The soft X‐ray response (below ∼0.5 keV), spectral resolution, and imaging capabilities ofROSATmake it an ideal observatory for studying the high energy emission from isolated radio pulsars. Some of the results from the first three years of theROSATmission pertaining to this interesting class of neutron stars are summarized. The class is presented according to their dynamical age (&tgr;∼P/2P˙) which, by no accident, is also a presentation according to rotational energy loss rate. The implicatins for the thermal evolution of neutron stars wil be highlighted. © 1994American Institute of Physics.