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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox recurring event The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie).[1] It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.

The inaugural World Cup race was held on 5 January 1967 in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, a slalom won by Heinrich Messner of Austria. Jean-Claude Killy of France and Nancy Greene of Canada were the overall winners for the first two seasons.

Rules

Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super G, and downhill. The fifth event, the combined, employs the downhill and slalom. The World Cup originally included only slalom, giant slalom, and downhill races. Combined events (calculated using results from selected downhill and slalom races) were included starting with the 1974–75 season, while the Super G was added at the 1982–83 season.

The current scoring system was implemented in the 1991–92 season. For every race points are awarded to the top 30 finishers: 100 points to the winner, 80 for second, 60 for third, winding down to 1 point for 30th place. The racer with the most points at the end of the season in mid-March wins the cup, represented by a 9 kilogram crystal globe.[2] Sub-prizes are also awarded in each individual race discipline, with a smaller 3.5 kg crystal globe.

Since 1967, the big crystal globe has been awarded for the overall title. From the beginning to 1971–72, discipline titles were awarded with medals. Statistically, those titles have the same value as the small crystal globes, which first appeared for discipline titles in slalom, giant slalom and downhill in the 1977–78. In super-G, the small globe has been awarded since 1985–86. For super-g races in the three seasons previous, points were added and calculated in the giant slalom ranking.

The World Cup is held annually, and is considered the premier competition for alpine ski racing after the quadrennial Winter Olympics. Many consider the World Cup to be a more valuable title than the Olympics or the biennial World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several disciplines throughout the season, and not just in one race.[3]

Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 25 countries around the world: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.[4]

Lower competitive circuits include the NorAm Cup in North America and the Europa Cup in Europe.

Overall winners

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Multiple individual overall World Cup winners are marked with (#).

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Discipline winners

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Top ten small crystal globe podiums

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  Still active

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Most small globes per discipline

Combined crystal globes were officially awarded from 2007 to 2012. Here are counted all season titles, official and unofficial. The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:

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Multiple disciplines small crystal globe winners

Only four men's and three women's racers have ever managed to win a small crystal globe in four or more different alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the tables below.

Men

Career Different discipline titles won Wins DH SG GS SL KB
Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli 1980–1997 4 10 2 - 1 3 4
Template:Flagicon Pirmin Zurbriggen 1981–1990 4 10 2 4 1 - 3
Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal 2003-2019 4 9 2 5 1 - 1
Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt 1990–2006 4 8 - 1 1 1 5

Women

Career Different discipline titles won Wins DH SG GS SL KB
Template:Flagicon Maria Walliser 1981–1990 4 5 2 1 1 - 1
Template:Flagicon Maria Höfl-Riesch 2001–2014 4 5 1 1 - 2 1
Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone 2010–active 4 5 1 1 2 - 1

Wins

Most race wins in each discipline

As of 27 March 2025

Men

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Women

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Most races won

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Twenty or more speed and technical wins

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All-event winners

Only a few racers have ever managed to win races in all five classic World Cup alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below. Marc Girardelli (1988–89), Petra Kronberger (1990–91), Janica Kostelić (2005–06) and Tina Maze (2012–13) are the only skiers to have won all five events in a single season. Bode Miller is the only skier with at least five World Cup victories in all five disciplines.

Men

Career Times Seasons Wins DH SG GS SL KB PGS PSL CE
Template:Flagicon Bode Miller 1997–2017 5 0 33 8 5 9 5 6
Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli 1980–1996 3 1 46 3 9 7 16 11 N/A N/A
 Template:Flagicon  Pirmin Zurbriggen 1981–1990 2 0 40 10 10 7 2 11 N/A N/A
Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt 1989–2006 1 0 21 1 5 6 1 8 N/A N/A
Template:Flagicon Günther Mader 1982–1998 1 0 14 1 6 2 1 4 N/A N/A

