# List of water polo world medalists

This article contains lists of those nations that have won a water polo world medal, referring to any of the men's and women's tournament at the Olympic Games, men's and women's tournament at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, men's and women's FINA Water Polo World Cup, and men's and women's FINA Water Polo World League.

## Men's water polo world medalists

For the making of these lists, results from following world tournaments are consulted:
| Governing body | Tournament | Abbr. | Edition | Edition | Edition | Ref. |
| Governing body | Tournament | Abbr. | First | Latest | Next | Ref. |
| FINA & IOC | Men's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics | OG | 1900 | 2020 | 2024 | $^{:5}$ |
| FINA | Men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships | WCH | 1973 | 2019 | 2022 | $^{:15}$ |
| FINA | FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | WCp | 1979 | 2018 | TBD | $^{:25}$ |
| FINA | FINA Men's Water Polo World League | WL | 2002 | 2020 | 2022 | $^{:40}$ |
* FINA: Fédération internationale de natation
* IOC: International Olympic Committee
Medals for the unofficial 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) does NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.

### 1900–2001
#### Legend

* Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1900 OG | Paris, France | Great Britain | Belgium | France |
| 1904 OG | St. Louis, United States | Water polo was an unofficial sport | Water polo was an unofficial sport | Water polo was an unofficial sport |
| 1908 OG | London, United Kingdom | Great Britain | Belgium | Sweden |
| 1912 OG | Stockholm, Sweden | Great Britain | Sweden | Belgium |
| 1920 OG | Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain | Belgium | Sweden |
| 1924 OG | Paris, France | France | Belgium | United States |
| 1928 OG | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Germany | Hungary | France |
| 1932 OG | Los Angeles, United States | Hungary | Germany | United States |
| 1936 OG | Berlin, Germany | Hungary | Germany | Belgium |
| 1948 OG | London, United Kingdom | Italy | Hungary | Netherlands |
| 1952 OG | Helsinki, Finland | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Italy |
| 1956 OG | Melbourne, Australia | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Soviet Union$^†$ |
| 1960 OG | Rome, Italy | Italy | Soviet Union$^†$ | Hungary |
| 1964 OG | Tokyo, Japan | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Soviet Union$^†$ |
| 1968 OG | Mexico City, Mexico | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Soviet Union$^†$ | Hungary |
| 1972 OG | Munich, West Germany | Soviet Union$^†$ | Hungary | United States |
| 1973 WCH | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Hungary | Soviet Union$^†$ | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 1975 WCH | Cali, Colombia | Soviet Union$^†$ | Hungary | Italy |
| 1976 OG | Montreal, Canada | Hungary | Italy | Netherlands |
| 1978 WCH | West Berlin, West Germany | Italy | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 1979 WCp | Belgrade & Rijeka, Yugoslavia | Hungary | United States | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 1980 OG | Moscow, Soviet Union | Soviet Union$^†$ | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Hungary |
| 1981 WCp | Long Beach, United States | Soviet Union$^†$ | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Cuba |
| 1982 WCH | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Soviet Union$^†$ | Hungary | West Germany$^†$ |
| 1983 WCp | Malibu, United States | Soviet Union$^†$ | West Germany$^†$ | Italy |
| 1984 OG | Los Angeles, United States | Yugoslavia$^†$ | United States | West Germany$^†$ |
| 1985 WCp | Duisburg, West Germany | West Germany$^†$ | United States | Spain |
| 1986 WCH | Madrid, Spain | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Italy | Soviet Union$^†$ |
| 1987 WCp | Thessaloniki, Greece | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Soviet Union$^†$ | West Germany$^†$ |
| 1988 OG | Seoul, South Korea | Yugoslavia$^†$ | United States | Soviet Union$^†$ |
| 1989 WCp | West Berlin, West Germany | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Italy | Hungary |
| 1991 WCH | Perth, Australia | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Spain | Hungary |
| 1991 WCp | Barcelona, Spain | United States | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Spain |
| 1992 OG | Barcelona, Spain | Italy | Spain | Unified Team$^†$ |
| 1993 WCp | Athens, Greece | Italy | Hungary | Australia |
| 1994 WCH | Rome, Italy | Italy | Spain | Russia |
| 1995 WCp | Atlanta, United States | Hungary | Italy | Russia |
| 1996 OG | Atlanta, United States | Spain | Croatia | Italy |
| 1997 WCp | Athens, Greece | United States | Greece | Hungary |
| 1998 WCH | Perth, Australia | Spain | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 1999 WCp | Sydney, Australia | Hungary | Italy | Spain |
| 2000 OG | Sydney, Australia | Hungary | Russia | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 2001 WCH | Fukuoka, Japan | Spain | Yugoslavia$^†$ | Russia |

