List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup men's race winners
This is a list of individual male winners in FIS Cross-Country World Cup from 1982 season to present. The list includes distance races, sprints and stage events as well as the distance and sprint stages of the stage events. Distance races have been part of the World Cup ever since its formation. Sprint discipline was first introduced in 1995/96 World Cup season and stage events are first introduced in 2006/07 World Cup season. World Championship and Olympic races were counted as a World Cup race until 1999 World Championships and 1994 Olympics.
History
In 40 official World Cup seasons, as of 30 January 2021, 834 individual races (576 distance, 220 sprint, 37 stage events) for men were held. These events saw 835 winners, because one race (individual 15 km classic race on 3 February 2007) ended with a tie.
A total of 155 male cross-country skier from 19 nations have won at least one individual race. In this list Soviet Union and Russia listed separately but counted as one nation. West Germany and Germany listed together since there is no East German winner and the only West German winner Jochen Behle continued his career for Germany after the German reunification in 1990. The first winner was the Norwegian Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass who won the 15 km individual race in Reit im Winkl on 9 January 1982. The newest member of the list is Denis Spitsov who won the freestyle 10 km mass start in Val di Fiemme on 10 January 2021.
Mikkelsplass was also the first skier to win races in two and three different seasons, he won the opening races of the first two official World Cup seasons (1981/82, 1982/83) and the 1984/85 season. The Kazakh Vladimir Smirnov and the Norwegian Petter Northug won races in 11 different seasons, but Northug has won races in 11 consecutive seasons and he is still only skier to do so. With 46 World Cup victories, Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie is the most successful World Cup racer in the history. In his 11-season career, Dæhlie has won races for 10 consecutive seasons from 1989/90 to 1998/99 which made him the only skier who won a race in every year in a single decade. Gunde Svan was the first skier to win a race in four, five, six, seven, eight and nine seasons and all these seasons were consecutive. Throughout his 9-season long career, Svan managed to win at least one race in every season he competed. Smirnov was the first to win races in ten and eleven seasons, while Dæhlie was the first to win in ten consecutive seasons and Northug was the first and the only skier to win in eleven consecutive seasons.
The youngest male winner is Petter Northug (born 6 January 1986) who won the 20 km pursuit race in Falun on 8 March 2006 at the age of 20 years and 61 days. The oldest winner is Harri Kirvesniemi (born 10 May 1958) who was aged 41 years 306 days when he won the prestigious 50 km classical mass start race in Oslo Holmenkollen on 11 March 2000, 17 years 358 days after his first race victory in Štrbské Pleso on 19 March 1982, which is also the longest time between the first and the last victory in the World Cup. The oldest skier to win his first race was Giorgio Di Centa (born 7 October 1972). When he won the 15 km individual freestyle race in Canmore on 5 February 2010 which was his only career victory, he was aged 37 years and 121 days.
Mikhail Devyatyarov and Mikhail Devyatyarov Jr. are the first father and son pair to win a World Cup race. They are followed by the Canadians Pierre and Alex Harvey. Apart from father-son pairs, there are two different brother pairs won a World Cup race: Mathias and Thobias Fredriksson of Sweden and Petter and Tomas Northug of Norway. From these two, the Fredriksson brothers were the first to do so. During the 2002/03 season, three consecutive World Cup races were won by Fredriksson brothers (two for Mathias and one for Thobias) which was also followed by the Northug brothers who became the winner of two consecutive races in the 2014/15 World Cup season after the victory in 2015 Tour de Ski was given to Petter Northug on 20 July 2016 due to illegal use of asthma medication by the initial winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby.
Statistics
- As of 30 January 2021
Total | World Cup | Stage World Cup | ||||
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Distance | Sprint | Stage events | Distance | Sprint | ||
Events | 834 | 439 | 169 | 37 | 138 | 51 |
Double wins | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Winners | 835 | 440 | 169 | 37 | 138 | 51 |
- Distance: Competitions of distances longer than 1.8 km
- Sprint: Competitions of distances shorter than 1.8 km
- Stage events: Overall winners of Stage World Cup events (Nordic Opening, World Cup Final, Tour de Ski, FIS Ski Tour, Sprint Tour and Ski Tour Canada)
Winners
- As of 31 January 2021
- Ties are shown in chronological order.
References
- DAEHLIE Bjoern at the International Ski Federation
- KLAEBO Johannes Hoesflot at the International Ski Federation
- NORTHUG JR. Petter at the International Ski Federation
- SVAN Gunde at the International Ski Federation
- SMIRNOV Vladimir at the International Ski Federation
- SUNDBY Martin Johnsrud at the International Ski Federation
- COLOGNA Dario at the International Ski Federation
- BOLSHUNOV Alexander at the International Ski Federation
- BAUER Lukas at the International Ski Federation
- 98289 at the International Ski Federation
- PELLEGRINO Federico at the International Ski Federation
- USTIUGOV Sergey at the International Ski Federation
- MOGREN Torgny at the International Ski Federation
- ALSGAARD Thomas at the International Ski Federation
- HETLAND Tor Arne at the International Ski Federation
- TEICHMANN Axel at the International Ski Federation
- HATTESTAD Ola Vigen at the International Ski Federation
- SVARTEDAL Jens Arne at the International Ski Federation
- ELOFSSON Per at the International Ski Federation
- ANGERER Tobias at the International Ski Federation
- ROENNING Eldar at the International Ski Federation
- POLTORANIN Alexey at the International Ski Federation
- MYLLYLAE Mika at the International Ski Federation
- MANIFICAT Maurice at the International Ski Federation
- ULVANG Vegard at the International Ski Federation
- PROKOUROROV Alexei at the International Ski Federation
- FREDRIKSSON Mathias at the International Ski Federation
- HJELMESET Odd-Bjoern at the International Ski Federation
- LEGKOV Alexander at the International Ski Federation
- BRANDSDAL Eirik at the International Ski Federation
- VITTOZ Vincent at the International Ski Federation
- KROGH Finn Haagen at the International Ski Federation
- HARVEY Alex at the International Ski Federation
- IVERSEN Emil at the International Ski Federation
- MUEHLEGG Johan at the International Ski Federation
- VYLEGZHANIN Maxim at the International Ski Federation
- GOLBERG Paal at the International Ski Federation
- WASSBERG Thomas at the International Ski Federation
- KIRVESNIEMI Harri at the International Ski Federation
- AUKLAND Anders at the International Ski Federation
- PILLER COTTRER Pietro at the International Ski Federation
- VEERPALU Andrus at the International Ski Federation
- KOCH Bill at the International Ski Federation
- ZORZI Cristian at the International Ski Federation
- FREDRIKSSON Thobias at the International Ski Federation
- OLSSON Johan at the International Ski Federation
- GLOEERSEN Anders at the International Ski Federation
- KRIUKOV Nikita at the International Ski Federation
- HELLNER Marcus at the International Ski Federation
- ROETHE Sjur at the International Ski Federation
- NISKANEN Iivo at the International Ski Federation
- MIKKELSPLASS Paal Gunnar at the International Ski Federation
- ISOMETSAE Jari at the International Ski Federation
- ESTIL Frode at the International Ski Federation
- LARSSON Peter at the International Ski Federation
- SOMMERFELDT Rene at the International Ski Federation
- PETERSON Teodor at the International Ski Federation
- HEIKKINEN Matti at the International Ski Federation
- SAVJALOV Alexander at the International Ski Federation
- HARVEY Pierre at the International Ski Federation
- JEVNE Erling at the International Ski Federation
- FAUNER Silvio at the International Ski Federation
- BJERKELI Haavard at the International Ski Federation
- LIND Bjoern at the International Ski Federation
- NAESS Boerre at the International Ski Federation
- SOEDERGREN Anders at the International Ski Federation
- KJOELSTAD Johan at the International Ski Federation
- PETUKHOV Alexey at the International Ski Federation
- MORILOV Nikolay at the International Ski Federation
- KERSHAW Devon at the International Ski Federation
- RICKARDSSON Daniel at the International Ski Federation
- HALFVARSSON Calle at the International Ski Federation
- TOENSETH Didrik at the International Ski Federation
- KRUEGER Simen Hegstad at the International Ski Federation
- BRAA Oddvar at the International Ski Federation
- ZIMJATOV Nikolaj at the International Ski Federation
- HOLTE Tor Haakon at the International Ski Federation
- ERIKSSON Thomas at the International Ski Federation