Women

Career Times Seasons Wins DH SG GS SL KB PGS PSL CE
Template:Flagicon Anja Pärson 1998–2012 3 0 42 6 4 11 18 3 N/A
Template:Flagicon Pernilla Wiberg 1990–2002 2 0 24 2 3 2 14 3 N/A N/A
Template:Flagicon Petra Kronberger 1987–1992 2 1 16 6 2 3 3 2 N/A N/A N/A
Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn 2001–active 2 0 82 43 28 4 2 5 N/A
Template:Flagicon Janica Kostelić 1998–2006 1 1 30 1 1 2 20 6 N/A N/A
Template:Flagicon Tina Maze 1999–2015 1 1 26 4 1 14 4 3 N/A
Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin 2011–active 1 0 101 4 5 22 64 1 2 3
  • Mikaela Shiffrin is the only skier in history who has won in six different disciplines—i.e., aside from the classic five disciplines, she has also won in parallel slalom.

Most race wins in a single season

The following skiers have won at least ten World Cup races in a single season (events not available in a given season are marked "NA"):

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Hosts

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Most podiums and top ten results

As of 27 March 2025.[5][6]

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Career podiums

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Career top ten results

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  • Note: Only parallel events from (1975, 1997, 2011–2013, 2016) which count for overall ranking, included on this list, are considered as official individual World Cup victories.

Greatest alpine skiers of all time

Based on ski-database super ranking system (since 1966), this scoring system is calculated using points from three categories: Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup (overall titles, discipline titles and individual top ten results). Template:Updated

Men's super ranking

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Women's super ranking

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Parallel events

Parallel slalom

Parallel slaloms from 1976 to 1991 counted for Nations Cup. There were no limitations regarding the number of athletes who could enter the competition, but each main event was limited to 32 competitors.

Men

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
Nations Cup
20 March 1976   Template:Flagicon Mont St. Anne 1975/76 Template:Flagicon Franco Bieler Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Jim Hunter
26 March 1977   Template:Flagicon Sierra Nevada 1976/77 Template:Flagicon Manfred Brunner Template:Flagicon Klaus Heidegger Template:Flagicon Bruno Nöckler
19 March 1978    Template:Flagicon  Arosa 1977/78 Template:Flagicon Phil Mahre Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Leonhard Stock
14 December 1978   Template:Flagicon Madonna di Campiglio 1978/79 Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Mauro Bernardi Template:Flagicon Karl Trojer
14 March 1980   Template:Flagicon Saalbach 1979/80 Template:Flagicon Anton Steiner Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Jarle Halsnes
30 March 1981    Template:Flagicon  Laax 1980/81 Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Jarle Halsnes Template:Flagicon Phil Mahre
28 March 1982   Template:Flagicon Montgenèvre 1981/82 Template:Flagicon Phil Mahre Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark Template:Flagicon Hans Enn
21 March 1983   Template:Flagicon Furano 1982/83 Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark (3) Template:Flagicon Phil Mahre Template:Flagicon Andreas Wenzel
25 March 1984   Template:Flagicon Oslo 1983/84 Template:Flagicon Hans Enn Template:Flagicon Anton Steiner Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark
6 January 1986   Template:Flagicon Vienna 1985/86 Template:Flagicon Ivano Edalini Template:Flagicon Markus Wasmeier Template:Flagicon Anton Steiner
22 March 1986   Template:Flagicon Bromont Template:Flagicon Paul Frommelt Template:Flagicon Marco Tonazzi Template:Flagicon Marc Girardelli
28 December 1986   Template:Flagicon Berlin 1986/87 Template:Flagicon Leonhard Stock Template:Flagicon Bojan Križaj Template:Flagicon Michael Eder
22 December 1987   Template:Flagicon Bormio 1987/88  Template:Flagicon  Pirmin Zurbriggen  Template:Flagicon  Joël Gaspoz  Template:Flagicon  Martin Hangl
27 March 1988   Template:Flagicon Saalbach Template:Flagicon Alberto Tomba  Template:Flagicon  Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Helmut Mayer
11 March 1989   Template:Flagicon Shiga Kōgen 1988/89 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Gstrein  Template:Flagicon  Pirmin Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Rudolf Nierlich
24 March 1991   Template:Flagicon Waterville 1990/91  Template:Flagicon  Urs Kälin  Template:Flagicon  Paul Accola Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Ole Kristian Furuseth
Promotional event
2 January 2009   Template:Flagicon Moscow 2008/09 Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther Template:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Grange Template:Flagicon Bode Miller
21 November 2009   Template:Flagicon Moscow 2009/10 Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher Template:Flagicon Steve Missillier Template:Flagicon Michael Janyk
World Cup
23 March 1975   Template:Flagicon Val Gardena 1974/75 Template:Flagicon Gustav Thöni Template:Flagicon Ingemar Stenmark  Template:Flagicon  Walter Tresch
24 October 1997   Template:Flagicon Tignes 1997/98 Template:Flagicon Josef Strobl Template:Flagicon Kjetil André Aamodt Template:Flagicon Hermann Maier

Women

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
Nations Cup
20 March 1976   Template:Flagicon Mont St. Anne 1975/76  Template:Flagicon  Bernadette Zurbriggen Template:Flagicon Irene Epple Template:Flagicon Monika Kaserer
26 March 1977   Template:Flagicon Sierra Nevada 1976/77 Template:Flagicon Christa Zechmeister  Template:Flagicon  Marie-Theres Nadig Template:Flagicon Annemarie Moser-Pröll
19 March 1978    Template:Flagicon  Arosa 1977/78 Template:Flagicon Annemarie Moser-Pröll Template:Flagicon Christa Zechmeister Template:Flagicon Viki Fleckenstein
16 March 1980   Template:Flagicon Saalbach 1979/80 Template:Flagicon Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2) Template:Flagicon Claudia Giordani Template:Flagicon Maria Epple
30 March 1981    Template:Flagicon  Laax 1980/81 Template:Flagicon Tamara McKinney Template:Flagicon Traudl Hächer Template:Flagicon Hanni Wenzel
28 March 1982   Template:Flagicon Montgenèvre 1981/82 Template:Flagicon Maria Epple Template:Flagicon Lea Sölkner Template:Flagicon Perrine Pelen
21 March 1983   Template:Flagicon Furano 1982/83 Template:Flagicon Anne-Flore Rey Template:Flagicon Hanni Wenzel Template:Flagicon Anni Kronbichler
25 March 1984   Template:Flagicon Oslo 1983/84 Template:Flagicon Olga Charvátová  Template:Flagicon  Erika Hess Template:Flagicon Tamara McKinney
22 March 1986   Template:Flagicon Bromont 1985/86  Template:Flagicon  Vreni Schneider  Template:Flagicon  Maria Walliser  Template:Flagicon  Corinne Schmidhauser
18 January 1987   Template:Flagicon Munich 1986/87 Template:Flagicon Tamara McKinney Template:Flagicon Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore  Template:Flagicon  Corinne Schmidhauser
22 December 1987   Template:Flagicon Bormio 1987/88  Template:Flagicon  Brigitte Oertli  Template:Flagicon  Corinne Schmidhauser  Template:Flagicon  Michela Figini
27 March 1988   Template:Flagicon Saalbach Template:Flagicon Christina Meier Template:Flagicon Ulrike Maier Template:Flagicon Roswitha Steiner
11 March 1989   Template:Flagicon Shiga Kōgen 1988/89  Template:Flagicon  Chantal Bournissen Template:Flagicon Michaela Gerg-Leitner Template:Flagicon Tamara McKinney
24 March 1991   Template:Flagicon Waterville 1990/91 Template:Flagicon Anita Wachter Template:Flagicon Ingrid Salvenmoser  Template:Flagicon  Chantal Bournissen
Promotional event
21 November 2009   Template:Flagicon Moscow 2009/10 Template:Flagicon Therese Borssén Template:Flagicon Maria Riesch Template:Flagicon Frida Hansdotter
World Cup
24 March 1975   Template:Flagicon Val Gardena 1974/75 Template:Flagicon Monika Kaserer Template:Flagicon Claudia Giordani Template:Flagicon Fabienne Serrat
24 October 1997   Template:Flagicon Tignes 1997/98 Template:Flagicon Leila Piccard Template:Flagicon Ylva Nowén Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer
28 November 1997   Template:Flagicon Mammoth Mountain Template:Flagicon Hilde Gerg Template:Flagicon Martina Ertl Template:Flagicon Alexandra Meissnitzer
20 December 2017   Template:Flagicon Courchevel 2017/18 Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová Template:Flagicon Irene Curtoni
9 December 2018    Template:Flagicon  St. Moritz 2018/19 Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (2) Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová  Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener
15 December 2019    Template:Flagicon  St. Moritz 2019/20 Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová Template:Flagicon Anna Swenn-Larsson Template:Flagicon Franziska Gritsch

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City event

Parallel city event is a version of parallel slalom where only Top16 ranked are allowed to compete. Length of the track and course/gates setting are also different from classic parallel slalom, and as of 2019/20 season, they are completely replaced with normal parallel races with qualification run.

Men

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
2 January 2011   Template:Flagicon Munich 2010/11 Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić Template:Flagicon Julien Lizeroux Template:Flagicon Bode Miller
21 February 2012   Template:Flagicon Moscow 2011/12 Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther Template:Flagicon André Myhrer
1 January 2013   Template:Flagicon Munich 2012/13 Template:Flagicon Felix Neureuther Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault
29 January 2013   Template:Flagicon Moscow Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher Template:Flagicon André Myhrer Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić
23 February 2016   Template:Flagicon Stockholm 2015/16 Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher (2) Template:Flagicon André Myhrer Template:Flagicon Stefano Gross
31 January 2017   Template:Flagicon Stockholm 2016/17 Template:Flagicon Linus Straßer Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault Template:Flagicon Mattias Hargin
1 January 2018   Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Oslo 2017/18 Template:Flagicon André Myhrer Template:Flagicon Michael Matt Template:Flagicon Linus Straßer
30 January 2018   Template:Flagicon Stockholm  Template:Flagicon  Ramon Zenhäusern Template:Flagicon André Myhrer Template:Flagicon Linus Straßer
1 January 2019   Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Oslo 2018/19 Template:Flagicon Marco Schwarz Template:Flagicon Dave Ryding  Template:Flagicon  Ramon Zenhäusern
19 February 2019   Template:Flagicon Stockholm  Template:Flagicon  Ramon Zenhäusern (2) Template:Flagicon André Myhrer Template:Flagicon Marco Schwarz

Women

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
2 January 2011   Template:Flagicon Munich 2010/11 Template:Flagicon Maria Pietilä-Holmner Template:Flagicon Tina Maze Template:Flagicon Elisabeth Görgl
21 February 2012   Template:Flagicon Moscow 2011/12 Template:Flagicon Julia Mancuso Template:Flagicon Michaela Kirchgasser Template:Flagicon Lindsey Vonn
1 January 2013   Template:Flagicon Munich 2012/13 Template:Flagicon Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Template:Flagicon Tina Maze Template:Flagicon Michaela Kirchgasser
29 January 2013   Template:Flagicon Moscow Template:Flagicon Lena Dürr Template:Flagicon Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin
23 February 2016   Template:Flagicon Stockholm 2015/16  Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener Template:Flagicon Frida Hansdotter Template:Flagicon Maria Pietilä-Holmner
31 January 2017   Template:Flagicon Stockholm 2016/17 Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin Template:Flagicon Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Nina Løseth
1 January 2018   Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Oslo 2017/18 Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (2)  Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener  Template:Flagicon  Mélanie Meillard
30 January 2018   Template:Flagicon Stockholm Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Nina Haver-Løseth  Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová
1 January 2019   Template:NnbspTemplate:Flagicon Oslo 2018/19 Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin  Template:Flagicon  Wendy Holdener
19 February 2019   Template:Flagicon Stockholm Template:Flagicon Mikaela Shiffrin (3) Template:Flagicon Christina Geiger Template:Flagicon Anna Swenn-Larsson

Knockout slalom

There were a total of two races (one in the men's category and one in the women's category) and it was in 2002/03 season. The points were added together with slalom races.

