Eternal medal table of the figure skating world championships

This list contains the national rankings or the eternal medal table of the figure skating world championships and is divided into four separate tables for men, women, couples and ice dance competitions as well as an overall table. All individual lists are sorted according to the number of medals won.

• Place: Indicates the order of the countries. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Country: gives the name of the country. In individual cases, the respective predecessor states are also included.
• Gold: states the number of gold medals won.
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won.
• Total: states the number of all medals won.

Status: after the end of the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships

total

As of March 23, 2019

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia (including the Soviet Union )	80	69	52	201
2	United States	55	61	80	196
3	Austria	36	46	34	116
4th	Canada	35	37	35	107
5	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic and FR Germany )	34	48	39	121
6th	United Kingdom	28	30th	24	82
7th	France	15th	19th	18th	51
8th	Sweden	15th	7th	11	33
9	Hungary	13	7th	15th	35
10	Japan	11	14th	12	37
11	Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia )	10	5	5	19th
10	Norway	10	2	5	17th
13	People's Republic of China	8th	10	9	27
14th	Switzerland	4th	2	2	8th
15th	Netherlands	4th	1	3	8th
16	Finland	3	5	3	11
17th	Italy	3	3	6th	12
18th	South Korea	2	2	2	6th
19th	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4th
20th	Spain	2	0	2	4th
21st	Belgium	2	0	1	3
22nd	United Kingdom	1	0	2	3
23	Kazakhstan	0	2	1	3
24	Poland	0	0	2	2
25th	Israel	0	0	1	1
25th	Lithuania	0	0	1	1

Men's

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	23	21st	18th	62
2	Austria	22nd	16	15th	53
3	Sweden	15th	4th	3	22nd
4th	Canada	14th	13	6th	33
5	Russia (including the Soviet Union )	11	11	12	34
6th	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic and FR Germany )	5	13	14th	32
7th	France	3	7th	9	19th
8th	Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia )	3	3	1	7th
9	Switzerland	3	1	2	6th
10	United Kingdom	2	8th	5	15th
11	Spain	2	0	2	4th
12	Japan	1	5	4th	10
13	United Kingdom	1	0	1	2
14th	Hungary	0	2	6th	8th
15th	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	2
16	Finland	0	0	1	1
16	Italy	0	0	1	1
16	Norway	0	0	1	1
16	Poland	0	0	1	1
16	People's Republic of China	0	0	1	1

Ladies

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	26th	22nd	24	72
2	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic and FR Germany )	10	16	6th	32
3	Norway	10	1	2	13
4th	Austria	7th	17th	12	36
5	Japan	7th	4th	6th	17th
6th	Hungary	7th	1	3	11
7th	United Kingdom	6th	9	7th	22nd
8th	Russia (including the Soviet Union )	5	7th	7th	19th
9	Canada	4th	5	4th	13
10	Netherlands	4th	1	3	8th
11	South Korea	2	2	2	6th
12	Czechoslovakia	2	0	3	5
13	France	1	4th	2	7th
14th	Italy	1	2	3	6th
15th	People's Republic of China	1	1	2	4th
16	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
17th	United Kingdom	1	0	0	1
18th	Sweden	0	2	5	7th
19th	Finland	0	0	1	1

Couples

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia (including the Soviet Union )	33	27	16	76
2	Germany (including the German Democratic Republic and FR Germany )	17th	15th	17th	49
3	Canada	12	7th	10	29
4th	Austria	7th	17th	7th	27
5	People's Republic of China	5	9	5	19th
6th	Hungary	5	3	5	13
7th	France	4th	1	1	6th
8th	Finland	3	4th	0	7th
9	United Kingdom	3	3	5	11
10	United States	2	6th	17th	25th
11	Belgium	2	0	1	3
12	Czech Republic (including Czechoslovakia )	1	2	1	4th
13	Sweden	0	1	3	4th
14th	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
15th	Poland	0	0	1	1
15th	Japan	0	0	1	1

Ice dance

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia (including the Soviet Union )	28	19th	13	60
2	United Kingdom	17th	10	7th	34
3	France	5	6th	4th	15th
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	0	0	4th
5	Canada	3	10	12	25th
6th	United States	2	11	18th	31
7th	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4th
8th	Hungary	1	1	1	3
9	Italy	1	1	1	3
10	Germany	0	3	2	5
11	Finland	0	1	1	2
12	Israel	0	0	1	1
12	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
12	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1

Individual statistics

The following list includes all figure skaters who have won at least one medal in men's competition at world championships.

