| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 17) | |||
| 1. | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | 27:27.43 | |
| 2. | Stanley Waithaka (Kenya) | 27:27.90 | |
| 3. | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) | 27:27.97 | |
| 4. | Grant Fisher (USA) | 27:28.14 | |
| 5. | Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) | 27:28.39 | |
| 6. | Moh Ahmed (Canada) | 27:30.27 | |
| 7. | Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) | 27:31.00 | |
| 8. | Daniel Mateiko (Kenya) | 27:33.57 | |
| 9. | Joe Klecker (USA) | 27:38.73 | |
| 12. | Sean McGorty (USA) | 27:46.30 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 6) | ||||
| 1. | Joshua Cheptegei (Uga) | 26:48.36 | ||
| 2. | Yomif Kejelcha (Eth) | 26:49.34 | ||
| 3. | Rhonex Kipruto (Ken) | 26:50.32 | ||
| 4. | Rodgers Chumo (Ken) | 26:55.36 | ||
| 5. | Andamlak Belihu (Eth) | 26:56.71 | ||
| 6. | Moh Ahmed (Can) | 26:59.35 | ||
| 7. | Lopez Lomong (US) | 27:04.72 | ||
| 8. | Yemaneberhan Crippa (Ita) | 27:10.76 | ||
| [10. | Shadrack Kipchirchir (US) | 27:24.74] | ||
| [13. | Leonard Korir (US) | 28:05.73] | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 4) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 26:49.51 | ||
| 2 | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | 26:49.94 | ||
| 3 | Paul Tanui (Kenya) | 26:50.60 | ||
| 4 | Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) | 26:52.12 | ||
| 5 | Jemal Yimer (Ethiopia) | 26:56.11 | ||
| 6 | Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) | 26:57.77 | ||
| 7 | Abadi Hadis (Ethiopia) | 26:59.19 | ||
| 8 | Mo Ahmed (Canada) | 27:02.35 | ||
| [9 | Shadrack Kipchirchir (US) | 27:07.55] | ||
| [13 | Leonard Korir (US) | 27:20.18] | ||
| [15 | Hassan Mead (US) | 27:32.49] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 22) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 27:01.13 | ||
| 2 | Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) | 27:01.76 | ||
| 3 | Paul Tanui (Kenya) | 27:02.83 | ||
| 4 | Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) | 27:04.77 | ||
| 5 | Galen Rupp (USA) | 27:08.91 | ||
| 6 | Abrar Osman (Eritrea) | 27:43.21 | ||
| 7 | Ali Kaya (Turkey) | 27:43.69 | ||
| 8 | Timothy Toroitich (Uganda) | 27:44.90 | ||
| [15 | Hassan Mead (US) | 28:16.30] | ||
| [16 | Shadrack Kipchirchir (US) | 28:16.30] | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 10) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 27:21.71 | ||
| 2 | Ibrahim Jeylan (Ethiopia) | 27:22.23 | ||
| 3 | Paul Tanui (Kenya) | 27:22.61 | ||
| 4 | Galen Rupp (US) | 27:24.39 | ||
| 5 | Abera Kuma (Ethiopia) | 27:25.27 | ||
| 6 | Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) | 27:27.17 | ||
| 7 | Kenneth Kipkemoi (Kenya) | 27:28.50 | ||
| 8 | Nguse Tesfaldet (Eritrea) | 27:29.21 | ||
| [10 | Dathan Ritzenhein (US) | 27:37.90] | ||
| [18 | Chris Derrick (US) | 28:04.54] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Ibrahim Jeylan (Ethiopia) | 27:13.81 | ||
| 2 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 27:14.07 | ||
| 3 | Imane Merga (Ethiopia) | 27:19.14 | ||
| 4 | Zersenay Tadesse (Eritrea) | 27:22.57 | ||
| 5 | Martin Mathathi (Kenya) | 27:23.87 | ||
| 6 | Peter Kirui (Kenya) | 27:25.63 | ||
| 7 | Galen Rupp (US) | 27:26.84 | ||
| 8 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:34.11 | ||