Men

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
16 December 2002   Template:Flagicon Sestriere 2002/03 Template:Flagicon Ivica Kostelić Template:Flagicon Giorgio Rocca Template:Flagicon Truls Ove Karlsen

Women

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
15 December 2002   Template:Flagicon Sestriere 2002/03 Template:Flagicon Anja Pärson Template:Flagicon Tanja Poutiainen Template:Flagicon Nicole Hosp

Parallel giant slalom

Introduced by the International Ski Federation to the World Cup as a spectator-friendly event in late 2015, the parallel giant slalom competition, or shortened parallel-G, joining the parallel slalom, is intended to lure more speed specialists into the faster of the two technical disciplines, along with attracting their fans to watch the races at the venue, on-line, and on television.[7] Few venues offer the slope and conditions required to host an extremely short Giant slalom course that can be readily viewed in its entirety by a compact gallery of fans. Modified or not, the Federation has not suggested that they will push the format to lower-level tours like the NorAm and Europa Cup.

Format

The Chief Race Director of the inaugural event at Alta Badia, Markus Waldner, on 20 December 2015 stated that "great performances" and "head-to-head fights" between the best giant slalom racers is the goal of the competition. The course for the first race was very compact at about 20–22 seconds duration, or about one-third of a normal GS run. The pace and cadence was the same as Giant slalom, not standard Slalom. Gates were set at roughly the same distances as GS and on a slope of about the same pitch. The field of thirty-two were drawn following an invitational format. The top four men in the overall World Cup rankings were automatic invitees, if they chose to compete. Another 16 racers were selected from the top of the current GS start list rankings, and the final twelve competitors were selected from the 1st run efforts at the standard GS event the day prior at the same venue. Overlapping qualifications allowed the sponsors to invite lower ranked participants to fill in gaps, as needed, and to replace individuals who declined to participate. Points were awarded and accumulated according to current standards for the race season in all relevant categories: the GS discipline, Overall and Nations Cup. The field was filled with thirty-two first round participants, each getting a run on either course. The best combined times moved the fastest racer to the second round through bracket preference protocols. From the second round, skiers the head-to-head competitions were held over one run only, with the faster skier from the previous round granted course selection between the 'red-right' or 'blue-left' course. At about one-third the time of a standard GS event, top performers/finalists were able to make multiple runs without the fatigue of a longer event. The course was methodically set with lasers, and a GPS-equipped Snowcat, to guarantee that both courses on the hill were as identical as possible to ensure equity and a fair competition. The Race Director suggested the difference between the two lanes were within "1–to–2 centimeters" tolerance of one another.

