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Most World Cup titles and race wins in each discipline

The records for most World Cup titles and race wins in each discipline are as follows:

Men

Discipline	Discipline Titles			Race Victories
	Name	Country	Titles	Name	Country	Victories
Downhill	Franz Klammer	Austria	5	Franz Klammer	Austria	25
Super G	Hermann Maier	Austria	5	Hermann Maier	Austria	23
Giant Slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	8	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	46
Slalom	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	8	Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	40
Combined	Phil Mahre	United States	4	Phil Mahre Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli	United States Switzerland Luxembourg	11 11 11

Women

Discipline	Discipline Titles			Race Victories
	Name	Country	Titles	Name	Country	Victories
Downhill	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	7	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	36
Super G	Katja Seizinger	Germany	5	Katja Seizinger Renate Götschl	Germany Austria	16 16
Giant Slalom	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	5	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	20
Slalom	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	6	Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	34
Combined	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	2	Hanni Wenzel	Liechtenstein	8

Note that combined World Cup titles have not been officially awarded in most years since the event was introduced, mainly because of the reduced number of combined events (typically 1-2) each season since 1986–87. As shown in the table above, Phil Mahre and Hanni Wenzel won the most official combined titles. Kjetil André Aamodt led the men's combined standing in 5 seasons, while Brigitte Oertli and Janica Kostelić each led the women's standings 4 times, but between the three of them only Oertli won a single combined Cup.

For a complete list of World Cup title winners in each discipline, see Alpine Skiing World Cup Men and Alpine Skiing World Cup Women.

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

Name	Country	Season	Victories	Downhill	Super G	Giant Slalom	Slalom	Combined
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	1978–79	13	-	NA	10	3	-
Hermann Maier	Austria	2000–1	13	5	3	5	-	-
Jean-Claude Killy	France	1967	12	5	NA	4	3	NA
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	1979–80	11	-	NA	6	5	-
Marc Girardelli	Luxembourg	1984–85	11	-	2	2	7	-
Pirmin Zurbriggen	Switzerland	1986–87	11	5	1	3	-	2
Alberto Tomba	Italy	1994–95	11	-	-	4	7	-
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	1976–77	10	-	NA	3	7	-
Ingemar Stenmark	Sweden	1980–81	10	-	NA	6	4	-
Hermann Maier	Austria	1997–98	10	2	4	3	-	1
Hermann Maier	Austria	1999–2000	10	3	4	3	-	-
Stephan Eberharter	Austria	2001–2	10	6	3	1	-	-

Women

Name	Country	Season	Victories	Downhill	Super G	Giant Slalom	Slalom	Combined
Vreni Schneider	Switzerland	1988–89	14	-	-	6	7	1
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1972–73	11	8	NA	3	-	NA
Anja Pärson	Sweden	2003–4	11	-	-	5	6	-
Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Austria	1974–75	10	2	NA	5	-	3

World Cup scoring system

The World Cup scoring system is based on awarding a number of points for each place in a race, but the procedure for doing so and the often-arcane method used to calculate the annual champions has varied greatly over the years. Originally, points were awarded only to the top 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 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 1979–80 season, points were awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race. After 1980–81, the formula for the overall title stabilized for several years, counting the best 5 results in the original disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, and downhill) plus the best 3 results in combined. When Super G events were introduced for the 1982–83 season, the results were included with giant slalom for the first three seasons, before a separate discipline Cup was awarded starting in 1985–86 and the top 3 Super G results were counted towards the overall. The formula for the overall was changed yet again the 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 1987–88 the 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 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 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:

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Current System 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
1992 System 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
Top 15 System 1980–1991	25	20	15	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
1979 System 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
Original System 1967–1979	25	20	15	11	8	6	4	3	2	1

Statistics and Trivia

During the past decade, the number of completed men's or women's World Cup races each year has ranged from 30 to 39, 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" i.e 2003– 2005). The current record for total World Cup points in a season is Hermann Maier's 2000 points in 1999-2000, with the women's record of 1970 points set by Janica Kostelić in 2005–6. The fewest points for an overall champion under the current system thus far has been 1130 by Luc Alphand in 1996–97. The largest margin of victory in the overall has been Maier's 743 points in 2000-1, nearly doubling second place finisher Stephan Eberharter's total. The closest finishes since 1992 have been miniscule margins of 6 points in 1994-95 (Vreni Schneider over Katja Seizinger) and only 3 points in 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 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.

Annual Statistics Calculated for the 1992–2006 Seasons

	Men's Overall World Cup
	Races Completed	1st Place Points	Margin of Victory	2nd Place Points	3rd Place Points	Number of Skiers per Season:
						> 1000 Pts	> 500 Pts	> 200 Pts
Maximum	38	2000	743	1454	1307	5	19	43
Average	34.5	1473	318	1155	991	2.5	14	40
Minimum	30	1130	23	775	760	1	8	37
	Women's Overall World Cup
	Races Completed	1st Place Points	Margin of Victory	2nd Place Points	3rd Place Points	Number of Skiers per Season:
						> 1000 Pts	> 500 Pts	> 200 Pts
Maximum	39	1970	536	1662	1391	5	19	45
Average	33.1	1522	247	1275	1098	3	13	38
Minimum	30	1248	3	931	904	1	10	32

Aggregate Statistics Calculated for the 1992–2006 Seasons

	Men's and Women's Overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 15 Seasons
	> 1700 Pts	> 1500 Pts	> 1300 Pts	> 1200 Pts	> 1100 Pts	> 1000 Pts	> 900 Pts	> 800 Pts
First Place	4	14	21	28	30	30	30	30
Second Place	-	2	12	16	19	26	28	29
Third Place	-	-	3	4	9	18	25	29
	> 600 Pts	> 500 Pts	> 400 Pts	> 300 Pts	> 200 Pts	> 100 Pts	>= 50 Pts	< 50 Pts
Margin of Victory	2	5	9	16	19	21	23	7

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