Aksel Lund SvindalAlberto TombaFederica BrignoneFranz KlammerHermann MaierIngemar StenmarkJanica KostelicJean-Claude KillyKjetil Andre AamodtLara Gut-BehramiLindsey VonnMarcel HirscherMikaela ShiffrinPicabo StreetPirmin ZurbriggenSofia GoggiaToni SailerVreni SchneiderBode MillerDidier CucheAnnemarie Moser-ProllDeborah CompagnoniKatja SeizingerTina MazeMarc GirardelliAnja ParsonRosi MittermaierJulia MancusoTed LigetyMarco Odermatt
Rankings & Lists

Greatest Alpine Skiers of All Time

The greatest alpine skiers in history ranked by World Cup titles, Olympic medals and career records across downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G and combined disciplines.

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The greatest alpine skiers in history ranked by World Cup titles, Olympic medals and career records across downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G and combined disciplines.

Methodology: Overall World Cup title count is the primary metric. Olympic gold medals and World Championship titles carry additional weight. Discipline breadth — athletes who dominated across multiple events — ranks above single-discipline specialists, all else being equal.

Top 10

1
MS

American·Alpine Skiing

Mikaela Shiffrin

American alpine ski racer who holds the all-time record for World Cup race wins, male or female.

3 Olympic golds · 8 world titles

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2
IS

Swedish·Alpine Skiing

Ingemar Stenmark

Swedish 'slalom king' widely regarded as the greatest technical skier in men's alpine history.

2 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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3
LV

American·Alpine Skiing

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine ski racer regarded as one of the greatest downhill skiers in history, with 84 World Cup wins.

1 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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4
MH

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Marcel Hirscher

Austrian alpine ski racer who dominated the World Cup circuit, winning a record 8 consecutive overall titles.

2 Olympic golds · 7 world titles

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5
HM

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Hermann Maier

Austrian racer nicknamed 'the Herminator' who won four overall World Cup titles across a career interrupted by a near career-ending motorcyc

2 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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6
KA

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Kjetil Andre Aamodt

Norwegian all-rounder whose combined Olympic and World Championship medal haul is an all-time record.

4 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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7
JK

French·Alpine Skiing

Jean-Claude Killy

French triple Olympic champion who won the first two-ever overall World Cup titles (1967, 1968).

3 Olympic golds · 6 world titles

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8
TS

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Toni Sailer

Austrian alpine ski racer who became the first person to win all three alpine events at a single Winter Olympics, in 1956.

3 Olympic golds · 7 world titles

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9
JK

Croatian·Alpine Skiing

Janica Kostelic

Croatian alpine skier often regarded as the greatest female ski racer of all time, with four Olympic golds.

4 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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10
PZ

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Pirmin Zurbriggen

Swiss alpine ski racer who won Olympic gold in downhill in 1988 and claimed four overall World Cup titles in the 1980s.

1 Olympic golds · 4 world titles

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11–25

11
VS

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Vreni Schneider

Swiss alpine skier voted Swiss Sportswoman of the Century, with three Olympic golds and 55 World Cup victories.

3 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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12
AT

Italian·Alpine Skiing

Alberto Tomba

Italian slalom/GS icon who won three Olympic golds and became the sport's first global celebrity.

3 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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13
FK

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Franz Klammer

Austrian alpine ski racer nicknamed 'the Kaiser' who dominated downhill skiing in the mid-1970s.

1 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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14
AM

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Annemarie Moser-Proll

Austrian alpine racer who dominated 1970s women's skiing, setting a still-standing record of six World Cup overall titles.

1 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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15
DC

Italian·Alpine Skiing

Deborah Compagnoni

Italian racer who won Olympic gold in three straight Games (1992, 1994, 1998), becoming Italy's most decorated female skier.

3 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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16
KS

German·Alpine Skiing

Katja Seizinger

German speed specialist and her country's most successful alpine skier, with three Olympic gold medals in the 1990s.

3 Olympic golds · 1 world titles

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17
RM

German·Alpine Skiing

Rosi Mittermaier

German skier nicknamed 'Gold-Rosi' who won two golds and a silver at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics in her final competitive season.

