This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the competition started on August 6, 2001, and ended on Tuesday August 7, 2001. Roman Šebrle broke the world record, collecting 9026 points at the 2001 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria.
| Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record |  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) |
8994 | July 4, 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic
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| Broken records during the 2001 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
9026 | May 27, 2001 |  Götzis, Austria
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| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9026 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) |
Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | WR |
| 2 | 8902 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 3 | 8815 |  Erki Nool (EST) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 4 | 8603 |  Dean Macey (GBR) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 5 | 8465 |  Lev Lobodin (RUS) |
Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | |
| 6 | 8408 |  Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) |
Arles, France | 10/06/2001 | |
| 7 | 8371 |  Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 8 | 8332 | Jiří Ryba (CZE) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 9 | 8323 |  Tom Pappas (USA) |
Brisbane, Australia | 07/09/2001 | |
| 10 | 8307 |  Stefan Schmid (GER) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 11 | 8280 |  Laurent Hernu (FRA) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |
| 12 | 8241 | Kip Janvrin (USA) |
Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 13 | 8220 | Phil McMullen (USA) |
Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 14 | 8213 |  Mário Aníbal (POR) |
Kaunas, Lithuania | 01/07/2001 | |
| 15 | 8206 |  Chiel Warners (NED) |
Ried, Germany | 01/07/2001 | |
| 16 | 8192 | Frank Busemann (GER) |
Ratingen, Germany | 17/06/2001 | |
| 17 | 8169 | Bryan Clay (USA) |
Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
 Michael Nolan (CAN) |
Edmonton, Canada | 07/08/2001 | |||
| 19 | 8153 |  Benjamin Jensen (NOR) |
Talence, France | 16/09/2001 | |
| 20 | 8151 | Sebastian Knabe (GER) |
Ratingen, Germany | 17/06/2001 | PB |
| 21 | 8139 | Mike Maczey (GER) |
Bernhausen, Germany | 22/07/2001 | |
| 22 | 8122 | Klaus Ambrosch (AUT) |
Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | PB |
| 23 | 8099 | Zsolt Kürtösi (HUN) |
Götzis, Austria | 27/05/2001 | |
| 24 | 8075 | Chad Smith (USA) |
Eugene, United States | 22/06/2001 | |
| 25 | 8069 |  Raúl Duany (CUB) |
Beijing, PR China | 31/08/2001 |