FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

Alpine Ski World Cup
Seidlalm, a gasthaus at "Streif" (Kitzbühel) where World Cup was founded by Lang, Bonnet, and Beattie.
Genre	Alpine skiing
Location(s)	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 (7 January 1967) (women)
Founders	Serge Lang Honore Bonnet Bob Beattie
Organised by	International Ski Federation (FIS)
People	Chief Race Directors Markus Waldner (men) Peter Gerdol (women)
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).^[1] It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.

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

Rules

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  Crystal Globe of the World Cup Winner
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  Red Bib of the World Cup Leader

Overall winners

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

Individual titles by country

Nation		Total		Men	Women
Austria		34		17	17
Switzerland		23		10	13
United States		15		5	10
Italy		7		6	1
Norway		6		6	–
Sweden		6		3	3
Luxembourg		5		5	–
France		5		4	1
Croatia		4		1	3
Germany		3		–	3
Liechtenstein		3		1	2
Canada		2		–	2
Slovakia		1		–	1
West Germany		1		–	1
Slovenia		1		–	1

Men overall titles

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	–	–
Phil Mahre	1975–1984		3		–	–	2	1	4
Ingemar Stenmark	1973–1989		3		–	N/A	8	8	–
Marco Odermatt	2016–active		3		1	2	3	–	–

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	8	–
Lindsey Vonn	2001–2019		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

Women

#	Skier	Period	1st	2nd	3rd
1	Lindsey Vonn	2000–2019	16	5	6
2	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	1969–1980	12	5	5
3	Mikaela Shiffrin	2011–active	11	6	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	Janica Kostelić	1998–2007	7	2	2
9	Lara Gut-Behrami	2008–active	6	4	4
10	Erika Hess	1977–1987	6	3	4

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:

Women

Discipline		Country	Titles
Downhill	Lindsey Vonn	United States	8
Super-G	Katja Seizinger	Germany	5
	Lindsey Vonn	United States
	Lara Gut-Behrami	Switzerland
Giant slalom	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	5
Slalom	Mikaela Shiffrin	United States	8
Combined	Brigitte Oertli	Switzerland	4
	Janica Kostelić	Croatia

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 2 March 2024

Men

Rank	Super-G	Wins
1	Hermann Maier	24
2	Aksel Lund Svindal	17
3	Kjetil Jansrud	13
4	Marco Odermatt	12
5	Pirmin Zurbriggen	10

Rank	Giant slalom	Wins
1	Ingemar Stenmark	46
2	Marcel Hirscher	31
3	Ted Ligety	24
4	Michael von Grünigen	23
	Marco Odermatt	23

Rank	Slalom	Wins
1	Ingemar Stenmark	40
2	Alberto Tomba	35
3	Marcel Hirscher	32
4	Henrik Kristoffersen	23
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	Super-G	Wins
1	Lindsey Vonn	28
2	Lara Gut-Behrami	22
3	Renate Götschl	17
4	Katja Seizinger	16
5	Carole Merle	12

Rank	Giant slalom	Wins
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	22
2	Vreni Schneider	20
3	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	16
	Tessa Worley	16
5	Lise-Marie Morerod	14
	Anita Wachter	14
	Tina Maze	14
	Viktoria Rebensburg	14

Rank	Slalom	Wins
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	60
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

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:

update: 17 March 2024

Women

Rank	Women	Career	Wins	DH	SG	GS	SL	KB	PSL	CE	PGS	K.O.
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	2012–active	97	4	5	22	60	1	2	3	–	N/A
2	Lindsey Vonn	2001–2019	82	43	28	4	2	5	–	–	N/A
3	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	1969–1980	62	36	N/A	16	3	7	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	Vreni Schneider	1984–1995	55	–	–	20	34	1	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	Renate Götschl	1993–2009	46	24	17	–	1	4	–	N/A	N/A	–
6	Lara Gut-Behrami	2008–active	45	13	22	9	–	1	–	–	–	N/A
7	Anja Pärson	1998–2012	42	6	4	11	17	3	–	–	N/A	1
8	Marlies Schild	2001–2014	37	–	–	1	35	1	–	–	N/A	–
9	Katja Seizinger	1989–1998	36	16	16	4	–	–	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	Hanni Wenzel	1972–1984	33	2	–	12	11	8	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
11	Erika Hess	1978–1987	31	–	–	6	21	4	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Petra Vlhová	2013–active	31	–	–	6	22	–	1	1	1	N/A
13	Janica Kostelić	1998–2006	30	1	1	2	20	6	–	N/A	N/A	–
14	Maria Höfl-Riesch	2001–2014	27	11	3	–	9	4	–	–	N/A	–
	Federica Brignone	2008-active	27	–	10	12	–	5	–	–	–	N/A
16	Michela Figini	1983–1990	26	17	3	2	–	4	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Tina Maze	1999–2015	26	4	1	14	4	3	–	–	N/A	–
18	Maria Walliser	1980–1990	25	14	3	6	–	2	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Michaela Dorfmeister	1991–2006	25	7	10	8	–	–	–	N/A	N/A	–
20	Lise-Marie Morerod	1973–1980	24	–	N/A	14	10	–	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Marie-Theres Nadig	1971–1981	24	13	N/A	6	–	5	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Pernilla Wiberg	1990–2002	24	2	3	2	14	3	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Sofia Goggia	2012-active	24	18	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	N/A
24	Carole Merle	1981–1994	22	–	12	10	–	–	–	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	Hilde Gerg	1993-2005	20	7	8	–	1	3	1	N/A	N/A	–

Twenty or more speed and technical wins

Rank	Women	Wins (DH+SG)
1	Lindsey Vonn	71
2	Renate Götschl	41
3	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	36*
4	Lara Gut-Behrami	35
5	Katja Seizinger	32
6	Sofia Goggia	24
7	Michela Figini	20
8	Maria Walliser	17
	Michaela Dorfmeister	17
10	Hilde Gerg	15
	Isolde Kostner	15

• NOTE: Super G not contested at that time.
• NOTE: Parallel events are not included in the list as slalom wins.

Technical events

As of 10 March 2024

Rank	Men	Wins (GS+SL)
1	Ingemar Stenmark	86
2	Marcel Hirscher	63
3	Alberto Tomba	50
4	Henrik Kristoffersen	30
5	Benjamin Raich	28
6	Ted Ligety	24
7	Marc Girardelli	23
	Michael von Grünigen	23
	Marco Odermatt	23
10	Alexis Pinturault	21

Rank	Women	Wins (GS+SL)
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	82
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.

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	2001–2019		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	2012–active		1		0		97		4	5	22	60	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"):

Women

	Season		Wins		DH	SG	GS	SL	KB	PSL+CE
Mikaela Shiffrin	2018–2019		17		–	3	4	8	–	2
Mikaela Shiffrin	2022–2023		14		–	1	7	6	NA	NA
Vreni Schneider	1988–1989		14		–	–	6	7	1	–
Lindsey Vonn	2011–2012		12		5	4	2	–	1	NA
Mikaela Shiffrin	2017–2018		12		1	–	2	7	–	2
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	1972–1973		11		8	NA	3	–	NA	NA
Anja Pärson	2003–2004		11		–	–	5	6	–	NA
Lindsey Vonn	2009–2010		11		6	4	–	–	1	NA
Tina Maze	2012–2013		11		1	1	5	2	2	–
Mikaela Shiffrin	2016–2017		11		–	–	3	6	1	1
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	1974–1975		10		2	NA	5	–	3	–

Hosts

Downhill

Rank	Host	Events
1	Kitzbühel	69
2	Val Gardena	62
3	Wengen	51
4	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	39
5	Kvitfjell	38

Super-G

Rank	Host	Events
1	Kvitfjell	26
2	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	23
3	Beaver Creek	22
	Val Gardena	22
5	Kitzbühel	21
	Lake Louise	21

Giant slalom

Rank	Host	Events
1	Adelboden	53
2	Kranjska Gora	46
3	Alta Badia	41
4	Val d'Isere	33
5	Sölden	22

Slalom

Rank	Host	Events
1	Kitzbühel	57
2	Wengen	45
3	Kranjska Gora	41
	Madonna di Campiglio	41
5	Schladming	30

