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FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Genre	Cross-country skiing
Date(s)	Northern wintertime season
Begins	November
Ends	March
Location(s)	Europe Canada United States (rare) Japan (rare) China (rare) South Korea (rare)
Inaugurated	1973 (1973) (unofficial - men) 1978 (1978) (unofficial - women) 9 January 1982 (9 January 1982) (men & women)
Previous event	2023–24 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Next event	2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Organised by	International Ski Federation
People	Michel Lamplot (race director) Simon Caprini (asst. race director)
Sponsor	Coop Norway, Audi e-tron

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.

The first World Cup races were held on 9 January 1982 and were located in Reit im Winkl, West Germany and Klingenthal, East Germany. Bill Koch of the United States and Berit Aunli of Norway were the overall winners in the first season.

Rules

Competitors attempt to achieve the most points during the season. They compete in two disciplines: Distance and Sprint. Current Distance races are mostly 10 km, 20 km, Skiathlon and 50 km for the men and women. The competitions are held with either individual start or mass start and either classic or free technique. In Sprint races, athletes are organised in heats based on their results in a prologue where the 30 fastest skiers qualify for the sprint's quarter-finals. The 12 best skiers in the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals and the 6 best skiers in the semi-finals advance to the final. Sprint races are maximum 1.8 kilometres and are competed in either classic or free technique.

In ordinary World Cup races, 100 points are awarded to the winner, 95 for second place, 90 for third place, winding down to 1 point for 50th place. In Stage World Cup races; Tour de Ski, World Cup Final and mini-tours, 50 points are awarded to the winner, 47 for second place, 44 for third place, winding down to 1 point for 30th place. The overall winners of the Stage World Cup events are awarded 300 points for Tour de Ski victory and 200 points for an overall win in the World Cup Final or a mini-tour. The athlete with the most points at the end of the season in mid-March wins the Overall World Cup, with the trophy consisting of a 9 kilogram crystal globe. Sub-prizes are also awarded to the winners of the Sprint World Cup and the Distance World Cup, with a smaller 3.5 kg crystal globe.

Races are hosted primarily in Europe, with regular stops in the Nordic countries and Central Europe. A few races have also been held in North America and Asia. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 23 countries around the world: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Soviet Union, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. (Note that all World Cup races hosted in Bosnia were held when it was still part of Yugoslavia.)

The World Cup usually follows a November-March schedule, effectively ruling out hosting races in the southern hemisphere, for example in Argentina or New Zealand. Additionally, races have yet to be hosted in the Central Asia-Himalayas region.

• Crystal Globe of the World Cup Winner
• Yellow Bib of the World Cup Leader

Overall World Cup standings

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

Men      Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third 1973–74 Ivar Formo Juha Mieto    Eduard Hauser 1974–75 Oddvar Brå Odd Martinsen Juha Mieto 1975–76 Juha Mieto Arto Koivisto Ivar Formo 1976–77 Thomas Wassberg Juha Mieto (2) Thomas Magnusson 1977–78 Sven-Åke Lundbäck Lars-Erik Eriksen Magne Myrmo 1978–79 Oddvar Brå (2) Lars-Erik Eriksen (2) Sven-Åke Lundbäck 1979–80 Juha Mieto (2) Thomas Wassberg Lars-Erik Eriksen 1980–81 Alexander Zavyalov Oddvar Brå Ove Aunli Official World Cup 1981–82 Bill Koch Thomas Wassberg Harri Kirvesniemi 1982–83 Alexander Zavyalov (2) Gunde Svan Bill Koch 1983–84 Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg Harri Kirvesniemi (2) 1984–85 Gunde Svan Tor Håkon Holte Ove Aunli (2) 1985–86 Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren Vladimir Smirnov 1986–87 Torgny Mogren Thomas Wassberg (4) Gunde Svan 1987–88 Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren 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 1992–93 Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov Vegard Ulvang 1993–94 Vladimir Smirnov (2) Bjørn Dæhlie Jari Isometsä 1994–95 Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov Silvio Fauner 1995–96 Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov (3) Jari Isometsä (2) 1996–97 Bjørn Dæhlie Mika Myllylä Fulvio Valbusa 1997–98 Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie (2) Vladimir Smirnov (3) 1998–99 Bjørn Dæhlie (6) Mikhail Botvinov 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 Petter Northug Daniel Rickardsson 2011–12    Dario Cologna Devon Kershaw Petter Northug 2012–13 Petter Northug (2) Alexander Legkov    Dario Cologna 2013–14 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alexander Legkov (3) Alex Harvey 2014–15    Dario Cologna (4) Petter Northug Calle Halfvarsson 2015–16 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 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 2018–19 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov Sjur Røthe 2019–20 Alexander Bolshunov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Pål Golberg 2020–21 Alexander Bolshunov (2) Ivan Yakimushkin Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2021–22 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov (2) Iivo Niskanen 2022–23 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (4) Pål Golberg Federico Pellegrino 2023–24 Harald Østberg Amundsen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2) Erik Valnes a. Unofficial World Cup b. Trial World Cup Source:

Women      Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third 1973–74 — 1974–75 — 1975–76 — 1976–77 — 1977–78 — 1978–79 Galina Kulakova Raisa Smetanina Zinaida Amosova 1979–80 — 1980–81 Raisa Smetanina Berit Aunli Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková Official World Cup 1981–82 Berit Aunli Britt Pettersen Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková 1982–83 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen Britt Pettersen (2) Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková (3) 1983–84 Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (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 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 Stefania Belmondo Lyubov Yegorova 1991–92 Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Lyubov Yegorova (2) 1992–93 Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo 1993–94 Manuela Di Centa Lyubov Yegorova Yelena Välbe 1994–95 Yelena Välbe Nina Gavrylyuk Larisa Lazutina 1995–96 Manuela Di Centa (2) Yelena Välbe (3) Larisa Lazutina 1996–97 Yelena Välbe (5) Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová 1997–98 Larisa Lazutina (2) Bente Martinsen Stefania Belmondo 1998–99 Bente Martinsen Stefania Belmondo (4) Nina Gavrylyuk 1999–00 Bente Martinsen Kristina Šmigun Larisa Lazutina 2000–01 Yuliya Chepalova Bente Skari (2) Larisa Lazutina (4) 2001–02 Bente Skari Kateřina Neumannová Stefania Belmondo (3) 2002–03 Bente Skari (4) Kristina Šmigun (2) Gabriella Paruzzi 2003–04 Gabriella Paruzzi Marit Bjørgen Valentyna Shevchenko 2004–05 Marit Bjørgen Kateřina Neumannová (2) Virpi Kuitunen 2005–06 Marit Bjørgen Beckie Scott Yuliya Chepalova 2006–07 Virpi Kuitunen Marit Bjørgen 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 Marit Bjørgen Petra Majdič 2010–11 Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Arianna Follis 2011–12 Marit Bjørgen 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 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng (2) 2016–17 Heidi Weng Krista Pärmäkoski Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2017–18 Heidi Weng (2) Jessie Diggins Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2) 2018–19 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Natalya Nepryayeva Therese Johaug (2) 2019–20 Therese Johaug (3) Heidi Weng Natalya Nepryayeva 2020–21 Jessie Diggins Yuliya Stupak Ebba Andersson 2021–22 Natalya Nepryayeva Jessie Diggins Ebba Andersson (2) 2022–23 Tiril Udnes Weng Jessie Diggins (3) Kerttu Niskanen 2023–24 Jessie Diggins (2) Linn Svahn Frida Karlsson a. Trial World Cup Source:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	38	35	36	109
2	Sweden	11	12	11	34
3	Finland	9	6	11	26
4	Russia	8	13	8	29
5	Soviet Union	8	4	4	16
6	Germany	4	2		6
7	Switzerland	4	1	2	7
8	Poland	4	1	1	6
8	Italy	3	4	9	16
9	United States	3	3	2	8
11	Czech Republic	1	3	2	6
12	Kazakhstan	1	3	1	5
13	Spain	1	1		2
14	CIS	1		2	3
15	Canada		2	2	4
16	Estonia		2		2
17	Czechoslovakia		1	3	4
18	Slovenia		1	1	2
19	Austria		1		1
19	France		1		1
21	Ukraine			1	1

• With six overall World Cup titles Bjørn Dæhlie is record-holder among both men and women.

Sprint World Cup standings

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 2006–07 Jens Arne Svartedal Trond Iversen Emil Jönsson 2007–08 Ola Vigen Hattestad Emil Jönsson John Kristian Dahl 2008–09 Ola Vigen Hattestad Renato Pasini Tor Arne Hetland (3) 2009–10 Emil Jönsson Petter Northug Alexey Petukhov 2010–11 Emil Jönsson Ola Vigen Hattestad Jesper Modin 2011–12 Teodor Peterson Nikolay Morilov Eirik Brandsdal 2012–13 Emil Jönsson (3) Petter Northug Nikita Kryukov 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 Federico Pellegrino Lucas Chanavat 2018–19 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Federico Pellegrino (3) Eirik Brandsdal (2) 2019–20 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Pål Golberg 2020–21 Federico Pellegrino (2) Gleb Retivykh Alexander Bolshunov 2021–22 Richard Jouve Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lucas Chanavat 2022–23 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lucas Chanavat Even Northug 2023–24 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (6) Erik Valnes (2) Lucas Chanavat (3)

Women      Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third 1996–97 Stefania Belmondo Yelena Välbe Kateřina Neumannová 1997–98 Bente Martinsen Larisa Lazutina Stefania Belmondo 1998–99 Bente Martinsen Kateřina Neumannová Kristina Šmigun 1999–00 Bente Martinsen Anita Moen Kristina Šmigun (2) 2000–01 Bente Skari Pirjo Manninen Manuela Henkel 2001–02 Bente Skari (5) Anita Moen (2) Kateřina Neumannová (2) 2002–03 Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Pirjo Manninen 2003–04 Marit Bjørgen Gabriella Paruzzi Anna Dahlberg 2004–05 Marit Bjørgen Virpi Kuitunen Anna Dahlberg (2) 2005–06 Marit Bjørgen Ella Gjømle Beckie Scott 2006–07 Virpi Kuitunen Petra Majdič Natalya Matveyeva 2007–08 Petra Majdič Astrid Jacobsen Virpi Kuitunen 2008–09 Petra Majdič Arianna Follis Pirjo Muranen (2) 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 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 Stina Nilsson Hanna Falk 2017–18 Maiken Caspersen Falla (3) Stina Nilsson (2) Sophie Caldwell 2018–19 Stina Nilsson Maiken Caspersen Falla (2) Maja Dahlqvist 2019–20 Linn Svahn Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič 2020–21 Anamarija Lampič   Nadine Fähndrich Linn Svahn 2021–22 Maja Dahlqvist Anamarija Lampič Jonna Sundling 2022–23 Maja Dahlqvist (2)   Nadine Fähndrich (2) Tiril Udnes Weng 2023–24 Linn Svahn (2) Kristine Stavås Skistad Jonna Sundling (2)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	31	28	18	77
2	Sweden	12	5	11	28
3	Slovenia	4	2	2	8
4	Italy	3	9	4	16
5	United States	3		2	5
6	Finland	1	2	4	7
7	France	1	1	3	5
8	Poland	1	1		2
9	Russia		4	3	7
10	Switzerland		2		2
11	Germany		1	2	3
12	Czech Republic		1	1	2
13	Estonia			2	2
14	Canada			1	1
15	Kazakhstan			1	1

Distance World Cup standings

Men      Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third 1996–97 Mika Myllylä Bjørn Dæhlie Vladimir Smirnov 1997–98 Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie Mika Myllylä 1998–99 Mikhail Botvinov Bjørn Dæhlie (3) Mika Myllylä (2) 1999–00 LD Johann Mühlegg Mikhail Ivanov Mikhail Botvinov MD Jari Isometsä Johann Mühlegg Per Elofsson 2000–01 — 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 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 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 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Evgeniy Belov 2015–16 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 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 2018–19 Alexander Bolshunov Sjur Røthe Martin Johnsrud Sundby 2019–20 Alexander Bolshunov Sjur Røthe (2) Iivo Niskanen 2020–21 Alexander Bolshunov (3) Ivan Yakimushkin Simen Hegstad Krüger 2021–22 Iivo Niskanen Alexander Bolshunov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2022–23 Pål Golberg Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Didrik Tønseth 2023–24 Harald Østberg Amundsen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2) Pål Golberg a. Arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup".

Women      Season      Winner      Runner-up      Third 1996–97 Yelena Välbe Stefania Belmondo Nina Gavrylyuk 1997–98 Larisa Lazutina Stefania Belmondo Olga Danilova 1998–99 Kristina Šmigun Stefania Belmondo Larisa Lazutina 1999–00 LD Larisa Lazutina (2) Kristina Šmigun Olga Danilova (2) MD Kristina Šmigun (2) Stefania Belmondo (4) Larisa Lazutina (2) 2000–01 — 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Valentyna Shevchenko Gabriella Paruzzi Kristina Šmigun 2004–05 Marit Bjørgen Kateřina Neumannová Kristina Šmigun (2) 2005–06 Yuliya Chepalova Kateřina Neumannová Beckie Scott 2006–07 Virpi Kuitunen Kateřina Neumannová (3) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 2007–08 Virpi Kuitunen (2) Valentyna Shevchenko Justyna Kowalczyk 2008–09 Justyna Kowalczyk Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Marianna Longa 2009–10 Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Kristin Størmer Steira 2010–11 Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug 2011–12 Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug (2) 2012–13 Justyna Kowalczyk (4) Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira (2) 2013–14 Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen Kerttu Niskanen 2014–15 Marit Bjørgen (3) Therese Johaug (2) Heidi Weng 2015–16 Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2016–17 Heidi Weng Marit Bjørgen (4) Krista Pärmäkoski 2017–18 Heidi Weng (2) Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Jessie Diggins 2018–19 Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2) Natalya Nepryayeva 2019–20 Therese Johaug Heidi Weng (2) Ebba Andersson 2020–21 Jessie Diggins Ebba Andersson Yuliya Stupak 2021–22 Therese Johaug (5) Frida Karlsson Krista Pärmäkoski (2) 2022–23 Kerttu Niskanen Jessie Diggins Tiril Udnes Weng 2023–24 Jessie Diggins (2) Victoria Carl Ebba Andersson (2) a. Arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup".

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	16	18	16	50
2	Finland	5	1	8	15
3	Russia	4	4	9	17
4	Switzerland	4	2		6
5	Germany	4	1	2	7
6	Poland	4	1	1	6
7	Estonia	2	1	2	5
8	United States	2	1	1	4
9	Italy	1	6	1	8
10	Czech Republic	1	4	1	6
11	Spain	1	1		2
12	Ukraine	1	1		2
13	Austria	1		1	2
14	Sweden		4	2	6
15	Canada		2	1	3
16	France		1		1
17	Kazakhstan			1	1

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 Alexander Bolshunov Aleksey Chervotkin 2018–19 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (3) Alexander Bolshunov (2) Denis Spitsov 2019–20 Hugo Lapalus Alexander Terentyev Verneri Suhonen 2020–21 Hugo Lapalus (2) Gus Schumacher Alexander Terentyev 2021–22 Alexander Terentyev Friedrich Moch William Poromaa 2022–23 Ben Ogden William Poromaa Edvin Anger 2023–24 Edvin Anger Elia Barp Zanden McMullen

Women 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 Yuliya Belorukova    Nadine Fähndrich 2017–18 Natalya Nepryayeva Anastasia Sedova Ebba Andersson 2018–19 Ebba Andersson Tiril Udnes Weng Mariya Istomina 2019–20 Ebba Andersson (2) Linn Svahn Frida Karlsson 2020–21 Linn Svahn Helene Marie Fossesholm Frida Karlsson (2) 2021–22 Frida Karlsson Helene Marie Fossesholm (2) Kristine Stavås Skistad 2022–23 Patrīcija Eiduka Margrethe Bergane Maria Hartz Melling 2023–24 Margrethe Bergane    Nadja Kälin    Anja Weber

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	7	3	5	15
2	Norway	4	5	3	12
3	Russia	2	6	4	12
4	Italy	2	1		3
5	France	2		2	4
6	United States	1	1	1	3
7	Slovenia	1			1
8	Latvia	1			1
9	Switzerland		2	3	5
10	Austria		1	1	2
11	Germany		1		1
12	Finland			1	1

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	Women's 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	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	Norway
2013–14	Norway	Russia	Sweden		Norway	Norway
2014–15	Norway	Russia	Sweden		Norway	Norway
2015–16	Norway	Russia	Finland		Norway	Norway
2016–17	Norway	Sweden	Finland		Norway	Norway
2017–18	Norway	Sweden	Russia		Norway	Norway
2018–19	Norway	Russia	Sweden		Norway	Norway
2019–20	Norway	Russia (16)	Sweden		Norway	Norway
2020–21	Russia (3)	Norway (6)	Sweden (14)		Russia (3)	Sweden
2021–22	Norway	Sweden	Russia (4)		Norway	Sweden
2022–23	Norway	Sweden	Finland		Norway	Norway (24)
2023–24	Norway (35)	Sweden (10)	Finland (6)		Norway (35)	Sweden (3)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Men's winner	Women's winner
1	Norway	35	6	2	35	24
2	Russia	3	16	4	3	9
3	Soviet Union	3	3	3		4
4	Sweden	2	10	14	5	3
5	Germany		4	2
6	Finland		2	6		2
7	Czech Republic		1
8	Italy			12

World Cup title winners

Overall titles

Men Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years Bjørn Dæhlie 6 2 2 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 Gunde Svan 5 2 1 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 4 2 1 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023    Dario Cologna 4 1 1 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 3 0 1 2014, 2016, 2017 Petter Northug 2 4 1 2010, 2013 Vladimir Smirnov 2 3 3 1991, 1994 Alexander Bolshunov 2 2 0 2020, 2021 Per Elofsson 2 0 0 2001, 2002 Tobias Angerer 2 0 0 2006, 2007 Torgny Mogren 1 3 1 1987 Vegard Ulvang 1 2 1 1990 René Sommerfeldt 1 2 0 2004 Thomas Alsgaard 1 1 1 1998 Johann Mühlegg 1 1 0 2000 Mathias Fredriksson 1 1 0 2003 Lukáš Bauer 1 1 0 2008 Bill Koch 1 0 1 1982 Alexander Zavyalov 1 0 0 1983 Axel Teichmann 1 0 0 2005 Harald Østberg Amundsen 1 0 0 2024

Women Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years Yelena Välbe 5 3 1 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997 Marit Bjørgen 4 5 0 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015 Bente Skari 4 2 0 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 Justyna Kowalczyk 4 1 1 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Therese Johaug 3 2 2 2014, 2016, 2020 Marjo Matikainen 3 0 0 1986, 1987, 1988 Jessie Diggins 2 3 0 2021, 2024 Heidi Weng 2 1 2 2017, 2018 Larisa Lazutina 2 0 4 1990, 1998 Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi 2 0 1 1983, 1984 Virpi Kuitunen 2 0 1 2007, 2008 Manuela Di Centa 2 0 0 1994, 1996 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 1 1 2 2019 Lyubov Yegorova 1 1 2 1993 Natalya Nepryayeva 1 1 1 2022 Yuliya Chepalova 1 0 1 2001 Gabriella Paruzzi 1 0 1 2004 Berit Aunli 1 0 0 1982 Anette Bøe 1 0 0 1985 Tiril Udnes Weng 1 0 0 2023

Sprint titles

Men Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 6 1 0 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Emil Jönsson 3 1 1 2010, 2011, 2013 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3 1 0 2008, 2009, 2014 Federico Pellegrino 2 3 1 2016, 2021 Bjørn Dæhlie 2 1 0 1997, 1999 Thobias Fredriksson 2 1 0 2003, 2004 Jens Arne Svartedal 1 2 0 2007 Tor Arne Hetland 1 1 3 2005 Trond Iversen 1 1 1 2002 Finn Hågen Krogh 1 0 1 2015 Thomas Alsgaard 1 0 0 1998 Morten Brørs 1 0 0 2000 Jan Jacob Verdenius 1 0 0 2001 Björn Lind 1 0 0 2006 Teodor Peterson 1 0 0 2012 Richard Jouve 1 0 0 2022

Women Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years Marit Bjørgen 5 1 2 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015 Bente Skari 5 1 0 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3 2 1 2016, 2017, 2018 Petra Majdič 3 1 1 2008, 2009, 2011 Kikkan Randall 3 0 1 2012, 2013, 2014 Linn Svahn 2 0 1 2020, 2024 Maja Dahlqvist 2 0 1 2022, 2023 Stina Nilsson 1 2 1 2019 Virpi Kuitunen 1 1 1 2007 Anamarija Lampič 1 1 1 2021 Justyna Kowalczyk 1 1 0 2010 Stefania Belmondo 1 0 1 1997

