Men
Medalists by tournament
- Abbreviation and legend
- * – Host team
- † – Defunct team
Multiple gold medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Serbian player Slobodan Nikić is the first and only male athlete to win three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. [2]
There are thirty five male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |  Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | |||||
 Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
Multiple medalists
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of medals (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), date of receiving the last medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Nine male athletes won five or more medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships. Aside from Brazilian-born Spanish player Felipe Perrone [3] (who won six medals), Serbian player Slobodan Nikić [2] and Spanish player Blai Mallarach [4] (who won five medals each), all others were members of the Croatia men's national water polo team. Andro Bušlje is the first and only athlete (man or woman) to win seven medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships (two gold, one silver and four bronze). [5]
- Legend
- – Hosts
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | S | B | T | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Andro Bušlje | 1986 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |  Croatia | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 14 years (19/33) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | [5] | |||||
| 2 | Maro Joković | 1987 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | Croatia | FP | 2007 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 12 years (19/31) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | [6] | |||||||
| 3 | Felipe Perrone | 1986 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |  Spain | FP | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 22 years (15/37) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | [3] | ||||
 Brazil | 2001 | 2003 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Slobodan Nikić | 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | Serbia and Montenegro | FP | 2003 | 2005 | 12 years (20/32) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | [2] | |||||||||||
| Serbia | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Marko Bijač | 1991 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | GK | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 11 years (22/33) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | [7] | ||||||
| Luka Lončar | 1987 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Croatia | FP | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 | 10 years (26/36) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | [8] | |||||||||
| 7 | Blai Mallarach | 1987 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | Spain | FP | 2009 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 15 years (21/36) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | [4] | ||||||||
| 8 | Josip Pavić | 1982 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Croatia | GK | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 14 years (19/33) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [9] | ||||||
| Sandro Sukno | 1990 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | Croatia | FP | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 8 years (19/27) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | [10] | |||||||||
| Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Men's team | Pos | Water polo tournament | Period (age of first/last) | G | S | B | T | Ref | ||||||||||||
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