The world ski jumping rankings were the unofficial forerunners of the World Cup ranking .
| season | winner | Second | Third | Fourth | fifth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978/79 |
Finland Pentti Kokkonen
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Jochen Danneberg
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Harald showerk
|
Switzerland Hansjörg Sumi
|
Norway Johan Sætre
|
| 1977/78 |
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Henry Glass
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Matthias Buse
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Falko Weißpflog
|
Norway Per Bergerud
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Bernd Eckstein
|
| 1976/77 |
Switzerland Walter Steiner
|
Austria Toni Innauer
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Harald showerk
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Henry Glass
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Thomas Meisinger
|
| 1975/76 |
Austria Karl Schnabl
|
Austria Toni Innauer
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Jochen Danneberg
|
Austria Reinhold Bachler
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Hans-Georg Aschenbach
|
| 1974/75 |
Austria Karl Schnabl
|
Austria Willi Pürstl
|
Austria Edi Federer
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Rainer Schmidt
|
Czechoslovakia Karel Kodejška
|
| 1973/74 |
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Hans-Georg Aschenbach
|
Switzerland Walter Steiner
|
Switzerland Hans Schmid
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Bernd Eckstein
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Dietrich fight
|
| 1972/73 |
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Hans-Georg Aschenbach
|
Switzerland Walter Steiner
|
Switzerland Hans Schmid
|
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Rainer Schmidt
|
| 1971/72 |
Norway Ingolf Mork
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl
|
Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač
|
Finland Tauno Käyhkö
|
| 1970/71 |
Soviet Union Gari Napalkov
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Höhnl
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Horst Queck
|
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
| 1969/70 |
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač
|
Soviet Union Anatoly Scheglanov
|
Norway Lars Grini
|
| 1968/69 |
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Czechoslovakia Zbyněk Hubač
|
Soviet Union Anatoly Scheglanov
|
Norway Lars Grini
|
| 1967/68 |
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Austria Reinhold Bachler
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Dieter Neuendorf
|
Norway Lars Grini
|
| 1966/67 |
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Dieter Neuendorf
|
Austria Reinhold Bachler
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Peter Lesser
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
| 1965/66 |
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Dieter Neuendorf
|
Czechoslovakia Jiří Raška
|
Finland Veikko Kankkonen
|
Finland Paavo Lukkariniemi
|
| 1964/65 |
Norway Torgeir Brandtzæg
|
Norway Bjørn Wirkola
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Dieter Neuendorf
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Peter Lesser
|
Germany BR Heini Ihle
|
| 1963/64 |
Finland Veikko Kankkonen
|
Norway Toralf Engan
|
Norway Torgeir Brandtzæg
|
Poland Józef Przybyła
|
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Helmut Recknagel
|
| 1962/63 |
Norway Toralf Engan
|
Norway Torbjørn Yggeseth
|
Germany BR Georg Thoma
|
United States John Balfanz
|
Norway Torgeir Brandtzæg
|
| 1961/62 |
Germany Democratic Republic 1949 Helmut Recknagel
|
Norway Toralf Engan
|
Austria Willi Egger
|
Germany BR Max Bolkart
|
Germany Wolfgang Happle
|
