List of World Cup winners in cross-country skiing

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The list of World Cup winners in cross-country skiing gives an overview of all winners as well as the second and third places in the overall rankings in the cross-country skiing World Cup since the first edition. Both the winners of the overall world cup and the winners of the discipline world cup sprints and distance races are listed. The statistics on the most successful athletes / nations list all athletes who were able to win the overall World Cup or the Discipline World Cup at least once. Furthermore, evaluations of the athletes with the most victories or the youngest and oldest winners in World Cup competitions are listed.

The Cross-Country Skiing World Cup is a series of cross-country skiing competitions held throughout the winter in Europe , North America and Asia . The races are organized by the World Ski Federation FIS . The first officially recognized World Cup was held in the 1981/82 season. Before that, there had been unofficial World Cup events since the 1973/74 season. In addition to the overall World Cup, there have been separate discipline World Cups for sprint races and, with interruptions, for distance races since the 1996/97 season. The best 30 athletes of each World Cup competition win World Cup points according to the FIS point system . Whoever has the most points at the end of the season decides the overall World Cup or the discipline World Cup for themselves.

Overall World Cup winner

All results of sprint and distance world cup races are counted towards the overall World Cup. The Tour de Ski has been held since the 2006/07 season . This competition is also part of the World Cup.

Men

season winner Second Third
1973/74 ¹ NorwayNorway Ivar Formo FinlandFinland Juha Mieto SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edi Hauser
1974/75 ¹ NorwayNorway Oddvar Brå NorwayNorway Odd Martinsen FinlandFinland Juha Mieto
1975/76 ¹ FinlandFinland Juha Mieto FinlandFinland Arto Koivisto NorwayNorway Ivar Formo
1976/77 ¹ SwedenSweden Thomas Wassberg FinlandFinland Juha Mieto SwedenSweden Thomas Magnusson
1977/78 ¹ SwedenSweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck NorwayNorway Lars Erik Eriksen NorwayNorway Magne Myrmo
1978/79 ² NorwayNorway Oddvar Brå NorwayNorway Lars Erik Eriksen SwedenSweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck
1979/80 ¹ FinlandFinland Juha Mieto SwedenSweden Thomas Wassberg NorwayNorway Lars Erik Eriksen
1980 /81² Soviet UnionSoviet Union Alexander Zavyalov NorwayNorway Oddvar Brå NorwayNorway Ove Aunli
1981/82 United StatesUnited States Bill Koch SwedenSweden Thomas Wassberg FinlandFinland Harri Kirvesniemi
1982/83 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Alexander Zavyalov SwedenSweden Gunde Svan United StatesUnited States Bill Koch
1983/84 SwedenSweden Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Thomas Wassberg FinlandFinland Harri Kirvesniemi
1984/85 SwedenSweden Gunde Svan NorwayNorway Håkon Holte gate NorwayNorway Ove Aunli
1985/86 SwedenSweden Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Torgny Mogren Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vladimir Smirnov
1986/87 SwedenSweden Torgny Mogren SwedenSweden Thomas Wassberg SwedenSweden Gunde Svan
1987/88 SwedenSweden Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Torgny Mogren NorwayNorway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
1988/89 SwedenSweden Gunde Svan NorwayNorway Vegard Ulvang SwedenSweden Torgny Mogren
1989/90 NorwayNorway Vegard Ulvang SwedenSweden Gunde Svan NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie
1990/91 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vladimir Smirnov SwedenSweden Torgny Mogren NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie
1991/92 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayNorway Vegard Ulvang Soviet UnionSoviet Union Vladimir Smirnov
1992/93 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov NorwayNorway Vegard Ulvang
1993/94 KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie FinlandFinland Jari Isometsä
1994/95 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov ItalyItaly Silvio Fauner
1995/96 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov FinlandFinland Jari Isometsä
1996/97 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie FinlandFinland Mika Myllyl ItalyItaly Fulvio Valbusa
1997/98 NorwayNorway Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov
1998/99 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie AustriaAustria Mikhail Botvinov FinlandFinland Mika Myllyl
1999/2000 SpainSpain Johann Mühlegg FinlandFinland Jari Isometsä NorwayNorway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2000/01 SwedenSweden Per Elofsson SpainSpain Johann Mühlegg NorwayNorway Thomas Alsgaard
2001/02 SwedenSweden Per Elofsson NorwayNorway Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Aukland is different
2002/03 SwedenSweden Mathias Fredriksson GermanyGermany René Sommerfeldt SwedenSweden Jörgen Brink
2003/04 GermanyGermany René Sommerfeldt SwedenSweden Mathias Fredriksson NorwayNorway Jens Arne Svartedal
2004/05 GermanyGermany Axel Teichmann FranceFrance Vincent Vittoz NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland
2005/06 GermanyGermany Tobias Angerer NorwayNorway Jens Arne Svartedal NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland
2006/07 GermanyGermany Tobias Angerer RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov NorwayNorway Eldar Rønning
2007/08 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Bauer GermanyGermany René Sommerfeldt ItalyItaly Pietro Piller Cottrer
2008/09 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Petter Northug NorwayNorway Ola Vigen Hattestad
2009/10 NorwayNorway Petter Northug Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Bauer SwedenSweden Marcus Hellner
2010/11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Petter Northug SwedenSweden Daniel Richardsson
2011/12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna CanadaCanada Devon Kershaw NorwayNorway Petter Northug
2012/13 NorwayNorway Petter Northug RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna
2013/14 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov CanadaCanada Alex Harvey
2014/15 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Petter Northug SwedenSweden Calle Halfvarsson
2015/16 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby NorwayNorway Petter Northug NorwayNorway Finn Hågen Krogh
2016/17 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby RussiaRussia Sergey Ustiugov CanadaCanada Alex Harvey
2017/18 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2018/19 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo RussiaRussia Alexander Bolshunov NorwayNorway Sjur Røthe

