Top Medalists
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's' | 3 |  Jersey  Cayman Islands | 9 | Jersey |
| Women's' | 4 | Cayman Islands | 7 |  Guernsey |
| Mixed and Team | 4 | Jersey Cayman Islands | 7 | Jersey |
Squash is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.
Squash at the Island Games was first time played in 2005.
| Event | XI 2005 | XII | XIII | XIV 2011 | XV 2013 | XVI | XVII | XVIII 2019 | XIX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Women's singles | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Men's doubles | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Women's doubles | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Mixed doubles | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Team | X | X | X | X |
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's' | 3 | Jersey Cayman Islands | 9 | Jersey |
| Women's' | 4 | Cayman Islands | 7 | Guernsey |
| Mixed and Team | 4 | Jersey Cayman Islands | 7 | Jersey |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
| 2005 | XI |  Shetland | Guernsey Chris Simpson [2] | Jersey Michael Hopkins |  Bermuda James Stout | Bermuda Nicholas Kyme |
| 2011 | XIV |  Isle of Wight | Jersey Nick Taylor [3] | Isle of Wight Alex Phillips | Jersey Michael Hopkins [3] | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Jersey Nick Taylor | Jersey Michael Hopkins | Bermuda Micah Franklin [4] | |
| 2019 | XVIII |  Gibraltar | Cameron Stafford Cayman Islands [5] | David Norman Isle of Man | Janick Radford Guernsey | |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Bermuda | Jersey | IOW | |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Cayman Islands [6] [7] | Jersey | Gibraltar | |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Cayman Islands | Gibraltar | Jersey | |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Jersey Ronnie Jubb | Guernsey Alison Strobridge [2] | Guernsey Karen Dunk [2] | IOM Isabell Klose |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Cayman Islands Caroline Heal | Jersey Sarah Taylor [3] | Guernsey Isabella Norman-Ross | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Jersey Sarah Taylor | Shetland Islands Joan Smith | Bermuda Laura Robinson [4] | |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Marlene West Cayman Islands | Natalie Dodd Guernsey | Amelie Haworth Isle of Wight | |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | |||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Guernsey [2] | Isle of Wight | Jersey | |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Guernsey | Cayman Islands | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Cayman Islands [6] [8] | Guernsey | Shetland | |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Cayman Islands | Guernsey | Isle of Wight | |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Jersey | Bermuda | Guernsey [2] | |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Jersey | Cayman Islands | Guernsey | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Cayman Islands [6] | Jersey | Guernsey | |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Cayman Islands | Guernsey | Bermuda | |
| Year | Games | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
| 2005 | XI | Shetland | Jersey | Guernsey [2] | Bermuda | |
| 2011 | XIV | Isle of Wight | Jersey [3] | IOW | Cayman Islands | |
| 2013 | XV | Bermuda | Cayman Islands | Bermuda | Jersey | |
| 2019 | XVIII | Gibraltar | Cayman Islands | Jersey | Guernsey | |
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