Status: after the end of the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships

Explanation

• Placement: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
• Name: gives the name of the athlete.
• Country: Name the country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
• By: The year the athlete won the first World Championship medal.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last World Championship medal.
• Gold: states the number of all gold medals won.
• Silver: states the number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: states the number of bronze medals won.
• Total: states the number of all medals won.
• Athletes who are still active are highlighted in bold.

Men's

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1897	1911	10	3	0	13
2.	Karl Schäfer	Austria	1927	1936	7th	2	1	10
3.	Richard Button	United States	1947	1952	5	1	0	6th
4th	Willy Böckl	Austria	1913	1928	4th	3	2	9
5.	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	1997	2002	4th	1	1	6th
6th	Kurt Browning	Canada	1989	1993	4th	1	0	5
7th	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	1950	1956	4th	0	2	6th
8th.	Scott Hamilton	United States	1981	1984	4th	0	0	4th
9.	Fritz Kachler	Austria	1911	1925	3	3	1	7th
10.	Elvis Stojko	Canada	1992	2000	3	2	1	6th
11.	Gustav Hill	Austria	1896	1900	3	2	0	5
11.	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1969	1973	3	2	0	5
11.	Patrick Chan	Canada	2009	2013	3	2	0	5
14th	Yevgeny Plyushchenko	Russia	1998	2004	3	1	1	5
15th	David Jenkins	United States	1955	1959	3	0	2	5
16.	Gillis Grafström	Sweden	1922	1929	3	0	0	3
16.	Emmerich Danzer	Austria	1966	1968	3	0	0	3
18th	Jan Hoffmann	German Democratic Republic	1973	1980	2	2	3	7th
19th	Gilbert Fuchs	German Empire	1896	1908	2	2	2	6th
20th	Vladimir Kovalyov	Soviet Union	1972	1979	2	2	1	5
20th	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	2012	2017	2	2	1	5
22nd	Brian Boitano	United States	1985	1988	2	1	1	4th
23.	Tim Wood	United States	1968	1970	2	1	0	3
24.	Javier Fernández	Spain	2013	2016	2	0	2	4th
25th	Felix Kaspar	Austria	1936	1938	2	0	1	3
25th	Stéphane Lambiel	Switzerland	2005	2007	2	0	1	3
27.	Brian Orser	Canada	1983	1988	1	4th	1	6th
28.	Todd Eldredge	United States	1991	2001	1	3	2	6th
28.	Brian Joubert	France	2004	2010	1	3	2	6th
30th	Graham Sharp	United Kingdom	1936	1939	1	3	0	4th
31.	Alain Calmat	France	1960	1965	1	2	2	5
32.	Viktor Petrenko	Soviet Union	1988	1992	1	2	1	4th
33.	Donald Jackson	Canada	1959	1962	1	2	0	3
33.	Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	2007	2012	1	2	0	3
35.	Hans Gerschwiler	Switzerland	1947	1948	1	1	0	2
35.	Sergei Volkov	Soviet Union	1974	1975	1	1	0	2
35.	Jeffrey Buttle	Canada	2005	2008	1	1	0	2
38.	Alexander Fadeev	Soviet Union	1984	1987	1	0	3	4th
39.	Alain Giletti	France	1954	1960	1	0	2	3
39.	Evan Lysacek	United States	2005	2009	1	0	2	3
41.	Gosta Sandahl	Sweden	1914	1923	1	0	1	2
41.	Manfred Schnelldorfer	Germany	1963	1964	1	0	1	2
41.	John Curry	United Kingdom	1975	1976	1	0	1	2
41.	Charles Tickner	United States	1978	1980	1	0	1	2
45.	Henning Grenander	Sweden	1898	1898	1	0	0	1
45.	Donald McPherson	Canada	1963	1963	1	0	0	1
47.	James Grogan	United States	1951	1954	0	4th	0	4th
48.	Werner Rittberger	German Empire	1910	1912	0	3	0	3
