# Who has spent the most time in space: the cumulative records

Oleg Kononenko has spent more than 1,110 days in space over five flights and in 2024 became the first person to pass 1,000 days. The 12 people with the most cumulative time in space – almost all Russian and Soviet cosmonauts, plus Americans Peggy Whitson and Sunita Williams. Figures as of mid-2025.

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- Sep 22, 2025 · Жанна Ахметова
- https://even.best/en/l/5413/who-has-spent-the-most-time-in-space-the-cumulative-records

## Top 12

1. **Oleg Kononenko** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — No. 1. Russia. 1,110.6 days in space over 5 flights. Record holder for total time in space and the first to pass 1,000 days.
2. **Gennady Padalka** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — No. 2. Russia. 878.5 days in space over 5 flights.
3. **Yuri Malenchenko** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — No. 3. Russia. 827.4 days in space over 6 flights.
4. **Sergei Krikalev** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — No. 4. USSR / Russia. 803.4 days in space over 6 flights.
5. **Aleksandr Kaleri** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — No. 5. Russia. 769.3 days in space over 5 flights.
6. **Sergei Avdeev** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — No. 6. USSR / Russia. 747.6 days in space over 3 flights.
7. **Peggy Whitson** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — No. 8. United States. 695.3 days in space over 5 flights. The record holder among women and among US astronauts.
8. **Anatoly Solovyev** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — No. 11. USSR / Russia. 651.1 days in space over 5 flights.
9. **Valeri Polyakov** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — No. 9. USSR / Russia. 678.7 days in space over 2 flights. Holder of the longest single spaceflight: 437 days on Mir in 1994–1995.
10. **Anton Shkaplerov** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — No. 7. Russia. 709.3 days in space over 4 flights.
11. **Sunita Williams** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — No. 12. United States. 608.0 days in space over 3 flights.
12. **Fyodor Yurchikhin** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — No. 10. Russia. 672.9 days in space over 5 flights.

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