Top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions
Alpine Ski World Cup
Seidlalm, a gasthaus at "Streif" (Kitzbühel) where World Cup was founded by Lang, Bonnet, and Beattie.
Genre
Alpine skiing
Locations
Europe and North America; occasionally in Japan, Russia, Australia, Argentina, South Korea, New Zealand
Inaugurated
5 January 1967 (1967-01-05) (men) 7 January 1967 (1967-01-07) (women)
Founders
Serge Lang Honore Bonnet Bob Beattie
Organised by
International Ski Federation (FIS)
People
Chief Race Directors Markus Waldner (M) Peter Gerdol (W)
Sponsor
Audi Quattro
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). 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. 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.
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.
Lower competitive circuits include the NorAm Cup in North America and the Europa Cup in Europe.
Crystal Globe of the World Cup Winner
Red Bib of the World Cup Leader
Overall winners
Multiple individual overall World Cup winners are marked with (#).
The following skiers have at least three overall alpine World Cup titles.
Name
Career
Overall
Disciplines
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
Marcel Hirscher
2007–2019
8
–
–
6
6
–
Marc Girardelli
1980–1996
5
2
–
1
3
4
Gustav Thöni
1969–1980
4
–
N/A
3
2
–
Pirmin Zurbriggen
1981–1990
4
2
4
3
–
3
Hermann Maier
1996–2009
4
2
5
3
–
–
Marco Odermatt
2016–active
4
2
3
4
–
–
Phil Mahre
1975–1984
3
–
–
2
1
4
Ingemar Stenmark
1973–1989
3
–
N/A
8
8
–
Women overall titles
The following skiers have at least three overall alpine World Cup titles.
Name
Career
Overall
Disciplines
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
1969–1980
6
7
N/A
3
–
2
Mikaela Shiffrin
2011–active
5
–
1
2
9
–
Lindsey Vonn
2001–active
4
8
5
–
–
3
Petra Kronberger
1987–1992
3
–
–
–
1
–
Vreni Schneider
1984–1995
3
–
–
5
6
–
Janica Kostelić
1998–2006
3
–
–
–
3
4
Discipline winners
Top ten small crystal globe podiums
Still active
Men
#
Skier
Period
1st
2nd
3rd
1
Ingemar Stenmark
1975–1987
15
7
1
2
Marcel Hirscher
2012–2019
12
3
1
3
Marc Girardelli
1982–1996
10
5
6
4
Pirmin Zurbriggen
1983–1990
10
5
3
4
Hermann Maier
1998–2006
10
5
3
6
Aksel Lund Svindal
2006–2019
9
3
3
7
Marco Odermatt
2016–active
9
3
1
8
Alberto Tomba
1988–1996
8
5
0
9
Benjamin Raich
2001–2010
8
4
5
10
Kjetil André Aamodt
1993–2003
8
4
2
Women
#
Skier
Period
1st
2nd
3rd
1
Lindsey Vonn
2001–active
16
5
6
2
Mikaela Shiffrin
2011–active
12
6
5
3
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
1969–1980
12
5
5
4
Vreni Schneider
1984–1995
11
5
3
5
Renate Götschl
1993–2009
10
9
3
6
Katja Seizinger
1989–1999
9
5
2
7
Hanni Wenzel
1972–1984
7
6
4
8
Lara Gut-Behrami
2008–active
7
4
4
9
Janica Kostelić
1998–2007
7
2
2
10
Federica Brignone
2010-active
6
7
3
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:
Men
Discipline
Country
Titles
Downhill
Franz Klammer
Austria
5
Super-G
Hermann Maier
Austria
5
Aksel Lund Svindal
Norway
Giant slalom
Ingemar Stenmark
Sweden
7
Slalom
Ingemar Stenmark
Sweden
8
Combined
Alexis Pinturault
France
6
Women
Discipline
Country
Titles
Downhill
Lindsey Vonn
United States
8
Super-G
Lara Gut-Behrami
Switzerland
6
Giant slalom
Vreni Schneider
Switzerland
5
Slalom
Mikaela Shiffrin
United States
9
Combined
Brigitte Oertli
Switzerland
4
Janica Kostelić
Croatia
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
Marc Girardelli
1980–1997
4
10
2
-
1
3
4
Pirmin Zurbriggen
1981–1990
4
10
2
4
1
-
3
Aksel Lund Svindal
2003-2019
4
9
2
5
1
-
1
Kjetil André Aamodt
1990–2006
4
8
-
1
1
1
5
Women
Career
Different discipline titles won
Wins
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
Maria Walliser
1981–1990
4
5
2
1
1
-
1
Maria Höfl-Riesch
2001–2014
4
5
1
1
-
2
1
Federica Brignone
2010–active
4
5
1
1
2
-
1
Wins
Most race wins in each discipline
As of 26 October 2025
Men
Rank
Downhill
Wins
1
Franz Klammer
25
2
Peter Müller
19
Dominik Paris
19
4
Stephan Eberharter
18
5
Franz Heinzer
15
Hermann Maier
15
Rank
Super-G
Wins
1
Hermann Maier
24
2
Aksel Lund Svindal
17
Marco Odermatt
17
4
Kjetil Jansrud
13
5
Pirmin Zurbriggen
10
Rank
Giant slalom
Wins
1
Ingemar Stenmark
46
2
Marcel Hirscher
31
3
Marco Odermatt
29
4
Ted Ligety
24
5
Michael von Grünigen
23
Rank
Slalom
Wins
1
Ingemar Stenmark
40
2
Alberto Tomba
35
3
Marcel Hirscher
32
4
Henrik Kristoffersen
26
5
Marc Girardelli
16
Rank
Combined
Wins
1
Phil Mahre
11
Pirmin Zurbriggen
11
Marc Girardelli
11
4
Alexis Pinturault
10
5
Ivica Kostelić
9
Women
Rank
Downhill
Wins
1
Lindsey Vonn
45
2
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
36
3
Renate Götschl
24
4
Sofia Goggia
19
5
Michela Figini
17
Rank
Super-G
Wins
1
Lindsey Vonn
28
2
Lara Gut-Behrami
24
3
Renate Götschl
17
4
Katja Seizinger
16
5
Federica Brignone
13
Rank
Giant slalom
Wins
1
Mikaela Shiffrin
22
2
Vreni Schneider
20
3
Federica Brignone
17
4
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
16
Tessa Worley
16
Rank
Slalom
Wins
1
Mikaela Shiffrin
71
2
Marlies Schild
35
3
Vreni Schneider
34
4
Petra Vlhová
22
5
Erika Hess
21
Rank
Combined
Wins
1
Hanni Wenzel
8
2
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
7
Brigitte Oertli
7
4
Janica Kostelić
6
5
Marie-Theres Nadig
5
Lindsey Vonn
5
Federica Brignone
5
Most races won
The following skiers have won at least 20 World Cup races:
NOTE: Parallel events are not included in the list as slalom wins.
Technical events
As of 29 October 2025
Rank
Men
Wins (GS + SL)
1
Ingemar Stenmark
86
2
Marcel Hirscher
63
3
Alberto Tomba
50
4
Henrik Kristoffersen
34
5
Marco Odermatt
29
6
Benjamin Raich
28
7
Ted Ligety
24
8
Marc Girardelli
23
Michael von Grünigen
23
10
Alexis Pinturault
21
Rank
Women
Wins (GS + SL)
1
Mikaela Shiffrin
93
2
Vreni Schneider
54
3
Marlies Schild
36
4
Anja Pärson
29
5
Petra Vlhová
28
6
Erika Hess
27
7
Lise-Marie Morerod
24
8
Hanni Wenzel
23
9
Janica Kostelić
22
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. Alpine combined was dropped from the World Cup circuit in the 2020–21 season and, as such, no longer counts toward the total number of wins across all disciplines.
Men
Career
Times
Seasons
Wins
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
PGS
PSL
CE
Bode Miller
1997–2017
5
0
33
8
5
9
5
6
–
–
–
Marc Girardelli
1980–1996
3
1
46
3
9
7
16
11
N/A
–
N/A
Pirmin Zurbriggen
1981–1990
2
0
40
10
10
7
2
11
N/A
–
N/A
Kjetil André Aamodt
1989–2006
1
0
21
1
5
6
1
8
N/A
–
N/A
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
Mikaela Shiffrin
2011–active
4
0
108
4
5
22
71
1
–
2
3
Anja Pärson
1998–2012
4
0
42
6
4
11
18
3
N/A
–
–
Lindsey Vonn
2001–active
2
0
84
45
28
4
2
5
N/A
–
–
Pernilla Wiberg
1990–2002
2
0
24
2
3
2
14
3
N/A
–
N/A
Petra Kronberger
1987–1992
2
1
16
6
2
3
3
2
N/A
N/A
N/A
Janica Kostelić
1998–2006
1
1
30
1
1
2
20
6
N/A
–
N/A
Tina Maze
1999–2015
1
1
26
4
1
14
4
3
N/A
–
–
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"):
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).
As of 26 Gen 2026
Men's super ranking
#
Overall
Points
1
Marcel Hirscher
359.40
2
Ingemar Stenmark
290.10
3
Hermann Maier
252.10
4
Marc Girardelli
227.50
5
Aksel Lund Svindal
224.00
6
Marco Odermatt
214.40
7
Pirmin Zurbriggen
211.20
8
Kjetil André Aamodt
201.45
9
Alberto Tomba
195.60
10
Bode Miller
176.15
#
Downhill
Points
1
Franz Klammer
76.3
2
Beat Feuz
73.9
3
Aksel Lund Svindal
72.0
4
Peter Müller
66.0
5
Bernhard Russi
54.5
6
Michael Walchhofer
53.6
7
Pirmin Zurbriggen
51.4
8
Didier Cuche
49.8
9
Franz Heinzer
48.9
10
Stephan Eberharter
43.5
#
Super-G
Points
1
Hermann Maier
88.2
2
Kjetil André Aamodt
68.9
3
Aksel Lund Svindal
67.3
4
Kjetil Jansrud
55.0
5
Stephan Eberharter
47.6
6
Pirmin Zurbriggen
45.9
7
Marco Odermatt
44.4
8
Matthias Mayer
40.6
9
Bode Miller
38.4
10
; Vincent Kriechmayr
34.8
#
Giant slalom
Points
1
Ingemar Stenmark
120.0
2
Marcel Hirscher
104.1
3
Ted Ligety
97.3
4
Alberto Tomba
80.9
5
Marco Odermatt
77.6
6
Michael von Grünigen
73.7
7
Hermann Maier
59.8
8
Benjamin Raich
57.0
9
Gustav Thöni
55.0
10
Alexis Pinturault
43.5
#
Slalom
Points
1
Ingemar Stenmark
124.8
2
Marcel Hirscher
105.8
3
Alberto Tomba
98.5
4
Henrik Kristoffersen
70.8
5
Benjamin Raich
69.6
6
Mario Matt
55.8
7
Marc Girardelli
52.8
8
Ivica Kostelić
50.2
9
Gustav Thöni
47.0
10
Thomas Stangassinger
46.4
Women's super ranking
#
Overall
Points
1
Mikaela Shiffrin
374.60
2
Lindsey Vonn
301.60
3
A. Moser-Pröll
272.50
4
Vreni Schneider
255.10
5
Anja Pärson
217.40
6
Janica Kostelić
203.65
7
Katja Seizinger
194.40
8
Lara Gut-Behrami
194.00
9
Tina Maze
167.00
10
Maria Höfl-Riesch
164.90
#
Downhill
Points
1
Lindsey Vonn
129.7
2
A. Moser-Pröll
115.4
3
Renate Götschl
78.6
4
Katja Seizinger
76.0
5
Michela Figini
68.0
6
Sofia Goggia
66.5
7
Maria Walliser
55.4
8
Michaela Dorfmeister
51.4
9
M. Therese Nadig
48.9
10
Corinne Suter
41.9
#
Super-G
Points
1
Lara Gut-Behrami
92.8
2
Lindsey Vonn
77.5
3
Katja Seizinger
60.3
4
Michaela Dorfmeister
57.8
5
Renate Götschl
47.2
6
Carole Merle
43.0
7
Anna Veith
39.0
8
Alexandra Meissnitzer
34.1
9
Isolde Kostner
30.1
10
Tina Maze
29.9
#
Giant slalom
Points
1
Vreni Schneider
87.5
2
Mikaela Shiffrin
72.4
3
Deborah Compagnoni
70.0
4
Viktoria Rebensburg
62.6
5
Federica Brignone
61.6
6
Tina Maze
60.8
7
Anja Pärson
57.6
8
Tessa Worley
54.1
9
Anita Wachter
47.6
10
A. Moser-Pröll
45.5
#
Slalom
Points
1
Mikaela Shiffrin
177.1
2
Vreni Schneider
110.3
3
Marlies Schild
90.5
4
Janica Kostelić
71.2
5
Erika Hess
67.8
6
