This article contains lists of matches played by the United States men's national water polo team players at the Summer Olympics, and is part of the United States men's Olympic water polo team statistics series. The lists are updated as of March 30, 2020.

Abbreviations No. Cap number Rk Rank Ref Reference H Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper CB Center back (2-meter defense) CF Center forward (2-meter offense) D Driver (attacker) U Utility (except goalkeeper) MP Matches played TMP Total matches played

Players with at least one match played at the Olympics The following table is pre-sorted by number of total matches played (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Tony Azevedo is the American water polo player with the most matches played at the Olympic Games.

+ Players with at least one match played at the Olympics Player Games (matches played) Height 1 Tony Azevedo 2000 (8), 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8), 2016 (5) 35 D R 2 Ryan Bailey 2000 (8), 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 30 CF R 3 Jesse Smith 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8), 2016 (5) 27 CB/U R 4 Chris Humbert 1992 (7), 1996 (8), 2000 (8) 23 CF L Wolf Wigo 1996 (8), 2000 (8), 2004 (7) 23 D 6 Layne Beaubien 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 22 CB/U R Jeff Powers 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 22 CF/CB/U R Adam Wright 2004 (7), 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 22 D R 9 Terry Schroeder 1984 (7) , 1988 (7) , 1992 (7) 21 CF Craig Wilson 1984 (7) , 1988 (7) , 1992 (7) 21 GK Mike Evans 1988 (7) , 1992 (6), 1996 (8) 21 D 12 Stan Cole 1964 (3), 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 20 CF/D R 13 Merrill Moses 2008 (7) , 2012 (8), 2016 (4) 19 GK R 14 Ron Crawford 1960 (6), 1964 (3), 1968 (8) 17 D/CF R Steve Barnett 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 GK Bruce Bradley 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 FP John Parker 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 FP Gary Sheerer 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 FP Russ Webb 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 CB Barry Weitzenberg 1968 (8), 1972 (9) 17 FP 21 Chris Duplanty 1988 (7) , 1992 (1), 1996 (8) 16 GK Gavin Arroyo 1996 (8), 2000 (8) 16 CB Kyle Kopp 1996 (8), 2000 (8) 16 CF Chris Oeding 1996 (8), 2000 (8) 16 D 25 Kirk Everist 1992 (7), 1996 (8) 15 D Alex Rousseau 1992 (7), 1996 (8) 15 CF L Peter Hudnut 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 15 CB R Tim Hutten 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 15 CB R Peter Varellas 2008 (7) , 2012 (8) 15 D L 30 Bob Hughes 1952 (9), 1956 (5) 14 CF Jody Campbell 1984 (7) , 1988 (7) 14 CF Peter Campbell 1984 (7) , 1988 (7) 14 CF/U Kevin Robertson 1984 (7) , 1988 (7) 14 D L Jeff Campbell 1988 (7) , 1992 (7) 14 CB Doug Kimbell 1988 (7) , 1992 (7) 14 CB 36 Craig Klass 1988 (7) , 1992 (6) 13 CF L John Mann 2012 (8), 2016 (5) 13 CF R 38 Bill Kooistra 1952 (7), 1956 (5) 12 FP Wally Wolf 1956 (5), 1960 (7) 12 FP 40 Dave Ashleigh 1964 (3), 1968 (8) 11 FP R Tony van Dorp 1964 (3), 1968 (8) 11 GK R 42 Wally O'Connor 1924 (1) , 1928 (2), 1932 (4) , 1936 (3) 10 FP Marvin Burns 1952 (5), 1960 (5) 10 FP Ronald Severa 1956 (3), 1960 (7) 10 FP Dan Hackett 1996 (2), 2000 (8) 10 GK 46 Harry Bisbey 1952 (9) 9 GK Robert Horn 1956 (5), 1960 (4) 9 GK Peter Asch 1972 (9) 9 FP Jim Ferguson 1972 (9) 9 D Eric Lindroth 1972 (9) 9 CF L Jim Slatton 1972 (9) 9 GK Brandon Brooks 2004 (7), 2008 (2) 9 GK R 53 Herb Vollmer 1920 (3), 1924 (5) 8 FP George Mitchell 1924 (5) , 1928 (3) 8 FP George Schroth 1924 (5) , 1928 (3) 8 FP Edward Jaworski 1952 (8) 8 FP Jim Norris 1952 (8) 8 CB Dean Willeford 1968 (8) 8 FP Troy Barnhart, Jr. 1996 (8) 8 CF Jeremy Laster 1996 (8) 8 D L Rick McNair 1996 (8) 8 CB Sean Kern 2000 (8) 8 CF/CB Chi Kredell 2000 (8) 8 CB Robert Lynn 2000 (8) 8 CB/U Brad Schumacher 2000 (8) 8 D Shea Buckner 2012 (8) 8 D R 67 Phil Daubenspeck 1932 (4) , 1936 (3) 7 FP Charley Finn 1932 (4) , 1936 (3) 7 FP Harold McCallister 1932 (4) , 1936 (3) 7 FP Bill Dornblaser 1952 (7) 7 FP Fred Tisue 1960 (7) 7 FP Doug Burke 1984 (7) 7 D Gary Figueroa 1984 (7) 7 D Drew McDonald 1984 (7) 7 CB Tim Shaw 1984 (7) 7 D John Siman 1984 (7) 7 CB Jon Svendsen 1984 (7) 7 CB Joe Vargas 1984 (7) 7 D James Bergeson 1988 (7) 7 D Greg Boyer 1988 (7) 7 CF Alan Mouchawar 1988 (7) 7 U Erich Fischer 1992 (7) 7 CB/U Charlie Harris 1992 (7) 7 CF Omar Amr 2004 (7) 7 D Dan Klatt 2004 (7) 7 CB Brett Ormsby 2004 (7) 7 D Chris Segesman 2004 (7) 7 CB J. W. Krumpholz 2008 (7) 7 CF R Rick Merlo 2008 (7) 7 U R 90 Fred Lauer 1924 (5) , 1936 (1) 6 GK Herb Wildman 1932 (4) , 1936 (2) 6 GK Kenneth Beck 1936 (3), 1948 (3) 6 FP Bob Frojen 1956 (6) 6 FP Bill Ross 1956 (6) 6 FP John Vargas 1992 (6) 6 D 96 Art Austin 1924 (5) 5 FP Oliver Horn 1924 (5) 5 FP Jack Spargo 1952 (5) 5 D Chuck Bittick 1960 (5) 5 FP Bret Bonanni 2016 (5) 5 D R Luca Cupido 2016 (5) 5 D R Thomas Dunstan 2016 (5) 5 D L Ben Hallock 2016 (5) 5 CF R Alex Obert 2016 (5) 5 CF/CB R Josh Samuels 2016 (5) 5 D R 106 Austin Clapp 1932 (4) 4 FP Cal Strong 1932 (4) 4 FP Dixon Fiske 1936 (1), 1948 (3) 4 FP Sam Kooistra 1956 (4) 4 FP Chick McIlroy 1960 (1), 1964 (3) 4 D/CF R Ron Volmer 1960 (4) 4 FP Alex Bowen 2016 (4) 4 D R Alex Roelse 2016 (4) 4 CB R 114 James Carson 1920 (3) 3 FP Harry Hebner 1920 (3) 3 FP Perry McGillivray 1920 (3) 3 FP William Vosburgh 1920 (3) 3 FP John Norton 1924 (3) 3 FP Harry Daniels 1928 (3) 3 GK Sam Greller 1928 (3) 3 FP Herbert Topp 1928 (3) 3 FP Bob Bray 1948 (3) 3 CF Ralph Budelman 1948 (3) 3 GK Lee Case 1948 (3) 3 FP Chris Christensen 1948 (3) 3 FP Peter Stange 1952 (3) 3 FP Gordie Hall 1960 (3) 3 GK Dan Drown 1964 (3) 3 FP R Ned McIlroy 1964 (3) 3 FP R Bob Saari 1964 (3) 3 FP R McQuin Baron 2016 (3) 3 GK R 132 David Bratton 1904 (2) 2 Budd Goodwin 1904 (2) 2 FP Louis Handley 1904 (2) 2 FP David Hesser 1904 (2) 2 FP Joe Ruddy 1904 (2) 2 FP James Steen 1904 (2) 2 George Van Cleaf 1904 (2) 2 FP Sophus Jensen 1920 (2) 2 Mike McDermott 1920 (2) 2 FP Johnny Weissmuller 1924 (1) , 1928 (1) 2 FP Richard Greenberg 1928 (2) 2 FP Ray Ruddy 1936 (2) 2 FP Edwin Knox 1948 (2) 2 FP Norman Lake 1952 (2) 2 FP Jim Gaughran 1956 (2) 2 FP 147 Rex Beach 1904 (1) 1 Gwynne Evans 1904 (1) 1 Gus Goessling 1904 (1) 1 David Hammond 1904 (1) 1 Charles Healy 1904 (1) 1 Frank Kehoe 1904 (1) 1 John Meyers 1904 (1) 1 Bill Orthwein 1904 (1) 1 Amedee Reyburn 1904 (1) 1 Frank Schreiner 1904 (1) 1 Jerome Steever 1904 (1) 1 Edwin Swatek 1904 (1) 1 Manfred Toeppen 1904 (1) 1 Bill Tuttle 1904 (1) 1 Preston Steiger 1920 (1) 1 Herbert Taylor 1920 (1) 1 Paul Samson 1928 (1) 1 FP Harold Dash 1948 (1) 1 FP Ken Hahn 1956 (1) 1 GK George Stransky 1964 (1) 1 GK R Ralph Whitney 1964 (1) 1 FP R Chris Dorst 1984 (1) 1 GK Sean Nolan 2000 (1) 1 GK Genai Kerr 2004 (1) 1 GK Chay Lapin 2012 (1) 1 GK R Player Games (matches played) Height

Historical progression – total matches played The following table shows the historical progression of the record of total matches played at the Olympic Games.

Achievement Games Player Height Date Age Duration of record 10 Set record 1936 Wally O'Connor FP Aug 10, 1936 14 Broke record 1956 Bob Hughes CF Dec 4, 1956 17 Broke record 1968 4 Ron Crawford D/CF R Oct 25, 1968 20 Broke record 1972 2 Stan Cole CF/D R Sep 4, 1972 21 Broke record 1992 1 Craig Wilson GK Aug 9, 1992 10 Terry Schroeder CF Tied record 1996 11 Mike Evans D Jul 28, 1996 23 Broke record 2000 10 Chris Humbert CF L Oct 1, 2000 Tied record 2004 2 Wolf Wigo D Aug 29, 2004 30 Broke record 2012 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 12, 2012 9 Ryan Bailey CF R 35 Broke record 2016 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 14, 2016

Players with at least one match played in an Olympic tournament The following table is pre-sorted by number of matches played (in descending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), Cap number or name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.