The women's Grand World Cup of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was the season overall competition, for which all individual races and distances over the entire season counted, with points awarded to the top five competitors of each race.
Heather Richardson of the United States successfully defended her title from the previous season.
Rules All races and distances that were competed individually, including the mass start, counted.
Points system In order to determine an overall World Cup winner, a special points system was used, awarding points for the top five skaters in each individual event.
+ Points table for Grand World Cup Rank World Cup 1–6 World Cup 7 1 100 150 2 80 120 3 70 106 4 60 90 5 50 76 Note: half points were awarded in distances that were skated twice in the same competition.
Prize money
The Grand World Cup winner was awarded $20000.
Standings Standings as of 22 March 2015 (end of the season). Obihiro Seoul Berlin Heerenveen (1) Hamar Heerenveen (2) Erfurt # Name Nat. Total 500 500 1000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1500 5000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 Total 1 Heather Richardson 1195 40 40 80 80 25 50 100 100 100 50 50 75 75 120 120 90 1195 2 Martina Sáblíková 1096 80 80 100 70 50 50 100 60 100 106 150 150 1096 3 Brittany Bowe 1045 30 100 60 30 40 80 80 80 35 40 50 60 60 150 150 1045 4 Ireen Wüst 855 80 100 100 80 100 100 60 60 80 70 25 855 5 Marrit Leenstra 796 100 80 80 100 60 70 70 40 106 90 796 6 Ivanie Blondin 610 100 50 70 70 80 60 100 80 610 7 Lee Sang-hwa 540 50 50 50 40 50 50 50 50 50 35 25 40 540 8 Nao Kodaira 503 40 40 50 40 60 30 35 40 30 40 45 53 503 9 Marije Joling 480 50 50 50 80 70 60 120 480 10 Li Qishi 425 70 100 50 70 70 35 30 425 11 Irene Schouten 420 70 80 100 70 100 420 12 Karolína Erbanová 364 35 70 50 30 30 35 38 76 364 13 Claudia Pechstein 340 100 50 50 50 90 340 14 Nana Takagi 260 80 60 120 260 15 Yekaterina Aydova 238 25 25 53 45 90 238 16 Carlijn Achtereekte 226 70 80 76 226 Diane Valkenburg 226 60 60 106 226 18 Jorien Voorhuis 220 70 50 50 50 220 19 Judith Hesse 200 30 35 25 35 25 50 200 20 Ida Njåtun 196 60 60 76 196 21 Olga Graf 130 70 60 130 Yuliya Skokova 130 70 60 130 23 Miho Takagi 120 60 60 120 24 Margot Boer 115 25 30 35 25 115 25 Rixt Meijer 110 50 60 110 26 106 106 106 27 Kim Bo-reum 80 80 80 28 Bente Kraus 76 76 76 29 Thijsje Oenema 73 35 38 73 30 Mariska Huisman 70 70 70 Yun Ye-jin 70 70 70 32 Vanessa Bittner 65 35 30 65 33 Floor van den Brandt 60 30 30 60 Olga Fatkulina 60 35 25 60 Zhang Hong 60 60 60 36 Jelena Peeters 50 50 50 Linda de Vries 50 50 50 38 Laurine van Riessen 25 25 25 Maki Tsuji 25 25 25 # Name Nat. Total 500 500 1000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1500 5000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 1500 3000 500 500 1000 1000 500 500 1000 1500 3000 Total Obihiro Seoul Berlin Heerenveen (1) Hamar Heerenveen (2) Erfurt
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