Petra Vlhová
62.4
7
Anja Pärson
57.5
8
Hanni Wenzel
51.0
9
Maria Höfl-Riesch
49.1
10
Marielle Goitschel
43.3
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
Mont St. Anne
1975/76
Franco Bieler
Ingemar Stenmark
Jim Hunter
26 March 1977
Sierra Nevada
1976/77
Manfred Brunner
Klaus Heidegger
Bruno Nöckler
19 March 1978
Arosa
1977/78
Phil Mahre
Ingemar Stenmark
Leonhard Stock
14 December 1978
Madonna di Campiglio
1978/79
Ingemar Stenmark
Mauro Bernardi
Karl Trojer
14 March 1980
Saalbach
1979/80
Anton Steiner
Ingemar Stenmark
Jarle Halsnes
30 March 1981
Laax
1980/81
Ingemar Stenmark
Jarle Halsnes
Phil Mahre
28 March 1982
Montgenèvre
1981/82
Phil Mahre
Ingemar Stenmark
Hans Enn
21 March 1983
Furano
1982/83
Ingemar Stenmark (3)
Phil Mahre
Andreas Wenzel
25 March 1984
Oslo
1983/84
Hans Enn
Anton Steiner
Ingemar Stenmark
6 January 1986
Vienna
1985/86
Ivano Edalini
Markus Wasmeier
Anton Steiner
22 March 1986
Bromont
Paul Frommelt
Marco Tonazzi
Marc Girardelli
28 December 1986
Berlin
1986/87
Leonhard Stock
Bojan Križaj
Michael Eder
22 December 1987
Bormio
1987/88
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Joël Gaspoz
Martin Hangl
27 March 1988
Saalbach
Alberto Tomba
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Helmut Mayer
11 March 1989
Shiga Kōgen
1988/89
Bernhard Gstrein
Pirmin Zurbriggen
Rudolf Nierlich
24 March 1991
Waterville
1990/91
Urs Kälin
Paul Accola
Ole Kristian Furuseth
Promotional event
2 January 2009
Moscow
2008/09
Felix Neureuther
Jean-Baptiste Grange
Bode Miller
21 November 2009
Moscow
2009/10
Marcel Hirscher
Steve Missillier
Michael Janyk
World Cup
23 March 1975
Val Gardena
1974/75
Gustav Thöni
Ingemar Stenmark
Walter Tresch
24 October 1997
Tignes
1997/98
Josef Strobl
Kjetil André Aamodt
Hermann Maier
Women
Date
Place
Season
Winner
Second
Third
Nations Cup
20 March 1976
Mont St. Anne
1975/76
Bernadette Zurbriggen
Irene Epple
Monika Kaserer
26 March 1977
Sierra Nevada
1976/77
Christa Zechmeister
Marie-Theres Nadig
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
19 March 1978
Arosa
1977/78
Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Christa Zechmeister
Viki Fleckenstein
16 March 1980
Saalbach
1979/80
Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2)
Claudia Giordani
Maria Epple
30 March 1981
Laax
1980/81
Tamara McKinney
Traudl Hächer
Hanni Wenzel
28 March 1982
Montgenèvre
1981/82
Maria Epple
Lea Sölkner
Perrine Pelen
21 March 1983
Furano
1982/83
Anne-Flore Rey
Hanni Wenzel
Anni Kronbichler
25 March 1984
Oslo
1983/84
Olga Charvátová
Erika Hess
Tamara McKinney
22 March 1986
Bromont
1985/86
Vreni Schneider
Maria Walliser
Corinne Schmidhauser
18 January 1987
Munich
1986/87
Tamara McKinney
Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore
Corinne Schmidhauser
22 December 1987
Bormio
1987/88
Brigitte Oertli
Corinne Schmidhauser
Michela Figini
27 March 1988
Saalbach
Christina Meier
Ulrike Maier
Roswitha Steiner
11 March 1989
Shiga Kōgen
1988/89
Chantal Bournissen
Michaela Gerg-Leitner
Tamara McKinney
24 March 1991
Waterville
1990/91
Anita Wachter
Ingrid Salvenmoser
Chantal Bournissen
Promotional event
21 November 2009
Moscow
2009/10
Therese Borssén
Maria Riesch
Frida Hansdotter
World Cup
24 March 1975
Val Gardena
1974/75
Monika Kaserer
Claudia Giordani
Fabienne Serrat
24 October 1997
Tignes