### 2002–present
#### Legend

* Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
* Team – Winning five or more gold medals in a row, including the FINA World League
* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2002 WL | Patras, Greece | Russia | Spain | Hungary | 2002 WCp | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | Russia | Hungary | Yugoslavia$^†$ |
| 2003 WL | New York, United States | Hungary | Italy | United States | 2003 WCH | Barcelona, Spain | Hungary | Italy | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ |
| 2004 WL | Long Beach, United States | Hungary | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Greece | 2004 OG | Athens, Greece | Hungary | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Russia |
| 2005 WL | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Hungary | Germany | 2005 WCH | Montreal, Canada | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Hungary | Greece |
| 2006 WL | Athens, Greece | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Spain | Greece | 2006 WCp | Budapest, Hungary | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | Hungary | Spain |
| 2007 WL | Berlin, Germany | Serbia | Hungary | Australia | 2007 WCH | Melbourne, Australia | Croatia | Hungary | Spain |
| 2008 WL | Genoa, Italy | Serbia | United States | Australia | 2008 OG | Beijing, China | Hungary | United States | Serbia |
| 2009 WL | Podgorica, Montenegro | Montenegro | Croatia | Serbia | 2009 WCH | Rome, Italy | Serbia | Spain | Croatia |
| 2010 WL | Niš, Serbia | Serbia | Montenegro | Croatia | 2010 WCp | Oradea, Romania | Serbia | Croatia | Spain |
| 2011 WL | Florence, Italy | Serbia | Italy | Croatia | 2011 WCH | Shanghai, China | Italy | Serbia | Croatia |
| 2012 WL | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Croatia | Spain | Italy | 2012 OG | London, United Kingdom | Croatia | Italy | Serbia |
| 2013 WL | Chelyabinsk, Russia | Serbia | Hungary | Montenegro | 2013 WCH | Barcelona, Spain | Hungary | Montenegro | Croatia |
| 2014 WL | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Serbia | Hungary | Montenegro | 2014 WCp | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Serbia | Hungary | Croatia |
| 2015 WL | Bergamo, Italy | Serbia | Croatia | Brazil | 2015 WCH | Kazan, Russia | Serbia | Croatia | Greece |
| 2016 WL | Huizhou, China | Serbia | United States | Greece | 2016 OG | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Serbia | Croatia | Italy |
| 2017 WL | Ruza, Russia | Serbia | Italy | Croatia | 2017 WCH | Budapest, Hungary | Croatia | Hungary | Serbia |
| 2018 WL | Budapest, Hungary | Montenegro | Hungary | Spain | 2018 WCp | Berlin, Germany | Hungary | Australia | Serbia |
| 2019 WL | Belgrade, Serbia | Serbia | Croatia | Australia | 2019 WCH | Gwangju, South Korea | Italy | Spain | Croatia |
| 2020 WL | Tbilisi, Georgia | Montenegro | United States | Greece | 2020 OG | Tokyo, Japan | Serbia | Greece | Hungary |

### Team statistics
#### World medals by team

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

##### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| Men's team | OG | OG | OG | WCH | WCH | WCH | WCp | WCp | WCp | WL | WL | WL |
| Men's team | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B |
| Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Men's team | OG | OG | OG | WCH | WCH | WCH | WCp | WCp | WCp | WL | WL | WL |
| Men's team | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)$^†$ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Soviet Union (URS)$^†$ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unified Team (EUN)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG)$^†$ | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia (FRY)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (24 men's teams) | 27 | 27 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

#### Medal table by team

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

##### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 16 | 14 | 7 | 37 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia (YUG)$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS)$^†$ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Serbia (SRB) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)$^†$ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | West Germany (FRG)$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Yugoslavia (FRY)$^†$ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Unified Team (EUN)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 61 | 61 | 62 | 184 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 18 | 19 | 8 | 45 |
| 2 | Serbia (SRB) | 16 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG)$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Soviet Union (URS)$^†$ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)$^†$ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Montenegro (MNE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG)$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | Yugoslavia (FRY)$^†$ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Unified Team (EUN)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 80 | 80 | 81 | 241 |

