Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Girls
| # | name | time | place | track type | date | |||
| 1 | Natalya Petrusyova | URS | 4:46.56 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 16 Mar 1976 | |
| 2 | Beth Heiden | USA | 4:40.35 | Grenoble | FRA | outdoor - artificial | 25 Feb 1979 | |
| 3 | Sarah Docter | USA | 4:40.22 | Davos | SUI | outdoor - natural | 24 Jan 1982 | |
| 4 | Sarah Docter | USA | 4:28.05 | Inzell | FRG | outdoor - artificial | 14 Feb 1982 | |
| 5 | Monique Garbrecht | GDR | 4:25.47 | Medeo | URS | outdoor - artificial | 20 Mar 1987 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Bazhanova | URS | 4:21.59 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 3 Mar 1991 | |
| 7 | Anni Friesinger | GER | 4:21.12 | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 19 Mar 1994 | |
| 8 | Nami Nemoto | JPN | 4:18.88 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 25 Mar 1994 | |
| 9 | Anni Friesinger | GER | 4:17.04 | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 2 Mar 1996 | |
| 10 | Kirstin Holum | USA | 4:16.25 | * | Heerenveen | NED | indoor - artificial | 6 Dec 1997 |
| 11 | Kirstin Holum | USA | 4:13.05 | * | Hamar | NOR | indoor - artificial | 13 Dec 1997 |
| 12 | Kirstin Holum | USA | 4:12.24 | * | Nagano | JPN | indoor - artificial | 11 Feb 1998 |
| 13 | Catherine Raney | USA | 4:11.83 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 27 Mar 1998 |
| 14 | Song Li | CHN | 4:10.30 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 30 Jan 2000 |
| 15 | Elma de Vries | NED | 4:09.66 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Mar 2002 |
| 16 | Eriko Ishino | JPN | 4:09.26 | * | Hamar | NOR | indoor - artificial | 7 Feb 2004 |
| 17 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 4:08.64 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 12 Mar 2004 |
| 18 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 4:08.15 | * | Moscow | RUS | indoor - artificial | 5 Feb 2005 |
| 19 | Ireen Wüst | NED | 4:07.71 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 11 Mar 2005 |
| 20 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 4:03.35 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 12 Nov 2005 |
| 21 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 4:00.69 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 18 Nov 2005 |
| 22 | Martina Sáblíková | CZE | 4:00.63 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 22 Mar 2006 |
| 23 | Antoinette de Jong | NED | 4:00.56 | * | Calgary | CAN | indoor - artificial | 8 Nov 2013 |
| 24 | Antoinette de Jong | NED | 3:59.49 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 15 Nov 2013 |
| 25 | Joy Beune | NED | 3:59.47 | * | Salt Lake City | USA | indoor - artificial | 10 Mar 2018 |
| * | = record skated on klap skates | |||||||
