List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions

The tables below list the FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions. The medalists are the three contestants with the highest total scores at the end of the cross-country skiing World Cup season. The list extends from 1973–74 onwards for overall men, 1978–79 onwards for overall women, 1996–97 onwards for sprint and distance (both genders), as well as Nations Cup winners beginning for 1981–82.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1973–74¹	Ivar Formo	Juha Mieto	Eduard Hauser
1974–75¹	Oddvar Brå	Odd Martinsen	Juha Mieto
1975–76¹	Juha Mieto	Arto Koivisto	Ivar Formo
1976–77¹	Thomas Wassberg	Juha Mieto (2)	Thomas Magnusson
1977–78¹	Sven-Åke Lundbäck	Lars-Erik Eriksen	Magne Myrmo
1978–79²	Oddvar Brå (2)	Lars-Erik Eriksen (2)	Sven-Åke Lundbäck
1979–80¹	Juha Mieto (2)	Thomas Wassberg	Lars-Erik Eriksen
1980–81²	Alexander Zavyalov	Oddvar Brå	Ove Aunli
Official World Cup
1981–82	Bill Koch	Thomas Wassberg	Harri Kirvesniemi
1982–83	Alexander Zavyalov (2)	Gunde Svan	Bill Koch
1983–84	Gunde Svan	Thomas Wassberg	Harri Kirvesniemi (2)
1984–85	Gunde Svan	Tor Håkon Holte	Ove Aunli (2)
1985–86	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Vladimir Smirnov
1986–87	Torgny Mogren	Thomas Wassberg (4)	Gunde Svan
1987–88	Gunde Svan	Torgny Mogren	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
1988–89	Gunde Svan (5)	Vegard Ulvang	Torgny Mogren
1989–90	Vegard Ulvang	Gunde Svan (2)	Bjørn Dæhlie
1990–91	Vladimir Smirnov	Torgny Mogren (3)	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)
1991–92	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vegard Ulvang (2)	Vladimir Smirnov
1992–93	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Vegard Ulvang
1993–94	Vladimir Smirnov (2)	Bjørn Dæhlie	Jari Isometsä
1994–95	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov	Silvio Fauner
1995–96	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov (3)	Jari Isometsä (2)
1996–97	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mika Myllylä	Fulvio Valbusa
1997–98	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Vladimir Smirnov (3)
1998–99	Bjørn Dæhlie (6)	Mikhail Botwinov	Mika Myllylä
1999–00	Johann Mühlegg	Jari Isometsä	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2000–01	Per Elofsson	Johann Mühlegg	Thomas Alsgaard
2001–02	Per Elofsson (2)	Thomas Alsgaard	Anders Aukland
2002–03	Mathias Fredriksson	René Sommerfeldt	Jörgen Brink
2003–04	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Jens Arne Svartedal
2004–05	Axel Teichmann	Vincent Vittoz	Tor Arne Hetland
2005–06	Tobias Angerer	Jens Arne Svartedal	Tor Arne Hetland (2)
2006–07	Tobias Angerer (2)	Alexander Legkov	Eldar Rønning
2007–08	Lukáš Bauer	René Sommerfeldt (2)	Pietro Piller Cottrer
2008–09	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Ola Vigen Hattestad
2009–10	Petter Northug	Lukáš Bauer	Marcus Hellner
2010–11	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug	Daniel Richardsson
2011–12	Dario Cologna	Devon Kershaw	Petter Northug
2012–13	Petter Northug (2)	Alexander Legkov	Dario Cologna
2013–14	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov (3)	Alex Harvey
2014–15	Dario Cologna (4)	Petter Northug	Calle Halfvarsson
2015–16	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Petter Northug (4)	Finn Hågen Krogh
2016–17	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3)	Sergey Ustiugov	Alex Harvey (2)
2017–18	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Dario Cologna	Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2018–19	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alexander Bolshunov	Sjur Røthe
2019–20	Alexander Bolshunov	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Pål Golberg
2020–21	Alexander Bolshunov (2)	Ivan Yakimushkin	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2021–22	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alexander Bolshunov (2)	Iivo Niskanen
2022–23	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (4)	Pål Golberg	Federico Pellegrino
2023–24	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2)	Erik Valnes

¹ Unofficial WC
² Trial WC

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	21	18	24	63
2	Sweden (SWE)	11	10	8	29
3	Germany (GER)	4	2	0	6
4	Switzerland (SUI)	4	1	2	7
5	Soviet Union (URS)	3	0	1	4
6	Russia (RUS)	2	7	0	9
7	Finland (FIN)	2	5	7	14
8	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	3	1	5
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	0	2
	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
11	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
12	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
13	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
15	Italy (ITA)	0	0	4	4
16	CIS (CIS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		51	51	51	153

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97	Bjørn Dæhlie	Fulvio Valbusa	Silvio Fauner
1997–98	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov
1998–99	Bjørn Dæhlie (2)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Mathias Fredriksson
1999–00	Morten Brørs	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (2)	Håvard Solbakken
2000–01	Jan Jacob Verdenius	Cristian Zorzi	Tor Arne Hetland
2001–02	Trond Iversen	Jens Arne Svartedal	Cristian Zorzi
2002–03	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland	Lauri Pyykönen
2003–04	Thobias Fredriksson (2)	Jens Arne Svartedal (2)	Håvard Bjerkeli
2004–05	Tor Arne Hetland	Eldar Rønning	Trond Iversen
2005–06	Björn Lind	Thobias Fredriksson	Tor Arne Hetland
2006–07	Jens Arne Svartedal	Trond Iversen	Emil Jönsson
2007–08	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Emil Jönsson	John Kristian Dahl
2008–09	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Renato Pasini	Tor Arne Hetland (3)
2009–10	Emil Jönsson	Petter Northug	Alexei Petukhov
2010–11	Emil Jönsson	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Jesper Modin
2011–12	Teodor Peterson	Nikolay Morilov	Eirik Brandsdal
2012–13	Emil Jönsson (3)	Petter Northug	Nikita Kryukov
2013–14	Ola Vigen Hattestad (3)	Eirik Brandsdal	Josef Wenzl
2014–15	Finn Hågen Krogh	Eirik Brandsdal (2)	Federico Pellegrino
2015–16	Federico Pellegrino	Petter Northug (3)	Finn Hågen Krogh
2016–17	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Federico Pellegrino	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar
2017–18	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Federico Pellegrino	Lucas Chanavat
2018–19	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Federico Pellegrino (3)	Eirik Brandsdal (2)
2019–20	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Erik Valnes	Pål Golberg
2020–21	Federico Pellegrino (2)	Gleb Retivykh	Alexander Bolshunov
2021–22	Richard Jouve	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Lucas Chanavat
2022–23	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Lucas Chanavat	Even Northug
2023–24	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (6)	Erik Valnes (2)	Lucas Chanavat (3)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	18	17	13	48
2	Sweden (SWE)	7	2	3	12
3	Italy (ITA)	2	6	3	11
4	France (FRA)	1	1	3	5
5	Russia (RUS)	0	2	3	5
6	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		28	28	28	84

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97¹	Mika Myllylä	Bjørn Dæhlie	Vladimir Smirnov
1997–98¹	Thomas Alsgaard	Bjørn Dæhlie	Mika Myllylä
1998–99¹	Mikhail Botwinov	Bjørn Dæhlie (3)	Mika Myllylä (2)
1999–00	not arranged
2000–01	not arranged
2001–02	not arranged
2002–03	not arranged
2003–04	René Sommerfeldt	Mathias Fredriksson	Frode Estil
2004–05	Axel Teichmann	Vincent Vittoz	Tobias Angerer
2005–06	Tobias Angerer	Vincent Vittoz	Anders Södergren
2006–07	Tobias Angerer (2)	Vincent Vittoz (3)	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
2007–08	Lukáš Bauer	Pietro Piller Cottrer	René Sommerfeldt
2008–09	Pietro Piller Cottrer	Dario Cologna	Petter Northug
2009–10	Petter Northug	Lukáš Bauer	Marcus Hellner
2010–11	Dario Cologna	Daniel Richardsson	Lukáš Bauer
2011–12	Dario Cologna	Devon Kershaw	Alexander Legkov
2012–13	Alexander Legkov	Dario Cologna (2)	Petter Northug (2)
2013–14	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alexander Legkov	Daniel Richardsson
2014–15	Dario Cologna	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Evgeniy Belov
2015–16	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Maurice Manificat	Niklas Dyrhaug
2016–17	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (3)	Alex Harvey	Matti Heikkinen
2017–18	Dario Cologna (4)	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (2)	Hans Christer Holund
2018–19	Alexander Bolshunov	Sjur Røthe	Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2019–20	Alexander Bolshunov	Sjur Røthe (2)	Iivo Niskanen
2020–21	Alexander Bolshunov (3)	Ivan Yakimushkin	Simen Hegstad Krüger
2021–22	Iivo Niskanen	Alexander Bolshunov	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
2022–23	Pål Golberg	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Didrik Tønseth
2023–24	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2)	Pål Golberg

¹ arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup"

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	7	9	11	27
2	Russia (RUS)	4	3	2	9
3	Switzerland (SUI)	4	2	0	6
4	Germany (GER)	4	0	2	6
5	Finland (FIN)	2	0	4	6
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1	3
7	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
8	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	4	0	4
10	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	3	5
11	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		24	24	24	72

See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1978–79¹	Galina Kulakova	Raisa Smetanina	Zinaida Amosova
1979–80	No World Cup arranged this season
1980–81¹	Raisa Smetanina	Berit Aunli	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková
Official World Cup
1981–82	Berit Aunli	Britt Pettersen	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková
1982–83	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi	Britt Pettersen (2)	Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková (3)
1983–84	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (2)	Raisa Smetanina (2)	Anne Jahren
1984–85	Anette Bøe	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	Britt Pettersen
1985–86	Marjo Matikainen	Marianne Dahlmo	Britt Pettersen (2)
1986–87	Marjo Matikainen	Anfisa Reztsova	Marianne Dahlmo
1987–88	Marjo Matikainen (3)	Marie-Helene Westin	Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi ²
1988–89	Yelena Välbe	Alžběta Havrančíková	Tamara Tikhonova
1989–90	Larisa Lazutina	Yelena Välbe	Trude Dybendahl
1990–91	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova
1991–92	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Lyubov Yegorova (2)
1992–93	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo
1993–94	Manuela Di Centa	Lyubov Yegorova	Yelena Välbe
1994–95	Yelena Välbe	Nina Gavrilyuk	Larisa Lazutina
1995–96	Manuela Di Centa (2)	Yelena Välbe (3)	Larisa Lazutina
1996–97	Yelena Välbe (5)	Stefania Belmondo	Kateřina Neumannová
1997–98	Larisa Lazutina (2)	Bente Martinsen	Stefania Belmondo
1998–99	Bente Martinsen	Stefania Belmondo (4)	Nina Gavrilyuk
1999–00	Bente Martinsen	Kristina Šmigun	Larisa Lazutina
2000–01	Yuliya Chepalova	Bente Skari ³ (2)	Larisa Lazutina (4)
2001–02	Bente Skari ³	Kateřina Neumannová	Stefania Belmondo (3)
2002–03	Bente Skari ³ (4)	Kristina Šmigun (2)	Gabriella Paruzzi
2003–04	Gabriella Paruzzi	Marit Bjørgen	Valentyna Shevchenko
2004–05	Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová (2)	Virpi Kuitunen
2005–06	Marit Bjørgen	Beckie Scott	Yuliya Chepalova
2006–07	Virpi Kuitunen	Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová (2)
2007–08	Virpi Kuitunen (2)	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Justyna Kowalczyk
2008–09	Justyna Kowalczyk	Petra Majdič	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2009–10	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Petra Majdič
2010–11	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Arianna Follis
2011–12	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug
2012–13	Justyna Kowalczyk (4)	Therese Johaug	Kikkan Randall
2013–14	Therese Johaug	Marit Bjørgen (5)	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
2014–15	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Therese Johaug (2)	Heidi Weng
2015–16	Therese Johaug	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Heidi Weng (2)
2016–17	Heidi Weng	Krista Pärmäkoski	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2017–18	Heidi Weng (2)	Jessie Diggins	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2)
2018–19	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Natalya Nepryayeva	Therese Johaug (2)
2019–20	Therese Johaug (3)	Heidi Weng	Natalya Nepryayeva
2020–21	Jessie Diggins	Yuliya Stupak	Ebba Andersson
2021–22	Natalya Nepryayeva	Jessie Diggins	Ebba Andersson (2)
2022–23	Tiril Udnes Weng	Jessie Diggins (3)	Kerttu Niskanen
2023–24	Jessie Diggins (2)	Linn Svahn	Frida Karlsson

¹ Trial WC
² Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi née Hämälainen married Harri Kirvesniemi
³ Bente Skari née Martinsen married Geir Skari in 1999

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	17	17	12	46
2	Finland (FIN)	7	1	4	12
3	Russia (RUS)	6	6	8	20
4	Soviet Union (URS)	5	4	3	12
5	Poland (POL)	4	1	1	6
6	Italy (ITA)	3	4	5	12
7	United States (USA)	2	3	1	6
8	CIS (CIS)	1	0	1	2
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	5	8
10	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	3	5
11	Estonia (EST)	0	2	0	2
12	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	1	2
13	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
14	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		45	45	45	135

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97	Stefania Belmondo	Yelena Välbe	Kateřina Neumannová
1997–98	Bente Martinsen	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo
1998–99	Bente Martinsen	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun
1999–00	Bente Martinsen	Anita Moen	Kristina Šmigun (2)
2000–01	Bente Skari 1	Pirjo Manninen	Manuela Henkel
2001–02	Bente Skari 1 (5)	Anita Moen (2)	Kateřina Neumannová (2)
2002–03	Marit Bjørgen	Bente Skari 1	Pirjo Manninen
2003–04	Marit Bjørgen	Gabriella Paruzzi	Anna Dahlberg
2004–05	Marit Bjørgen	Virpi Kuitunen	Anna Dahlberg (2)
2005–06	Marit Bjørgen	Ella Gjømle	Beckie Scott
2006–07	Virpi Kuitunen	Petra Majdič	Natalya Matveyeva
2007–08	Petra Majdič	Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Virpi Kuitunen
2008–09	Petra Majdič	Arianna Follis	Pirjo Muranen (2)
2009–10	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Petra Majdič
2010–11	Petra Majdič (3)	Arianna Follis (2)	Kikkan Randall
2011–12	Kikkan Randall	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Marit Bjørgen
2012–13	Kikkan Randall	Justyna Kowalczyk	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2013–14	Kikkan Randall (3)	Denise Herrmann	Marit Bjørgen (2)
2014–15	Marit Bjørgen (5)	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Maiken Caspersen Falla
2015–16	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2)	Stina Nilsson
2016–17	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Stina Nilsson	Hanna Falk
2017–18	Maiken Caspersen Falla (3)	Stina Nilsson (2)	Sophie Caldwell
2018–19	Stina Nilsson	Maiken Caspersen Falla (2)	Maja Dahlqvist
2019–20	Linn Svahn	Jonna Sundling	Anamarija Lampič
2020–21	Anamarija Lampič	Nadine Fähndrich	Linn Svahn
2021–22	Maja Dahlqvist	Anamarija Lampič	Jonna Sundling
2022–23	Maja Dahlqvist (2)	Nadine Fähndrich (2)	Tiril Udnes Weng
2023–24	Linn Svahn (2)	Kristine Stavås Skistad	Jonna Sundling (2)

¹ Bente Skari née Martinsen married Geir Skari in 1999

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	13	11	5	29
2	Sweden (SWE)	5	3	8	16
3	Slovenia (SLO)	4	2	2	8
4	United States (USA)	3	0	2	5
5	Italy (ITA)	1	3	1	5
6	Finland (FIN)	1	2	3	6
7	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
8	Russia (RUS)	0	2	1	3
9	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	2	3
11	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
12	Estonia (EST)	0	0	2	2
13	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		28	28	28	84

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1996–97¹	Yelena Välbe	Stefania Belmondo	Nina Gavrilyuk
1997–98¹	Larisa Lazutina	Stefania Belmondo	Olga Danilova
1998–99¹	Kristina Šmigun	Stefania Belmondo (3)	Larisa Lazutina
1999–00	not arranged
2000–01	not arranged
2001–02	not arranged
2002–03	not arranged
2003–04	Valentyna Shevchenko	Gabriella Paruzzi	Kristina Šmigun
2004–05	Marit Bjørgen	Kateřina Neumannová	Kristina Šmigun (2)
2005–06	Yuliya Chepalova	Kateřina Neumannová	Beckie Scott
2006–07	Virpi Kuitunen	Kateřina Neumannová (3)	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
2007–08	Virpi Kuitunen (2)	Valentyna Shevchenko	Justyna Kowalczyk
2008–09	Justyna Kowalczyk	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Marianna Longa
2009–10	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Kristin Størmer Steira
2010–11	Justyna Kowalczyk	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug
2011–12	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug (2)
2012–13	Justyna Kowalczyk (4)	Therese Johaug	Kristin Størmer Steira (2)
2013–14	Therese Johaug	Marit Bjørgen	Kerttu Niskanen
2014–15	Marit Bjørgen (3)	Therese Johaug (2)	Heidi Weng
2015–16	Therese Johaug	Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2016–17	Heidi Weng	Marit Bjørgen (4)	Krista Pärmäkoski
2017–18	Heidi Weng (2)	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	Jessie Diggins
2018–19	Therese Johaug	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (2)	Natalya Nepryayeva
2019–20	Therese Johaug	Heidi Weng (2)	Ebba Andersson
2020–21	Jessie Diggins	Ebba Andersson	Yuliya Stupak
2021–22	Therese Johaug (5)	Frida Karlsson	Krista Pärmäkoski (2)
2022–23	Kerttu Niskanen	Jessie Diggins	Tiril Udnes Weng
2023–24	Jessie Diggins (2)	Victoria Carl	Ebba Andersson (2)

¹ arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup"

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	10	10	7	27
2	Poland (POL)	4	1	1	6
3	Finland (FIN)	3	1	4	8
4	Russia (RUS)	3	0	5	8
5	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
7	Estonia (EST)	1	0	2	3
8	Italy (ITA)	0	4	1	5
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	3	0	3
10	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	2	4
11	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
12	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		24	24	24	72

All results of female and male athletes of a nation are counted for the Nations Cup.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third		Winner (men)	Winner (women)
1981–82	Norway	Czechoslovakia	Sweden		Norway	Norway
1982–83	Norway	Soviet Union	Finland		Norway	Norway