- DEVJATIAROV Mickail at the International Ski Federation
- LANGLI Terje at the International Ski Federation
- ALBARELLO Marco at the International Ski Federation
- BOTVINOV Mikhail at the International Ski Federation
- SCHLICKENRIEDER Peter at the International Ski Federation
- BROERS Morten at the International Ski Federation
- IVANOV Mikhail at the International Ski Federation
- MAY Fabio at the International Ski Federation
- VALBUSA Fulvio at the International Ski Federation
- HOFFMANN Christian at the International Ski Federation
- IVERSEN Trond at the International Ski Federation
- ROTCHEV Vassili at the International Ski Federation
- PASINI Renato at the International Ski Federation
- SHIRIAEV Sergey at the International Ski Federation
- DAHL John Kristian at the International Ski Federation
- CHERNOUSOV Ilia at the International Ski Federation
- TSCHARNKE Tim at the International Ski Federation
- SEDOV Petr at the International Ski Federation
- SKAR Sindre Bjoernestad at the International Ski Federation
- CHANAVAT Lucas at the International Ski Federation
- HOLUND Hans Christer at the International Ski Federation
- OTTOSSON Jan at the International Ski Federation
- LINDVALL Jan at the International Ski Federation
- AUTIO Asko at the International Ski Federation
- AUNLI Ove at the International Ski Federation
- HAERKOENEN Kari at the International Ski Federation
- ERIKSEN Lars Erik at the International Ski Federation
- DE ZOLT Maurilio at the International Ski Federation
- HAALAND Lars at the International Ski Federation
- MAJBAECK Christer at the International Ski Federation
- BEHLE Jochen at the International Ski Federation
- SKJELDAL Kristen at the International Ski Federation
- FORSBERG Henrik at the International Ski Federation
- SIVERTSEN Sture at the International Ski Federation
- PALOLAHTI Ari at the International Ski Federation
- BJERVIG Espen at the International Ski Federation
- BERGSTROEM Anders at the International Ski Federation
- VERDENIUS Jan Jacob at the International Ski Federation
- DOLIDOVICH Sergei at the International Ski Federation
- OESTBERG Mikael at the International Ski Federation
- BRINK Joergen at the International Ski Federation
- KREZELOK Janusz at the International Ski Federation
- SCHWIENBACHER Freddy at the International Ski Federation
- BAJCICAK Martin at the International Ski Federation
- DEMENTIEV Eugeniy at the International Ski Federation
- HOFSTAD Tore Ruud at the International Ski Federation
- TYNELL Daniel at the International Ski Federation
- BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar at the International Ski Federation
- EIGENMANN Christoph at the International Ski Federation
- GOERING Franz at the International Ski Federation
- LIVERS Toni at the International Ski Federation
- DEVJATIAROV Mikhail Jun. at the International Ski Federation
- WENZL Josef at the International Ski Federation
- JONNIER Emmanuel at the International Ski Federation
- PANKRATOV Nikolay at the International Ski Federation
- CHECCHI Valerio at the International Ski Federation
- GAILLARD Jean Marc at the International Ski Federation
- BABIKOV Ivan at the International Ski Federation
- JAUHOJAERVI Sami at the International Ski Federation
- HAFSAAS Ronny Andre at the International Ski Federation
- ZHMURKO Artem at the International Ski Federation
- DI CENTA Giorgio at the International Ski Federation
- HOFFMAN Noah at the International Ski Federation
- HAMILTON Simeon at the International Ski Federation
- JESPERSEN Chris Andre at the International Ski Federation
- CLARA Roland at the International Ski Federation
- NORTHUG Tomas at the International Ski Federation
- DE FABIANI Francesco at the International Ski Federation
- FOSSLI Sondre Turvoll at the International Ski Federation
- DYRHAUG Niklas at the International Ski Federation
- GROS Baptiste at the International Ski Federation
- RETIVYKH Gleb at the International Ski Federation
- BRUGGER Janosch at the International Ski Federation
- BELOV Evgeniy at the International Ski Federation
- VALNES Erik at the International Ski Federation
- SVENSSON Oskar at the International Ski Federation
- SPITSOV Denis at the International Ski Federation