¹ Unofficial World Cup
² Trial World Cup

Women

season winner Second Third
1978/79 ¹ Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Galina Kulakova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Zinaida Amosova
1979/80 not carried out
1980/81 ¹ Soviet UnionSoviet Union Raisa Smetanina NorwayNorway Berit Aunli CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Květa Jeriová
1981/82 NorwayNorway Berit Aunli NorwayNorway Brit Pettersen CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Květa Jeriová
1982/83 FinlandFinland Marja-Liisa Hämälainen NorwayNorway Brit Pettersen CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Květa Jeriová
1983/84 FinlandFinland Marja-Liisa Hämälainen Soviet UnionSoviet Union Raisa Smetanina NorwayNorway Anne years
1984/85 NorwayNorway Anette Bøe NorwayNorway Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo NorwayNorway Brit Pettersen
1985/86 FinlandFinland Marjo Matikainen NorwayNorway Marianne Dahlmo NorwayNorway Brit Pettersen
1986/87 FinlandFinland Marjo Matikainen Soviet UnionSoviet Union Anfissa Reszowa NorwayNorway Marianne Dahlmo
1987/88 FinlandFinland Marjo Matikainen SwedenSweden Marie-Helene Westin FinlandFinland Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi ²
1988/89 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Jelena Välbe CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Alžbeta Havrančíková Soviet UnionSoviet Union Tamara Tikhonova
1989/90 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Larissa Lasutina Soviet UnionSoviet Union Jelena Välbe NorwayNorway Trude Dybendahl
1990/91 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Jelena Välbe ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo Soviet UnionSoviet Union Lyubov Egorova
1991/92 RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Lyubov Egorova
1992/93 RussiaRussia Lyubov Egorova RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo
1993/94 ItalyItaly Manuela Di Centa RussiaRussia Lyubov Egorova RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe
1994/95 RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe RussiaRussia Nina Gavriljuk RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
1995/96 ItalyItaly Manuela Di Centa RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
1996/97 RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
1997/98 RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo
1998/99 NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Nina Gavriljuk
1999/2000 NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
2000/01 RussiaRussia Yulia Chepalova NorwayNorway Bente Skari ³ RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
2001/02 NorwayNorway Bente Skari ³ Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo
2002/03 NorwayNorway Bente Skari ³ EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun ItalyItaly Gabriella Paruzzi
2003/04 ItalyItaly Gabriella Paruzzi NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen UkraineUkraine Valentyna Shevchenko
2004/05 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen
2005/06 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen CanadaCanada Beckie Scott RussiaRussia Yulia Chepalova
2006/07 FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
2007/08 FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen NorwayNorway Astrid Jacobsen PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk
2008/09 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič FinlandFinland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2009/10 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič
2010/11 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen ItalyItaly Arianna Follis
2011/12 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Therese Johaug
2012/13 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Therese Johaug United StatesUnited States Kikkan Randall
2013/14 NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Astrid Jacobsen
2014/15 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Heidi Weng
2015/16 NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg NorwayNorway Heidi Weng
2016/17 NorwayNorway Heidi Weng FinlandFinland Krista Pärmäkoski NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2017/18 NorwayNorway Heidi Weng United StatesUnited States Jessica Diggins NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2018/19 NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg RussiaRussia Natalja Neprjajewa NorwayNorway Therese Johaug

¹ Experimental World Cup
² until 1984 under the name Marja-Liisa Hämälainen
³ until 2000 under the name Bente Martinsen

Nations ranking

The nation ranking is the sum of all World Cup points of all athletes in a nation. In addition, the points for relay competitions and team sprints are added. For team sprints, the World Cup points are calculated using the FIS points system. In relay competitions, twice the number of World Cup points is awarded.

season winner Second Third Winner men Winner women
1981/82 NorwayNorway Norway CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
1982/83 NorwayNorway Norway Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
1983/84 NorwayNorway Norway Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
1984/85 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
1985/86 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway
1986/87 SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway
1987/88 SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
1988/89 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
1989/90 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
1990/91 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
1991/92 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1992/93 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1993/94 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1994/95 RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1995/96 RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1996/97 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1997/98 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1998/99 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
1999/2000 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
2000/01 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia
2001/02 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2002/03 NorwayNorway Norway GermanyGermany Germany SwedenSweden Sweden SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway
2003/04 NorwayNorway Norway GermanyGermany Germany ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2004/05 NorwayNorway Norway GermanyGermany Germany RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2005/06 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden GermanyGermany Germany NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2006/07 NorwayNorway Norway GermanyGermany Germany FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway FinlandFinland Finland
2007/08 NorwayNorway Norway FinlandFinland Finland GermanyGermany Germany NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2008/09 NorwayNorway Norway FinlandFinland Finland ItalyItaly Italy NorwayNorway Norway FinlandFinland Finland
2009/10 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2010/11 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2011/12 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway
2012/13 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway
2013/14 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2014/15 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2015/16 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2016/17 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2017/18 NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden RussiaRussia Russia NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway
2018/19 NorwayNorway Norway RussiaRussia Russia SwedenSweden Sweden NorwayNorway Norway NorwayNorway Norway

Winner discipline world cup

Sprint World Cup

The Sprint World Cup has been held since the 1996/97 season. The Sprint World Cup includes all Sprint World Cup events.

Men

season winner Second Third
1996/97 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie ItalyItaly Fulvio Valbusa ItalyItaly Silvio Fauner
1997/98 NorwayNorway Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov
1998/99 NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayNorway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset SwedenSweden Mathias Fredriksson
1999/00 NorwayNorway Morten Brørs NorwayNorway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset NorwayNorway Håvard Solbakken
2000/01 NorwayNorway Jan Jacob Verdenius ItalyItaly Cristian Zorzi NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland
2001/02 NorwayNorway Trond Iversen NorwayNorway Jens Arne Svartedal ItalyItaly Cristian Zorzi
2002/03 SwedenSweden Thobias Fredriksson NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland FinlandFinland Lauri Pyykönen
2003/04 SwedenSweden Thobias Fredriksson NorwayNorway Jens Arne Svartedal NorwayNorway Håvard Bjerkeli
2004/05 NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland NorwayNorway Eldar Rønning NorwayNorway Trond Iversen
2005/06 SwedenSweden Bjorn Lind SwedenSweden Thobias Fredriksson NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland
2006/07 NorwayNorway Jens Arne Svartedal NorwayNorway Trond Iversen SwedenSweden Emil Jonsson
2007/08 NorwayNorway Ola Vigen Hattestad SwedenSweden Emil Jonsson NorwayNorway John Kristian Dahl
2008/09 NorwayNorway Ola Vigen Hattestad ItalyItaly Renato Pasini NorwayNorway Gate Arne Hetland
2009/10 SwedenSweden Emil Jonsson NorwayNorway Petter Northug RussiaRussia Alexei Petukhov
2010/11 SwedenSweden Emil Jonsson NorwayNorway Ola Vigen Hattestad SwedenSweden Jesper Modin
2011/12 SwedenSweden Teodor Peterson RussiaRussia Nikolai Morilov NorwayNorway Eirik Brandsdal
2012/13 SwedenSweden Emil Jonsson NorwayNorway Petter Northug RussiaRussia Nikita Kryukov
2013/14 NorwayNorway Ola Vigen Hattestad NorwayNorway Eirik Brandsdal GermanyGermany Josef Wenzl
2014/15 NorwayNorway Finn Hågen Krogh NorwayNorway Eirik Brandsdal ItalyItaly Federico Pellegrino
2015/16 ItalyItaly Federico Pellegrino NorwayNorway Petter Northug NorwayNorway Finn Hågen Krogh
2016/17 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo ItalyItaly Federico Pellegrino NorwayNorway Sindre Bjørnestad Skar
2017/18 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo ItalyItaly Federico Pellegrino FranceFrance Lucas Chanavat
2018/19 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo ItalyItaly Federico Pellegrino NorwayNorway Eirik Brandsdal

Women

season winner Second Third
1996/97 ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
1997/98 NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen RussiaRussia Larisa Lasutina ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo
1998/99 NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun
1999/2000 NorwayNorway Bente Martinsen NorwayNorway Anita Moen EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun
2000/01 NorwayNorway Bente Skari FinlandFinland Pirjo Manninen GermanyGermany Manuela Henkel
2001/02 NorwayNorway Bente Skari NorwayNorway Anita Moen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová
2002/03 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Bente Skari FinlandFinland Pirjo Manninen
2003/04 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen ItalyItaly Gabriella Paruzzi SwedenSweden Anna Dahlberg
2004/05 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen SwedenSweden Anna Dahlberg
2005/06 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Ella Gjømle CanadaCanada Beckie Scott
2006/07 FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič RussiaRussia Natalia Matveeva
2007/08 SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič NorwayNorway Astrid Jacobsen FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen
2008/09 SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič ItalyItaly Arianna Follis FinlandFinland Pirjo Murans
2009/10 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič
2010/11 SloveniaSlovenia Petra Majdič ItalyItaly Arianna Follis United StatesUnited States Kikkan Randall
2011/12 United StatesUnited States Kikkan Randall NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen
2012/13 United StatesUnited States Kikkan Randall PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2013/14 United StatesUnited States Kikkan Randall GermanyGermany Denise Herrmann NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen
2014/15 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla
2015/16 NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson
2016/17 NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson SwedenSweden Hanna Falk
2017/18 NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson United StatesUnited States Sophie Caldwell
2018/19 SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson NorwayNorway Maiken Caspersen Falla SwedenSweden Maja Dahlqvist

Distance World Cup

The Distance World Cup was also introduced with the 1996/97 season. Between 1996 and 1999, the Distance World Cup was held under the name Long Distance World Cup and included all World Cup races that were not held as sprint races. In the 1999/2000 season, the Distance World Cup was divided into the Long Distance World Cup and the Middle Distance World Cup. A year later, the World Cups for distance races were discontinued and only held again from the 2003/04 season. Since then, the Distance World Cup has included all races over 5 kilometers in length. The overall ranking of stage events such as Tour de Ski are not included.

Men

season winner Second Third
1996 / 97¹ FinlandFinland Mika Myllyl NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie KazakhstanKazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov
1997/98¹ NorwayNorway Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie FinlandFinland Mika Myllyl
1998/99 ¹ AustriaAustria Mikhail Botvinov NorwayNorway Bjørn Dæhlie FinlandFinland Mika Myllyl
Not played from the 1999/2000 season to the 2002/03 season
2003/04 GermanyGermany René Sommerfeldt SwedenSweden Mathias Fredriksson NorwayNorway Frode Estil
2004/05 GermanyGermany Axel Teichmann FranceFrance Vincent Vittoz GermanyGermany Tobias Angerer
2005/06 GermanyGermany Tobias Angerer FranceFrance Vincent Vittoz SwedenSweden Södergren is different
2006/07 GermanyGermany Tobias Angerer FranceFrance Vincent Vittoz NorwayNorway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2007/08 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Bauer ItalyItaly Pietro Piller Cottrer GermanyGermany René Sommerfeldt
2008/09 ItalyItaly Pietro Piller Cottrer SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Petter Northug
2009/10 NorwayNorway Petter Northug Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Bauer SwedenSweden Marcus Hellner
2010/11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna SwedenSweden Daniel Richardsson Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Bauer
2011/12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna CanadaCanada Devon Kershaw RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov
2012/13 RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Petter Northug
2013/14 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby RussiaRussia Alexander Legkov SwedenSweden Daniel Richardsson
2014/15 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby RussiaRussia Yevgeny Below
2015/16 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby FranceFrance Maurice Manificat NorwayNorway Niklas Dyrhaug
2016/17 NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby CanadaCanada Alex Harvey FinlandFinland Matti Heikkinen
2017/18 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dario Cologna NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby NorwayNorway Hans Christer Holund
2018/19 RussiaRussia Alexander Bolshunov NorwayNorway Sjur Røthe NorwayNorway Martin Johnsrud Sundby

¹ Carried out under the name of the Long Distance World Cup

Women

season winner Second Third
1996 / 97¹ RussiaRussia Jelena Välbe ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Nina Gavriljuk
1997/98¹ RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Olga Danilova
1998/99 ¹ EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
Not played from the 1999/2000 season to the 2002/03 season
2003/04 UkraineUkraine Valentyna Shevchenko ItalyItaly Gabriella Paruzzi EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun
2004/05 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun
2005/06 RussiaRussia Yulia Chepalova Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová CanadaCanada Beckie Scott
2006/07 FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen Czech RepublicCzech Republic Kateřina Neumannová FinlandFinland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2007/08 FinlandFinland Virpi Kuitunen UkraineUkraine Valentyna Shevchenko PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk
2008/09 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk FinlandFinland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen ItalyItaly Marianna Longa
2009/10 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Kristin Størmer Steira
2010/11 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Therese Johaug
2011/12 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Therese Johaug
2012/13 PolandPoland Justyna Kowalczyk NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Kristin Størmer Steira
2013/14 NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen FinlandFinland Kerttu Niskanen
2014/15 NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Heidi Weng
2015/16 NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2016/17 NorwayNorway Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen FinlandFinland Krista Pärmäkoski
2017/18 NorwayNorway Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg United StatesUnited States Jessica Diggins
2018/19 NorwayNorway Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg RussiaRussia Natalja Neprjajewa

¹ Carried out under the name of the Long Distance World Cup

Middle and long distance World Cup

The Middle Distance World Cup and the Long Distance World Cup were held once in the 1999/2000 season . For women, all races from 5 to 10 kilometers counted for the middle distance World Cup and all races over 15 kilometers in length for the long distance World Cup. For the men, all races from 10 to 15 kilometers counted for the middle distance World Cup and all races over 30 kilometers in length for the long distance World Cup.

Middle and long distance World Cup in the 1999/2000 season
winner Second Third
Middle
distance
Men FinlandFinland Jari Isometsä SpainSpain Johann Mühlegg SwedenSweden Per Elofsson
Women EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun ItalyItaly Stefania Belmondo RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina
Long
distance
Men SpainSpain Johann Mühlegg RussiaRussia Mikhail Ivanov AustriaAustria Mikhail Botvinov
Women RussiaRussia Larissa Lasutina EstoniaEstonia Kristina Šmigun RussiaRussia Olga Danilova

U23 World Cup

The U23 World Cup has been held since the 2014/15 season.

Men

season winner Second Third
2014/15 ItalyItaly Francesco De Fabiani RussiaRussia Sergei Ustyugov NorwayNorway Sondre Turvoll Fossli
2015/16 ItalyItaly Francesco De Fabiani NorwayNorway Sondre Turvoll Fossli FranceFrance Richard Jouve
2016/17 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo SwedenSweden Jens Burman FranceFrance Lucas Chanavat
2017/18 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo RussiaRussia Alexander Bolshunov RussiaRussia Alexei Chervotkin
2018/19 NorwayNorway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo RussiaRussia Alexander Bolshunov RussiaRussia Denis Spizow

Women

season winner Second Third
2014/15 SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson AustriaAustria Teresa Stadlober SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nathalie von Siebenthal
2015/16 SwedenSweden Stina Nilsson SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nathalie von Siebenthal AustriaAustria Teresa Stadlober
2016/17 SloveniaSlovenia Anamarija Lampič RussiaRussia Yulia Belorukova SwitzerlandSwitzerland Nadine Fähndrich
2017/18 RussiaRussia Natalja Neprjajewa RussiaRussia Anastasija Sedova SwedenSweden Ebba Andersson
2018/19 SwedenSweden Ebba Andersson NorwayNorway Tiril Udnes Weng RussiaRussia Maria Istomina

Most successful athletes and nations

Overall World Cup

The athletes who have won the overall World Cup at least once are listed below.

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  • Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of overall World Cup victories. If the number is the same, the second places are compared and then the third places.
  • Name: gives the name of the athlete.
  • Country: Name the country for which the athlete started.
  • From: The year in which the athlete was able to place in the top three of the overall World Cup for the first time.
  • Until: The year in which the athlete was able to place in the top three of the overall World Cup for the last time.
  • Winner: states the number of overall World Cup victories .
  • Second: states the number of second places.
  • Third: states the number of third places.
  • Overall: states the number of podium placements in the overall World Cup.
  • Athletes in bold are currently active.

Men

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayNorway Norway 1990 1999 6th 2 2 10
2 Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Sweden 1983 1990 5 2 1 8th
3 Dario Cologna SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2009 2018 4th 1 1 6th
4th Martin Johnsrud Sundby NorwayNorway Norway 2014 2018 3 0 1 4th
5 Petter Northug NorwayNorway Norway 2009 2016 2 4th 1 7th
6th Vladimir Smirnov KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1986 1998 2 3 3 8th
7th Juha Mieto FinlandFinland Finland 1974 1980 2 1 1 4th
8th Oddvar Brå NorwayNorway Norway 1974 1981 2 1 0 3
9 Tobias Angerer GermanyGermany Germany 2006 2007 2 0 0 2
9 Per Elofsson SwedenSweden Sweden 2001 2002 2 0 0 2
9 Alexander Zavyalov Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 1981 1983 2 0 0 2
12 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo NorwayNorway Norway 2018 2019 2 0 0 2
13 Thomas Wassberg SwedenSweden Sweden 1977 1987 1 4th 0 5
14th Torgny Mogren SwedenSweden Sweden 1986 1991 1 3 1 5
15th Vegard Ulvang NorwayNorway Norway 1989 1993 1 2 1 4th
16 Rene Sommerfeldt GermanyGermany Germany 2003 2008 1 2 0 3
17th Lukáš Bauer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 2008 2010 1 1 0 2
17th Mathias Fredriksson SwedenSweden Sweden 2003 2004 1 1 0 2
17th Johann Mühlegg SpainSpain Spain 2000 2001 1 1 0 2
20th Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Norway 1998 2001 1 0 1 2
20th Bill Koch United StatesUnited States United States 1982 1983 1 0 1 2
20th Sven-Åke Lundbäck NorwayNorway Norway 1978 1979 1 0 1 2
23 Ivar Formo NorwayNorway Norway 1974 1974 1 0 0 1
23 Axel Teichmann GermanyGermany Germany 2005 2005 1 0 0 1

Status: end of season 2018/19

Women

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Jelena Välbe RussiaRussia Russia 1989 1997 5 3 1 9
2 Bente Skari 1 NorwayNorway Norway 1998 2003 4th 2 0 6th
3 Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Norway 2004 2015 4th 5 0 9
4th Justyna Kowalczyk PolandPoland Poland 2008 2013 4th 1 1 6th
5 Marjo Matikainen FinlandFinland Finland 1986 1988 3 0 0 3
6th Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Norway 2012 2019 2 2 2 6th
7th Larissa Lasutina RussiaRussia Russia 1990 2001 2 0 4th 6th
8th Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Norway 2015 2018 2 0 2 4th
9 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi FinlandFinland Finland 1983 1988 2 0 1 3
9 Virpi Kuitunen FinlandFinland Finland 2005 2008 2 0 1 3
11 Manuela Di Centa ItalyItaly Italy 1994 1996 2 0 0 2
12 Raisa Smetanina Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 1979 1984 1 2 0 3
13 Lyubov Egorova RussiaRussia Russia 1991 1994 1 1 2 4th
13 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg NorwayNorway Norway 2016 2019 1 1 2 4th
15th Berit Aunli NorwayNorway Norway 1981 1982 1 1 0 2
16 Gabriella Paruzzi ItalyItaly Italy 2003 2004 1 0 1 2
17th Yulia Chepalova RussiaRussia Russia 2001 2006 1 0 1 2
18th Anette Bøe NorwayNorway Norway 1985 1985 1 0 0 1
18th Galina Kulakova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 1979 1979 1 0 0 1

1 to 2000 under the name Bente Martinsen

Status: end of season 2018/19

Nations

The nations that were among the top three in the nation ranking at least once at the end of a season are listed below.

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  • Place: Indicates the order of the nations. This is determined by the number of overall World Cup victories. If the number is the same, the second places are compared and then the third places.
  • Country: gives the name of the nation.
  • Winner: states the number of victories in the nation ranking.
  • Second: states the number of second places in the nation ranking.
  • Third: states the number of third places in the nation ranking.
  • Overall: states the number of podium finishes in the nation ranking.
  • Winner M: Indicates the number of victories in the men's national ranking.
  • Winner F: Indicates the number of victories in the national ranking of women.
space Surname winner Second Third total Winner M Winner F
1 NorwayNorway Norway 31 5 2 38 31 22nd
2 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3 3 3 9 0 4th
3 RussiaRussia Russia 2 16 3 21st 2 10
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 2 7th 12 21st 5 0
5 GermanyGermany Germany 0 4th 2 6th 0 0
6th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1 0 0
7th ItalyItaly Italy 0 0 12 12 0 0
8th FinlandFinland Finland 0 2 4th 6th 0 2

Status: end of season 2018/19

Sprint World Cup

The athletes who have won the Sprint World Cup at least once are listed below.

Men

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Emil Jonsson SwedenSweden Sweden 2007 2013 3 1 1 5
2 Ola Vigen Hattestad NorwayNorway Norway 2008 2014 3 1 0 4th
3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo NorwayNorway Norway 2017 2019 3 0 0 3
4th Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayNorway Norway 1997 1999 2 1 0 3
4th Thobias Fredriksson SwedenSweden Sweden 2003 2006 2 1 0 3
6th Gate Arne Hetland NorwayNorway Norway 1999 2009 1 2 3 6th
7th Federico Pellegrino ItalyItaly Italy 2015 2019 1 3 1 5
8th Jens Arne Svartedal NorwayNorway Norway 2002 2007 1 2 0 3
9 Trond Iversen NorwayNorway Norway 2002 2007 1 1 1 3
10 Finn Hågen Krogh NorwayNorway Norway 2015 2016 1 0 1 2
11 Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Norway 1998 1998 1 0 0 1
11 Morten Brørs NorwayNorway Norway 2000 2000 1 0 0 1
11 Bjorn Lind SwedenSweden Sweden 2006 2006 1 0 0 1
11 Teodor Peterson SwedenSweden Sweden 2012 2012 1 0 0 1
11 Jan Jacob Verdenius NorwayNorway Norway 2001 2001 1 0 0 1

Status: end of season 2018/19

Women

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Norway 2003 2015 5 1 2 8th
2 Bente Skari 1 NorwayNorway Norway 1998 2003 5 1 0 6th
3 Petra Majdič SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 2007 2011 3 1 1 5
3 Maiken Caspersen Falla NorwayNorway Norway 2012 2019 3 1 1 5
5 Kikkan Randall United StatesUnited States United States 2011 2014 3 0 1 4th
6th Virpi Kuitunen FinlandFinland Finland 2005 2008 1 1 1 3
7th Stefania Belmondo ItalyItaly Italy 1997 1998 1 0 1 2
8th Justyna Kowalczyk PolandPoland Poland 2010 2010 1 0 0 1
8th Stina Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden 2019 2019 1 0 0 1

1 to 2000 under the name Bente Martinsen

Status: end of season 2018/19

Distance World Cup

The athletes who have won the Distance World Cup at least once are listed below. For the 1999/2000 season, both the Long Distance World Cup and the Middle Distance World Cup are included in the rating.

Men

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Dario Cologna SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2009 2018 4th 2 0 6th
2 Martin Johnsrud Sundby NorwayNorway Norway 2014 2019 3 2 1 6th
3 Tobias Angerer GermanyGermany Germany 2005 2007 2 0 1 3
4th Lukáš Bauer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 2008 2011 1 1 1 3
5 Johann Mühlegg SpainSpain Spain 2000 2000 1 1 0 2
5 Pietro Piller Cottrer ItalyItaly Italy 2008 2009 1 1 0 2
7th Mika Myllyl FinlandFinland Finland 1997 1999 1 0 2 3
7th Petter Northug NorwayNorway Norway 2009 2013 1 0 2 3
9 Mikhail Botvinov AustriaAustria Austria 1999 2000 1 0 1 2
9 Alexander Legkov RussiaRussia Russia 2012 2013 1 0 1 2
9 Rene Sommerfeldt GermanyGermany Germany 2004 2008 1 0 1 2
12 Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Norway 1998 1998 1 0 0 1
12 Jari Isometsä FinlandFinland Finland 2000 2000 1 0 0 1
12 Axel Teichmann GermanyGermany Germany 2005 2005 1 0 0 1
12 Alexander Bolshunov RussiaRussia Russia 2019 2019 1 0 0 1

Status: end of season 2018/19

Women

space Surname country From To winner Second Third total
1 Justyna Kowalczyk PolandPoland Poland 2008 2013 4th 1 1 6th
2 Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Norway 2005 2017 3 4th 0 7th
3 Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Norway 2012 2019 3 2 2 7th
4th Kristina Šmigun EstoniaEstonia Estonia 1999 2005 2 1 2 5
5 Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Norway 2015 2018 2 1 1 4th
6th Larissa Lasutina RussiaRussia Russia 1998 1999 2 0 2 4th
7th Virpi Kuitunen FinlandFinland Finland 2007 2008 2 0 0 2
8th Valentyna Shevchenko UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2004 2008 1 1 0 2
9 Julia Chevalova RussiaRussia Russia 2006 2006 1 0 0 1
9 Jelena Välbe RussiaRussia Russia 1997 1997 1 0 0 1

Status: end of season 2018/19

Most world cup victories

The athletes with ten or more victories in World Cup events (including World Cup stages) are listed below.

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  • Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of World Cup victories. If the number is the same, the number of top 3 placements is compared and then the top 10 placements.
  • Name: gives the name of the athlete.
  • Country: Names the nation of the athlete for which the athlete was able to achieve his last World Cup victory.
  • Victories: Indicates the number of victories the athlete was able to achieve.
  • Top 3: Indicates the number of places in the top three that the athlete achieved in his career.
  • Top 10: Indicates the number of finishes in the top ten that the athlete achieved in his career.
  • First Victory: Indicates the year in which the athlete achieved his first World Cup victory .
  • Last Victory: Indicates the year in which the athlete achieved his last World Cup victory .
  • Athletes in bold are currently active.

