List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
Overall
¹ Unofficial WC ² Trial WC Medals:

List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions

Section Title: Overall
Table Section Text: ¹ Unofficial WC ² Trial WC Medals:

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third

1973–74¹	Norway Ivar Formo	Finland Juha Mieto	Switzerland Eduard Hauser

1974–75¹	Norway Oddvar Brå	Norway Odd Martinsen	Finland Juha Mieto

1975–76¹	Finland Juha Mieto	Finland Arto Koivisto	Norway Ivar Formo

1976–77¹	Sweden Thomas Wassberg	Finland Juha Mieto (2)	Sweden Thomas Magnusson

1977–78¹	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen	Norway Magne Myrmo

1978–79²	Norway Oddvar Brå (2)	Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen (2)	Sweden Sven-Åke Lundbäck

1979–80¹	Finland Juha Mieto (2)	Sweden Thomas Wassberg	Norway Lars-Erik Eriksen

1980–81²	Soviet Union Alexander Zavyalov	Norway Oddvar Brå	Norway Ove Aunli

1981–82	United States Bill Koch	Sweden Thomas Wassberg (2)	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi

1982–83	Soviet Union Alexander Zavyalov (2)	Sweden Gunde Svan	United States Bill Koch

1983–84	Sweden Gunde Svan	Sweden Thomas Wassberg (3)	Finland Harri Kirvesniemi (2)

1984–85	Sweden Gunde Svan (2)	Norway Tor Håkon Holte	Norway Ove Aunli (2)

1985–86	Sweden Gunde Svan (3)	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov

1986–87	Sweden Torgny Mogren	Sweden Thomas Wassberg (4)	Sweden Gunde Svan

1987–88	Sweden Gunde Svan (4)	Sweden Torgny Mogren (2)	Norway Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass

1988–89	Sweden Gunde Svan (5)	Norway Vegard Ulvang	Sweden Torgny Mogren

1989–90	Norway Vegard Ulvang	Sweden Gunde Svan (2)	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie

1990–91	Soviet Union Vladimir Smirnov	Sweden Torgny Mogren (3)	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (2)

1991–92	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway Vegard Ulvang (2)	Commonwealth of Independent States Vladimir Smirnov (2)

1992–93	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov	Norway Vegard Ulvang

1993–94	Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov (2)	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie	Finland Jari Isometsä

1994–95	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (3)	Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov (2)	Italy Silvio Fauner

1995–96	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (4)	Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov (3)	Finland Jari Isometsä (2)

1996–97	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (5)	Finland Mika Myllylä	Italy Fulvio Valbusa

1997–98	Norway Thomas Alsgaard	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Kazakhstan Vladimir Smirnov (3)

1998–99	Norway Bjørn Dæhlie (6)	Austria Mikhail Botwinov	Finland Mika Myllylä

1999–00	Spain Johann Mühlegg	Finland Jari Isometsä	Norway Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset

2000–01	Sweden Per Elofsson	Spain Johann Mühlegg	Norway Thomas Alsgaard

2001–02	Sweden Per Elofsson (2)	Norway Thomas Alsgaard	Norway Anders Aukland

2002–03	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson	Germany René Sommerfeldt	Sweden Jörgen Brink

2003–04	Germany René Sommerfeldt	Sweden Mathias Fredriksson	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal

2004–05	Germany Axel Teichmann	France Vincent Vittoz	Norway Tor Arne Hetland

2005–06	Germany Tobias Angerer	Norway Jens Arne Svartedal	Norway Tor Arne Hetland (2)

2006–07	Germany Tobias Angerer (2)	Russia Alexander Legkov	Norway Eldar Rønning

2007–08	Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer	Germany René Sommerfeldt (2)	Italy Pietro Piller Cottrer

2008–09	Switzerland Dario Cologna	Norway Petter Northug	Norway Ola Vigen Hattestad

2009–10	Norway Petter Northug	Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer	Sweden Marcus Hellner

2010–11	Switzerland Dario Cologna (2)	Norway Petter Northug (2)	Sweden Daniel Richardsson

2011–12	Switzerland Dario Cologna (3)	Canada Devon Kershaw	Norway Petter Northug

2012–13	Norway Petter Northug (2)	Russia Alexander Legkov (2)	Switzerland Dario Cologna

2013–14	Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Russia Alexander Legkov (3)	Canada Alex Harvey

2014–15	Switzerland Dario Cologna (4)	Norway Petter Northug (3)	Norway Finn Hågen Krogh

2015–16	Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2)	Norway Petter Northug (4)	Norway Finn Hågen Krogh (2)

2016–17	Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3)	Russia Sergey Ustiugov	Canada Alex Harvey (2)

2017–18	Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Switzerland Dario Cologna	Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby

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