Asian Games Medal Tally: India Ranks Fifth All-Time After 2026 Edition

India stands fifth in the all-time asian games medal tally after the 2026 edition in Aichi–Nagoya, with 204 gold, 265 silver, 394 bronze and 863 total medals, according to the updated ranked table on Wikipedia. China tops the list with 3,911 medals, followed by Japan with 3,511 and South Korea with 2,575.

Top 10 nations in the all-time tally

The ranked medal table, updated after the 2026 Asian Games, sorts nations by gold medals first. That is why Iran sits fourth with 211 golds despite having fewer total medals (663) than India's 863. India's 204 golds place it ahead of Kazakhstan (721 total) and Thailand (696 total).

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1,843	1,194	874	3,911
2	Japan	1,167	1,199	1,145	3,511
3	South Korea	826	765	984	2,575
4	Iran	211	220	232	663
5	India	204	265	394	863
6	Kazakhstan	177	204	340	721
7	Thailand	162	202	332	696
8	North Korea	127	165	208	500
9	Uzbekistan	126	163	195	484
10	Chinese Taipei	123	181	337	641

What the all-time table includes

The source states that the table covers the Summer Asian Games from 1951 to 2026 and explicitly excludes the Asian Winter Games and other events hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It is updated after the 2026 Asian Games, which the source records as adding 1,568 medals to the cumulative count. Across the 44 National Olympic Committees with medals, the combined all-time total stands at 5,729 gold, 5,683 silver, 7,036 bronze and 18,448 medals.

India's position in context

The gap between India and the top three remains wide. China's 3,911 total medals are more than four times India's 863, while Japan and South Korea have also crossed the 2,500-mark. Within South Asia, India is far ahead of Pakistan (18th, 217 medals), Sri Lanka (26th, 55) and Bangladesh (36th, 15). The 2026 Games in Aichi–Nagoya were the 20th edition of the Summer Asian Games; the inaugural edition was held in New Delhi in 1951, and India has been a regular participant since then.

India's medal profile shows 394 bronze medals against 265 silver, indicating a strong bench that frequently reaches podium finishes. To move up the rankings, the country would need to convert more of those silver and bronze medals into gold in future editions.

Search interest and official data

Google Trends data for India shows a 180% rise in searches for "asian games medal tally" over the past 12 months, with the term listed as "rising" on 11 October 2026. The Trends tool itself cautions that these counts are approximate search activity and that the signal verifies search interest, not the truth of news claims. Readers should treat the Wikipedia table as the reference for medal counts and use Trends only to gauge public attention.