Top Countries on the Commonwealth Games Medal Tally
Medal counts at the Commonwealth Games tend to be heavily slanted towards the largest, industrialized nations such as England, Australia and Canada, making the games somewhat one-sided. Australia has dominated recently, finishing in the top position for every Commonwealth Games since 1990, except for 2014.
Of the 22 Games that have been held so far (including 2022), Australia has finished on the top 14 times. Next best is England with seven. The only other country to finish on top of the medal tally is Canada, in 1978 when they hosted the event in Edmonton.
See the final medal tally for 2022 Birmingham.
The limited success of the smaller nations is a source of national pride, and gives them a feeling of being part of the greater Commonwealth group. Host nations get a medal boost too, highlighted by the success of India in 2010.
The following list includes the first four ranked teams for each year. The ranking is based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze. Occasionally ranking based on the total number of medals will give a different order.
List of the top medal-winning countries for each Games
| Year | Country | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Australia England Canada India |
67 58 26 22 |
57 66 32 16 |
55 53 34 23 |
179 176 92 61 |
| 2018 | Australia England India Canada |
80 45 26 15 |
59 45 20 40 |
59 46 20 27 |
198 136 66 82 |
| 2014 | England Australia Canada Scotland |
58 49 32 19 |
59 42 16 15 |
57 46 34 19 |
174 137 85 53 |
| 2010 | Australia India England Canada |
74 38 37 26 |
55 27 59 17 |
48 36 46 32 |
177 101 142 75 |
| 2006 | Australia England Canada India |
84 36 26 22 |
69 40 29 17 |
68 34 31 11 |
221 110 86 50 |
| 2002 | Australia England Canada India |
82 54 31 30 |
62 51 41 22 |
63 60 44 17 |
207 165 116 69 |
| 1998 | Australia England Canada Malaysia |
80 36 30 10 |
61 47 31 14 |
57 53 38 12 |
198 136 99 36 |
| 1994 | Australia Canada England Nigeria |
87 40 31 11 |
52 42 45 13 |
43 46 49 13 |
182 128 125 37 |
| 1990 | Australia England Canada New Zealand |
52 47 35 17 |
54 40 41 14 |
56 42 37 27 |
162 129 113 58 |
| 1986 | England Canada Australia New Zealand |
52 51 40 8 |
43 35 46 16 |
49 31 35 14 |
144 117 121 38 |
| 1982 | Australia England Canada New Zealand |
39 38 26 5 |
39 38 23 8 |
29 32 33 13 |
107 108 82 26 |
| 1978 | Canada England Australia Kenya |
45 27 24 7 |
31 28 33 6 |
33 32 27 5 |
109 87 84 18 |
| 1974 | Australia England Canada New Zealand |
29 28 25 9 |
28 31 19 8 |
25 21 18 18 |
82 80 62 35 |
| 1970 | Australia England Canada Scotland |
36 27 18 6 |
24 25 24 8 |
22 32 24 11 |
82 84 66 25 |
| 1966 | England Australia Canada New Zealand |
33 23 14 8 |
24 28 20 5 |
23 22 23 13 |
80 73 57 26 |
| 1962 | Australia England New Zealand Canada |
38 29 10 4 |
36 22 12 12 |
31 27 10 15 |
105 78 32 31 |
| 1958 | England Australia South Africa Canada |
29 27 13 1 |
22 22 10 10 |
29 17 8 16 |
80 66 31 27 |
| 1954 | England Australia South Africa Canada |
23 20 16 9 |
24 11 6 20 |
20 17 13 14 |
67 48 35 43 |
| 1950 | Australia England New Zealand Canada |
34 19 10 8 |
27 16 22 9 |
19 13 20 14 |
80 48 52 31 |
| 1938 | Australia England Canada South Africa |
24 15 13 10 |
19 14 16 10 |
22 10 15 6 |
65 39 44 26 |
| 1934 | England Canada Australia South Africa |
29 17 8 7 |
20 25 4 10 |
24 9 2 5 |
73 51 14 22 |
| 1930 | England Canada South Africa New Zealand Australia |
25 20 6 3 3 |
23 15 4 4 4 |
13 19 7 2 1 |
61 54 17 9 8 |
| 1911 | Canada |
4 3 2 0 |
2 5 2 0 |
3 1 5 0 |
9 9 9 0 |
Related Pages
- See also more about Commonwealth Games Medals.
- All-Time Medal Table — most medals from all Commonwealth Games.
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