.43 | 8 Sep 2002 | Rieti | |
| 583 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 3:59.43 | 20 Jun 2021 | Chorzów | 20 |
| 583 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:59.43 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 587 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 3:59.45 | 17 Jul 1986 | Kyiv | |
| 587 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 3:59.45 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 589 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 3:59.47 | 25 Jun 2005 | Kazan | |
| 589 | Besu Sado | ETH | 3:59.47 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | |
| 589 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:59.47 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 26 |
| 592 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 3:59.48 | 30 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 592 | Yelena Sipatova | RUS | 3:59.48 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 592 | Wang Chunmei | CHN | 3:59.48 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 592 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:59.48 | 2 Jun 2022 | Montreuil | 20 |
| 592 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 3:59.48 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 592 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:59.48 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 598 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:59.49 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 598 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:59.49 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | 17 |
| 598 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 3:59.49 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 598 | Gaia Sabbatini | ITA | 3:59.49 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 602 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 3:59.5 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | 28 |
| 602 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 3:59.50 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 604 | Natalia Rodríguez | ESP | 3:59.51 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 604 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 3:59.51 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 606 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | UKR | 3:59.52 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | 26 |
| 607 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:59.53 | 29 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 607 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:59.53 | 8 Jun 2014 | Marrakesh | 17 |
| 609 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 3:59.54 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 26 |
| 610 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.55 | 1 Jul 2017 | Paris | 20 |
| 610 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:59.55 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 612 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 3:59.56 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 612 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 3:59.56 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 614 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:59.57 | 16 Sep 1982 | Rieti | |
| 614 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.57 | 21 May 2019 | Nanjing | 22 |
| 614 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:59.57 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | |
| 617 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 3:59.58 | 10 Aug 2003 | Berlin | |
| 617 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER | 3:59.58 | 9 Jul 2017 | Erfurt | |
| 619 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | USA | 3:59.59 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 619 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:59.59 | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich | |
| 619 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 3:59.59 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 622 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:59.60 | 7 Aug 1993 | Monaco | |
| 622 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 3:59.60 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 622 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.60 | 22 Jun 2018 | Madrid | 21 |
| 622 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 3:59.60 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 626 | Svetlana Karamasheva | RUS | 3:59.61 | 13 Jun 2012 | Moskva | |
| 626 | Elise Cranny | USA | 3:59.61 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | |
| 626 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:59.61 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | |
| 626 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:59.61 | 21 Jul 2023 | Monaco | |
| 630 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:59.62 | 14 Jun 1986 | Bucuresti | |
| 631 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:59.63 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 632 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 3:59.64 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 26 |
| 632 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 3:59.64 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 634 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | MAR | 3:59.65 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 634 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 3:59.65 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 634 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.65 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 634 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:59.65 | 16 Aug 2025 | Chorzów | |
| 634 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 3:59.65 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 639 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 3:59.66 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 639 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 3:59.66 | 26 Jul 2009 | Cheboksary | |
| 641 | Anna Bukis | POL | 3:59.67 | 29 Jul 1981 | Budapest | |
| 641 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.67 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 641 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.67 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | 23 |
| 641 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:59.67 | 1 Apr 2021 | Melbourne | |
| 645 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 3:59.68 | 31 May 2012 | Roma | |
| 645 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 3:59.68 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | 22 |
| 645 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.68 | 31 Aug 2018 | Bruxelles | 21 |
| 645 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:59.68 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 645 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.68 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 650 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 3:59.69 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 651 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:59.7 | 14 Jul 1990 | Oslo | 33 |
| 651 | Zhang Lirong | CHN | 3:59.70 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 651 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 3:59.70 | 20 Jul 2001 | Monaco | |
| 651 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 3:59.70 | 6 Sep 2020 | Chorzów | |
| 651 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 3:59.70 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 651 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:59.70 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | 19 |
| 657 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 3:59.71 | 9 Jun 2016 | Oslo | 22 |
| 657 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | USA | 3:59.71 | 30 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 657 | Heather MacLean | USA | 3:59.71 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 660 | Josette Andrews | USA | 3:59.72 | 18 Jul 2021 | Trabuco Hills | |
| 660 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:59.72 | 8 Sep 2024 | Zagreb | |
| 662 | Linden Hall | AUS | 3:59.73 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 662 | Beatrice Chepkoech | KEN | 3:59.73 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | 32 |
| 662 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 3:59.73 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 22 |
| 662 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:59.73 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 662 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 3:59.73 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 667 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 3:59.74 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 667 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 3:59.74 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 667 | Gabija Galvydyte | LTU | 3:59.74 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 670 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.75 | 24 Aug 2001 | Bruxelles | |
| 670 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 3:59.75 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 672 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 3:59.76 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 672 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:59.76 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | 18 |
| 672 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:59.76 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 675 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 3:59.77 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 675 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 3:59.77 | 8 Jul 2023 | Nairobi | |
| 677 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 3:59.78 | 18 Jul 1994 | Nice | |
| 678 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 3:59.79 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 678 | Maureen Koster | NED | 3:59.79 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 678 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 3:59.79 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 681 | Raisa Smekhnova | BLR | 3:59.8 | 28 Jun 1976 | Podolsk | |
| 681 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 3:59.8 | 13 Jul 1979 | Bucuresti | |
| 681 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:59.80 | 28 Aug 1983 | Köln | |
| 681 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 3:59.80 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 685 | Wang Yuan | CHN | 3:59.81 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 686 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 3:59.82 | 5 Aug 1980 | Roma | |
| 686 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 3:59.82 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 688 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:59.83 | 3 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 688 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 3:59.83 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 688 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 3:59.83 | 9 Jul 2016 | Barcelona | 25 |
| 688 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:59.83 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 688 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:59.83 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 31 |
| 693 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 3:59.84 | 26 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 693 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:59.84 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 693 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:59.84 | 13 Jul 1985 | Paris | |
| 693 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 3:59.84 | 17 Jul 1986 | Kyiv | |
| 693 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.84 | 2 Sep 2008 | Lausanne | |
| 693 | Laura Muir | GBR | 3:59.84 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 699 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.85 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 22 |
| 700 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 3:59.87 | 14 May 2016 | Shanghai | 19 |
| 700 | Ayal Dagnachew | ETH | 3:59.87 | 31 May 2022 | Ostrava | |
| 702 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 3:59.88 | 27 Jun 1985 | Oslo | 28 |
| 703 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 3:59.89 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 703 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 3:59.89 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 703 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 3:59.89 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | |
| 703 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 3:59.89 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 703 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 3:59.89 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | 20 |
| 708 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 3:59.9 | 14 Jul 1976 | Potsdam | |
| 708 | Beate Liebich | GDR | 3:59.9 | 5 Jul 1980 | Potsdam | |
| 708 | Angelika Zauber | GDR | 3:59.90 | 9 Aug 1981 | Jena | |
| 708 | Cornelia Bürki | SUI | 3:59.90 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 708 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:59.90 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | |
| 708 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 3:59.90 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 714 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:59.91 | 5 Jul 1996 | Oslo | |
| 714 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 3:59.91 | 2 Sep 2022 | Bruxelles | |
| 716 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 3:59.92 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 716 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 3:59.92 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | 27 |
| 718 | Mary Slaney | USA | 3:59.93 | 25 Jun 1983 | Los Angeles | |
| 718 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 3:59.93 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 718 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 3:59.93 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 718 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 3:59.93 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 718 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 3:59.93 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | |
| 723 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 3:59.94 | 17 Aug 2001 | Zürich | |
| 723 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 3:59.94 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 725 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 3:59.95 | 26 Jun 1982 | Cottbus | |
| 725 | Hayley Tullett | GBR | 3:59.95 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 725 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 3:59.95 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 725 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:59.95 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 729 | Zola Pieterse | GBR | 3:59.96 | 30 Aug 1985 | Bruxelles | |
| 729 | Besu Sado | ETH | 3:59.96 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 729 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 3:59.96 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | 22 |
| 729 | Salomé Afonso | POR | 3:59.96 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 733 | Svetlana Ulmasova | UZB | 3:59.97 | 15 Aug 1979 | Zürich | |
| 733 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 3:59.97 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | 21 |
| 733 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 3:59.97 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 736 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | USA | 3:59.98 | 10 Jul 2009 | Roma | |
| 737 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 3:59.99 | 18 Jul 2008 | Saint-Denis | |
| 737 | Emily MacKay | USA | 3:59.99 | 17 Jul 2023 | Marseille | |
| 737 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 3:59.99 | 29 May 2026 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 740 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:00.00 | 7 Aug 1991 | Zürich | |
| 740 | Marta Zenoni | ITA | 4:00.00 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 740 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.00 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 743 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.01 | 22 Jul 2018 | London | |
| 744 | Karissa Schweizer | USA | 4:00.02 | 21 Jul 2020 | Portland | |
| 745 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.04 | 11 Aug 1980 | Budapest | |
| 745 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:00.04 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 745 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:00.04 | 27 May 2023 | Westwood | |
| 748 | Lu Yi | CHN | 4:00.05 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 749 | Hildegard Körner | GDR | 4:00.06 | 22 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 749 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:00.06 | 22 Jul 1994 | Oslo | |
