# 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 500 metres

The 500 meters distance for men in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 12 races on six occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the final occasion taking place in Erfurt, Germany, on 21–22 March 2015.
The defending champion was Ronald Mulder of the Netherlands. Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia won the cup. Mulder did not participate this season.

## Top three

| Position | Athlete | Points | Previous season |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 930 | – |
| 2 | Laurent Dubreuil | 771 | 27th |
| 3 | Ruslan Murashov | 565 | – |

## Race medallists

| WC # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1 | Obihiro, Japan | 14 November | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.06 | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 35.16 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 35.24 |
| 1 | Obihiro, Japan | 16 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.96 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.09 | Ryohei Haga Japan | 35.17 |
| 2 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.94 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.363 | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 35.364 |
| 2 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 November | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 35.18 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 35.32 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 35.35 |
| 3 | Berlin, Germany | 5 December | Artur Waś Poland | 35.01 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 35.09 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.12 |
| 3 | Berlin, Germany | 7 December | Artur Waś Poland | 35.04 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen Norway | 35.06 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 35.09 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 12 December | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.63 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.91 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 35.16 |
| 4 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 December | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.58 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.87 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 35.01 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 7 February | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.93 | Artur Waś Poland | 34.97 | Nico Ihle Germany | 35.11 |
| 6 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 8 February | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.62 | Mo Tae-bum South Korea | 34.94 | Nico Ihle Germany | 35.06 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 21 March | Pavel Kulizhnikov Russia | 34.71 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada | 34.94 | Gerben Jorritsma Netherlands | 35.25 |
| 7 | Erfurt, Germany | 22 March | Ruslan Murashov Russia | 34.97 | Laurent Dubreuil Canada Michel Mulder Netherlands | 35.109 35.109 | | |

## Standings

Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season).
| # | Name | OBI1 | OBI2 | SEO1 | SEO2 | BER1 | BER2 | HVN1 | HVN2 | HVN3 | HVN4 | ERF1 | ERF2 | Total |
| 1 | Pavel Kulizhnikov | 80 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 150 | | 930 |
| 2 | Laurent Dubreuil | 45 | 36 | 40 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 120 | 771 |
| 3 | Ruslan Murashov | 70 | 60 | 70 | 50 | 10 | | | | 50 | 60 | 45 | 150 | 565 |
| 4 | Michel Mulder | | | | | 70 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 60 | 50 | 120 | 120 | 560 |
| 5 | Nico Ihle | 50 | 24 | 60 | 40 | 50 | 36 | | 32 | 70 | 70 | 36 | 90 | 558 |
| 6 | Artur Waś | | | | | 100 | 100 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 526 |
| 7 | Mo Tae-bum | 16 | 50 | 80 | 80 | 40 | 50 | 18 | 45 | 36 | 80 | | | 495 |
| 8 | Jan Smeekens | 100 | 80 | 28 | 60 | 16 | 45 | 12 | 70 | 10 | | 14 | 40 | 475 |
| 9 | Espen Aarnes Hvammen | 24 | 45 | 50 | 21 | 28 | 80 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 28 | 40 | 76 | 453 |
| 10 | Aleksey Yesin | 25 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 24 | | 28 | 21 | 24 | 76 | 32 | 302 |
| 11 | Ryohei Haga | 40 | 70 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 14 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 290 |
| 12 | Hein Otterspeer | 60 | 10 | 45 | 24 | 18 | 28 | 36 | 28 | 40 | | | | 289 |
| 13 | Gilmore Junio | 32 | 18 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 14 | 21 | | | 255 |
| 14 | Denis Koval | 36 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 24 | 60 | 40 | 18 | | | | | 254 |
| 15 | Gerben Jorritsma | 18 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 12 | | | 106 | 28 | 253 |
| 16 | Kim Jun-ho | 15 | 19 | 18 | 45 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 6 | | | 226 |
| 17 | Pim Schipper | 8 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 25 | 14 | 28 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 220 |
| 18 | Mika Poutala | | | | | 15 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 217 |
| 19 | Keiichiro Nagashima | 28 | 32 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 5 | | 25 | 24 | 18 | 202 |
| 20 | Yūya Oikawa | 14 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 181 |
| 21 | Mirko Giacomo Nenzi | 12 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 28 | 10 | | 15 | 10 | 12 | 165 |
| 22 | Artyom Kuznetsov | 19 | 25 | 8 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 16 | | | | | | 153 |
| 23 | Mu Zhongsheng | 11 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | | 11 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 140 |
| 24 | Xie Jiaxuan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | 25 | 10 | 6 | | 19 | 12 | 10 | 92 |
| 25 | Lee Kang-seok | 8 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 11 | | | 2 | | | | | 63 |
| 26 | Roman Krech | | | | | | | | | 16 | 45 | | | 61 |
| 27 | Artur Nogal | 6 | 6 | | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 8 | | | 61 |
| 28 | William Dutton | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | | | | 11 | | | | | 60 |
| 29 | Dai Dai Ntab | | | 25 | 32 | | | | | | | | | 57 |
| 30 | Jamie Gregg | | | | | | | | | 19 | 36 | | | 55 |
| 31 | Denny Ihle | | 2 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | 52 |
| 32 | Tsubasa Hasegawa | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | | | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | | | 52 |
| 33 | Jesper Hospes | | | | | | | | | 32 | 16 | | | 48 |
| 34 | Mitchell Whitmore | | | | | 8 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | 48 |
| 35 | Samuel Schwarz | | | 6 | | 19 | | 15 | | 6 | | | | 46 |
| 36 | Richard Maclennan | 4 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | | 8 | | | | | 40 |
| 37 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix | | | | | | | | | 25 | 14 | | | 39 |
| 38 | Wang Nan | | | | 11 | | 8 | | | | | | | 19 |
| 39 | Daichi Yamanaka | 10 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 40 | Pekka Koskela | | | | | | | | | 2 | 11 | | | 13 |
| 41 | Kai Verbij | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 42 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | 8 |
| 43 | David Bosa | | | 4 | | | 4 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 43 | Piotr Michalski | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | 8 |
| 45 | Tyler Derraugh | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 6 |
| 46 | Shani Davis | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 47 | Christian Oberbichler | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 4 |
| 48 | Denis Dressel | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| 48 | Jonathan Garcia | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |