| Rank |
Points |
Athlete |
Venue |
Date |
Note |
| 1 | 8832 |  Bryan Clay (USA) | Eugene, United States | 2008-06-30 | |
| 2 | 8585 |  Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | Hengelo, Netherlands | 2008-06-29 | |
| 3 | 8534 | Trey Hardee (USA) | Eugene, United States | 2008-06-30 | |
| 4 | 8527 |  Leonel Suárez (CUB) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-22 | |
| 5 | 8511 | Tom Pappas (USA) | Eugene, United States | 2008-06-30 | |
| 6 | 8504 |  Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | Götzis, Austria | 2008-06-01 | |
| 7 | 8497 |  Aleksey Sysoyev (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 2008-06-01 | |
| 8 | 8434 |  Maurice Smith (JAM) | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2008-06-19 | |
| 9 | 8381 | Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 2008-06-01 | |
| 10 | 8372 |  Arthur Abele (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 2008-06-22 | |
| 11 | 8273 | André Niklaus (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 2008-06-22 | |
| 12 | 8253 |  Romain Barras (FRA) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-22 | |
| 13 | 8248 | Michael Schrader (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 2008-06-22 | |
| 14 | 8242 | Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 2008-06-01 | |
| 15 | 8241 |  Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-22 | |
| 16 | 8238 |  Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-22 | |
| 17 | 8233 |  Eugène Martineau (NED) | Ratingen, Germany | 2008-06-22 | |
| 18 | 8208 | Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | 2008-06-01 | |
| 19 | 8199 | Norman Müller (GER) | Manhattan, United States | 2008-08-03 | |
| 20 | 8191 | Jake Arnold (USA) | Manhattan, United States | 2008-08-03 | |
| 21 | 8178 |  Mikk Pahapill (EST) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-22 | |
| 22 | 8175 | Mustafa Abdur-Rahim (USA) | Manhattan, United States | 2008-08-03 | |
| 23 | 8143 | Chris Helwick (USA) | Manhattan, United States | 2008-08-03 | |
| 24 | 8142 |  Frédéric Xhonneux (BEL) | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 2008-05-11 | |
| 25 | 8122 | Ashton Eaton (USA) | Eugene, United States | 2008-06-30 | |
Götzis, Austria