| [10 | Matt Tegenkamp (US) | 28:41.62] | ||
| [14 | Scott Bauhs (US) | 29:03.92] | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 26:46.31 | WCR | |
| 2 | Zersenay Tadesse (Eritrea) | 26:50.12 | ||
| 3 | Moses Masai (Kenya) | 26:57.39 | ||
| 4 | Imane Merga (Ethiopia) | 27:15.94 | ||
| 5 | Bernard Kiprop (Kenya) | 27:18.47 | ||
| 6 | Dathan Ritzenhein (US) | 27:22.28 | ||
| 7 | Micah Kogo (Kenya) | 27:26.33 | ||
| 8 | Galen Rupp (US) | 27:37.99 | ||
| [17 | Tim Nelson (US) | 28:18.04] | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:05.90 | ||
| 2 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:09.03 | ||
| 3 | Martin Mathathi (Kenya) | 27:12.17 | ||
| 4 | Zersenay Tadesse (Eritrea) | 27:21.37 | ||
| 5 | Josephat Muchiri (Kenya) | 27:31.41 | ||
| 6 | Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) | 27:44.58 | ||
| 7 | Abdi Abdirahman (US) | 27:56.62 | ||
| 8 | Kiprono Menjo (Kenya) | 28:25.67 | ||
| [9 | Dathan Ritzenhein (US) | 28:28.59] | ||
| [11 | Galen Rupp (US) | 28:41.71] | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:08.33 | ||
| 2 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:08.87 | ||
| 3 | Moses Mosop (Kenya) | 27:08.96 | ||
| 4 | Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) | 27:10.98 | ||
| 5 | Martin Mathathi (Kenya) | 27:12.51 | ||
| 6 | Zersenay Tadesse (Eritrea) | 27:12.82 | ||
| 7 | Abebe Dinkessa (Ethiopia) | 27:13.09 | ||
| 8 | Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) | 27:14.64 | ||
| [13 | Abdi Abdirahman (US) | 27:52.01] | ||
| [dnf—Meb Keflezighi (US)] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 26:49.57 | WCR | |
| 2 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 26:50.77 | ||
| 3 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:01.44 | ||
| 4 | Abdullah Ahmad Hassan (Qatar) | 27:18.28 | ||
| 5 | John Cheruiyot Korir (Kenya) | 27:19.94 | ||
| 6 | Wilberforce Talel (Kenya) | 27:33.60 | ||
| 7 | Charles Kamathi (Kenya) | 27:45.05 | ||
| 8 | Kamiel Maase (Holland) | 27:45.46 | ||
| [14 | Alan Culpepper (US) | 28:14.92] | ||
| [16 | Meb Keflezighi (US) | 28:35.08] | ||
| [19 | Dan Browne (US) | 29:01.60] | ||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Charles Kamathi (Kenya) | 27:53.25 | ||
| 2 | Assefa Mezegebu (Ethiopia) | 27:53.97 | ||
| 3 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:54.41 | ||
| 4 | Yibeltal Admassu (Ethiopia) | 27:55.24 | ||
| 5 | Fabián Roncero (Spain) | 27:56.07 | ||
| 6 | José Rios (Spain) | 27:56.58 | ||
| 7 | Paul Kosgei (Kenya) | 27:57.56 | ||
| 8 | John Cheruiyot Korir (Kenya) | 27:58.06 | ||
| [18 | Alan Culpepper (US) | 28:34.38] | ||
| [19 | Abdi Abdirahman (US) | 28:18.44] | ||
| [23 | Meb Keflezighi (US) | 28:44.48] | ||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:57.27 | ||
| 2 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 27:58.56 | ||
| 3 | Assefa Mezegebu (Ethiopia) | 27:59.15 | ||
| 4 | Girma Tola (Ethiopia) | 28:02.08 | ||
| 5 | António Pinto (Portugal) | 28:03.42 | ||
| 6 | Habte Jifar (Ethiopia) | 28:08.82 | ||
| 7 | Benjamin Maiyo (Kenya) | 28:14.98 | ||
| 8 | Kamiel Maase (Holland) | 28:15.58 | ||
| [21 | Brad Hauser (US) | 29:18.21] | ||
| [22 | Peter Julian (US) | 29:20.31] | ||
| [dnf—Alan Culpepper (US)] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:24.58 | ||
| 2 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 27:25.62 | ||