1997/98
Leila Piccard
Ylva Nowén
Alexandra Meissnitzer
28 November 1997
Mammoth Mountain
Hilde Gerg
Martina Ertl
Alexandra Meissnitzer
20 December 2017
Courchevel
2017/18
Mikaela Shiffrin
Petra Vlhová
Irene Curtoni
9 December 2018
St. Moritz
2018/19
Mikaela Shiffrin (2)
Petra Vlhová
Wendy Holdener
15 December 2019
St. Moritz
2019/20
Petra Vlhová
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Franziska Gritsch
not counted as an official World cup win
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.
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.
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. 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
Alta Badia
21 December 2015
Kjetil Jansrud
Aksel Lund Svindal
Andre Myhrer
Dominik Schwaiger
Alta Badia
19 December 2016
Cyprien Sarrazin
Carlo Janka
Kjetil Jansrud
Leif Kristian Haugen
Alta Badia
18 December 2017
Matts Olsson
Henrik Kristoffersen
Marcel Hirscher
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Alta Badia
17 December 2018
Marcel Hirscher
Thibaut Favrot
Alexis Pinturault
Matts Olsson
Alta Badia
23 December 2019
Rasmus Windingstad
Stefan Luitz
Roland Leitinger
Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen
Chamonix
9 February 2020
Loïc Meillard
Thomas Tumler
Alexander Schmid
Tommy Ford
Lech/Zürs
27 November 2020
Alexis Pinturault
Henrik Kristoffersen
Alexander Schmid
Adrian Pertl
Lech/Zürs
14 November 2021
Christian Hirschbühl
Dominik Raschner
Atle Lie McGrath
Henrik Kristoffersen
Women's World Cup parallel giant slalom events
Venue
Date
Winner
Second
Third
Fourth
Notes
Sestriere
19 January 2020
Clara Direz
Elisa Mörzinger
Marta Bassino
Federica Brignone
Lech/Zürs
26 November 2020
Petra Vlhová
Paula Moltzan
Lara Gut-Behrami
Sara Hector
Lech/Zürs
13 November 2021
Andreja Slokar
Thea Louise Stjernesund
Kristin Lysdahl
Marta Bassino
Various records
Men
Category
Season(s)
Record
Prize money in CHF (single season)
2023
Marco Odermatt
941,200
Overall points
2023
Marco Odermatt
2042
Margin of victory
2024
Marco Odermatt
874
Avg. points per race (all participated races - career)
2008-2018
Marcel Hirscher
55,69
Avg. points per race (all races in a season)
2024
Marco Odermatt
55,63
Avg. points per race (all participed races)
2018
Marcel Hirscher
81
Overall titles
2012–2019
Marcel Hirscher
8
Consecutive overall titles
2012–2019
Marcel Hirscher
8
Discipline titles
1975–1984
Ingemar Stenmark
16
Discipline titles (single season)
1987
Pirmin Zurbriggen
4
Total wins
1975–1989
Ingemar Stenmark
86
Wins (single season)
1979 2001 2018 2023 2024
Ingemar Stenmark Hermann Maier Marcel Hirscher Marco Odermatt Marco Odermatt
13
Most wins at one venue (all disciplines)
2012–2019
Marcel Hirscher
9
Most wins at one venue (single discipline)
2008–2016 2006–2016 2014–2019 2012–2021
Ted Ligety Aksel Lund Svindal Marcel Hirscher Dominik Paris
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 1980–1991
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 1967–1979
25
20
15
11
8
6
4
3
2
1
Place
1
2
3
4
T5 (4)
T9 (8)
Parallel slalom
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 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 1992–2012 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 1992–2012 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.
