# 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres distance for men in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 6–8 November 2009, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 March 2010.
Shani Davis of the United States successfully defended his title from the previous season, while Håvard Bøkko of Norway came second, improving on his third place from the previous season, and Denny Morrison of Canada came third.
On the fifth competition weekend, in Salt Lake City, Davis set a new world record of 1:41.04.

## Top three

| Medal | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| Gold | Shani Davis | 630 | 1st |
| Silver | Håvard Bøkko | 395 | 3rd |
| Bronze | Denny Morrison | 338 | 7th |

## Race medallists

| Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Berlin, Germany | 8 November | Shani Davis United States | 1:44.47 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:45.56 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.69 |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 13 November | Shani Davis United States | 1:44.48 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:45.57 | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:45.74 |
| 3 | Hamar, Norway | 21 November | Shani Davis United States | 1:44.27 | Lucas Makowsky Canada | 1:45.40 | Håvard Bøkko Norway | 1:45.61 |
| 4 | Calgary, Canada | 4 December | Chad Hedrick United States | 1:42.14 | Shani Davis United States | 1:42.19 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:42.74 |
| 5 | Salt Lake City, United States | 11 December | Shani Davis United States | 1:41.04 WR | Chad Hedrick United States | 1:42.19 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 1:42.85 |
| 7 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 March | Shani Davis United States | 1:45.20 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:46.12 | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:46.61 |

## Final standings

Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).
| # | Name | BER | HVN1 | HAM | CAL | SLC | HVN2 | Total |
| 1 | Shani Davis | 100 | 100 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 150 | 630 |
| 2 | Håvard Bøkko | 80 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 45 | 395 |
| 3 | Denny Morrison | 70 | 28 | – | 70 | 50 | 120 | 338 |
| 4 | Mark Tuitert | 50 | 60 | 45 | 45 | – | 90 | 290 |
| 5 | Chad Hedrick | 28 | 0 | 60 | 100 | 80 | – | 268 |
| 6 | Stefan Groothuis | 60 | 70 | 10 | 50 | – | 75 | 265 |
| 7 | Lucas Makowsky | 18 | 36 | 80 | 28 | 36 | 32 | 230 |
| 8 | Ivan Skobrev | 36 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 40 | – | 197 |
| 9 | Rhian Ket | 40 | 50 | 14 | 32 | – | 28 | 164 |
| 10 | Kjeld Nuis | – | – | 25 | 18 | 6 | 105 | 154 |
| 11 | Trevor Marsicano | 10 | 19 | 28 | 40 | 21 | 36 | 154 |
| 12 | Enrico Fabris | 21 | 32 | 50 | 5 | 45 | – | 153 |
| 13 | Yevgeny Lalenkov | 45 | 18 | – | 24 | 16 | 18 | 121 |
| 14 | Konrad Niedźwiedzki | 24 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 118 |
| 15 | Remco olde Heuvel | 16 | 40 | 36 | – | – | 24 | 116 |
| 16 | Mo Tae-bum | 12 | 8 | – | 25 | 70 | – | 115 |
| 17 | Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 32 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 108 |
| 18 | Mathieu Giroux | 14 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 106 |
| 19 | Matteo Anesi | 15 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 95 |
| 20 | Denis Kuzin | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | – | 40 | 87 |
| 21 | Aleksey Yesin | 11 | 10 | – | 15 | 10 | 16 | 62 |
| 22 | Brian Hansen | 8 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 12 | – | 61 |
| 23 | Robert Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 11 | – | 25 | 8 | 45 |
| 24 | Joel Eriksson | 0 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 18 | – | 44 |
| 25 | Teruhiro Sugimori | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 19 | – | 34 |
| 26 | Erben Wennemars | 8 | 25 | – | – | 0 | – | 33 |
| 27 | Sven Kramer | – | – | – | – | 32 | – | 32 |
| 28 | Mun Jun | 25 | 6 | – | 0 | – | – | 31 |
| 29 | Steven Elm | 4 | 2 | – | 8 | 15 | – | 29 |
| 30 | Jonathan Kuck | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | 27 |
| 31 | Alexis Contin | 0 | – | 15 | 10 | – | – | 25 |
| 32 | Simon Kuipers | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | 19 |
| 33 | Jeff Kitura | – | – | 19 | – | – | – | 19 |
| 34 | Zbigniew Bródka | 0 | – | 6 | 11 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 34 | Christoffer Fagerli Rukke | 6 | 11 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 17 |
| 36 | Jörg Dallmann | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | – | 16 |
| 37 | Samuel Schwarz | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
| 38 | Lee Jong-woo | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 10 |
| 39 | Johan Röjler | – | – | 8 | 1 | – | – | 9 |
| 40 | Haralds Silovs | – | – | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 |
| 41 | Aleksandr Lebedev | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 8 |
| 42 | Ha Hong-sun | 6 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 |
| 43 | Daniel Friberg | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 |
| 44 | Takaharu Nakajima | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 |
| 45 | Sverre Haugli | – | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 45 | Jan Friesinger | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |