International Ice Hockey
The national-team game: every Olympic podium since 1920, the sport's ultimate trophy, alongside the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey and the annual IIHF World Championship. Soviet and Czechoslovak lineages fold into their modern successors, attributed per edition.
Olympic podiums
The ultimate trophy. Men's Olympic ice hockey, every Games since 1920.
United States
Canada
Finland
Slovakia
Germany
Sweden
Czech Republic
Russia
Switzerland
Great BritainCanada Cup & World Cup of Hockey
The best-on-best invitational: the Canada Cup (1976-1991) and its successor, the World Cup of Hockey (1996-2016).
IIHF World Championship
The annual Worlds, held nearly every year since 1920. The least weighty of the three honours, but the deepest record. 89 editions.
Norway
Latvia
AustriaCurrent world ranking
Our own ranking: the site's men's ice hockey Elo over World Championships, Olympics and the best-on-best events, updated each morning. Citizen of Nowhere Elo, from international tournament results on Wikipedia, as of 2026-10-03.
Currently suspended from the program and unranked: Russia (2,237 Elo, frozen).
Nations
Sources & methodology
Olympic men's podiums cover every Games from Antwerp 1920 to Milano-Cortina 2026; the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey span 1976-2016; the IIHF World Championship is the annual record. Soviet Union, the Unified Team, ROC, and the Olympic Athletes from Russia fold into Russia; Czechoslovakia and Czechia into the Czech Republic; West Germany into Germany, attributed per edition. Olympic gold is the headline honour, by editorial choice; nations are ranked by it.