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

Men

Overall

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

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! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

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| 1973–74¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1974–75¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1975–76¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1976–77¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1977–78¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1978–79²

| '

| '

| '

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| 1979–80¹

| '

| '

| '

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| 1980–81²

| '

| '

| '

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|align=center colspan=4 | Official World Cup

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| 1981–82

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| 1982–83

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| 1983–84

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| 1984–85

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| 1985–86

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| 1986–87

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| 1987–88

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| 1988–89

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| 1989–90

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| 1990–91

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| 1991–92

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| 1992–93

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| 1993–94

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| 1994–95

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| 1995–96

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| 1996–97

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| 1997–98

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| 1998–99

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| 1999–00

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| 2000–01

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| 2001–02

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| 2002–03

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| 2003–04

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| 2004–05

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| 2005–06

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| 2006–07

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| 2007–08

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| 2008–09

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| 2009–10

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| 2010–11

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| 2011–12

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| 2012–13

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| 2013–14

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| 2014–15

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| 2015–16

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| 2016–17

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| 2017–18

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| 2018–19

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| 2019–20

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| 2020–21

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| 2021–22

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| 2022–23

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| 2023–24

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| 2024–25

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<sup>1</sup> Unofficial WC<br>

<sup>2</sup> Trial WC

  • Medals:

Sprint

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

|-

! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

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|1996–97

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|

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| 1997–98

|

|

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| 1998–99

| (2)

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| 1999–00

|

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| 2000–01

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| 2001–02

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| 2002–03

|

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| 2003–04

| (2)

|

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| 2004–05

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| 2005–06

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| 2006–07

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| 2007–08

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| 2008–09

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| 2009–10

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| 2010–11

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| 2011–12

|

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| 2012–13

| (3)

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| 2013–14

| (3)

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| 2014–15

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| 2015–16

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| 2016–17

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| 2017–18

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| 2018–19

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| 2019–20

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| 2020–21

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| 2021–22

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| 2022–23

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| 2023–24

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| 2024–25

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|}

  • Medals:

Distance

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

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! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

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| 1996–97¹

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| 1997–98¹

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| 1998–99¹

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| 1999–00

|

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| 2000–01

|

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| 2001–02

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| 2002–03

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| 2003–04

|

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| 2004–05

|

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| 2005–06

|

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| 2006–07

| (2)

|

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| 2007–08

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| 2008–09

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| 2009–10

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| 2010–11

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| 2011–12

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| 2012–13

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| 2013–14

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| 2014–15

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| 2015–16

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| 2016–17

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| 2017–18

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| 2018–19

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| 2019–20

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| 2020–21

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| 2021–22

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| 2022–23

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| 2023–24

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| 2024–25

|

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|}

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

  • Medals:

Women

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

Overall

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

|-

! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

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| 1978–79¹

|'

|'

|'

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| 1979–80

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| 1980–81¹

|'

|'

|'

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|align=center colspan=4 | Official World Cup

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| 1981–82

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| 1982–83

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| 1983–84

|

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| 1984–85

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| 1985–86

|

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| 1986–87

|

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| 1987–88

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| 1988–89

|

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| 1989–90

|

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| 1990–91

|

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| 1991–92

|

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| 1992–93

|

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| 1993–94

|

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| 1994–95

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| 1995–96

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| 1996–97

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|-

| 1997–98

|

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|-

| 1998–99

|

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|-

| 1999–00

|

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| 2000–01

|

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| 2001–02

|

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|-

| 2002–03

|

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| 2003–04

|

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| 2004–05

|

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| 2005–06

|

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| 2006–07

|

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|-

| 2007–08

|

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| 2008–09

|

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| 2009–10

|

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| 2010–11

|

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| 2011–12

|

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| 2012–13

|

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| 2013–14

|

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| 2014–15

|

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| 2015–16

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| 2016–17

|

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| 2017–18

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|-

| 2018–19

|

|

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| 2019–20

|

|

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| 2020–21

|

|

|

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| 2021–22

|

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| 2022–23

|

|

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| 2023–24

|

|

|

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| 2024–25

|

|

|

|}

<sup>1</sup> Trial WC<br>

<sup>2</sup> Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi née Hämälainen married Harri Kirvesniemi<BR>

<sup>3</sup> Bente Skari née Martinsen married Geir Skari in 1999

  • Medals:

