The 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 35th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Ruka, Finland, and ended on 12 March 2016 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Therese Johaug set a new record for total points in one season, with 2681. Martin Johnsrud Sundby set a new men's record for total points in one season, with 2634. Sundby won 14 races during the season and surpassed Petter Northug's record of nine victories which he achieved in both 2009–10 and 2012–13. Johaug won 17 races during this season and equaled Marit Bjørgen's record from 2011–12; a record Johaug herself eclipsed with 20 victories in the 2019–20 season.
Calendar
Men + C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 1 27 November 2015 RukaSprint C Sondre Turvoll Fossli Eirik Brandsdal Petter Northug Sondre Turvoll Fossli 2 28 November 2015 Ruka10 km F Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alex Harvey Dario Cologna Martin Johnsrud Sundby 3 29 November 2015 Ruka15 km C Pursuit Niklas Dyrhaug Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sjur Røthe 1 6th Nordic Opening Overall (27–29 November 2015) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh 2 45 December 2015 Lillehammer30 km Skiathlon Martin Johnsrud Sundby Niklas Dyrhaug Hans Christer Holund Martin Johnsrud Sundby 3512 December 2015 Davos30 km F Martin Johnsrud Sundby Maurice Manificat Anders Gløersen 4613 December 2015 DavosSprint F Federico Pellegrino Baptiste Gros Sondre Turvoll Fossli 5719 December 2015 ToblachSprint F Federico Pellegrino Simeon Hamilton Andrew Young 6820 December 2015 Toblach15 km C Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alexander Bessmertnykh Sjur Røthe 9 1 January 2016 LenzerheideSprint F Federico Pellegrino Sergey Ustiugov Finn Hågen Krogh Martin Johnsrud Sundby 102 January 2016 Lenzerheide30 km C Mass Start Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug Didrik Tønseth 11 3 January 2016 Lenzerheide10 km F Pursuit Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh 12 5 January 2016 OberstdorfSprint C Emil Iversen Sergey Ustiugov Alexey Poltoranin 136 January 2016 Oberstdorf15 km C Mass Start Alexey Poltoranin Dario Cologna Francesco De Fabiani 14 8 January 2016 Toblach10 km F Finn Hågen Krogh Martin Johnsrud Sundby Maurice Manificat 15 9 January 2016 Val di Fiemme15 km C Mass Start Martin Johnsrud Sundby Niklas Dyrhaug Alexey Poltoranin 16 10 January 2016 Val di Fiemme9 km F Pursuit climb Martin Johnsrud Sundby Robin Duvillard Matti Heikkinen 7 10th Tour de Ski Overall (1–10 January 2016) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Finn Hågen Krogh Sergey Ustiugov 81716 January 2016 PlanicaSprint F Federico Pellegrino Baptiste Gros Richard Jouve Martin Johnsrud Sundby 91823 January 2016 Nové Město na Moravě15 km F Maurice Manificat Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sergey Ustiugov 10193 February 2016 DrammenSprint C Petter Northug Ola Vigen Hattestad Eirik Brandsdal 11206 February 2016 Oslo50 km C Mass Start Martin Johnsrud Sundby Niklas Dyrhaug Maxim Vylegzhanin 122111 February 2016 StockholmSprint C Nikita Kryukov Ola Vigen Hattestad Petter Northug 132213 February 2016 Falun10 km C Maxim Vylegzhanin Alexander Bessmertnykh Maurice Manificat 142314 February 2016 Falun15 km F Mass Start Sergey Ustiugov Francesco De Fabiani Martin Johnsrud Sundby 152420 February 2016 LahtiSprint F Emil Iversen Finn Hågen Krogh Petter Northug 162521 February 2016 Lahti30 km Skiathlon Martin Johnsrud Sundby Finn Hågen Krogh Hans Christer Holund 261 March 2016 GatineauSprint F Sergey Ustiugov Richard Jouve Simeon Hamilton Martin Johnsrud Sundby 272 March 2016 Montreal17.5 km C Mass Start Emil Iversen Petter Northug Sergey Ustiugov 284 March 2016 Quebec CitySprint F Baptiste Gros Alex Harvey Sergey Ustiugov 295 March 2016 Quebec City15 km F Pursuit Sergey Ustiugov Petter Northug Emil Iversen 308 March 2016 CanmoreSprint C Federico Pellegrino Eirik Brandsdal Maurice Manificat 319 March 2016 Canmore30 km Skiathlon Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sergey Ustiugov Matti Heikkinen 3211 March 2016 Lake Louise15 km F Matti Heikkinen Evgeniy Belov Marcus Hellner 3312 March 2016 Canmore15 km C Pursuit Maurice Manificat Matti Heikkinen Martin Johnsrud Sundby17 1st Ski Tour Canada Overall (1–12 March 2016) Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sergey Ustiugov Petter Northug
