World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count

Main article: World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual senior figure skating event awarding medals in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The world title is considered the most prestigious competitive achievement in figure skating after the Olympic gold medal.

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Ulrich Salchow is the most decorated figure skater at the World Championships with ten gold medals and three silver medals.

Men's singles

The men's event was first held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg and is the oldest discipline at the World Championships.^[1] Until 1902 men and women were allowed to compete in the same event (open singles). Since 1903, only men can attend the event.^[2]

Ulrich Salchow from Sweden has won the most gold medals in the men's singles and also the most total medals (thirteen). He won ten gold medals in a row; however, this feat was not achieved at back-to-back events, as he didn't compete at the 1906 World Championships in Munich. The record for most back-to-back titles is held by Austrian Karl Schäfer with seven gold medals. The most silver medals were won by James Grogan from the United States and Brian Orser from Canada (four each), while Andor Szende from Hungary, Alexander Fadeev from the Soviet Union, and Jan Hoffmann from East Germany share the record for the most bronze medals (three each).^[1]

Total medal count by nation

 

Hayes Alan Jenkins (left) and his brother David (right) won together seven gold medals and four bronze medals for the United States in men's singles.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.
• At the 1900 and 1901 World Championships, only two competitors participated in the men's singles event, so no bronze medals were awarded.^[1]
• In 1902, female skater Madge Syers from Great Britain won a silver medal in the open singles event, which reflects on the men's singles medal table.^[2]

Number of World Championship medals in men's singles by nation^[3][4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	26	21	21	68
2	Austria	22	16	15	53
3	Sweden	15	4	3	22
4	Canada	14	13	6	33
5	Russia	7	4	6	17
6	Japan	5	11	5	21
7	Soviet Union	4	7	7	18
8	France	3	7	9	19
9	Czechoslovakia	3	3	1	7
10	Switzerland	3	1	2	6
11	Germany	2	9	9	20
12	Great Britain	2	8	5	15
13	East Germany	2	2	4	8
14	Spain	2	0	2	4
15	West Germany	1	2	1	4
16	CIS	1	0	0	1
17	Hungary	0	2	6	8
18	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
19	South Korea	0	1	0	1
20	China	0	0	2	2
21	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		112	112	110	334

Most gold medals by skater

 

Dick Button won the most gold medals in men's singles at the World Championships in the post-war era. He won all five gold medals at back-to-back events.

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of men's singles skaters by the most gold medals won at the World Championships^[3][4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1897–1911	10	3	–	13
2	Karl Schäfer	Austria	1927–1936	7	2	1	10
3	Dick Button	United States	1947–1952	5	1	–	6
4	Willy Böckl	Austria	1913–1928	4	3	2	9
5	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	1997–2002	4	1	1	6
6	Kurt Browning	Canada	1989–1993	4	1	–	5
7	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	1950–1956	4	–	2	6
8	Scott Hamilton	United States	1981–1984	4	–	–	4
9	Fritz Kachler	Austria	1911–1925	3	3	1	7
10	Elvis Stojko	Canada	1992–2000	3	2	1	6

Most total medals by skater

 

Yuzuru Hanyu is the only figure skater to win more than six medals at the World Championships in the 21st century (seven total).

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of men's singles skaters by the most medals won at the World Championships^[3][4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1897–1911	10	3	–	13
2	Karl Schäfer	Austria	1927–1936	7	2	1	10
3	Willy Böckl	Austria	1913–1928	4	3	2	9
4	Fritz Kachler	Austria	1911–1925	3	3	1	7
5	Yuzuru Hanyu	Japan	2012–2021	2	3	2	7
6	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	1973–1980	2	2	3	7
7	Dick Button	United States	1947–1952	5	1	–	6
8	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	1997–2002	4	1	1	6
9	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States	1950–1956	4	–	2	6
10	Elvis Stojko	Canada	1992–2000	3	2	1	6

Women's singles

After the exclusion of female skaters from the open singles event at the World Championships in 1902, the International Skating Union established a separate second-class competition for women called the ISU Championships, which was first held 1906 in Davos, Switzerland.^[2] The first combined World Championships for men, women, and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City.^[5]

Sonja Henie from Norway holds the record in women's singles for total medals won (eleven) and the most gold medals won (ten), which is also the longest winning streak at back-to-back events in this discipline. Six skaters share the record for the most silver medals won (three): Megan Taylor from Great Britain, Regine Heitzer from Austria, Gabriele Seyfert from East Germany, Surya Bonaly from France, Irina Slutskaya from Russia, and Michelle Kwan from the United States. Vivi-Anne Hultén from Sweden and Carolina Kostner from Italy hold the record for the most bronze medals won (three each).^[3]

