This article contains lists of scorers for the United States men's national water polo team 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 G Goals TG Total goals G/M Goals per match
Players with at least one goal at the Olympics The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), number of total matches played (in ascending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Tony Azevedo is the top scorer of all time for the United States men's Olympic water polo team, with 61 goals.
As a skilled left-hander, Chris Humbert is the American water polo player with the second most goals at the Olympic Games, scoring 37.
+ Players with at least one goals at the Olympics Player Games (goals) Height 1 Tony Azevedo 2000 (13), 2004 (15), 2008 (17) , 2012 (11), 2016 (5) 61 35 1.743 D R 2 Chris Humbert 1992 (7), 1996 (14), 2000 (16) 37 23 1.609 CF L 3 Bruce Bradley 1968 (18), 1972 (17) 35 17 2.059 FP 4 Wolf Wigo 1996 (8), 2000 (16), 2004 (7) 31 23 1.348 D 5 Terry Schroeder 1984 (13) , 1988 (10) , 1992 (4) 27 21 1.286 CF 6 Ryan Bailey 2000 (3), 2004 (2), 2008 (6) , 2012 (13) 24 30 0.800 CF R 7 Jody Campbell 1984 (10) , 1988 (12) 22 14 1.571 CF 8 Mike Evans 1988 (10) , 1992 (7), 1996 (5) 22 21 1.048 D 9 Kevin Robertson 1984 (13) , 1988 (8) 21 14 1.500 D L 10 Chris Oeding 1996 (11), 2000 (8) 19 16 1.188 D 11 Phil Daubenspeck 1932 (14) , 1936 (4) 18 7 2.571 FP 12 Layne Beaubien 2004 (5), 2008 (8) , 2012 (4) 17 22 0.773 CB/U R 13 Peter Varellas 2008 (5) , 2012 (11) 16 15 1.067 D L 14 Jesse Smith 2004 (9), 2008 (3) , 2012 (3), 2016 (1) 16 27 0.593 CB/U R 15 Gary Sheerer 1968 (8), 1972 (7) 15 17 0.882 FP 16 Jeff Powers 2004 (4), 2008 (6) , 2012 (5) 15 22 0.682 CF/CB/U R 17 Peter Campbell 1984 (4) , 1988 (9) 13 14 0.929 CF/U 18 Fred Tisue 1960 (12) 12 7 1.714 FP 19 Russ Webb 1968 (6), 1972 (5) 11 17 0.647 CB 20 Stan Cole 1964 (2), 1968 (3), 1972 (6) 11 20 0.550 CF/D R 21 Gavin Arroyo 1996 (6), 2000 (4) 10 16 0.625 CB 22 Adam Wright 2004 (1), 2008 (4) , 2012 (5) 10 22 0.455 D R 23 James Bergeson 1988 (9) 9 7 1.286 D 24 Jim Ferguson 1972 (9) 9 9 1.000 D 25 Ron Crawford 1960 (5), 1964 (4), 1968 (0) 9 17 0.529 D/CF R Barry Weitzenberg 1968 (8), 1972 (1) 9 17 0.529 FP 27 Budd Goodwin 1904 (8) 8 2 4.000 FP 28 Bret Bonanni 2016 (8) 8 5 1.600 D R 29 Gary Figueroa 1984 (8) 8 7 1.143 D 30 Wally O'Connor 1924 (1) , 1928 (3), 1932 (2) , 1936 (2) 8 10 0.800 FP 31 Bill Kooistra 1952 (7), 1956 (1) 8 12 0.667 FP 32 Josh Samuels 2016 (7) 7 5 1.400 D R 33 Erich Fischer 1992 (7) 7 7 1.000 CB/U 34 Jeremy Laster 1996 (7) 7 8 0.875 D L 35 Craig Klass 1988 (2) , 1992 (5) 7 13 0.538 CF L 36 Doug Kimbell 1988 (2) , 1992 (5) 7 14 0.500 CB 37 Alex Rousseau 1992 (5), 1996 (2) 7 15 0.467 CF L 38 Kyle Kopp 1996 (4), 2000 (3) 7 16 0.438 CF 39 Herbert Topp 1928 (6) 6 3 2.000 FP 40 Rick McNair 1996 (6) 6 8 0.750 CB 41 Bob Hughes 1952 (6), 1956 (0) 6 14 0.429 CF 42 Tim Hutten 2008 (3) , 2012 (3) 6 15 0.400 CB R 43 Joe Vargas 1984 (5) 5 7 0.714 D 44 Peter Asch 1972 (5) 5 9 0.556 FP 45 Wally Wolf 1956 (0), 1960 (5) 5 12 0.417 FP 46 John Mann 2012 (3), 2016 (2) 5 13 0.385 CF R 47 Austin Clapp 1932 (4) 4 4 1.000 FP Ron Volmer 1960 (4) 4 4 1.000 FP Alex Bowen 2016 (4) 4 4 1.000 D R 50 Jack Spargo 1952 (4) 4 5 0.800 D Luca Cupido 