
USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 5,000 m
| 2007 | 13:30.73 | Bernard Lagat | Nike |
| 2006 | 13:14.32 | Bernard Lagat | Nike |
| 2005 | 13:12.76 | Tim Broe | adidas |
| 2004 | 13:27.36 | Tim Broe | adidas |
| 2003 | 13:35.23 | Tim Broe | adidas |
| 2002 | 13:27.52 | Alan Culpepper | adidas |
| 2001 | 13:28.72 | Bob Kennedy | Nike |
| 2000 | 13:27.06 | Adam Goucher | Fila |
| 1999 | 13:25.59 | Adam Goucher | Fila |
| 1998 | 13:40.62 | Marc Davis | Nike |
| 1997 | 13:30.86 | Bob Kennedy | Nike |
| 1996 | 13:46.17 | Bob Kennedy | Nike |
| 1995 | 13:19.99 | Bob Kennedy | Nike |
| 1994 | 14:04.30 | Matt Giusto | Ft Locker |
| 1993 | 13:23.60 | Matt Giusto | Ft Locker |
| 1992 | 13:40.30 | John Trautmann | adidas |
| 1991 | 13:55.26 | John Trautmann | NYAC |
| 1990 | 13:41.85 | Doug Padilla | Nike West |
| 1989 | 13:39.75 | Tim Hacker | Ath West |
| 1988 | 13:42.69 | Doug Padilla | Ath West |
| 1987 | 13:51.45 | Sydney Maree | Puma |
| 1986 | 13:46.69 | Doug Padilla | Ath West |
| 1985 | 13:16.42 | Doug Padilla | Ath West |
| 1984 | 13:51.31 | Sydney Maree | Reebok TC |
| 1983 | 13:25.12 | Doug Padilla | Ath West |
| 1982 | 13:31.96 | Matt Centrowitz | NYAC |
| 1981 | 13:28.86 | Matt Centrowitz | NYAC |
| 1980 | 13:33.61 | Matt Centrowitz | Oregon TC |
| 1979 | 13:40.8 | Matt Centrowitz | Ath.Attic |
| 1978 | 13:40.2 | Marty Liqouri | Ath. Attic |
| 1977 | 13:41.6 | Marty Liquori | Florida AA |
| 1976 | 13:31.2 | Dick Buerkle | NYAC |
| 1975 | 13:29.0 | Marty Liquori | NYAC |
| 1974 | 13:33.4 | Dick Buerkle | NYAC |
| 1973 | 12:53.4 (3 mi.) | Steve Prefontaine | Oregon |
| 1972 | 13:51.8 | Mike Keough | Manhattan |
| 1971 | 12:58.6 (3 mi.) | Steve Prefontaine | OreTC |
| 1970 | 13:24.2 (3 mi.) | Frank Shorter | Fla. TC |
| 1969 | 13:18.4 (3 mi.) | Tracy Smith | US Army |
| 1968 | 13:50.4 | Bob Day | US Army |
| 1967 | 13:10.6 (3 mi.) | Gerry Lindgren | Wash St |
| 1966 | 13:27.4 (3 mi.) | George Young | Unat-AZ |
| 1965 | 13:10.4 (3 mi.) | Bob Schul | Unat |
| 1964 | 13:56.2 (5,000 m) | Bob Schul | Miami,O |
| 1963 | 13:40.4 (3 mi.) | Pat Clohessy | TexOC/AUS |
| 1962 | 13:30.6 (3 mi.) | Murray Halberg | NZL |
| 13:32.8 (3 mi.) | 2-Max Truex | Los AngelesTC | |
| 1961 | 13:50.0 (3 mi.) | Laszlo Tabori | SCVYV/HUN |
| 1960 | 14:26.4 | Bill Dellinger | EEAA |
| 1959 | 14:47.6 | Bill Dellinger | USAF |
| 1958 | 13:37.1 (3 mi.) | Alex Henderson | Unat/POL |
| 1957 | 13:55.0 (3 mi.) | John Macy | Unat/POL |
| 1956 | 14:47.4 | Dick Hart | College. T&F |
| 1955 | 14:45.2 (3 mi.) | Horace Ashenfelter | NYAC |
| 1954 | 14:18.5 (3 mi.) | Horace Ashenfelter | NYAC |
| 1953 | 14:28.2 (3 mi.) | Charles Capozzoli | NYAC |
| 1952 | 15:03.3 | Curt Stone | NYAC |
| 1951 | 14:47.5 | Fred Wilt | NYAC |
| 1950 | 15:19.4 | Fred Wilt | NYAC |
| 1949 | 14:49.3 | Fred Wilt | NYAC |
| 1948 | 14:49.1 | Curt Stone | Shanahan CC |
| 1947 | 15:02.7 | Curt Stone | Penn State |
| 1946 | 15:50.7 | Francis Martin | NYAC |
| 1945 | 16:14.4 | John Kandl | NYAC |
| 1944 | 15:22.3 | Jim Rafferty | NYAC |
| 1943 | 14:48.5 | Gundar Haegg | SWE |
| 2-Greg Rice | Mer.Marine | ||
| 1942 | 14:39.7 | Greg Rice | NYAC |
| 1941 | 14:45.2 | Greg Rice | S. Bend AA |
| 1940 | 14:33.4 | Greg Rice | S. Bend AA |
| 1939 | 14:50.9 | Greg Rice | Notre Dame |
| 1938 | 15:15.0 | Greg Rice | Notre Dame |
| 1937 | 15:04.1 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1936 | 15:04.8 | Don Lash | Indiana |
| 1935 | 15:14.1 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1934 | 15:18.6 | Frank Crowley | NYAC |
| 1933 | 15:27.0 | John Follows | NYAC |
| 1906-32 | Not held | ||
| 1905 | 11:28.8 (2 mi.) | Sanford Lyon | Unat |
| 1904 | 10:06.2 (2 mi.) | Alex Grant | NYAC |
| 1903 | 10:39.2 (2 mi.) | Alex Grant | NYAC |
| 1897-1902 | Not held | ||
| 1896 | 16:31.6 (3 mi.) | Ernest Hjertberg | NJAC/SWE |
| 1895 | 15:18.8 (3 mi.) | Charles Bean | N J AC |
| 1880-94 | Not held | ||
| 1879 | 15:38.6 (3 mi.) | P.J. McDonald | IrishAAC |
| 1878 | 17:23.0 (3 mi.) | William Duffey | HarlemAC |
| 1877- | Not held | ||