The thermal conductivity is measured in the temperature range 2 to 70 K in three single‐crystal molybdenum samples having residual resistivity ratios of 68000, 35000, and 18000. In the temperature range 2 to 18 K the measured values of the thermal conductivity may be described by the equation W = A/T + BT2 + CT. Equal values are found for the coefficients B and C for all three crystals (B = 1.7 × 10−5 cm/KW, C = 1.2 × 10−4 cm/W), whereas the values for the coefficient A are related to the residual resistivity ϱo according to the Wiedemann‐Franz law (A = ϱo/Lo, Lo Lorenz number). In the temperature range 18 < T < θD/10 (θD = 430 K, Debye temperature) the thermal resistivity increases more rapidly with temperature than T2.