Events

Men's World Cup parallel giant slalom events
Venue Date Winner Second Third Fourth Notes
Template:Flagicon Alta Badia 21 December 2015   Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Aksel Lund Svindal Template:Flagicon Andre Myhrer Template:Flagicon Dominik Schwaiger   [8][9]
Template:Flagicon Alta Badia 19 December 2016   Template:Flagicon Cyprien Sarrazin  Template:Flagicon  Carlo Janka Template:Flagicon Kjetil Jansrud Template:Flagicon Leif Kristian Haugen [10][11]
Template:Flagicon Alta Badia 18 December 2017   Template:Flagicon Matts Olsson Template:Flagicon Henrik Kristoffersen Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher Template:Flagicon Aleksander Aamodt Kilde [12]
Template:Flagicon Alta Badia 17 December 2018   Template:Flagicon Marcel Hirscher Template:Flagicon Thibaut Favrot Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault Template:Flagicon Matts Olsson [13][14]
Template:Flagicon Alta Badia 23 December 2019   Template:Flagicon Rasmus Windingstad Template:Flagicon Stefan Luitz Template:Flagicon Roland Leitinger Template:Flagicon Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen [13][15]
Template:Flagicon Chamonix 9 February 2020    Template:Flagicon  Loïc Meillard  Template:Flagicon  Thomas Tumler Template:Flagicon Alexander Schmid Template:Flagicon Tommy Ford [16]
Template:Flagicon Lech/Zürs 27 November 2020   Template:Flagicon Alexis Pinturault Template:Flagicon Henrik Kristoffersen Template:Flagicon Alexander Schmid Template:Flagicon Adrian Pertl [17]
Template:Flagicon Lech/Zürs 14 November 2021   Template:Flagicon Christian Hirschbühl Template:Flagicon Dominik Raschner Template:Flagicon Atle Lie McGrath Template:Flagicon Henrik Kristoffersen [18]
Women's World Cup parallel giant slalom events
Venue Date Winner Second Third Fourth Notes
Template:Flagicon Sestriere 19 January 2020   Template:Flagicon Clara Direz Template:Flagicon Elisa Mörzinger Template:Flagicon Marta Bassino Template:Flagicon Federica Brignone [19]
Template:Flagicon Lech/Zürs 26 November 2020   Template:Flagicon Petra Vlhová Template:Flagicon Paula Moltzan  Template:Flagicon  Lara Gut-Behrami Template:Flagicon Sara Hector [20]
Template:Flagicon Lech/Zürs 13 November 2021   Template:Flagicon Andreja Slokar Template:Flagicon Thea Louise Stjernesund Template:Flagicon Kristin Lysdahl Template:Flagicon Marta Bassino [21]

Various records

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Scoring system

The World Cup scoring system is based on awarding a number of points for each place in a race, but the procedure for doing so and the often-arcane method used to calculate the annual champions has varied greatly over the years. Originally, points were awarded only to the top ten finishers in each race, with 25 points for the winner, 20 for second, 15 for third, 11 for fourth, 8 for fifth, 6 for sixth, 4 for seventh, then decreasing by one point for each lower place. To determine the winner for each discipline World Cup, only a racer's best three results counted, from a typical six to eight races in each discipline (consistent with the then-current classification of skiers as amateurs, who couldn't be expected compete all the time). For the overall Cup, only these best three results in each discipline were included. Until 1970, the results of Winter Olympic Games races and Alpine World Ski Championship races were also included in the World Cup points valuation (i.e., Grenoble 1968 and Val Gardena 1970); this was abandoned after 1970, mainly due to the limited number of racers per nation who are permitted to take part in these events. Beginning with the 1971–72 season (the sixth season), the number of results counted was increased to five in each discipline. The formula used to determine the overall winner varied almost every year over the next decade, with some seasons divided into two portions with a fixed number of results in each period counting toward the overall, while in other seasons the best three or four results in each discipline would count.

Starting with the 1979–80 season (the 14th season), points were awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race. After 1980–81, the formula for the overall title stabilized for several years, counting the best 5 results in the original disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, and downhill) plus the best three results in combined. When Super G events were introduced for the 1982–83 season, the results were included with giant slalom for the first three seasons, before a separate Cup for the discipline was awarded starting in 1985–86 and the top 3 Super G results were counted toward the overall. The formula for the overall was changed yet again the following season, with the top four results in each discipline counting, along with all combined results (although the combined was nearly eliminated from the schedule, reduced to one or two events per season).

This perennial tweaking of the scoring formula was a source of ongoing uncertainty to the World Cup racers and to fans. The need for a complete overhaul of the scoring system had grown increasingly urgent with each successive year, especially once the FIS and the International Olympic Committee accepted after 1984 that the skiers were fully professional and not amateurs, so they no longer needed an artificial limitation on their number of events.

In 1987–88 (the 22nd season), the FIS decided to simplify the system: all results would now count in each discipline and in the overall. This new system was an immediate success, and the practice of counting all results has been maintained in every subsequent season.