Women DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 1 27 November 2015 RukaSprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Stina Nilsson Ragnhild Haga Maiken Caspersen Falla 2 28 November 2015 Ruka5 km F Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter Ida Ingemarsdotter 3 29 November 2015 Ruka10 km C Pursuit Therese Johaug Stina Nilsson Kerttu Niskanen Therese Johaug 1 6th Nordic Opening Overall (27–29 November 2015) Therese Johaug Stina Nilsson Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2 45 December 2015 Lillehammer15 km Skiathlon Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla Therese Johaug 3512 December 2015 Davos15 km F Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng 4613 December 2015 DavosSprint F Stina Nilsson Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 5719 December 2015 ToblachSprint F Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Stina Nilsson 6820 December 2015 Toblach10 km C Therese Johaug Krista Pärmäkoski Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 9 1 January 2016 LenzerheideSprint F Maiken Caspersen Falla Ida Ingemarsdotter Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Therese Johaug 102 January 2016 Lenzerheide15 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng 11 3 January 2016 Lenzerheide5 km F Pursuit Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Therese Johaug Heidi Weng 12 5 January 2016 OberstdorfSprint C Sophie Caldwell Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 136 January 2016 Oberstdorf10 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng 14 8 January 2016 Toblach5 km F Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 15 9 January 2016 Val di Fiemme10 km C Mass Start Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Therese Johaug 16 10 January 2016 Val di Fiemme9 km F Pursuit climb Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Elizabeth Stephen 7 10th Tour de Ski Overall (1–10 January 2016) Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng 81716 January 2016 PlanicaSprint F Stina Nilsson Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Heidi Weng Therese Johaug 91823 January 2016 Nové Město na Moravě10 km F Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Jessie Diggins 10193 February 2016 DrammenSprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Natalya Matveyeva 11207 February 2016 Oslo30 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Anne Kyllönen 122111 February 2016 StockholmSprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Stina Nilsson 132213 February 2016 Falun5 km C Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 142314 February 2016 Falun10 km F Mass Start Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 152420 February 2016 LahtiSprint F Maiken Caspersen Falla Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng 162521 February 2016 Lahti15 km Skiathlon Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 261 March 2016 GatineauSprint F Maiken Caspersen Falla Stina Nilsson Jessie Diggins Therese Johaug 272 March 2016 Montreal10.5 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 284 March 2016 Quebec CitySprint F Stina Nilsson Maiken Caspersen Falla Heidi Weng 295 March 2016 Quebec City10 km F Pursuit Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 308 March 2016 CanmoreSprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 319 March 2016 Canmore15 km Skiathlon Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 3211 March 2016 Lake Louise10 km F Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Heidi Weng Krista Pärmäkoski 3312 March 2016 Canmore10 km C Pursuit Krista Pärmäkoski Therese Johaug Jessie Diggins 17 1st Ski Tour Canada Overall (1–12 March 2016) Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Men's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird1 16 December 2015 Lillehammer4 x 7.5 km Relay C/F 2217 January 2016 PlanicaTeam Sprint F 3324 January 2016 Nové Město na Moravě4 x 7.5 km Relay
