FIS Cross-Country World Cup

FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Genre	Cross-country skiing
Date(s)	Northern wintertime season
Begins	November
Ends	March
Location(s)	Europe; Russia; Canada; United States (rare); Japan (rare); China (rare); South Korea (rare)
Inaugurated	1973 (unofficial); 9 January 1982 (men); 9 January 1982 (ladies)
Most recent	2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Next event	2018–19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Organised by	International Ski Federation
People	Pierre Mignerey (race director); Sandra Spitz (event coordinator)
Sponsor	Audi Quattro, Helvetia

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recognition on the 31st FIS Congress, 29–30 April 1977 in Bariloche, Argentina.^[1]

Most World Cup wins

As of 18 March 2018

Men

Rank	Skier	Career	World Cup				Stage World Cup (Nordic Opening, TourdeSki, WC Final)			Total wins
Rank	Skier	Career	Wins	Distance	Sprint	Stage events	Wins	Distance	Sprint	Total wins
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	1989–1999	46	45	1	–	–	–	–	46
2	Petter Northug	2005–active	20	8	6	6	18	15	3	38
3	Gunde Svan	1983–1991	30	30	–	–	–	–	–	30
	Vladimir Smirnov	1982–1999	30	30	–	–	–	–	–	30
	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2005–active	19	11	–	8	11	11	–	30
6	Dario Cologna	2007–active	15	7	2	6	11	11	–	26
7	Lukáš Bauer	1997–2016	11	9	–	2	7	7	–	18
8	Emil Jönsson	2003–2018	13	–	13	–	3	–	3	16
9	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	2016–active	10	2	6	2	4	2	2	14
10	Torgny Mogren	1983–1998	13	13	–	–	–	–	–	13
	Thomas Alsgaard	1993–2003	13	11	2	–	–	–	–	13
	Tor Arne Hetland	1995–2009	11	2	9	–	2	–	2	13
	Axel Teichmann	1998–2014	8	8	–	–	5	5	–	13
	Ola Vigen Hattestad	2003–2017	13	–	13	–	–	–	–	13
15	Jens Arne Svartedal	1997–2010	12	1	11	–	–	–	–	12
	Sergey Ustiugov	2013–active	4	1	2	1	8	5	3	12
	Alexey Poltoranin	2004–active	5	4	1	–	7	7	–	12
18	Per Elofsson	1996–2003	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	11
	Tobias Angerer	1998–2014	11	10	–	1	–	–	–	11
	Eldar Rønning	2003–2015	7	4	3	–	4	3	1	11
	Federico Pellegrino	2010–active	8	–	8	–	3	–	3	11
22	Mika Myllylä	1992–2000	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	10

Ladies

Rank	Skier	Career	World Cup				Stage World Cup (Nordic Opening, TourdeSki, WC Final)			Total wins
Rank	Skier	Career	Wins	Distance	Sprint	Stage events	Wins	Distance	Sprint	Total wins
1	Marit Bjørgen	1999–2018	84	41	31	12	30	21	9	114
2	Justyna Kowalczyk	2001–2018	31	19	7	5	19	14	5	50
3	Yelena Välbe	1987–1998	45	44	1	–	–	–	–	45
4	Bente Skari	1992–2003	42	25	17	–	–	–	–	42
	Therese Johaug	2007–active	20	15	–	5	22	22	–	42
6	Virpi Kuitunen	1997–2010	20	11	7	2	7	5	2	27
7	Petra Majdič	1999–2011	16	1	15	–	8	2	6	24
8	Stefania Belmondo	1989–2002	23	23	–	–	–	–	–	23
9	Larisa Lazutina	1984–2002	21	21	–	–	–	–	–	21
10	Kateřina Neumannová	1992–2007	18	16	2	–	1	1	–	19
11	Yuliya Chepalova	1995–2010	18	17	1	–	–	–	–	18
12	Kristina Šmigun	1994–2010	16	14	2	–	–	–	–	16
	Maiken Caspersen Falla	2008–active	12	–	12	–	4	–	4	16
14	Manuela Di Centa	1982–1998	15	15	–	–	–	–	–	15
	Stina Nilsson	2012–active	8	–	8	–	7	3	4	15
16	Lyubov Yegorova	1984–2003	13	13	–	–	–	–	–	13
	Kikkan Randall	2001–2018	11	–	11	–	2	–	2	13
18	Charlotte Kalla	2006–active	7	5	–	2	5	4	1	12
19	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	1982–1994	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	11
	Heidi Weng	2010–active	4	4	–	–	7	6	1	11
	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	2008–active	4	2	2	–	7	6	1	11
22	Brit Pettersen	1982–1988	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	10

With 84 victories in World Cup and total 114 including Stage World Cup wins Marit Bjørgen is record-holder among both men and ladies.

Overall World Cup standings

The table below shows the three highest ranked skiers each year.

Men

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1973–74^[a]	Ivar Formo	Juha Mieto	Eduard Hauser
1974–75^[a]	Oddvar Brå	Odd Martinsen	Juha Mieto
1975–76^[a]	Juha Mieto	Arto Koivisto	Ivar Formo
1976–77^[a]	Thomas Wassberg	Juha Mieto (2)	Thomas Magnusson
1977–78^[a]	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Lars-Erik Eriksen	Magne Myrmo
1978–79^[b]	Oddvar Brå (2)	Lars-Erik Eriksen (2)	Sven-Åke Lundbäck
1979–80^[a]	Juha Mieto (2)	Thomas Wassberg	Lars-Erik Eriksen
1980–81^[b]	Alexander Zavyalov	Oddvar Brå	Ove Aunli
1981–82	Bill Koch	Thomas Wassberg (2)	Harri Kirvesniemi
1982–83	Alexander Zavyalov (2)	Gunde Svan	Bill Koch
1983–84	Gunde Svan	Thomas Wassberg (3)	Harri Kirvesniemi (2)
1984–85	Gunde Svan (2)	Tor Håkon Holte	Ove Aunli (2)
1985–86	Gunde Svan (3)	Torgny Mogren	Vladimir Smirnov
1986–87	Torgny Mogren	Thomas Wassberg (4)	Gunde Svan
1987–88	Gunde Svan (4)	Torgny Mogren (2)	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
1988–89	Gunde Svan (5)	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren
1989–90	Vegard Ulvang	Gunde Svan (2)	Bjørn Dæhlie
1990–91	Vladimir Smirnov	Torgny Mogren (3)	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)
1991–92	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang (2)	Vladimir Smirnov (2)
1992–93	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Vladimir Smirnov	Vegard Ulvang
1993–94	Vladimir Smirnov (2)	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä
1994–95	Bjørn Dæhlie (3)	Vladimir Smirnov (2)	Silvio Fauner
1995–96	Bjørn Dæhlie (4)	Vladimir Smirnov (3)	Jari Isometsä (2)
1996–97	Bjørn Dæhlie (5)	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa
1997–98	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Vladimir Smirnov (3)
1998–99	Bjørn Dæhlie (6)	Mikhail Botwinov	Mika Myllylä
1999–00	Johann Mühlegg	Jari Isometsä	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2000–01	Per Elofsson	Johann Mühlegg	Thomas Alsgaard
2001–02	Per Elofsson (2)	Thomas Alsgaard	Anders Aukland
2002–03	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Jörgen Brink
2003–04	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Jens Arne Svartedal
2004–05	Axel Teichmann	Vincent Vittoz	Tor Arne Hetland
2005–06	Tobias Angerer	Jens Arne Svartedal	Tor Arne Hetland (2)
2006–07	Tobias Angerer (2)	Alexander Legkov	Eldar Rønning
2007–08	Lukáš Bauer	René Sommerfeldt (2)	Pietro Piller Cottrer
2008–09	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Ola Vigen Hattestad
2009–10	Petter Northug	Lukáš Bauer	Marcus Hellner
2010–11	Dario Cologna (2)	Petter Northug (2)	Daniel Rickardsson
2011–12	Dario Cologna (3)	Devon Kershaw	Petter Northug
2012–13	Petter Northug (2)	Alexander Legkov (2)	Dario Cologna
2013–14	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov (3)	Alex Harvey
2014–15	Dario Cologna (4)	Petter Northug (3)	Calle Halfvarsson
2015–16	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2)	Petter Northug (4)	Finn Hågen Krogh
2016–17	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3)	Sergey Ustiugov	Alex Harvey (2)
2017–18	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Dario Cologna	Martin Johnsrud Sundby

a. ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Unofficial World Cup

b. ¹ ² Trial World Cup

Ladies

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1978–79^[a]	Galina Kulakova	Raisa Smetanina	Zinaida Amosova
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1980–81^[a]	Raisa Smetanina	Berit Aunli	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková
1981–82	Berit Aunli	Britt Pettersen	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková (2)
1982–83	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen^{[nb 1]}	Britt Pettersen (2)	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková (3)
1983–84	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen^{[nb 1]} (2)	Raisa Smetanina (2)	Anne Jahren
1984–85	Anette Bøe	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Britt Pettersen
1985–86	Marjo Matikainen	Marianne Dahlmo	Britt Pettersen (2)
1986–87	Marjo Matikainen (2)	Anfisa Reztsova	Marianne Dahlmo
1987–88	Marjo Matikainen (3)	Marie-Helene Westin	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi
1988–89	Yelena Välbe	Alžběta Havrančíková	Tamara Tikhonova
1989–90	Larisa Lazutina	Yelena Välbe	Trude Dybendahl
1990–91	Yelena Välbe (2)	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova
1991–92	Yelena Välbe (3)	Stefania Belmondo (2)	Lyubov Yegorova (2)
1992–93	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe (2)	Stefania Belmondo
1993–94	Manuela Di Centa	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe
1994–95	Yelena Välbe (4)	Nina Gavrilyuk	Larisa Lazutina
1995–96	Manuela Di Centa (2)	Yelena Välbe (3)	Larisa Lazutina (2)
1996–97	Yelena Välbe (5)	Stefania Belmondo (3)	Kateřina Neumannová
1997–98	Larisa Lazutina (2)	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]}	Stefania Belmondo (2)
1998–99	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]}	Stefania Belmondo (4)	Nina Gavrilyuk
1999–00	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]} (2)	Kristina Šmigun	Larisa Lazutina (3)
2000–01	Yuliya Chepalova	Bente Skari (2)	Larisa Lazutina (4)
2001–02	Bente Skari (3)	Kateřina Neumannová	Stefania Belmondo (3)
2002–03	Bente Skari (4)	Kristina Šmigun (2)	Gabriella Paruzzi
2003–04	Gabriella Paruzzi	Marit Bjørgen	Valentina Shevchenko
2004–05	Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová (2)	Virpi Kuitunen
2005–06	Marit Bjørgen (2)	Beckie Scott	Yuliya Chepalova
2006–07	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen (2)	Kateřina Neumannová (2)
2007–08	Virpi Kuitunen (2)	Astrid Jacobsen	Justyna Kowalczyk
2008–09	Justyna Kowalczyk	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2009–10	Justyna Kowalczyk (2)	Marit Bjørgen (3)	Petra Majdič
2010–11	Justyna Kowalczyk (3)	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Arianna Follis
2011–12	Marit Bjørgen (3)	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug
2012–13	Justyna Kowalczyk (4)	Therese Johaug	Kikkan Randall
2013–14	Therese Johaug	Marit Bjørgen (5)	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
2014–15	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Therese Johaug (2)	Heidi Weng
2015–16	Therese Johaug (2)	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng (2)
2016–17	Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2017–18	Heidi Weng (2)	Jessica Diggins	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2)

a. ¹ ² Trial World Cup

With 6 overall World Cup titles Bjørn Dæhlie is record-holder among both men and ladies.

Men's overall podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	17	15	20	52
2	Sweden	11	10	8	29
3	Germany	4	2	0	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	2	7
5	Soviet Union	3	0	1	4
6	Finland	2	5	6	13
7	Kazakhstan	1	3	1	5
8	Spain	1	1	0	2
	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
10	United States	1	0	1	2
11	Russia	0	4	0	4
12	Canada	0	1	2	3
13	Austria	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
15	Italy	0	0	3	3
16	CIS	0	0	1	1
Total		45	45	45	135

Ladies' overall podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	14	16	11	41
2	Finland	7	1	3	11
3	Russia	5	4	7	16
5	Soviet Union	5	4	3	12
6	Poland	4	1	1	6
7	Italy	3	4	5	12
8	CIS	1	0	1	2
9	Czech Republic	0	2	2	8
10	Estonia	0	2	0	2
11	Czechoslovakia	0	1	3	4
12	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
14	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
16	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		39	39	39	117

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Men

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Silvio Fauner
1997–98	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov
1998–99	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Mathias Fredriksson
1999–00	Morten Brørs	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (2)	Håvard Solbakken
2000–01	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Cristian Zorzi	Tor Arne Hetland
2001–02	Trond Iversen	Jens Arne Svartedal	Cristian Zorzi
2002–03	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland	Lauri Pyykönen
2003–04	Thobias Fredriksson (2)	Jens Arne Svartedal (2)	Håvard Bjerkeli
2004–05	Tor Arne Hetland	Eldar Rønning	Trond Iversen
2005–06	Björn Lind	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland (2)
2006–07	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen	Emil Jönsson
2007–08	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Emil Jönsson	John Kristian Dahl
2008–09	Ola Vigen Hattestad (2)	Renato Pasini	Tor Arne Hetland (3)
2009–10	Emil Jönsson	Petter Northug	Alexei Petukhov
2010–11	Emil Jönsson (2)	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Jesper Modin
2011–12	Teodor Peterson	Nikolay Morilov	Eirik Brandsdal
2012–13	Emil Jönsson (3)	Petter Northug (2)	Nikita Kriukov
2013–14	Ola Vigen Hattestad (3)	Eirik Brandsdal	Josef Wenzl
2014–15	Finn Hågen Krogh	Eirik Brandsdal (2)	Federico Pellegrino
2015–16	Federico Pellegrino	Petter Northug (3)	Finn Hågen Krogh
2016–17	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Federico Pellegrino	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar
2017–18	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2)	Federico Pellegrino (2)	Lucas Chanavat

