Records
| Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 |  Götzis, Austria |
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2005 in the men's decathlon . The main event during this season were the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the competition started on Tuesday August 9, 2005 and ended on Wednesday August 10, 2005 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
| Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | Götzis, Austria |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8732 |  Bryan Clay (USA) | Helsinki, Finland | 2005-08-10 | |
| 2 | 8534 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 3 | 8526 |  Kristjan Rahnu (EST) | Arles, France | 2005-06-05 | |
| 4 | 8480 |  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 5 | 8429 |  Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 6 | 8316 |  André Niklaus (GER) | Helsinki, Finland | 2005-08-10 | |
| 7 | 8290 |  Qi Haifeng (CHN) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 8 | 8232 |  Maurice Smith (JAM) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2005-05-29 | |
| 9 | 8196 | Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) | Erfurt, Germany | 2005-07-15 | |
| 10 | 8185 |  Romain Barras (FRA) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 11 | 8149 | Mikk Pahapill (EST) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2005-07-03 | |
| 12 | 8114 |  Eugène Martineau (NED) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 13 | 8107 | Phillip McMullen (USA) | Salo, Finland | 2005-05-08 | |
| 14 | 8105 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Jyväskylä, Finland | 2005-07-03 | |
| 15 | 8090 | Alexey Sysoev (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 2005-05-18 | |
| 16 | 8051 |  Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR) | Izmir, Turkey | 2005-08-19 | |
| 17 | 8042 |  Jaakko Ojaniemi (FIN) | Helsinki, Finland | 2005-08-10 | |
| 18 | 8025 | Rudy Bourguignon (FRA) | Talence, France | 2005-09-18 | |
| 19 | 8023 |  Hamdi Dhouibi (TUN) | Helsinki, Finland | 2005-08-10 | |
| 20 | 7997 | Ryan Harlan (USA) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 2005-05-29 | |
| 21 | 7989 | Norman Müller (GER) | Erfurt, Germany | 2005-07-15 | |
| 22 | 7976 | Paul Terek (USA) | Carson, United States | 2005-06-24 | |
| 23 | 7975 | Roland Schwarzl (AUT) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 | |
| 24 | 7950 |  François Gourmet (BEL) | Talence, France | 2005-09-18 | |
| 25 | 7920 | Lars Albert (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 2005-05-29 |