| 3 | Salah Hissou (Morocco) | 27:28.67 | ||
| 4 | Paul Koech I (Kenya) | 27:30.39 | ||
| 5 | Assefa Mezegebu (Ethiopia) | 27:32.48 | ||
| 6 | Domingos Castro (Portugal) | 27:36.52 | ||
| 7 | Habte Jifar (Ethiopia) | 28:00.29 | ||
| 8 | Julio Rey (Spain) | 28:07.06 | ||
| [Dan Middleman (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Brad Barquist (US) 14th in heat] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:12.95 | WCR | |
| 2 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 27:14.53 | ||
| 3 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 27:14.70 | ||
| 4 | Salah Hissou (Morocco) | 27:19.30 | ||
| 5 | Josphat Machuka (Kenya) | 27:23.72 | ||
| 6 | Joseph Kimani (Kenya) | 27:30.02 | ||
| 7 | Stephen Franke (Germany) | 27:48.88 | ||
| 8 | Paulo Guerra (Portugal) | 27:52.55 | ||
| [9 | Todd Williams (US) | 27:52.87] | ||
| [Chris Fox (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| [Tom Ansberry (US) 16th in heat] | ||||
| [Machuka 27:29.07 WCR {heat}] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:46.02 | ||
| 2 | Moses Tanui (Kenya) | 27:46.54 | ||
| 3 | Richard Chelimo (Kenya) | 28:06.02 | ||
| 4 | Stephane Franke (Germany) | 28:10.69 | ||
| 5 | Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) | 28:13.43 | ||
| 6 | Francesco Panetta (Italy) | 28:27.05 | ||
| 7 | Todd Williams (US) | 28:30.49 | ||
| 8 | Antonio Silio (Argentina) | 28:36.88 | ||
| [17 | Dan Nelson (US) | 30:41.72] | ||
| [Steve Plasencia (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Moses Tanui (Kenya) | 27:38.74 | ||
| 2 | Richard Chelimo (Kenya) | 27:39.41 | ||
| 3 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 27:41.74 | ||
| 4 | Thomas Osano (Kenya) | 27:53.77 | ||
| 5 | Richard Nerurkar (Great Britain) | 27:57.14 | ||
| 6 | Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) | 28:03.03 | ||
| 7 | Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) | 28:10.38 | ||
| 8 | Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) | 28:12.77 | ||
| [17 | Aaron Ramirez (US) | 28:47.56] | ||
| [Steve Plasencia (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Shannon Butler (US) injured, dnc] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) | 27:38.63 | WCR | |
| 2 | Francesco Panetta (Italy) | 27:48.98 | ||
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) | 27:50.37 | ||
| 4 | Arturo Barrios (Mexico) | 27:59.66 | ||
| 5 | Steve Binns (Great Britain) | 28:03.08 | ||
| 6 | Martin Vrabel (Czechoslovakia) | 28:19.47 | ||
| 7 | Spíros Andriópoulos (Greece) | 28:07.17 | ||
| 8 | Steve Plasencia (US) | 28:11.38 | ||
| [21 | Ed Eyestone (US) | 29:00.33] | ||
| [dnf—Gerard Donakowski (US)] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Alberto Cova (Italy) | 28:01.04 | ||
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) | 28:01.18 | ||
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) | 28:01.26 | ||
| 4 | Martti Vainio (Finland) | 28:01.37 | ||
| 5 | Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) | 28:01.93 | ||
| 6 | Carlos Lopes (Portugal) | 28:06.78 | ||
| 7 | Nick Rose (Great Britain) | 28:07.53 | ||
| 8 | Christoph Herle (West Germany) | 28:09.05 | ||
| [13 | Mark Nenow (US) | 28:17.28] | ||
| [15 | Bill McChesney (US) | 28:34.46] | ||
| [17 | Alberto Salazar (US) | 28:48.42] | ||
| [Fernando Mamede {Por} 27:45.54 WCR {heat}] | ||||