| 749 | Morgan Uceny | USA | 4:00.06 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 749 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:00.06 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | 24 |
| 753 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:00.07 | 22 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 753 | Yekaterina Rozenberg | RUS | 4:00.07 | 15 Aug 2003 | Zürich | |
| 753 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.07 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | 21 |
| 753 | Josette Andrews | USA | 4:00.07 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 757 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:00.08 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 757 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:00.08 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 757 | Besu Sado | ETH | 4:00.08 | 14 May 2016 | Shanghai | |
| 757 | Emily MacKay | USA | 4:00.08 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 761 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 4:00.09 | 25 Jun 2005 | Kazan | |
| 761 | Yevgeniya Soboleva | RUS | 4:00.09 | 6 Jul 2012 | Cheboksary | |
| 761 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.09 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | |
| 761 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:00.09 | 13 Sep 2020 | Berlin | |
| 765 | Josette Andrews | USA | 4:00.10 | 12 Jul 2025 | Eagle Rock | |
| 766 | Yekaterina Guliyeva | RUS | 4:00.11 | 17 Jun 2012 | Zhukovskiy | |
| 766 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:00.11 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | 22 |
| 768 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 4:00.12 | 4 Jun 1983 | Bucuresti | |
| 768 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:00.12 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 768 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:00.12 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 768 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 4:00.12 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 772 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:00.13 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 772 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:00.13 | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City | |
| 772 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:00.13 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 775 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:00.14 | 10 Jul 1988 | Nice | 24 |
| 775 | Likina Amebaw | ETH | 4:00.14 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | 27 |
| 777 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 4:00.15 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 777 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:00.15 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 777 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:00.15 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 780 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 4:00.16 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | |
| 781 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:00.17 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 781 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:00.17 | 21 May 2019 | Nanjing | |
| 781 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:00.17 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | 23 |
| 784 | Valentina Ilyinykh | RUS | 4:00.18 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 784 | Irina Lebedinskaya | RUS | 4:00.18 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 784 | Ruth Wysocki | USA | 4:00.18 | 24 Jun 1984 | Los Angeles | |
| 784 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:00.18 | 28 May 2016 | Eugene | 19 |
| 784 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:00.18 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | |
| 784 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 4:00.18 | 18 Jul 2023 | Székesfehérvár | |
| 784 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 4:00.18 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 791 | Galina Zakharova | RUS | 4:00.19 | 3 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 791 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 4:00.19 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 793 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:00.20 | 22 Aug 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 793 | Liu Li | CHN | 4:00.20 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 793 | Nuria Fernández | ESP | 4:00.20 | 1 Aug 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 793 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:00.20 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | |
| 797 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 4:00.21 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 798 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 4:00.22 | 15 Jun 2024 | Nairobi | |
| 799 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:00.23 | 23 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 799 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:00.23 | 6 Jun 2013 | Roma | |
| 799 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.23 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 799 | Sophie O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:00.23 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 803 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:00.24 | 26 Aug 1988 | Berlin | 25 |
| 803 | Laimute Baikauskaite | LTU | 4:00.24 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 803 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:00.24 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 806 | Galina Zakharova | RUS | 4:00.25 | 22 Aug 1982 | Podolsk | |
| 806 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:00.25 | 29 Aug 2010 | Rieti | |
| 806 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.25 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 809 | Alla Yushina | RUS | 4:00.26 | 26 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 809 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:00.26 | 16 Aug 1989 | Zürich | 26 |
| 809 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:00.26 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 812 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 4:00.27 | 30 Aug 1985 | Bruxelles | |
| 813 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:00.28 | 9 Sep 2005 | Monaco | |
| 813 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:00.28 | 10 Jun 2018 | Stockholm | |
| 815 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:00.29 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 815 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 4:00.29 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 815 | Gracie Morris | USA | 4:00.29 | 16 May 2026 | Shaoxing | |
| 818 | Lyudmila Shesterova | UKR | 4:00.3 | 6 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 818 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:00.3 | 30 May 1983 | Krasnodar | |
| 818 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 4:00.30 | 6 Aug 1976 | College Park | 24 |
| 818 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:00.30 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | |
| 818 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:00.30 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 818 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.30 | 7 Jun 2015 | Birmingham | 22 |
| 824 | Christiane Wartenberg | GDR | 4:00.31 | 30 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 824 | Águeda Marqués | ESP | 4:00.31 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 826 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:00.32 | 24 Aug 2001 | Bruxelles | |
| 826 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 4:00.32 | 20 Aug 2006 | Monaco | |
| 826 | Lemlem Hailu | ETH | 4:00.32 | 16 Jun 2022 | Castellón | 21 |
| 826 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:00.32 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 830 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.33 | 17 Aug 1980 | Nice | |
| 830 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:00.33 | 18 Jul 2008 | Saint-Denis | |
| 830 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.33 | 29 May 2011 | Hengelo | |
| 830 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:00.33 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | 26 |
| 834 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 4:00.34 | 5 Jun 1994 | Beijing | 21 |
| 834 | Wang Ai | CHN | 4:00.34 | 17 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 834 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.34 | 10 Jun 2018 | Stockholm | |
| 834 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:00.34 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 834 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 4:00.34 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 834 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:00.34 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 840 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:00.35 | 29 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 840 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:00.35 | 25 Aug 2000 | Bruxelles | |
| 840 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:00.35 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 840 | Liliana Popescu | ROU | 4:00.35 | 24 May 2008 | Bucuresti | |
| 840 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.35 | 9 Jul 2017 | London | 24 |
| 840 | Lemlem Hailu | ETH | 4:00.35 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 20 |
| 846 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 4:00.36 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 846 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:00.36 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | 20 |
| 848 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:00.37 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 849 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:00.38 | 1 Jul 1986 | Stockholm | |
| 849 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:00.38 | 20 Jul 2001 | Monaco | |
| 849 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.38 | 21 Aug 2014 | Stockholm | |
| 852 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.39 | 11 Jun 2015 | Oslo | 22 |
| 853 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.40 | 24 Jun 1984 | Los Angeles | |
| 853 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.40 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 853 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:00.40 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 853 | Patrícia Silva | POR | 4:00.40 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 857 | Josette Andrews | USA | 4:00.41 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zürich | |
| 857 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.41 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 857 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 4:00.41 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | 30 |
| 857 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 4:00.41 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 857 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:00.41 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 857 | Gabija Galvydyte | LTU | 4:00.41 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 863 | Lyudmila Medvedyeva | RUS | 4:00.42 | 14 Sep 1984 | Baku | |
| 863 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.42 | 18 May 2014 | Shanghai | |
| 863 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:00.42 | 13 Sep 2020 | Berlin | 23 |
| 863 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:00.42 | 10 May 2024 | Ad-Dawhah | 23 |
| 863 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:00.42 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 868 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.43 | 25 Jul 2007 | Monaco | |
| 868 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | GER | 4:00.43 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 868 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:00.43 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 868 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:00.43 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 872 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:00.44 | 8 Jun 2008 | Eugene | |
| 872 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:00.44 | 9 Jul 2017 | London | |
| 872 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 4:00.44 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 27 |
| 872 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:00.44 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 28 |
| 872 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 4:00.44 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 877 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 4:00.45 | 18 Jun 2023 | Tomblaine | |
| 877 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 4:00.45 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 879 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:00.46 | 23 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis | |
| 879 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:00.46 | 12 Jul 1994 | Stockholm | |
| 879 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:00.46 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 879 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:00.46 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | |
| 879 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:00.46 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 879 | Sarah McDonald | GBR | 4:00.46 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 879 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:00.46 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | |
| 879 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:00.46 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 879 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:00.46 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 888 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.47 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 888 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 4:00.47 | 15 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 888 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.47 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | 24 |
| 888 | Salomé Afonso | POR | 4:00.47 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 892 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:00.48 | 10 Jun 2007 | Eugene | |
| 892 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.48 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 894 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 4:00.49 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 894 | Meraf Bahta | SWE | 4:00.49 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | |
| 896 | Giana Romanova | RUS | 4:00.5 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 896 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:00.50 | 20 Jul 1984 | Moskva | |
| 896 | Liu Dong | CHN | 4:00.50 | 22 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart | 19 |
| 896 | Latifa Essarokh | FRA | 4:00.50 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 900 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.51 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 900 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:00.51 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | 21 |
| 902 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 4:00.52 | 13 May 2017 | Shanghai | 20 |
| 902 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:00.52 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 904 | Svetlana Popova | UKR | 4:00.53 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 904 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:00.53 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 904 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:00.53 | 17 Aug 2001 | Zürich | |
| 904 | Kristina Ugarova | RUS | 4:00.53 | 13 Jun 2012 | Moskva | |
| 904 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.53 | 9 Jun 2016 | Oslo | 23 |
| 904 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.53 | 21 May 2019 | Nanjing | 26 |
| 904 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:00.53 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 911 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:00.54 | 31 May 2025 | Philadelphia | |
| 911 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:00.54 | 22 Aug 2025 | Bruxelles | |
| 913 | Grete Waitz | NOR | 4:00.55 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 913 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:00.55 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 913 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.55 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 916 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:00.56 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 917 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 4:00.57 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 917 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4:00.57 | 6 Jul 1984 | Gateshead | |
