Who has spent the most time in space: the cumulative records
The top 3 according to 87 votes from people: Oleg Kononenko · Gennady Padalka · Yuri Malenchenko. (Updated Sep 22, 2025.)
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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Top 12
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Oleg Kononenko
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.
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Gennady Padalka
No. 2. Russia. 878.5 days in space over 5 flights.
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3
Yuri Malenchenko
No. 3. Russia. 827.4 days in space over 6 flights.
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4
Sergei Krikalev
No. 4. USSR / Russia. 803.4 days in space over 6 flights.
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5
Aleksandr Kaleri
No. 5. Russia. 769.3 days in space over 5 flights.
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6
Sergei Avdeev
No. 6. USSR / Russia. 747.6 days in space over 3 flights.
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Peggy Whitson
No. 8. United States. 695.3 days in space over 5 flights. The record holder among women and among US astronauts.
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8
Anatoly Solovyev
No. 11. USSR / Russia. 651.1 days in space over 5 flights.
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9
Valeri Polyakov
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.
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10
Anton Shkaplerov
No. 7. Russia. 709.3 days in space over 4 flights.
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Sunita Williams
No. 12. United States. 608.0 days in space over 3 flights.
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Fyodor Yurchikhin
No. 10. Russia. 672.9 days in space over 5 flights.
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