> At a Glance
> – Charlie Sheen now claims 47,000 partners; Wilt Chamberlain still tops the list at 20,000
> – Mariah Carey told Cosmo her total is five, calling herself “kind of a prude”
> – Why it matters: These self-reported tallies show how wildly celebrity sex lives vary-and how open some stars are about quantifying them
Hollywood’s bedroom scoreboard runs from single digits to five-figure territory. Here’s who’s talking-and the eye-popping totals they’ve owned up to.
The 10,000-Plus Club
Wilt Chamberlain leads the pack. In his 1991 book A View from Above, the NBA great wrote: “Yes, that’s correct, 20,000 different ladies…equal to 1.2 women a day since age 15.”
Charlie Sheen told Impaulsive his count has reached 47,000, up from the 5,000 he quoted Maxim in 2000.
Ric Flair told ESPN’s 30 for 30 he “cringes” that grand-kids will know his number: roughly 10,000.
Rock Royalty & High-Flying Stats
**Mick Jagger‘s biographer estimates 4,000 women, noting the singer once said, “Everyone knows that everyone is basically bisexual.”
Gene Simmons put his figure at “almost 5,000” and burned the Polaroids to appease now-wife Shannon Tweed.
John Oates stopped counting during Hall & Oates’ peak: “I’m sure it was thousands… If you didn’t live the ’70s and ’80s, there’s no way you can comprehend.”
Modest-to-Midrange Tallies
Mariah Carey told Cosmopolitan she’s had five partners: “I’m kind of a prude, honestly.”
**Amy Schumer wrote in her memoir she’d slept with 28 people: “I can’t remember all their names, but I remember the nicknames.”
Lamar Odom‘s memoir cites 2,000+ women; Dennis Rodman also claims 2,000, with “probably 500” being “gold-diggers.”
Hugh Hefner told Esquire “over a thousand, I’m sure,” adding he never cheated while married.
**Russell Brand once said he was “up there” at 1,000; Vinny Guadagnino ball-parked his total between 500 and 1,000.
Jennifer Coolidge credits American Pie for “like 200 people I would never have slept with.”
Key Takeaways
- Self-reported numbers range from 5 (Carey) to 47,000 (Sheen)
- Athletes and rockers dominate the upper tiers
- Several stars now express regret or embarrassment over past bragging
Whether viewed as conquests or cautionary tales, these tallies underline how freely some celebrities quantify-and publicize-their private lives.
