These charts highlight the great athletes from around the world who have won the most Olympic medals in the Summer Olympic Games.
Subjects:
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Michael Phelps, USA | Swimming | 18-2-2 |
| 15 | Nikolai Andrianov, USSR | Gymnastics | 7-5-3 |
| 13 | Boris Shakhlin, USSR | Gymnastics | 7-4-2 |
| 13 | Edoardo Mangiarotti, ITA | Fencing | 6-5-2 |
| 13 | Takashi Ono, JPN | Gymnastics | 5-4-4 |
| 12 | Paavo Nurmi, FIN | Track/Field | 9-3-0 |
| 12 | Sawao Kato, JPN | Gymnastics | 8-3-1 |
| 12 | Alexei Nemov, RUS | Gymnastics | 4-2-6 |
| 11 | Mark Spitz, USA | Swimming | 9-1-1 |
| 11† | Matt Biondi, USA | Swimming | 8-2-1 |
| 11 | Viktor Chukarin, USSR | Gymnastics | 7-3-1 |
| 11 | Carl Osburn, USA | Shooting | 5-4-2 |
| 10 | Carl Lewis, USA | Track/Field | 9-1-0 |
| 10 | Aladár Gerevich, HUN | Fencing | 7-1-2 |
| 10 | Akinori Nakayama, JPN | Gymnastics | 6-2-2 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Dityatin, USSR | Gymnastics | 3-6-1 |
| 10 | Vitaly Scherbo, BLR | Gymnastics | 6-0-4 |
| 10 | Gary Hall Jr., USA | Swimming | 5-3-2 |
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Larissa Latynina, USSR | Gymnastics | 9-5-4 |
| 12 | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt, GER | Canoe/Kayak | 8-4-0 |
| 12 | Jenny Thompson, USA | Swimming | 8-3-1 |
| 11 | Vera Cáslavská, CZE | Gymnastics | 7-4-0 |
| 11 | Dara Torres, USA | Swimming | 4-3-4 |
| 11 | Natalie Coughlin, USA | Swimming | 3-4-4 |
| 10 | Franziska Van Almsick, GER | Swimming | 0-4-6 |
| 10 | Agnes Keleti, HUN | Gymnastics | 5-3-2 |
| 10 | Polina Astakhova, USSR | Gymnastics | 5-2-3 |
| 9 | Nadia Comaneci, ROM | Gymnastics | 5-3-1 |
| 9 | Lyudmila Tourischeva, USSR | Gymnastics | 4-3-2 |
| 8 | Kornelia Ender, E. Ger | Swimming | 4-4-0 |
| 8 | Dawn Fraser, AUS | Swimming | 4-4-0 |
| 8 | Shirley Babashoff, USA | Swimming | 2-6-0 |
| 8 | Sofia Muratova, USSR | Gymnastics | 2-2-4 |
| 8 | Margrit Korondi, HUN | Gymnastics | 2-2-4 |
| 8 | Petria Thomas, AUS | Swimming | 3-4-1 |
| 8 | Inge de Bruijn, NED | Swimming | 4-2-2 |
| 8 | Leisel Jones, AUS | Swimming | 3-4-1 |
| 8 | Susan O'Neill, AUS | Swimming | 2-4-2 |
| 8 | Giovanna Trellini, ITA | Fencing | 4-1-3 |
| 8 | Isabell Werth, GER | Equestrian | 5-3-0 |
| 8 | Anky Van Grunsven, NED | Equestrian | 3-5-0 |
| 8 | Elisabeta Lipa, ROU | Rowing | 5-2-1 |
| 8 | Merlene Ottey-Page, JAM-SLO | Track/Field | 0-3-5 |