| 917 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:00.57 | 7 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 917 | Águeda Marqués | ESP | 4:00.57 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 921 | Grete Waitz | NOR | 4:00.58 | 15 Aug 1979 | Zürich | |
| 921 | Yekaterina Rozenberg | RUS | 4:00.58 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 921 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.58 | 16 Jun 2022 | Castellón | |
| 924 | Maite Zúñiga | ESP | 4:00.59 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 924 | Yekaterina Rozenberg | RUS | 4:00.59 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 924 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:00.59 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 924 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.59 | 22 Jul 2011 | Monaco | |
| 924 | Meraf Bahta | SWE | 4:00.59 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | |
| 929 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 4:00.6 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | |
| 929 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:00.6 | 12 Aug 1987 | Berlin | |
| 929 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 4:00.60 | 19 Jul 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| 929 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:00.60 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 929 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.60 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 929 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 4:00.60 | 9 Sep 2005 | Monaco | |
| 929 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:00.60 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 929 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.60 | 18 Aug 2018 | Birmingham | 25 |
| 937 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.61 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | 22 |
| 937 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:00.61 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | |
| 939 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:00.62 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | |
| 939 | Maria Radu | ROU | 4:00.62 | 4 Jun 1983 | Bucuresti | |
| 939 | Natalya Boborova | RUS | 4:00.62 | 20 Jul 1984 | Moskva | |
| 939 | Soukaina Hajji | MAR | 4:00.62 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 943 | Natalya Boborova | RUS | 4:00.63 | 3 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 943 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:00.63 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 943 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:00.63 | 14 Sep 2002 | Paris | |
| 943 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:00.63 | 13 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 943 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:00.63 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 943 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.63 | 5 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 949 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4:00.64 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 949 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.64 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 951 | Zhang Lirong | CHN | 4:00.65 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 951 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:00.65 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 951 | Besu Sado | ETH | 4:00.65 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 951 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 4:00.65 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 955 | Laimute Baikauskaite | LTU | 4:00.66 | 2 Aug 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 955 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:00.66 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 955 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 4:00.66 | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City | 17 |
| 958 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:00.67 | 20 Sep 1991 | Barcelona | |
| 958 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:00.67 | 24 Aug 2001 | Bruxelles | |
| 958 | Elvan Abeylegesse | TUR | 4:00.67 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 958 | Latifa Essarokh | FRA | 4:00.67 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 958 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.67 | 13 Jul 2008 | Athínai | |
| 958 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:00.67 | 7 Jul 2009 | Lausanne | |
| 958 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.67 | 11 Jul 2014 | Glasgow | 21 |
| 958 | Cory McGee | USA | 4:00.67 | 21 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 958 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:00.67 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 967 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:00.68 | 2 Sep 1984 | Rieti | |
| 967 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:00.68 | 6 Jul 2007 | Saint-Denis | |
| 967 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.68 | 22 Jul 2018 | London | 25 |
| 967 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 4:00.68 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | 19 |
| 967 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:00.68 | 7 Jun 2026 | Stockholm | 20 |
| 972 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:00.69 | 2 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 972 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:00.69 | 9 May 2021 | Walnut | |
| 972 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 4:00.69 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 972 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | USA | 4:00.69 | 2 Jun 2025 | Rovereto | |
| 972 | Netsanet Desta | ETH | 4:00.69 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 977 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 4:00.7 | 30 May 1983 | Krasnodar | |
| 977 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.7 | 14 Sep 2007 | Bruxelles | |
| 977 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:00.70 | 6 Aug 2010 | Stockholm | |
| 977 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.70 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | |
| 977 | Cory McGee | USA | 4:00.70 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 977 | Claudia Hollingsworth | AUS | 4:00.70 | 8 Jul 2026 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | |
| 983 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:00.71 | 1 Sep 2017 | Bruxelles | |
| 983 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 4:00.71 | 10 Apr 2018 | Gold Coast | 27 |
| 983 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.71 | 20 Apr 2024 | Xiamen | |
| 983 | Gabija Galvydyte | LTU | 4:00.71 | 11 Jul 2025 | Cork | |
| 983 | Marta Zenoni | ITA | 4:00.71 | 28 Aug 2025 | Zürich | |
| 988 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.72 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | 21 |
| 988 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.72 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 990 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4:00.73 | 26 Jul 1987 | Gateshead | |
| 990 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:00.73 | 24 Jun 1992 | Bucuresti | 35 |
| 990 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:00.73 | 24 Jun 2000 | Eugene | |
| 990 | Shannon Osika | USA | 4:00.73 | 9 May 2021 | Walnut | |
| 990 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:00.73 | 18 Jul 2021 | Trabuco Hills | 24 |
| 990 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.73 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 28 |
| 996 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:00.74 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 30 |
| 997 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:00.75 | 10 Jul 1991 | Lausanne | |
| 997 | Karissa Schweizer | USA | 4:00.75 | 11 Jun 2022 | Portland | |
| 999 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:00.76 | 30 Aug 2002 | Bruxelles | |
| 999 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:00.76 | 10 May 2013 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1001 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 4:00.77 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1001 | Josette Andrews | USA | 4:00.77 | 27 May 2023 | Westwood | |
| 1001 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:00.77 | 24 Jun 2023 | Portland | |
| 1001 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.77 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 1001 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:00.77 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | 33 |
| 1006 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:00.78 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 1006 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:00.78 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 1008 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:00.79 | 26 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 1008 | Zola Pieterse | GBR | 4:00.79 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 1008 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:00.79 | 24 Jun 2000 | Eugene | |
| 1011 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:00.8 | 12 Aug 1979 | Kaunas | 26 |
| 1011 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 4:00.8 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | |
| 1011 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:00.8 | 12 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1011 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 4:00.80 | 9 Sep 1981 | Rieti | |
| 1011 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:00.80 | 31 Aug 2001 | Berlin | |
| 1016 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:00.81 | 9 Jun 1998 | Bratislava | |
| 1016 | Natalya Pantelyeva | RUS | 4:00.81 | 15 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 1016 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:00.81 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 1016 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.81 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 1020 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:00.82 | 2 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 1021 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:00.83 | 11 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 1021 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:00.83 | 30 Jun 1991 | Frankfurt | 34 |
| 1021 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 4:00.83 | 3 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 1021 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:00.83 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 1025 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:00.84 | 17 Sep 2006 | Athínai | |
| 1025 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:00.84 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | |
| 1025 | Netsanet Desta | ETH | 4:00.84 | 31 May 2022 | Ostrava | |
| 1025 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:00.84 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1025 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 4:00.84 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 1025 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:00.84 | 10 May 2024 | Ad-Dawhah | 27 |
| 1031 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:00.85 | 19 Aug 1988 | Bruxelles | 31 |
| 1031 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:00.85 | 31 May 2012 | Roma | 21 |
| 1031 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 4:00.85 | 31 May 2025 | Philadelphia | 31 |
| 1034 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 4:00.86 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 1034 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.86 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 1034 | Oksana Zbrozhek | RUS | 4:00.86 | 26 Jul 2009 | Cheboksary | |
| 1034 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:00.86 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 1034 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:00.86 | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich | 28 |
| 1034 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:00.86 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 1034 | Patrícia Silva | POR | 4:00.86 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 1041 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.87 | 17 Jul 1980 | Philadelphia | |
| 1041 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:00.87 | 22 Jul 2016 | London | 23 |
| 1041 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 4:00.87 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1044 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:00.88 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 1045 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:00.89 | 16 Aug 1989 | Zürich | 32 |
| 1045 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:00.89 | 2 Aug 1994 | Monaco | |
| 1045 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:00.89 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 1048 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:00.90 | 14 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 1048 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:00.90 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 1050 | Yelena Romanova | RUS | 4:00.91 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1050 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:00.91 | 15 Aug 2003 | Zürich | |
| 1050 | Tigist Ketema | ETH | 4:00.91 | 8 Jun 2021 | Hengelo | 22 |
| 1050 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:00.91 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 1054 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.92 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1054 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:00.92 | 29 Jun 2001 | Roma | |
| 1054 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:00.92 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1057 | Sarah Jamieson | AUS | 4:00.93 | 25 Jul 2006 | Stockholm | |
| 1057 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:00.93 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 1057 | Shannon Osika | USA | 4:00.93 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | |
| 1057 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:00.93 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | 21 |
| 1061 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:00.94 | 17 Aug 2001 | Zürich | |
| 1061 | Brenda Martinez | USA | 4:00.94 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 1061 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:00.94 | 11 Jul 2014 | Glasgow | |
| 1061 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:00.94 | 11 Jun 2015 | Oslo | 21 |
| 1065 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 4:00.95 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 1065 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:00.95 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1065 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:00.95 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1068 | Irina Lebedinskaya | RUS | 4:00.96 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 1068 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:00.96 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 1068 | Zhang Lirong | CHN | 4:00.96 | 2 Jun 1993 | Jinan | |
| 1068 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:00.96 | 29 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 1068 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 4:00.96 | 15 May 2015 | Ad-Dawhah | 18 |
| 1068 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:00.96 | 28 Jun 2017 | Ostrava | 20 |
| 1068 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 4:00.96 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | |
| 1075 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | ETH | 4:00.97 | 29 May 2011 | Hengelo | 20 |
| 1075 | Eilish McColgan | GBR | 4:00.97 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | 28 |
| 1075 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:00.97 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | |
| 1078 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:00.98 | 29 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 1078 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:00.98 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1078 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.98 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | |
| 1078 | Besu Sado | ETH | 4:00.98 | 11 Jun 2017 | Hengelo | |
| 1078 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:00.98 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1083 | Natalya Boborova | RUS | 4:00.99 | 26 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 1083 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:00.99 | 25 Aug 2000 | Bruxelles | |
| 1083 | Nelly Jepkosgei | BRN | 4:00.99 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1083 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:00.99 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1087 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 4:01.0 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1087 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:01.00 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 1087 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.00 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1087 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:01.00 | 21 Aug 2014 | Stockholm | 23 |
| 1087 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:01.00 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1087 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 4:01.00 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1093 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:01.01 | 30 Jun 1991 | Frankfurt | |
| 1093 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:01.01 | 16 Jul 2000 | Sacramento | |
| 1093 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:01.01 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 1093 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | USA | 4:01.01 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 1093 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:01.01 | 19 Aug 2010 | Zürich | |
| 1093 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:01.01 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 1099 | Svetlana Kitova | TJK | 4:01.02 | 2 Aug 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 1099 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:01.02 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 1101 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:01.03 | 23 May 1987 | Bucuresti | 23 |
| 1101 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 4:01.03 | 8 Aug 2012 | London | |
| 1101 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.03 | 18 Aug 2018 | Birmingham | 21 |
| 1101 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:01.03 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 1105 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 4:01.04 | 10 Sep 2011 | Rieti | |
| 1105 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:01.04 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1107 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:01.05 | 2 Aug 1994 | Monaco | |
| 1107 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:01.05 | 9 Sep 1994 | London | |
| 1107 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.05 | 9 Jun 1998 | Bratislava | |
| 1107 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:01.05 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 26 |
| 1111 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:01.06 | 30 Aug 2002 | Bruxelles | |
| 1111 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:01.06 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1113 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 4:01.07 | 29 Aug 2010 | Rieti | |
| 1114 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.08 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 1114 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:01.08 | 14 Sep 2002 | Paris | |
| 1114 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:01.08 | 1 Jun 2013 | Eugene | 19 |
| 1114 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:01.08 | 19 Aug 2022 | München | 29 |
| 1114 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:01.08 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1119 | Susan Krumins | NED | 4:01.09 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 1119 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | MAR | 4:01.09 | 22 Jul 2011 | Monaco | |
| 1119 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | USA | 4:01.09 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | |
| 1119 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:01.09 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1119 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 4:01.09 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1124 | Valentina Ilyinykh | RUS | 4:01.1 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 1124 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.10 | 17 Aug 1986 | Köln | 29 |
| 1124 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | 4:01.10 | 4 Jul 1987 | Oslo | |
| 1124 | Helen Clitheroe | GBR | 4:01.10 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 1124 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea | ROU | 4:01.10 | 31 May 2022 | Ostrava | |
| 1124 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 4:01.10 | 18 May 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1124 | Erin Wallace | GBR | 4:01.10 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 1131 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.12 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 1131 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:01.12 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 17 |
| 1133 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:01.13 | 5 Jul 1996 | Oslo | |
| 1134 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 4:01.14 | 13 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 1134 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:01.14 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1136 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:01.15 | 15 Jul 1986 | Nice | |
| 1136 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 4:01.15 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 1136 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.15 | 2 Jul 2004 | Roma | |
| 1136 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:01.15 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | |
| 1136 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.15 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1136 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 4:01.15 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1136 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:01.15 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1136 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:01.15 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 1144 | Shannon Osika | USA | 4:01.16 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 1145 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:01.17 | 12 Jul 1980 | Stuttgart | |
| 1145 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 4:01.17 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1145 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:01.17 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1145 | Fanjanteino Félix | FRA | 4:01.17 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1145 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 4:01.17 | 1 Aug 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 1150 | Anna Bukis | POL | 4:01.18 | 2 Aug 1981 | Pescara | |
| 1150 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.18 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 1150 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.18 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1150 | Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:01.18 | 15 Aug 2003 | Zürich | |
| 1150 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:01.18 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | |
| 1150 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.18 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | |
| 1150 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:01.18 | 7 Jul 2024 | Paris | |
| 1157 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:01.19 | 14 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 1157 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 4:01.19 | 31 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | |
| 1157 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.19 | 10 Aug 2003 | Tula | |
| 1157 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.19 | 17 Aug 2012 | Stockholm | |
| 1157 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.19 | 18 May 2014 | Shanghai | 21 |
| 1157 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 4:01.19 | 10 May 2024 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1157 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:01.19 | 11 Jul 2025 | Cork | |
| 1157 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:01.19 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1165 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.2 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | |
| 1165 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.2 | 5 Jul 1980 | Potsdam | |
| 1165 | Lyudmila Shesterova | UKR | 4:01.2 | 12 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1165 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:01.20 | 5 Jul 1986 | Oslo | |
| 1165 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 4:01.20 | 4 Jul 1987 | Oslo | |
| 1170 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.21 | 20 Aug 2006 | Monaco | |
| 1170 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:01.21 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1170 | Gabija Galvydyte | LTU | 4:01.21 | 14 Jun 2026 | Los Angeles | |
| 1170 | Adele Gay | FRA | 4:01.21 | 3 Jul 2026 | Tomblaine | |
| 1174 | Galina Kireyeva | RUS | 4:01.22 | 27 Jul 1982 | Kyiv | |
| 1174 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 4:01.22 | 11 Sep 1982 | Athínai | |
| 1174 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:01.22 | 4 Jul 1992 | Noisy-le-Grand | |
| 1174 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:01.22 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 1178 | Tatyana Kazankina | RUS | 4:01.23 | 26 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | 31 |
| 1178 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.23 | 19 Aug 1992 | Zürich | |
| 1178 | Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:01.23 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 1178 | Nouria Mérah-Benida | ALG | 4:01.23 | 25 Aug 2000 | Bruxelles | |
| 1178 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.23 | 22 Sep 2007 | Stuttgart | |
| 1178 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:01.23 | 6 Sep 2009 | Rieti | |
| 1178 | Kristiina Sasinek Mäki | CZE | 4:01.23 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1178 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:01.23 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 1186 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.24 | 17 Aug 1988 | Zürich | 31 |
| 1186 | Gaia Sabbatini | ITA | 4:01.24 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 1186 | Patrícia Silva | POR | 4:01.24 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 1189 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:01.25 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 1189 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 4:01.25 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1189 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.25 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | 22 |
| 1189 | Brenda Chebet | KEN | 4:01.25 | 18 Jul 2023 | Székesfehérvár | |
| 1189 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 4:01.25 | 10 May 2024 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1194 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:01.26 | 1 Aug 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1194 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.26 | 20 Jul 2001 | Monaco | |
| 1194 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:01.26 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 1194 | Mercy Cherono | KEN | 4:01.26 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | |
| 1194 | Elise Vanderelst | BEL | 4:01.26 | 14 Sep 2024 | Bruxelles | |
| 1199 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.27 | 10 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 1200 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:01.28 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1200 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.28 | 11 Aug 2002 | München | |
| 1200 | Bouchra Ghézielle | FRA | 4:01.28 | 9 Sep 2005 | Monaco | |
| 1200 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:01.28 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 1200 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:01.28 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | |
| 1200 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.28 | 16 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 1200 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:01.28 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 21 |
| 1200 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:01.28 | 16 Sep 2023 | Eugene | |
| 1208 | Christiane Wartenberg | GDR | 4:01.29 | 25 Jun 1983 | Los Angeles | |
| 1208 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.29 | 29 Aug 1999 | Sevilla | |
| 1208 | Gulnara Galkina | RUS | 4:01.29 | 1 Aug 2004 | Tula | 26 |
| 1208 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.29 | 6 Sep 2009 | Rieti | |
| 1212 | Natalia Rodríguez | ESP | 4:01.30 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1212 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:01.30 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1212 | Natalia Rodríguez | ESP | 4:01.30 | 1 Aug 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 1212 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.30 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1212 | Brenda Chebet | KEN | 4:01.30 | 18 Jun 2023 | Tomblaine | |
| 1212 | Sarah Madeleiene | FRA | 4:01.30 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1212 | Claudia Hollingsworth | AUS | 4:01.30 | 28 Mar 2026 | Melbourne | |
| 1219 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:01.31 | 8 Sep 1988 | Potsdam | |
| 1219 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.31 | 31 Aug 2001 | Berlin | |
| 1219 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.31 | 15 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 1219 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:01.31 | 18 May 2014 | Shanghai | |
| 1219 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea | ROU | 4:01.31 | 6 Sep 2020 | Chorzów | |
| 1224 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:01.32 | 16 Jul 1987 | Zagreb | 23 |
| 1224 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:01.32 | 11 Jun 2017 | Hengelo | |
| 1224 | Elisabet Amare | ETH | 4:01.32 | 17 Jun 2026 | Montreuil | |
| 1227 | Siham Hilali | MAR | 4:01.33 | 29 May 2011 | Hengelo | |
| 1227 | Kate Grace | USA | 4:01.33 | 12 Sep 2021 | Berlin | |
| 1229 | Margaret Crowley | AUS | 4:01.34 | 5 Jul 1996 | Oslo | |
| 1229 | Meraf Bahta | SWE | 4:01.34 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 1229 | Abby Caldwell | USA | 4:01.34 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1232 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.35 | 30 Aug 2002 | Bruxelles | |
| 1233 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:01.36 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 1233 | Brenda Martinez | USA | 4:01.36 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 1233 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 4:01.36 | 20 Aug 2017 | Birmingham | 21 |
| 1233 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 4:01.36 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 1237 | Tamara Sorokina | RUS | 4:01.37 | 16 Aug 1981 | Zagreb | |
| 1237 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 4:01.37 | 9 Jul 1998 | Oslo | |
| 1237 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.37 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1240 | Lyudmila Bragina | RUS | 4:01.38 | 9 Sep 1972 | München | |
| 1240 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.38 | 3 Jun 1984 | Erfurt | |
| 1240 | Elizabeth McColgan | GBR | 4:01.38 | 4 Jul 1987 | Oslo | |
| 1240 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:01.38 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 1240 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:01.38 | 2 Jul 2004 | Roma | |
| 1240 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:01.38 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | |
| 1246 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.39 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | |
| 1246 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:01.39 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | |
| 1246 | Josette Andrews | USA | 4:01.39 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1246 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:01.39 | 14 Apr 2024 | Adelaide | 27 |
| 1250 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:01.4 | 14 Jul 1976 | Potsdam | |
| 1250 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:01.4 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | 26 |
| 1250 | Valentina Ilyinykh | RUS | 4:01.4 | 12 Aug 1979 | Kaunas | |
| 1250 | Irina Lebedinskaya | RUS | 4:01.4 | 30 May 1983 | Krasnodar | |
| 1250 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.40 | 31 Jul 1982 | Bucuresti | 25 |
| 1250 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.40 | 10 Jul 1991 | Lausanne | 34 |