Men

space Surname country Victories Second Third First win Last win
1 Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayNorway Norway 46 23 12 1989/90 1998/99
2 Petter Northug NorwayNorway Norway 38 29 17th 2005/06 2015/16
3 Vladimir Smirnov 1 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 30th 20th 16 1983/84 1997/98
4th Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Sweden 30th 11 5 1982/83 1990/91
5 Martin Johnsrud Sundby NorwayNorway Norway 29 25th 18th 2008/09 2017/18
6th Johannes Høsflot Klæbo NorwayNorway Norway 27 5 3 2016/17 2018/19
7th Dario Cologna SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 26th 27 18th 2008/09 2017/18
8th Lukáš Bauer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 18th 14th 6th 2002/03 2013/14
9 Emil Jonsson SwedenSweden Sweden 16 4th 5 2007/08 2013/14
10 Torgny Mogren SwedenSweden Sweden 13 16 8th 1985/86 1994/95
11 Ola Vigen Hattestad NorwayNorway Norway 13 12 7th 2006/07 2015/16
12 Federico Pellegrino ItalyItaly Italy 13 12 1 2010/11 2018/19
13 Sergey Ustiugov RussiaRussia Russia 13 11 11 2013/14 2018/19
14th Thomas Alsgaard NorwayNorway Norway 13 11 5 1993/94 2001/02
15th Axel Teichmann GermanyGermany Germany 13 6th 11 2002/03 2011/12
16 Gate Arne Hetland NorwayNorway Norway 12 14th 8th 1995/96 2008/09
17th Alexei Poltoranin KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 12 10 6th 2010/11 2017/18
18th Jens Arne Svartedal NorwayNorway Norway 12 10 2 2001/02 2008/09
19th Eldar Rønning NorwayNorway Norway 11 7th 6th 2004/05 2013/14
20th Tobias Angerer GermanyGermany Germany 11 6th 15th 2003/04 2012/13
21st Per Elofsson SwedenSweden Sweden 11 6th 6th 1998/99 2001/02
22nd Maurice Manificat FranceFrance France 10 13 8th 2010/11 2008/19
23 Mika Myllyl FinlandFinland Finland 10 7th 8th 1996/97 2000/01
  • 1 of which 7 wins for the Soviet Union and 23 for Kazakhstan (from 1993).
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

Women

space Surname country Victories Second Third First win Last win
1 Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Norway 114 42 28 2002/03 2017/18
2 Justyna Kowalczyk PolandPoland Poland 50 33 22nd 2006/07 2016/17
3 Therese Johaug NorwayNorway Norway 49 29 30th 2006/07 2018/19
4th Jelena Välbe RussiaRussia Russia 45 20th 16 1988/89 1997/98
5 Bente Skari 1 2 NorwayNorway Norway 42 13 5 1997/98 2002/03
6th Virpi Kuitunen FinlandFinland Finland 28 15th 10 2003/04 2008/09
7th Petra Majdič SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 24 13 12 2000/01 2010/11
8th Stefania Belmondo ItalyItaly Italy 23 26th 17th 1989/90 2001/02
9 Stina Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden 22nd 9 8th 2013/14 2018/19
10 Larissa Lasutina RussiaRussia Russia 21st 19th 22nd 1989/90 2001/02
11 Maiken Caspersen Falla NorwayNorway Norway 19th 17th 13 2008/09 2018/19
12 Kateřina Neumannová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 19th 16 13 1992/93 2006/07
13 Julia Chevalova RussiaRussia Russia 18th 8th 7th 1998/99 2005/06
14th Kristina Šmigun EstoniaEstonia Estonia 16 18th 15th 1998/99 2009/10
15th Ingvild Flugstad Østberg NorwayNorway Norway 15th 21st 22nd 2012/13 2018/19
16 Manuela Di Centa ItalyItaly Italy 15th 12 8th 1989/90 1995/96
17th Lyubov Egorova RussiaRussia Russia 13 17th 11 1990/91 1995/96
18th Kikkan Randall United StatesUnited States United States 13 8th 7th 2006/07 2017/18
19th Heidi Weng NorwayNorway Norway 11 33 36 2011/12 2017/18
20th Charlotte Kalla SwedenSweden Sweden 11 26th 19th 2007/08 2017/18
21st Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi FinlandFinland Finland 11 11 4th 1982/83 1991/92
22nd Brit Pettersen NorwayNorway Norway 10 6th 7th 1981/82 1986/87
  • 1 to 2000 under the name Bente Martinsen
  • 2 42 wins, not as often mentioned only 41
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

Nations

The nations with ten or more victories in individual World Cup competitions are listed below.

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  • Place: Indicates the order of the nations.
  • Country: gives the name of the nation.
  • Total: Indicates the number of all World Cup victories in the nation.
  • Men: Indicates the number of World Cup victories in the nation achieved by male athletes.
  • Women: Indicates the number of World Cup victories in the nation achieved by female athletes.
space country Victories Second Third
1. NorwayNorway Norway 713 610 547
2. Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union / RussiaRussiaRussia  281 298 294
3. SwedenSweden Sweden 222 201 225
4th FinlandFinland Finland 122 163 177
5. ItalyItaly Italy 120 159 160
6th GermanyGermany Germany 64 85 113
7th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 53 39 47
8th. PolandPoland Poland 51 33 25th
9. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 36 25th 18th
10. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 33 38 34
  • Status: end of season 2017/18

Youngest and oldest World Cup winners

The five youngest and oldest athletes who were able to fight for victory in a World Cup competition are listed below. Only one win per category is counted per athlete.

