List of men's Olympic records in ice hockey

This is a list of records and statistics of the ice hockey tournament in the Olympic games for men ever since the inaugural official edition in 1920.^[1] This list is focused on which hockey players were the greatest among each nation, showcasing their importance in achieving medals for their country.^[2]

Ice hockey has been contested at the Olympic Winter Games since 1920 for men, producing a history of individual and team achievements tracked by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Notable records, such as Harry Watson's longstanding single-tournament goals mark of 36 from 1924 ^[3], Teemu Selänne's all-time Olympic points total of 43, or various fastest goals and largest margins of victory, have been highlighted in comprehensive overviews and statistical compilations by major sports media. ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	9	5	3	17
2	Soviet Union	7	1	1	9
3	United States	3	8	1	12
4	Sweden	2	3	4	9
5	Finland	1	2	5	8
6	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
6	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
8	Olympic Athletes from Russia	1	0	0	1
8	Unified Team	1	0	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia	0	4	4	8
11	Germany	0	1	1	2
11	Russia	0	1	1	2
13	ROC	0	1	0	1
14	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
15	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
15	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		26	26	26	78

Player	Team	Gold Medals
Vitali Davydov	Soviet Union	1964, 1968, 1972
Anatoli Firsov		1964, 1968, 1972
Viktor Kuzkin		1964, 1968, 1972
Alexander Ragulin		1964, 1968, 1972
Vladislav Tretiak		1972, 1976, 1984
Andrei Khomutov	Soviet Union Unified Team	1984, 1988, 1992
Veniamin Alexandrov	Soviet Union	1964, 1968
Viktor Konovalenko		1964, 1968
Boris Mayorov		1964, 1968
Vyacheslav Starshinov		1964, 1968
Oleg Zaytsev		1964, 1968
Yevgeni Mishakov		1968, 1972
Igor Romishevsky		1968, 1972
Vladimir Vikulov		1968, 1972
Yevgeni Zimin		1968, 1972
Valeri Kharlamov		1972, 1976
Vladimir Lutchenko		1972, 1976
Alexander Maltsev		1972, 1976
Boris Mikhailov		1972, 1976
Vladimir Petrov		1972, 1976
Vladimir Shadrin		1972, 1976
Gennadiy Tsygankov		1972, 1976
Valeri Vasiliev		1972, 1976
Alexander Yakushev		1972, 1976
Viacheslav Fetisov		1984, 1988
Alexei Kasatonov		1984, 1988
Alexander Kozhevnikov		1984, 1988
Vladimir Krutov		1984, 1988
Igor Larionov		1984, 1988
Sergei Makarov		1984, 1988
Sergei Starikov		1984, 1988
Igor Stelnov		1984, 1988
Vyacheslav Bykov	Soviet Union Unified Team	1988, 1992
Igor Kravchuk	Soviet Union Unified Team	1988, 1992
Peter Forsberg	Sweden	1994, 2006
Jörgen Jönsson		1994, 2006
Kenny Jönsson		1994, 2006
Martin Brodeur	Canada	2002, 2010
Jarome Iginla		2002, 2010
Scott Niedermayer		2002, 2010
Chris Pronger		2002, 2010
Patrice Bergeron		2010, 2014
Sidney Crosby		2010, 2014
Drew Doughty		2010, 2014
Ryan Getzlaf		2010, 2014
Duncan Keith		2010, 2014
Roberto Luongo		2010, 2014
Patrick Marleau		2010, 2014
Rick Nash		2010, 2014
Corey Perry		2010, 2014
Jonathan Toews		2010, 2014
Shea Weber		2010, 2014
Source:^[8]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Harry Watson	Canada	37
2	Herbert Drury	United States	28
3	Ulrich Poltera	Switzerland	25
4	Sven Johansson	Sweden	24
4	Teemu Selänne	Finland	24
6	Vladimir Zabrodsky	Czech Republic	23
7	Vlastimil Bubnik	Czech Republic	22
8	Wally Halder	Canada	21
9	Bert McCaffrey	Canada	20
10	Eric Carruthers	Great Britain	21
Source:^[9]

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Teemu Selänne	Finland	43
2	Harry Watson	Canada	37
2	Vlastimil Bubnik	Czech Republic	37
4	Valeri Kharlamov	Soviet Union	36
5	Vyacheslav Fetisov	Soviet Union	33
6	Alexander Maltsev	Soviet Union	31
	Erich Kühnhackl	West Germany
	Vladimir Krutov	Soviet Union
9	Anatoly Firsov	Soviet Union	30
9	Saku Koivu	Finland	30
Source:^[10]