With the ongoing expansion of the number and quality of competitors in World Cup races over the years, another major change to the scoring system was implemented in the 1991–92 season (the 26th season). Instead of only the top 15 skiers scoring points, with 25 points awarded for winning, 20 for second, and 15 for third (as had been done every season after the end of 1978-79), the top 30 finishers in each race would now earn points, with 100 for the winner, 80 for second, 60 for third, and then decreasing by smaller increments for each lower place. The point values were adjusted slightly the following season (to adjust and reduce the points for places 4th through 20th), and the scoring system has not been changed again since that year.

The table below compares the point values under all five scoring systems which have been in use:

Place 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
Current system
1993
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
1992 system
1992
100 80 60 55 51 47 43 40 37 34 31 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Top 15 system
19801991
25 20 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1979 system †
1979
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Original system
19671979
25 20 15 11 8 6 4 3 2 1
Place 1 2 3 4 T5 (4) T9 (8)
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100 80 60 50 40 15

† The scoring system changed during the 1978–79 season; this special system was used for the last two men's downhills and the last three races in every other discipline except combined.

Statistical analysis

Since the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in 1991–92., the number of completed men's or women's World Cup races each year has ranged from 30 to 44, so the maximum possible point total for an individual racer is about 3000–4400 under the current scoring system. Very few racers actually ski in all events. Bode Miller is the only skier who competed in every World Cup race[23] during the three seasons from 2003 to 2005. The current record for total World Cup points in a season is Tina Maze's 2414 points in 2012–13, with the men's record of 2042 points set by Marco Odermatt in 2022–2023. The fewest points for an overall champion under the current system thus far have been 1009 for men by Aksel Lund Svindal in 2008–09 and 1248 for women by Vreni Schneider in 1994–95. The largest margin of victory in the overall has been Maze's 1313 points in 2012–13, more than doubling second-place finisher Maria Höfl-Riesch's total, while the largest men's margin was 743 points by Hermann Maier in 2000–01. Note that in the early days of World Cup (when the first place was awarded only 25 points), even larger relative margins of victory were recorded in 1967 by Jean-Claude Killy with 225 points over Heinrich Messner with 114 points and in 1973–74 by Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 268 points over Monika Kaserer with 153 points. The closest finishes since 1992 have been minuscule margins of 6 points in 1994–95 (Vreni Schneider over Katja Seizinger), 3 points in 2004–05 (Anja Pärson over Janica Kostelić) and in 2010–11 (Maria Riesch over Lindsey Vonn), and only 2 points in 2008–09 (Aksel Lund Svindal over Benjamin Raich). The current men's record for total World Cup points in one month of the season is Ivica Kostelić's 999 points from January 2011.

The tables below contain a brief statistical analysis of the overall World Cup standings during the 21 seasons since the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in 1991–92. In general, over 1000 points are needed to contend for the overall title. At least 1 man and 1 woman has scored 1000 points in each of these seasons, but no more than 5 men's or women's racers have crossed that threshold in any single season. Of the 42 men's and women's overall champions in these years, 38 scored over 1200 points, 30 had over 1300 points, 19 reached 1500 points, and only 7 amassed more than 1700 points during their winning seasons. As for the runners-up, 37 of the 42 second-place finishers scored over 1000 points, 18 had over 1300 points, and only 4 reached 1500 points yet failed to win. Most overall titles have been won quite convincingly, by more than 200 points in 23 of 42 cases, while only 11 margins of victory have been tighter than 50 points.

