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.
Canada 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.
Current world ranking
The live IIHF men's ranking by points. IIHF World Ranking, as of 2026-06-03.
Currently suspended from the program and unranked: Russia (5,510 pts), Belarus (4,270 pts).
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.