The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 1 February 2026).
Men
Rank
Nation
Total
Wins by disciplines
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
PSL
PGS
CE
K.O.
1
Austria
559
192
89
114
134
24
1
2
3
–
2
Switzerland
362
141
54
107
26
31
–
1
2
–
3
Norway
211
53
50
33
59
14
–
2
–
–
4
Italy
197
48
20
49
74
5
1
–
–
–
5
France
175
33
7
44
75
13
–
2
1
–
6
United States
130
31
10
45
25
19
–
–
–
–
7
Sweden
120
–
3
53
62
–
–
1
1
–
8
Germany
56
11
8
3
30
2
–
–
2
–
9
Luxembourg
46
3
9
7
16
11
–
–
–
–
10
Canada
39
31
6
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
Croatia
29
–
1
3
14
9
–
–
1
1
12
Slovenia
27
4
–
3
20
–
–
–
–
–
13
Liechtenstein
24
3
3
4
8
6
–
–
–
–
14
Finland
14
–
–
4
10
–
–
–
–
–
15
Soviet Union
5
1
–
3
1
–
–
–
–
–
16
Australia
2
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Bulgaria
2
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
18
Spain
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Russia
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Poland
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Great Britain
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Brazil
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Czechia
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
2004
551
263
474
561
134
2
8
10
1
Women
Rank
Nation
Total
Wins by disciplines
DH
SG
GS
SL
KB
PSL
PGS
CE
K.O.
1
Austria
400
127
64
97
89
22
1
–
–
–
2
Switzerland
342
99
48
84
82
28
–
–
1
–
3
United States
274
73
38
43
104
10
2
–
4
–
4
Germany
194
51
46
52
31
12
1
–
1
–
5
France
163
24
24
53
60
–
1
1
–
–
6
Italy
143
42
33
50
12
6
–
–
–
–
7
Sweden
93
8
8
23
46
6
–
–
1
1
8
Slovenia
62
11
7
21
18
4
–
1
–
–
9
Liechtenstein
45
3
7
14
13
8
–
–
–
–
10
Canada
41
15
5
12
6
3
–
–
–
–
11
Slovakia
36
–
–
6
26
–
1
1
2
–
12
Croatia
33
1
1
2
23
6
–
–
–
–
13
Norway
15
2
4
5
3
–
–
–
1
–
14
Finland
11
–
–
5
6
–
–
–
–
–
Spain
11
1
–
7
3
–
–
–
–
–
New Zealand
12
–
1
6
5
–
–
–
–
–
17
Czech Republic
6
2
2
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
18
Russia
5
4
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19
Czechoslovakia
3
1
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
20
Australia
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Poland
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
Total
1891
464
289
480
532
106
6
3
10
1
Alpine team event
Rank
Nation
Total
By disciplines
PSL
PGS
1
Switzerland
5
–
5
2
Austria
3
2
1
Sweden
3
–
3
4
Germany
2
–
2
Norway
2
–
2
6
Italy
1
1
–
Czech Republic
1
–
1
Total
17
3
14
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
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
Austria
42
16
1
42
13
2
35
15
7
Switzerland
12
26
12
11
26
12
12
14
10
France
5
2
2
3
7
5
6
3
4
Italy
–
10
21
3
6
20
3
3
11
United States
–
3
10
–
2
3
–
10
9
Germany
–
1
9
–
–
1
4
12
13
Norway
–
1
2
–
5
12
–
–
–
Canada
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
Liechtenstein
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
1
Sweden
–
–
–
–
–
4
–
1
2
Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's champions
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup winners of men's discipline titles
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup winners of women's discipline titles
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup host
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's hosts
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's hosts
List of men's downhill races in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races calendar
List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Nations Cup standings
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Andorra will host the 2023 Alpine Ski World Cup Finals
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