Cardinal Athletics
Stanford extended its NCAA team title streak to 48 seasons and captured four national championships overall during the 2023-24 athletic campaign.
Men’s gymnastics and women’s golf—two dominant programs on The Farm—embraced their status as title favorites and won their respective national championships. Stanford also brought home two ICSA national titles in sailing for the second consecutive season, winning the Women’s Fleet and Women’s Team divisions.
Six years after becoming the nation’s all-time leader in NCAA team championships, Stanford enters the 2024-25 campaign with 136 overall, gaining separation from its closest competitors in UCLA (123) and USC (113). The Cardinal has won 167 national team championships overall.
Varsity Sports at Stanford
In the 2024-25 academic year, Stanford has 36 varsity sports—20 for women, 16 for men (sailing is a co-ed sport)—and 50 club sports. In addition to its varsity sports, Stanford Athletics supports campus-wide physical education academic classes, fitness and wellness, aquatics, intramurals and adventure programming.
Women’s Varsity Sports
- Artistic Swimming
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Fencing
- Field Hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse
- Lightweight Rowing
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Squash
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
Men’s Varsity Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Fencing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Wrestling
Home of Champions
- Total National championships: 167
- National NCAA team championships: 136
- NCAA Team Championships since 2000: 60
- Stanford scholar athletes who have been Rhodes Scholars: 13
- Olympic medals won by 177 Stanford-affiliated athletes: 335
- Individual national champions: 645
- Individual NCAA champions: 562
- Consecutive years with at least one NCAA championships: 48
As of December 2024