Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

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#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	232	▲ +61
2	Alexander Bolshunov	Alexander Bolshunov	Alexander Bolshunov	Alexander Bolshunov	Alexander Bolshunov	98	–
3	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Simen Hegstad Krüger	47	–
4	Dario Cologna	Dario Cologna	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Federico Pellegrino	41	–
5	Petter Northug	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Dario Cologna	Federico Pellegrino	Iivo Niskanen	37	–
6	Iivo Niskanen	Federico Pellegrino	Federico Pellegrino	Iivo Niskanen	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	37	▼ -17
7	Federico Pellegrino	Iivo Niskanen	Iivo Niskanen	Dario Cologna	Harald Østberg Amundsen	30	▲ +8
8	Alexander Legkov	Petter Northug	Petter Northug	Sergey Ustiugov	Dario Cologna	25	–
9	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Sergey Ustiugov	Sergey Ustiugov	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Pål Golberg	22	–
10	Sergey Ustiugov	Pål Golberg	Pål Golberg	Pål Golberg	Sergey Ustiugov	22	▼ -3
11	Alex Harvey	Alex Harvey	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Erik Valnes	Erik Valnes	17	–
12	Johan Olsson	Alexander Legkov	Alex Harvey	Hans Christer Holund	Hans Christer Holund	15	–
13	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Hans Christer Holund	Hans Christer Holund	Sjur Røthe	Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget	14	▲ +9
14	Sjur Røthe	Ola Vigen Hattestad	Sjur Røthe	Ivan Yakimushkin	Sjur Røthe	14	–
15	Finn Hågen Krogh	Sjur Røthe	Finn Hågen Krogh	Alex Harvey	Ivan Yakimushkin	13	–
16	Hans Christer Holund	Finn Hågen Krogh	Ivan Yakimushkin	Denis Spitsov	Alex Harvey	12	–
17	Ivan Yakimushkin	Ivan Yakimushkin	Denis Spitsov	Edvin Anger	Mathis Desloges	12	▲ +12
18	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Johan Olsson	Erik Valnes	Finn Hågen Krogh	Denis Spitsov	10	–
19	Denis Spitsov	Denis Spitsov	Maurice Manificat	Petter Northug	Edvin Anger	8	–
20	Emil Jönsson	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Lucas Chanavat	Lucas Chanavat	Ben Ogden	7	▲ +6
21	Maurice Manificat	Maurice Manificat	Richard Jouve	Richard Jouve	Emil Iversen	7	▲ +3
22	Marcus Hellner	Marcus Hellner	Johan Olsson	Hugo Lapalus	Lucas Chanavat	6	–
23	Richard Jouve	Richard Jouve	Alexander Terentyev	Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget	Richard Jouve	6	–
24	Teodor Peterson	Teodor Peterson	Calle Halfvarsson	Maurice Manificat	Hugo Lapalus	5	–
25	Calle Halfvarsson	Calle Halfvarsson	Emil Iversen	Alexander Terentyev	Alexander Terentyev	4	–
26	Eirik Brandsdal	Eirik Brandsdal	Evgeniy Belov	Emil Iversen	Lars Heggen	4	▲ +4
27	Erik Valnes	Erik Valnes	Maxim Vylegzhanin	Andrey Larkov	Mattis Stenshagen	4	▲ +4
28	Nikita Kryukov	Alexander Terentyev	Andrey Larkov	Didrik Tønseth	Andrey Larkov	3	–
29	Alexander Terentyev	Chris Jespersen	Didrik Tønseth	Gleb Retivykh	Didrik Tønseth	3	–
30	Chris Jespersen	Daniel Rickardsson	Eirik Brandsdal	Matti Heikkinen	Einar Hedegart	3	▲ +3
31	Daniel Rickardsson	Emil Iversen	Gleb Retivykh	William Poromaa	Gleb Retivykh	3	–
32	Emil Iversen	Evgeniy Belov	Hugo Lapalus	Alexander Bessmertnykh	Matti Heikkinen	3	–
33	Evgeniy Belov	Lucas Chanavat	Matti Heikkinen	Friedrich Moch	Oskar Opstad Vike	3	▲ +3
34	Pål Golberg	Andrey Larkov	Alexander Bessmertnykh	Mika Vermeulen	William Poromaa	3	–
35	Alexey Poltoranin	Didrik Tønseth	Francesco De Fabiani	Niklas Dyrhaug	Alexander Bessmertnykh	2	–
36	Andrey Larkov	Emil Jönsson	Friedrich Moch	Artem Maltsev	Friedrich Moch	2	–
37	Gleb Retivykh	Gleb Retivykh	Lukáš Bauer	Ben Ogden	Maurice Manificat	2	▼ -3
38	Ilia Chernousov	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Niklas Dyrhaug	Eirik Brandsdal	Mika Vermeulen	2	–
39	Matti Heikkinen	Ilia Chernousov	Anders Gloersen	Even Northug	Andreas Fjorden Ree	1	▲ +1
40	Alexander Bessmertnykh	Matti Heikkinen	Artem Maltsev	Francesco De Fabiani	Artem Maltsev	1	–
41	Francesco De Fabiani	Alexander Bessmertnykh	Ben Ogden	Havard Solas Taugbol	Eirik Brandsdal	1	–
42	Hugo Lapalus	Francesco De Fabiani	Edvin Anger	Jules Chappaz	Even Northug	1	–
43	Lucas Chanavat	Hugo Lapalus	Even Northug	Lauri Vuorinen	Finn Hågen Krogh	1	▼ -6
44	Lukáš Bauer	Lukáš Bauer	Havard Solas Taugbol	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar	Havard Solas Taugbol	1	–
45	Niklas Dyrhaug	Niklas Dyrhaug	Jules Chappaz		Jules Chappaz	1	–
46	Anders Gloersen	Anders Gloersen	Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget		Lauri Vuorinen	1	–
47	Artem Maltsev	Artem Maltsev	Ola Vigen Hattestad		Niklas Dyrhaug	1	▼ -1
48	Didrik Tønseth	Ben Ogden	Sindre Bjørnestad Skar		Sindre Bjørnestad Skar	1	–
49	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Even Northug	William Poromaa				▼ -885
50	Havard Solas Taugbol	Havard Solas Taugbol					▼ -885

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