Methodology

Athletes competing in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics have shaped the sport to make it as it is today. These rankings encompass all Olympic Games (19 competitions) and World Championships (41 competitions) since 1948. The format of the meets before World War II differed significantly, incorporating apparatuses that are no longer in use, such as rope climbing, tumbling, and Indian clubs. In total, 595 male gymnasts have won at least 1 medal, either at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, or both, since 1948.

In order to properly assess the significance of each medal, a bonus system has been instituted. A bronze medal is not equivalent to a gold medal, and the Olympic Games are revered as a paramount event for any gymnast, embodying prestige, tradition, global significance, frequency, and competition.

The ultimate outcomes are unquestionably influenced by factors not directly associated with men’s artistic gymnastics. The boycott of the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, along with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, significantly contributed to the potential number of medals that gymnasts could have achieved.

By default:
1/ Gold medal = 3 points
2/ Silver medal = 2 points
3/ Bronze medal = 1 point
Bonus:
1/ Olympic medal: +2 points
2/ All Around medal: +2 points
3/ Individual apparatus medal: +1 point
So a silver medal won on Pommel Horse at Worlds is worth 2+1=3
A gold medal in the All Around at the Olympics is worth 3+2+2=7

Here are some factors to consider when interpreting these rankings and understanding why numerous gymnasts from the 1960s to the 1990s achieved top rankings in the three lists:
– between 1948 and the mid-1990s, the large majority of medals were won by gymnasts from 3 or 4 countries (usually the Soviet Union, Japan and later, China)
– in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics the rule limiting each country to two athletes per event did not exist, allowing three gymnasts from the same country to compete in both the All Around and Events finals.
– until 1978, World Championships took place every 4 years
– the scoring system and the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points were not as refined as they are in the present day.
– since the 2000s, achieving 6 or 8 medals at a single championship has become notably challenging for gymnasts. Even Kohei Uchimura, widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time, secured fewer medals compared to his predecessors despite winning the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics All-Around competition 8 times between 2009 and 2016. This trend can be attributed to the dominance of specialists in the apparatus finals, who concentrate solely on 1 or 2 apparatuses, intensifying the competition significantly.
I also calculated the rankings by using the rule “1 medal” = “1 point” and the rankings slightly differ but the names of the gymnasts are the same (just in a different order).

Top 50 Gymnasts at the Olympics and World Championships since 1948

1. Vitaly Scherbo URS | CIS | BLR – 1989-1997 | 133 points
^{6 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Bronze / 12 Wld Gold / 7 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
2. Nikolai Andrianov URS -1971-1980 | 119 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 5 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 9 Wld Silver}
3. Boris Shaklin URS – 1956- 1964 | 113 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 6 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
4. Kōhei Uchimura JPN – 2007-2021 | 107 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 10 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 5 Wld Bronze}
5. Alexey Nemov RUS – 1993-2004 | 95 points
^{4 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 6 Oly Bronze / 5 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
6. Akinori Nakayama – JPN – 1965 – 1972 | 94 points
^{6 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 7 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
7. Eizo Kenmotsu – JPN – 1968-1979 | 91 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 7 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
8. Alexander Dityatin – URS – 1976-1980 | 90 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 6 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 7 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
9. Takashi Ono – JPN – 1952-1964 | 88 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 4 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
10. Viktor Chukarin – URS – 1952-1956 | 75 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Bronze}
11. Yuri Titov – URS – 1958-1964 | 71 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 5 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
12. Sawao Kato – JPN – 1968-1977 | 70 points
^{8 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 1 Wld Gold}
12. Vladimir Artemov – URS – 1983-1989 | 70 points (deceased)
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 6 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
14. Mikhail Voronin – URS – 1966-1972 | 69 points (deceased)
^{2 Oly Gold / 6 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
15. Yukio Endō – JPN – 1960-1968 | 68 points (deceased)
^{5 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 3 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
16. Dmitry Bilozerchev – URS – 1983-1988 | 66 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze / 8 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver}
17. Mitsuo Tsukahara – JPN – 1968-1978 | 65 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
18. Li Xiaopeng – CHN – 1997-2009 | 63 points
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze / 8 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
19. Yang Wei – CHN – 1999-2008 | 62 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 7 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
20. Grigory Misutin – URS | CIS | UKR – 1991-1996 | 60 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 6 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Bronze}
21. Li Ning – CHN – 1983-1989 | 59 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
22. Jordan Jovtchev – BUL – 1992-2012 | 58 points
^{1 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
23. Max Whitlock, OBE – GBR – 2010-? | 57 points *
^{3 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver}
24. Zou Kai – CHN – 2006-2014 | 55 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze / 5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
25. Josef Stalder – SUI – 1948-1952 | 52 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
26. Kōji Gushiken – JPN – 1979-1985 | 51points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 5 Wld Bronze}
27. Daiki Hashimoto – JPN – 2019-? | 50 points *
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 4 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
27. Lou Yun – CHN – 1983-1988 | 50 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
27. Andreas Wecker – GDR | GER – 1988-2000 | 50 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 1 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
27. Marian Drăgulescu – ROU – 1999-2021 | 50 points
^{1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 8 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
31. Masao Takemoto – JPN – 1952-1960 | 49 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
31. Chen Yibing – CHN – 2006-2012 | 49 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 8 Wld Gold}
33. Li Xiaoshuang – CHN – 1992-1997 | 48 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver}
33. Valentin Muratov – URS – 1952-1958 | 48 points (deceased)
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 5 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Bronze}
35. Ihor Korobchynskyi – URS | CIS | UKR | 47 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Bronze / 6 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
36. Shigeru Kasamatsu – JPN – 1972-1979 | 46 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 6 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
36. Yuri Korolev – URS – 1981-1989 | 46 points (deceased)
^{9 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
36. Li Jing – CHN – 1989-1994 | 46 points
^{3 Oly Silver / 5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
39. Denis Ablyazin – RUS – 2011-? | 44 points *
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
39. Heiki Savolainen – FIN – 1928-1956 | 44 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 6 Oly Bronze / 1 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver}
41. Kenzō Shirai – JPN – 2013-2021 | 42 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze / 5 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
41. Michael Reusch – SUI – 1938-1948 | 42 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 3 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
43. Alexandr Tkachev – URS – 1977-1981 | 41 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
43. Shuji Tsurumi – JPN – 1960-1966 | 40 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 2 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver}
45. Xiao Qin – CHN – 2001-2008 | 38 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 6 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
45. Fabian Hambüchen – GER – 2003-2016 | 38 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 1 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 6 Wld Bronze}
45. Albert Azaryan – URS – 1953-1960 | 38 points (deceased)
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 4 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver}
48. Miroslav Cerar – YUG – 1963-1968 | 36 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze / 4 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Bronze}
48. Xiao Ruoteng – CHN – 2015-? | 36 points *
^{1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
50. Marius Urzică – ROU – 1994-2005 | 35 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze / 3 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}

* gymnasts still competing

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics has undergone significant evolution since 1948. In certain Olympic cycles, teams could comprise up to 8 gymnasts. It was not uncommon to witness a single athlete clinching 3, 4, or even 5 medals at the same competition; however, such occurrences have become rarer in recent meets.

The transformation in the scoring system has wielded a substantial influence on the makeup of teams and the approach taken by gymnasts, who increasingly opt to specialize in just one or two apparatuses. Noteworthy athletes such as Vitaly Scherbo and Nikolai Andrianov, who participated in 2 or 3 Olympic Games, secured gold or silver medals in at least 6 out of 8 competitions held at each event.

Subsequently, since the mid-2000s, the feat of gymnasts winning more than 3 medals at a single meet has become increasingly uncommon.
As a result, gymnasts who competed from the 1950s to the early 1990s are over-represented compared to current gymnasts, despite the higher number of competitions in recent years.

Top 50 Gymnasts at the Olympics since 1948

1. Nikolai Andrianov – URS – 1971-1980 | 78 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 5 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
2. Boris Shaklin – URS – 1956- 1964 | 69 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
3. Sawao Kato – JPN – 1968-1977 | 67 points
^{8 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
4. Takashi Ono – JPN – 1956-194 | 65 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 4 Oly Bronze}
5. Viktor Chukarin – URS – 1952-1956 | 61 points (deceased)
^{7 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
6. Alexey Nemov – RUS – 1993-2004 | 58 points
^{4 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 6 Oly Bronze}
7. Akinori Nakayama – JPN – 1965 – 1972 | 54 points
^{6 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
8. Vitaly Scherbo – URS |  CIS | BLR – 1989-1997 | 53 points
^{6 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Bronze}
9. Alexander Dityatin – URS – 1976-1980 | 51 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 6 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
10. Mikhail Voronin – URS – 1966-1972 | 45 points (deceased)
^{2 Oly Gold / 6 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
10. Mitsuo Tsukahara – JPN – 1968-1978 | 45 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
12. Eizo Kenmotsu – JPN – 1968-1979 | 43 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
13. Yuri Titov -URS – 1958-1964 | 42 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 5 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
14. Kōhei Uchimura – JPN – 2007-2021 | 38 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver}
14. Yukio Endō – JPN – 1960-1968 | 38 points (deceased)
^{5 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
16. Heiki Savolainen – FIN – 1928-1956 | 37 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
17. Li Ning – CHN – 1983-1989 | 32 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
17. Zou Kai – CHN – 2006-2014 | 32 points
^{5 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze}
17. Josef Stalder – SUI – 1948-1952 | 32 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
17. Denis Ablyazin – RUS – 2011-? | 32 points *
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
21. Masao Takemoto – JPN – 1952-1960 | 31 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
22. Max Whitlock, OBE – GBR – 2010-? | 30 points *
^{3 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Bronze}
22. Li Xiaoshuang – CHN – 1992-1997 | 30 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
22. Shurji Tsurumi – JPN – 1960-1966 | 30 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
25. Vladimir Artemov – URS – 1983-1989 | 29 points
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
25. Grigory Misutin – URS | CIS | UKR – 1991-1996 | 29 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
27. Yang Wei – CHN – 1999-2008 | 28 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
28. Valentin Muratov – URS – 1952-1958 | 27 points (deceased)
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
29. Li Xiaopeng – CHN – 1997-2009 | 26 points
^{4 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze}
30. Kōji Gushiken – JPN – 1979-1985 | 25 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
30. Lou Yun – CHN – 1983-1988 | 25 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
30. Paavo Altonen – FIN – 1948-1952 | 25 points (deceased)
^{3 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Bronze}
30. Roland Brückner – GDR – 1976-1984 | 25 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
30. Viktor Lisitsky – URS – 1964-1970 | 25 points (deceased)
^{5 Oly Silver}
30. Michael Reusch – SUI – 1938-1948 | 25 points (deceased)
^{1 Oly Gold / 4 Oly Silver}
36. Andreas Wecker – GDR | GER – 1988-2000 | 23 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
36. Viktor Klimenko – URS -1968-1974 | 23 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 3 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
38. Dmitry Bilozerchev – URS – 1983-1988 | 22 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Bronze}
38. Hrant Shanhinyan – URS – 1952-1954 | 22 points (deceased)
^{2 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
38. Valeri Liukin – URS | KAZ -1987-1994 | 22 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
38. Franco Menichelli – ITA – 1960-1968 | 22 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
42. Chen Yibing – CHN – 2006-2012 | 21 points
^{3 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
42. Albert Azaryan – URS | ARM – 1953-1960 | 21 points (deceased)
^{3 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
44. Nobuyuki Aihara – JPN – 1956-1962 | 20 points (deceased)
^{2 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
45. Marius Urzica – ROU – 1996-2004 | 19 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver / 1 Oly Bronze}
46. Shigeru Kasamatsu – JPN – 1972-1979 | 18 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
46. Nikita Naggornyy – RUS – 2015-? | 18 points *
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
46. Mitchell Gaylord – USA – 1980-1984 | 18 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver / 2 Oly Bronze}
49. Daiki Hashimoto – JPN – 2019-? | 17 points *
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
49. Jordan Jovtchev – BUL – 1992-2012 | 17 points
^{1 Oly Silver / 3 Oly Bronze}
49. Paul Hamm – USA – 2000-2008 | 17 points
^{1 Oly Gold / 2 Oly Silver}
49. Louis Smith, MBE – GBR – 2007-2016 | 17 points
^{2 Oly Silver/ 2 Oly Bronze}
49. Gervasio Deferr – ESP – 2000-2011 | 17 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}
49. Peter Vidmar – USA – 1979-1984 | 17 points
^{2 Oly Gold / 1 Oly Silver}

* gymnasts still competing

Top 50 Gymnasts at Worlds since 1950

1. Vitaly Scherbo – URS |  CIS | BLR – 1989-1997 | 80 points
^{12 Wld Gold / 7 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
2. Kōhei Uchimura – JPN – 2007-2021 | 69 points
^{10 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 5 Wld Bronze}
3. Eizo Kenmotsu – JPN – 1968-1979 | 48 points
^{7 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
4. Yuri Korolev – URS – 1981-1989 | 46 points (deceased)
^{9 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
5. Dmitry Bilozerchev – URS – 1983-1988 | 44 points
^{8 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver}
5. Boris Shaklin – URS – 1956- 1964 | 44 points (deceased)
^{6 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
7. Nikolai Andrianov – URS – 1971-1980 | 41 points (deceased)
^{4 Wld Gold / 9 Wld Silver}
7. Jordan Jovtchev – BUL – 1992-2012 | 41 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
7. Vladimir Artemov – URS – 1983-1989 | 41 points
^{6 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
10. Akinori Nakayama – JPN – 1965 – 1972 | 40 points
^{7 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
11. Alexander Dityatin – URS – 1976-1980 | 39 points
^{7 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
12. Marian Drăgulescu – ROU – 1999-2021 | 38 points
^{8 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
13. Alexey Nemov – RUS – 1993-2004 | 37 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
13. Li Xiaopeng – CHN – 1997-2009 | 37 points
^{8 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
15. Ihor Korobchynskyi – URS | CIS | UKR | 35 points
^{6 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
16. Yang Wei – CHN – 1999-2008 | 34 points
^{7 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
17. Daiki Hashimoto – JPN – 2019-? | 33 points *
^{4 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
17. Kenzō Shirai – JPN – 2013-2021 | 33 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
19. Li Jing – CHN – 1989-1992 | 32 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
20. Grigory Misutin – URS | CIS | UKR – 1991-1996 | 31 points
^{6 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Bronze}
20. Ivan Ivankov – BLR | 1993-2006 | 31 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
22. Yukio Endō – JPN – 1960-1968 | 30 points (deceased)
^{3 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
23. Yuri Titov – URS – 1958-1964 | 29 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
24. Chen Yibing – CHN – 2006-2012 | 28 points
^{8 Wld Gold}
24. Shigeru Kasamatsu – JPN – 1972-1979 | 28 points
^{6 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
24. Artur Dalaloyan – RUS – 2015-? | 28 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
27. Li Ning – CHN – 1983-1989 | 27 points
^{2 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver / 4 Wld Bronze}
27. Max Whitlock, OBE – GBR – 2010-? | 27 points *
^{3 Wld Gold / 5 Wld Silver}
27. Andreas Wecker – GDR | GER – 1988-2000 | 27 points
^{1 Wld Gold / 6 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
27. Xiao Qin – CHN – 2001-2008 | 27 points
^{6 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
31. Kōji Gushiken – JPN – 1979-1985 | 26 points
^{2 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 5 Wld Bronze}
32. Alexandr Tkachev – URS – 1977-1981 | 25 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
32. Lou Yun – CHN – 1983-1988 | 25 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
34. Mikhail Voronin – URS – 1966-1972 | 24 points (deceased)
^{2 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
34. Jury Chechi – ITA – 1989-2004 | 24 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Bronze}
36. Fabian Hambüchen – GER – 2003-2016 | 23 points
^{1 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 6 Wld Bronze}
36. Xiao Ruoteng – CHN – 2015-? | 23 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
36. Zou Jingyuan – CHN – 2017-? | 23 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
36. Takashi Ono – JPN – 1956-1964 | 23 points
^{2 Wld Gold / 4 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
36. Zou Kai – CHN – 2006-2014 | 23 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
36. Kurt Thomas – USA – 1975-1992 | 23 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
42. Valentin Mogilny – URS – 1985-1990 | 22 points
^{5 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver}
42. Sylvio Kroll – GDR | GER – 1985-1992 | 22 points
^{2 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
42. You Hao – CHN – 2013-? | 22 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 3 Wld Bronze}
45. Epke Zonderland – NED – 2005-2021 | 21 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver}
45. Artur Akopyan – URS – 1979-1985 | 21 points
^{3 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}
45. Valentin Muratov – URS – 1952-1958 | 21 points (deceased)
^{5 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Bronze}
48. Mitsuo Tsukahara – JPN – 1968-1978 | 20 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver}
48. Josef Stalder – SUI – 1948-1952 | 20 points (deceased)
^{3 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
48. Miroslav Cerar – YUG – 1963-1968 | 20 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Bronze}
46. Valery Belenky – URS | CIS | GER | ARM – 1989-1997 | 20 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 3 Wld Bronze}
46. Tong Fei – CHN – 1981-1985 | 20 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 1 Wld Silver / 2 Wld Bronze}
46. Zhang Chenglong – CHN – 2009-2016 | 20 points
^{4 Wld Gold / 2 Wld Silver / 1 Wld Bronze}

* gymnasts still competing

Records & Superlatives

Longest careers in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics:
Heikki Savolainen: 24 years
Marian Drăgulescu: 22 years
4 out of the 596 athletes listed won medals at competitions in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics, which took place before World War 2: Heikki Savolainen of Finland competed at 5 Olympic Games between 1928 and 1952 and retired from men’s artistic gymnastics at age 45.

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: Athletes who won the most medals at the same competition:
Alexander Dityatin: 8 at the 1980 Olympics
Nikolai Andrianov: 7 at the 1976 Olympics
Yukio Endo: 7 at the 1958 World Championships
Mikhail Voronin: 7 at the 1968 Olympics
Viktor Chukarin: 6 at the 1952 Olympics
Takashi Ono: 6 at the 1960 Olympics
Li Ning: 6 at the 1984 World Championships
Vitaly Scherbo: 6 at the 1992 Olympics (all gold)
Alexey Nemov: 6 at the 1996 Olympics and 6 at the 2000 Olympics
Yuri Titov: 6 at the 1958 World Championships
Boris Shaklin: 6 at the1966 World Championships
Aknori Nakayama: 6 at the 1966 and 1970 World Championships
Eizo Kermotsu: 6 at the 1970 World Championships
Walter Lehmann: 6 at the 1950 World Championships
Nikolai Andrianov: 6 at the 1974 World Championships
Aleksandr Tkachev: 6 at the 1979 World Championships
Kurt Thomas: 6 at the 1979 World Championships
Dmitry Bilozerchev: 6 at the 1983 and at the 198 World Championships

Yuri Korolev is the highest ranked gymnast who didn’t win an Olympic medal.

Ties for gold in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics competitions (Worlds and Olympics):
1948 Olympics: 3 gold medals on Pommel Horse won by 3 Finnish gymnasts: Paavo Aaltonen, Veikko Huhtanen and Heikki Savolainen
1988 Olympics: gold medals on Pommel Horse won by 3 gymnasts: Lyubomir Gueraskov, Zsolt Borkai and Dmitri Bilozertchev.
1992 World Championships: gold medals on Pommel Horse won by 3 gymnasts: Li Jing, Vitaly Scherbo and Pae-gil Su

Source: FIG’s competitions results
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