# FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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 (#).

## Discipline winners
### 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:

### Multiple disciplines small crystal globe winners

Only four men's racers have ever managed to win small crystal globe in four or more different alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the table 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 |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | 1990–2006 | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Aksel Lund Svindal | 2003-2019 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 |

## Wins
### Most race wins in each discipline

As of 14 March 2025

#### Men

| Rank | Downhill | Wins |
| 1 | Franz Klammer | 25 |
| 2 | Peter Müller | 19 |
| 2 | Dominik Paris | 19 |
| 4 | Stephan Eberharter | 18 |
| 5 | Franz Heinzer | 15 |
| 5 | Hermann Maier | 15 |
| Rank | Super-G | Wins |
| 1 | Hermann Maier | 24 |
| 2 | Aksel Lund Svindal | 17 |
| 3 | Marco Odermatt | 15 |
| 4 | Kjetil Jansrud | 13 |
| 5 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | 10 |
| Rank | Giant slalom | Wins |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | 46 |
| 2 | Marcel Hirscher | 31 |
| 3 | Marco Odermatt | 26 |
| 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 | 25 |
| 5 | Marc Girardelli | 16 |
| Rank | Combined | Wins |
| 1 | Phil Mahre | 11 |
| 1 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | 11 |
| 1 | Marc Girardelli | 11 |
| 4 | Alexis Pinturault | 10 |
| 5 | Ivica Kostelić | 9 |

#### Women

| Rank | Downhill | Wins |
| 1 | Lindsey Vonn | 43 |
| 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 | 23 |
| 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 |
| 4 | Tessa Worley | 16 |
| Rank | Slalom | Wins |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 63 |
| 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 |
| 2 | Brigitte Oertli | 7 |
| 4 | Janica Kostelić | 6 |
| 5 | Marie-Theres Nadig | 5 |
| 5 | Lindsey Vonn | 5 |
| 5 | Federica Brignone | 5 |

### Most races won

A common measurement of how good individual skiers are is the total number of World Cup races won during their skiing career. The following skiers have won at least 20 World Cup races:

### 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 |
| 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 |
| Anja Pärson | 1998–2012 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 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 |
| Lindsey Vonn | 2001–active | 2 | 0 | 82 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 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 | 2011–active | 1 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 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"):

## Most podiums and top ten results

As of 15 March 2025.

### Career podiums

| Rank | Men | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | 86 | 43 | 26 | 155 |
| 2 | Marcel Hirscher | 67 | 47 | 24 | 138 |
| 3 | Marc Girardelli | 46 | 28 | 26 | 100 |
| 4 | Hermann Maier | 54 | 21 | 21 | 96 |
| 5 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 33 | 35 | 26 | 94 |
| 6 | Benjamin Raich | 36 | 29 | 27 | 92 |
| 7 | Alberto Tomba | 50 | 26 | 12 | 88 |
| 8 | Marco Odermatt | 45 | 26 | 16 | 87 |
| 9 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | 40 | 26 | 17 | 83 |
| 10 | Aksel Lund Svindal | 36 | 19 | 25 | 80 |
| Rank | Women | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 100 | 27 | 29 | 156 |
| 2 | Lindsey Vonn | 82 | 35 | 20 | 137 |
| 3 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 62 | 32 | 19 | 113 |
| 4 | Renate Götschl | 46 | 37 | 27 | 110 |
| 5 | Vreni Schneider | 55 | 28 | 18 | 101 |
| 6 | Lara Gut-Behrami | 46 | 28 | 24 | 98 |
| 7 | Anja Pärson | 42 | 29 | 24 | 95 |
| 8 | Hanni Wenzel | 33 | 25 | 31 | 89 |
| 9 | Federica Brignone | 37 | 26 | 20 | 83 |
| 10 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 |
| 10 | Tina Maze | 26 | 28 | 27 | 81 |

### Career top ten results

| Rank | Men | Top 10s |
| 1 | Kjetil André Aamodt | 233 |
| 2 | Benjamin Raich | 227 |
| 3 | Marc Girardelli | 212 |
| 4 | Ingemar Stenmark | 205 |
| 5 | Alexis Pinturault | 188 |
| 6 | Didier Cuche | 186 |
| 7 | Aksel Lund Svindal | 181 |
| 8 | Marcel Hirscher | 179 |
| 9 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | 170 |
| 10 | Bode Miller | 166 |
| Rank | Women | Top 10s |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 226 |
| 2 | Lindsey Vonn | 216 |
| 3 | Lara Gut-Behrami | 214 |
| 4 | Renate Götschl | 198 |
| 5 | Anja Pärson | 196 |
| 6 | Hanni Wenzel | 189 |
| 7 | Martina Ertl | 188 |
| 8 | Federica Brignone | 185 |
| 9 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | 175 |
| 10 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 172 |
| 10 | Tina Maze | 172 |
* 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 23 Feb 2025

