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| # | skater | laps led | laps raced | % led | races |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Meng CHN | 229 | 387 | 59.2% | 62 |
| 2 | Zhiqiang Zhang CHN | 178 | 570 | 31.2% | 56 |
| 3 | Alexander Gertsikov RUS | 172 | 495 | 34.7% | 50 |
| 4 | Charles Hamelin CAN | 161 | 435 | 37.0% | 61 |
| 5 | Ruslan Zakharov RUS | 159 | 556 | 28.6% | 53 |
| 6 | Elise Christie GBR | 159 | 534 | 29.8% | 60 |
| 7 | Qiuhong Liu CHN | 159 | 449 | 35.4% | 51 |
| 8 | Nicola Rodigari ITA | 152 | 463 | 32.8% | 49 |
| 9 | Seung-Hoon Lee KOR | 152 | 374 | 40.6% | 47 |
| 10 | Yang Zhou CHN | 146 | 529 | 27.6% | 52 |
| 11 | Si-Bak Sung KOR | 146 | 302 | 48.3% | 52 |
| 12 | Haralds Silovs LAT | 145 | 361 | 40.2% | 36 |
| 13 | Song Kyung-Taek KOR | 143 | 394 | 36.3% | 42 |
| 14 | Shin-Young Yang KOR | 134 | 479 | 28.0% | 49 |
| 15 | Seung-Hi Park KOR | 134 | 321 | 41.7% | 52 |
| 16 | Niels Kerstholt NED | 133 | 422 | 31.5% | 53 |
| 17 | Ho-Suk Lee KOR | 132 | 514 | 25.7% | 51 |
| 18 | Kalyna Roberge CAN | 125 | 352 | 35.5% | 48 |
| 19 | Nannan Zhao CHN | 124 | 248 | 50.0% | 50 |
| 20 | Pieter Gysel BEL | 117 | 415 | 28.2% | 50 |
| 21 | Eun-Ju Jung KOR | 116 | 430 | 27.0% | 44 |
| 22 | Katherine Reutter-Adamek USA | 114 | 431 | 26.5% | 44 |
| 23 | Tom Iveson GBR | 114 | 406 | 28.1% | 42 |
| 24 | Fu Tian Yu CHN | 113 | 260 | 43.5% | 44 |
| 25 | Veronika Windisch AUT | 109 | 332 | 32.8% | 36 |
| 26 | Shinichi Tagami JPN | 107 | 327 | 32.7% | 29 |
| 27 | Weilong Song CHN | 105 | 483 | 21.7% | 45 |
| 28 | Jordan Malone USA | 101 | 424 | 23.8% | 43 |
| 29 | Katerina Novotna CZE | 101 | 411 | 24.6% | 54 |
| 30 | Francois-Louis Tremblay CAN | 101 | 207 | 48.8% | 33 |
| 31 | Evgenia Radanova BUL | 100 | 393 | 25.4% | 63 |
| 32 | Yuri Confortola ITA | 97 | 422 | 23.0% | 42 |
| 33 | Jorien ter Mors NED | 97 | 408 | 23.8% | 50 |
| 34 | Satoru Terao JPN | 96 | 337 | 28.5% | 56 |
| 35 | Sae-Bom Shin KOR | 96 | 286 | 33.6% | 50 |
| 36 | Arianna Fontana ITA | 95 | 404 | 23.5% | 57 |
| 37 | Jin Sun-Yu KOR | 95 | 371 | 25.6% | 37 |
| 38 | Marc-Andre Monette CAN | 92 | 402 | 22.9% | 42 |
| 39 | Liesbeth Mau Asam NED | 88 | 322 | 27.3% | 47 |
| 40 | Annita van Doorn NED | 85 | 326 | 26.1% | 43 |
| 41 | Paul Stanley GBR | 85 | 308 | 27.6% | 49 |
| 42 | Nina Evteeva RUS | 85 | 274 | 31.0% | 32 |
| 43 | Jon Eley GBR | 84 | 291 | 28.9% | 51 |
| 44 | Jeff Simon USA | 83 | 394 | 21.1% | 54 |
| 45 | Victor An RUS | 83 | 287 | 28.9% | 29 |
| 46 | Viacheslav Kurginian RUS | 83 | 244 | 34.0% | 28 |
| 47 | Xiaoxue Meng CHN | 81 | 382 | 21.2% | 34 |
| 48 | Thibaut Fauconnet FRA | 81 | 368 | 22.0% | 58 |
| 49 | Biba Sakurai JPN | 77 | 367 | 21.0% | 36 |
| 50 | Tania Vicent CAN | 77 | 353 | 21.8% | 41 |
| 51 | Paul Worth GBR | 76 | 342 | 22.2% | 61 |
| 52 | Lachlan Hay AUS | 75 | 293 | 25.6% | 29 |
| 53 | Olga Belyakova RUS | 74 | 391 | 18.9% | 40 |
| 54 | Paul Herrmann GER | 74 | 359 | 20.6% | 41 |
| 55 | Yuka Kamino JPN | 73 | 328 | 22.3% | 37 |
| 56 | Kimberly Derrick USA | 73 | 299 | 24.4% | 28 |
| 57 | Li Ye CHN | 73 | 257 | 28.4% | 40 |
| 58 | Andrea Do-Duc CAN | 72 | 284 | 25.4% | 31 |
| 59 | Ekaterina Belova RUS | 71 | 246 | 28.9% | 44 |
| 60 | Steve Robillard CAN | 70 | 268 | 26.1% | 33 |
| 61 | Alex Boisvert-Lacroix CAN | 70 | 190 | 36.8% | 31 |
| 62 | Bao Ku Sui CHN | 69 | 377 | 18.3% | 49 |
| 63 | Sebastian Praus GER | 68 | 381 | 17.8% | 37 |
| 64 | Anthony Douglas GBR | 66 | 442 | 14.9% | 39 |
| 65 | Julia Riedel GER | 66 | 310 | 21.3% | 33 |
| 66 | Charles Ryan Leveille USA | 66 | 307 | 21.5% | 33 |
| 67 | Mika Ozawa JPN | 66 | 297 | 22.2% | 29 |
| 68 | Takahiro Fujimoto JPN | 66 | 269 | 24.5% | 45 |
| 69 | Apolo Anton Ohno USA | 66 | 241 | 27.4% | 26 |
| 70 | Bartosz Konopko POL | 65 | 232 | 28.0% | 40 |
| 71 | Tyson Heung GER | 64 | 357 | 17.9% | 49 |
| 72 | Travis Jayner USA | 64 | 218 | 29.4% | 33 |
| 73 | Jeremy Masson FRA | 63 | 269 | 23.4% | 31 |
| 74 | Yoon-Gy Kwak KOR | 63 | 264 | 23.9% | 48 |
| 75 | Wim de Deyne BEL | 60 | 305 | 19.7% | 44 |
| 76 | Anne Maltais CAN | 60 | 285 | 21.1% | 42 |
| 77 | Jakub Jaworski POL | 59 | 475 | 12.4% | 54 |
| 78 | Valerie Lambert CAN | 59 | 278 | 21.2% | 35 |
| 79 | Amanda Overland CAN | 59 | 272 | 21.7% | 29 |
| 80 | Liu Xiao Liang CHN | 59 | 166 | 35.5% | 31 |
| 81 | Satoshi Sakashita JPN | 58 | 314 | 18.5% | 44 |
| 82 | Sergey Prankevich RUS | 58 | 275 | 21.1% | 42 |
| 83 | Lana Gehring USA | 57 | 224 | 25.4% | 38 |
| 84 | Patrycja Maliszewska POL | 56 | 305 | 18.4% | 54 |
| 85 | Mathieu Giroux CAN | 56 | 178 | 31.5% | 16 |
| 86 | Valeriya Reznik RUS | 55 | 340 | 16.2% | 43 |
| 87 | Marta Capurso ITA | 55 | 324 | 17.0% | 33 |
| 88 | Katalin Kristo ROU | 54 | 409 | 13.2% | 41 |
| 89 | Christin Priebst GER | 54 | 384 | 14.1% | 42 |
| 90 | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova BUL | 54 | 319 | 16.9% | 51 |
| 91 | Fabio Carta ITA | 54 | 267 | 20.2% | 24 |
| 92 | Erika Huszar HUN | 53 | 212 | 25.0% | 27 |
| 93 | Francois Hamelin CAN | 53 | 149 | 35.6% | 22 |
| 94 | Maxime Chataignier FRA | 52 | 243 | 21.4% | 28 |
| 95 | Viktor Knoch HUN | 52 | 233 | 22.3% | 27 |
| 96 | Yui Sakai JPN | 52 | 199 | 26.1% | 36 |
| 97 | Eun Byul Lee KOR | 51 | 113 | 45.1% | 12 |
| 98 | Ryan Bedford USA | 50 | 270 | 18.5% | 27 |
| 99 | Xin Chen CHN | 49 | 130 | 37.7% | 16 |
| 100 | Junji Ito JPN | 48 | 225 | 21.3% | 23 |
| 101 | Ayuko Ito JPN | 47 | 196 | 24.0% | 36 |
| 102 | Veronique Pierron FRA | 46 | 273 | 16.8% | 44 |