Ladies

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Kateřina Neumannová
1997–98	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]}	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo
1998–99	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]} (2)	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun
1999–00	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]} (3)	Anita Moen	Kristina Šmigun (2)
2000–01	Bente Skari (4)	Pirjo Manninen	Manuela Henkel
2001–02	Bente Skari (5)	Anita Moen (2)	Kateřina Neumannová
2002–03	Marit Bjørgen	Bente Skari^[a]	Pirjo Manninen
2003–04	Marit Bjørgen (2)	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anna Dahlberg
2004–05	Marit Bjørgen (3)	Virpi Kuitunen	Anna Dahlberg (2)
2005–06	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Ella Gjømle	Beckie Scott
2006–07	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Natalya Matveyeva
2007–08	Petra Majdič	Astrid Jacobsen	Virpi Kuitunen
2008–09	Petra Majdič (2)	Arianna Follis	Pirjo Muranen
2009–10	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Petra Majdič
2010–11	Petra Majdič (3)	Arianna Follis (2)	Kikkan Randall
2011–12	Kikkan Randall	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Marit Bjørgen
2012–13	Kikkan Randall (2)	Justyna Kowalczyk	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2013–14	Kikkan Randall (3)	Denise Herrmann	Marit Bjørgen (2)
2014–15	Marit Bjørgen (5)	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Maiken Caspersen Falla
2015–16	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2)	Stina Nilsson
2016–17	Maiken Caspersen Falla (2)	Stina Nilsson	Hanna Falk
2017–18	Maiken Caspersen Falla (3)	Stina Nilsson (2)	Sophie Caldwell

Men's podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	14	14	10	38
2	Sweden	7	2	3	12
3	Italy	1	5	3	9
4	Russia	0	1	2	3
5	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Ladies' podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	13	9	4	26
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	5
3	United States	3	0	2	5
4	Italy	1	3	1	5
5	Finland	1	2	3	6
6	Poland	1	1	0	2
7	Sweden	0	2	4	6
8	Russia	0	2	1	3
9	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
10	Germany	0	1	1	2
11	Estonia	0	0	2	2
12	Canada	0	0	1	1
Total		22	22	22	66

Distance World Cup standings

Men

Season		Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97^[a]		Mika Myllylä	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov
1997–98^[a]		Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Mika Myllylä
1998–99^[a]		Mikhail Botvinov	Bjørn Dæhlie (3)	Mika Myllylä (2)
1999–00	LD	Johann Mühlegg	Mikhail Ivanov	Mikhail Botvinov
1999–00	MD	Jari Isometsä	Johann Mühlegg	Per Elofsson
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2001–02
2002–03
2003–04		René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Frode Estil
2004–05		Axel Teichmann	Vincent Vittoz	Tobias Angerer
2005–06		Tobias Angerer	Vincent Vittoz (2)	Anders Södergren
2006–07		Tobias Angerer (2)	Vincent Vittoz (3)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2007–08		Lukáš Bauer	Pietro Piller Cottrer	René Sommerfeldt
2008–09		Pietro Piller Cottrer	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug
2009–10		Petter Northug	Lukáš Bauer	Marcus Hellner
2010–11		Dario Cologna	Daniel Rickardsson	Lukáš Bauer
2011–12		Dario Cologna (2)	Devon Kershaw	Alexander Legkov
2012–13		Alexander Legkov	Dario Cologna (2)	Petter Northug (2)
2013–14		Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov	Daniel Rickardsson
2014–15		Dario Cologna (3)	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Evgeniy Belov
2015–16		Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2)	Maurice Manificat	Niklas Dyrhaug
2016–17		Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3)	Alex Harvey	Matti Heikkinen
2017–18		Dario Cologna (4)	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2)	Hans Christer Holund

a. ¹ ² ³ Arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup".

Ladies

Season		Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97^[a]		Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrilyuk
1997–98^[a]		Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo (2)	Olga Danilova
1998–99^[a]		Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo (3)	Larisa Lazutina
1999–00	LD	Larisa Lazutina	Kristina Šmigun	Olga Danilova (2)
1999–00	MD	Kristina Šmigun (2)	Stefania Belmondo (4)	Larisa Lazutina (2)
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2001–02
2002–03
2003–04		Valentina Shevchenko	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun
2004–05		Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun (2)
2005–06		Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová (2)	Beckie Scott
2006–07		Virpi Kuitunen	Kateřina Neumannová (3)	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2007–08		Virpi Kuitunen (2)	Valentina Shevchenko	Justyna Kowalczyk
2008–09		Justyna Kowalczyk	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marianna Longa
2009–10		Justyna Kowalczyk (2)	Marit Bjørgen	Kristin Størmer Steira
2010–11		Justyna Kowalczyk (3)	Marit Bjørgen (2)	Therese Johaug
2011–12		Marit Bjørgen (2)	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug (2)
2012–13		Justyna Kowalczyk (4)	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira (2)
2013–14		Therese Johaug	Marit Bjørgen (3)	Kerttu Niskanen
2014–15		Marit Bjørgen (3)	Therese Johaug (2)	Heidi Weng
2015–16		Therese Johaug (2)	Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2016–17		Heidi Weng	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Krista Pärmäkoski
2017–18		Heidi Weng (2)	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Jessica Diggins

a. ¹ ² ³ Arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup".

Men's podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	5	5	6	16
2	Switzerland	4	2	0	6
3	Germany	4	0	2	6
4	Finland	2	0	3	5
5	Russia	1	2	2	5
6	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
7	Italy	1	1	0	2
8	Spain	1	1	0	2
9	Austria	1	0	1	2
10	France	0	4	0	4
11	Sweden	0	2	4	6
12	Canada	0	2	0	2
13	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

Ladies' podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	7	8	6	21
2	Poland	4	1	1	6
3	Russia	4	0	5	9
4	Finland	2	1	3	6
5	Estonia	2	1	2	5
6	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
7	Italy	0	5	1	6
8	Czech Republic	0	3	0	3
9	Canada	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

U23 World Cup standings

Men

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2014–15	Francesco De Fabiani	Sergey Ustiugov	Sondre Turvoll Fossli
2015–16	Francesco De Fabiani (2)	Sondre Turvoll Fossli	Richard Jouve
2016–17	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Jens Burman	Lucas Chanavat
2017–18	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2)	Alexander Bolshunov	Aleksey Chervotkin

Ladies

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2014–15	Stina Nilsson	Teresa Stadlober	Nathalie von Siebenthal
2015–16	Stina Nilsson (2)	Nathalie von Siebenthal	Teresa Stadlober
2016–17	Anamarija Lampič	Yulia Belorukova	Nadine Fähndrich
2017–18	Natalia Nepryaeva	Anastasia Sedova	Ebba Andersson

Men's podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Norway	2	1	1	4
2	Italy	2	0	0	2
3	Russia	0	2	1	1
4	Sweden	0	1	0	1
5	France	0	0	2	2
Total		4	4	4	12

Ladies' podiums

Rank	Nation	Wins	Second	Third	Total
1	Sweden	2	0	1	3
2	Russia	1	2	0	3
3	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
4	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
5	Austria	0	1	1	2
Total		4	4	4	12