49.	Ernst Baier	German Empire	1931	1934	0	2	2	4th
50.	Max Bohatsch	Austria	1903	1907	0	2	1	3
50.	Heinrich Burger	German Empire	1904	1908	0	2	1	3
50.	Otto Preissecker	Austria	1925	1927	0	2	1	3
50.	Ede Király	Hungary	1948	1950	0	2	1	3
50.	Tim Brown	United States	1957	1959	0	2	1	3
50.	Sergei Cheetverukhin	Soviet Union	1971	1973	0	2	1	3
50.	Robin cousins	United Kingdom	1978	1980	0	2	1	3
57.	Roger Turner	United States	1930	1931	0	2	0	2
57.	Ronald Robertson	United States	1955	1956	0	2	0	2
57.	Wolfgang Schwarz	Austria	1966	1967	0	2	0	2
57.	Norbert Schramm	Germany	1982	1983	0	2	0	2
57.	Timothy Goebel	United States	2002	2003	0	2	0	2
62.	Patrick Péra	France	1968	1971	0	1	2	3
63.	Per Thorén	Sweden	1905	1909	0	1	1	2
63.	Karol Divin	Czechoslovakia	1962	1964	0	1	1	2
63.	Christopher Bowman	United States	1989	1990	0	1	1	2
63.	Philippe Candeloro	France	1994	1995	0	1	1	2
63.	Denis Ten	Kazakhstan	2013	2015	0	1	1	2
68.	Madge Syers	United Kingdom	1902	1902	0	1	0	1
68.	Nikolai Panin	Russia	1903	1903	0	1	0	1
68.	Montgomery Wilson	Canada	1932	1932	0	1	0	1
68.	Jack Dunn	United Kingdom	1935	1935	0	1	0	1
68.	Freddie Tomlins	United Kingdom	1939	1939	0	1	0	1
68.	Scott Allen	United States	1965	1965	0	1	0	1
68.	David Santee	United States	1981	1981	0	1	0	1
68.	Ilya Kulik	Russia	1996	1996	0	1	0	1
68.	Takahiko Kozuka	Japan	2011	2011	0	1	0	1
68.	Tatsuki Machida	Japan	2014	2014	0	1	0	1
68.	Shoma Uno	Japan	2017	2017	0	1	0	1
80.	Andor Szende	Hungary	1910	1913	0	0	3	3
81.	Martin Gordan	German Empire	1902	1904	0	0	2	2
81.	Gary Visconti	United States	1966	1967	0	0	2	2
81.	Michael Weiss	United States	1999	2000	0	0	2	2
81.	Takeshi Honda	Japan	2002	2003	0	0	2	2
81.	Boyang Jin	People's Republic of China	2016	2017	0	0	2	2
86.	Georg Sanders	Russia	1896	1896	0	0	1	1
86.	Johan Lefstad	Norway	1897	1897	0	0	1	1
86.	Edgar Syers	United Kingdom	1899	1899	0	0	1	1
86.	Bror Meyer	Sweden	1906	1906	0	0	1	1
86.	Serious heart	Austria	1909	1909	0	0	1	1
86.	Ernst Oppacher	Austria	1924	1924	0	0	1	1
86.	John Page	United Kingdom	1926	1926	0	0	1	1
86.	Hugo Distler	Austria	1928	1928	0	0	1	1
86.	Ludwig Wrede	Austria	1929	1929	0	0	1	1
86.	Georges Gautschi	Switzerland	1930	1930	0	0	1	1
86.	Marcus Nikkanen	Finland	1933	1933	0	0	1	1
86.	Erich Erdös	Austria	1934	1934	0	0	1	1
86.	Dénes Pataky	Hungary	1935	1935	0	0	1	1
86.	Elemér Terták	Hungary	1937	1937	0	0	1	1
86.	Herbert Alward	Austria	1938	1938	0	0	1	1
86.	Horst Faber	German Empire	1939	1939	0	0	1	1
86.	Arthur Apple	United Kingdom	1947	1947	0	0	1	1
86.	Edi Rada	Austria	1949	1949	0	0	1	1
86.	Helmut Seibt	Austria	1951	1951	0	0	1	1
86.	Carlo Fassi	Italy	1953	1953	0	0	1	1
86.	Charles Snelling	Canada	1957	1957	0	0	1	1
86.	Donald Knight	Canada	1965	1965	0	0	1	1
86.	Günter Zöller	German Democratic Republic	1970	1970	0	0	1	1
86.	Great Cranston	Canada	1974	1974	0	0	1	1
86.	Minoru Sano	Japan	1977	1977	0	0	1	1
86.	Igor Bobrin	Soviet Union	1981	1981	0	0	1	1
86.	Brian Pockar	Canada	1982	1982	0	0	1	1
86.	Grzegorz Filipowski	Poland	1989	1989	0	0	1	1
86.	Alexei Urmanov	Russia	1993	1993	0	0	1	1
86.	Vyacheslav Sahorodnyuk	United Kingdom	1994	1994	0	0	1	1
86.	Rudy Galindo	United States	1996	1996	0	0	1	1
86.	Stefan Lindemann	Germany	2004	2004	0	0	1	1
86.	Johnny Weir	United States	2008	2008	0	0	1	1
86.	Artur Gatschinski	Russia	2011	2011	0	0	1	1