Top 38 Olympic Figure Skaters of All Time

From legendary pioneers to modern champions, celebrate the skaters who revolutionized the ice with their artistry and athleticism. Who reigns supreme?

1. 1
   Sonja Henie

   Norwegian legend who won three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936) and 10 consecutive World Championships.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Yuzuru Hanyu

   Japanese champion with two Olympic gold medals (2014, 2018), two World Championships, and 19 world records.
   849pts
3. 3
   Dick Button

   American who won Olympic gold in 1948 and 1952 and five world titles, landing the first double axel and the first triple jump in competition.
   662pts
4. 4
   Michelle Kwan

   Most decorated U.S. figure skater with five World Championships, Olympic silver (1998) and bronze (2002).
   587pts
5. 5
   Midori Ito

   Japanese jumping pioneer who became the first woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, winning silver in Albertville in 1992.
   587pts
6. 6
   Evan Lysacek

   American who won Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010 without a quad jump, a year after winning the world title.
   587pts
7. 7
   Kaori Sakamoto

   Japanese three-time world champion who won individual Olympic bronze in 2022 and silver behind Alysa Liu in 2026.
   542pts
8. 8
   Mao Asada

   Japanese three-time world champion who landed three triple axels at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver on her way to the silver medal.
   491pts
9. 9
   Carol Heiss

   American who took Olympic silver in 1956 and gold in 1960 in Squaw Valley, winning five straight world titles along the way.
   491pts
10. 10
    Yuna Kim

    South Korean champion who won Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010 with world-record scores and took silver in Sochi four years later.
    491pts
11. 11
    Nathan Chen

    American 'Quad King' who won three straight world titles and Olympic gold in Beijing in 2022 with a record short program.
    491pts
12. 12
    Alysa Liu

    2026 Olympic gold medalist in singles and team event, viral sensation for her expressive programs.
    491pts
13. 13
    Tenley Albright

    Became the first American woman to win Olympic figure skating gold in 1956 after taking silver in 1952, later becoming a surgeon.
    434pts
14. 14
    Shizuka Arakawa

    Japanese skater who won Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, the first Asian woman to take the Olympic singles title.
    434pts
15. 15
    Dorothy Hamill

    American skating sweetheart who won Olympic gold in 1976 and the World Championship.
    434pts
16. 16
    Tara Lipinski

    Won Olympic gold in Nagano in 1998 at the age of 15, becoming the youngest individual champion in Winter Olympic history.
    367pts
17. 17
    Karl Schäfer

    Austrian who won Olympic gold in 1932 and 1936 and seven consecutive world titles, the dominant men's skater of the early 1930s.
    367pts
18. 18
    Shoma Uno

    Japanese skater who won Olympic silver in 2018 and bronze in 2022, plus back-to-back world titles in 2022 and 2023.
    367pts
19. 19
    Alina Zagitova

    Russian who won Olympic gold in Pyeongchang in 2018 at 15, then added the 2019 world title.
    367pts
20. 20
    Gillis Grafström

    Swedish legend who won three Olympic gold medals (1920, 1924, 1928), the only male singles skater to do so.
    367pts
21. 21
    Oksana Baiul

    Won Olympic gold at Lillehammer in 1994 at the age of 16, the first Winter Olympic champion for independent Ukraine.
    367pts
22. 22
    Ulrich Salchow

    Swedish skater who won the first Olympic men's title in 1908, collected ten world championships and gave his name to the salchow jump.
    367pts
23. 23
    Javier Fernández

    Two-time world champion who won bronze in 2018, Spain's first Olympic medal in figure skating.
    367pts
24. 24
    Elvis Stojko

    Canadian three-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medallist, the first skater to land a quad-double combination in competition.
    367pts
25. 25
    Viktor Petrenko

    Ukrainian who won Olympic bronze in 1988 and gold for the Unified Team in Albertville in 1992.
    367pts
26. 26
    Nancy Kerrigan

    American Olympic silver medalist (1994) and two-time World medalist, known for elegance and athleticism.
    367pts
27. 27
    Brian Boitano

    American who won the 1988 'Battle of the Brians' against Brian Orser in Calgary to take Olympic gold with a flawless free skate.
    289pts
28. 28
    Mikhail Shaidorov

    Kazakh skater who won the men's title at Milan Cortina 2026 on his Olympic debut, Kazakhstan's first Olympic figure skating champion.
    289pts
29. 29
    Peggy Fleming

    American champion who won Olympic gold in 1968 and three World Championships with smooth, elegant skating.
    289pts
30. 30
    Kristi Yamaguchi

    First Asian-American woman to win Olympic gold in 1992, also claimed two World Championships.
    197pts
31. 31
    Scott Hamilton

    American champion with Olympic gold (1984) and four World Championships, known for artistic interpretation.
    197pts
32. 32
    Ilia Malinin

    Modern quad master known as the 'Quad God,' back-to-back world champion with record seven quadruple jumps.
    197pts
33. 33
    Katarina Witt

    East German icon with two Olympic golds and four World Championships, bringing theatrical drama to skating.
    197pts
34. 34
    Adelina Sotnikova

    Won Olympic gold in Sochi in 2014, Russia's first women's singles champion, in a result still debated against Yuna Kim.
    197pts
35. 35
    Alexei Yagudin

    Russian who won Olympic gold in Salt Lake City in 2002 with a free skate that earned four perfect 6.0 marks, and four world titles.
    0pts
36. 36
    John Curry

    British skater who won Olympic gold in 1976 and brought the artistry of ballet into men's figure skating.
    0pts
37. 37
    Anna Shcherbakova

    Russian quad jumper who won the 2021 world title and Olympic gold in Beijing in 2022.
    0pts
38. 38
    Evgeni Plushenko

    Russian legend with two Olympic gold medals and multiple World Championships, known for quad jumps.
    0pts

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