| 103 | Stephanie Bouvier FRA | 46 | 246 | 18.7% | 26 |
| 104 | Vladislav Bykanov ISR | 45 | 354 | 12.7% | 35 |
| 105 | Anouk Zoutendijk NED | 45 | 304 | 14.8% | 28 |
| 106 | Peter Darazs HUN | 44 | 159 | 27.7% | 21 |
| 107 | Aika Klein GER | 43 | 271 | 15.9% | 33 |
| 108 | Guillaume Blais Dufour CAN | 43 | 125 | 34.4% | 15 |
| 109 | Daniela Ivanova BUL | 42 | 313 | 13.4% | 31 |
| 110 | J P Kepka USA | 42 | 152 | 27.6% | 31 |
| 111 | Ingmar van Riel NED | 41 | 304 | 13.5% | 46 |
| 112 | Bernadett Heidum HUN | 41 | 171 | 24.0% | 21 |
| 113 | Jeremy Beck AUS | 40 | 261 | 15.3% | 33 |
| 114 | Jiguang Wei CHN | 39 | 168 | 23.2% | 31 |
| 115 | Han-Bin Lee KOR | 39 | 125 | 31.2% | 15 |
| 116 | Gergana Patsova BUL | 38 | 258 | 14.7% | 26 |
| 117 | Yang Liu CHN | 38 | 96 | 39.6% | 11 |
| 118 | Lia Stepanova RUS | 37 | 279 | 13.3% | 30 |
| 119 | Jessica Gregg CAN | 37 | 151 | 24.5% | 22 |
| 120 | Guillaume Bastille CAN | 37 | 147 | 25.2% | 18 |
| 121 | Lee Jung Su KOR | 37 | 125 | 29.6% | 15 |
| 122 | Sjinkie Knegt NED | 36 | 458 | 7.9% | 48 |
| 123 | Rudy Koek NED | 36 | 289 | 12.5% | 30 |
| 124 | Evgenii Kozulin RUS | 36 | 230 | 15.7% | 40 |
| 125 | Noh Ah Rum KOR | 36 | 113 | 31.9% | 12 |
| 126 | Jean-Francois Monette CAN | 36 | 84 | 42.9% | 17 |
| 127 | Andriy Kozhukh UKR | 35 | 265 | 13.2% | 28 |
| 128 | Soo-Min Son KOR | 35 | 108 | 32.4% | 13 |
| 129 | Cherise Wilkins USA | 35 | 88 | 39.8% | 18 |
| 130 | Karolina Regucka POL | 33 | 292 | 11.3% | 31 |
| 131 | Susanne Rudolph GER | 33 | 206 | 16.0% | 36 |
| 132 | Yun-Jae Kim KOR | 32 | 113 | 28.3% | 12 |
| 133 | Gabor Galambos HUN | 32 | 96 | 33.3% | 10 |
| 134 | Maxime Fortin CAN | 31 | 83 | 37.3% | 10 |
| 135 | Kyle Uyehara USA | 31 | 72 | 43.1% | 8 |
| 136 | Elena Kaplan ISR | 30 | 231 | 13.0% | 23 |
| 137 | Cecilia Maffei ITA | 30 | 225 | 13.3% | 20 |
| 138 | Celine Lecompere FRA | 30 | 173 | 17.3% | 16 |
| 139 | Serge Plancher FRA | 30 | 158 | 19.0% | 28 |
| 140 | Olga Maskaikina RUS | 29 | 210 | 13.8% | 26 |
| 141 | Roberto Serra ITA | 29 | 193 | 15.0% | 33 |
| 142 | Claudio Rinaldi ITA | 29 | 181 | 16.0% | 29 |
| 143 | Agnieszka Bawerna POL | 29 | 160 | 18.1% | 20 |
| 144 | J.R. Celski USA | 29 | 113 | 25.7% | 13 |
| 145 | Tina Grassow GER | 29 | 96 | 30.2% | 22 |
| 146 | Marie-Andree Mendes-Campeau CAN | 29 | 92 | 31.5% | 11 |
| 147 | Allison Baver USA | 28 | 155 | 18.1% | 16 |
| 148 | Marianne St-Gelais CAN | 28 | 100 | 28.0% | 12 |
| 149 | Anton Simon UKR | 27 | 250 | 10.8% | 25 |
| 150 | Andre Pulec AUT | 26 | 324 | 8.0% | 33 |
| 151 | Jekabs Saulitis LAT | 26 | 143 | 18.2% | 16 |
| 152 | Qichao Zhang CHN | 26 | 117 | 22.2% | 14 |
| 153 | Ha-Ri Cho KOR | 26 | 107 | 24.3% | 16 |
| 154 | Semen Elistratov RUS | 25 | 142 | 17.6% | 15 |
