The 10 nations with the most Olympic medals, Summer and Winter Games combined from Athens 1896 through Milano Cortina 2026, with Russia and Germany counted with their predecessor teams.
The United States has won the most Olympic medals: 3,137 across the Summer and Winter Games from 1896 to 2026. Russia, counted with the Soviet Union and other predecessor teams, is second with 2,008, and Germany, counted with East and West Germany, is third with 1,879. Totals are from Wikipedia's all-time medal table after the 2026 Winter Olympics.
This is the all-time Olympic medal table by total medals: gold, silver and bronze from every Summer and Winter Games from Athens 1896 through the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Russia and Germany are shown with the records of their predecessor teams added in, as in the 'including precursors' table of the source; the IOC itself keeps those teams separate. The United States leads with 3,137 medals, about 1.6 times Russia's combined 2,008. Germany's combined total of 1,879 is third. Great Britain is the only other nation above 1,000. China, seventh on 819, ranks fourth by gold medals.
The most decorated Olympic nation, with 3,137 medals: 2,774 from the Summer Games and 363 from the Winter Games. Its total is 1,129 medals ahead of second-placed Russia even with the Soviet Union's records added to Russia's.
This total adds the Soviet Union's 1,204 medals to the Russian Federation's 539, plus the Russian Empire, the 1992 Unified Team, Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018), the Russian Olympic Committee team (2020-2022) and two medals won by Individual Neutral Athletes from Russia. The IOC does not merge these records; this is the combined view in the source table.
Germany's total combines the modern German team (980 medals) with the United Team of Germany (137), West Germany (243) and East Germany (519). On this combined basis Germany has more Winter Olympic medals (461) than any other nation.
Great Britain is the only nation to have competed at all 55 Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Almost all of its 1,025 medals come from the Summer Games (986), with 39 from the Winter Games.
France has won 824 Summer and 161 Winter medals, leaving it 40 medals behind Great Britain and just short of 1,000 in total.
Italy's 829 medals split into 658 Summer and 171 Winter. It is 10 medals ahead of China in total, although China has won more golds.
China has won 819 medals: 727 Summer and 92 Winter. It ranks fourth all-time by gold medals (330) on the combined table, but seventh by total medals.
Sweden has won 514 Summer and 195 Winter medals, the eighth-highest combined total.
Japan's 642 medals comprise 542 from the Summer Games and 100 from the Winter Games.
Australia has 594 Summer and 25 Winter medals. The source table does not add the 12 medals of the joint Australasia team of 1908-1912, and Australia holds 10th place by only three medals over Norway (616).
| # | Name | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1232 | 1013 | 892 |
| 2 | Russia (incl. Soviet Union) | 747 | 635 | 626 |
| 3 | Germany (incl. East & West) | 622 | 633 | 624 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 318 | 346 | 361 |
| 5 | France | 293 | 329 | 363 |
| 6 | Italy | 281 | 250 | 298 |
| 7 | China | 330 | 262 | 227 |
| 8 | Sweden | 224 | 238 | 247 |
| 9 | Japan | 211 | 198 | 233 |
| 10 | Australia | 189 | 198 | 232 |
Countries are ranked by total Olympic medals (gold + silver + bronze) won at all Summer and Winter Games from 1896 to 2026, using one table: 'Total, all Olympics (including precursors)' on Wikipedia's All-time Olympic Games medal table, which is current through the 2026 Winter Olympics and includes medal reallocations up to 11 August 2024 (Summer) and 19 September 2025 (Winter). That table is sorted by golds; we re-sort it by total medals. Predecessor teams are combined exactly as that table does: Russia includes the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Unified Team (1992), Olympic Athletes from Russia, Russian Olympic Committee and Russian Individual Neutral Athletes; Germany includes the United Team of Germany, West Germany and East Germany. Nations outside that top-ten-by-gold table (Australia) are taken from the same page's main medal table. Australia's figure excludes the joint Australasia team (1908-1912), as the source does. The 1906 Intercalated Games and art competitions are not counted. The IOC does not combine predecessor teams; without combining, the Soviet Union (1,204) would rank 2nd and modern Germany (980) and Russia (539) lower. Next below the top 10 are Norway (616) and Canada (597).
The United States, with 3,137 medals (1,232 gold, 1,013 silver, 892 bronze) across all Summer and Winter Games through 2026.
Yes. Totals combine every Summer Games from 1896 to 2024 and every Winter Games from 1924 to 2026. The 1906 Intercalated Games and art competitions are not counted.
This list uses the source table that adds predecessor teams to the current nation: Soviet Union and other teams to Russia, and East Germany, West Germany and the United Team of Germany to Germany. The IOC keeps those records separate. Counted separately, the Soviet Union alone has 1,204 medals.
Counting East and West Germany with Germany, Germany has the most Winter medals (461). Counting teams separately, Norway leads with 447.
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