Records
| Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  | 9026 | May 27, 2001 |  |
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in the men's decathlon . The main event during this season were the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the competition was held at the Nagai Stadium on Friday August 31 and Saturday September 1.
| Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | |
| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8697 | | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 | |
| 2 | 8644 |  | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | NR |
| 3 | 8617 |  | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | PB |
| 4 | 8586 |  | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 5 | 8493 |  | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 6 | 8475 |  | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 7 | 8371 |  | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 8 | 8357 | | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 9 | 8352 | | Indianapolis, United States | 2007-06-23 | |
| 10 | 8298 |  | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 | |
| 11 | 8271 |  | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 12 | 8269 | | Ratingen, Germany | 2007-06-17 | |
| 13 | 8257 |  | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 14 | 8255 | | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 15 | 8239 | | Debrecen, Hungary | 2007-07-13 | |
| 16 | 8215 | | Sacramento, United States | 2007-06-07 | |
| 17 | 8179 | | Debrecen, Hungary | 2007-07-13 | |
| 18 | 8156 | | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 2007-03-11 | |
| 19 | 8134 | | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 2007-05-06 | |
| 20 | 8101 | | Tallinn, Estonia | 2007-07-08 | |
| 21 | 8099 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 2007-08-13 | |
| 22 | 8047 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 2007-08-13 | |
| 23 | 8042 | | Havana, Cuba | 2007-06-22 | |
| 24 | 8028 | | Minsk, Belarus | 2007-05-19 | |
| 25 | 8020 | | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 |
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