Total medal count by nation

 

Sonja Henie is the most decorated skater at the World Championships in women's singles. She won ten gold medals and one silver medal for Norway.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.
• At the 1908 and 1910 World Championships, only two competitors participated in the women's singles event, so no bronze medals were awarded.^[6]
• At the 1909 World Championships, Lily Kronberger from Hungary was the only competitor and winner of the gold medal. No silver or bronze medals were awarded.^[6]

Number of World Championship medals in women's singles by nation^[3][7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	26	22	25	73
2	Japan	10	5	7	22
3	Norway	10	1	2	13
4	East Germany	9	8	2	19
5	Austria	7	17	12	36
6	Russia	7	6	7	20
7	Hungary	7	1	3	11
8	Great Britain	6	9	7	22
9	Canada	5	6	5	16
10	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
11	South Korea	2	3	2	7
12	Czechoslovakia	2	0	3	5
13	France	1	4	2	7
14	West Germany	1	4	1	6
15	Italy	1	2	4	7
16	China	1	1	2	4
17	Figure Skating Federation of Russia	1	1	1	3
18	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
20	Germany	0	4	3	7
21	Sweden	0	2	5	7
22	Soviet Union	0	2	1	3
23	Belgium	0	1	1	2
24	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
25	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		102	101	99	302

Most gold medals by skater

 

Carol Heiss was the first female single skater in the post-war era to win five gold medals at the World Championships.

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of women's singles skaters by the most gold medals won at the World Championships^[3][7]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Sonja Henie	Norway	1926–1936	10	1	–	11
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	1996–2004	5	3	1	9
3	Carol Heiss	United States	1955–1960	5	1	–	6
	Herma Szabo	Austria	1922–1927	5	1	–	6
5	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1982–1988	4	2	–	6
6	Lily Kronberger	Hungary	1906–1911	4	–	2	6
7	Mao Asada	Japan	2007–2014	3	1	1	5
	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands	1959–1964	3	1	1	5
9	Opika von Méray Horváth	Hungary	1911–1914	3	1	–	4
10	Peggy Fleming	United States	1965–1968	3	–	1	4

Most total medals by skater

 

With five gold medals and nine medals total, Michelle Kwan is the most successful skater in women's singles at the World Championships in the post-war era.

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of women's singles skaters by the most medals won at the World Championships^[3][7]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Sonja Henie	Norway	1926–1936	10	1	–	11
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	1996–2004	5	3	1	9
3	Carol Heiss	United States	1955–1960	5	1	–	6
	Herma Szabo	Austria	1922–1927	5	1	–	6
5	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1982–1988	4	2	–	6
6	Lily Kronberger	Hungary	1906–1911	4	–	2	6
7	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	1996–2005	2	3	1	6
8	Yuna Kim	South Korea	2007–2013	2	2	2	6
9	Carolina Kostner	Italy	2005–2014	1	2	3	6
10	Mao Asada	Japan	2007–2014	3	1	1	5
	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands	1959–1964	3	1	1	5

Pairs

The first separate pair skating event was held in 1908 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[8] The first combined World Championships for men, women, and pairs took place in 1930 in New York City.^[5]

Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won in pair skating and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events (six). Rodnina won another four gold medals with her first partner Alexei Ulanov and was undefeated at ten World Championships in a row.^[8] The record for total medals won is shared by two pairs (eight each): Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy from Germany, and Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union. Savchenko won another three medals with Bruno Massot and holds the record for the most total medals won by a skater in pairs (eleven). Ilse and Erik Pausin won the most silver medals (five), representing Austria and Germany in their last competition in 1939. Lyudmila Smirnova from the Soviet Union won five silver medals as well, but with two different partners. Three pairs couples share the record for the most bronze medals (three each): Marianna and László Nagy from Hungary, Cynthia and Ronald Kauffman from the United States, and Pang Qing and Tong Jian from China. Todd Sand from the United States and Eric Radford from Canada also won three bronze medals, but each of them with different partners.^[3]

Total medal count by nation

 

Irina Rodnina (left) has won ten gold medals at Worlds in pair skating for the Soviet Union: four with her first partner Alexei Ulanov (right) and another six with Alexander Zaitsev.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.
• At the 1910 and 1911 World Championships, Ludowika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson competed as a pair representing two different countries (Eilers for Germany and Jakobsson for Finland).^[8] Their results count individually for each country on the total medal table.
• At the 1911 World Championships, Eilers and Jakobsson were the only competitors in the pairs event, so no silver or bronze medals were awarded.^[8]

Number of World Championship medals in pair skating by nation^[3][9]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	24	19	8	51
2	Germany	14	7	7	28
3	Canada	12	7	12	31
4	Russia	8	11	10	29
5	Austria	7	13	7	27
6	China	7	10	5	22
7	Hungary	5	3	5	13
8	West Germany	4	3	4	11
9	France	4	1	2	7
10	United States	3	7	17	27
11	Finland	3	4	0	7
12	Great Britain	3	3	5	11
13	Belgium	2	0	1	3
14	East Germany	1	6	6	13
15	Japan	1	1	1	3
16	Figure Skating Federation of Russia	1	0	1	2
17	CIS	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
19	Czechoslovakia	0	2	1	3
20	Sweden	0	1	3	4
21	Norway	0	1	2	3
22	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
23	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		101	100	99	300

Most gold medals by pairs team

 

With five gold medals and eight medals total, Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy are the most successful pairs couple at the World Championships in the 21st century.

• Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the pairs receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.
• If a skater or pair has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of pairs skaters by the most gold medals won at the World Championships^[3][9]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Country	Period				Total
1	Irina Rodnina	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1973–1978	6	–	–	6
2	Aljona Savchenko^[a]	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	2007–2014	5	2	1	8
3	Ludmila Belousova	Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	1962–1969	4	3	1	8
4	Andrée Brunet (Joly)	Pierre Brunet	France	1925–1932	4	1	–	5
	Ekaterina Gordeeva	Sergei Grinkov	Soviet Union	1986–1990	4	1	–	5
	Emília Rotter	László Szollás	Hungary	1931–1935	4	1	–	5
7	Maxi Herber	Ernst Baier	Germany	1934–1939	4	–	1	5
8	Irina Rodnina	Alexei Ulanov^[b]	Soviet Union	1969–1972	4	–	–	4
	Barbara Wagner	Robert Paul	Canada	1957–1960	4	–	–	4
10	Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers)	Walter Jakobsson	Germany /   Finland^[c]   Finland	1910–1923	3	4	–	7

Notes:

1. Aljona Savchenko won another gold medal, silver medal, and bronze medal with Bruno Massot (2016–2018), earning six gold medal and eleven overall medals in total.
2. Alexei Ulanov won another two silver medals partnered with Lyudmila Smirnova (1973–1974), earning six world medals in total.
3. At the 1910 and 1911 World Championships, Ludowika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson competed as a pair representing two different countries (Eilers for Germany and Jakobsson for Finland). In 1911, they married and together completed for Finland until 1928.

Most total medals by pair team

 

Ludmilla Belousova and Oleg Protopopov were the first pairs team to win eight medals at the World Championships.

• Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the pairs receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.
• If a skater or pair has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of pairs skaters by the most medals won at the World Championships^[3][9]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Country	Period				Total
1	Aljona Savchenko^[a]	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	2007–2014	5	2	1	8
2	Ludmila Belousova	Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	1962–1969	4	3	1	8
3	Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers)	Walter Jakobsson	Germany /   Finland^[b]   Finland	1910–1923	3	4	–	7
4	Shen Xue	Zhao Hongbo	China	1999–2007	3	3	1	7
5	Irina Rodnina^[c]	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1973–1978	6	–	–	6
6	Elena Valova	Oleg Vasiliev	Soviet Union	1983–1988	3	3	–	6
7	Pang Qing	Tong Jian	China	2004–2015	2	1	3	6
8	Andrée Brunet (Joly)	Pierre Brunet	France	1925–1932	4	1	–	5
	Ekaterina Gordeeva	Sergei Grinkov	Soviet Union	1986–1990	4	1	–	5
	Emília Rotter	László Szollás	Hungary	1931–1935	4	1	–	5

Notes:

1. Aljona Savchenko won another gold medal, silver medal, and bronze medal with Bruno Massot (2016–2018), earning six gold medal and eleven overall medals in total.
2. At the 1910 and 1911 World Championships, Ludowika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson competed as a pair representing two different countries (Eilers for Germany and Jakobsson for Finland). In 1911, they married and together completed for Finland until 1928.
3. Irina Rodnina won another four golds with her first partner Alexei Ulanov (1969–1972), earning a total of ten medals, all of which were gold.

Four skaters won a total of six medals in the pairs event, but with different partners:^[8]

• Alexei Ulanov from the Soviet Union won four gold medals partnered with Irina Rodnina (1969–1972) and two silver medals partnered with Lyudmila Smirnova (1973–1974).
• Marika Kilius from West Germany won two gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals: one silver medal and one bronze medal partnered with Franz Ningel (1956–1957); and two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal partnered with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1959–1964).
• Ludwig Wrede from Austria won two gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals: two gold medals and one bronze medal partnered with Herma Szabo (1925–1927) and two silver medals and a bronze medal partnered with Melitta Brunner (1928–1930).
• Lloyd Eisler from Canada won one gold medal, three silver medals, and two bronze medals: one bronze medal partnered with Katherina Matousek (1985) and one gold medal, three silver medals, and one bronze medal partnered with Isabelle Brasseur (1990–1994).

Ice dance

Ice dance is the most recent of the four disciplines at the World Figure Skating Championships. It was first held in 1952 in Paris, France.^[10]

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won (six) and the longest winning streak at back-to-back events with five. The record for total medals won is shared by three ice dance teams (with eight each): Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, and Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov, who all competed for the Soviet Union. The most silver medals were won by Klimova and Ponomarenko as well (five), while the record for most the most bronze medals is held by Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz from Canada (four).^[10]

Total medal count by nation

 

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov have won the most gold medals in ice dance at the World Championships (six total).

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Number of World Championship medals in ice dance by nation^[3][11]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	17	10	7	34
2	Soviet Union	16	14	8	38
3	Russia	11	5	4	20
4	France	8	7	5	20
5	Canada	4	11	15	30
6	Czechoslovakia	4	0	0	4
7	United States	3	14	21	38
8	Italy	2	2	1	5
9	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4
10	CIS	1	1	1	3
	Hungary	1	1	1	3
12	Figure Skating Federation of Russia	1	0	0	1
13	West Germany	0	3	1	4
14	Finland	0	1	1	2
15	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		70	70	70	210

Most gold medals by ice dance team

 

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are the only active ice dance team to win five gold medals and six total medals at the World Championships.

• Only teams' results are included in the list. Individual results in the case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the teams receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.
• If a skater or team has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by the most gold medals won at the World Championships^[3][11]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Lyudmila Pakhomova	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1969–1976	6	1	–	7
2	Gabriella Papadakis	Guillaume Cizeron	France	2015–2022	5	1	–	6
3	Natalia Bestemianova	Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1981–1988	4	3	1	8
4	Oksana Grishuk	Evgeni Platov	CIS   Russia	1992–1997	4	1	1	6
5	Eva Romanová	Pavel Roman	Czechoslovakia	1962–1965	4	–	–	4
	Jayne Torvill	Christopher Dean	Great Britain	1981–1984	4	–	–	4
	Diane Towler	Bernard Ford	Great Britain	1966–1969	4	–	–	4
	Jean Westwood	Lawrence Demmy	Great Britain	1952–1955	4	–	–	4
9	Marina Klimova	Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union   CIS	1985–1992	3	5	–	8
10	Tessa Virtue	Scott Moir	Canada	2008–2017	3	3	1	7

One skater won four gold medals and one silver medal in the ice dance event, but with two different partners:^[10]

• Courtney Jones from Great Britain won two gold and one silver medal partnered with June Markham (1956–1958) and another two gold medals partnered with Doreen Denny (1959–1960).

Most total medals by ice dance team

 

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only ice dance team of the 21st century to win seven medals at the World Championships.

• Only teams' results are included in the list. Individual results in the case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the team receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.
• If a skater or couple has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by the most medals won at the World Championships^[3][11]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Natalia Bestemianova	Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1981–1988	4	3	1	8
2	Marina Klimova	Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union   CIS	1985–1992	3	5	–	8
3	Irina Moiseeva	Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	1975–1982	2	3	3	8
4	Lyudmila Pakhomova	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1969–1976	6	1	–	7
5	Tessa Virtue	Scott Moir	Canada	2008–2017	3	3	1	7
6	Gabriella Papadakis	Guillaume Cizeron	France	2015–2022	5	1	–	6
7	Oksana Grishuk	Evgeni Platov	CIS   Russia	1992–1997	4	1	1	6
8	Shae-Lynn Bourne	Victor Kraatz	Canada	1996–2003	1	1	4	6
9	Natalia Linichuk	Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union	1974–1980	2	1	2	5
10	Maya Usova	Alexander Zhulin	Soviet Union   CIS   Russia	1989–1993	1	2	2	5

Three more skaters won a total of five medals in the ice dance event, but with different partners:^[10]

• Courtney Jones from Great Britain won two gold and one silver medal partnered with June Markham (1956–1958) and another two gold medals partnered with Doreen Denny (1959–1960).
• Anjelika Krylova from Russia won two gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal: one bronze medal partnered with Vladimir Fedorov (1993) and two gold medals and two silver medals partnered with Oleg Ovsyannikov (1996–1999).
• William McLachlan from Canada won three silver medals and two bronze medals: two silver medals and one bronze medal partnered with Geraldine Fenton (1957–1959) and one silver medal and one bronze medal partnered with Virginia Thompson (1960–1962).

Overall

• The table only shows the period of the achievement, not all participation at the World Championships.
• If a skater has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Medals records across all four disciplines at the World Figure Skating Championships^[3]

Achievement	Record	Skater	Nation	Discipline	Period
Most gold medals	10	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1901–1911
		Sonja Henie	Norway	Women's singles	1927–1936
		Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1978
Most silver medals	5	Erik Pausin	Austria   Germany	Pairs	1935–1939
		Ilse Pausin
		Lyudmila Smirnova	Soviet Union	Pairs	1970–1974
		Marina Klimova		Ice dance	1985–1991
		Sergei Ponomarenko
Most bronze medals	4	Shae-Lynn Bourne	Canada	Ice dance	1996–1999
		Victor Kraatz
Most total medals	13	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1897–1911
Most wins at back-to-back events	10	Sonja Henie	Norway	Women's singles	1927–1936
		Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1978

Total medal count by nation

 

Hayes Alan Jenkins (photo), his brother David and spouse Carol Heiss contributed twelve gold medals, one silver medal, and four bronze medals to the total medal count of the United States at the World Championships.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Total number of World Championship medals by nation^{[3][4][7][9][11]}

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	58	64	84	206
2	Soviet Union	44	42	24	110
3	Austria	36	46	34	116
4	Canada	35	37	38	110
5	Russia	33	26	27	86
6	Great Britain	28	30	24	82
7	Germany	16	20	20	56
8	France	16	19	18	53
9	Japan	16	17	13	46
10	Sweden	15	7	11	33
11	Hungary	13	7	15	35
12	East Germany	12	16	12	40
13	Norway	10	2	5	17
14	Czechoslovakia	9	5	5	19
15	China	8	11	9	28
16	West Germany	6	12	7	25
17	Switzerland	4	2	2	8
18	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
19	Finland	3	5	3	11
20	Italy	3	4	7	14
21	Figure Skating Federation of Russia	3	1	2	6
22	CIS	3	1	1	5
23	South Korea	2	4	2	8
24	Belgium	2	1	2	5
25	Bulgaria	2	1	1	4
26	Spain	2	0	2	4
27	Ukraine	1	0	2	3
28	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
29	Kazakhstan	0	2	1	3
30	Poland	0	0	2	2
31	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		385	383	378	1146

Most gold medals by skater

 

Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer have together won a total of seventeen gold medals at the World Championships.

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of skaters by the most gold medals won at the World Championships^{[3][4][7][9][11]}

No.	Skater	Nation	Discipline(s)	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1897–1911	10	3	–	13
2	Sonja Henie	Norway	Women's singles	1926–1936	10	1	–	11
3	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1978	10	–	–	10
4	Karl Schäfer	Austria	Men's singles	1927–1936	7	2	1	10
5	Herma Szabo	Austria	Women's singles	1922–1927	7	1	1	9
			Pairs
6	Aljona Savchenko	Germany	Pairs	2007–2018	6	3	2	11
7	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	Ice dance	1969–1976	6	1	–	7
	Lyudmila Pakhomova	Soviet Union	Ice dance	1969–1976	6	1	–	7
9	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	Pairs	1973–1978	6	–	–	6
10	Michelle Kwan	United States	Women's singles	1996–2004	5	3	1	9

Most total medals by skater

 

With a total of eleven medals, Aljona Savchenko is the most decorated skater at the World Championships in the post-war era.

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the World Championships.

Top 10 ranking of skaters by the most medals won at the World Championships^{[3][4][7][9][11]}

No.	Skater	Nation	Discipline(s)	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1897–1911	10	3	–	13
2	Sonja Henie	Norway	Women's singles	1926–1936	10	1	–	11
3	Aljona Savchenko	Germany	Pairs	2007–2018	6	3	2	11
4	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1978	10	–	–	10
5	Karl Schäfer	Austria	Men's singles	1927–1936	7	2	1	10
6	Herma Szabo	Austria	Women's singles	1922–1927	7	1	1	9
			Pairs
7	Michelle Kwan	United States	Women's singles	1996–2004	5	3	1	9
8	Willy Böckl	Austria	Men's singles	1913–1928	4	3	2	9
9	Ernst Baier	Germany	Men's singles	1931–1939	4	2	3	9
			Pairs
10	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	Pairs	2007–2014	5	2	1	8

See also

• Major achievements in figure skating by nation
• List of Olympic medalists in figure skating
• European Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count
• Four Continents Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count

References

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External links

• International Skating Union