Updated: 10 March 2024

Women's

Total

Rank	Host	Events
1	Cortina d'Ampezzo	102
2	Val d'Isere	91
3	Lake Louise	85
4	Åre	70
5	Maribor	68
6	St. Moritz	53
7	Aspen	45
8	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	39
9	Crans-Montana	37
10	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee	36

Downhill

Rank	Host	Events
1	Lake Louise	55
2	Cortina d'Ampezzo	44
3	Val d'Isere	35
4	St. Moritz	19
5	Crans-Montana	17

Super-G

Rank	Host	Events
1	Cortina d'Ampezzo	36
2	Lake Louise	28
3	St. Moritz	20
	Val d'Isere	20
5	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	17

Giant slalom

Rank	Host	Events
1	Maribor	29
2	Sölden	25
	Åre	25
4	Val d'Isere	19
5	Aspen	17

Slalom

Rank	Host	Events
1	Maribor	37
2	Levi	23
	Åre	23
4	Aspen	18
5	Semmering	15
	Zagreb	15

Most podiums and top ten results

As of 3 March 2024.^[5][6]

Career podiums

Rank	Women	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	97	27	28	152
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	Anja Pärson	42	29	24	95
7	Lara Gut-Behrami	45	22	23	90
8	Hanni Wenzel	33	25	31	89
9	Maria Höfl-Riesch	27	27	27	81
	Tina Maze	26	28	27

Career top ten results

Rank	Women	Top 10s
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	220
2	Lindsey Vonn	214
3	Renate Götschl	198
4	Lara Gut-Behrami	197
5	Anja Pärson	196
6	Hanni Wenzel	189
7	Martina Ertl	188
8	Maria Höfl-Riesch	175
9	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	172
	Tina Maze

• 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 3 December 2023

Men's super ranking

#	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	Didier Cuche	33.6
10	Markus Wasmeier	31.4

#	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	Hermann Maier	59.8
7	Benjamin Raich	57.0
8	Gustav Thöni	55.0
9	Marco Odermatt	51.1
10	Alexis Pinturault	43.2

#	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	60.9
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

#	Downhill	Points
1	Lindsey Vonn	126.9
2	A. Moser-Pröll	115.4
3	Renate Götschl	78.6
4	Katja Seizinger	76.0
5	Michela Figini	68.0
6	Sofia Goggia	62.9
7	Maria Walliser	55.4
8	Michaela Dorfmeister	51.4
9	M. Therese Nadig	48.9
10	Corinne Suter	41.3

#	Super-G	Points
1	Lara Gut-Behrami	84.1
2	Lindsey Vonn	76.5
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	71.2
3	Deborah Compagnoni	70.0
4	Viktoria Rebensburg	62.6
5	Tina Maze	60.8
6	Anja Pärson	57.6
7	Tessa Worley	54.1
8	Anita Wachter	47.6
9	A. Moser-Pröll	45.5
10	Hanni Wenzel	44.7

#	Slalom	Points
1	Mikaela Shiffrin	160.3
2	Vreni Schneider	110.3
3	Marlies Schild	90.5
4	Janica Kostelić	71.2
5	Erika Hess	67.8
6	Petra Vlhová	62.1
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

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		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		Ramon Zenhäusern	André Myhrer	Linus Straßer
1 January 2019	Oslo	2018/19	Marco Schwarz	Dave Ryding	Ramon Zenhäusern
19 February 2019	Stockholm		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		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		Nina Haver-Løseth	Wendy Holdener	Petra Vlhová
1 January 2019	Oslo	2018/19	Petra Vlhová	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener
19 February 2019	Stockholm		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.^[7] Few venues offer the slope and conditions required to host an extremely short Giant slalom course that can be readily viewed in its entirety by a compact gallery of fans. Modified or not, the Federation has not suggested that they will push the format to lower-level tours like the NorAm and Europa Cup.