| 1250 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.40 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1250 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.40 | 15 May 2015 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 1250 | Dawit Seyaum | ETH | 4:01.40 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | 22 |
| 1250 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:01.40 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1250 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:01.40 | 2 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 27 |
| 1250 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 4:01.40 | 18 Jun 2023 | Tomblaine | |
| 1250 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:01.40 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1263 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4:01.41 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 1263 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:01.41 | 12 Jun 1994 | Sheffield | |
| 1263 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.41 | 6 Jul 2004 | Lausanne | |
| 1263 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:01.41 | 1 Jun 2013 | Eugene | |
| 1263 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:01.41 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | |
| 1263 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 4:01.41 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1263 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:01.41 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1263 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:01.41 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 1263 | Joceline Wind | SUI | 4:01.41 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 1272 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wöllheim | GER | 4:01.42 | 14 Jul 1998 | Roma | |
| 1272 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4:01.42 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 1272 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.42 | 9 Jul 2004 | Kazan | |
| 1272 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.42 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | 20 |
| 1272 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:01.42 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | |
| 1277 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 4:01.43 | 12 Jul 1984 | Bucuresti | |
| 1277 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:01.43 | 3 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 1277 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 4:01.43 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 1277 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:01.43 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 1277 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:01.43 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1277 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:01.43 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 1283 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.44 | 9 Aug 1981 | Jena | |
| 1283 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 4:01.44 | 12 Jun 1994 | Sheffield | |
| 1283 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wöllheim | GER | 4:01.44 | 11 Aug 1999 | Zürich | |
| 1283 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.44 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1283 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.44 | 15 Jun 2007 | Oslo | |
| 1283 | Anna Willard | USA | 4:01.44 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | |
| 1283 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 4:01.44 | 28 Jun 2024 | Niigata | |
| 1283 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.44 | 23 Aug 2026 | Chorzów | |
| 1291 | Liu Li | CHN | 4:01.45 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1291 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.45 | 13 Jul 2001 | Oslo | |
| 1291 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:01.45 | 10 Aug 2003 | Tula | |
| 1291 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:01.45 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1291 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.45 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1296 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.46 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 1296 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.46 | 7 Sep 2008 | Rieti | |
| 1296 | Anna Shchagina | RUS | 4:01.46 | 17 Jul 2015 | Monaco | |
| 1296 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:01.46 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1296 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:01.46 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | |
| 1296 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:01.46 | 15 Jun 2025 | Portland | |
| 1302 | Getenesh Wami | ETH | 4:01.47 | 19 Jul 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| 1302 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:01.47 | 7 Sep 2008 | Rieti | |
| 1302 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:01.47 | 7 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 18 |
| 1305 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:01.48 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 1305 | Oksana Zbrozhek | RUS | 4:01.48 | 10 Jul 2009 | Roma | |
| 1305 | Gabrielle Anderson | USA | 4:01.48 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 1305 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:01.48 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 1305 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:01.48 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 1310 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.49 | 26 Jun 1982 | Cottbus | |
| 1310 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.49 | 12 Jun 1983 | Udine | 26 |
| 1310 | Svetlana Kitova | TJK | 4:01.49 | 6 Aug 1988 | Moskva | |
| 1310 | Wang Qingfen | CHN | 4:01.49 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1310 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.49 | 4 Aug 1999 | Monaco | |
| 1310 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.49 | 21 May 2019 | Nanjing | |
| 1310 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:01.49 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1317 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.50 | 12 Jul 1994 | Stockholm | |
| 1317 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:01.50 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 1317 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 4:01.50 | 12 Jul 2002 | Roma | 29 |
| 1317 | Natalia Rodríguez | ESP | 4:01.50 | 22 Jul 2011 | Barcelona | |
| 1317 | Sarah McDonald | GBR | 4:01.50 | 16 Jun 2019 | Rabat | |
| 1317 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 4:01.50 | 7 May 2022 | Nairobi | 19 |
| 1317 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:01.50 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 1324 | Morgan Uceny | USA | 4:01.51 | 22 Jul 2011 | Monaco | |
| 1324 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:01.51 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 17 |
| 1326 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.52 | 30 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1326 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 4:01.52 | 2 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 1326 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:01.52 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1326 | Marta Zenoni | ITA | 4:01.52 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1326 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 4:01.52 | 28 Mar 2026 | Melbourne | 32 |
| 1331 | Christine Benning | GBR | 4:01.53 | 15 Aug 1979 | Zürich | |
| 1332 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 4:01.54 | 1 Jul 1978 | Dortmund | |
| 1332 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 4:01.54 | 3 Aug 1996 | Atlanta | |
| 1332 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:01.54 | 1 Aug 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 1332 | Eunice Sum | KEN | 4:01.54 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 1332 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:01.54 | 24 Apr 2021 | Eugene | 27 |
| 1332 | Weronika Lizakowska | POL | 4:01.54 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1332 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 4:01.54 | 31 May 2025 | Philadelphia | |
| 1339 | Wang Junxia | CHN | 4:01.55 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 20 |
| 1339 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.55 | 6 Jul 2001 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1339 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:01.55 | 31 Aug 2001 | Berlin | |
| 1342 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:01.56 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | |
| 1342 | Likina Amebaw | ETH | 4:01.56 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | 28 |
| 1344 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:01.57 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1344 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:01.57 | 17 Jul 1986 | Kyiv | |
| 1344 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 4:01.57 | 1 Aug 2004 | Tula | |
| 1344 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:01.57 | 28 May 2016 | Eugene | |
| 1348 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 4:01.58 | 11 Aug 1978 | Bucuresti | |
| 1348 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.58 | 21 Aug 1994 | Köln | |
| 1348 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.58 | 9 Sep 2006 | Stuttgart | |
| 1351 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:01.59 | 16 Jul 2010 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1351 | Morgan Uceny | USA | 4:01.59 | 31 May 2012 | Roma | |
| 1351 | Joceline Wind | SUI | 4:01.59 | 4 Jul 2025 | Tomblaine | |
| 1354 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:01.6 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 1354 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 4:01.6 | 4 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1354 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.6 | 31 May 1984 | Potsdam | |
| 1354 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.60 | 18 Aug 1982 | Potsdam | |
| 1354 | Hayley Tullett | GBR | 4:01.60 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 1354 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.60 | 1 Aug 2004 | Tula | |
| 1354 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:01.60 | 12 Jun 2010 | New York City | |
| 1354 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.60 | 26 May 2011 | Roma | |
| 1354 | Eilish McColgan | GBR | 4:01.60 | 27 Aug 2017 | Berlin | 26 |
| 1354 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:01.60 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1354 | Águeda Marqués | ESP | 4:01.60 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1365 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.61 | 18 Aug 1984 | Praha | |
| 1365 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:01.61 | 3 Sep 1994 | Paris | |
| 1365 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:01.61 | 18 May 2008 | Carson | |
| 1365 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:01.61 | 13 Jul 2008 | Athínai | |
| 1365 | Angelika Cichocka | POL | 4:01.61 | 1 Jul 2017 | Paris | |
| 1370 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:01.62 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1370 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:01.62 | 6 Jun 2013 | Roma | 22 |
| 1370 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.62 | 21 Aug 2014 | Stockholm | 21 |
| 1370 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:01.62 | 23 Aug 2020 | Stockholm | |
| 1374 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 4:01.63 | 5 Jul 1996 | Oslo | 23 |
| 1374 | Sarah Jamieson | AUS | 4:01.63 | 20 Aug 2006 | Monaco | |
| 1374 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:01.63 | 23 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 1374 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:01.63 | 14 May 2010 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1374 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:01.63 | 29 Aug 2010 | Rieti | |
| 1374 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:01.63 | 28 Aug 2014 | Zürich | |
| 1374 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:01.63 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 1381 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:01.64 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1381 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:01.64 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1381 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:01.64 | 28 Aug 2009 | Zürich | |
| 1381 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:01.64 | 6 Aug 2010 | Stockholm | |
| 1381 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.64 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1381 | Ludovica Cavalli | ITA | 4:01.64 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 1387 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.65 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | 22 |
| 1387 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.65 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1389 | Tamara Koba | UKR | 4:01.66 | 26 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | |
| 1389 | Zhang Linli | CHN | 4:01.66 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1389 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4:01.66 | 4 Aug 1999 | Monaco | |
| 1389 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 4:01.66 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1389 | Danielle Jones | USA | 4:01.66 | 2 Sep 2023 | Xiamen | |
| 1394 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 4:01.67 | 9 Sep 1981 | Rieti | |
| 1394 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 4:01.67 | 26 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 1396 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:01.68 | 30 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1396 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:01.68 | 2 Jun 2001 | Kalamáta | |
| 1396 | Anna Willard | USA | 4:01.68 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 1396 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:01.68 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | |
| 1396 | Sinclaire Johnson | USA | 4:01.68 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1401 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | UKR | 4:01.69 | 27 Aug 1983 | Kyiv | |
| 1401 | Yan Wei | CHN | 4:01.69 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1401 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:01.69 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1401 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.69 | 2 Jul 2004 | Roma | |
| 1401 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | MAR | 4:01.69 | 19 May 2012 | Shanghai | |
| 1401 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:01.69 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1401 | Nigist Getachew | ETH | 4:01.69 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 1408 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.7 | 4 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1408 | Lyudmila Shesterova | UKR | 4:01.7 | 4 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1408 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:01.7 | 9 Jul 1982 | Paris | |
| 1408 | Fita Lovin | ROU | 4:01.7 | 9 Jun 1984 | Bucuresti | |
| 1408 | Galina Zakharova | RUS | 4:01.7 | 28 Jul 1984 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 1408 | Hildegard Körner | GDR | 4:01.7 | 12 Aug 1987 | Berlin | |
| 1408 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.70 | 28 Jul 2000 | Oslo | |
| 1408 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.70 | 7 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 1408 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:01.70 | 12 Jul 2002 | Roma | |
| 1408 | Weronika Lizakowska | POL | 4:01.70 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1408 | Aster Areri | ETH | 4:01.70 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 1419 | Li Ying | CHN | 4:01.71 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1419 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:01.71 | 16 Jul 1998 | Nice | |
| 1421 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.72 | 3 Jul 1982 | Dresden | |
| 1421 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.72 | 5 Sep 1993 | Rieti | |
| 1421 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:01.72 | 6 Jul 2004 | Lausanne | |
| 1421 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | USA | 4:01.72 | 7 Jun 2009 | Eugene | |
| 1421 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:01.72 | 17 Aug 2012 | Stockholm | |
| 1426 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:01.73 | 19 Aug 1992 | Zürich | |
| 1426 | Liu Dong | CHN | 4:01.73 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | 19 |
| 1426 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:01.73 | 9 Sep 1994 | London | |
| 1426 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:01.73 | 26 Jul 2000 | Tula | |
