# 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for men in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 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, Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, again won the World Cup, finishing with the same total points score as his compatriot Ruslan Murashov.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Calgary, Canada | 13 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.11 | Mika Poutala Finland | 34.28 | William Dutton Canada | 34.46 |
| 1 | Calgary, Canada | 15 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.00 WR | William Dutton Canada | 34.25 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.30 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 20 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 33.98 WR | Mitchell Whitmore United States | 34.19 | William Dutton Canada | 34.35 |
| 2 | Salt Lake City, United States | 22 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.13 | William Dutton Canada | 34.34 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 34.36 |
| 3 | Inzell, Germany | 4 December | Gilmore Junio Canada | 34.86 | Alexandre St-Jean Canada | 34.90 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.97 |
| 3 | Inzell, Germany | 6 December | Artur Waś Poland | 34.65 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.74 | Kai Verbij Netherlands | 34.80 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 11 December | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.48 | Aleksey Yesin Russia | 34.63 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.78 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 December | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.67 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix Canada | 34.76 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen Norway | 34.86 |
| 5 | Stavanger, Norway | 29 January | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.71 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.74 | Kai Verbij Netherlands | 34.87 |
| 5 | Stavanger, Norway | 31 January | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.52 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.78 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 34.86 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 11 March | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.96 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 35.05 | Gilmore Junio Canada | 35.12 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 March | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 34.81 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.89 | Mika Poutala Finland | 35.02 |

## Standings

Standings as of 31 January 2016.
| # | Name | CGY1 | CGY2 | SLC1 | SLC2 | INZ1 | INZ2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | STA1 | STA2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | Total |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | 100 | 5 | 100 | 100 | | | 705 |
| 2 | Ruslan Murashov | 50 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 40 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 150 | 120 | 705 |
| 3 | Gilmore Junio | 19 | 60 | 28 | 18 | 100 | 60 | 24 | 18 | 60 | 70 | 104 | 76 | 637 |
| 4 | Mika Poutala | 80 | 36 | 36 | 60 | — | 50 | 45 | 32 | 32 | 12 | | | 577 |
| 5 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | 25 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 32 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 6 | 32 | | | 508 |
| 6 | Artur Waś | 40 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 70 | 100 | 60 | 18 | 8 | 10 | | | 492 |
| 7 | Kai Verbij | 16 | 21 | 60 | 12 | 16 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 70 | 60 | | | 487 |
| 8 | William Dutton | 70 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 40 | | | 468 |
| 9 | Laurent Dubreuil | 36 | 45 | 14 | 70 | 60 | 32 | 18 | 50 | 50 | 36 | | | 411 |
| 10 | Aleksey Yesin | 24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 45 | 80 | 45 | 45 | 28 | | | 315 |
| 11 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 8 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 70 | 40 | 50 | | | 303 |
| 12 | Alexandre St-Jean | 11 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 80 | 12 | 14 | 60 | 16 | 14 | | | 274 |
| 13 | Ryohei Haga | 28 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 45 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 5 | | | 233 |
| 14 | Yūya Oikawa | 45 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 21 | | | 210 |
| 15 | Mitchell Whitmore | 15 | 50 | 80 | 24 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 16 | | | 195 |
| 16 | Ronald Mulder | 60 | 40 | 50 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | | | 188 |
| 17 | Roman Krech | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 45 | | | 187 |
| 18 | Hein Otterspeer | 0 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 36 | 16 | 28 | — | — | | | 180 |
| 19 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 21 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 18 | | | 158 |
| 20 | Kim Tae-yun | 14 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 24 | | | 156 |
| 21 | Jan Smeekens | — | 15 | 45 | — | 18 | 40 | 0 | 36 | — | — | | | 154 |
| 22 | Joji Kato | 12 | 28 | 32 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | | | 133 |
| 23 | Gerben Jorritsma | 32 | 24 | — | 21 | 40 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | | | 123 |
| 24 | Mo Tae-bum | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 21 | — | | | 121 |
| 25 | David Bosa | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | | | 87 |
| 26 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 36 | 2 | — | — | | | 73 |
| 27 | Kjeld Nuis | 18 | — | — | 6 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 19 | | | 58 |
| 28 | Artur Nogal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | | | 56 |
| 29 | Nico Ihle | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | | | 45 |
| 30 | Jonathan Garcia | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 6 | | | 42 |
| 31 | Denis Koval | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 11 | 25 | — | — | | | 37 |
| 32 | Piotr Michalski | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | | | 35 |
| 33 | Jesper Hospes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 6 | 2 | 15 | | | 35 |
| 34 | Xie Jiaxuan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | | 27 |
| 35 | Gao Tingyu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 25 | | | 25 |
| 36 | Kim Jun-Ho | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | | 25 |
| 37 | Pekka Koskela | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | | 24 |
| 38 | Yuma Murakami | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | | | 23 |
| 39 | Mu Zhongsheng | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 21 |
| 40 | Lee Kang-seok | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | | | 17 |
| 41 | Mikhail Kazelin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | | | 9 |
| 42 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 9 |
| 43 | Michel Mulder | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | | | 6 |
| 44 | Liu Fangyi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | 3 |
| 45 | Jang Won-hoon | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | | | 2 |
| 46 | Sung Ching-Yang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 2 |
| 47 | Kim Jin-su | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | | | 1 |