The Ski Jumping World Cup 1985/86 (official name: FIS Ski Jumping World Cup 1985/86 ) was one of the International Ski Federation FIS between December 7, 1985 and 23 March 1986 discharged at 19 different locations in Europe, North America and Asia series of competitions in ski jumping . The World Cup consisted of 25 individual competitions, all of which could be carried out as planned. The victory in the overall standings went to the Finnish defending champion Matti Nykänen this season , it was his third victory overall, followed by the two Austrians Ernst Vettori and Andreas Felder in second and third place . Austria won the Nations Cup ahead of the team from Finland and Norway that had won last year .
World Cup points were awarded for places 1 to 15 (1st place = 25 points, 2nd place = 20 points, 3rd place = 15 points, from 4th to 15th place, 12 points to 1 point, descending). There were struck out results. To this end, the season was divided into two halves. From the competitions in December and January only the five best results of an athlete were counted. The six best results of an athlete from the competitions in February and March were assessed, with a maximum of two of the three competitions in Switzerland (St. Moritz, Gstaad, Engelberg) and a maximum of five of all competitions in the second half of the season before the season finale in Planica were rated.
For the nation ranking, all points were taken into account (no deletion results).
Points that were deducted from a jumper as a cancellation result are indicated in brackets, if applicable.
World Cup 1985/86 
Matti Nykänen
Ernst Vettori
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