Who are the best skaters of all time?

With the men, Sven Kramer can actually be designated as the best of all time. He won the most World Cup all-round and European Championship all-round titles, and has four Olympic gold medals (nine total). Clas Thunberg and Eric Heiden do have one more gold medal. Five-time world all-round champion Oscar Mathisen was unlucky that in his time skating was not yet Olympic. In the women’s event, we are of course looking at six-time Olympic champion Ireen Wüst. Gunda Niemann was supreme in allround, but like compatriot Rintje Ritsma, did not win that much at the Olympics