Nations Cup

All results of female and male athletes of a nation are counted for the Nations Cup.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Men's winner	Ladies' winner
1981–82	Norway	Czechoslovakia	Sweden	Norway	Norway
1982–83	Norway	Soviet Union	Finland	Norway	Norway
1983–84	Norway	Soviet Union	Sweden	Norway	Norway
1984–85	Norway	Sweden	Soviet Union	Norway	Norway
1985–86	Norway	Sweden	Soviet Union	Sweden	Norway
1986–87	Sweden	Norway	Soviet Union (3)	Sweden	Norway
1987–88	Sweden (2)	Soviet Union (3)	Norway	Sweden	Soviet Union
1988–89	Soviet Union	Sweden	Norway (2)	Sweden	Soviet Union
1989–90	Soviet Union	Norway	Sweden	Norway	Soviet Union
1990–91	Soviet Union (3)	Norway	Sweden	Norway	Soviet Union (4)
1991–92	Norway	CIS	Italy	Norway	CIS
1992–93	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia
1993–94	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia
1994–95	Russia	Norway	Italy	Norway	Russia
1995–96	Russia (2)	Norway	Italy	Norway	Russia
1996–97	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia
1997–98	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia
1998–99	Norway	Russia	Sweden	Norway	Russia
1999–00	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia
2000–01	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Russia (9)
2001–02	Norway	Russia	Italy	Norway	Norway
2002–03	Norway	Germany	Sweden	Sweden (5)	Norway
2003–04	Norway	Germany	Italy	Norway	Norway
2004–05	Norway	Germany	Russia	Norway	Norway
2005–06	Norway	Sweden	Germany	Norway	Norway
2006–07	Norway	Germany (4)	Finland	Norway	Finland
2007–08	Norway	Finland	Germany (2)	Norway	Norway
2008–09	Norway	Finland (2)	Italy (12)	Norway	Finland (2)
2009–10	Norway	Russia	Sweden	Norway	Norway
2010–11	Norway	Sweden	Russia	Norway	Norway
2011–12	Norway	Russia	Sweden	Russia	Norway
2012–13	Norway	Russia	Sweden	Russia (2)	Norway
2013–14	Norway	Russia	Sweden	Norway	Norway
2014–15	Norway	Russia	Sweden (11)	Norway	Norway
2015–16	Norway	Russia (14)	Finland	Norway	Norway
2016–17	Norway	Sweden	Finland (4)	Norway	Norway
2017–18	Norway (29)	Sweden (7)	Russia (3)	Norway (30)	Norway (20)

Timeline calendar

Season	Men				Men's Team			Ladies				Ladies' Team			Mixed Team
Season	DI	SP	ST	Total	RL	TS	Total	DI	SP	ST	Total	RL	TS	Total	MR	Total
1981–82	10	–	–	10	1	–	1	10	–	–	10	1	–	1	–	–
1982–83	10	–	–	10	–	–	–	10	–	–	10	–	–	–	–	–
1983–84	10	–	–	10	4	–	4	10	–	–	10	4	–	4	–	–
1984–85	10	–	–	10	4	–	4	11	–	–	11	4	–	4	–	–
1985–86	9	–	–	9	5	–	5	9	–	–	9	5	–	5	–	–
1986–87	11	–	–	11	6	–	6	11	–	–	11	6	–	6	–	–
1987–88	11	–	–	11	6	–	6	10	–	–	10	6	–	6	–	–
1988–89	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	–	–
1989–90	11	–	–	11	6	–	6	11	–	–	11	6	–	6	–	–
1990–91	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	–	–
1991–92	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	12	–	–	12	5	–	5	–	–
1992–93	13	–	–	13	6	–	6	13	–	–	13	6	–	6	–	–
1993–94	13	–	–	13	6	–	6	13	–	–	13	6	–	6	–	–
1994–95	15	–	–	15	6	–	6	15	–	–	15	6	–	6	–	–
1995–96	15	1	–	16	5	1	6	15	1	–	16	4	1	5	–	–
1996–97	14	1	–	15	5	1	6	14	1	–	15	6	1	7	–	–
1997–98	11	1	–	12	3	1	4	11	1	–	12	3	1	4	–	–
1998–99	15	4	–	19	6	1	7	15	4	–	19	6	1	7	–	–
1999–00	15	6	–	21	5	1	6	15	6	–	21	5	1	6	–	–
2000–01	13	7	–	20	3	1	4	13	7	–	20	3	1	4	–	–
2001–02	13	7	–	20	3	2	5	13	7	–	20	3	2	5	–	–
2002–03	13	8	–	21	4	2	6	13	8	–	21	4	2	6	1	1
2003–04	17	8	–	25	5	4	9	17	8	–	25	5	4	9	–	–
2004–05	12	8	–	20	3	4	7	12	8	–	20	3	4	7	–	–
2005–06	15	9	–	24	2	3	5	15	9	–	24	2	3	5	–	–
2006–07	15	10	1	26	4	1	5	15	10	1	26	4	1	5	–	–
2007–08	19	11	1	31	3	2	5	19	11	1	31	3	2	5	–	–
2008–09	18	12	2	32	2	2	4	18	12	2	32	2	2	4	–	–
2009–10	18	12	2	32	2	2	4	18	12	2	32	2	2	4	–	–
2010–11	18	11	3	32	3	2	5	18	11	3	32	3	2	5	–	–
2011–12	22	13	3	38	2	2	4	22	13	3	38	2	2	4	–	–
2012–13	19	10	3	32	2	3	5	19	10	3	32	2	3	5	–	–
2013–14	15	11	3	29	1	2	3	15	11	3	29	1	2	3	–	–
2014–15	16	10	2	28	–	1	1	16	10	2	28	–	1	1	–	–
2015–16	21	12	3	36	2	1	3	21	12	3	36	2	1	3	–	–
2016–17	18	10	3	31	2	2	4	18	10	3	31	2	2	4	–	–
2017–18	17	10	3	30	–	1	1	17	10	3	30	–	1	1	–	–
Total events	528	192	29	749	132	42	174	528	192	29	749	132	42	174	1	1
Double wins	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	3	1	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
Total winners	529	192	29	750	132	42	174	531	193	29	753	132	42	174	1	1

World Cup winners by nations

Nations which have won World Cup races

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one individual World Cup race (current as of 18 March 2018).

Countries no longer exist

Rank	Nation	Total wins			Wins by disciplines
		Total wins			Men			Ladies
		Men	Ladies	All	DI	SP	ST	DI	SP	ST
1	Norway	296	297	593	177	103	16	196	81	20
2	Sweden	130	43	173	94	36	–	16	25	2
3	Russia	66	91	157	44	18	4	83	8	–
4	Finland	30	69	99	29	1	–	53	14	2
5	Italy	39	52	91	20	19	–	45	7	–
6	Poland	1	50	51	–	1	–	35	10	5
7	Germany	34	7	41	30	3	1	6	1	–
8	Soviet Union (6 RUS / 1 KAZ)	14	24	38	14	–	–	24	–	–
9	Czech Republic	18	19	37	16	–	2	17	2	–
10	Kazakhstan	35	–	35	34	1	–	–	–	–
11	Switzerland	28	3	31	19	3	6	1	2	–
12	Slovenia	–	27	27	–	–	–	4	23	–
13	United States	7	20	27	6	1	–	6	14	–
14	Estonia	6	16	22	6	–	–	14	2	–
15	France	20	–	20	19	1	–	–	–	–
16	Canada	14	6	20	10	4	–	3	3	–
17	Czechoslovakia (2 CZE / 1 SVK)	–	12	12	–	–	–	12	–	–
18	Spain	7	–	7	7	–	–	–	–	–
	CIS	–	7	7	–	–	–	7	–	–
20	Ukraine	–	5	5	–	–	–	5	–	–
21	West Germany	1	1	2	1	–	–	1	–	–
	East Germany	–	2	2	–	–	–	2	–	–
	Austria	2	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Slovakia	1	1	2	1	–	–	1	–	–
25	Belarus	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Lithuania	–	1	1	–	–	–	1	–	–
Total		750	753	1503	529	192	29	531	193	29

Note: Team events (relays and team sprints) are not included in the table due to lack of appropriate sources for many relay races prior to 1995/96 World Cup season.

