The 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) was the 45th World Cup for men and women as the highest level of international cross-country skiing competitions.
The men's and women's season started on 28 November 2025 in Ruka, Finland and concluded on 22 March 2026 in Lake Placid, United States.
The season took a break in February due to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. This was also the first season since the 2021-22 seasson that both Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to participate under certain rules.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo from Norway and Jessie Diggins from the United States were the reigning champions from the previous season and defended their titles.
Season overview The proposed World Cup schedule for the 2025–26 season was approved at a meeting in Vilamoura on 8 May.
Map of world cup hosts All 12 locations hosting world cup events in this season. EuropeNorth America
Period I Period II – Tour de Ski Period III Period IV
Men
Calendar +Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – PursuitDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird1 Ruka 10 km C Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Mika Vermeulen 229 November 2025 Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Ansgar Evensen 330 November 2025 20 km F MSS Harald Østberg Amundsen Einar Hedegart Edvin Anger 45 December 2025 Trondheim Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Oskar Opstad Vike Alvar Myhlback 56 December 2025 20 km skiathlon Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Harald Østberg Amundsen Emil Iversen 67 December 2025 10 km F Einar Hedegart Andreas Fjorden Ree Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 713 December 2025 Davos Sprint F Lucas Chanavat Federico Pellegrino Oskar Opstad Vike 814 December 2025 10 km F Einar Hedegart Harald Østberg Amundsen Mattis Stenshagen TdS928 December 2025 Toblach Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lars Heggen Oskar Opstad Vike 1029 December 2025 10 km C Mattis Stenshagen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Emil Iversen 1131 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS Gus Schumacher Benjamin Moser Lars Heggen 121 January 2026 20 km C PUR Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Mattis Stenshagen Edvin Anger 133 January 2026 Val di Fiemme Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Jules Chappaz Anton Grahn 144 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb Mattis Stenshagen Jules Lapierre Emil Iversen 920th Tour de Ski Overall(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Mattis Stenshagen Harald Østberg Amundsen 101517 January 2026 Oberhof Sprint F Lars Heggen Federico Pellegrino Even Northug 111618 January 2026 10 km C Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Iivo Niskanen Erik Valnes 121724 January 2026 Goms Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Gus Schumacher Edvin Anger 131825 January 2026 20 km C MSS Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Emil Iversen Harald Østberg Amundsen 2026 Winter Olympics(7 February – 22 February • Milan, )141928 February 2026 Falun Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lars Heggen Benjamin Moser 15201 March 2026 20 km skiathlon Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Harald Østberg Amundsen Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 16217 March 2026 Lahti Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lars Heggen Jules Chappaz 17228 March 2026 10 km C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Savelii Korostelev 182312 March 2026 Drammen Sprint C Ansgar Evensen Jiří Tuž Kristian Kollerud 192414 March 2026 Oslo 50 km F MSS Einar Hedegart Harald Østberg Amundsen Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 202520 March 2026 Lake Placid 10 km C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Andreas Fjorden Ree Mattis Stenshagen 212621 March 2026 Sprint F Federico Pellegrino Lars Heggen Anton Grahn 222722 March 2026 20 km F MSS Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Harald Østberg Amundsen Einar Hedegart 45th FIS World Cup Overall(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Harald Østberg Amundsen Federico Pellegrino