| 1426 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.73 | 5 Jul 2005 | Lausanne | |
| 1426 | Anna Mishchenko | UKR | 4:01.73 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1426 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:01.73 | 10 Aug 2022 | Monaco | 25 |
| 1426 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:01.73 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 21 |
| 1426 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:01.73 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1435 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:01.74 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | |
| 1436 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:01.75 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | |
| 1436 | Besu Sado | ETH | 4:01.75 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1436 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 4:01.75 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1436 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:01.75 | 27 Jun 2023 | Ostrava | |
| 1440 | Yekaterina Rozenberg | RUS | 4:01.76 | 10 Aug 2003 | Tula | |
| 1440 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:01.76 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | |
| 1442 | Andrea Hahmann | GER | 4:01.77 | 6 Jun 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 1442 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:01.77 | 23 Aug 1996 | Bruxelles | |
| 1442 | Yekaterina Kostetskaya | RUS | 4:01.77 | 24 Jul 2011 | Cheboksary | |
| 1445 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.78 | 16 Jul 1987 | Paris | 30 |
| 1445 | Natalya Tobias | UKR | 4:01.78 | 23 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 1445 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.78 | 28 May 2016 | Eugene | |
| 1445 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.78 | 27 May 2017 | Eugene | 20 |
| 1445 | Alemaz Samuel | ETH | 4:01.78 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1445 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:01.78 | 16 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 29 |
| 1445 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:01.78 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1445 | Ava Lloyd | GBR | 4:01.78 | 9 Aug 2026 | Twickenham | |
| 1453 | Christiane Wartenberg | GDR | 4:01.79 | 1 Jun 1980 | Potsdam | |
| 1453 | Diana Richburg | USA | 4:01.79 | 5 Sep 1987 | Roma | |
| 1453 | Wang Yuan | CHN | 4:01.79 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1453 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.79 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1453 | Joanne Pavey | GBR | 4:01.79 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 1453 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.79 | 8 Jun 2014 | Hengelo | 21 |
| 1453 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | USA | 4:01.79 | 29 Jul 2022 | Memphis | |
| 1453 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 4:01.79 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 20 |
| 1453 | Janat Chemusto | UGA | 4:01.79 | 13 May 2023 | Nairobi | |
| 1453 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:01.79 | 27 Jun 2023 | Ostrava | |
| 1453 | Gabija Galvydyte | LTU | 4:01.79 | 14 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1453 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 4:01.79 | 14 Jul 2026 | Budapest | |
| 1465 | Tatyana Providokhina | RUS | 4:01.8 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | 27 |
| 1465 | Alla Yushina | RUS | 4:01.80 | 3 Aug 1984 | Moskva | |
| 1465 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:01.80 | 9 Jul 1998 | Oslo | |
| 1465 | Nouria Mérah-Benida | ALG | 4:01.80 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1465 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:01.80 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 1465 | Shannon Osika | USA | 4:01.80 | 14 Sep 2019 | Chorzów | |
| 1465 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:01.80 | 3 Oct 2019 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 1472 | Zola Pieterse | RSA | 4:01.81 | 31 Mar 1984 | Port Elizabeth | |
| 1472 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:01.81 | 16 Jul 2000 | Sacramento | |
| 1472 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.81 | 28 May 2006 | Eugene | |
| 1472 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:01.81 | 1 Jul 2017 | Paris | |
| 1472 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:01.81 | 4 May 2018 | Ad-Dawhah | 21 |
| 1472 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 4:01.81 | 23 Aug 2020 | Stockholm | |
| 1472 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:01.81 | 16 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 1472 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 4:01.81 | 28 May 2023 | Rabat | |
| 1480 | Lu Yi | CHN | 4:01.82 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1480 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:01.82 | 15 Jun 2007 | Oslo | |
| 1480 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:01.82 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 1480 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:01.82 | 4 Jul 2025 | Tomblaine | |
| 1484 | Christine Benning | GBR | 4:01.83 | 6 Jul 1984 | Gateshead | |
| 1484 | Svetlana Kitova | TJK | 4:01.83 | 17 Jul 1986 | Kyiv | |
| 1484 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:01.83 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 1484 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:01.83 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 1484 | Netsanet Desta | ETH | 4:01.83 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | |
| 1489 | Ivana Kubesová | CZE | 4:01.84 | 11 Aug 1986 | Budapest | |
| 1489 | Yvonne Graham | JAM | 4:01.84 | 25 Jul 1995 | Monaco | |
| 1489 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:01.84 | 29 Jun 2001 | Roma | |
| 1489 | Angelika Cichocka | POL | 4:01.84 | 8 Jun 2017 | Roma | |
| 1489 | Ludovica Cavalli | ITA | 4:01.84 | 22 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1489 | Salomé Afonso | POR | 4:01.84 | 31 May 2026 | Rabat | |
| 1495 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:01.85 | 12 Jun 1982 | Moskva | 29 |
| 1495 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.85 | 9 Jul 1982 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
| 1495 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:01.85 | 10 Jun 1984 | Sochi | |
| 1495 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:01.85 | 3 Sep 1994 | Paris | |
| 1495 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:01.85 | 1 Jul 2005 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1495 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 4:01.85 | 6 Jul 2012 | Cheboksary | |
| 1495 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:01.85 | 1 Aug 2015 | Nairobi | 21 |
| 1495 | Brenda Chebet | KEN | 4:01.85 | 22 Jul 2023 | Madrid | |
| 1503 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:01.86 | 21 Aug 1994 | Köln | |
| 1503 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.86 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | |
| 1503 | Senbere Teferi | ETH | 4:01.86 | 15 May 2015 | Ad-Dawhah | 20 |
| 1503 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:01.86 | 1 Sep 2016 | Zürich | 22 |
| 1503 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:01.86 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 17 |
| 1503 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:01.86 | 20 Jun 2025 | Paris | |
| 1509 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:01.88 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 1510 | Hannah England | GBR | 4:01.89 | 22 Jul 2011 | Barcelona | |
| 1510 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 4:01.89 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 1512 | Bouchra Ghézielle | FRA | 4:01.90 | 14 Jun 2005 | Athínai | |
| 1512 | Águeda Marqués | ESP | 4:01.90 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1514 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:01.91 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 1514 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:01.91 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 1514 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:01.91 | 12 Jul 2002 | Roma | |
| 1514 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:01.91 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | 26 |
| 1518 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.92 | 3 Sep 1994 | Paris | |
| 1518 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:01.92 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 32 |
| 1520 | Zola Pieterse | GBR | 4:01.93 | 7 Jun 1986 | Birmingham | |
| 1520 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:01.93 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1520 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:01.93 | 29 Jul 1999 | Barcelona | |
| 1520 | Angelika Cichocka | POL | 4:01.93 | 16 Jul 2017 | Rabat | |
| 1520 | Gaia Sabbatini | ITA | 4:01.93 | 28 May 2022 | Eugene | |
| 1520 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:01.93 | 7 Jun 2026 | Stockholm | |
| 1526 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.94 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 1526 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:01.94 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zürich | |
| 1526 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:01.94 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1529 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.95 | 2 Jul 1978 | Leipzig | |
| 1529 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:01.95 | 21 Aug 1985 | Zürich | |
| 1529 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:01.95 | 11 Aug 1986 | Budapest | 29 |
| 1529 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 4:01.95 | 20 Aug 2006 | Monaco | |
| 1529 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:01.95 | 13 Jun 2012 | Moskva | |
| 1529 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:01.95 | 11 Jun 2017 | Hengelo | |
| 1529 | Nelly Jepkosgei | BRN | 4:01.95 | 10 Jun 2018 | Stockholm | |
| 1529 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:01.95 | 18 May 2019 | Shanghai | |
| 1537 | Yelena Sipatova | RUS | 4:01.96 | 7 Aug 1981 | Moskva | |
| 1537 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 4:01.96 | 1 Jun 1984 | Verona | |
| 1537 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:01.96 | 2 Sep 1984 | Rieti | |
| 1537 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:01.96 | 2 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 1537 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:01.96 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1537 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 4:01.96 | 10 Jul 2010 | Heusden-Zolder | |
| 1537 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:01.96 | 8 Sep 2020 | Ostrava | |
| 1537 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.96 | 18 Jul 2023 | Székesfehérvár | |
| 1537 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:01.96 | 5 Jun 2026 | Moskva | |
| 1546 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:01.97 | 6 Sep 2002 | Berlin | |
| 1546 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:01.97 | 2 Sep 2008 | Lausanne | |
| 1546 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:01.97 | 7 Jun 2015 | Birmingham | |
| 1546 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:01.97 | 25 May 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1550 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:01.98 | 8 Jul 2006 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1550 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 4:01.98 | 6 Aug 2010 | Stockholm | |
| 1550 | Mimi Belete | BRN | 4:01.98 | 18 May 2014 | Shanghai | |
| 1550 | Eilish McColgan | GBR | 4:01.98 | 5 Jul 2018 | Lausanne | 27 |
| 1550 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:01.98 | 18 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 1550 | Sintayehu Vissa | ITA | 4:01.98 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1550 | Janat Chemusto | UGA | 4:01.98 | 4 Jun 2023 | Hengelo | |
| 1550 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:01.98 | 28 May 2024 | Ostrava | |
| 1558 | Courtney Babcock | CAN | 4:01.99 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 1558 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:01.99 | 7 Jul 2009 | Lausanne | |
| 1558 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 4:01.99 | 24 Jun 2016 | Durban | 25 |
| 1558 | Weronika Lizakowska | POL | 4:01.99 | 30 May 2025 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 1558 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 4:01.99 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1563 | Lyubov Smolka | UKR | 4:02.0 | 28 Jun 1979 | Donetsk | |
| 1563 | Svetlana Guskova | MDA | 4:02.0 | 29 Jul 1979 | Moskva | |
| 1563 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:02.0 | 26 Jun 1981 | Tbilisi | |
| 1563 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:02.0 | 26 Jun 1982 | Oslo | |
| 1563 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:02.00 | 11 Jul 1981 | Leningrad | 28 |
| 1563 | Meseret Defar | ETH | 4:02.00 | 12 Jun 2010 | New York City | 26 |
| 1563 | Janat Chemusto | UGA | 4:02.00 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | |
| 1563 | Edinah Jebitok | KEN | 4:02.00 | 18 Jun 2023 | Tomblaine | 21 |
| 1563 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:02.00 | 17 Jun 2025 | Turku | |
| 1563 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:02.00 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1563 | Sarah Billings | AUS | 4:02.00 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 1563 | Dominique Hiltz | USA | 4:02.00 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 1575 | Anna Alminova | RUS | 4:02.02 | 20 Jul 2008 | Kazan | |
| 1575 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.02 | 11 Mar 2021 | Canberra | |
| 1575 | Katie Snowden | GBR | 4:02.02 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1578 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:02.03 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 1578 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:02.03 | 6 Jul 2001 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1578 | Joanne Pavey | GBR | 4:02.03 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1578 | Hannah England | GBR | 4:02.03 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1578 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.03 | 27 May 2023 | Westwood | |
| 1578 | Emily MacKay | USA | 4:02.03 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1578 | Riley Chamberlain | USA | 4:02.03 | 12 Jul 2025 | Eagle Rock | |
| 1585 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:02.04 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1585 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 4:02.04 | 17 Aug 2012 | Stockholm | |
| 1587 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:02.05 | 9 Sep 1981 | Rieti | |
| 1587 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:02.05 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1587 | Cornelia Bürki | SUI | 4:02.05 | 13 Jul 1985 | Paris | |
| 1587 | Eunice Sum | KEN | 4:02.05 | 10 May 2013 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1587 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:02.05 | 25 May 2024 | Tomblaine | |
| 1587 | Ludovica Cavalli | ITA | 4:02.05 | 20 Jun 2024 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 1587 | Wilma Nielsen | SWE | 4:02.05 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 1587 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:02.05 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1595 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:02.06 | 9 Jul 2004 | Kazan | |
| 1595 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:02.06 | 18 Aug 2018 | Birmingham | |
| 1595 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | CAN | 4:02.06 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | |
| 1598 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea | ROU | 4:02.07 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | |
| 1599 | Svetlana Kitova | TJK | 4:02.08 | 16 Aug 1989 | Zürich | |
| 1599 | Geraldine Hendricken | IRL | 4:02.08 | 14 Sep 2002 | Paris | |
| 1599 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 4:02.08 | 9 Sep 2005 | Monaco | |
| 1599 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:02.08 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 29 |
| 1603 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.09 | 7 Jul 1989 | Edinburgh | 32 |
| 1603 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:02.09 | 30 May 2010 | Hengelo | |
| 1603 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 4:02.09 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 1603 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:02.09 | 21 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 1603 | Judith Jemutai | KEN | 4:02.09 | 4 Jun 2023 | Hengelo | |
| 1603 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:02.09 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | 22 |