Sprint

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

|-

! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

|-

| 1996–97

|

|

|

|-

| 1997–98

|

|

|

|-

| 1998–99

|

|

|

|-

| 1999–00

|

|

|

|-

| 2000–01

|

|

|

|-

| 2001–02

| (5)

|

|

|-

| 2002–03

|

|

|

|-

| 2003–04

|

|

|

|-

| 2004–05

|

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|

|-

| 2005–06

|

|

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|-

| 2006–07

|

|

|

|-

| 2007–08

|

|

|

|-

| 2008–09

|

|

|

|-

| 2009–10

|

|

|

|-

| 2010–11

| (3)

|

|

|-

| 2011–12

|

|

|

|-

| 2012–13

|

|

|

|-

| 2013–14

| (3)

|

|

|-

| 2014–15

|

|

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| 2015–16

|

|

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| 2016–17

|

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| 2017–18

|

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| 2018–19

|

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|

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| 2019–20

|

|

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| 2020–21

|

|

|

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| 2021–22

|

|

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| 2022–23

|

|

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| 2023–24

|

|

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| 2024–25

|

|

|

|}

<sup>1</sup> Bente Skari née Martinsen married Geir Skari in 1999

  • Medals:

Distance

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:800px;"

|-

! style="width:10%; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:30%; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:30%; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:30%; background:#CC9966"|Third

|-

| 1996–97¹

|

|

|

|-

| 1997–98¹

|

|

|

|-

| 1998–99¹

|

|

|

|-

| 1999–00

|

|

|

|-

| 2000–01

|

|

|

|-

| 2001–02

|

|

|

|-

| 2002–03

|

|

|

|-

| 2003–04

|

|

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|-

| 2004–05

|

|

|

|-

| 2005–06

|

|

|

|-

| 2006–07

|

|

|

|-

| 2007–08

| (2)

|

|

|-

| 2008–09

|

|

|

|-

| 2009–10

|

|

|

|-

| 2010–11

|

|

|

|-

| 2011–12

|

|

|

|-

| 2012–13

| (4)

|

|

|-

| 2013–14

|

|

|

|-

| 2014–15

|

|

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|-

| 2015–16

|

|

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| 2016–17

|

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| 2017–18

|

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| 2018–19

|

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| 2019–20

|

|

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| 2020–21

|

|

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| 2021–22

|

|

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| 2022–23

|

|

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| 2023–24

|

|

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| 2024–25

|

|

|

|}

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

  • Medals:

Nations Cup

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:880px;"

|-

! style="width:80px; background:#efefef;" | Season

! style="width:160px; background:gold" |Winner

! style="width:160px; background:silver" |Runner-up

! style="width:160px; background:#CC9966"|Third

| rowspan=100|

! style="width:160px; background:#8BADF1" | Winner (men)

! style="width:160px; background:#D8B6F2" | Winner (women)

|-

| 1981–82||||||||||

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| 1982–83|||||||||||

|-

| 1983–84||||||||||

|-

| 1984–85||||||||||

|-

| 1985–86||||||||||

|-

| 1986–87|||||| (3)||||

|-

| 1987–88|| (2)|| (3)||||||

|-

| 1988–89|||||| (2)||||

|-

| 1989–90||||||||||

|-

| 1990–91|| (3)|||||||| (4)

|-

| 1991–92||||||||||

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| 1992–93||||||||||

|-

| 1993–94||||||||||

|-

| 1994–95||||||||||

|-

| 1995–96|||| ||||||

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| 1996–97||||||||||

|-

| 1997–98||||||||||

|-

| 1998–99||||||||||

|-

| 1999–00||||||||||

|-

| 2000–01|||||||||| (10)

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| 2001–02||||||||||

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| 2002–03|||||||| (5)||

|-

| 2003–04||||||||||

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| 2004–05||||||||||

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| 2005–06||||||||||

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| 2006–07|||| (4)||||||

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| 2007–08|||||| (2)||||

|-

| 2008–09|||| (2)|| (12)|||| (2)

|-

| 2009–10||||||||||

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| 2010–11||||||||||

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| 2011–12||||||||||

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| 2012–13||||||||||

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| 2013–14||||||||||

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| 2014–15||||||||||

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| 2015–16||||||||||

|-

| 2016–17|| || || || ||

|-

| 2017–18|| || || || ||

|-

| 2018–19|| || || || ||

|-

| 2019–20|| || (17)|| || ||

|-

| 2020–21|| (3)|| (6)|| (14)|| (3)||

|-

| 2021–22|| || || (4)|| ||

|-

| 2022–23|| || || || ||

|-

| 2023–24|| || || || || (3)

|-

| 2024–25|| (36)|| (11)|| (7)|| (36)|| (25)

|}

See also

  • List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
  • FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
  • Ranking of the podium places in the world cup (Women)
  • Ranking of the podium places in the world cup (Men)