Most World Cup podiums, top 10 results and individual starts

As of 18 March 2018

Active skiers

Men's career podiums

No.	Skier	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1	Petter Northug	38	29	17	84
2	Bjørn Dæhlie	46	23	12	81
3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	30	22	19	71
4	Dario Cologna	26	27	18	71
5	Vladimir Smirnov	30	21	15	66
6	Gunde Svan	30	11	5	46
7	Lukáš Bauer	18	13	7	38
8	Torgny Mogren	13	16	7	37
9	Tor Arne Hetland	13	14	8	35
10	Alexander Legkov	9	9	17	35

Men's career top 10 results

No.	Skier	Top 10
1	Petter Northug	145
2	Dario Cologna	142
3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	116
4	Bjørn Dæhlie	105
5	Alex Harvey	103
6	Lukáš Bauer	99
7	Vladimir Smirnov	98
8	Marcus Hellner	93
9	Alexander Legkov	90
10	Tobias Angerer	84

Men's individual starts

No.	Skier	Race	Tour	Starts
1	Giorgio Di Centa	322	20	342
2	Devon Kershaw	290	29	319
3	Jean-Marc Gaillard	253	28	281
4	Tobias Angerer	260	17	277
5	Alex Harvey	236	26	262
6	Lukáš Bauer	237	18	255
7	Dario Cologna	223	24	247
8	Axel Teichmann	227	14	241
	Jens Filbrich	225	16	241
10	Petter Northug	219	20	239
	Andrew Newell	214	25	239

Ladies' career podiums

No.	Skier	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1	Marit Bjørgen	114	43	27	184
2	Justyna Kowalczyk	50	33	21	104
3	Therese Johaug	42	28	30	100
4	Heidi Weng	11	30	41	82
5	Yelena Välbe	45	20	16	81
6	Stefania Belmondo	23	26	17	66
7	Larisa Lazutina	21	19	22	62
8	Bente Skari	42	13	5	60
9	Charlotte Kalla	12	26	18	56
10	Virpi Kuitunen	27	15	10	52

Ladies' career top 10 results

No.	Skier	Top 10
1	Marit Bjørgen	249
2	Justyna Kowalczyk	198
3	Charlotte Kalla	157
4	Therese Johaug	145
5	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	138
6	Heidi Weng	137
7	Stefania Belmondo	130
8	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	127
9	Larisa Lazutina	120
10	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	118

Ladies' individual starts

No.	Skier	Race	Tour	Starts
1	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	354	24	378
2	Stefanie Böhler	343	27	370
3	Justyna Kowalczyk	319	23	342
4	Marit Bjørgen	303	21	324
5	Valentyna Shevchenko	276	17	293
6	Nicole Fessel	242	23	265
7	Sabina Valbusa	251	5	256
8	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	220	25	245
9	Claudia Nystad	232	10	242
	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	224	18	242

Season records

As of 18 March 2018

Men

Victories per season

No.	Skier	Season	Wins
1	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2016	14
2	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	2018	11
3	Petter Northug	2010	9
	Petter Northug	2013	9
5	Dario Cologna	2012	8
6	Vladimir Smirnov	1994	7
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1997	7
	Lukáš Bauer	2008	7
	Sergey Ustiugov	2017	7
10	Gunde Svan	1989	6
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1992	6
	Vladimir Smirnov	1995	6
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1996	6
	Vladimir Smirnov	1996	6
	Per Elofsson	2001	6
	Ola Vigen Hattestad	2009	6
	Emil Jönsson	2011	6
	Petter Northug	2012	6

Podiums per season

No.	Skier	Season	Top 3
1	Dario Cologna	2012	20
2	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2016	19
3	Petter Northug	2010	16
4	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2017	14
	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	2018	14
5	Dario Cologna	2012	13
	Petter Northug	2013	13
8	Bjørn Dæhlie	1996	12
	Lukáš Bauer	2008	12
	Petter Northug	2012	12

Most points per season

No.	Skier	Season	Points
1	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2016	2634
2	Dario Cologna	2012	2216
3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2017	1626
4	Petter Northug	2010	1621
5	Petter Northug	2016	1602
6	Finn Hågen Krogh	2016	1584
7	Dario Cologna	2011	1566
8	Petter Northug	2013	1561
9	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2014	1538
10	Sergey Ustiugov	2016	1479

Highest overall advantage

No.	Skier	Season	Points
1	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2016	1032
2	Dario Cologna	2012	750
3	Lukáš Bauer	2008	633
4	Petter Northug	2010	600
5	Tobias Angerer	2007	551
6	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2014	530
7	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2017	450
8	Rene Sommerfeldt	2004	350
9	Dario Cologna	2011	330
10	Mathias Fredriksson	2003	287

Ladies

Victories per season

No.	Skier	Season	Wins
1	Marit Bjørgen	2012	17
	Therese Johaug	2016	17
3	Marit Bjørgen	2015	15
4	Bente Skari	2003	14
5	Marit Bjørgen	2011	13
6	Justyna Kowalczyk	2012	11
	Justyna Kowalczyk	2013	11
8	Marit Bjørgen	2005	10
	Virpi Kuitunen	2007	10
10	Yelena Välbe	1995	9
	Petra Majdič	2009	9
	Justyna Kowalczyk	2010	9
	Marit Bjørgen	2013	9
	Marit Bjørgen	2014	9
	Stina Nilsson	2017	9

Podiums per season

No.	Skier	Season	Top 3
1	Marit Bjørgen	2012	29
2	Marit Bjørgen	2015	23
3	Therese Johaug	2016	22
4	Justyna Kowalczyk	2012	21
	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	2016	21
	Heidi Weng	2016	21
	Heidi Weng	2017	21
8	Justyna Kowalczyk	2011	19
9	Justyna Kowalczyk	2010	18
10	Justyna Kowalczyk	2013	17

Most points per season

No.	Skier	Season	Points
1	Marit Bjørgen	2012	2689
2	Therese Johaug	2016	2681
3	Justyna Kowalczyk	2012	2419
4	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	2016	2302
5	Marit Bjørgen	2015	2172
	Heidi Weng	2016	2172
7	Justyna Kowalczyk	2011	2073
8	Justyna Kowalczyk	2010	2064
9	Heidi Weng	2017	2032
10	Justyna Kowalczyk	2013	2017