| 1603 | Danielle Jones | USA | 4:02.09 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 1603 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:02.09 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1603 | Cory McGee | USA | 4:02.09 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1603 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:02.09 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 1603 | Soukaina Hajji | MAR | 4:02.09 | 17 Jun 2026 | Montreuil | |
| 1603 | Claudia Hollingsworth | AUS | 4:02.09 | 14 Jul 2026 | Budapest | |
| 1615 | Lyudmila Kalnitskaya | RUS | 4:02.1 | 13 Aug 1978 | Podolsk | |
| 1615 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 4:02.1 | 27 Jul 1979 | Sofia | |
| 1615 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:02.1 | 4 Jul 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1615 | Maria Cioncan | ROU | 4:02.1 | 15 Jun 2002 | Bucuresti | |
| 1615 | Olga Churbanova | RUS | 4:02.10 | 21 Aug 1994 | Köln | |
| 1615 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:02.10 | 16 Jul 1998 | Nice | |
| 1615 | Maria Cioncan | ROU | 4:02.10 | 8 Jun 2002 | Bucuresti | |
| 1615 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:02.10 | 2 Sep 2007 | Osaka | |
| 1615 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:02.10 | 23 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 1615 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:02.10 | 17 Jun 2021 | Nairobi | 27 |
| 1615 | Marta Zenoni | ITA | 4:02.10 | 6 Jul 2025 | Poznan | |
| 1626 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:02.11 | 11 Aug 1992 | Monaco | |
| 1626 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:02.11 | 4 Jul 2013 | Lausanne | |
| 1626 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:02.11 | 18 May 2016 | Beijing | |
| 1626 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.11 | 30 May 2025 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 1630 | Svetlana Guskova | MDA | 4:02.12 | 12 Jun 1982 | Moskva | |
| 1630 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:02.12 | 22 Aug 1982 | Riccione | |
| 1630 | Li Ying | CHN | 4:02.12 | 11 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1630 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:02.12 | 6 Aug 1994 | Abbotsford | |
| 1630 | Meskerem Assefa | ETH | 4:02.12 | 26 May 2011 | Roma | |
| 1630 | Eilish McColgan | GBR | 4:02.12 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | 30 |
| 1630 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.12 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1630 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:02.12 | 28 May 2024 | Ostrava | |
| 1630 | Sophie O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:02.12 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1639 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.13 | 29 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 1639 | Lyudmila Medvedyeva | RUS | 4:02.13 | 2 Aug 1985 | Leningrad | |
| 1639 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4:02.13 | 13 Jun 1987 | Gateshead | |
| 1639 | Lyudmila Borisova | RUS | 4:02.13 | 4 Jul 1996 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 1639 | Sonja Roman | SLO | 4:02.13 | 10 Jul 2009 | Roma | |
| 1639 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:02.13 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1645 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 4:02.14 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1645 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 4:02.14 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1645 | Gracie Morris | USA | 4:02.14 | 23 May 2026 | Xiamen | |
| 1648 | Elana Meyer | RSA | 4:02.15 | 21 Mar 1992 | Cape Town | |
| 1648 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:02.15 | 2 Aug 1994 | Monaco | |
| 1648 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:02.15 | 19 Jun 2004 | Eugene | |
| 1648 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:02.15 | 20 Sep 2009 | Shanghai | |
| 1648 | Sophie O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:02.15 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1648 | Abbey Caldwell | AUS | 4:02.15 | 4 Jun 2026 | Roma | |
| 1648 | Mirriam Cherop | KEN | 4:02.15 | 14 Jul 2026 | Budapest | |
| 1655 | Qu Yunxia | CHN | 4:02.16 | 18 May 1992 | Nanjing | 19 |
| 1655 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:02.16 | 9 Jun 2001 | Tula | |
| 1655 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:02.16 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 1655 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:02.16 | 14 May 2010 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1655 | Siham Hilali | MAR | 4:02.16 | 1 Jun 2013 | Eugene | |
| 1655 | Klaudia Kazimierska | POL | 4:02.16 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 1661 | Bouchra Ghézielle | FRA | 4:02.17 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 1661 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:02.17 | 6 Jul 2007 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1663 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:02.18 | 2 Sep 2008 | Lausanne | |
| 1663 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:02.18 | 8 Aug 2012 | London | |
| 1663 | Shannon Osika | USA | 4:02.18 | 21 Jun 2021 | Eugene | |
| 1666 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:02.19 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1666 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:02.19 | 16 Jul 2017 | Rabat | |
| 1666 | Dorcas Ewoi | KEN | 4:02.19 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 29 |
| 1669 | Tamara Koba | UKR | 4:02.2 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | |
| 1669 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.20 | 3 Sep 1978 | Praha | |
| 1669 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.20 | 22 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1669 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.20 | 4 Jul 1990 | Berlin | 33 |
| 1669 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:02.20 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 1669 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | NOR | 4:02.20 | 29 Aug 2010 | Rieti | |
| 1669 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 4:02.20 | 3 Sep 2020 | Marseille | |
| 1669 | Susan Ejore-Sanders | KEN | 4:02.20 | 27 May 2023 | Westwood | |
| 1669 | Maia Ramsden | NZL | 4:02.20 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1669 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:02.20 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | 19 |
| 1669 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:02.20 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1680 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.21 | 16 Aug 1981 | Zagreb | |
| 1680 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.21 | 6 Jun 1987 | Potsdam | |
| 1680 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.21 | 25 Aug 1989 | Bruxelles | 32 |
| 1680 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:02.21 | 7 Aug 1991 | Zürich | |
| 1680 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:02.21 | 31 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | |
| 1680 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4:02.21 | 11 Aug 2000 | Zürich | |
| 1680 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:02.21 | 14 Jun 2005 | Athínai | |
| 1680 | Mercy Cherono | KEN | 4:02.21 | 1 Aug 2015 | Nairobi | |
| 1688 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.22 | 22 Jun 1985 | Erfurt | |
| 1688 | Wang Qingfen | CHN | 4:02.22 | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai | |
| 1688 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.22 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1691 | Natalya Boborova | RUS | 4:02.23 | 26 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 1691 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 4:02.23 | 3 Sep 1989 | Rieti | 26 |
| 1691 | Yelena Kanales | RUS | 4:02.23 | 15 Jun 2006 | Tula | |
| 1691 | Águeda Marqués | ESP | 4:02.23 | 12 Aug 2025 | Budapest | |
| 1691 | Patrícia Silva | POR | 4:02.23 | 20 May 2026 | Nerja | |
| 1691 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.23 | 9 Aug 2026 | Twickenham | |
| 1697 | Corina Dumbravean | ROU | 4:02.24 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 1697 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:02.24 | 9 Jul 2017 | London | |
| 1697 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:02.24 | 20 Aug 2017 | Birmingham | |
| 1697 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:02.24 | 2 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1697 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:02.24 | 26 Aug 2021 | Lausanne | 20 |
| 1702 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.25 | 8 Sep 1974 | Roma | |
| 1702 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:02.25 | 14 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 1702 | Lidiya Volodina | RUS | 4:02.25 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1702 | Susan Krumins | NED | 4:02.25 | 27 Aug 2017 | Berlin | |
| 1702 | Gaia Sabbatini | ITA | 4:02.25 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1702 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:02.25 | 7 May 2022 | Nairobi | 16 |
| 1702 | Hirut Meshesha | ETH | 4:02.25 | 5 May 2023 | Ad-Dawhah | 22 |
| 1702 | Netsanet Desta | ETH | 4:02.25 | 25 May 2025 | Rabat | |
| 1702 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:02.25 | 17 Jun 2025 | Turku | |
| 1702 | Sarah Calvert | GBR | 4:02.25 | 9 Aug 2026 | Twickenham | |
| 1712 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.26 | 4 Jul 1987 | Oslo | |
| 1712 | Patricia Djaté | FRA | 4:02.26 | 23 Aug 1996 | Bruxelles | |
| 1712 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:02.26 | 19 Aug 2010 | Zürich | |
| 1712 | Rachel Schneider | USA | 4:02.26 | 12 Jul 2019 | Monaco | |
| 1716 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:02.27 | 21 Aug 1994 | Köln | |
| 1716 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:02.27 | 16 Jul 1998 | Nice | |
| 1716 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:02.27 | 3 Sep 2004 | Bruxelles | |
| 1716 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea | ROU | 4:02.27 | 20 Jul 2019 | London | |
| 1716 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.27 | 2 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1716 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:02.27 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 1722 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.28 | 2 Jul 1990 | Stockholm | 33 |
| 1722 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:02.28 | 8 Sep 2002 | Rieti | |
| 1722 | Lisa Dobriskey | GBR | 4:02.28 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 1722 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:02.28 | 30 May 2015 | Eugene | |
| 1722 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:02.28 | 16 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 21 |
| 1722 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:02.28 | 6 Jun 2025 | Roma | |
| 1728 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:02.29 | 7 Aug 1993 | Monaco | |
| 1728 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:02.29 | 30 Jun 1998 | Boston | |
| 1728 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 4:02.29 | 8 Aug 1998 | Monaco | |
| 1728 | Getenesh Wami | ETH | 4:02.29 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 1728 | Carmen Douma | CAN | 4:02.29 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 1728 | Eilish McColgan | GBR | 4:02.29 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | 28 |
| 1734 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | MAR | 4:02.3 | 2 Jul 2007 | Athínai | |
| 1734 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:02.30 | 20 Sep 2008 | Shanghai | |
| 1734 | Sylwia Ejdys | POL | 4:02.30 | 28 Jul 2009 | Monaco | |
| 1734 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:02.30 | 8 Aug 2012 | London | |
| 1734 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:02.30 | 6 Jun 2013 | Roma | |
| 1734 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | USA | 4:02.30 | 9 Sep 2021 | Zürich | |
| 1734 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:02.30 | 22 Jul 2023 | Madrid | |
| 1734 | Agathe Guillemot | FRA | 4:02.30 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 1742 | Carmen Douma | CAN | 4:02.31 | 28 Aug 2004 | Athínai | |
| 1742 | Nancy Jebet Langat | KEN | 4:02.31 | 14 Jun 2005 | Athínai | |
| 1742 | Mercy Cherono | KEN | 4:02.31 | 22 Jul 2011 | Barcelona | |
| 1742 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:02.31 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 29 |
| 1742 | Freweyni Hailu | ETH | 4:02.31 | 2 Jul 2023 | Stockholm | 22 |
| 1747 | Shireen Bailey | GBR | 4:02.32 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 1747 | Olga Komyagina | RUS | 4:02.32 | 20 Aug 2000 | Leverkusen | |
| 1747 | Janeth Jepkosgei | KEN | 4:02.32 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1747 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:02.32 | 12 Aug 2018 | Berlin | 25 |
| 1747 | Katharina Trost | GER | 4:02.32 | 16 Jul 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 1747 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:02.32 | 8 Sep 2023 | Bruxelles | |
| 1747 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.32 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 1754 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 4:02.33 | 29 Jul 1976 | Montréal | 21 |
| 1754 | Olga Zhuravlyova | RUS | 4:02.33 | 22 Jun 1984 | h Kyiv | |
| 1754 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:02.33 | 19 Jul 2002 | Monaco | |
| 1754 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:02.33 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1754 | Yuliya Chizhenko | RUS | 4:02.33 | 19 Jun 2012 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 1754 | Nozomi Tanaka | JPN | 4:02.33 | 2 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1754 | Emily MacKay | USA | 4:02.33 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 1761 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.34 | 21 Aug 1988 | Köln | 31 |
| 1761 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.34 | 15 Jun 1991 | Dijon | |
| 1761 | Daniela Yordanova | BUL | 4:02.34 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1761 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:02.34 | 1 Aug 2004 | Tula | |
| 1761 | Gulnara Galkina | RUS | 4:02.34 | 12 Jun 2009 | Moskva | 30 |
| 1761 | Elinor St. Pierre | USA | 4:02.34 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | |
| 1761 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | GBR | 4:02.34 | 13 Sep 2020 | Berlin | |
| 1761 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.34 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | |
| 1769 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 4:02.35 | 22 Jun 1984 | h Kyiv | |
| 1769 | Nadezhda Ralldugina | RUS | 4:02.35 | 22 Jun 1984 | h Kyiv | |
| 1769 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 4:02.35 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | |
| 1769 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:02.35 | 5 Jul 2014 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1769 | Sara Lappalainen | FIN | 4:02.35 | 4 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1769 | Marta Pérez | ESP | 4:02.35 | 18 Jul 2023 | Székesfehérvár | |
| 1769 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.35 | 25 Aug 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 1776 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.36 | 31 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | |
| 1776 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 4:02.36 | 9 Jul 2015 | Lausanne | 22 |
| 1776 | Adelle Tracey | JAM | 4:02.36 | 6 Aug 2022 | Chorzów | |
| 1776 | Salomé Afonso | POR | 4:02.36 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 1780 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 4:02.37 | 22 Jun 1984 | h Kyiv | |
| 1780 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:02.37 | 11 Aug 2002 | München | |
| 1780 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 4:02.37 | 3 Sep 2004 | Bruxelles | |
| 1780 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 4:02.37 | 30 Jun 2020 | Portland | 27 |
| 1780 | Danielle Jones | USA | 4:02.37 | 25 May 2024 | Tomblaine | |
| 1785 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:02.38 | 12 Jun 1982 | Moskva | |
| 1785 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:02.38 | 12 Jul 1994 | Stockholm | |
| 1785 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.38 | 4 Jul 1996 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 1785 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wöllheim | GER | 4:02.38 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 1785 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 4:02.38 | 5 Jul 2025 | Eugene | 32 |
| 1790 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.39 | 11 Jun 1992 | Moskva | |
| 1790 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 4:02.39 | 18 Aug 2000 | Monaco | 27 |
| 1792 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:02.4 | 16 Jan 2021 | Addis Abeba | 23 |
| 1792 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.40 | 16 Jul 1994 | Sankt Peterburg | |
| 1792 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:02.40 | 7 Aug 2001 | Edmonton | |
