| P | Nation | Total points | Top three athletes (points) | Venue |
| 1 | 25689 | Karel Tilga 8681 Janek Õiglane 8524 Johannes Erm 8484 |
Budapest 2023 | |
| 2 | 25408 | Tomaš Dvorak 8902 Jiri Ryba 8332 Roman Šebrle 8174 |
Edmonton 2001 | |
| 3 | 25384 | Leonel Suarez 8640 Yordani Garcia 8387 Junior Diaz 8357 |
Berlin 2009 | |
| 4 | 25378 | Dan O'Brien 8817 Steve Fritz 8324 Robert Muzzio 8237 |
Stuttgart 1993 | |
| 5 | 25368 | Michael Schrader 8670 Rico Freimuth 8382 Pascal Behrenbruch 8316 |
Moscow 2013 | |
| 6 | 25171 | Jürgen Hingsen 8599 Siegfried Wentz 8513 Guido Kratschmer 8059 |
Helsinki 1983 | |
| 7 | 24751 | Uwe Freimuth 8469 Steffen Grummt 8142 Torsten Voss 8140 |
Helsinki 1983 | |
| 8 | 24625 | Alain Blondel 8444 Christian Plaziat 8398 Sebastien Levicq 7783 |
Stuttgart 1993 | |
| 9 | 24390 | Ilya Shkurenyov 8370 Artyom Lukyanenko 8177 Sergei Sviridov 7843 |
Moscow 2013 |
All scores are calculated according to the 1985 scoring tables to ensure historical comparability. East Germany and West Germany are listed separately from reunified Germany.