Format

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

Events

Men's World Cup parallel giant slalom events

Venue	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Notes
Alta Badia	21 December 2015	Kjetil Jansrud	Aksel Lund Svindal	Andre Myhrer	Dominik Schwaiger	[8][9]
Alta Badia	19 December 2016	Cyprien Sarrazin	Carlo Janka	Kjetil Jansrud	Leif Kristian Haugen	[10][11]
Alta Badia	18 December 2017	Matts Olsson	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marcel Hirscher	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	[12]
Alta Badia	17 December 2018	Marcel Hirscher	Thibaut Favrot	Alexis Pinturault	Matts Olsson	[13][14]
Alta Badia	23 December 2019	Rasmus Windingstad	Stefan Luitz	Roland Leitinger	Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	[13][15]
Chamonix	9 February 2020	Loïc Meillard	Thomas Tumler	Alexander Schmid	Tommy Ford	[16]
Lech/Zürs	27 November 2020	Alexis Pinturault	Henrik Kristoffersen	Alexander Schmid	Adrian Pertl	[17]
Lech/Zürs	14 November 2021	Christian Hirschbühl	Dominik Raschner	Atle Lie McGrath	Henrik Kristoffersen	[18]

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	[19]
Lech/Zürs	26 November 2020	Petra Vlhová	Paula Moltzan	Lara Gut-Behrami	Sara Hector	[20]
Lech/Zürs	13 November 2021	Andreja Slokar	Thea Louise Stjernesund	Kristin Lysdahl	Marta Bassino	[21]

Various records

Women

Category	Season(s)		Record
Prize money in CHF (single season)	2023	Mikaela Shiffrin	964,200
Overall points	2013	Tina Maze	2414
Margin of victory	2013	Tina Maze	1313
Avg. points per race (all participated races - career)	2012-2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	59.14
Avg. points per race (all races in a season)	2013	Tina Maze	69
Avg. points per race (all participed races in a season)	2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	85
Overall titles	1969–1980	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	6
Consecutive overall titles	1971–1975	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	5
Discipline titles	2008–2016	Lindsey Vonn	16
Discipline titles (single season)	2010–2012 2019	Lindsey Vonn Mikaela Shiffrin	3
Total wins	2012–2024	Mikaela Shiffrin	97
Wins (single season)	2019	Mikaela Shiffrin	17
Most wins at one venue (all disciplines)	2005–2015	Lindsey Vonn	18
Most wins at one venue (single discipline)	2005–2016	Lindsey Vonn	14
Most wins (within one calendar year)	2018	Mikaela Shiffrin	15
Consecutive wins (all disciplines)	1989	Vreni Schneider	10
Consecutive wins (single discipline)	1972–1974	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	11[22]
Total podiums	2012–2024	Mikaela Shiffrin	152
Podiums (single season)	2013	Tina Maze	24
Consecutive podiums (all disciplines)	1979–1980	Marie-Therese Nadig	14
Consecutive podiums (single discipline)	1971–1974	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	23
Top ten results	2012–2024	Mikaela Shiffrin	220
Top tens (single season)	2013	Tina Maze	32
World Cup starts	1993–2009	Renate Götschl	408
Participated races (complete season)	2013	Tina Maze	35
Winner with the highest start No.	1994	Katja Koren	66
Youngest race winner	1974	Christa Zechmeister	16.0
Oldest race winner	2015	Elisabeth Goergl	33.8
Top speed	2022	Ramona Siebenhofer	143.2 km/h (89 mph)

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:

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

Statistical analysis

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

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

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

Winners by country

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 23 March 2024).^[29][30]

Women

Rank	Nation	Total	Wins by disciplines
			DH	SG	GS	SL	KB	PSL	PGS	CE	K.O.
1	Austria	391	124	63	93	88	22	1	–	–	–
2	Switzerland	334	99	45	82	79	28	–	–	1	–
3	United States	260	71	37	43	93	10	2	–	4	–
4	Germany	190	49	44	52	31	12	1	–	1	–
5	France	163	24	24	53	60	–	1	1	–	–
6	Italy	129	38	28	45	12	6	–	–	–	–
7	Sweden	90	8	8	20	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	30	1	1	2	20	6	–	–	–	–
13	Norway	15	2	4	5	3	–	–	–	1	–
	Finland	11	–	–	5	6	–	–	–	–	–
	Spain	11	1	–	7	3	–	–	–	–	–
16	New Zealand	8	–	–	3	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		1832	453	276	463	514	106	6	3	10	1