2016 (4) 4 5 0.800 D R 52 Drew McDonald 1984 (4) 4 7 0.571 CB Greg Boyer 1988 (4) 4 7 0.571 CF Alan Mouchawar 1988 (4) 4 7 0.571 U Charlie Harris 1992 (4) 4 7 0.571 CF 56 Ronald Severa 1956 (0), 1960 (4) 4 10 0.400 FP 57 Dave Ashleigh 1964 (2), 1968 (2) 4 11 0.364 FP R 58 Kirk Everist 1992 (2), 1996 (2) 4 15 0.267 D 59 John Norton 1924 (3) 3 3 1.000 FP Dan Drown 1964 (3) 3 3 1.000 FP R 61 Chuck Bittick 1960 (3) 3 5 0.600 FP 62 Doug Burke 1984 (3) 3 7 0.429 D John Siman 1984 (3) 3 7 0.429 CB 64 Herb Vollmer 1920 (0), 1924 (3) 3 8 0.375 FP Sean Kern 2000 (3) 3 8 0.375 CF/CB Robert Lynn 2000 (3) 3 8 0.375 CB/U 67 Jeff Campbell 1988 (1) , 1992 (2) 3 14 0.214 CB 68 David Hesser 1904 (2) 2 2 1.000 FP 69 Art Austin 1924 (2) 2 5 0.400 FP Alex Obert 2016 (2) 2 5 0.400 CF/CB R 71 J. W. Krumpholz 2008 (2) 2 7 0.286 CF R Rick Merlo 2008 (2) 2 7 0.286 U R 73 George Schroth 1924 (1) , 1928 (1) 2 8 0.250 FP Dean Willeford 1968 (2) 2 8 0.250 FP Troy Barnhart, Jr. 1996 (2) 2 8 0.250 CF Shea Buckner 2012 (2) 2 8 0.250 D R 77 Peter Hudnut 2008 (1) , 2012 (1) 2 15 0.133 CB R 78 John Parker 1968 (2), 1972 (0) 2 17 0.118 FP 79 Louis Handley 1904 (1) 1 2 0.500 FP Ray Ruddy 1936 (1) 1 2 0.500 FP Edwin Knox 1948 (1) 1 2 0.500 FP 82 James Carson 1920 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP Harry Hebner 1920 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP Sam Greller 1928 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP Bob Bray 1948 (1) 1 3 0.333 CF Lee Case 1948 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP Chris Christensen 1948 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP Bob Saari 1964 (1) 1 3 0.333 FP R 89 Sam Kooistra 1956 (1) 1 4 0.250 FP Alex Roelse 2016 (1) 1 4 0.250 CB R 91 Thomas Dunstan 2016 (1) 1 5 0.200 D L 92 Bill Dornblaser 1952 (1) 1 7 0.143 FP Tim Shaw 1984 (1) 1 7 0.143 D Jon Svendsen 1984 (1) 1 7 0.143 CB Omar Amr 2004 (1) 1 7 0.143 D Dan Klatt 2004 (1) 1 7 0.143 CB Brett Ormsby 2004 (1) 1 7 0.143 D Chris Segesman 2004 (1) 1 7 0.143 CB 99 Marvin Burns 1952 (1), 1960 (0) 1 10 0.100 FP Player Games (goals) Height
Historical progression – total goals at the Olympics The following table shows the historical progression of the record of total goals at the Olympic Games.
Achievement Games Player Height Date Age Duration of record 8 Set record 1904 Budd Goodwin FP Sep 6, 1904 14 Broke record 1932 Phil Daubenspeck FP Aug 11, 1932 18 Broke record 1936 Phil Daubenspeck FP Aug 10, 1936 Tied record 1968 6 Bruce Bradley FP Oct 25, 1968 35 Broke record 1972 6 Bruce Bradley FP Sep 4, 1972 37 Broke record 2000 10 Chris Humbert CF L Oct 1, 2000 45 Broke record 2008 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 24, 2008 56 Broke record 2012 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 12, 2012 61 Broke record 2016 8 Tony Azevedo D R Aug 14, 2016
Players with at least one goal in an Olympic tournament The following table is pre-sorted by number of goals (in descending order), number of matches played (in ascending order), edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), Cap number or name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Bruce Bradley is the American male player with the most goals in an Olympic tournament, scoring 18.