Asian Games 2026: Full List of India's Medal Winners and Updated Medal Tally

India's medal count at the 2026 Asian Games climbed to 27 on Saturday, September 26, after the women's kabaddi team defended their title with a hard-fought win over Iran. It's India's third gold of these Games, and it caps a week that has swung from a record-breaking cricket final to a nervy pistol shootout to, now, kabaddi's defending champions holding their nerve one more time.

This is a live update as of September 26, 2026. With the Games running in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, through October 4, expect these numbers to keep moving, sometimes multiple times a day.

India's Latest Medal Tally

As of this update, India has won 3 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals, for a total of 27, placing the country 12th in the overall standings.

Full List of Indian Gold Medal Winners

India's three golds have come in three completely different disciplines, which says something about the spread of this campaign.

The cricket team's win set the tone early, defending the title India won in Hangzhou. The pistol pairing of Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet delivered India's first shooting gold of these Games with an Asian record score of 484.6. And the kabaddi team's win over Iran means India has now reached, and won, every women's kabaddi final since the event was introduced in 2010.

Full List of Indian Silver Medal Winners

Shooting dominates this list, which is fairly typical of how India's Asian Games campaigns tend to unfold.

Mirabai Chanu's silver stands out for what it ended: a 28-year wait for an Indian Asian Games weightlifting medal, dating back to Karnam Malleswari's bronze in 1998. It also completed her personal set of medals across the Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Full List of Indian Bronze Medal Winners

Several of these bronzes are genuine firsts for India at the Asian Games, which is worth pausing on.

Suchika Tariyal's bronze was India's first-ever Asian Games medal in mixed martial arts, a sport making its Games debut this year. Jay Meena did the same in soft tennis, and the mixed skeet pairing of Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal delivered India's first medal in that specific event too.

Major Indian Performances

Shooting has been the backbone of this campaign, contributing roughly half of India's medals across rifle, pistol and skeet events. Rudrankksh Patil alone has been involved in four separate medal-winning results across individual and team rifle events, making him one of the most productive Indian athletes of the Games so far.

Beyond the range, the story has been about depth. Athletics produced medals across events as different as the marathon, the 10,000m, pole vault and shot put. Team sports delivered too, with cricket, kabaddi and badminton all adding to the tally, while individual disciplines like wushu, weightlifting, rowing, mixed martial arts and soft tennis each chipped in at least one medal, several of them historic firsts for the country.

India's Position in the Overall Medal Table

China continues to dominate the standings, leading with more than 90 gold medals as of the most recent update, well clear of hosts Japan in second place and South Korea in third. India sits 12th, a position determined by gold medal count first, meaning countries with fewer total medals but more golds rank above India.

A note on this table: figures for other nations reflect the most recent full standings available at the time of writing, while India's row has been updated to include the September 26 kabaddi gold. Because the Games are ongoing, this should be treated as a live, provisional snapshot rather than a final result, and positions above and below India can shift as more finals are completed each day.

Comparison With India's Previous Asian Games Record

India's all-time best came at the last edition, in Hangzhou in 2023, where the country won 106 medals, 28 gold, 38 silver and 40 bronze, finishing fourth overall. With more than a week of competition still remaining in Aichi-Nagoya, this campaign's 27 medals are well short of that pace at the equivalent stage, though shooting's contribution so far looks broadly consistent with the sport's importance to India's recent Games performances.

Upcoming Events and Medal Opportunities

Several Indian athletes and teams remain in contention as competition continues. The men's kabaddi team, unbeaten through the tournament, has already assured itself at least a bronze and could add to India's gold count depending on how its knockout matches unfold. Women's hockey has advanced to the semi-final stage, with a win there carrying a direct qualification berth for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics as an added incentive. Boxing, swimming and further shooting events also remain on the schedule through early October, giving India's contingent additional chances to add to this tally before the Games close.

Conclusion

India's Asian Games campaign has been built on a now-familiar foundation, shooting doing the heavy lifting, supplemented by strong showings in athletics and a handful of historic first medals in newer or less traditional disciplines for the country. With three golds, eleven silvers and thirteen bronzes as of September 26, and competition continuing through October 4, this tally is very much a work in progress rather than a final word on India's Aichi-Nagoya performance.