Highest overall advantage

No.	Skier	Season	Points
1	Marit Bjørgen	2015	784
2	Justyna Kowalczyk	2010	744
3	Marit Bjørgen	2005	569
	Virpi Kuitunen	2007	569
5	Bente Skari	2003	558
6	Justyna Kowalczyk	2013	514
7	Justyna Kowalczyk	2011	495
8	Heidi Weng	2017	414
9	Therese Johaug	2016	379
10	Virpi Kuitunen	2008	297

Consecutive victories and podiums

As of 18 March 2018

Men

Consecutive victories

No.	Skier	Season(s)	Wins
1	Bjørn Dæhlie	1996	5
	Sergey Ustiugov	2017	5
3	Vladimir Smirnov	1994	4
	Vladimir Smirnov	1995	4
	Petter Northug	2009	4
	Lukáš Bauer	2010	4
	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	2018	4
8	Gunde Svan	1985	3
	Gunde Svan	1986	3
	Gunde Svan	1986–1987	3
	Vladimir Smirnov	1991	3
	Vegard Ulvang	1991–1992	3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1992	3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1992	3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1997–1998	3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1999	3
	Mika Myllylä	1999	3
	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2016	3
	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	2017–2018	3

Consecutive podiums

No.	Skier	Season(s)	Top 3
1	Vladimir Smirnov	1995–1996	10
2	Gunde Svan	1985–1986	9
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1995–1996	9
4	Gunde Svan	1984	8
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1997–1998	8
	Thomas Alsgaard	1998	8
7	Bjørn Dæhlie	1994	6
	Vladimir Smirnov	1996	6
	Petter Northug	2009	6
	Dario Cologna	2011	6
	Sergey Ustiugov	2017	6

Ladies

Consecutive victories

No.	Skier	Season(s)	Wins
1	Marit Bjørgen	2015	7
2	Yelena Välbe	1995	6
	Marit Bjørgen	2005–2006	6
	Marit Bjørgen	2012–2013	6
5	Manuela Di Centa	1996	5
	Yelena Välbe	1997	5
	Bente Martinsen^{[nb 2]}	1999	5
	Marit Bjørgen	2012	5
	Therese Johaug	2016	5
10	Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen^{[nb 1]}	1984	4
	Yelena Välbe	1991–1992	4
	Larisa Lazutina	1995	4
	Bente Skari	2003	4
	Marit Bjørgen	2010	4
	Marit Bjørgen	2010–2011	4
	Marit Bjørgen	2011–2012	4

Consecutive podiums

No.	Skier	Season(s)	Top 3
1	Marit Bjørgen	2014–2015	14
2	Yelena Välbe	1997	11
	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	2016	11
4	Justyna Kowalczyk	2012	10
	Marit Bjørgen	2015	10
6	Yelena Välbe	1991–1992	8
	Lyubov Yegorova	1993–1994	8
	Larisa Lazutina	1995	8
	Stefania Belmondo	1997	8
	Heidi Weng	2015	8
	Heidi Weng	2016–2017	8

Youngest and oldest race winners

Active skiers

Men's youngest winners

No.	Skier	Born	Date	Location	Race	Level	Age
1	Petter Northug	06.01.1986	08.03.2006	Falun, Sweden	10 km + 10 km C/F Pursuit	World Cup	20 years 61 days
2	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	22.10.1996	18.02.2017	Otepää, Estonia	1.4 km Sprint F	World Cup	20 years 124 days
3	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	29.04.1961	09.01.1982	Reit im Winkl, West Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup	20 years 255 days
4	Gunde Svan	12.01.1962	19.03.1983	Anchorage, United States	15 km Individual	World Cup	21 years 66 days
5	Alexander Bolshunov	31.12.1996	17.03.2018	Falun, Sweden	15 km C Mass Start	Stage World Cup	21 years 76 days
6	Mikhail Devyatyarov	11.11.1985	21.03.2007	Stockholm, Sweden	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	21 years 130 days
7	Nikolay Morilov	11.08.1986	30.12.2007	Prague, Czech Republic	1.0 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	21 years 141 days
8	Anders Gløersen	22.05.1986	16.12.2007	Rybinsk, Russia	1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	21 years 208 days
9	Per Elofsson	02.04.1977	28.11.1998	Muonio, Finland	10 km F Individual	World Cup	21 years 240 days
10	Sergey Ustiugov	08.04.1992	11.01.2014	Nové Město, Czech Republic	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	21 years 278 days

Ladies' youngest winners

No.	Skier	Born	Date	Location	Race	Level	Age
1	Gaby Nestler	16.02.1967	11.01.1986	Les Saisies, France	10 km F Individual	World Cup	18 years 329 days
2	Pirjo Manninen	08.03.1981	17.12.2000	Brusson, Italy	1.4 km Sprint F	World Cup	19 years 284 days
3	Kateřina Neumannová	15.02.1973	12.12.1992	Ramsau, Austria	5 km C Individual	World Cup	19 years 300 days
4	Brit Pettersen	24.11.1961	13.04.1982	Falun, Sweden	20 km Individual	World Cup	20 years 108 days
5	Simone Greiner-Petter	15.09.1967	15.01.1988	Toblach, Italy	20 km F Individual	World Cup	20 years 122 days
6	Hanna Falk	05.07.1989	05.12.2009	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	20 years 153 days
7	Charlotte Kalla	22.07.1987	06.01.2008	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km F Pursuit	Stage World Cup	20 years 168 days
8	Therese Johaug	25.06.1988	04.01.2009	Val di Fiemme, Italy	9 km F Pursuit Final Climb	Stage World Cup	20 years 193 days
9	Yelena Välbe	20.04.1968	14.12.1988	Campra, Switzerland	15 km F Individual	World Cup	20 years 238 days
10	Yevgeniya Shapovalova	15.06.1986	15.02.2007	Changchun, China	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	20 years 245 days

Men's oldest winners

No.	Skier	Born	Date	Location	Race	Level	Age
1	Harri Kirvesniemi	10.05.1958	11.03.2000	Oslo, Norway	50 km C Individual	World Cup	41 years 306 days
2	Giorgio Di Centa	07.10.1972	05.02.2010	Canmore, Canada	15 km F Individual	World Cup	37 years 121 days
3	Maurilio De Zolt	25.09.1950	21.02.1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	50 km C Individual	World Championships^{[nb 3]}	36 years 149 days
4	Lukáš Bauer	18.08.1977	30.11.2013	Kuusamo, Finland	10 km C Individual	Stage World Cup	36 years 104 days
5	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	06.12.1971	05.01.2008	Val di Fiemme, Italy	20 km C Mass Start	Stage World Cup	36 years 30 days
6	Erling Jevne	24.03.1966	15.12.2001	Davos, Switzerland	15 km C Individual	World Cup	35 years 266 days
7	Fulvio Valbusa	15.02.1969	06.02.2004	La Clusaz, France	15 km F Individual	World Cup	34 years 354 days
8	Tor Arne Hetland	12.01.1974	29.12.2008	Prague, Czech Republic	1.3 km Sprint F	Stage World Cup	34 years 352 days
9	Andrus Veerpalu	08.02.1971	12.03.2005	Oslo, Norway	50 km C Individual	World Cup	34 years 32 days
10	Pietro Piller Cottrer	20.12.1974	17.01.2009	Whistler, Canada	15 km + 15 km C/F Pursuit	World Cup	34 years 29 days