Annual Statistics Calculated for the 19922012 Seasons
Men's overall World Cup
Races Completed 1st Place Points Margin of Victory 2nd Place Points 3rd Place Points Number of Skiers per Season:
> 1000 Pts > 500 Pts > 200 Pts
Maximum 44 2000 743 1454 1307 5 21 50
Average 35.4 1414 258 1155 1001 2.5 14 41
Minimum 30 1009 2 775 760 1 8 37
Women's overall World Cup
Races Completed 1st Place Points Margin of Victory 2nd Place Points 3rd Place Points Number of Skiers per Season:
> 1000 Pts > 500 Pts > 200 Pts
Maximum 39 1980 578 1725 1391 5 19 45
Average 33.4 1570 244 1326 1117 3.3 13 37
Minimum 30 1248 3 931 904 1 9 32
Aggregate Statistics Calculated for the 19922012 Seasons
Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons
> 1700 Pts > 1500 Pts > 1300 Pts > 1200 Pts > 1100 Pts > 1000 Pts > 900 Pts > 800 Pts
First place 7 19 30 38 41 42 42 42
Second place 1 4 18 24 28 37 40 41
Third place 4 7 15 27 36 40
> 600 Pts > 500 Pts > 400 Pts > 300 Pts > 200 Pts > 100 Pts >= 50 Pts < 50 Pts
Margin of Victory 2 6 10 19 23 28 31 11

Finals

Since 1993 the International Ski Federation (FIS) has hosted a World Cup Final at the end of each season in March. During five days, men's and women's races are held in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill, as well as a team event. Only a limited number of racers are invited to ski at the Finals, including the top 25 in the World Cup standings in each discipline, the current junior World Champions in each discipline, and any skiers with at least 500 points in the general classification. Because of the smaller field, World Cup points are only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.

From inception, the finals took place during one week, with the speed events held during the week and the technical events during the weekend. However, in 2024, the schedule was changed so that the finals took up two weekends, with the technical events held during the first weekend and the speed events held during the second. Then, in 2025, the finals took up a week and a half, with the speed events held during the first weekend and the technical events held on weekdays during the second week.

Hosts

Winners by country

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 27 March 2025).[29][30]

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Individual race wins are counted in this table, along with the nations team events held at World Cup Finals since 2006 (counts double as men and women in mixed competition contribute to a win). The "parallel race" is a head-to-head slalom race format used occasionally from the 1970s through 1990s, and again in 2011. Team event wins are doubled (because on one team event race competed both women and men; so it's counted separately each for women and men). Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table. All of Yugoslavia's wins are currently lumped in with Slovenia, since the skiers who won races for former Yugoslavia were all Slovenes from Slovenia (one of six Yugoslav Republics), and thus are listed under Slovenia in online databases. The Soviet Union and Russia are counted separately, as are Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.

A total of 25 countries have won World Cup races, with 21 countries winning men's races and a different 21 winning women's races. As expected, the top ten nations in this list are the ten nations listed in the Nations Cup summary table (with slight changes in order).

Marc Girardelli accounted for all of Luxembourg's 46 wins, making Luxembourg the country that has won the most races among men without winning any among women. Slovakia, with 36 wins (31 from Petra Vlhová), has the most wins among women without any wins among men. Janica Kostelić has 30 of Croatia's 62 wins and her brother Ivica had 26. Ingemar Stenmark still has about 40% of Sweden's 212 wins more than three decades after his retirement. Liechtenstein has 69 wins in total, mostly coming from one family: Hanni Wenzel had 33, her brother Andreas had 14, and her daughter Tina Weirather had 9 (for a total of 56).

Some nations specialize in either speed (downhill and Super G) or technical (slalom and GS) disciplines, while others are strong across the board. Among nations with 30+ wins, the Canadian team has won 71% of its races in speed events, while Slovakia has won 100%, Croatia 93%, and Sweden 91% of their races in technical events, especially notable in Sweden's case given its large number of wins. Several nations with under 30 wins have almost 100% of them in technical events, led by Finland and Spain. In contrast Germany and Norway have the most even distribution without disproportionate strength or weakness in any one discipline. Some nations have strong teams in only one gender, as 93% of Norway's wins have come from their men, and 77% of Germany's and 67% of the United States's wins have come from their women, while the Swiss, French and Canadian totals are split almost equally.

Nations Cup

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The Nations Cup standings are calculated by adding up all points each season for all racers from a given nation.

The total number of top-three placings for each nation in the Nations Cup (through the 2024–25 season) are summarized below:

Nation Total standings   Men's standings   Women's standings
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
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Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.

See also

Other world competitions
Statistics

References

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External links

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