Women's team DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird 1 16 December 2015 Lillehammer4 x 5 km Relay C/F 2217 January 2016 PlanicaTeam Sprint F 3324 January 2016 Nové Město na Moravě4 x 5 km Relay
Men's standings
Overall Rankafter 36 eventsPoints1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 26342 Petter Northug 16023 Finn Hågen Krogh 15844 Sergey Ustiugov 14765 Maurice Manificat 11316 Niklas Dyrhaug 9957 Alex Harvey 8898 Emil Iversen 8749 Didrik Tønseth 87110 Hans Christer Holund 834
Distance Rankafter 21 eventsPoints1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 14442 Maurice Manificat 7633 Niklas Dyrhaug 7294 Finn Hågen Krogh 6145 Sergey Ustiugov 6056 Didrik Tønseth 6047 Hans Christer Holund 5728 Petter Northug 5269 Maxim Vylegzhanin 48810 Alexander Legkov 480
Sprint Rankafter 12 eventsPoints1 Federico Pellegrino 5532 Petter Northug 4763 Finn Hågen Krogh 4144 Baptiste Gros 3245 Eirik Brandsdal 3076 Sergey Ustiugov 2947 Ola Vigen Hattestad 2918 Sondre Turvoll Fossli 2689 Emil Iversen 24410 Simeon Hamilton 222
Prize money Rankafter 57 payoutsCHF1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 407,2002 Sergey Ustiugov 159,2503 Petter Northug 144,7504 Finn Hågen Krogh 133,0005 Maurice Manificat 65,5506 Federico Pellegrino 62,7507 Niklas Dyrhaug 52,6258 Emil Iversen 37,2509 Francesco De Fabiani 34,62410 Baptiste Gros 30,000
Helvetia U23 Rankafter 36 eventsPoints1 Francesco De Fabiani 7172 Sondre Turvoll Fossli 2683 Richard Jouve 1744 Oskar Svensson 1355 Håvard Solås Taugbøl 1086 Simen Hegstad Krüger 817 Roman Schaad 558 Even Northug 449 Aleksey Chervotkin 4010 Lucas Chanavat 35
Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking Rankafter 19 eventsPoints1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby 6082 Sergey Ustiugov 3863 Petter Northug 3684 Finn Hågen Krogh 3125 Didrik Tønseth 2646 Emil Iversen 2447 Niklas Dyrhaug 2368 Federico Pellegrino 1999 Maurice Manificat 19410 Alex Harvey 172
Women's standings
Overall Rankafter 36 eventsPoints1 Therese Johaug 26812 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 23023 Heidi Weng 21724 Krista Pärmäkoski 13355 Charlotte Kalla 12176 Maiken Caspersen Falla 11517 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 11428 Jessie Diggins 11289 Kerttu Niskanen 112010 Anne Kyllönen 1025
Distance Rankafter 21 eventsPoints1 Therese Johaug 15332 Heidi Weng 11453 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 9764 Charlotte Kalla 7305 Krista Pärmäkoski 6646 Kerttu Niskanen 6387 Anne Kyllönen 6028 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 5559 Jessie Diggins 54710 Ragnhild Haga 470
Sprint Rankafter 12 eventsPoints1 Maiken Caspersen Falla 7262 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 6463 Stina Nilsson 6024 Heidi Weng 4095 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 3556 Ida Ingemarsdotter 3217 Sophie Caldwell 3038 Jessie Diggins 2979 Krista Pärmäkoski 27910 Sandra Ringwald 248
Prize money Rankafter 57 payoutsCHF1 Therese Johaug 430,7002 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 236,7503 Heidi Weng 224,6254 Maiken Caspersen Falla 106,5635 Stina Nilsson 91,7496 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 63,5007 Krista Pärmäkoski 58,9378 Charlotte Kalla 48,6759 Jessie Diggins 46,50010 Kerttu Niskanen 36,125
Helvetia U23 Rankafter 36 eventsPoints1 Stina Nilsson 9952 Nathalie von Siebenthal 5183 Teresa Stadlober 4864 Petra Novaková 3225 Yuliya Belorukova 1256 Anamarija Lampič 857 Nika Razinger 688 Daria Storozhilova 679 Jonna Sundling 5610 Nadine Fähndrich 44
Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking Rankafter 19 eventsPoints1 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 4892 Heidi Weng 4703 Therese Johaug 4304 Maiken Caspersen Falla 3025 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen 2356 Stina Nilsson 2317 Ida Ingemarsdotter 2178 Krista Pärmäkoski 2079 Charlotte Kalla 19810 Jessie Diggins 193
Nations Cup
Overall Rankafter 78 eventsPoints1 242342 67433 62474 60395 35326 35257 29168 25499 214410 1659
Men Rankafter 39 eventsPoints1 125462 56893 28404 19135 15616 15167 13688 12849 102410 830
Women