Rank	Player	Team	GP
1	Raimo Helminen	Finland	39
2	Teemu Selänne	Finland	37
3	Dieter Hegen	Germany	33
3	Udo Kiessling	Germany	33
5	Jere Lehtinen	Finland	32
6	Kimmo Timonen	Finland	30
7	Sven Johansson	Sweden	29
	Pavel Datsyuk	Russia
	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia
	Andreas Niederberger	Germany
Source:^[11]

List of men's Olympic records in ice hockey

Medal table

Individual records

Players who won the Olympic Gold and the IIHF Championship

Players who won the Olympic Gold twice or more

Most goals scored all-time

Most points scored all-time

Most games played all-time

Top scorers by tournament

Other individual

Team records

Medals

Consecutive

Other

Tournament records

Goalscoring

Attendance

Footnotes

References

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Year	Player(s)	Points
1920	Frank Frederickson	12
1924	Harry Watson	37
1928	Hugh Plaxton Dave Trottier	12
1932	Winthrop Palmer Walter Monson	11
1936	Hugh Farquharson	20
1948	Wally Halder	27
1952	Billy Gibson	19
1956	Paul Knox Jim Logan Aldo Maniacco	12
1960	Fred Etcher	21
1964	Masahiro Sato	14
1968	Anatoly Firsov	14
1972	Valeri Kharlamov	16
1976	Vladimir Shadrin Alexander Maltsev	14
1980	Milan Novy	15
1984	Erich Kühnhackl	14
1988	Vladimir Krutov	15
1992	Joe Juneau	15
1994	Zigmund Palffy	10
1998	Teemu Selänne Saku Koivu	10
2002	Mats Sundin	9
2006	Teemu Selänne Saku Koivu	11
2010	Pavol Demitra	10
2014	Phil Kessel Erik Karlsson	8
2018	Nikita Gusev	12
2022	Juraj Slafkovsky Sakari Manninen Adam Tambellini Teemu Hartikainen	7
2026	Connor McDavid	13
Source:^[12]

Description	Record	Details	Source
Most Olympic ice hockey medals	4	Vladislav Tretiak (Gold: 1972, 1976 , 1984 - Silver: 1980) Igor Kravchuk (Gold: 1988, 1992 - Silver: 1998 - Bronze: 2002) Jiří Holík (Silver: 1968, 1976 - Bronze: 1964, 1972) Saku Koivu (Silver: 2006 - Bronze: 1994, 1998, 2010) Jere Lehtinen (Silver: 2006 - Bronze: 1994, 1998, 2010) Ville Peltonen (Silver: 2006 - Bronze: 1994, 1998, 2010) Teemu Selänne (Silver: 2006 - Bronze: 1998, 2010, 2014) Kimmo Timonen (Silver: 2006 - Bronze: 1998, 2010, 2014)	^[8]
Most Olympic Games appearances	6	Raimo Helminen (1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002) Teemu Selänne (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)	^[13]
Most points scored in a tournament	37	Harry Watson (1924)	^[14]
Most points scored in a match	13	Harry Watson (1924 Canada vs Czechoslovakia)	^[15]
Youngest appearance	16 Years, 4 Months	Bibi Torriani	^[16]
Oldest goalscorer	43 years, 234 days	Teemu Selänne	^[17]

Description	Record	Details	Ref.
Most gold medals won	9	Canada	^[8]
Most finishes in the top two	14	Canada	^[8]
Most finishes in the top three	17	Canada	^[8]
Most finishes in the top four	21	Canada	^[8]
Most appearances	25	United States Germany	^[8]

Description	Record	Details	Ref.
Most consecutive golds	4	Canada (1920, 1924, 1928, 1932) Soviet Union (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976)	^[8]
Most consecutive silvers	2	Canada (1992, 1994) United States (1920, 1924) and (1952, 1956)	^[8]
Most consecutive bronzes	3	Sweden (1980, 1984, 1988)	^[8]
Most consecutive top three finishes	9	Canada (1920 to 1960) Soviet Union (1956 to 1988)	^[8]
Most consecutive matches won	17	Canada (1920 - 3 Wins, 1924 - 6 Wins, 1928 - 3 Wins, 1932 - 5 Wins)
Most consecutive appearances	23	United States (1932 to 2026) (ongoing)	^[8]

Description	Record	Details	Ref.
Longest gap between gold medals	50 years	Canada (1952 - 2002)	^[8]
Longest gap between appearances in the top two	36 years	Sweden (1928 - 1964)	^[8]
Best finish by host team	1st	United States (1960, 1980) Canada (2010)	^[8]
Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion	4	Czechoslovakia	^[8]
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion	8	Czechoslovakia	^[8]
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion	10	Czechoslovakia	^[8]

Description	Record	Details	Ref.
Most points scored in a tournament
Fewest points scored in a tournament
Most points per match in a tournament
Fewest points per match in a tournament

Description	Record	Details	Ref.
Highest average of attendance per match
Lowest average of attendance per match

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