Judo is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It was first competed as a demonstration sport at the 1986 Games before being included in the main program for the first time in 1990. [1]
Judo is an optional sport at the Commonwealth Games since their inception and will be one of the 10 sports at the program during the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
| Games | Year | Host country | Host city |
|---|---|---|---|
| XIII | 1986 [lower-alpha 1] |  Scotland | Edinburgh |
| XIV | 1990 |  New Zealand | Auckland |
| XVII | 2002 |  England | Manchester |
| XX | 2014 | Scotland | Glasgow |
| XXII | 2022 | England | Birmingham |
| XXIII | 2026 | Scotland | Glasgow |
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England | 33 | 11 | 11 | 55 |
| 2 |  Scotland | 9 | 9 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 |  Canada | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 |  Australia | 4 | 3 | 21 | 28 |
| 5 |  South Africa | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 |  New Zealand | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 |  Wales | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 8 |  Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  India | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 |  Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 Northern Ireland | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 13 |  Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 |  Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 |  Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 The Gambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Malta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 58 | 58 | 112 | 228 | |
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