#### National teams by decade

The following tables are pre-sorted by decade (in ascending order), total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), three-letter country code (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

##### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
Men's national teams by decade (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 1900s | GBR 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2 | BEL 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2 | FRA 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2 | SWE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1910s | GBR 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | SWE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | BEL 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920s | FRA 1 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 2 | BEL 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2 | GBR GER 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | HUN 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | SWE USA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930s | HUN 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2 | GER 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2 | BEL USA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1940s | ITA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | NED 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1950s | HUN 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2 | YUG$^†$ 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2 | ITA URS$^†$ 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 1960s | HUN 1 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 3 | URS$^†$ 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3 | YUG$^†$ 1 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 2 | ITA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970s | HUN 3 G/3 S/0 B Totals: 6 | URS$^†$ 2 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 3 | ITA 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3 | YUG$^†$ 0 G/0 S/3 B Totals: 3 | USA 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | NED 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1980s | YUG$^†$ 5 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 7 | URS$^†$ 4 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 7 | FRG$^†$ 1 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 5 | USA 0 G/3 S/0 B Totals: 3 | ITA 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3 | HUN 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3 | CUB ESP 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — |
| 1990s | ESP 2 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 7 | ITA 3 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 6 | HUN 2 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 6 | USA 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2 | YUG$^†$ 1 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 2 | RUS 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2 | CRO GRE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | AUS EUN$^†$ FRY$^†$ 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — |
| 2000s | HUN 4 G/4 S/0 B Totals: 8 | SCG$^†$ 2 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 4 | ESP RUS 1 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 4 | — | FRY$^†$ 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3 | CRO SRB 1 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 2 | — | ITA USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | GRE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 |
| 2010s | CRO 2 G/3 S/4 B Totals: 9 | SRB 4 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 8 | HUN 2 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 4 | ITA 2 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 4 | ESP 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | AUS MNE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | GRE 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — |
| 2020s | SRB 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | GRE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | | | | | | | |
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Men's national teams by decade (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2000s | HUN 6 G/6 S/1 B Totals: 13 | SCG$^†$ 4 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 7 | ESP 1 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 6 | SRB 3 G, 0 S/2 B Totals: 5 | RUS 2 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 5 | CRO 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3 | USA 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3 | FRY$^†$ 0 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 3 | GRE 0 G/0 S/3 B Totals: 3 | ITA 0 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 2 | AUS 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2 | MNE 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | GER 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 |
| 2010s | SRB 12 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 16 | CRO 3 G/5 S/7 B Totals: 15 | HUN 2 G/5 S/0 B Totals: 7 | ITA 2 G/3 S/2 B Totals: 7 | MNE 1 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 5 | ESP 0 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 4 | AUS 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | GRE 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2 | USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | BRA 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — |
| 2020s | GRE 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | MNE SRB 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | USA 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Consecutive gold medals

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

##### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| # | Men's team | Three or more consecutive gold medals (excluding the FINA World League) |
| 1 | Great Britain | 1908 OG (1), 1912 OG (2), 1920 OG (3) |
| 2 | Soviet Union$^†$ | 1980 OG (1), 1981 WCp (2), 1982 WCH (3), 1983 WCp (4) |
| 3 | Yugoslavia$^†$ | 1986 WCH (1), 1987 WCp (2), 1988 OG (3), 1989 WCp (4), 1991 WCH (5) |
| 4 | Italy | 1992 OG (1), 1993 WCp (2), 1994 WCH (3) |
| 5 | Serbia | 2014 WCp (1), 2015 WCH (2), 2016 OG (3) |
| # | Men's team | Five or more consecutive gold medals (including the FINA World League) |
| 1 | Serbia | 2014 WL (1), 2014 WCp (2), 2015 WL (3), 2015 WCH (4), 2016 WL (5), 2016 OG (6), 2017 WL (7) |

### Confederation statistics
#### National teams by confederation

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

##### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| Confederation | Africa – CANA | Americas – UANA | Asia – AASF | Europe – LEN | Oceania – OSA |
| Men's team | None | Brazil Cuba United States | None | Belgium Croatia France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Montenegro Netherlands Russia Serbia Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ Soviet Union$^†$ Spain Sweden Unified Team$^†$ West Germany$^†$ Yugoslavia$^†$ Yugoslavia$^†$ | Australia |
| Totals (24 teams) | 0 teams | 3 teams | 0 teams | 20 teams (including 6 defunct teams) | 1 team |

#### Medal table by confederation

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the confederation (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Europe – LEN | 59 | 55 | 57 | 171 |
| 2 | Americas – UANA | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 61 | 61 | 62 | 184 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Europe – LEN | 78 | 71 | 71 | 220 |
| 2 | Americas – UANA | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 80 | 80 | 81 | 241 |

## Women's water polo world medalists

For the making of these lists, results from following world tournaments are consulted:
| Governing body | Tournament | Abbr. | Edition | Edition | Edition | Ref. |
| Governing body | Tournament | Abbr. | First | Latest | Next | Ref. |
| FINA & IOC | Women's water polo tournament at the Summer Olympics | OG | 2000 | 2020 | 2024 | $^{:56}$ |
| FINA | Women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships | WCH | 1986 | 2019 | 2022 | $^{:57}$ |
| FINA | FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup | WCp | 1979 | 2018 | TBD | $^{:67}$ |
| FINA | FINA Women's Water Polo World League | WL | 2004 | 2020 | 2022 | $^{:78}$ |
* FINA: Fédération internationale de natation
* IOC: International Olympic Committee
Medals for the unofficial 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) does NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.

### 1979–2003
#### Legend

* Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
| Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1979 WCp | Merced, United States | United States | Netherlands | Australia |
| 1980 WCp | Breda, Netherlands | Netherlands | United States | Canada |
| 1981 WCp | Brisbane, Australia | Canada | Netherlands | Australia |
| 1983 WCp | Sainte-Foy, Canada | Netherlands | United States | Australia |
| 1984 WCp | Irvine, United States | Australia | United States | Netherlands |
| 1986 WCH | Madrid, Spain | Australia | Netherlands | United States |
| 1988 WCp | Christchurch, New Zealand | Netherlands | Hungary | Canada |
| 1989 WCp | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Netherlands | United States | Hungary |
| 1991 WCH | Perth, Australia | Netherlands | Canada | United States |
| 1991 WCp | Long Beach, United States | Netherlands | Australia | United States |
| 1993 WCp | Catania, Italy | Netherlands | Italy | Hungary |
| 1994 WCH | Rome, Italy | Hungary | Netherlands | Italy |
| 1995 WCp | Sydney, Australia | Australia | Netherlands | Hungary |
| 1997 WCp | Nancy, France | Netherlands | Russia | Australia |
| 1998 WCH | Perth, Australia | Italy | Netherlands | Australia |
| 1999 WCp | Winnipeg, Canada | Netherlands | Australia | Italy |
| 2000 OG | Sydney, Australia | Australia | United States | Russia |
| 2001 WCH | Fukuoka, Japan | Italy | Hungary | Canada |
| 2002 WCp | Perth, Australia | Hungary | United States | Canada |
| 2003 WCH | Barcelona, Spain | United States | Italy | Russia |

### 2004–present
#### Legend

* Team – Winning three or more gold medals in a row, excluding the FINA World League
* Team – Winning five or more gold medals in a row, including the FINA World League
| Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Tournament | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2004 WL | Long Beach, United States | United States | Hungary | Italy | 2004 OG | Athens, Greece | Italy | Greece | United States |
| 2005 WL | Kirishi, Russia | Greece | Russia | Australia | 2005 WCH | Montreal, Canada | Hungary | United States | Canada |
| 2006 WL | Cosenza, Italy | United States | Italy | Russia | 2006 WCp | Tianjin, China | Australia | Italy | Russia |
| 2007 WL | Montreal, Canada | United States | Australia | Greece | 2007 WCH | Melbourne, Australia | United States | Australia | Russia |
| 2008 WL | Santa Cruz, Spain | Russia | United States | Australia | 2008 OG | Beijing, China | Netherlands | United States | Australia |
| 2009 WL | Kirishi, Russia | United States | Canada | Australia | 2009 WCH | Rome, Italy | United States | Canada | Russia |
| 2010 WL | La Jolla, United States | United States | Australia | Greece | 2010 WCp | Christchurch, New Zealand | United States | Australia | China |
| 2011 WL | Tianjin, China | United States | Italy | Australia | 2011 WCH | Shanghai, China | Greece | China | Russia |
| 2012 WL | Changshu, China | United States | Australia | Greece | 2012 OG | London, United Kingdom | United States | Spain | Australia |
| 2013 WL | Beijing, China | China | Russia | United States | 2013 WCH | Barcelona, Spain | Spain | Australia | Hungary |
| 2014 WL | Kunshan, China | United States | Italy | Australia | 2014 WCp | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | United States | Australia | Spain |
| 2015 WL | Shanghai, China | United States | Australia | Netherlands | 2015 WCH | Kazan, Russia | United States | Netherlands | Italy |
| 2016 WL | Shanghai, China | United States | Spain | Australia | 2016 OG | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | United States | Italy | Russia |
| 2017 WL | Shanghai, China | United States | Canada | Russia | 2017 WCH | Budapest, Hungary | United States | Spain | Russia |
| 2018 WL | Kunshan, China | United States | Netherlands | Russia | 2018 WCp | Surgut, Russia | United States | Russia | Australia |
| 2019 WL | Budapest, Hungary | United States | Italy | Russia | 2019 WCH | Gwangju, South Korea | United States | Spain | Australia |
| 2020 WL | Athens, Greece | United States | Hungary | Russia | 2020 OG | Tokyo, Japan | United States | Spain | Hungary |

### Team statistics
#### World medals by team

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
| Women's team | OG | OG | OG | WCH | WCH | WCH | WCp | WCp | WCp | WL | WL | WL |
| Women's team | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B | G | S | B |
| Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 women's teams) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### Medal table by team

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Women's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Women's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 27 | 9 | 5 | 41 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 |

#### National teams by decade

The following tables are pre-sorted by decade (in ascending order), total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), three-letter country code (in ascending order), respectively.Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
Women's national teams by decade (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1970s | USA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | NED 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | AUS 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980s | NED 4 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 7 | USA 0 G/4 S/1 B Totals: 5 | AUS 2 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 4 | CAN 1 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 3 | HUN 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1990s | NED 5 G/3 S/0 B Totals: 8 | AUS 1 G/2 S/2 B Totals: 5 | ITA 1 G/1 S/2 B Totals: 4 | HUN 1 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 3 | USA 0 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 2 | CAN RUS 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | — | — |
| 2000s | USA 3 G/4 S/1 B Totals: 8 | RUS 0 G/0 S/5 B Totals: 5 | AUS 2 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 4 | ITA 2 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 4 | CAN 0 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 4 | HUN 2 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 3 | NED 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | GRE 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — |
| 2010s | USA 8 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 8 | AUS 0 G/3 S/3 B Totals: 6 | ESP 1 G/3 S/1 B Totals: 5 | RUS 0 G/1 S/3 B Totals: 4 | CHN ITA 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | — | GRE 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | NED 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 |
| 2020s | USA 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | ESP 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | | | | | | |
Women's national teams by decade (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2000s | USA 7 G/5 S/1 B Totals: 13 | AUS 2 G/2 S/4 B Totals: 8 | RUS 1 G/1 S/6 B Totals: 8 | ITA 2 G/3 S/1 B Totals: 6 | CAN 0 G/2 S/3 B Totals: 5 | HUN 2 G/2 S/0 B Totals: 4 | GRE 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3 | NED 1 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 1 | — | — |
| 2010s | USA 17 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 18 | AUS 0 G/6 S/6 B Totals: 12 | RUS 0 G/2 S/6 B Totals: 8 | ESP 1 G/4 S/1 B Totals: 6 | ITA 0 G/4 S/1 B Totals: 5 | CHN 1 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 3 | GRE 1 G/0 S/2 B Totals: 3 | NED 0 G/2 S/1 B Totals: 3 | CAN 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | HUN 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 |
| 2020s | USA 2 G/0 S/0 B Totals: 2 | HUN 0 G/1 S/1 B Totals: 2 | ESP 0 G/1 S/0 B Totals: 1 | RUS 0 G/0 S/1 B Totals: 1 | | | | | | |

#### Consecutive gold medals

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
| # | Women's team | Three or more consecutive gold medals (excluding the FINA World League) |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1988 WCp (1), 1989 WCp (2), 1991 WCH (3), 1991 WCp (4), 1993 WCp (5) |
| 2 | United States | 2014 WCp (1), 2015 WCH (2), 2016 OG (3), 2017 WCH (4), 2018 WCp (5), 2019 WCH (6), 2020 OG (7) |
| # | Women's team | Five or more consecutive gold medals (including the FINA World League) |
| 1 | United States | 2009 WL (1), 2009 WCH (2), 2010 WL (3), 2010 WCp (4), 2011 WL (5) |
| 2 | United States | 2014 WL (1), 2014 WCp (2), 2015 WL (3), 2015 WCH (4), 2016 WL (5), 2016 OG (6), 2017 WL (7), 2017 WCH (8), 2018 WL (9), 2018 WCp (10), 2019 WL (11), 2019 WCH (12), 2020 WL (13), 2020 OG (14) |

### Confederation statistics
#### National teams by confederation

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
| Confederation | Africa – CANA | Americas – UANA | Asia – AASF | Europe – LEN | Oceania – OSA |
| Women's team | None | Canada United States | China | Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Russia Spain | Australia |
| Totals (10 teams) | 0 teams | 2 teams | 1 team | 6 teams | 1 team |

#### Medal table by confederation

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the confederation (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Europe – LEN | 18 | 20 | 18 | 56 |
| 2 | Americas – UANA | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Americas – UANA | 28 | 13 | 10 | 51 |
| 2 | Europe – LEN | 20 | 30 | 28 | 78 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 |

## Overall statistics
### Medal table by nation

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the nation (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

#### Legend

* Nation$^◊$ – Nation that won medals in both the men's and women's tournaments
* Nation$^†$ – Defunct nation
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN)$^◊$ | 19 | 16 | 12 | 47 |
| 2 | United States (USA)$^◊$ | 15 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA)$^◊$ | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED)$^◊$ | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia (YUG)$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS)$^†$ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Serbia (SRB) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS)$^◊$ | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP)$^◊$ | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)$^†$ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS)$^◊$ | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 14 | Greece (GRE)$^◊$ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | West Germany (FRG)$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Yugoslavia (FRY)$^†$ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Unified Team (EUN)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 98 | 98 | 99 | 295 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA)$^◊$ | 29 | 17 | 9 | 55 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN)$^◊$ | 21 | 23 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | Serbia (SRB) | 16 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA)$^◊$ | 11 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED)$^◊$ | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia (YUG)$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS)$^†$ | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS)$^◊$ | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP)$^◊$ | 4 | 13 | 8 | 25 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)$^†$ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS)$^◊$ | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 |
| 14 | Montenegro (MNE) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE)$^◊$ | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 17 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | West Germany (FRG)$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | Yugoslavia (FRY)$^†$ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Unified Team (EUN)$^†$ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 134 | 134 | 135 | 403 |

### National teams by confederation

Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).

#### Legend

* Team$^†$ – Defunct team
| Confederation | Africa – CANA | Africa – CANA | Americas – UANA | Americas – UANA | Asia – AASF | Asia – AASF | Europe – LEN | Europe – LEN | Oceania – OSA | Oceania – OSA |
| Confederation | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| Team | — | — | Brazil | — | — | China | Belgium | — | Australia | Australia |
| Team | — | — | — | Canada | — | — | Croatia | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | Cuba | — | — | — | France | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | United States | United States | — | — | Germany | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Great Britain | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greece | Greece | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hungary | Hungary | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Italy | Italy | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Montenegro | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Netherlands | Netherlands | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Russia | Russia | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Serbia | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Serbia and Montenegro$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soviet Union$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Spain | Spain | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sweden | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Unified Team$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | West Germany$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yugoslavia$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | Yugoslavia$^†$ | — | — | — |
| Totals (34 teams) | 0 teams | 0 teams | 3 teams | 2 teams | 0 teams | 1 team | 20 teams | 6 teams | 1 team | 1 team |
| Totals (34 teams) | 0 teams | 0 teams | 5 teams | 5 teams | 1 team | 1 team | 26 teams | 26 teams | 2 teams | 2 teams |

### Medal table by confederation

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the confederation (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 9 August 2021 (after the 2020 Summer Olympics).
Medal table (excluding the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Europe – LEN | 77 | 75 | 75 | 227 |
| 2 | Americas – UANA | 16 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 98 | 98 | 99 | 295 |
Medal table (including the FINA World League) :
| Rank | Confederation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Europe – LEN | 98 | 101 | 99 | 298 |
| 2 | Americas – UANA | 30 | 21 | 16 | 67 |
| 3 | Oceania – OSA | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Asia – AASF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Africa – CANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 134 | 134 | 135 | 403 |