Ladies' oldest winners

No.	Skier	Born	Date	Location	Race	Level	Age
1	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	08.11.1964	07.01.2006	Otepää, Estonia	10 km C Individual	World Cup	41 years 60 days
2	Marit Bjørgen	21.03.1980	11.03.2018	Oslo, Norway	30 km F Mass Start	World Cup	37 years 355 days
3	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	10.09.1955	07.03.1992	Funäsdalen, Sweden	5 km C Individual	World Cup	36 years 179 days
4	Larisa Lazutina	01.06.1965	18.03.2001	Falun, Sweden	10 km C Individual	World Cup	35 years 290 days
5	Nina Gavrylyuk	13.04.1965	27.12.1999	Engelberg, Switzerland	Sprint C	World Cup	34 years 259 days
6	Gabriella Paruzzi	21.06.1969	25.01.2004	Val di Fiemme, Italy	70 km C Mass Start	World Cup	34 years 218 days
7	Anita Moen	31.08.1967	29.12.2001	Salzburg, Austria	Sprint C	World Cup	34 years 120 days
8	Inger Helene Nybråten	08.12.1960	28.01.1995	Lahti, Finland	10 km C Individual	World Cup	34 years 51 days
9	Justyna Kowalczyk	23.01.1983^{[nb 4]}	04.02.2017	Pyeongchang, South Korea	7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Skiathlon	World Cup	34 years 12 days
10	Kateřina Neumannová	15.02.1973	16.02.2007	Changchun, China	10 km F Individual	World Cup	34 years 1 day

Multi winners

Men's double winners

No.	Date	Location	Race	Level	Winners
1	03.02.2007	Davos, Switzerland	15 km C Individual	World Cup	Vincent Vittoz	Toni Livers

Ladies' double winners

No.	Date	Location	Race	Level	Winners
1	20.12.1994	Sappada, Italy	5 km F Individual	World Cup	Nina Gavrylyuk	Yelena Välbe
2	23.11.2002	Kiruna, Sweden	5 km F Individual	World Cup	Kristina Šmigun	Evi Sachenbacher
3	12.02.2005	Reit im Winkl, Germany	10 km F Individual	World Cup	Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova	Olga Zavyalova
4	27.01.2018	Seefeld, Austria	1.1 km Sprint F	World Cup	Sophie Caldwell	Laurien van der Graaff

World Cup all-time records

Men

Category	Season(s)	Skier	Record
Prize money in CHF (single season)	2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	407,200
Overall points	2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	2634
Margin of victory	2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	1032
Overall titles	1992–1999	Bjørn Dæhlie	6
Consecutive overall titles	1984–1986 1995–1997	Gunde Svan Bjørn Dæhlie	3
Sprint titles	2010–2013 2008–2014	Emil Jönsson Ola Vigen Hattestad	3
Distance titles	2011–2018	Dario Cologna	4
All titles	1992–1999 2009–2018	Bjørn Dæhlie Dario Cologna	8
Victories (single season)	2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	14
Sprint victories (single season)	2009 2011	Ola Vigen Hattestad Emil Jönsson	6
Distance victories (single season)	2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	11
Ski tour victories (single season)	2014, 2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	3
Podiums (single season)	2012	Dario Cologna	20
Total victories	1990–1999	Bjørn Dæhlie	46
Sprint victories	2008–2013	Emil Jönsson	16
Distance victories	1990–1999	Bjørn Dæhlie	45
Tour de Ski victories	2009–2018	Dario Cologna	4
Ski tour victories	2014–2017	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	8
Most victories at one venue	1989–1998	Vladimir Smirnov (Lahti)	6
Total podiums	2006–2016	Petter Northug	84
Top 10 results	2006–2017	Petter Northug	145
World Cup starts	1994–2017	Giorgio Di Centa	342
Youngest race winner	2006	Petter Northug	20 y, 61 d
Oldest race winner	2000	Harri Kirvesniemi	41 y, 306 d
Time between the first and the last victory	1982–2000	Harri Kirvesniemi	17 y, 358 d
Consecutive wins (all/participated races)	1996 2017	Bjørn Dæhlie Sergey Ustiugov	5
Consecutive wins (sprint)	2008–2009	Ola Vigen Hattestad	4
Consecutive wins (distance)	1996 2016	Bjørn Dæhlie Martin Johnsrud Sundby	5
Consecutive podiums (all races)	1995–1996	Vladimir Smirnov	10

Ladies

Category	Season(s)	Skier	Record
Prize money in CHF (single season)	2016	Therese Johaug	430,700
Overall points	2012	Marit Bjørgen	2689
Margin of victory	2015	Marit Bjørgen	784
Overall titles	1989–1997	Yelena Välbe	5
Consecutive overall titles	1986–1988 2009–2011	Marjo Matikainen Justyna Kowalczyk	3
Sprint titles	1998–2002 2003–2015	Bente Skari (consecutive) Marit Bjørgen	5
Distance titles	2009–2013	Justyna Kowalczyk	4
All titles	2003–2015	Marit Bjørgen	12
Victories (single season)	2012 2016	Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug	17
Sprint victories (single season)	2009 2016	Petra Majdič Maiken Caspersen Falla	8
Distance victories (single season)	2016	Therese Johaug	14
Ski tour victories (single season)	2016	Therese Johaug	3
Podiums (single season)	2012	Marit Bjørgen	29
Total victories	2003–2018	Marit Bjørgen	114
Sprint victories	2003–2015	Marit Bjørgen	40
Distance victories	2005–2018	Marit Bjørgen	62
Tour de Ski victories	2010–2013	Justyna Kowalczyk (consecutive)	4
Ski tour victories	2014–2017	Marit Bjørgen	12
Most victories at one venue	2006–2018	Marit Bjørgen (Ruka/Kuusamo)	12
Total podiums	2003–2018	Marit Bjørgen	184
Top 10 results	2003–2018	Marit Bjørgen	249
World Cup starts	1998–2018	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	378
Youngest race winner	1986	Gaby Nestler	18 y, 329 d
Oldest race winner	2006	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	41 y, 60 d
Time between the first and the last victory	2003–2018	Marit Bjørgen	15 y, 136 d
Consecutive wins (all races)	2015	Marit Bjørgen	7
Consecutive wins (participated races)	2003	Bente Skari	10
Consecutive wins (sprint)	2004–2005	Marit Bjørgen	11
Consecutive wins (distance)	2016	Therese Johaug	7
Consecutive podiums (all races)	2014–2015	Marit Bjørgen	14

World Cup scoring system

1981/82 season to 2005/06 season

Seasons	Races	Place
Seasons	Races	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

1981/82–1984/85	Individual	26	22	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	points were not awarded
1981/82–1984/85	Relay																					points were not awarded

1985/86–1991/92	Individual	25	20	15	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	points were not awarded
1985/86–1991/92	Relay																points were not awarded

1992/93–2005/06	Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	Team Sprint^[a]	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	Relay	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

a. ¹ Team sprint discipline was first introduced in 1995/96 season.

