7,120 different people have climbed Mount Everest and reached the summit, as of December 2024.
Kami Rita Sherpa of Nepal has reached the summit the most number of times – 30 times.
You’ll find the name of every climber who has reached the summit of Everest at this link, and it’s searchable.
Here’s the list of climbers who have summited Everest multiple times, ordered by those who have summitted the most number of times.
The 3 countries with the most number of summits by different climbers are:
- Nepal – 1,998 summits
- USA – 831
- China – 630
Here’s a pdf with a list of the number of summits of Everest per country.
You can check out how much it costs to climb Mount Everest, as of 2022, at this link