Biathlon World Cup

IBU Biathlon World Cup
IBU Biathlon World Cup
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	Northern wintertime season
Begins	November
Ends	March
Frequency	annual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	January 1978
Organised by	International Biathlon Union
Sponsor	BMW
	2021–22 Biathlon World Cup

The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, although participation was not restricted to Europeans.

Competition and format[]

Overall Crystal Globes for the 2009/2010 and 2007/2008 seasons.

The World Cup season lasts from November or December to late March, with meetings in a different venue every week excluding some holidays and a couple of weeks before the season's major championships (World Championships or Winter Olympics). All in all, the season comprises nine to ten meetings, with events taking place from Wednesday–Thursday through Sunday. Relay competitions are held four to six times per season. Also counting as World Cup events are World Championships, and formerly Winter Olympics events (the last Olympics to count towards the World Cup were the 2010 Winter Olympics: from the 2014 Winter Olympics competitors are no longer awarded World Cup points for their Olympic performances).^[2]

The athlete with the highest overall total score (i.e. total score for all disciplines) of the World Cup season is awarded the Big Crystal Globe trophy. A Small Crystal Globe trophy is awarded for the first place in the season total for each discipline. Hence, it is possible for an athlete to win both the Big Crystal Globe and Small Crystal Globes for the same World Cup season.^[3]

The tables given below provide an overview of the highest-ranking biathletes and nations of each WC season. For each event, first place gives 60 points, 2nd place – 54 pts, 3rd place – 48 pts, 4th place – 43 pts, 5th place – 40 pts, 6th place – 38 pts, 7th – 36 pts, 8th – 34 points, 9th – 32 points, 10th – 31 points, then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 40th place. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, less the points from an IBU-predetermined number of events (e.g. 2), gives the biathlete's total WC score.

From 1985 to 2000, WC points were awarded so that the first four places gave 30, 26, 24, and 22 points, respectively, and then the 5th to 25th place gave 21, 20, ..., down to 1 point. Before this, points were simply awarded linearly from 25 to 1.

Men's results[]

Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Men's overall[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1977–78	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Klaus Siebert (GDR)	Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1978–79	Klaus Siebert (GDR)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Vladimir Barnashov (URS)
1979–80	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Klaus Siebert (GDR)	Eberhard Rösch (GDR)
1980–81	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Anatoly Alyabyev (URS)	Kjell Søbak (NOR)
1981–82	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	Matthias Jacob (GDR)	Kjell Søbak (NOR)
1982–83	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Frank Ullrich (GDR)
1983–84	Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)
1984–85	Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)	Juri Kashkarov (URS)	Peter Angerer (FRG)
1985–86	André Sehmisch (GDR)	Peter Angerer (FRG)	Matthias Jacob (GDR)
1986–87	Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)	Fritz Fischer (FRG)	Jan Matouš (TCH)
1987–88	Fritz Fischer (FRG)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Johann Passler (ITA)
1988–89	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Alexandr Popov (URS)	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)
1989–90	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)
1990–91	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Andreas Zingerle (ITA)
1991–92	Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)	Mikael Löfgren (SWE)	Sylfest Glimsdal (NOR)
1992–93	Mikael Löfgren (SWE)	Mark Kirchner (GER)	Pieralberto Carrara (ITA)
1993–94	Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)	Sven Fischer (GER)	Frank Luck (GER)
1994–95	Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)	Patrick Favre (ITA)	Wilfried Pallhuber (ITA)
1995–96	Vladimir Drachev (RUS)¹	Viktor Maigourov (RUS)	Sven Fischer (GER)
1996–97	Sven Fischer (GER)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Viktor Maigourov (RUS)
1997–98	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Ricco Groß (GER)	Sven Fischer (GER)
1998–99	Sven Fischer (GER)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Frank Luck (GER)
1999–00	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Sven Fischer (GER)
2000–01	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Frode Andresen (NOR)
2001–02	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2002–03	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Vladimir Drachev (BLR)¹	Ricco Groß (GER)
2003–04	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Ricco Groß (GER)
2004–05	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Sven Fischer (GER)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2005–06	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	Sven Fischer (GER)
2006–07	Michael Greis (GER)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)
2007–08	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Dmitri Yaroshenko (RUS)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2008–09	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	Tomasz Sikora (POL)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
2009–10	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	Christoph Sumann (AUT)	Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)
2010–11	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	Martin Fourcade (FRA)
2011–12	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
2012–13	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	Dominik Landertinger (AUT)
2013–14	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)
2014–15	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	Jakov Fak (SLO)
2015–16	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	Anton Shipulin (RUS)
2016–17	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Anton Shipulin (RUS)	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)
2017–18	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	Anton Shipulin (RUS)
2018–19	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	Alexandr Loginov (RUS)	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2019–20	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2020–21	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	Sturla Holm Lægreid (NOR)	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2021–22	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)

