Records
| Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 [1] | August 9, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United States |
- ↑ Points according to the 1985 tables
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1990 in the men's decathlon . One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, where the competition started on August 28, 1990, and ended on August 29, 1990.
| Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Daley Thompson (GBR) | 8847 [1] | August 9, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8574 |  Christian Plaziat (FRA) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | NR |
| 2 | 8525 |  Michael Smith (CAN) | Auckland, New Zealand | 1990-01-29 | |
| 3 | 8481 |  Christian Schenk (GDR) | Götzis, Austria | 1990-06-17 | |
| 4 | 8436 |  Dezső Szabó (HUN) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | PB |
| 5 | 8403 | Dave Johnson (USA) | Seattle, United States | 1990-07-25 | |
| 6 | 8358 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Seattle, United States | 1990-07-25 | |
| 7 | 8330 |  Mikhail Medved (URS) | Seattle, United States | 1990-07-25 | |
| 8 | 8289 |  Michael Kohnle (FRG) | Salzgitter, West Germany | 1990-07-22 | |
| 9 | 8275 | Torsten Voss (GDR) | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 1990-05-27 | |
| 10 | 8256 | Frank Müller (GDR) | Salzgitter, West Germany | 1990-07-22 | PB |
| 11 | 8249 |  Robert Změlík (CZE) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | |
| 12 | 8216 | Alain Blondel (FRA) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | |
| 13 | 8214 |  Antonio Peñalver (ESP) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | |
| 14 | 8169 |  Andrei Nazarov (EST) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 1990-05-20 | |
| 15 | 8146 |  Beat Gähwiler (SUI) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | |
| 16 | 8138 | Siegfried Wentz (FRG) | Götzis, Austria | 1990-06-17 | |
| 17 | 8121 | Rišardas Malachovskis (URS) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 1990-05-20 | |
| 18 | 8098 | Rob Muzzio (USA) | Emmitsburg, United States | 1990-09-09 | |
| 19 | 8088 | Roman Terekhov (URS) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 1990-05-20 | |
| 20 | 8057 |  Saša Karan (YUG) | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | 1990-07-01 | NR |
| 21 | 8054 | Aleksey Lyakh (URS) | Spokane, United States | 1990-07-22 | |
| 22 | 8052 |  Henrik Dagård (SWE) | Split, Yugoslavia | 1990-08-29 | |
| 23 | 8040 | Thorsten Dauth (FRG) | Salzgitter, West Germany | 1990-07-22 | |
| 24 | 8033 | Gary Kinder (USA) | Emmitsburg, United States | 1990-09-09 | |
| 25 | 8015 | Sten Ekberg (SWE) | Värnamo, Sweden | 1990-07-29 |