### 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 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | 211.20 |
| 7 | Kjetil André Aamodt | 201.45 |
| 8 | Alberto Tomba | 195.60 |
| 9 | Bode Miller | 176.15 |
| 10 | Benjamin Raich | 175.30 |
| # | 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 | Matthias Mayer | 40.6 |
| 8 | Bode Miller | 38.4 |
| 9 | Marco Odermatt | 36.6 |
| 10 | Didier Cuche | 33.6 |
| # | Giant slalom | Points |
| 1 | Ingemar Stenmark | 120.0 |
| 2 | Marcel Hirscher | 104.1 |
| 3 | Ted Ligety | 97.3 |
| 4 | Alberto Tomba | 80.9 |
| 5 | Michael von Grünigen | 73.7 |
| 6 | Marco Odermatt | 68.7 |
| 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 | Benjamin Raich | 69.6 |
| 5 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 64.9 |
| 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 | 361.30 |
| 2 | Lindsey Vonn | 297.40 |
| 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 | 185.10 |
| 9 | Tina Maze | 167.00 |
| 10 | Maria Höfl-Riesch | 164.90 |
| # | Downhill | Points |
| 1 | Lindsey Vonn | 127.0 |
| 2 | A. Moser-Pröll | 115.4 |
| 3 | Renate Götschl | 78.6 |
| 4 | Katja Seizinger | 76.0 |
| 5 | Michela Figini | 68.0 |
| 6 | Sofia Goggia | 66.1 |
| 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 | 86.6 |
| 2 | Lindsey Vonn | 76.6 |
| 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 | 71.6 |
| 3 | Deborah Compagnoni | 70.0 |
| 4 | Viktoria Rebensburg | 62.6 |
| 5 | Tina Maze | 60.8 |
| 6 | Anja Pärson | 57.6 |
| 7 | Federica Brignone | 56.2 |
| 8 | Tessa Worley | 54.1 |
| 9 | Anita Wachter | 47.6 |
| 10 | A. Moser-Pröll | 45.5 |
| # | Slalom | Points |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 168.6 |
| 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 | 1985/86 | 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 | 1987/88 | 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 | 1987/88 | 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 | 1997/98 | 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 |

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

#### Women

| Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 January 2011 | Munich | 2010/11 | Maria Pietilä-Holmner | Tina Maze | Elisabeth Görgl |
| 21 February 2012 | Moscow | 2011/12 | Julia Mancuso | Michaela Kirchgasser | Lindsey Vonn |
| 1 January 2013 | Munich | 2012/13 | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Tina Maze | Michaela Kirchgasser |
| 29 January 2013 | Moscow | 2012/13 | Lena Dürr | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Mikaela Shiffrin |
| 23 February 2016 | Stockholm | 2015/16 | Wendy Holdener | Frida Hansdotter | Maria Pietilä-Holmner |
| 31 January 2017 | Stockholm | 2016/17 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Nina Løseth |
| 1 January 2018 | Oslo | 2017/18 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2) | Wendy Holdener | Mélanie Meillard |
| 30 January 2018 | Stockholm | 2017/18 | Nina Haver-Løseth | Wendy Holdener | Petra Vlhová |
| 1 January 2019 | Oslo | 2018/19 | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener |
| 19 February 2019 | Stockholm | 2018/19 | Mikaela Shiffrin (3) | Christina Geiger | 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 | Sestriere | 2002/03 | Ivica Kostelić | Giorgio Rocca | Truls Ove Karlsen |

#### Women

| Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
| 15 December 2002 | Sestriere | 2002/03 | Anja Pärson | Tanja Poutiainen | 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## 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 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 | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup | Men's overall World Cup |
| | Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | Number of Skiers per Season: | Number of Skiers per Season: | Number of Skiers per Season: |
| | Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | > 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 | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup | Women's overall World Cup |
| | Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | Number of Skiers per Season: | Number of Skiers per Season: | Number of Skiers per Season: |
| | Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | > 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 | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 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, beginning in 2024, the schedule was changed so that the finals took up two weekends, with the technical events during the first weekend and the speed events during the second.

### Hosts

| 1993 Åre, Sweden 1994 Vail, USA 1995 Bormio, Italy 1996 Lillehammer, Norway 1997 Vail, USA (2) 1998 Crans-Montana, Switzerland 1999 Sierra Nevada, Spain 2000 Bormio, Italy (2) 2001 Åre, Sweden (2) 2002 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria 2003 Lillehammer, Norway (2) | 2004 Sestriere, Italy 2005 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 2006 Åre, Sweden (3) 2007 Lenzerheide, Switzerland (2) 2008 Bormio, Italy (3) 2009 Åre, Sweden (4) 2010 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 2011 Lenzerheide, Switzerland (3) 2012 Schladming, Austria 2013 Lenzerheide, Switzerland (4) 2014 Lenzerheide, Switzerland (5) | 2015 Méribel, France 2016 St. Moritz, Switzerland 2017 Aspen, USA 2018 Åre, Sweden (5) 2019 Soldeu, Andorra 2020 CANCELLED 2021 Lenzerheide, Switzerland (6) 2022 Méribel/Courchevel, France (2) 2023 Soldeu, Andorra (2) 2024 Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria 2025 Sun Valley, USA |

## Winners by country

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 15 March 2025).

### Alpine team event

| Rank | Nation | Total | By disciplines | By disciplines |
| Rank | Nation | Total | 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 | 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 24 countries have won World Cup races, with 19 countries winning men's races and 20 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, while Janica Kostelić has 30 of Croatia's 56 and her brother Ivica has the rest. Ingemar Stenmark still has nearly one-half of Sweden's 192 wins more than two decades after his retirement. 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 73% of its races in speed events, while Yugoslavia/Slovenia has won 84% and Sweden 86% 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 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 92% of Norway's wins have come from their men and 83% of Germany's 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 2022–23 season) are summarized below:
| Nation | Total standings | Total standings | Total standings | Men's standings | Men's standings | Men's standings | Women's standings | Women's standings | Women's standings |
| Nation | First | Second | Third | First | Second | Third | First | Second | Third |
| Austria | 42 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Italy | – | 10 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| United States | – | 3 | 10 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 10 | 9 |
| Germany | – | 1 | 9 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| Norway | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | 10 | – | – | – |
| Canada | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 |
Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.