Statistics by athlete


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	7	1	1	9
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)	6	6	1	13
3	Raphaël Poirée (FRA)	4	1	2	7
4	Frank Ullrich (GDR)	4	1	1	6
5	Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)	3	2	2	7
6	Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR)	3	0	0	3
7	Sven Fischer (GER)	2	2	4	8
8	Sergei Tchepikov (URS)	2	0	1	3
9	Jon Åge Tyldum (NOR)	2	0	0	2
10	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	1	4	2	7
11	Eirik Kvalfoss (NOR)	1	3	1	5
12	Peter Angerer (FRG)	1	2	1	4
13	Klaus Siebert (GDR)	1	2	0	3
14	Fritz Fischer (FRG)	1	1	0	2
	Mikael Löfgren (SWE)	1	1	0	2
	Vladimir Drachev (RUS)	1	1	0	2
17	Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)	1	0	3	4
18	André Sehmisch (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	Michael Greis (GER)	1	0	0	1
	Patrice Bailly-Salins (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Tarjei Bø (NOR)	1	0	0	1

Statistics by country^[4]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	14	16	10	40
2	France	13	2	6	21
3	East Germany	9	4	4	17
4	Germany	3	5	9	17
5	Soviet Union	2	3	3	8
6	West Germany	2	3	1	6
7	Russia	1	6	4	11
8	Sweden	1	1	0	2
9	Italy	0	1	4	5
10	Austria	0	1	1	2
11	Belarus	0	1	0	1
11	Poland	0	1	0	1
13	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
13	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		45	44	44	133

Men's relay[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2000–01	Norway (189)	Germany (173)	Czech Republic (167)
2001–02	Norway (238)	Germany (230)	Belarus (202)
2002–03	Belarus (319)	Russia (318)	Norway (298)
2003–04	Norway (176)	Germany (174)	France (172)
2004–05	Norway (200)	Germany (181)	Russia (178)
2005–06	Germany (200)	Russia (184)	France (169)
2006–07	Russia (196)	Norway (189)	Germany (178)
2007–08	Norway (196)	Russia (192)	Germany (175)
2008–09	Austria (276)	Norway (254)	Germany (247)
2009–10	Norway (228)	Austria (210)	Russia (205)
2010–11	Norway (216)	Germany (199)	Ukraine (163)
2011–12	France (198)	Norway (190)	Russia (189)
2012–13	Russia (305)	Norway (302)	France (296)
2013–14	Germany (200)	Sweden (199)	Austria (197)
2014–15	Russia (311)	Norway (308)	Germany (305)
2015–16	Norway (282)	Russia (255)	Germany (236)
2016–17	Russia (259)	France (242)	Germany (237)
2017–18	Norway (228)	Sweden (184)	France (180)
2018–19	Norway (270)	Russia (236)	Germany (233)
2019–20	Norway (348)	France (302)	Germany (264)
2020–21	Norway (228)	Sweden (204)	France (203)

Statistics by country


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	12	5	1	18
2	Russia	4	5	3	12
3	Germany	2	5	8	15
4	France	1	2	5	8
5	Austria	1	1	1	3
6	Belarus	1	0	1	2
7	Sweden	0	3	0	3
8	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
8	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		21	21	21	63

Women's results[]

Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Women's overall[]

The women's World Cup seasons until 1986–87 were actually called the European Cup, although participation was open to biathletes of all nationalities. Until 1987–88, women raced on shorter tracks than they do today. The 1988–89 season was the first in which women raced on tracks of the same length that they do nowadays.

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
1982–83	Gry Østvik (NOR)	Siv Bråten (NOR)	Aino Kallunki (FIN)
1983–84	Mette Mestad (NOR)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Gry Østvik (NOR)
1984–85	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Eva Korpela (SWE)	Kaija Parve (URS)
1985–86	Eva Korpela (SWE)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	Lise Meloche (CAN)
1986–87	Eva Korpela (SWE)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)
1987–88	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Elin Kristiansen (NOR)	Nadezhda Aleksieva (BUL)
1988–89	Elena Golovina (URS)	Natalia Prikazchikova (URS)	Svetlana Davidova (URS)
1989–90	Jiřina Adamičková (TCH)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	Elena Golovina (URS)
1990–91	Svetlana Davidova (URS)	Myriam Bédard (CAN)	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)
1991–92	Anfisa Reztsova (CIS)	Anne Briand (FRA)	Petra Schaaf (GER)¹
1992–93	Anfisa Reztsova (RUS)	Myriam Bédard (CAN)	Anne Briand (FRA)
1993–94	Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)	Nathalie Santer (ITA)	Anne Briand (FRA)
1994–95	Anne Briand (FRA)	Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)	Uschi Disl (GER)
1995–96	Emmanuelle Claret (FRA)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Petra Behle (GER)¹
1996–97	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Simone Greiner (GER)
1997–98	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Uschi Disl (GER)	Martina Zellner (GER)
1998–99	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Uschi Disl (GER)
1999–00	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)	Corinne Niogret (FRA)
2000–01	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Olena Zubrilova (UKR)
2001–02	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Uschi Disl (GER)
2002–03	Martina Glagow (GER)	Albina Akhatova (RUS)	Sylvie Becaert (FRA)
2003–04	Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)	Olga Pyleva (RUS)	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
2004–05	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Olga Pyleva (RUS)
2005–06	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)	Martina Glagow (GER)
2006–07	Andrea Henkel (GER)	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE)
2007–08	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)	Andrea Henkel (GER)
2008–09	Helena Jonsson (SWE)²	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	Tora Berger (NOR)
2009–10	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	Simone Hauswald (GER)	Helena Jonsson (SWE)²
2010–11	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	Andrea Henkel (GER)	Helena Ekholm (SWE)²
2011–12	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	Tora Berger (NOR)
2012–13	Tora Berger (NOR)	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	Andrea Henkel (GER)
2013–14	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) Tora Berger (NOR)³	n/a	Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2014–15	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	Valj Semerenko (UKR)
2015–16	Gabriela Soukalová (CZE)	Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)
2016–17	Laura Dahlmeier (GER)	Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)
2017–18	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)	Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2018–19	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)	Lisa Vittozzi (ITA)	Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)
2019–20	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	Denise Herrmann (GER)
2020–21	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR)	Franziska Preuß (GER)

Notes

¹ Petra Schaaf married XC skier and later German national XC ski team coach Jochen Behle.
² Helena Jonsson married fellow biathlete David Ekholm in 2010.
³ Kaisa Mäkäräinen was the winner at the conclusion of the season with Tora Berger 2nd. However, the results of Olga Zaitseva were later annulled due to doping offences. The recalculation would have given overall world cup win to Berger, but the IBU made the decision based on the principle that clean athletes cannot be punished for the doping offenses of others.

Statistics by athlete


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)	6	0	0	6
2	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	3	1	1	5
3	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	3	0	0	3
4	Eva Korpela (SWE)	2	1	0	3
5	Tora Berger (NOR)	2	0	2	4
6	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)	2	0	1	3
7	Anfisa Reztsova (RUS)	2	0	0	2
8	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	1	3	0	4
9	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	1	2	2	5
10	Anne Elvebakk (NOR)	1	2	1	4
10	Sanna Grønlid (NOR)	1	2	1	4
12	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR)	1	2	0	3
13	Andrea Henkel (GER)	1	1	2	4
13	Anne Briand (FRA)	1	1	2	4
15	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)	1	1	1	3
16	Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)	1	1	0	2
	Svetlana Paramygina (BLR)	1	1	0	2
	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	1	1	0	2
19	Helena Ekholm (SWE)	1	0	2	3
20	Gry Østvik (NOR)	1	0	1	2
	Martina Glagow (GER)	1	0	1	2
	Svetlana Davidova (URS)	1	0	1	2
	Yelena Golovina (URS)	1	0	1	2
24	Emmanuelle Claret (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Jiřina Adamičková (TCH)	1	0	0	1
	Laura Dahlmeier (GER)	1	0	0	1
	Mette Mestad (NOR)	1	0	0	1

Statistics by country^[5]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	9	2	3	14
2	Norway	8	10	5	23
3	Germany	7	8	12	27
4	France	3	3	5	11
5	Finland	3	1	2	6
6	Belarus	2	3	2	7
7	Italy	2	2	1	5
8	Soviet Union	2	1	3	6
9	Russia	1	2	1	4
10	Czech Republic	1	1	0	2
11	CIS	1	0	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
13	Ukraine	0	2	2	4
14	Canada	0	2	1	3
15	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
16	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		40	38	39	117

Women's relay[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2000–01	Norway (190)	Germany (188)	Russia (182)
2001–02	Germany (250)	Norway (221) Russia (221)	—
2002–03	Russia (339)	Germany (327)	Belarus (293)
2003–04	Norway (180)	Russia (178)	Germany (176)
2004–05	Russia (200)	Germany (188)	Norway (163)
2005–06	Russia (189)	Germany (181)	France (179)
2006–07	France (189)	Germany (188)	Russia (180)
2007–08	Germany (200)	Russia (178)	France (172)
2008–09	Germany (288)	France (242)	Ukraine (232)
2009–10	Russia (234)	Germany (205)	France (204)
2010–11	Germany (206)	Sweden (190)	Russia (177)
2011–12	France (216)	Norway (205)	Russia (192)
2012–13	Norway (314)	Ukraine (298)	Germany (294)
2013–14	Germany (174)	Ukraine (162)	Norway (142)
2014–15	Czech Republic (316)	Germany (302)	France (266)
2015–16	Germany (235)	Ukraine (234)	France (228)
2016–17	Germany (300)	France (248)	Ukraine (224)
2017–18	Germany (228)	France (200)	Italy (169)
2018–19	Norway (249)	Germany (241)	France (230)
2019–20	Norway (360)	Switzerland (260)	Germany (260)
2020–21	Sweden (216)	Germany (216)	France (204)

Statistics by country


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	8	9	3	20
2	Norway	5	2	2	9
3	Russia	4	3	4	11
4	France	2	3	7	12
5	Sweden	1	1	0	2
6	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
7	Ukraine	0	3	2	5
8	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
9	Belarus	0	0	1	1
9	Italy	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		21	22	20	63

Mixed relay[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third
2010–11	France (150)	Germany (148)	Sweden (143)
2011–12	Russia (143)	France (138)	Germany (128)
2012–13	Norway (114)	Russia (98)	Czech Republic (96)
2013–14	Czech Republic (114) Norway (114)	—	Italy (91)
2014–15	Norway (216)	France (197)	Czech Republic (174)
2015–16	Norway (264)	Germany (252)	France (223)
2016–17	Germany (264)	France (257)	Austria (201)
2017–18	Italy (188)	Norway (188)	France (179)
2018–19	Norway (306)	France (281)	Italy (266)
2019–20	Norway (307)	France (272)	Germany (265)
2020–21	Norway (228)	France (211)	Sweden (210)

Statistics by country


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	7	1	0	8
2	France	1	6	2	9
3	Germany	1	2	2	5
4	Russia	1	1	0	2
5	Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
5	Italy	1	0	2	3
7	Sweden	0	0	2	2
8	Austria	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		12	10	11	33

Race winners[]

Below is a list of all male and female biathletes that have won 5 or more individual World Cup or Olympic races. Biathletes whose names are in bold are still active.^[6]

Updated: 10 March 2022

Men
#	Name	Victories
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	95
2	Martin Fourcade	83
3	Johannes Thingnes Bø	55
4	Raphaël Poirée	44
5	Emil Hegle Svendsen	38
6	Sven Fischer	33
7	Frank Ullrich	17
8	Quentin Fillon Maillet	16
9	Frank-Peter Roetsch	15
	Vladimir Drachev
	Frode Andresen
12	Eirik Kvalfoss	14
13	Frank Luck	12
	Simon Schempp
	Tarjei Bø
16	Peter Angerer	11
	Mark Kirchner
	Michael Greis
	Anton Shipulin
	Arnd Peiffer
21	Halvard Hanevold	9
21	Ricco Groß	9
23	Klaus Siebert	8
	Viktor Maigourov
	Jakov Fak
	Sturla Holm Laegreid
27	Fritz Fischer	7
	Juri Kashkarov
	Patrice Bailly-Salins
	Pavel Rostovtsev
	Sergei Tchepikov
	Ivan Tcherezov
	Lars Berger
	Björn Ferry
	Alexander Tikhonov
36	Andreas Birnbacher	6
	Christoph Sumann
	Ludwig Gredler
	Wilfried Pallhuber
40	Tomasz Sikora	5
	Alexandr Popov
	Matthias Jacob

Women
#	Name	Victories
1	Magdalena Forsberg	42
2	Magdalena Neuner	34
2	Darya Domracheva	34
4	Uschi Disl	30
5	Tora Berger	28
6	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	27
6	Tiril Eckhoff	27
8	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	22
	Andrea Henkel
	Laura Dahlmeier
11	Olena Zubrilova	21
11	Kati Wilhelm	21
13	Sandrine Bailly	20
14	Anastasiya Kuzmina	18
15	Gabriela Koukalová	17
15	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	17
17	Martina Beck	15
18	Helena Ekholm	13
	Olga Zaitseva
	Dorothea Wierer
21	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	12
22	Anfisa Reztsova	11
22	Petra Behle	11
24	Olga Medvedtseva	10
25	Svetlana Paramygina	9
	Galina Kukleva
	Denise Herrmann
28	Elena Golovina	8
	Anne Elvebakk
	Corinne Niogret
	Linda Grubben
32	Simone Hauswald	7
	Marie Dorin Habert
	Hanna Öberg
35	Anne Briand	6
	Jiřína Adamičková
	Svetlana Sleptsova
38	Ekaterina Dafovska	5
	Svetlana Petcherskaia
	Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva

Race winners by decade[]

Men[]

Note: Frank Luck, Sergei Tchepikov, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, and Arnd Peiffer, are the only biathletes to win World Cup races in three decades.

1950s (2 races)

1	Adolf Wiklund, Vladimir Melanin

1960s (10 races)

3	Vladimir Melanin

1	Klas Lestander, Kalevi Huuskonen, Olav Jordet, Jon Istad, Viktor Mamatov, Magnar Solberg, Alexander Tikhonov

1970s (32 races)

6	Alexander Tikhonov

5	Klaus Siebert

4	Frank Ullrich

3	Nikolay Kruglov

2	Juhani Suutarinen, Heikki Ikola, Sigleif Johansen, Vladimir Barnashov

1	Dieter Speer, Magnar Solberg, Odd Lirhus, , Rudolf Horn, Anatoly Alyabyev

1980s (120 races, 1 tied result)

15	Frank-Peter Roetsch

13	Frank Ullrich

12	Eirik Kvalfoss

11	Peter Angerer

7	Fritz Fischer

5	Matthias Jacob, Valeriy Medvedtsev

4	Algimantas Šalna, Juri Kashkarov¹

3	Klaus Siebert, Alexandr Popov², Birk Anders

2	Anatoly Alyabyev, , Kjell Søbak, Sergei Antonov, , Jan Matouš, Frank Luck, Johann Passler, André Sehmisch

1	Eberhard Rösch, Terje Krokstad, Vladimir Alikin, Heikki Ikola, Svein Engen, , Dmitry Vasilyev, Odd Lirhus, Alfred Eder, , Tapio Piipponen, Sergei Tchepikov, Roger Westling, Ernst Reiter, Stefan Höck, Gisle Fenne, Franz Schuler, Sergei Bulygin

1990s (162 races, 1 tied result)

15	Sven Fischer³

12	Vladimir Drachev

11	Mark Kirchner, Ole Einar Bjørndalen

7	Patrice Bailly-Salins, Viktor Maigourov, Frank Luck

6	Wilfried Pallhuber, Ludwig Gredler, Raphaël Poirée

5	Sergei Tchepikov, Frode Andresen

4	Andreas Zingerle, Sergei Tarasov, Ricco Groß

3	Juri Kashkarov, Aleksandr Popov, Sylfest Glimsdal, Oleg Ryzhenkov, Halvard Hanevold⁴

2	Eirik Kvalfoss, Jens Steinigen, Geir Einang, Pieralberto Carrara, Jon Åge Tyldum, Patrick Favre, Vesa Hietalahti, Alexei Kobelev, Wolfgang Perner, Alexei Aidarov

1	, Birk Anders, Valeriy Medvedtsev, Johann Passler, Herve Flandin, Valeri Kiriyenko, Frode Løberg, Evgeny Redkin, Ulf Johansson, Hubert Leitgeb, Tomasz Sikora, Sergei Rozhkov, Vadim Sashurin, Pavel Mouslimov, Jan Wüstenfeld, Pavel Rostovtsev, René Cattarinussi, Olegs Maluhins

2000s (255 races)

79	Ole Einar Bjørndalen

38	Raphaël Poirée

18	Sven Fischer

13	Emil Hegle Svendsen

11	Michael Greis

10	Frode Andresen

6	Pavel Rostovtsev, Halvard Hanevold

5	Ricco Groß, Lars Berger, Christoph Sumann

4	Tomasz Sikora, Maxim Chudov, Ivan Tcherezov

3	Frank Luck, Vladimir Drachev, Sergei Rozhkov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr., Vincent Defrasne, Alexander Wolf

2	Stian Eckhoff, Michael Rösch, Björn Ferry

1

Viktor Maigourov,

Vesa Hietalahti,

Daniel Mesotitsch,

Andriy Deryzemlya,

Egil Gjelland,

Carl Johan Bergman,

Dmitri Yaroshenko,

Michal Šlesingr,

Christoph Stephan,

Dominik Landertinger,

Vincent Jay,

Arnd Peiffer,

Simon Eder,

Evgeny Ustyugov

2010s (256 races, 1 tied result)

77	Martin Fourcade

43	Johannes Thingnes Bø

25	Emil Hegle Svendsen

12	Simon Schempp⁵

11	Anton Shipulin

9	Arnd Peiffer, Tarjei Bø

8

Jakov Fak

6	Andreas Birnbacher

5	Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Björn Ferry

4	Julian Eberhard

3	Ivan Tcherezov

2	Evgeny Ustyugov, Daniel Mesotitsch, Carl Johan Bergman, Dmitry Malyshko, Lars Berger, Simon Eder, Erik Lesser, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Dominik Windisch, Benedikt Döll

1

Serguei Sednev,

Vincent Jay,

Dominik Landertinger,

Alexis Bœuf,

Andrei Makoveev,

Fredrik Lindström,

Jean-Philippe Le Guellec,

Evgeniy Garanichev,

Ondrej Moravec,

Christoph Sumann,

Lukas Hofer⁶,

Nathan Smith,

Jean-Guillaume Béatrix,

Anton Babikov,

Lowell Bailey,

Henrik L'Abée-Lund,

Maxim Tsvetkov,

Alexander Loginov,

Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen,

Dmytro Pidruchnyi

2020s (63 races)

14	Quentin Fillon Maillet

12	Johannes Thingnes Bø

8	Sturla Holm Lægreid

6	Martin Fourcade

3	Tarjei Bø, Sebastian Samuelsson, Émilien Jacquelin, Alexander Loginov

2	Simon Desthieux, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen

1	Johannes Dale, Arnd Peiffer, Martin Ponsiluoma, Lukas Hofer, Johannes Kühn, Anton Babikov, Benedikt Döll

Notes

¹ Shared the win with Alexandr Popov at 1987 Canmore sprint.
² Shared the win with Juri Kashkarov at 1987 Canmore sprint.
³ Shared the win with Halvard Hanevold at 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen sprint.
⁴ Shared the win with Sven Fischer at 1999 Oslo Holmenkollen sprint.
⁵ Shared the win with Lukas Hofer at 2014 Antholz-Anterselva sprint.
⁶ Shared the win with Simon Schempp at 2014 Antholz-Anterselva sprint.

Women[]

Note: Andrea Henkel is the only biathlete to win World Cup races in three decades.

1980s (50 races)

7	Elena Golovina

4	Sanna Grønlid, Anne Elvebakk

3	Gry Østvik, Iva Shkodreva

2	, Venera Chernyshova, Eva Korpela, Kaija Parve, Elin Kristiansen, Mariya Manolova, , Petra Schaaf

1	, Mette Mestad, , , Synnøve Thoresen, , Mona Bollerud, , Nadezhda Aleksieva, , Svetlana Davidova, , Jiřína Adamičková

1990s (164 races)

19	Uschi Disl

17	Magdalena Forsberg

11	Anfisa Reztsova

9	Svetlana Paramygina, Petra Behle, Olena Zubrilova

6	Anne Briand

5	Anne Elvebakk, Jiřína Adamičková, Antje Misersky, Myriam Bédard, Galina Koukleva, Corinne Niogret

4	Elena Golovina, Svetlana Davidova, Olga Romasko, Simone Greiner-Petter-M.

3	Elin Kristiansen, Emmanuelle Claret, Andreja Grašič, Liv Grete Skjelbreid

2	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo, Iva Shkodreva, Nathalie Santer, Martina Jašicová, Tetyana Vodopyanova

1	, Nadezhda Aleksieva, Svetlana Petcherskaia, Hildegunn Fossen, Nadezhda Talanova, Hildegunn Mikkelsplass, Soňa Mihoková, Anna Volkova, Olga Melnik, Annette Sikveland, Anna Sprung, Nina Lemesh, Ekaterina Dafovska, Martina Zellner, Gro Mari Istad, Andrea Henkel

2000s (255 races, 1 tied result)

25	Magdalena Forsberg

21	Kati Wilhelm

20	Sandrine Bailly¹

19	Liv Grete Poirée

15	Martina Beck², Andrea Henkel

14	Magdalena Neuner

12	Olena Zubrilova

11	Uschi Disl

10	Olga Pyleva, Anna Carin Zidek

8	Linda Grubben, Helena Ekholm, Olga Zaitseva

5	Tora Berger, Svetlana Sleptsova

4	Galina Koukleva, Ekaterina Dafovska, Katrin Apel

3	Corinne Niogret, Anna Bogaliy, Simone Hauswald

2	Martina Zellner, Albina Akhatova, Gro Mari Istad, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ekaterina Iourieva, Kathrin Hitzer

1	Nathalie Santer, Yu Shumei, Katja Holanti, Katja Beer, Sylvie Becaert, Kateřina Holubcová, Natalia Guseva, Florence Baverel-Robert, Irina Malgina, Magdalena Gwizdoń, Oksana Khvostenko, Kaisa Varis, Solveig Rogstad, Wang Chunli, Éva Tófalvi, Anna Boulygina, Tina Bachmann

2010s (256 races)

34	Darya Domracheva

26	Kaisa Mäkäräinen

23	Tora Berger

22	Laura Dahlmeier

20	Magdalena Neuner

18	Anastasiya Kuzmina

17	Gabriela Koukalová

10	Tiril Eckhoff

9	Dorothea Wierer

7	Marie Dorin-Habert

6	Andrea Henkel

5	Helena Ekholm, Olga Zaitseva

4	Simone Hauswald, Denise Herrmann

3	Miriam Gössner, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Hanna Öberg

2	Anna Carin Zidek, Ann Kristin Flatland, Synnøve Solemdal, Selina Gasparin, Valentina Semerenko, Franziska Hildebrand, Ekaterina Yurlova, Olena Pidhrushna, Mari Eder, Lisa Vittozzi, Justine Braisaz

1	Yana Romanova, Magdalena Gwizdoń, Anaïs Bescond, Katharina Innerhofer, Veronika Vítková, Fanny Welle-Strand Horn, Olga Podchufarova, Tatiana Akimova, Anaïs Chevalier, Nadine Horchler, Nadezhda Skardino, Vanessa Hinz, Yuliia Dzhima, Franziska Preuss, Markéta Davidová

2020s (63 races)

17	Tiril Eckhoff

14	Marte Olsbu Røiseland

5	Denise Herrmann

4	Hanna Öberg, Dorothea Wierer, Julia Simon, Elvira Öberg

3	Lisa Theresa Hauser

2	Markéta Davidová, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet

1	Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Dzinara Alimbekava, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Hanna Sola

Notes

¹ Shared the win with Martina Beck at 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk pursuit.
² Shared the win with Sandrine Bailly at 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk pursuit.

Most wins in a season[]

Men[]

#	Name	Wins	Season
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø	16	2018–19
2	Martin Fourcade	14	2016–17
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	12	2004–05
4	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	11	2002–03
	Raphaël Poirée		2003–04
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		2006–07
	Martin Fourcade		2017–18
8	Martin Fourcade	10	2012–13
	Martin Fourcade		2015–16
	Johannes Thingnes Bø		2019–20
	Quentin Fillon Maillet		2021–22

Women[]

#	Name	Wins	Season
1	Magdalena Forsberg	14	2000–01
2	Tiril Eckhoff	13	2020–21
3	Tora Berger	11	2012–13
4	Magdalena Neuner	10	2011–12
4	Laura Dahlmeier	10	2016–17
6	Magdalena Forsberg	9	2001–02
6	Darya Domracheva	9	2014–15
8	Olena Zubrilova	8	1998–99
8	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	8	2021–22
10	Liv Grete Poirée	7	2003–04
	Magdalena Neuner		2006–07
	Darya Domracheva		2013–14
	Tiril Eckhoff		2019–20

Most podiums in a season[]

Men[]

#	Name	Podiums	Season
1	Martin Fourcade	22	2016–17
1	Martin Fourcade	22	2017–18
3	Martin Fourcade	19	2012–13
3	Johannes Thingnes Bø	19	2018–19
5	Johannes Thingnes Bø	17	2017–18
6	Martin Fourcade	16	2015–16
7	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	15	2000–01
	Raphaël Poirée		2003–04
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		2004–05
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		2008–09
	Martin Fourcade		2013–14

Women[]

#	Name	Podiums	Season
1	Magdalena Forsberg	19	2000–01
1	Tora Berger	19	2012–13
3	Magdalena Neuner	18	2011–12
4	Magdalena Forsberg	17	2001–02
	Darya Domracheva		2011–12
	Laura Dahlmeier		2016–17
	Tiril Eckhoff		2020–21
8	Liv Grete Poirée	15	2003–04
8	Kati Wilhelm	15	2005–06
10	Magdalena Forsberg	14	1998–99
	Olena Zubrilova		1998-99
	Gabriela Koukalová		2016–17

Most consecutive wins[]

Men[]

#	Name	Wins	Season(s)
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	8	2005–06 – 2006–07
2	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	5	2004–05
	Martin Fourcade		2016–17
	Johannes Thingnes Bø		2018–19
5	Vladimir Drachev	4	1997–98
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		2002–03
	Raphaël Poirée		2006–07
	Martin Fourcade		2015–16
	Johannes Thingnes Bø		2017–18
	Martin Fourcade		2017–18
	Martin Fourcade		2019–20
	Johannes Thingnes Bø		2019–20

Women[]

#	Name	Wins	Season(s)
1	Magdalena Forsberg	8	2000–01
2	Magdalena Forsberg	5	2001–02
	Laura Dahlmeier		2016–17
	Tiril Eckhoff		2020–21
5	Liv Grete Poirée	4	2001–02
	Magdalena Neuner		2006–07
	Andrea Henkel		2007–08
	Tora Berger		2010–11
	Gabriela Soukalová		2012–13 – 2013–14
	Tiril Eckhoff		2019–20

Most consecutive podiums[]

Men[]

#	Name	Podiums	Season(s)
1	Martin Fourcade	18	2016–17 – 2017–18
2	Martin Fourcade	13	2012–13 – 2013–14
3	Johannes Thingnes Bø	11	2017–18
3	Johannes Thingnes Bø	11	2018–19
5	Vladimir Drachev	10	1995–96
5	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	10	2005–06 – 2006–07
7	Raphaël Poirée	9	2003–04
8	Raphaël Poirée	8	2000–01
	Raphaël Poirée		2006–07
	Martin Fourcade		2016–17

Women[]

#	Name	Podiums	Season(s)
1	Magdalena Forsberg	10	2000–01
	Tora Berger		2012–13
	Laura Dahlmeier		2016–17
4	Darya Domracheva	9	2011–12
5	Magdalena Forsberg	8	2000–01 – 2001–02
5	Liv Grete Poirée	8	2001–02
7	Magdalena Neuner	7	2009–10
7	Tiril Eckhoff	7	2020–21
9	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	6	2010–11
	Tora Berger		2010–11
	Tora Berger		2011–12 – 2012–13
	Gabriela Koukalová		2016–17
	Tiril Eckhoff		2020–21

Most starts[]

Below is a list of top 10 most started all male and female biathletes in individual World Cup or Olympic races. Biathletes whose names are in bold are still active.

Updated: March 11, 2022

Men
#	Name	Starts	Seasons
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	478	26
2	Simon Eder	355	20
3	Halvard Hanevold	348	19
4	Tomasz Sikora	345	20
5	Michal Šlesingr	329	19
6	Ricco Groß	322	17
6	Daniel Mesotitsch	322	19
8	Frode Andresen	318	20
9	Ondřej Moravec	313	19
10	Ilmārs Bricis	311	23

Women
#	Name	Starts	Seasons
1	Magdalena Gwizdoń	422	26
2	Andrea Henkel	377	17
3	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	358	16
4	Éva Tófalvi	329	22
5	Michela Ponza	318	17
6	Teja Gregorin	316	13
7	Uschi Disl	303	17
8	/ Nathalie Santer	292	19
9	Valentina Semerenko	285	17
10	Andreja Mali	281	17

References[]

^ "Infront, BMW Germany Renew Partnership For IBU, IBSF, FIL Events". Sports Business Journal. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "World Cup Biathlon Victories: How Many for Ole?". International Biathlon Union. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ Nordvall, Michael (2017). Two Skis and a Rifle: An Introduction to Biathlon.
^ "Records Men | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Records Women | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Biathlon federation of Ukraine". biathlon.com.ua. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

External links[]

[1] "Infront, BMW Germany Renew Partnership For IBU, IBSF, FIL Events". Sports Business Journal. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[2] "World Cup Biathlon Victories: How Many for Ole?". International Biathlon Union. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[3] Nordvall, Michael (2017). Two Skis and a Rifle: An Introduction to Biathlon.

[all-time_men-4] "Records Men | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[all-time_women-5] "Records Women | Real Biathlon". RealBiathlon.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015.

[6] "Biathlon federation of Ukraine". biathlon.com.ua. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

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Competition and format[]

Men's results[]

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