# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1500 metres

The 1500 meters distance for women in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.
The defending champion is Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Calgary, Canada | 15 November | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:51.59 WR | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:52.27 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:54.18 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 21 November | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:50.85 WR | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:51.31 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:53.44 |
| 3 | Inzell, Germany | 6 December | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.68 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:54.94 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:55.27 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 December | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:55.29 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:55.44 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:56.12 |
| 5 | Stavanger, Norway | 30 January | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 1:55.44 | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:55.47 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:55.93 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 March | Brittany Bowe United States | 1:54.34 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma United States | 1:54.90 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 1:56.32 |

## Standings

| # | Name | CGY | SLC | INZ | HVN1 | STA | Total |
| 1 | Brittany Bowe | 100 | 80 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 440 |
| 2 | Heather Richardson-Bergsma | 80 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 21 | 381 |
| 3 | Martina Sábliková | 70 | 70 | 50 | 60 | 100 | 350 |
| 4 | Marrit Leenstra | 50 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 320 |
| 5 | Ida Njåtun | 60 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 24 | 239 |
| 6 | Miho Takagi | 25 | 32 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 202 |
| 7 | Marije Joling | 45 | 28 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 185 |
| 8 | Misaki Oshigiri | 28 | 45 | 28 | 28 | 40 | 169 |
| 9 | Ayaka Kikuchi | 21 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 165 |
| 10 | Antoinette de Jong | 36 | 36 | 18 | 36 | — | 126 |
| 11 | Sanneke de Neeling | 32 | 18 | 12 | 24 | — | 86 |
| 12 | Natalia Czerwonka | 14 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 85 |
| 13 | Diane Valkenburg | 18 | 14 | 32 | 18 | — | 82 |
| 14 | Li Qishi | 40 | 21 | — | 14 | — | 75 |
| 15 | Natalya Voronina | 24 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 74 |
| 16 | Yekaterina Shikhova | 16 | 8 | 24 | 21 | — | 69 |
| 17 | Luiza Złotkowska | 8 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 65 |
| 18 | Elizaveta Kazelina | 11 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 64 |
| 19 | Kali Christ | 6 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 62 |
| 20 | Ireen Wüst | — | — | — | — | 60 | 60 |
| 21 | Hao Jiachen | 19 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 59 |
| 22 | Nana Takagi | 0 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 54 |
| 23 | Linda de Vries | — | — | — | — | 45 | 45 |
| 24 | Gabriele Hirschbichler | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 43 |
| 25 | Vanessa Bittner | 15 | 24 | — | — | — | 39 |
| 26 | Zhao Xin | 10 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 39 |
| 27 | Margarita Ryzhova | 8 | — | 15 | 10 | — | 33 |
| 28 | Ivanie Blondin | — | 25 | — | — | 6 | 31 |
| 29 | Roxanne Dufter | 0 | 15 | 10 | 4 | — | 29 |
| 30 | Olga Graf | — | 2 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| 31 | Noh Seon-Yeong | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | — | 21 |
| 32 | Annouk van der Weijden | — | — | — | — | 19 | 19 |
| 33 | Paige Schwartzburg | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Brianne Tutt | 0 | 4 | — | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 35 | Yuliya Skokova | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 |
| 36 | Hege Bøkko | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| 37 | Claudia Pechstein | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 38 | Liu Jing | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 39 | Katarzyna Woźniak | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Kim Bo-Reum | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 41 | Josie Spence | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 |
| 42 | Marina Zueva | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Francesca Bettrone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |