# Major achievements in baseball and softball by nation

This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international baseball and softball tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

## Results

For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:
| Form | Governing body | Tournament | Edition | Edition | Edition |
| Form | Governing body | Tournament | First | Latest | Next |
| Baseball | WBSC (formerly IBAF) & IOC | Men's Baseball at the Summer Olympics (quadrennially) | 1992 | 2008 | 2020 |
| Baseball | WBSC (formerly IBAF) | Men's World Baseball Classic (quadrennially) | 2006 | 2017 | 2021 |
| Baseball | WBSC (formerly IBAF) | Men's WBSC Premier12 (quadrennially) | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
| Baseball | WBSC (formerly IBAF) | Men's Baseball World Cup (biennially) | 1938 | 2011 | Defunct |
| Baseball | WBSC (formerly IBAF) | Women's Baseball World Cup (biennially) | 2004 | 2018 | 2020 |
| Softball | WBSC (formerly ISF) & IOC | Women's Softball at the Summer Olympics (quadrennially) | 1996 | 2008 | 2020 |
| Softball | WBSC (formerly ISF) | Men's Softball World Championship (biennially) | 1966 | 2019 | 2021 |
| Softball | WBSC (formerly ISF) | Women's Softball World Championship (biennially) | 1965 | 2018 | 2020 |
* IBAF: International Baseball Federation
* IOC: International Olympic Committee
* ISF: International Softball Federation
* WBSC: World Baseball Softball Confederation
Medals for the demonstration events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.
The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, then most first-place results, second-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

### Baseball and softball
#### Men and women

Last updated after the 2023 World Baseball Classic (As of 21 March 2023) :
| | | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Softball | Softball | Softball | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| | | Olympic Games | World Baseball Classic | Premier12 | World Cup | World Cup | Olympic Games | World Championship | World Championship | | Number of | Number of | Number of |
| Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Men | Women | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | | | | | | | | | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan | | | | | | | | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia | | | | | | | | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada | | | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | South Korea | | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Venezuela | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Mexico | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Cuba | | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | New Zealand | | | | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | China | | | | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentina | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Colombia | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands | | | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Nicaragua | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Panama | | | | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Bahamas | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Philippines | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

#### Men

Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019) :
| | | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Softball | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| | | Olympic Games | World Baseball Classic | Premier12 | World Cup | World Championship | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | | | | | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Japan | | | | | | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | South Korea | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Cuba | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Mexico | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Australia | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Argentina | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Colombia | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | New Zealand | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Nicaragua | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Panama | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bahamas | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

#### Women

Last updated after the 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup (As of 31 December 2019) :
| | | Baseball | Softball | Softball | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| | | World Cup | Olympic Games | World Championship | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| Rk. | Nation | Women | Women | Women | | | | Total |
| 1 | Japan | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | United States | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Australia | | | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Canada | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | New Zealand | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Philippines | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Baseball

Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019) :
| | | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Baseball | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| | | Olympic Games | World Baseball Classic | Premier12 | World Cup | World Cup | | Number of | Number of | Number of |
| Rk. | Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | | | | | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Japan | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | South Korea | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Cuba | | | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | | | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Australia | | | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Mexico | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Colombia | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Nicaragua | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Panama | | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Softball

Last updated after the 2019 WBSC Premier12 (As of 31 December 2019) :
| | | Softball | Softball | Softball | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| | | Olympic Games | World Championship | World Championship | | Number of | Number of | Number of |
| Rk. | Nation | Women | Men | Women | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Australia | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan | | | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | New Zealand | | | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Canada | | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | | | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Argentina | | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mexico | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Bahamas | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Philippines | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |