Alpine skiing World Cup
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The '''alpine skiing World Cup''' is a circuit of [[alpine skiing]] competitions launched in [[1966]] by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist [[Serge Lang (skiing)|Serge Lang]] and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the [[United States Ski Team|USA]] (Bob Beattie). It was soon backed by [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) 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 [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|first World Cup ski race]] was held in [[Berchtesgaden]], [[West Germany]], on [[January 5]], [[1967]]. [[Jean-Claude Killy]] of [[France]] and [[Nancy Greene]] of [[Canada]] were the overall winners for the first two seasons.
Races are held primarily at [[ski resort]]s in the [[Alps]] in [[Europe]], with regular stops in [[Scandinavia]], [[North America]], and east [[Asia]]. Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: [[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Giant Slalom skiing|giant slalom]], [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]], and [[downhill]]. The fifth event, the [[Alpine skiing combined|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 [[1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1974–75]] season, while the Super G was added for the [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982–83]] season. The current scoring system was implemented in the [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|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, with the trophy consisting of a 9 [[kilogram]] crystal globe.<ref>[http://www.fis-ski.com/cms/impression_page.htm?page_id=2400&gab_id=5&id_newsflash=18&URL=/fr/actualitesinformations/1687/newsflash2006 FIS NewsFlash, Edition 72, April 26th, 2006]</ref> Sub-prizes are also awarded in each individual race discipline, with a smaller 3.5 kg crystal globe. (See the section on [[#World Cup scoring system|scoring system]] below for more information.)
The World Cup is held annually, and is considered the premier competition for alpine ski racing after the quadrennial [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]]. Many consider the World Cup to be a more valuable title than the Olympics or the biennial [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|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.
Lower competitive circuits include the ''[[NorAm Cup]]'' in [[North America]] and the ''[[Europa Cup (alpine skiing)|Europa Cup]]'' in [[Europe]].
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==Overall winners==
Multiple overall World Cup wins are marked with (#). For a complete list of winners in each discipline, <BR>
see [[Alpine Skiing World Cup Men]] and [[Alpine Skiing World Cup Women]].
{|class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" align=center width="50" | Year
!colspan="2" align=center width="250" | '''Men's Overall Champion'''
!colspan="2" align=center width="250" | '''Women's Overall Champion'''
|-
!Name
!Country
!Name
!Country
|-
| align=center | [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]] || [[Jean-Claude Killy]] || {{FRA}} || [[Nancy Greene]] || {{CAN}}
|-
| align=center | [[1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1968]] || [[Jean-Claude Killy]] (2) || {{FRA}} || [[Nancy Greene]] (2) || {{CAN}}
|-
| align=center | [[1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1969]] || [[Karl Schranz]] || {{AUT}} || [[Gertrud Gabl]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1970]] || [[Karl Schranz]] (2) || {{AUT}} || [[Michèle Jacot]] || {{FRA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1971]] || [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{ITA}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll|Annemarie Pröll]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1972]] || [[Gustav Thöni]] (2) || {{ITA}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll|Annemarie Pröll]] (2) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1973]] || [[Gustav Thöni]] (3) || {{ITA}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll|Annemarie Pröll]] (3) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1974]] || [[Piero Gros]] || {{ITA}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll|Annemarie Pröll]] (4) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1975]] || [[Gustav Thöni]] (4) || {{ITA}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] (5) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1976 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1976]] || [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || [[Rosi Mittermaier]] || [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|22px]] [[West Germany]]
|-
| align=center | [[1977 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1977]] || [[Ingemar Stenmark]] (2) || {{SWE}} || [[Lise-Marie Morerod]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1978]] || [[Ingemar Stenmark]] (3) || {{SWE}} || [[Hanni Wenzel]] || {{LIE}}
|-
| align=center | [[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1979]] || [[Peter Lüscher]] || {{SUI}} || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] (6) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980]] || [[Andreas Wenzel]] || {{LIE}} || [[Hanni Wenzel]] (2) || {{LIE}}
|-
| align=center | [[1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1981]] || [[Phil Mahre]] || {{USA}} || [[Marie-Theres Nadig]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982]] || [[Phil Mahre]] (2) || {{USA}} || [[Erika Hess]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1983]] || [[Phil Mahre]] (3) || {{USA}} || [[Tamara McKinney]] || {{USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]] || [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{SUI}} || [[Erika Hess]] (2) || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] || [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{LUX}} || [[Michela Figini]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986]] || [[Marc Girardelli]] (2) || {{LUX}} || [[Maria Walliser]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] (2) || {{SUI}} || [[Maria Walliser]] (2) || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] (3) || {{SUI}} || [[Michela Figini]] (2) || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || [[Marc Girardelli]] (3) || {{LUX}} || [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] (4) || {{SUI}} || [[Petra Kronberger]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]] || [[Marc Girardelli]] (4) || {{LUX}} || [[Petra Kronberger]] (2) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]] || [[Paul Accola]] || {{SUI}} || [[Petra Kronberger]] (3) || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || [[Marc Girardelli]] (5) || {{LUX}} || [[Anita Wachter]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || [[Kjetil André Aamodt]] || {{NOR}} || [[Vreni Schneider]] (2) || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]] || [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{ITA}} || [[Vreni Schneider]] (3) || {{SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]] || [[Lasse Kjus]] || {{NOR}} || [[Katja Seizinger]] || {{GER}}
|-
| align=center | [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]] || [[Luc Alphand]] || {{FRA}} || [[Pernilla Wiberg]] || {{SWE}}
|-
| align=center | [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] || [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || [[Katja Seizinger]] (2) || {{GER}}
|-
| align=center | [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]] || [[Lasse Kjus]] (2) || {{NOR}} || [[Alexandra Meissnitzer]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000]] || [[Hermann Maier]] (2) || {{AUT}} || [[Renate Götschl]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] || [[Hermann Maier]] (3) || {{AUT}} || [[Janica Kostelić]] || {{CRO}}
|-
| align=center | [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]] || [[Stephan Eberharter]]|| {{AUT}} || [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]] || [[Stephan Eberharter]] (2) || {{AUT}} || [[Janica Kostelić]] (2) || {{CRO}}
|-
| align=center | [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] || [[Hermann Maier]] (4) || {{AUT}} || [[Anja Pärson]] || {{SWE}}
|-
| align=center | [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005]] || [[Bode Miller]] || {{USA}} || [[Anja Pärson]] (2) || {{SWE}}
|-
| align=center | [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] || [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{AUT}} || [[Janica Kostelić]] (3) || {{CRO}}
|-
| align=center | [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]] || [[Aksel Lund Svindal]] || {{NOR}} || [[Nicole Hosp]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] || [[Bode Miller]] (2) || {{USA}} || [[Lindsey Vonn]] || {{USA}}
|}
==Most overall World Cup titles==
The following skiers have won multiple overall alpine World Cup titles.
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" width="120" | Name
!rowspan="2" width="100" | Country
!rowspan="2" width="80" | Career
!rowspan="2" width="70" | Overall World Cups
!colspan="5" align=center width="300" | '''Discipline World Cups'''
|-
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|GS]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{LUX}} || align="center"| 1980–1996 || align=center | '''5''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 4
|-
| [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{ITA}} || align="center"| 1969–1980 || align=center | '''4''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1981–1990 || align=center | '''4''' ||align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3
|-
| [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1996–active || align=center | '''4''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1973–1989 || align=center | '''3''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Phil Mahre]] || {{USA}} || align="center"| 1975–1984 || align=center | '''3''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 4
|}
===Women===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" width="120" | Name
!rowspan="2" width="100" | Country
!rowspan="2" width="80" | Career
!rowspan="2" width="70" | Overall World Cups
!colspan="5" align=center width="300" | '''Discipline World Cups'''
|-
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|GS]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1969–1980 || align=center | '''6''' || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2
|-
| [[Petra Kronberger]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1987–1992 || align=center | '''3''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1984–1995 || align=center | '''3''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Janica Kostelić]] || {{CRO}} || align="center"| 1998–2006 || align=center | '''3''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 4
|}
==Most discipline World Cup titles==
The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:
===Men===
* Downhill: [[Franz Klammer]] ({{AUT}}), 5
* Super G: [[Hermann Maier]] ({{AUT}}), 5
* Giant Slalom: [[Ingemar Stenmark]] ({{SWE}}), 8
* Slalom: [[Ingemar Stenmark]] ({{SWE}}), 8
* Combined: [[Kjetil André Aamodt]] ({{NOR}}), 5
===Women===
* Downhill: [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] ({{AUT}}), 7
* Super G: [[Katja Seizinger]] ({{GER}}), 5
* Giant Slalom: [[Vreni Schneider]] ({{SUI}}), 5
* Slalom: [[Vreni Schneider]] ({{SUI}}), 6
* Combined: [[Brigitte Oertli]] ({{SUI}}) and [[Janica Kostelić]] ({{CRO}}), 4
For a complete list of winners in each discipline, see [[Alpine Skiing World Cup Men]] and [[Alpine Skiing World Cup Women]].
==Most successful race winners==
A common measurement on how good individual skiers are is often the total number of World Cup races won during the skiing career. The following skiers have won at least 20 World Cup races:
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="30" | Pos.
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Career
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1973–1989 || align="center"| '''86''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 46 || align="center"| 40 || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1996–active || align="center"| '''53''' || align="center"| 15 || align="center"| 23 || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{ITA}} || align="center"| 1986–1998 || align="center"| '''50''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 15 || align="center"| 35 || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{LUX}} || align="center"| 1980–1996 || align="center"| '''46''' || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 11
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1981–1990 || align="center"| '''40''' || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 11
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Bode Miller]] || {{USA}} || align="center"| 1997–active || align="center"| '''31''' || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 5
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Benjamin Raich]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1997–active || align="center"| '''30''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 5
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Stephan Eberharter]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1989–2004 || align="center"| '''29''' || align="center"| 18 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Phil Mahre]] || {{USA}} || align="center"| 1975–1984 || align="center"| '''27''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 11
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Franz Klammer]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1972–1985 || align="center"| '''26''' || align="center"| 25 || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1
|-
| align=center | 11 || [[Peter Müller (skier)|Peter Müller]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1977–1992 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| 19 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3
|-
| align=center | 11 || [[Gustav Thöni]] || {{ITA}} || align="center"| 1969–1980 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 4
|-
| align=center | 13 || [[Michael Von Grünigen]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1989–2003 || align="center"| '''23''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 23 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 14 || [[Kjetil André Aamodt]] || {{NOR}} || align="center"| 1989–2006 || align="center"| '''21''' || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 8
|}
===Women===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="30" | Pos.
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Career
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| align=center | 1 || [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1969–1980 || align="center"| '''62''' || align="center"| 36 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 7
|-
| align=center | 2 || [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1984–1995 || align="center"| '''55''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 20 || align="center"| 34 || align="center"| 1
|-
| align=center | 3 || [[Renate Götschl]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1993–active || align="center"| '''46''' || align="center"| 24 || align="center"| 17 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 4
|-
| align=center | 4 || [[Anja Pärson]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1998–active || align="center"| '''38''' || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 18 || align="center"| 1
|-
| align=center | 5 || [[Katja Seizinger]] || {{GER}} || align="center"| 1989–1998 || align="center"| '''36''' || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 6 || [[Hanni Wenzel]] || {{LIE}} || align="center"| 1972–1984 || align="center"| '''33''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 12 || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 8
|-
| align=center | 7 || [[Erika Hess]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1978–1987 || align="center"| '''31''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 21 || align="center"| 4
|-
| align=center | 8 || [[Janica Kostelić]] || {{CRO}} || align="center"| 1998–2006 || align="center"| '''30''' || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 20 || align="center"| 6
|-
| align=center | 9 || [[Michela Figini]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1983–1990 || align="center"| '''26''' || align="center"| 17 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 4
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Maria Walliser]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1980–1990 || align="center"| '''25''' || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2
|-
| align=center | 10 || [[Michaela Dorfmeister]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1991–2006 || align="center"| '''25''' || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Pernilla Wiberg]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1990–2002 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 3
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Marie-Theres Nadig]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1971–1981 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| 13 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 5
|-
| align=center | 12 || [[Lise-Marie Morerod]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1973–1980 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 15 || [[Carole Merle]] || {{FRA}} || align="center"| 1981–1994 || align="center"| '''22''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| 12 || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| align=center | 16 || [[Hilde Gerg]] || {{GER}} || align="center"| 1993–2005 || align="center"| '''20''' || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 3
|-
| align=center | 16 || [[Marlies Schild]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 2001-active || align="center"| '''20''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 18 || align="center"| 1
|}
==All-event winners==
Only a few of the most versatile racers have ever managed to win races in all 5 World Cup alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below. [[Marc Girardelli]] ([[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988–89]]), [[Petra Kronberger]] ([[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990–91]]), and [[Janica Kostelić]] ([[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005–6]]) are the only skiers to have won all 5 events in a single season. Since the [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] was not introduced until the [[1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1974–75]] season and the [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]] until [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982–83]], the following list also includes those racers who won races in all disciplines available during their World Cup careers (events not available are marked by NA).
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Career
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{LUX}} || align="center"| 1980–1996 || align="center"| '''46''' || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 11
|-
| [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| 1981–1990 || align="center"| '''40''' || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 11
|-
| [[Bode Miller]] || {{USA}} || align="center"| 1997–active || align="center"| '''31''' || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 5
|-
| [[Kjetil André Aamodt]] || {{NOR}} || align="center"| 1989–2006 || align="center"| '''21''' || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 8
|-
| [[Jean-Claude Killy]] || {{FRA}} || align="center"| 1967–1968 || align="center"| '''18''' || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| NA
|-
| [[Günther Mader]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1982–1998 || align="center"| '''14''' || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 4
|-
| [[Henri Duvillard]] || {{FRA}} || align="center"| 1967–1973 || align="center"| '''6''' || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| NA
|}
===Women===
{| class="wikitable"
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Career
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1969–1980 || align="center"| '''62''' || align="center"| 36 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 16 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 7
|-
| [[Anja Pärson]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1998–active || align="center"| '''38''' || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 18 || align="center"| 1
|-
| [[Janica Kostelić]] || {{CRO}} || align="center"| 1998–2006 || align="center"| '''30''' || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 20 || align="center"| 6
|-
| [[Pernilla Wiberg]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| 1990–2002 || align="center"| '''24''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 14 || align="center"| 3
|-
| [[Petra Kronberger]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| 1987–1992 || align="center"| '''16''' || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 2
|-
| [[Nancy Greene]] || {{CAN}} || align="center"| 1967–1968 || align="center"| '''14''' || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| NA
|-
| [[Françoise Macchi]] || {{FRA}} || align="center"| 1968–1972 || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| NA
|}
==Most race wins in a single season==
The following skiers have won at least 10 World Cup races in a single season (events not available in a given season are marked by NA):
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Season
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| [[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1978–79]] || align="center"| '''13''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 10 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000–1]] || align="center"| '''13''' || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Jean-Claude Killy]] || {{FRA}} || align="center"| [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]] || align="center"| '''12''' || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| NA
|-
| [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| [[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1979–80]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Marc Girardelli]] || {{LUX}} || align="center"| [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984–85]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Pirmin Zurbriggen]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986–87]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 2
|-
| [[Alberto Tomba]] || {{ITA}} || align="center"| [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994–95]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| [[1977 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1976–77]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Ingemar Stenmark]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| [[1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980–81]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997–98]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 1
|-
| [[Hermann Maier]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999–2000]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 4 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Stephan Eberharter]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001–2]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| 1 || align="center"| - || align="center"| -
|}
===Women===
{| class="wikitable"
!align=left width="120" | Name
!align=left width="100" | Country
!width="80" | Season
!width="60" | Victories
!width="60" | [[Downhill]]
!width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
!width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
!width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|-
| [[Vreni Schneider]] || {{SUI}} || align="center"| [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988–89]] || align="center"| '''14''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 7 || align="center"| 1
|-
| [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1972–73]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| 8 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 3 || align="center"| - || align="center"| NA
|-
| [[Anja Pärson]] || {{SWE}} || align="center"| [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003–4]] || align="center"| '''11''' || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| 6 || align="center"| -
|-
| [[Annemarie Moser-Pröll]] || {{AUT}} || align="center"| [[1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1974–75]] || align="center"| '''10''' || align="center"| 2 || align="center"| NA || align="center"| 5 || align="center"| - || align="center"| 3
|}
==World Cup scoring system==
<!-- ===History=== -->
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 10 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, and then decreasing by 1 point for each lower place. To determine the winner for each discipline World Cup, only a racer's best 3 results would count, even though there would typically be 6-8 races in each discipline. For the overall Cup, the best three results in each discipline would be summed. For the [[1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1971–72]] season, the number of results counted was increased to 5 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 towards the overall, while in other seasons the best 3 or 4 results in each discipline would count.
Starting with the [[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1979–80]] season, points were awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race. After [[1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980–81]], the formula for the overall title stabilized for several years, counting the best 5 results in the original disciplines ([[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Giant Slalom skiing|giant slalom]], and [[downhill]]) plus the best 3 results in [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]]. When [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]] events were introduced for the [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982–83]] season, the results were included with giant slalom for the first three seasons, before a separate discipline Cup was awarded starting in [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985–86]] and the top 3 Super G results were counted towards the overall. The formula for the overall was changed yet again the [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|following season]], with the top 4 results in each discipline counting, along with all combined results (although the combined was nearly eliminated from the schedule, reduced to only 1 or 2 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, and in [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987–88]] the [[International Ski Federation|FIS]] decided to fully 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, a major change to the scoring system was implemented in the [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991–92]] season. 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 [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|following season]] (to 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:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Place || width="25" | 1 || width="20" | 2 || width="20" | 3 || width="20" | 4 || width="20" | 5 || width="20" | 6 || width="20" | 7 || width="20" | 8 || width="20" | 9 || width="20" | 10 || width="20" | 11 || width="20" | 12 || width="20" | 13 || width="20" | 14 || width="20" | 15 || width="20" | 16 || width="20" | 17 || width="20" | 18 || width="20" | 19 || width="20" | 20 || width="20" | 21 || width="20" | 22 || width="20" | 23 || width="20" | 24 || width="20" | 25 || width="20" | 26 || width="20" | 27 || width="20" | 28 || width="20" | 29 || width="20" | 30
|- align="center"
! width="90" | Current System <br>[[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|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
|- align="center"
! width="90" | 1992 System<br>[[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|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
|- align="center"
! Top 15 System<br>[[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980]]–[[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]]
| 25 || 20 || 15 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 9 || 8 || 7 || 6 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || colspan="15" style="background:#efefef;" |
|- align="center"
! 1979 System †<br>[[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|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 || colspan="5" style="background:#efefef;" |
|- align="center"
! Original System <br>[[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]]–[[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1979]]
| 25 || 20 || 15 || 11 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || colspan="20" style="background:#efefef;" |
|}
<small>''† NOTE: The scoring system changed during the [[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1978–79]] season; this special system was used for the last 2 men's downhills and the last 3 races in every other discipline except combined.''</small>
===Statistical Analysis===
During the past decade, the number of completed men's or women's World Cup races each year has ranged from 30 to 39,<ref>See FIS document, "Analysis of races held 1994-2006": http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/racessummary1.pdf</ref> so the maximum possible point total for an individual racer is about 3000–3900 under the current scoring system (although very few racers actually ski in all events; for example, [[Bode Miller]] was "the only skier to have competed in every World Cup race the past three seasons"<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05295/593141.stm World Cup Skiing: Miller pushes limits on slopes despite desire<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> i.e [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]]–[[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup| 2005]]). The current record for total World Cup points in a season is [[Hermann Maier]]'s 2000 points in [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999-2000]], with the women's record of 1970 points set by [[Janica Kostelić]] in [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005–6]]. The fewest points for an overall champion under the current system thus far has been 1130 by [[Luc Alphand]] in [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996–97]]. The largest margin of victory in the overall has been Maier's 743 points in [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000-1]], nearly doubling second place finisher [[Stephan Eberharter]]'s total. The closest finishes since 1992 have been minuscule margins of 6 points in [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994-95]] ([[Vreni Schneider]] over [[Katja Seizinger]]) and only 3 points in [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004-5]] ([[Anja Pärson]] over [[Janica Kostelić]]).
The tables below contain a brief statistical analysis of the overall World Cup standings during the first 15 seasons after the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|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 30 men's and women's overall champions in these years, 28 scored over 1200 points, 21 had over 1300 points, 14 reached 1500 points, and 4 amassed more than 1700 points during their winning seasons. As for the runners-up, 26 of the 30 second-place finishers scored over 1000 points, 12 had over 1300 points, and only 2 reached 1500 points yet failed to win. Most overall titles have been won quite convincingly, by more than 300 points in 16 of 30 cases, while only 7 margins of victory have been tighter than 50 points.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Annual Statistics Calculated for the [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]]–[[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] Seasons
|-
! width="70" rowspan="3" | || colspan="8" | Men's Overall World Cup
|-
! rowspan="2" width="70" | Races Completed || rowspan="2" width="70" | 1st Place Points || rowspan="2" width="70" | Margin of Victory || rowspan="2" width="70" | 2nd Place Points || rowspan="2" width="70" | 3rd Place Points || colspan="3" | Number of Skiers per Season:
|-
! width="70" | > 1000 Pts || width="70" | > 500 Pts || width="70" | > 200 Pts
|- align="center"
! Maximum
| 38 || 2000 || 743 || 1454 || 1307 || 5 || 19 || 43
|- align="center"
! Average
| 34.5 || 1473 || 318 || 1155 || 991 || 2.5 || 14 || 40
|- align="center"
! Minimum
| 30 || 1130 || 23 || 775 || 760 || 1 || 8 || 37
|-
! rowspan="3" | || colspan="8" | Women's Overall World Cup
|-
! rowspan="2" width="70" | Races Completed || rowspan="2" width="70" | 1st Place Points || rowspan="2" width="70" | Margin of Victory || rowspan="2" width="70" | 2nd Place Points || rowspan="2" width="70" | 3rd Place Points || colspan="3" | Number of Skiers per Season:
|-
! width="70" | > 1000 Pts || width="70" | > 500 Pts || width="70" | > 200 Pts
|- align="center"
! Maximum
| 39 || 1970 || 536 || 1662 || 1391 || 5 || 19 || 45
|- align="center"
! Average
| 33.1 || 1522 || 247 || 1275 || 1098 || 3 || 13 || 38
|- align="center"
! Minimum
| 30 || 1248 || 3 || 931 || 904 || 1 || 10 || 32
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Aggregate Statistics Calculated for the [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]]–[[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] Seasons
|-
! rowspan="2" width="120" | || colspan="8" | Men's and Women's Overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 15 Seasons
|-
! width="70" | > 1700 Pts || width="70" | > 1500 Pts || width="70" | > 1300 Pts || width="70" | > 1200 Pts || width="70" | > 1100 Pts || width="70" | > 1000 Pts || width="70" | > 900 Pts || width="70" | > 800 Pts
|- align="center"
! First Place
| 4 || 14 || 21 || 28 || 30 || 30 || 30 || 30
|- align="center"
! Second Place
| - || 2 || 12 || 16 || 19 || 26 || 28 || 29
|- align="center"
! Third Place
| - || - || 3 || 4 || 9 || 18 || 25 || 29
|-
! || > 600 Pts || > 500 Pts || > 400 Pts || > 300 Pts || > 200 Pts || > 100 Pts || >= 50 Pts || < 50 Pts
|- align="center"
! Margin of Victory
| 2 || 5 || 9 || 16 || 19 || 21 || 23 || 7
|}
==Nations Cup==
The Nations Cup standings are calculated by adding up the point totals each season for all racers from a given nation.
<!-- Data from official fis-ski.com website -->
{|class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" align=center width="40" | Year
! colspan="3" align=center width="200" | '''Total Standings'''
! rowspan="50" width="10" |
! colspan="3" align=center width="200" | '''Men's Standings'''
! rowspan="50" width="10" |
! colspan="3" align=center width="200" | '''Women's Standings'''
|-
! First
! Second
! Third
! First
! Second
! Third
! First
! Second
! Third
|-
| align=center | [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]] || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|CAN}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|CAN}}
|-
| align=center | [[1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1968]] || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1969]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1970 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1970]] || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1971 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1971]] || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1972]] || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1973 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1973]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1974 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1974]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|FRA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1975 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1975]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1976 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1976]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1977 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1977]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1978 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1978]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1979]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1980 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1980]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1981 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1981]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1982 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1982]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1983]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SWE}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} <!-- Ski-db has SUI, AUT, FRA -->
|-
| align=center | [[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|SWE}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|FRA}} <!-- Ski-db has SUI, GER, AUT, USA, FRA -->
|-
| align=center | [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRG}}
|-
| align=center | [[1991 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1991]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}}
|-
| align=center | [[1992 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1992]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1993 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1993]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1994]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1995]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}}
|-
| align=center | [[1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1996]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1998]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}}
|-
| align=center | [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|FRA}}
|-
| align=center | [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2000]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|ITA}}
|-
| align=center | [[2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2001]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|NOR}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|SUI}}
|-
| align=center | [[2002 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2002]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|FRA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}}
|-
| align=center | [[2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|GER}}
|-
| align=center | [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|GER}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2005]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|GER}}
|-
| align=center | [[2006 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2006]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SWE}} || {{flag|USA}}
|-
| align=center | [[2007 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|SWE}}
|-
| align=center | [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2008]] || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|SUI}} || {{flag|ITA}} || {{flag|AUT}} || {{flag|USA}} || {{flag|ITA}}
|}
The early years of the World Cup were largely dominated by the [[France|French]] ski team, as reflected in their Nations Cup wins in 5 of the first 6 years. The [[Austria]]n team then took over throughout the rest of the 1970s, followed by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] superiority during most of the 1980s. A resurgent Austrian team charged back to the top in 1990, beginning a long streak of consecutive Nations Cup triumphs. Austrian dominance reached its zenith in the late 1990s and 2000s, when their point total regularly doubled that of the second place finisher, and was capped in the [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999–2000]] and [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003–4]] seasons with totals that tripled those of runner-up Italy. Their 17927 point total in [[2000 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1999–2000]] is a Nations Cup record, as is their 12066 point margin of victory in [[2004 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2003–4]].