2006/07 season to present

Races	Place
Races	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30

Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Team Sprint	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Nordic Opening^[a]	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
World Cup Final^[b]
Relay

Tour de Ski^[c]	400	320	240	200	180	160	144	128	116	104	96	88	80	72	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4
Ski Tour Canada^[d]	400	320	240	200	180	160	144	128	116	104	96	88	80	72	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4

Stage Nordic Opening^[a]	50	46	43	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Stage World Cup Final^[b]
Stage Tour de Ski^[c]
Stage Ski Tour Canada^[d]

Bonus points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	points were not awarded

a. ¹ ² Nordic Opening is held annually since 2010/11 season.

b. ¹ ² World Cup Final is held since 2007/08 season, except 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons. The stages of its first edition were not counted as a Stage World Cup race, hence no World Cup points were awarded.

c. ¹ ² Tour de Ski is held annually since 2006/07 season. World Cup points were not awarded for the stage races in its first edition.

d. ¹ ² Ski Tour Canada was held only in 2015/16 season.

World Cup hosts

Country	Place	Seasons
Country	Place	'82	'83	'84	'85	'86	'87	'88	'89	'90	'91	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'06	'07	'08	'09	'10	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18	'19
Austria	Kitzbühel																		•
	Linz																						•
	Ramsau			•			•		•				•					•	•			•	•	•	•
	Salzburg																					•
	Seefeld				•											•			•																			•
	Tauplitzalm										•				•
Bulgaria	Vitosha				•
Canada	Calgary						•	•		•
	Canmore																									•		•		•			•			•
	Gatineau																																			•
	Labrador City		•			•
	Montreal																																			•
	Quebec City																																•			•	•		•
	Silver Star											•
	Thunder Bay									•		•		•	•
	Vernon																									•
	Whistler																												•
China	Changchun																									•	•
Czech Republic^[a]	Liberec																											•			•		•
	Prague																								•			•	•	•
	Nové Město				•	•			•						•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	CNX	•	•			•		•		•
Czechoslovakia	Stachy, Zadov		•
Estonia	Otepää																		•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			•		•		•
Finland	Kuopio																				•	•
	Kuusamo/Ruka																						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Lahti	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•
	Muonio																		•
	Rovaniemi							•
	Vantaa																		•
	Vuokatti															•
France	Albertville											•
	Autrans			•
	La Bresse	•				•
	La Clusaz							•																•			•		•		•		•				•
	La Forclaz								•
	Lamoura-Mouthe																			•
	Les Saisies					•					•
Germany	Dresden																																					•	•
	Düsseldorf																						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Furtwangen	•
	Garmisch-Partenkirchen																		•	•		•
	Klingenthal	•	•		•	•			•		•
	Munich																										•
	Oberhof																						•						•	•	•	•	•	•
	Oberstdorf					•	•										•							•		•	•				•	•			•	•	•	•	•
	Reit im Winkl	•	•	•				•		•						•							•		•
Italy	Aosta																										CNX
	Asiago																			•	•	•	•		•		•	•						•
	Bormio																			•								•
	Brusson	•														•	•				•	•
	Clusone																				•		•
	Cogne/Val d'Aosta				•		•					•	•									•	•				•												•
	Cortina d'Ampezzo																													•	•	•	•	•	•
	Kastelruth	•						•
	Milan																	•	•													•
	Pragelato																							•	•
	Santa Caterina													•		•					•
	Sappada														•					•
	Toblach							•						•					•					•						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Val di Fiemme									•	•			•				•				•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Val di Sole				•		•		•
	Valdidentro																												•
Japan	Sapporo														•											•
Japan	Hakuba																•
Norway	Beitostølen																	•			•			•		•		•		•									•
	Drammen																						•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Lillehammer												•	•						•		•												•	•	•	•	•	•
	Oslo	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Sjusjøen																															•
	Trondheim									•						•	•			•				•					•
	Vang									•		•
Poland	Szklarska Poręba																															•		•
Russia^[b]	Kavgolovo		•	•		•	•	•	•			•	•	•		•	•	•			•		•
	Moscow									•										•												•
	Rybinsk																										•	•	•	•	•	•			•
	Sochi																																•
Slovakia^[a]	Strbske Pleso	•		•				•			•		•			•
Slovenia^[c]	Bohinj					•		•	•	•			•
	Planica																																			•		•
	Rogla																													•		•
South Korea	Pyeongchang																																				•
Soviet Union	Minsk										•
	Murmansk			•
	Saint Petersburg^[d]							•
	Syktyvkar				•
Sweden	Borlänge																				•		•			•
	Falun	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•
	Funäsdalen											•
	Gothenburg																								•
	Gällivare															•									•		•		•		•		•
	Kiruna	•													•		•			•			•
	Mora																									•
	Sollefteå									•
	Stockholm																			•		•		•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•			•
	Sunne																•
	Ulricehamn																																				•		•
	Umeå																							•
	Örnsköldsvik									•
	Östersund														•																				•
Switzerland	Bern																								•
	Campra								•	•
	Davos		•		•		•	•	•		•			•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Engelberg																		•	•	•
	Lenzerheide																																	•		•		•
	Le Brassus	•
	Pontresina									•
	Ulrichen												•							•
	Val Müstair																																•		•		•		•
United States	Anchorage		•
	Biwabik					•
	Fairbanks			•
	Salt Lake City									•
	Soldier Hollow																				•
Yugoslavia	Sarajevo		•	•

a. ¹ ² As Czechoslovakia until 1992.

b. ¹ As Soviet Union until 1991.

c. ¹ As Yugoslavia until 1991.

d. ¹ As Leningrad until 1991.

World Cup Finals

'08 – Bormio, Italy
'09 – Stockholm/Falun, Sweden
'10 – Stockholm/Falun, Sweden
'11 – Stockholm/Falun, Sweden
'12 – Stockholm/Falun, Sweden

'13 – Stockholm/Falun, Sweden
'14 – Falun, Sweden
'15 – N/A
'16 – 2016 Ski Tour Canada
'17 – Quebec City, Canada

'18 – Falun, Sweden
'19 – Quebec City, Canada
'20 – Canmore, Canada
'21 – Beijing, China

Footnotes

1 2 3 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen married with Harri Kirvesniemi in 1984 and have used her married name since then.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bente Martinsen married with Geir Skari in 1999 and have used her married name since then.
↑ Until 1999 World Championships and 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
↑ Kowalczyk stated in an interview that she was in fact born on 19 January 1983, but a registrar mistakenly noted 23 January, which wasn't officially corrected. Hence, her registered birthday at FIS is used in computing her age.

References

↑ "31st Bariloche (ARG) 1977". FIS. April 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

External links

Official website
Cross-Country at FIS-Ski.com

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[kirvesniemi-2] 1 2 3 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen married with Harri Kirvesniemi in 1984 and have used her married name since then.

[skari-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bente Martinsen married with Geir Skari in 1999 and have used her married name since then.

[partofworldcup-4] Until 1999 World Championships and 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

[kowalczykbirth-5] Kowalczyk stated in an interview that she was in fact born on 19 January 1983, but a registrar mistakenly noted 23 January, which wasn't officially corrected. Hence, her registered birthday at FIS is used in computing her age.

[1] "31st Bariloche (ARG) 1977". FIS. April 1977. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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