Distance titles

Men Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years    Dario Cologna 4 2 0 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 3 2 1 2014, 2016, 2017 Alexander Bolshunov 3 1 0 2019, 2020, 2021 Tobias Angerer 2 0 1 2006, 2007 Lukáš Bauer 1 1 1 2008 Alexander Legkov 1 1 1 2013 Johann Mühlegg 1 1 0 2000 Pietro Piller Cottrer 1 1 0 2009 Mika Myllylä 1 0 2 1997 Petter Northug 1 0 2 2010 Mikhail Botvinov 1 0 1 1999 René Sommerfeldt 1 0 1 2004 Iivo Niskanen 1 0 1 2022 Pål Golberg 1 0 1 2023 Thomas Alsgaard 1 0 0 1998 Jari Isometsä 1 0 0 2000 Axel Teichmann 1 0 0 2005 Harald Østberg Amundsen 1 0 0 2024 a. Long Distance World Cup b. Middle Distance World Cup

Women Skier Titles Runner-up Third Winning Years Therese Johaug 5 2 2 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022 Justyna Kowalczyk 4 1 1 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Marit Bjørgen 3 4 0 2005, 2012, 2015 Heidi Weng 2 2 1 2017, 2018 Kristina Šmigun 2 1 2 1999, 2000 Jessie Diggins 2 1 1 2021, 2024 Larisa Lazutina 2 0 2 1998, 2000 Virpi Kuitunen 2 0 0 2007, 2008 Valentyna Shevchenko 1 1 0 2004 Kerttu Niskanen 1 0 1 2023 Yelena Välbe 1 0 0 1997 Yuliya Chepalova 1 0 0 2006 a. Long Distance World Cup b. Middle Distance World Cup

Most World Cup wins

As of 4 January 2025

Most successful race winners

Men Main article: List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup men's race winners Rank Skier World Cup Seasons World Cup Stage World Cup (Nordic Opening, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour 2020, WC Final, Ski Tour Canada) Total wins Wins Distance Sprint Stage events Wins Distance Sprint 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2016–active 60 14 38 8 31 15 16 91 2 Bjørn Dæhlie 1989–1999 46 45 1 – – – – 46 3 Petter Northug 2005–2017 20 8 6 6 18 15 3 38 4 Gunde Svan 1982–1991 30 30 – – – – – 30 Vladimir Smirnov 1983–1998 30 30 – – – – – 30 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 2005–2020 19 11 – 8 11 11 – 30 7 Alexander Bolshunov 2017–active 20 16 1 3 8 8 – 28 8    Dario Cologna 2007–2022 15 7 2 6 11 11 – 26 9 Lukáš Bauer 1997–2016 11 9 – 2 7 7 – 18 10 Federico Pellegrino 2010–active 12 – 12 – 5 – 5 17 11 Emil Jönsson 2004–2018 13 – 13 – 3 – 3 16 12 Sergey Ustiugov 2013–active 4 1 2 1 11 8 3 15 13 Torgny Mogren 1984–1998 13 13 – – – – – 13 Thomas Alsgaard 1993–2003 13 11 2 – – – – 13 Ola Vigen Hattestad 2003–2017 13 – 13 – – – – 13 Tor Arne Hetland 1995–2009 11 2 9 – 2 – 2 13 Axel Teichmann 1999–2014 8 8 – – 5 5 – 13 18 Jens Arne Svartedal 1998–2010 12 1 11 – – – – 12 Pål Golberg 2010–active 10 6 3 1 2 1 1 12 20 Per Elofsson 1997–2004 11 11 – – – – – 11 Tobias Angerer 1999–2014 11 10 – 1 – – – 11 Eldar Rønning 2002–2015 7 4 3 – 4 3 1 11 Alexey Poltoranin 2005–2019 4 3 1 – 7 7 – 11