As of the end of the [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007–8]] season, the Austrian team had won 19 consecutive Nations Cups, while topping the men's standings for 16 straight years and the women's for 10 in a row. In the midst of the ongoing Austrian [[juggernaut]], the Swiss or [[Italy|Italian]] teams have usually held second place. The [[Germany|German]] team reached the runner-up spot for the first time in [[1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1997–8]], as did the [[Norway|Norwegians]] the [[1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup|next season]]. The [[USA]] enjoyed its best placings ever starting in [[2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2004–5]], grabbing second in the Nations Cup for two straight years.
Under the current scoring system (since 1992), the winning nation (Austria every year) has averaged over 13000 points, with an average of over 6400 for the runner-up, 5400 for third place, 4200 for fifth, and 1300 for tenth. The all-inclusive scoring system (simply adding together all World Cup points earned) favors national teams with great depth and many racers scoring World Cup points, and even teams with several top racers have no realistic chance of breaking the Austrian grip on the top spot, while a team with only one or two top-ranked racers will struggle to ever break the top five in the standings. There have been numerous calls for a revamped scoring system which would allow other nations to compete more readily for top spots in the Nations Cup, but no changes are likely to be made.<ref>{{cite web | title= Black Diamonds: Nations Cup more than half empty | work=Ski Racing | url=http://www.skiracing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4288&Itemid=47 | accessdate=2007-02-21}}</ref>
The total number of top-three placings for each nation in the Nations Cup (through the [[2008 Alpine Skiing World Cup|2007–8]] season) are summarized below:
{|class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" align=center width="120" | Nation
! colspan="3" align=center width="150" | '''Total Standings'''
! rowspan="50" width="2" |
! colspan="3" align=center width="150" | '''Men's Standings'''
! rowspan="50" width="2" |
! colspan="3" align=center width="150" | '''Women's Standings'''
|-
! width="50" | First
! width="50" | Second
! width="50" | Third
! width="50" | First
! width="50" | Second
! width="50" | Third
! width="50" | First
! width="50" | Second
! width="50" | Third
|- align=center
| align=left | {{AUT}} || 30 || 12 || - || 31 || 9 || 1 || 23 || 12 || 4
|- align=center
| align=left | {{SUI}} || 7 || 20 || 8 || 5 || 21 || 12 || 9 || 7 || 7
|- align=center
| align=left | {{FRA}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 6 || 4 || 5
|- align=center
| align=left | {{ITA}} || - || 4 || 12 || 3 || 5 || 14 || - || 1 || 5
|- align=center
| align=left | {{USA}} || - || 2 || 11 || - || 2 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 7
|- align=center
| align=left | {{GER}} || - || 1 || 9 || - || - || 1 || 3 || 11 || 12
|- align=center
| align=left | {{NOR}} || - || 1 || - || - || 2 || 7 || - || - || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{CAN}} || - || - || 1 || - || - || - || - || - || 1
|- align=center
| align=left | {{SWE}} || - || - || - || - || - || 2 || - || 1 || 1
|}
<small>''NOTE: Results for [[West Germany]] and [[Germany]] are counted together in this table.''</small>
===Nations which have won World Cup races===
The table below lists those nations which have won at least 1 World Cup race (as of February 23, 2007).
{|class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" align=center width="120" | Nation
! colspan="3" align=center width="150" | '''Total Victories'''
! rowspan="50" width="2" |
! colspan="5" align=center width="150" | '''Victories by Discipline'''
|-
! width="50" | Men
! width="50" | Women
! width="50" | Both
! width="60" | [[Downhill]]
! width="60" | [[Super Giant Slalom skiing|Super G]]
! width="60" | [[Giant Slalom skiing|Giant Slalom]]
! width="60" | [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
! width="60" | [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]]
|- align=center
| align=left | {{AUT}} || 376 || 297 || '''673''' || 264 || 103 || 144 || 125 || 37
|- align=center
| align=left | {{SUI}} || 215 || 264 || '''479''' || 171 || 36 || 134 || 88 || 50
|- align=center
| align=left | {{FRA}} || 98 || 141 || '''239''' || 51 || 27 || 59 || 101 || 1
|- align=center
| align=left | {{ITA}} || 146 || 58 || '''204''' || 35 || 18 || 67 || 79 || 5
|- align=center
| align=left | {{SWE}} || 111 || 66 || '''177''' || 5 || 8 || 67 || 94 || 3
|- align=center
| align=left | {{GER}} || 30 || 143 || '''173''' || 44 || 44 || 37 || 38 || 10
|- align=center
| align=left | {{USA}} || 89 || 83 || '''172''' || 46 || 14 || 38 || 56 || 18
|- align=center
| align=left | {{NOR}} || 79 || 8 || '''87''' || 19 || 14 || 22 || 19 || 13
|- align=center
| align=left | {{CAN}} || 26 || 34 || '''60''' || 36 || 6 || 12 || 5 || 1
|- align=center
| align=left | {{LIE}} || 23 || 36 || '''59''' || 5 || 2 || 17 || 21 || 14
|- align=center
| align=left | {{SLO}} || 22 || 28 || '''50''' || 1 || 3 || 13 || 33 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{LUX}} || 46 || - || '''46''' || 3 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 11
|- align=center
| align=left | {{CRO}} || 8 || 30 || '''38''' || 1 || 1 || 2 || 27 || 7
|- align=center
| align=left | {{FIN}} || 13 || 5 || '''18''' || - || - || 4 || 14 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{ESP}} || 1 || 10 || '''11''' || - || - || 7 || 4 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{NZL}} || - || 5 || '''5''' || - || - || - || 5 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{RUS}} || - || 5 || '''5''' || 4 || 1 || - || - || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{URS}} || 5 || - || '''5''' || 1 || - || 3 || 1 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{AUS}} || 2 || 1 || '''3''' || 1 || 1 || - || 1 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{CSK}} || - || 3 || '''3''' || 1 || - || - || 1 || 1
|- align=center
| align=left | {{POL}} || 1 || 1 || '''2''' || - || - || - || 2 || -
|- align=center
| align=left | {{BUL}} || 1 || - || '''1''' || - || - || - || 1 || -
|- align=center
! align=left | Totals || 1292 || 1218 || '''2510''' || 688 || 287 || 633 || 731 || 171
|}
<small>''NOTE: Results for [[West Germany]] and [[Germany]] are counted together in this table. All of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]'s wins are currently lumped in with [[Slovenia]], since the skiers who won races for Yugoslavia all ended their careers racing for Slovenia, and thus are listed under Slovenia in online databases. The [[Soviet Union]] and [[Russia]] are counted separately.''</small>
A total of 22 countries have won World Cup races, with 19 different countries winning men's and women's races. As expected, the top 9 nations in this list match the 9 nations listed in the Nations Cup summary table.
Some interesting tidbits can be found in the data: [[Marc Girardelli]] accounted for all of [[Luxembourg]]'s 46 wins, while [[Janica Kostelić]] has 30 of [[Croatia]]'s 38 (her brother [[Ivica Kostelić| Ivica]] has the rest) and [[Ingemar Stenmark]] still has nearly one-half of [[Sweden]]'s 177 wins more than a decade 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 70% of its races in speed events, while Yugoslavia/Slovenia has won 94% and Sweden 91% of their races in technical events, especially remarkable in Sweden's case given its huge total of 177 wins. Several nations with under 20 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 91% of Norway's wins have come from their men and 83% of Germany's from their women, while the [[United States|American]] total is split almost equally.
==References==
*{{cite book
| last = Lang
| first = Serge
| authorlink = Serge Lang (skiing)
| title = 21 Years of World Cup Ski Racing
| publisher = Johnson Books / James Wotton
| date = 1986
| isbn = 1-55566-009-6 }} Also available under ISBN 0-246-13116-0.
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.skiworldcup.org/ SkiWorldCup.org] - History of the World Cup - by Serge Lang (see also [http://www.skiinghistory.org/worldcuphistory.htm ISHA: History of the World Cup])
*[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/alpineskiing/fisworldcup.html FIS-ski.com] - official results for FIS alpine World Cup events
*[http://www.ski-db.com/worldcup.asp Ski-db.com] - World Cup results database
*[http://www.canski.org/ Alpine Canada Alpin/Canadian Alpine Ski Team]
*[http://www.ussa.org/ U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association]
*[http://www.usskiteam.com/ U.S. Ski Team]
==See also==
*[[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics]]
*[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships]]
*[[Skiing|Skiing and Ski Topics]]
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