| 1792 | Oksana Zbrozhek | RUS | 4:02.40 | 13 Jul 2009 | Athínai | |
| 1792 | Morgan Uceny | USA | 4:02.40 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 1792 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:02.40 | 2 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | |
| 1792 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:02.40 | 18 Sep 2021 | Nairobi | 27 |
| 1799 | Lyudmila Bragina | RUS | 4:02.41 | 29 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 1799 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.41 | 20 Jul 1984 | Moskva | |
| 1799 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.41 | 9 Sep 1985 | Podolsk | |
| 1799 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:02.41 | 2 Aug 1988 | Kyiv | |
| 1799 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:02.41 | 26 Jun 1999 | Eugene | |
| 1799 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:02.41 | 4 Jul 2021 | Stockholm | |
| 1799 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:02.41 | 8 Sep 2022 | Zürich | 25 |
| 1806 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 4:02.42 | 28 Aug 1983 | Köln | |
| 1806 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:02.42 | 9 Aug 1995 | Göteborg | |
| 1806 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:02.42 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 1806 | Helen Obiri | KEN | 4:02.42 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1806 | Abeba Aregawi | ETH | 4:02.42 | 7 Jun 2012 | Oslo | |
| 1806 | Revee Walcott-Nolan | GBR | 4:02.42 | 28 May 2024 | Ostrava | |
| 1812 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:02.43 | 12 Jun 1983 | Udine | |
| 1812 | Nuria Fernández | ESP | 4:02.43 | 25 Jul 2009 | Barcelona | |
| 1812 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.43 | 2 Jun 2023 | Firenze | |
| 1815 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 4:02.44 | 16 Jul 1985 | Oslo | |
| 1815 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.44 | 31 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | 29 |
| 1815 | Wang Renmei | CHN | 4:02.44 | 10 Sep 1993 | Beijing | |
| 1815 | Jolanda Čeplak | SLO | 4:02.44 | 24 May 2003 | Eugene | 26 |
| 1815 | Sarah Jamieson | AUS | 4:02.44 | 13 Jul 2008 | Athínai | |
| 1815 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:02.44 | 18 Aug 2018 | Birmingham | |
| 1815 | Tigist Ketema | ETH | 4:02.44 | 21 Aug 2021 | Eugene | 22 |
| 1815 | Mirriam Cherop | KEN | 4:02.44 | 20 May 2026 | Nerja | |
| 1823 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.45 | 29 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 1823 | Lyudmila Vasilyeva | RUS | 4:02.45 | 24 Aug 2001 | Bruxelles | |
| 1823 | Bouchra Ghézielle | FRA | 4:02.45 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 1823 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:02.45 | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 1823 | Tatyana Tomashova | RUS | 4:02.45 | 17 Sep 2006 | Athínai | |
| 1823 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:02.45 | 13 Jun 2018 | Ostrava | 21 |
| 1829 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:02.46 | 6 Sep 2002 | Berlin | |
| 1829 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | RUS | 4:02.46 | 31 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1829 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 4:02.46 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 1829 | Birke Haylom | ETH | 4:02.46 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 17 |
| 1829 | Emily MacKay | USA | 4:02.46 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1829 | Ludovica Cavalli | ITA | 4:02.46 | 7 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1835 | Doina Melinte | ROU | 4:02.47 | 18 Aug 1982 | Zürich | 25 |
| 1835 | Lyubov Gurina | RUS | 4:02.47 | 2 Aug 1994 | Monaco | 36 |
| 1835 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4:02.47 | 3 Aug 1998 | Moskva | |
| 1835 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 4:02.47 | 16 Aug 2002 | Zürich | |
| 1839 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.48 | 8 Jun 1986 | Leningrad | |
| 1839 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.48 | 3 Aug 1991 | Monaco | |
| 1839 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:02.48 | 7 Aug 1993 | Monaco | |
| 1839 | Yelena Soboleva | RUS | 4:02.48 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 1839 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:02.48 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | |
| 1844 | Natalya Boborova | RUS | 4:02.49 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1844 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:02.49 | 1 Oct 1988 | Seoul | |
| 1844 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:02.49 | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki | |
| 1844 | Yevgeniya Zolotova | RUS | 4:02.49 | 26 Jul 2009 | Cheboksary | |
| 1844 | Kate Grace | USA | 4:02.49 | 10 Sep 2019 | Minsk | |
| 1844 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:02.49 | 17 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 1850 | Svetlana Guskova | MDA | 4:02.5 | 12 Aug 1979 | Kaunas | |
| 1850 | Yelena Sipatova | RUS | 4:02.5 | 23 May 1980 | Sochi | |
| 1850 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:02.5 | 12 Jun 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 1850 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:02.50 | 19 Jul 2013 | Monaco | |
| 1850 | Caster Semenya | RSA | 4:02.50 | 22 Mar 2018 | Paarl | 27 |
| 1850 | Habitam Alemu | ETH | 4:02.50 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | |
| 1856 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4:02.51 | 12 Jul 2002 | Roma | |
| 1857 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 4:02.52 | 12 Jul 1994 | Stockholm | |
| 1857 | Natalya Tobias | UKR | 4:02.52 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 1857 | Brenda Martinez | USA | 4:02.52 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 1860 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.53 | 10 Jun 1990 | Moskva | |
| 1860 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:02.53 | 9 Jul 2021 | Monaco | |
| 1860 | Worknesh Mesele | ETH | 4:02.53 | 15 Jun 2023 | Oslo | |
| 1860 | Sarah McDonald | GBR | 4:02.53 | 22 Jul 2023 | Madrid | |
| 1864 | Maricica Puica | ROU | 4:02.54 | 10 Jul 1985 | Lausanne | |
| 1864 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 4:02.54 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1864 | Stephanie Twell | GBR | 4:02.54 | 19 Aug 2010 | Zürich | |
| 1864 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:02.54 | 14 Jun 2014 | New York City | |
| 1864 | Teresia Gateri | KEN | 4:02.54 | 22 Sep 2024 | Yamaguchi | |
| 1869 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4:02.55 | 28 May 1978 | Erfurt | |
| 1869 | Lidiya Volodina | RUS | 4:02.55 | 20 Jul 1984 | Moskva | |
| 1869 | Oleysa Mikheyeva | RUS | 4:02.55 | 28 Aug 2005 | Rieti | |
| 1869 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:02.55 | 28 May 2006 | Eugene | |
| 1869 | Adelle Tracey | GBR | 4:02.55 | 31 May 2022 | Ostrava | |
| 1869 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:02.55 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 31 |
| 1869 | Rosemary Lokwom | KEN | 4:02.55 | 18 Apr 2026 | Azusa | |
| 1876 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:02.56 | 27 Jul 1985 | Oslo | |
| 1876 | Natalya Pantelyeva | RUS | 4:02.56 | 29 Jul 2008 | Monaco | |
| 1876 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:02.56 | 13 Sep 2020 | Berlin | |
| 1876 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:02.56 | 19 Aug 2022 | München | |
| 1876 | Elise Cranny | USA | 4:02.56 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1881 | Süreyya Ayhan-Kop | TUR | 4:02.57 | 21 Sep 2002 | Madrid | |
| 1881 | Natalia Rodríguez | ESP | 4:02.57 | 16 Sep 2011 | Bruxelles | |
| 1881 | Jennifer Simpson | USA | 4:02.57 | 9 Jul 2017 | London | |
| 1881 | Jemma Reekie | GBR | 4:02.57 | 18 May 2024 | Chorzów | |
| 1885 | Olga Zhuravlyova | RUS | 4:02.58 | 27 Aug 1983 | 2 Kyiv | |
| 1885 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4:02.58 | 18 Aug 1985 | Moskva | |
| 1885 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.58 | 31 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | |
| 1885 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:02.58 | 23 Aug 2020 | Stockholm | |
| 1885 | Hanna Klein | GER | 4:02.58 | 12 Jun 2021 | Nice | |
| 1885 | Maia Ramsden | NZL | 4:02.58 | 18 May 2024 | Westwood | |
| 1885 | Whittni Morgan | USA | 4:02.58 | 20 Jul 2024 | Eagle Rock | |
| 1885 | Georgia Hunter Bell | GBR | 4:02.58 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | 32 |
| 1893 | Irene Jelagat | KEN | 4:02.59 | 29 May 2011 | Hengelo | |
| 1893 | Siham Hilali | MAR | 4:02.59 | 6 Jul 2012 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1893 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:02.59 | 22 Aug 2015 | Beijing | 24 |
| 1893 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:02.59 | 7 Aug 2017 | London | 23 |
| 1897 | Lyudmila Bragina | RUS | 4:02.6 | 28 Jun 1976 | Podolsk | |
| 1897 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 4:02.60 | 8 Aug 1992 | Barcelona | 19 |
| 1897 | Olga Komyagina | RUS | 4:02.60 | 25 Aug 2000 | Bruxelles | |
| 1897 | Iryna Lishchynska | UKR | 4:02.60 | 15 Jun 2003 | Dortmund | |
| 1897 | Ludovica Cavalli | ITA | 4:02.60 | 30 Aug 2024 | Roma | |
| 1902 | Janice Merrill | USA | 4:02.61 | 29 Jul 1976 | Montréal | |
| 1902 | Zamira Zaytseva | UZB | 4:02.61 | 22 Jun 1983 | Moskva | |
| 1902 | Adelle Tracey | JAM | 4:02.61 | 18 Jul 2023 | Székesfehérvár | |
| 1902 | Saron Berhe | ETH | 4:02.61 | 19 Jun 2026 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1906 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:02.62 | 16 Aug 1997 | Monaco | |
| 1906 | Meraf Bahta | SWE | 4:02.62 | 22 Jul 2016 | London | |
| 1906 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:02.62 | 30 Jun 2019 | Palo Alto | 22 |
| 1906 | Elise Cranny | USA | 4:02.62 | 29 May 2021 | Portland | |
| 1906 | Faith Kipyegon | KEN | 4:02.62 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 29 |
| 1911 | Natalya Artyomova | RUS | 4:02.63 | 26 Jul 1983 | Leningrad | |
| 1911 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:02.63 | 12 Aug 1998 | Zürich | |
| 1911 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:02.63 | 13 Sep 2003 | Monaco | |
| 1911 | Sarah Jamieson | AUS | 4:02.63 | 27 Aug 2006 | Rieti | |
| 1911 | Luiza Gega | ALB | 4:02.63 | 15 May 2015 | Ad-Dawhah | |
| 1911 | Elise Vanderelst | BEL | 4:02.63 | 10 Jun 2021 | Firenze | |
| 1911 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:02.63 | 6 Aug 2021 | Tokyo | 24 |
| 1911 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:02.63 | 4 Jun 2023 | Chorzów | |
| 1911 | Salma Elbadra | MAR | 4:02.63 | 17 Apr 2026 | Winston-Salem | |
| 1920 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:02.64 | 10 Jul 1996 | Nice | |
| 1920 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | USA | 4:02.64 | 6 Jul 2001 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1920 | Malindi Elmore | CAN | 4:02.64 | 2 Jul 2004 | Roma | |
| 1920 | Mimi Belete | ETH | 4:02.64 | 8 Jul 2010 | Lausanne | |
| 1920 | Maureen Koster | NED | 4:02.64 | 4 Jun 2015 | Roma | |
| 1920 | Heather MacLean | USA | 4:02.64 | 31 May 2024 | Atlanta | |
| 1920 | Laura Muir | GBR | 4:02.64 | 2 Jun 2024 | Stockholm | 31 |
| 1920 | Esther Guerrero | ESP | 4:02.64 | 19 Jul 2025 | London | |
| 1928 | Natalia Marasescu | ROU | 4:02.65 | 17 Jul 1977 | Bucuresti | |
| 1928 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:02.65 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 1928 | Yekaterina Rozenberg | RUS | 4:02.65 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1928 | Brenda Martinez | USA | 4:02.65 | 26 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| 1928 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:02.65 | 6 Jun 2019 | Roma | |
| 1928 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:02.65 | 23 Aug 2020 | Stockholm | 23 |
| 1928 | Linden Hall | AUS | 4:02.65 | 30 Jun 2022 | Stockholm | |
| 1928 | Lucia Stafford | CAN | 4:02.65 | 31 May 2024 | Atlanta | |
| 1936 | Margrit Klinger | FRG | 4:02.66 | 28 Aug 1983 | Köln | |
| 1936 | Yelena Kanales | RUS | 4:02.66 | 13 Jul 2005 | Tula | |
| 1936 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:02.66 | 22 Jul 2016 | London | |
| 1936 | Winny Chebet | KEN | 4:02.66 | 27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1936 | Edinah Jebitok | KEN | 4:02.66 | 7 May 2022 | Nairobi | 20 |
| 1936 | Sarah Madeleiene | FRA | 4:02.66 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1942 | Ravilya Agletdinova | BLR | 4:02.67 | 14 Aug 1983 | Helsinki | |
| 1942 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | RUS | 4:02.67 | 22 Jun 1984 | h Kyiv | |
| 1942 | Lyudmila Veselkova | RUS | 4:02.67 | 24 Jun 1984 | Kyiv | |
| 1942 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:02.67 | 23 Aug 1996 | Bruxelles | |
| 1942 | Judit Varga | HUN | 4:02.67 | 5 Sep 2003 | Bruxelles | |
| 1942 | Abeba Aregawi | SWE | 4:02.67 | 15 Aug 2013 | Moskva | |
| 1942 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 4:02.67 | 4 Aug 2017 | London | 26 |
| 1942 | Claudia Mihaela Bobocea | ROU | 4:02.67 | 3 Sep 2020 | Marseille | |
| 1942 | Nelly Chepchirchir | KEN | 4:02.67 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1942 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:02.67 | 13 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | |
| 1952 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:02.68 | 19 Jul 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| 1952 | Gelete Burka | ETH | 4:02.68 | 28 May 2006 | Eugene | |
| 1952 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:02.68 | 15 Jul 2022 | Eugene | 25 |
| 1952 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | USA | 4:02.68 | 28 Jun 2024 | Eugene | |
| 1956 | Svetlana Kitova | TJK | 4:02.69 | 25 Aug 1989 | Bruxelles | |
| 1956 | Yvonne Graham | GER | 4:02.69 | 13 Jun 1990 | Potsdam | |
| 1956 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.69 | 10 Jul 1996 | Nice | |
| 1956 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 4:02.69 | 9 Jul 2000 | Bydgoszcz | |
| 1956 | Gulnara Galkina | RUS | 4:02.69 | 9 Jul 2004 | Kazan | 26 |
| 1956 | Georgia Griffith | AUS | 4:02.69 | 8 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| 1962 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4:02.7 | 8 Aug 1976 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
| 1962 | Olga Dvirna | RUS | 4:02.7 | 4 Jul 1980 | Moskva | 27 |
| 1962 | Lyudmila Medvedyeva | RUS | 4:02.7 | 10 Aug 1985 | Donetsk | |
| 1962 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4:02.70 | 3 Jul 1980 | Milano | |
| 1962 | Viola Kibiwott | KEN | 4:02.70 | 1 Jun 2009 | Hengelo | |
| 1962 | Stephanie Twell | GBR | 4:02.70 | 1 Aug 2010 | Barcelona | |
| 1962 | Ciara Mageean | IRL | 4:02.70 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1962 | Jessica Hull | AUS | 4:02.70 | 6 Aug 2024 | Saint-Denis | 27 |
| 1962 | Haregeweyn Kalayu | ETH | 4:02.70 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 1962 | Aster Areri | ETH | 4:02.70 | 28 Jun 2026 | Paris | |
| 1972 | Tatyana Dorovskikh | UKR | 4:02.71 | 10 Sep 1986 | Roma | |
| 1972 | Natalya Tobias | UKR | 4:02.71 | 13 Aug 2006 | Göteborg | |
| 1972 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | BRN | 4:02.71 | 23 Aug 2008 | Beijing | |
| 1972 | Shannon Rowbury | USA | 4:02.71 | 7 Sep 2008 | Rieti | |
| 1972 | Rababe Arafi | MAR | 4:02.71 | 21 May 2014 | Beijing | |
| 1972 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:02.71 | 20 Aug 2023 | Budapest | |
| 1972 | Svetlana Aplachkina | RUS | 4:02.71 | 18 Aug 2024 | Yekaterinburg | |
| 1972 | Sarah Healy | IRL | 4:02.71 | 4 Jul 2026 | Eugene | |
| 1980 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.72 | 31 Aug 1991 | Tokyo | |
| 1980 | Morgan Uceny | USA | 4:02.72 | 6 Aug 2010 | Stockholm | |
| 1980 | Laura Weightman | GBR | 4:02.72 | 31 May 2014 | Eugene | |
| 1980 | Diribe Welteji | ETH | 4:02.72 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 21 |
| 1984 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:02.73 | 18 Jul 1994 | Nice | |
| 1984 | Gudaf Tsegay | ETH | 4:02.73 | 14 May 2016 | Shanghai | 19 |
| 1984 | Sofia Ennaoui | POL | 4:02.73 | 16 Aug 2022 | München | |
| 1987 | Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | 4:02.74 | 4 Jul 1992 | Noisy-le-Grand | |
| 1987 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 4:02.74 | 16 Jul 1998 | Nice | |
| 1987 | Naomi Mugo | KEN | 4:02.74 | 28 Aug 1998 | Bruxelles | |
| 1987 | Alesya Turova | BLR | 4:02.74 | 14 Sep 2002 | Paris | |
| 1987 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 4:02.74 | 11 Jul 2003 | Roma | |
| 1987 | Hind Dehiba | FRA | 4:02.74 | 3 Jul 2006 | Athínai | |
| 1987 | Winnie Nanyondo | UGA | 4:02.74 | 5 Jun 2022 | Rabat | |
| 1987 | Cory Ann McGee | USA | 4:02.74 | 16 Jul 2022 | Eugene | |
| 1987 | Erin Wallace | GBR | 4:02.74 | 22 Jun 2025 | Troyes | |
| 1996 | Natalya Yevdokimova | RUS | 4:02.75 | 5 Jul 2005 | Lausanne | |
| 1996 | Siham Hilali | MAR | 4:02.75 | 22 Jul 2011 | Monaco | |
| 1996 | Nelly Jepkosgei | BRN | 4:02.75 | 11 Jun 2017 | Hengelo | |
| 1996 | Brenda Martinez | USA | 4:02.75 | 16 Jul 2017 | Rabat | |
| 1996 | Axumawit Embaye | ETH | 4:02.75 | 31 Aug 2018 | Bruxelles |