What if Michael Phelps was his own country?

Michael Phelps ended his Olympic career with his 23rd gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay Saturday, giving the swimmer 28 medals. That total gives Phelps more personal summer hardware than 90 countries — he’d rank 59th ahead of Portugal and behind Thailand counting all gold, silver and bronze summer medals. Phelps’ dominance over four Olympic Games nearly triples the medal total of Mark Spitz, the American great who has 11 medals. Here is how Phelps compares with other Olympians. All medal totals are as of 08/13/2016.

IF PHELPS WERE HIS OWN COUNTRY…

Who has the most medals?

Michael Phelps has the most Olympic medals of any Olympian in modern times, 10 ahead of the nearest competitor.

OK, who has the most individual medals?

Phelps also has the highest medal count when only individual events are counted, though the margin is closer.

ATHLETES WITH THE MOST MEDALS, 1896 TO PRESENT

Who wins the most in individual events?

Though Phelps has the most individual medals, four athletes had a better gold medal-winning percentage.

GOLD-MEDAL WINNING PERCENTAGE BY EVENT

Sources: Olympics.it, Olympic.org, Sports-reference.com

Photos: EPA photos, Getty images

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