Water polo has been contested at the Asian Games since 1951 in New Delhi, India.
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2010 |  Guangzhou |  China | No playoffs |  Kazakhstan |  Uzbekistan | No playoffs |  India | ||
| 2014 |  Incheon | China | No playoffs |  Japan | Kazakhstan | No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
| 2018 |  Jakarta–Palembang | China | No playoffs | Kazakhstan | Japan | No playoffs |  Thailand | ||
| 2022 | Hangzhou | China | No playoffs | Japan | Kazakhstan | No playoffs |  Singapore | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 |  Singapore (SGP) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 23 | 23 | 22 | 68 | |
| Team |  1951 |  1954 |  1958 | 1962 |  1966 | 1970 |  1974 | 1978 | 1982 |  1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 |  2002 |  2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bangladesh | 8th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 China | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 13 | ||||||
 Chinese Taipei | 5th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 7th | 12 | |||||||
 India | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Indonesia | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Iran | 4th | 1st | 4th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 10 | |||||||||
 Japan | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 17 | ||
 Kazakhstan | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 8 | |||||||||||
 Kuwait | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 6th | 7 | ||||||||||||
 Malaysia | 4th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 North Korea | 4th | 4th | 5th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Philippines | 6th | 5th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Qatar | 8th | 9th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 Singapore | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 18 | |
 South Korea | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 9 | ||||||||||
 Thailand | 5th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Uzbekistan | 2nd | 5th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of teams | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 6th | 6th | 2 | ||
| India | 4th | 1 | |||
| Indonesia | 5th | 1 | |||
| Japan | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4 |
| Singapore | 5th | 4th | 2 | ||
| South Korea | 7th | 1 | |||
| Thailand | 4th | 5th | 2 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3 | |
| Number of teams | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
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