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  • Age: Indicates the age of the athlete when he won the World Cup
  • Name: gives the name of the athlete.
  • Country: Name the country for which the athlete started.
  • Date: Day on which the athlete was able to achieve the World Cup victory.
  • Location: World Cup venue
  • Discipline: Indicates the discipline in which the World Cup was held.
  • Birthday: Name the athlete's birthday.

Youngest winner

Age Surname country date place discipline birthday
20th Petter Northug NorwayNorway Norway 03/08/2006 Falun Skiathlon 01/06/1986
20th Johannes Høsflot Klæbo NorwayNorway Norway 02/18/2017 Otepää Sprint freestyle 10/22/1996
20th Finn Hågen Krogh NorwayNorway Norway 03/20/2011 Falun persecution 09/06/1990
20th Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass NorwayNorway Norway 01/09/1982 Reit im Winkl 15 km classic 04/29/1961
21st Alexander Bolshunov RussiaRussia Russia 03/17/2018 Falun 15 km classic December 31, 1996
21st Mikhail Devyatyarov RussiaRussia Russia 03/21/2007 Stockholm Classic sprint 11/11/1985
21st Nikolai Morilov RussiaRussia Russia 12/30/2007 Prague Sprint freestyle 08/11/1986
21st Janosch Brugger GermanyGermany Germany 02.12.2018 Lillehammer persecution 06/06/1997
21st Pyotr Sedov RussiaRussia Russia 03/18/2012 Falun persecution 08/24/1990
21st Not so Gløersen NorwayNorway Norway 12/16/2007 Rybinsk Sprint freestyle 05/22/1986
21st Per Elofsson SwedenSweden Sweden 11/28/1998 Muonio 10 km freestyle 04/02/1977
21st Francesco De Fabiani ItalyItaly Italy 04/01/2015 Oberstdorf persecution 04/21/1993
21st Sergei Ustyugov RussiaRussia Russia 11/01/2014 Nove Mesto Sprint freestyle 04/08/1992
21st Gunde Svan SwedenSweden Sweden December 16, 1983 Ramsau 30 km classic 01/12/1962
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

Youngest winners

Age Surname country date place discipline birthday
18th Gaby Nestler Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 01/11/1986 Les Saisies 10 km freestyle 02/16/1967
19th Pirjo Murans FinlandFinland Finland 12/17/2000 Brusson sprint 03/08/1981
19th Kateřina Neumannová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 12/12/1992 Ramsau 5 km classic 02/15/1973
20th Simone Greiner-Petter Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR January 15, 1988 Toblach 20 km freestyle 09/15/1967
20th Brit Pettersen NorwayNorway Norway 04/13/1982 Kiruna 5 km classic 11/29/1961
20th Hanna Falk SwedenSweden Sweden 05.12.2009 Dusseldorf sprint 07/05/1989
20th Charlotte Kalla SwedenSweden Sweden 01/06/2008 Tour de Ski Stage race 07/22/1987
20th Jelena Välbe Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 02/19/1989 Lahti 15 km classic 04/24/1968
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

Oldest winner

Age Surname country date place discipline birthday
41 Harri Kirvesniemi FinlandFinland Finland 03/11/2000 Oslo 50 km classic 05/10/1958
37 Giorgio di Centa ItalyItaly Italy 02/05/2010 Canmore 15 km freestyle 07.10.1972
36 Maurilio De Zolt ItalyItaly Italy 02/21/1987 Oberstdorf 50 km classic 09/25/1950
36 Lukáš Bauer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 11/30/2013 Kuusamo 10 km classic 08/18/1977
36 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset NorwayNorway Norway 05/01/2008 Val di Fiemme 20 km classic December 06, 1971
35 Erling Jevne NorwayNorway Norway 12/15/2001 Davos 15 km classic March 24, 1966
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

Oldest winners

Age Surname country date place discipline birthday
41 Hilde G. Pedersen NorwayNorway Norway 07/01/2006 Otepää 10 km classic 11/08/1964
37 Marit Bjørgen NorwayNorway Norway 03/18/2018 Falun World Cup Finals 03/21/1980
36 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi FinlandFinland Finland 03/07/1992 Funaesdalen 5 km classic 09/10/1955
35 Larissa Lasutina RussiaRussia Russia 03/10/2001 Oslo 30 km classic 06/01/1965
34 Nina Gavriljuk RussiaRussia Russia 12/27/1999 Engelberg sprint 04/13/1965
34 Gabriella Paruzzi ItalyItaly Italy 01/25/2004 Val di Fiemme 70 km classic Mst. 06/21/1969
34 Anita Moen NorwayNorway Norway 12/29/2001 Salzburg sprint 08/31/1967
34 Inger Nybråten NorwayNorway Norway 01/28/1995 Lahti 10 km classic December 8, 1960
34 Justyna Kowalczyk PolandPoland Poland 02/04/2017 Pyeongchang Skiathlon 01/19/1983
34 Kateřina Neumannová Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 02/16/2007 Changchun 10 km classic 02/15/1973
  • Status: end of season 2018/19

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