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget28 November 2025 Ruka 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo29 November 2025 – 22 March 2026 Ruka – Lake Placid
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standings after 28 eventsPoints Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2301 2 Harald Østberg Amundsen 1848 3 Federico Pellegrino 1443 4 Mattis Stenshagen 1316 5 Lars Heggen 1218 6 Andreas Fjorden Ree 1121 7 Gus Schumacher 1113 8 Elia Barp 1072 9 Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 972 10 Emil Iversen 927
Distance Rankfinal standings after 16 eventsPoints Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1166 2 Harald Østberg Amundsen 1141 3 Andreas Fjorden Ree 980 4 Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 972 5 Mattis Stenshagen 926 6 Elia Barp 745 7 Emil Iversen 687 8 Federico Pellegrino 622 9 Hugo Lapalus 588 10 Arsi Ruuskanen 542
Sprint Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 835 2 Lars Heggen 657 3 Federico Pellegrino 566 4 Ansgar Evensen 523 5 Jules Chappaz 518 6 Even Northug 505 7 Ben Ogden 498 8 Lucas Chanavat 460 9 Oskar Opstad Vike 460 10 Anton Grahn 449
U23 Rankfinal standings after 28 eventsPoints Lars Heggen 1218 2 Savelii Korostelev 800 3 Martino Carollo 687 4 Jiří Tuž 504 5 Anton Grahn 470 6 Oskar Opstad Vike 460 7 Alvar Myhlback 345 8 Niko Anttola 281 9 Filip Skari 253 10 Noe Näff 246
Bonus ranking Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 209 2 Harald Østberg Amundsen 176 3 Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 122 4 Mattis Stenshagen 117 5 Andreas Fjorden Ree 87 6 Emil Iversen 79 7 Federico Pellegrino 62 8 Savelii Korostelev 59 9 Lars Heggen 48 10 Edvin Anger 46
Prize money Rankfinal standings after 34 payoutsCHF 1 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 347 200 2 Harald Østberg Amundsen 198 000 3 Mattis Stenshagen 122 750 4 Federico Pellegrino 117 500 5 Lars Heggen 106 700 6 Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 80 100 7 Einar Hedegart 71 000 8 Andreas Fjorden Ree 65 600 9 Emil Iversen 62 600 10 Gus Schumacher 53 700
Women
Calendar +Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – PursuitDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThird1 Ruka 10 km C Frida Karlsson Heidi Weng Moa Ilar 229 November 2025 Sprint C Kristine Stavås Skistad Jonna Sundling Maja Dahlqvist 330 November 2025 20 km F MSS Jonna Sundling Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng 45 December 2025 Trondheim Sprint C Johanna Hagström Emma Ribom Linn Svahn 56 December 2025 20 km skiathlon Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng Ebba Andersson 67 December 2025 10 km F Ebba Andersson Moa Ilar Jessie Diggins 713 December 2025 Davos Sprint F Jonna Sundling Mathilde Myhrvold Nadine Fähndrich 814 December 2025 10 km F Karoline Simpson-Larsen Moa Ilar Astrid Øyre Slind TdS928 December 2025 Toblach Sprint F Kristine Stavås Skistad Coletta Rydzek Maja Dahlqvist 1029 December 2025 10 km C Astrid Øyre Slind Teresa Stadlober Jessie Diggins 1131 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS Jessie Diggins Emma Ribom Moa Ilar 121 January 2026 20 km C PUR Jessie Diggins Moa Ilar Teresa Stadlober 133 January 2026 Val di Fiemme Sprint C Jasmi Joensuu Nadine Fähndrich Johanna Hagström 144 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb Karoline Simpson-Larsen Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng 920th Tour de Ski Overall(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) Jessie Diggins Teresa Stadlober Heidi Weng 101517 January 2026 Oberhof Sprint F Jonna Sundling Coletta Rydzek Maja Dahlqvist 111618 January 2026 10 km C Moa Ilar Teresa Stadlober Jonna Sundling 121724 January 2026 Goms Sprint C Linn Svahn Laura Gimmler Nadine Fähndrich 131825 January 2026 20 km C MSS Johanna Matintalo Jessie Diggins Astrid Øyre Slind 2026 Winter Olympics(7 February – 22 February • Milan, )141928 February 2026 Falun Sprint F Linn Svahn Kristine Stavås Skistad Nadine Fähndrich 15201 March 2026 20 km skiathlon Heidi Weng Jessie Diggins Frida Karlsson 16217 March 2026 Lahti Sprint F Jonna Sundling Linn Svahn Coletta Rydzek 17228 March 2026 10 km C Frida Karlsson Linn Svahn Jessie Diggins 182312 March 2026 Drammen Sprint C Jonna Sundling Kristine Stavås Skistad Nadine Fähndrich 192414 March 2026 Oslo 50 km F MSS Frida Karlsson Linn Svahn Jonna Sundling 202520 March 2026 Lake Placid 10 km C Linn Svahn Frida Karlsson Heidi Weng 212621 March 2026 Sprint F Linn Svahn Jonna Sundling Maja Dahlqvist 222722 March 2026 20 km F MSS Jonna Sundling Linn Svahn Heidi Weng 45th FIS World Cup Overall(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) Jessie Diggins Moa Ilar Maja Dahlqvist
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions Frida Karlsson28 November 2025 Ruka1 Moa Ilar29 November 2025 Ruka1 Jessie Diggins30 November 2025 – 22 March 2026 Ruka – Lake Placid
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standings after 28 eventsPoints Jessie Diggins 2303 2 Moa Ilar 1922 3 Maja Dahlqvist 1623 4 Jonna Sundling 1422 5 Heidi Weng 1324 6 Linn Svahn 1300 7 Nadine Fähndrich 1135 8 Jasmi Joensuu 1079 9 Teresa Stadlober 1063 10 Johanna Matintalo 1047
Distance Rankfinal standings after 16 eventsPoints Jessie Diggins 1361 2 Moa Ilar 1087 3 Heidi Weng 1048 4 Frida Karlsson 951 5 Karoline Simpson-Larsen 822 6 Teresa Stadlober 776 7 Astrid Øyre Slind 736 8 Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs 685 9 Jonna Sundling 672 10 Maja Dahlqvist 647
Sprint Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints Maja Dahlqvist 814 2 Johanna Hagström 798 3 Nadine Fähndrich 793 4 Jonna Sundling 750 5 Linn Svahn 727 6 Coletta Rydzek 659 7 Jessie Diggins 642 8 Moa Ilar 628 9 Jasmi Joensuu 562 10 Laura Gimmler 560
U23 Rankfinal standings after 28 eventsPoints Alison Mackie 548 2 Iris De Martin Pinter 488 3 Gina Del Rio 451 4 Milla Grosberghaugen Andreassen 440 5 Léonie Perry 398 6 Eva Ingebrigtsen 252 7 Sammy Smith 212 8 Marina Kälin 187 9 Evelina Crüsell 176 10 Maria Gismondi 111
Bonus ranking Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints 1 Jessie Diggins 218 2 Heidi Weng 166 3 Frida Karlsson 139 4 Ebba Andersson 94 5 Astrid Øyre Slind 90 6 Karoline Simpson-Larsen 74 7 Moa Ilar 71 8 Teresa Stadlober 63 9 Maja Dahlqvist 61 10 Nadine Fähndrich 50
Prize money Rankfinal standings after 34 payoutsCHF 1 Jessie Diggins 248 000 2 Jonna Sundling 167 800 3 Linn Svahn 139 600 4 Moa Ilar 134 100 5 Heidi Weng 125 050 6 Maja Dahlqvist 106 000 7 Teresa Stadlober 93 850 8 Frida Karlsson 78 100 9 Nadine Fähndrich 58 900 10 Ebba Andersson 57 600
Team events + Event key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdRed bibMen's Team1 Davos Sprint F Norway 223 January 2026 Goms Sprint F Norway Women's Team1 Davos Sprint F Sweden 223 January 2026 Goms Sprint F Sweden
Nations Cup
Overall Rankfinal standings after 60 eventsPoints 1 14841 2 11528 3 7474 4 7009 5 6648 6 5840 7 5641 8 5108 9 3188 10 2512
Men Rankfinal standings after 30 eventsPoints 1 8308 2 4518 3 3970 4 3811 5 3371 6 3185 7 2072 8 1778 9 1775 10 1454
Women Rankfinal standings after 30 eventsPoints 1 7558 2 6533 3 4103 4 4065 5 3824 6 3569 7 2130 8 1410 9 1298 10 1297
Podium table by nation Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
Point distribution The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2025–26 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. Place1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Individual100 95 90 85 80 75 72 69 66 63 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Relay200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Team sprint Tour de Ski 300 285 270 255 240 225 216 207 198 189 180 174 168 162 156 150 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3 Stage Tour de Ski50 47 44 41 38 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Bonus points (MSS checkpoints)15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint Q
Achievements
Only individual events.
First World Cup career victory
Men Einar Hedegart (24), in his 2nd season – the WC 6 (10 km F) in Trondheim; first podium was 2024–2025 WC 21 (10 km F) in Oslo