Women Main article: List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup women's race winners Rank Skier World Cup Seasons World Cup Stage World Cup (Nordic Opening, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour 2020, WC Final, Ski Tour Canada) Total wins Wins Distance Sprint Stage events Wins Distance Sprint 1 Marit Bjørgen 2000–2015, 2017–2018 84 41 31 12 30 21 9 114 2 Therese Johaug 2007–2016, 2019–2022, 2025–active 47 37 – 10 37 36 1 84 3 Justyna Kowalczyk 2002–2018 31 19 7 5 19 14 5 50 4 Yelena Välbe 1987–1998 45 44 1 – – – – 45 5 Bente Skari 1992–2003 42 25 17 – – – – 42 6 Virpi Kuitunen 1995–2010 20 11 7 2 7 5 2 27 7 Petra Majdič 1999–2011 16 1 15 – 8 2 6 24 Jessie Diggins 2011–active 13 10 1 2 11 9 2 24 9 Stefania Belmondo 1989–2002 23 23 – – – – – 23 Stina Nilsson 2012–2020 12 – 11 1 11 4 7 23 11 Maiken Caspersen Falla 2009–2022 16 – 16 – 6 – 6 22 12 Larisa Lazutina 1984–2002 21 21 – – – – – 21 13 Kateřina Neumannová 1991–2007 18 16 2 – 1 1 – 19 14 Yuliya Chepalova 1996–2009 18 17 1 – – – – 18 15 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2008–2020, 2022–active 5 2 2 1 12 11 1 17 16 Kristina Šmigun 1993–2010 16 14 2 – – – – 16 17 Manuela Di Centa 1982–1998 15 15 – – – – – 15 Linn Svahn 2019–active 8 1 7 – 7 2 5 15 19 Lyubov Yegorova 1984–2003 13 13 – – – – – 13 Kikkan Randall 2001–2018 11 – 11 – 2 – 2 13 Heidi Weng 2010–active 5 2 – 3 8 7 1 13

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

World Cup wins by nation

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one individual World Cup race.

As of 4 January 2025

Rank	Nation		Total wins				Wins by disciplines
							Men				Women
			Men	Women	All		DI	SP	SE		DI	SP	SE
1	Norway		424	372	795		244	155	25		247	99	26
2	Sweden		132	107	239		94	38	–		40	63	4
3	Russia		94	100	194		68	20	6		88	11	1
4	Finland		38	77	115		37	1	–		61	14	2
5	Italy		45	52	97		19	26	–		45	7	–
6	Poland		1	50	51		–	1	–		35	10	5
7	United States		8	42	50		7	1	–		22	18	2
8	Soviet Union (6 RUS / 1 KAZ / 1 LTU)		17	31	48		17	–	–		31	–	–
9	Germany		36	9	45		32	3	1		8	1	–
10	Czech Republic		18	19	37		16	–	2		17	2	–
11	Switzerland		28	8	36		19	3	6		1	7	–
12	Kazakhstan		34	–	34		33	1	–		–	–	–
13	France		30	1	31		21	9	–		1	–	–
14	Slovenia		–	29	29		–	–	–		4	25	–
15	Estonia		6	16	22		6	–	–		14	2	–
16	Canada		15	6	21		11	4	–		3	3	–
17	Czechoslovakia (2 CZE / 1 SVK)		–	10	10		–	–	–		10	–	–
18	Spain		7	–	7		7	–	–		–	–	–
19	Ukraine		–	5	5		–	–	–		5	–	–
20	Austria		4	–	4		4	–	–		–	–	–
	Slovakia		1	3	4		1	–	–		2	1	–
22	East Germany		–	3	3		–	–	–		3	–	–
23	Belarus		1	–	1		1	–	–		–	–	–
Total			939	940	1878		637	262	40		637	263	40

Most World Cup podiums, top 10 results and individual starts

As of 4 January 2025

Men's career podiums      No.      Skier      1st      2nd      3rd      Total 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 91 18 7 116 2 Petter Northug 38 29 17 84 3 Bjørn Dæhlie 46 23 12 81 4 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 30 26 18 74 5    Dario Cologna 26 28 19 73 6 Vladimir Smirnov 30 21 15 66 7 Alexander Bolshunov 28 12 19 59 8 Gunde Svan 30 11 5 46 Sergey Ustiugov 15 19 12 46 Federico Pellegrino 17 20 9 46

Men's career top 10s      No.      Skier      Top 10 1    Dario Cologna 164 2 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 146 3 Petter Northug 145 4 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 131 5 Alex Harvey 112 6 Bjørn Dæhlie 105 Federico Pellegrino 105 8 Pål Golberg 101 9 Sjur Røthe 99 Lukáš Bauer 99

Men's individual starts      No.      Skier      Race      Tour      Starts 1 Giorgio Di Centa 322 20 342 2 Jean-Marc Gaillard 300 34 334 3 Devon Kershaw 290 29 319 4    Dario Cologna 285 33 318 5 Federico Pellegrino 274 31 305 6 Andrew Musgrave 268 27 295 7 Maurice Manificat 258 31 289 8 Alex Harvey 258 29 287 9 Tobias Angerer 260 17 277 10 Calle Halfvarsson 236 27 263