| 155 | Michael Gilday CAN | 25 | 71 | 35.2% | 7 |
| 156 | Ranya Ezzi SWE | 24 | 187 | 12.8% | 18 |
| 157 | Jean Charles Mattei FRA | 24 | 115 | 20.9% | 10 |
| 158 | Hong Yang Wang CHN | 24 | 84 | 28.6% | 17 |
| 159 | Shangpeng Chen CHN | 24 | 79 | 30.4% | 10 |
| 160 | Vincent Cournoyer CAN | 24 | 72 | 33.3% | 7 |
| 161 | Robert Becker GER | 23 | 226 | 10.2% | 28 |
| 162 | Alix-Myra Anderson AUS | 23 | 169 | 13.6% | 16 |
| 163 | Tatiana Borodulina AUS | 23 | 66 | 34.8% | 11 |
| 164 | Olena Korinchuk UKR | 23 | 63 | 36.5% | 7 |
| 165 | Alyson Dudek USA | 23 | 59 | 39.0% | 7 |
| 166 | Freek van der Wart NED | 22 | 388 | 5.7% | 52 |
| 167 | Jialiang Han CHN | 21 | 153 | 13.7% | 18 |
| 168 | Sarah Lindsay GBR | 21 | 91 | 23.1% | 13 |
| 169 | Daan Breeuwsma NED | 20 | 212 | 9.4% | 26 |
| 170 | Carly Wilson USA | 20 | 186 | 10.8% | 28 |
| 171 | Dariusz Kulesza POL | 20 | 121 | 16.5% | 20 |
| 172 | Fumihiko Kakubari JPN | 20 | 115 | 17.4% | 10 |
| 173 | Gregory Durand FRA | 19 | 259 | 7.3% | 23 |
| 174 | Lucia Peretti ITA | 19 | 133 | 14.3% | 24 |
| 175 | Katia Zini ITA | 18 | 275 | 6.5% | 27 |
| 176 | Evita Krievane LAT | 18 | 101 | 17.8% | 15 |
| 177 | Ian Upcott GBR | 18 | 54 | 33.3% | 7 |
| 178 | Mary Grace USA | 17 | 149 | 11.4% | 14 |
| 179 | Shani Davis USA | 17 | 87 | 19.5% | 10 |
| 180 | Marie Yoshida JPN | 17 | 51 | 33.3% | 5 |
| 181 | Shotaro Tanaka JPN | 16 | 166 | 9.6% | 18 |
| 182 | Blake Skjellerup NZL | 15 | 199 | 7.5% | 27 |
| 183 | Inna Simonova KAZ | 15 | 177 | 8.5% | 20 |
| 184 | Vera Antanenka BLR | 15 | 145 | 10.3% | 17 |
| 185 | Anna Romanowicz POL | 14 | 179 | 7.8% | 24 |
| 186 | Xinyue Wang HKG | 14 | 86 | 16.3% | 11 |
| 187 | Shinyu Fujimoto JPN | 14 | 77 | 18.2% | 8 |
| 188 | Cyril Lafarge FRA | 14 | 75 | 18.7% | 9 |
| 189 | Petr Hargas CZE | 14 | 66 | 21.2% | 8 |
| 190 | Rafal Piorecki POL | 14 | 54 | 25.9% | 7 |
| 191 | Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev KAZ | 13 | 167 | 7.8% | 23 |
| 192 | Robert Seifert GER | 13 | 129 | 10.1% | 14 |
| 193 | Torsten Kroeger GER | 13 | 84 | 15.5% | 13 |
| 194 | Benoit Anterieux FRA | 13 | 72 | 18.1% | 11 |
| 195 | Mai Shinkai JPN | 12 | 130 | 9.2% | 15 |
| 196 | Arno Jaspers BEL | 12 | 92 | 13.0% | 10 |
| 197 | Dmytro Poltavets UKR | 11 | 253 | 4.3% | 32 |
| 198 | Serhiy Lifyrenko UKR | 11 | 242 | 4.5% | 36 |
| 199 | Maaike Vos NED | 11 | 135 | 8.1% | 24 |
| 200 | Vitaly Mikheenkov RUS | 11 | 104 | 10.6% | 19 |
every competition in the archive that stores a position for each lap — 253 of them, 2003 onwards. Positions are not stored everywhere: 2007 carries none at all and 2006 very few, so a season is only as complete as its source. Individual races only — relays carry no lap positions. Skaters with fewer than 20 laps in the season are left out.