Olympics: Check out full list of athletes who have won the most number of medals

Paris Olympics 2024: The Indian Express takes a look at the athletes who have won the most number of medals in the Olympics.

Michael Phelps has the most number of Olympic medals. (AP)

With the Paris Olympics underway and athletes winning medals in various disciplines, most casual viewers have the question on who is the athlete to have won the most number of medals in their career at the showpiece event over the years. The answer for the uninitiated is American swimmer Michael Phelps who has an astounding 28 medals to his name despite not taking part in a single Olympics event in the last 8 years.

Phelps has 23 gold medals in his kitty which is miles ahead of Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina who competed from 1956 to 1964 and has 9 gold medals as well as an overall medal collection of 18. Coming in third is Norway’s Marit Bjørgen who has 15 total career medals in Cross-country skiing, including 8 golds.

Here’s taking a closer look at the athletes with the highest number of Olympic medals in their careers:

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Sport
Michael Phelps (USA)	23	3	2	28	Swimming
Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union)	9	5	4	18	Gymnastics
Marit Bjørgen (Norway)	8	4	3	15	Cross-country skiing
Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union)	7	5	3	15	Gymnastics
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norway)	8	4	1	13	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing
Katie Ledecky (USA)	9	4	1	14	Swimming
Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union)	7	4	2	13	Gymnastics
Ireen Wüst (Netherlands)	6	5	2	13	Speed skating
Takashi Ono (Japan)	5	4	4	13	Gymnastics
Paavo Nurmi (Finland)	9	3	0	12	Biathlon, Cross-country skiing
Birgit Fischer (Germany)	8	4	0	12	Kayaking
Bjørn Daehlie (Norway	8	4	0	12	Cross-country skiing