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
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. 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 athlete with the highest overall total score 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.
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 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, 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
Men's relay
; Statistics by countryMen's team event
; Statistics by countryWomen'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
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
| 1982–83 | |||
| 1983–84 | |||
| 1984–85 | |||
| 1985–86 | |||
| 1986–87 | |||
| 1987–88 | |||
| 1988–89 | |||
| 1989–90 | |||
| 1990–91 | |||
| 1991–92 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | |||
| 1993–94 | |||
| 1994–95 | |||
| 1995–96 | 1 | ||
| 1996–97 | |||
| 1997–98 | |||
| 1998–99 | |||
| 1999–00 | |||
| 2000–01 | |||
| 2001–02 | |||
| 2002–03 | |||
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| 2005–06 | |||
| 2006–07 | |||
| 2007–08 | |||
| 2008–09 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | |||
| 2012–13 | |||
| 2013–14 | |||
| 2014–15 | |||
| 2015–16 | |||
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| 2018–19 | |||
| 2019–20 |
;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.
Women's relay
; Statistics by countryWomen's team event
; Statistics by countryMixed relay
; Statistics by countryRace winners
Below is a list of all male and female biathletes that have won 7 or more individual World Cup or Olympic races. Biathletes whose names are in bold are still active.- Updated: March 14th 2020
| Place | Name | Victories |
| 1 |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 95 |
| 2 |  Martin Fourcade | 83 |
| 3 | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 48 |
| 4 | Raphaël Poirée | 44 |
| 5 | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 38 |
| 6 |  Sven Fischer | 33 |
| 7 |  Frank Ullrich | 17 |
| 8 | Frank-Peter Roetsch | 15 |
| 8 |   Vladimir Drachev | 15 |
| 8 | Frode Andresen | 15 |
| 11 | Eirik Kvalfoss | 14 |
| 12 | Frank Luck | 12 |
| 12 | Simon Schempp | 12 |
| 14 |  Peter Angerer | 11 |
| 14 | Mark Kirchner | 11 |
| 14 | Michael Greis | 11 |
| 14 | Anton Shipulin | 11 |
| 18 | Arnd Peiffer | 10 |
| 19 | Halvard Hanevold | 9 |
| 19 | Ricco Groß | 9 |
| 19 | Tarjei Bø | 9 |
| 22 | Klaus Siebert | 8 |
| 22 | Viktor Maigourov | 8 |
| 22 |  Jakov Fak | 8 |
| 25 | Fritz Fischer | 7 |
| 25 |  Juri Kashkarov | 7 |
| 25 | Patrice Bailly-Salins | 7 |
| 25 | Pavel Rostovtsev | 7 |
| 25 | Sergei Tchepikov | 7 |
| 25 | Ivan Tcherezov | 7 |
| 25 | Lars Berger | 7 |
| 25 |  Björn Ferry | 7 |
| Place | 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 |
| 7 | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | 22 |
| 7 | Andrea Henkel | 22 |
| 7 | Laura Dahlmeier | 22 |
| 10 |  Olena Zubrilova | 21 |
| 10 | Kati Wilhelm | 21 |
| 12 | Sandrine Bailly | 20 |
| 13 |  Anastasiya Kuzmina | 18 |
| 14 |  Gabriela Koukalová | 17 |
| 15 | Martina Beck | 15 |
| 16 | Helena Ekholm | 13 |
| 16 | Olga Zaitseva | 13 |
| 16 | Tiril Eckhoff | 13 |
| 19 | Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek | 12 |
| 20 |  Anfisa Reztsova | 11 |
| 20 | Petra Behle | 11 |
| 20 |  Dorothea Wierer | 11 |
| 23 | Olga Medvedtseva | 10 |
| 24 | Svetlana Paramygina | 9 |
| 24 | Galina Kukleva | 9 |
| 26 | Elena Golovina | 8 |
| 26 | Anne Elvebakk | 8 |
| 26 | Corinne Niogret | 8 |
| 26 | Linda Grubben | 8 |
| 30 | Simone Hauswald | 7 |
| 30 | Marie Dorin Habert | 7 |
| 30 | Denise Herrmann | 7 |