Australia leads the Commonwealth Games medal table
Australia leads the Commonwealth Games medal table at Glasgow 2026 with six golds, two silvers and five bronzes (13 total), per standings last updated Friday 24 July. Nigeria is second on three golds, while hosts Scotland sit third. Nations are ranked by gold, then silver, then bronze.
Key Takeaways
- Australia tops early Glasgow 2026 standings with six gold medals and 13 overall.
- Nigeria (three golds) and host Scotland (two golds) complete the early top three.
- England has the second-highest medal haul (eight) but ranks fourth on golds.
- The Games run 23 July–2 August across 215 events and 645 medals.
- Australia won Birmingham 2022 with 67 golds and 179 medals overall.
Who is leading the Commonwealth Games medal table?
Per The Guardian’s Glasgow 2026 medal table, last updated at 10pm BST on Friday 24 July, Australia holds a clear lead on golds.
The top five by golds are Australia (6-2-5), Nigeria (3-3-0), Scotland (2-2-0), England (1-4-3), and Canada (1-0-2). South Africa matches Canada’s gold and bronze totals (1-0-2).
New Zealand (0-2-0), Wales (0-1-0), India (0-0-1), and Malaysia (0-0-1) round out the early medallists. England’s eight medals trail only Australia’s 13, but golds decide the order.
How does the Commonwealth Games ranking system work?
The table is sorted by gold medals first, then silvers, then bronzes—not by overall total. That is why England sits below Scotland and Nigeria despite a bigger combined haul.
The 23rd Commonwealth Games are underway in Glasgow from 23 July to 2 August. Seventy-four Commonwealth Games Associations are eligible, with 645 medals available in 215 events across 10 sports.
Six sports include Para competition: 3x3 basketball, athletics, bowls, cycling, swimming, and weightlifting. The others are artistic gymnastics, boxing, judo, and netball.
For live day-by-day results, the BBC points readers to the official Glasgow 2026 schedule.
Why do early Commonwealth Games standings matter?
Australia topped Birmingham four years ago with 179 medals, including 67 golds, ahead of England, Canada, India, and New Zealand—the same order as the all-time medal table leaders.
Those nations are again expected to dominate. Hosts Scotland will hope to beat the 13 golds they won in 2022; they already have two golds early in Glasgow.
Medal prestige still shapes national sports investment debates, which is why fans also follow related coverage in our Net Worth & Wealth hub alongside the scoreboard.
With most of the programme still ahead, the early leaderboard is a snapshot—not the final story—of who will finish on top in Scotland.