Downhill
One run, the fastest course on the tour. 1,014 World Cup Downhill races are in the archive, at 96 venues across 60 seasons, won by 233 different athletes.
01 Leaders
Most downhill wins
Women
wins- 01Lindsey VonnUSA45
- 02Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT36
- 03Renate GötschlAUT24
- 04Sofia GoggiaITA19
- 05Michela FiginiSUI17
- 06Katja SeizingerGER16
- 07Maria WalliserSUI14
- 08Marie-Therese NadigSUI13
- 08Lara Gut-BehramiSUI13
- 10Isolde KostnerITA12
- 11Maria Höfl-RieschGER11
- 12Picabo StreetUSA9
- 13Doris De AgostiniSUI8
- 13Isabelle MirFRA8
- 15Hilde GergGER7
Men
wins- 01Franz KlammerAUT25
- 02Dominik ParisITA20
- 03Peter MullerSUI19
- 04Stephan EberharterAUT18
- 05Franz HeinzerSUI15
- 05Hermann MaierAUT15
- 07Michael WalchhoferAUT14
- 07Aksel Lund SvindalNOR14
- 09Beat FeuzSUI13
- 10Didier CucheSUI12
- 10Kristian GhedinaITA12
- 10Aleksander Aamodt KildeNOR12
- 13Helmut HoflehnerAUT10
- 13Lasse KjusNOR10
- 13Pirmin ZurbriggenSUI10
Women · podiums
podiums- 01Lindsey VonnUSA71
- 02Renate GötschlAUT59
- 03Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT54
- 04Sofia GoggiaITA39
- 05Maria WalliserSUI37
- 06Marie-Therese NadigSUI35
- 06Isolde KostnerITA35
- 08Katja SeizingerGER32
- 09Maria Höfl-RieschGER26
- 10Michela FiginiSUI25
- 11Lara Gut-BehramiSUI24
- 12Hilde GergGER23
- 13Michaela DorfmeisterAUT21
- 14Wiltrud DrexelAUT20
- 14Cornelia HütterAUT20
Men · podiums
podiums- 01Beat FeuzSUI47
- 02Franz KlammerAUT41
- 02Peter MullerSUI41
- 04Stephan EberharterAUT38
- 05Michael WalchhoferAUT36
- 06Dominik ParisITA35
- 07Franz HeinzerSUI34
- 08Aksel Lund SvindalNOR32
- 08Didier CucheSUI32
- 10Kristian GhedinaITA29
- 11Marco OdermattSUI28
- 12Bernhard RussiSUI27
- 12Peter WirnsbergerAUT27
- 14Hermann MaierAUT25
- 14Helmut HoflehnerAUT25
02 Nations
Nations in downhill
| Nation | Code | Wins | Podiums |
|---|---|---|---|
| AustriaAUT | AUT | 320 | 924 |
| SwitzerlandSUI | SUI | 242 | 683 |
| United States of AmericaUSA | USA | 104 | 254 |
| ItalyITA | ITA | 94 | 289 |
| FranceFRA | FRA | 57 | 223 |
| NorwayNOR | NOR | 54 | 150 |
| GermanyGER | GER | 51 | 147 |
| CanadaCAN | CAN | 46 | 161 |
| SloveniaSLO | SLO | 15 | 38 |
| Federal Republic Of GermanyFRG | FRG | 11 | 80 |
| SwedenSWE | SWE | 8 | 27 |
| LiechtensteinLIE | LIE | 6 | 28 |
| Venue | Nation | Races | Last race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake LouiseCAN | CAN | 80 | 3 Dec 2022 |
| Val d'IsèreFRA | FRA | 72 | 20 Dec 2025 |
| KitzbühelAUT | AUT | 71 | 24 Jan 2026 |
| Val Gardena-GroedenITA | ITA | 67 | 20 Dec 2025 |
| Garmisch PartenkirchenGER | GER | 56 | 28 Feb 2026 |
| WengenSUI | SUI | 53 | 17 Jan 2026 |
| Cortina d'AmpezzoITA | ITA | 50 | 18 Jan 2025 |
| KvitfjellNOR | NOR | 41 | 8 Mar 2025 |
| BormioITA | ITA | 34 | 28 Dec 2024 |
| St. MoritzSUI | SUI | 28 | 13 Dec 2025 |
| Beaver CreekUSA | USA | 25 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| AspenUSA | USA | 24 | 4 Mar 2023 |
| Crans-MontanaSUI | SUI | 22 | 1 Feb 2026 |
| ÅreSWE | SWE | 19 | 14 Mar 2018 |
| Altenmarkt-ZauchenseeAUT | AUT | 16 | 13 Jan 2024 |
04 Margins
Biggest and closest
Winner's margin over 2nd, in secondsBiggest marginsDownhill
| Gap | Winner | Race |
|---|---|---|
| 3.54 | Franz KlammerAUT | Wengen M11 Jan 1975 |
| 2.96 | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT | Chamonix W25 Jan 1973 |
| 2.62 | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT | Saalbach-Hinterglemm W19 Dec 1972 |
| 2.40 | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT | Bad Gastein W23 Jan 1974 |
| 2.37 | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT | St. Moritz W10 Feb 1973 |
| 2.35 | Annemarie Moser-PröllAUT | Schruns W26 Jan 1979 |
| 2.33 | Gerhard NenningAUT | Aspen M15 Mar 1968 |
| 2.22 | Franz KlammerAUT | Wengen M10 Jan 1976 |
Closest finishesDownhill
| Gap | Winner | Race |
|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | Franz KlammerAUT | Kitzbühel M18 Jan 1975 |
| 0.01 | Franz HeinzerSUI | Val d'Isère M9 Dec 1983 |
| 0.01 | Helmut HoflehnerAUT | St. Anton M22 Dec 1988 |
| 0.01 | William BesseSUI | Panorama, BC M6 Mar 1992 |
| 0.01 | Franz HeinzerSUI | Veysonnaz M23 Jan 1993 |
| 0.01 | Armin AssingerAUT | Sierra Nevada M15 Mar 1993 |
| 0.01 | Hilary LindhUSA | Sierra Nevada W2 Feb 1994 |
| 0.01 | Bruno Ii KernenSUI | Veysonnaz M19 Jan 1996 |
05 Latest
Most recent downhill races
| Date | Venue | W/M | Podium | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2026 | LillehammerNOR | M |
|
0.19 s |
| 21 Mar 2026 | LillehammerNOR | W |
|
0.15 s |
| 13 Mar 2026 | CourchevelFRA | M |
|
0.09 s |
| 7 Mar 2026 | Val di FassaITA | W |
|
0.01 s |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Val di FassaITA | W |
|
0.01 s |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Garmisch PartenkirchenGER | M |
|
0.04 s |
| 27 Feb 2026 | SoldeuAND | W |
|
0.11 s |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Crans-MontanaSUI | M |
|
0.65 s |
| 24 Jan 2026 | KitzbühelAUT | M |
|
0.07 s |
| 17 Jan 2026 | TarvisioITA | W |
|
0.20 s |
Data captured 4 Nov 2026Sources and method
- Winning margins come from the FIS biggest-gap lists, which cover 3688 of the 3897 races. The rest have no comparable times on FIS.
- The four 1987/88 parallel races FIS flags as non-World-Cup (race 131255-131258) are left out of every count here, exactly as FIS leaves them out of its own totals.
- Athletes are joined on the FIS competitor id, so a renamed athlete (Vonn/Kildow, Gut/Gut-Behrami, Braathen/Pinheiro Braathen) stays one person. Each race shows the name FIS published at the time.