2 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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18
MO

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Marco Odermatt

Swiss alpine skier and Olympic giant slalom champion widely regarded as the most dominant all-round skier of his generation.

1 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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19
TM

Slovenian·Alpine Skiing

Tina Maze

Slovenian alpine skier and the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history, with two Olympic golds in 2014.

2 Olympic golds · 4 world titles

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20
FB

Italian·Alpine Skiing

Federica Brignone

Italian alpine skier and two-time Olympic champion who became the first Italian woman to win the World Cup overall title.

2 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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21
LG

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Lara Gut-Behrami

Swiss alpine skier and Olympic Super-G champion regarded as one of the greatest Super-G racers in World Cup history.

1 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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22
SG

Italian·Alpine Skiing

Sofia Goggia

Italian downhill specialist who won Olympic gold in 2018 and has claimed four World Cup downhill season titles.

1 Olympic golds · 28 World Cup wins

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23
PS

American·Alpine Skiing

Picabo Street

American alpine ski racer who won Olympic downhill silver in 1994 and Super-G gold in 1998, with two World Cup downhill titles.

1 Olympic golds · 1 world titles

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24
AL

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Aksel Lund Svindal

Norwegian speed specialist and 2018 PyeongChang downhill gold medalist at age 35, the oldest ever in alpine skiing.

2 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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25
BM

American·Alpine Skiing

Bode Miller

American racer and two-time overall World Cup champion, the most-decorated U.S. Olympic alpine skier with 6 medals.

1 Olympic golds · 4 world titles

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26–50

26
MG

Luxembourgish·Alpine Skiing

Marc Girardelli

Luxembourgish ski racer who won five World Cup overall titles while medaling in every alpine discipline.

4 world titles · 46 World Cup wins

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27
TL

American·Alpine Skiing

Ted Ligety

American racer nicknamed 'Mr. GS', regarded as among the greatest giant slalom skiers ever with five World Cup GS titles.

2 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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28
LK

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Lasse Kjus

Norwegian all-rounder famed for medaling in all five disciplines at the 1999 World Championships and winning two overall World Cup titles.

1 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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29
GT

Italian·Alpine Skiing

Gustav Thoni

Italian skiing legend who dominated the technical disciplines in the early 1970s, winning four overall World Cup titles in five years.

1 Olympic golds · 5 world titles

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30
SE

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Stein Eriksen

Norwegian skiing pioneer and the first male ski racer from outside the Alps to win Olympic gold, later a founding figure of American ski cul

1 Olympic golds · 4 world titles

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31
CC

German·Alpine Skiing

Christl Cranz

German alpine skier who dominated the 1930s, winning a record 12 World Championship gold medals and becoming the sport's first female Olympi

1 Olympic golds · 12 world titles

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32
AP

Swedish·Alpine Skiing

Anja Parson

Swedish alpine skier who became the first skier ever to win World Championship gold medals in all five disciplines.

1 Olympic golds · 7 world titles

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33
HK

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Henrik Kristoffersen

Norwegian technical specialist and the most successful slalom skier in his country's history, with 34 career World Cup wins.

2 world titles · 34 World Cup wins

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34
AP

French·Alpine Skiing

Alexis Pinturault

French alpine skier and the most successful French World Cup racer in history, the 2021 overall World Cup champion.

3 world titles · 34 World Cup wins

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35
JM

American·Alpine Skiing

Julia Mancuso

American skier nicknamed 'Super Jules', long the most-decorated U.S. female alpine skier in Olympic history.

1 Olympic golds · 7 World Cup wins

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36
MH

German·Alpine Skiing

Maria Hoefl-Riesch

German alpine skier and three-time Olympic champion who dominated the combined discipline in the early 2010s.

3 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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37
DC

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Didier Cuche

Swiss downhill specialist who became the World Cup's oldest-ever race winner at age 37.

1 world titles · 21 World Cup wins

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38
BR

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Benjamin Raich

Austrian alpine skier nicknamed 'Der Blitz aus Pitz', a double Olympic champion at the 2006 Turin Games.

2 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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39
VR

German·Alpine Skiing

Viktoria Rebensburg

German alpine skier and 2010 Olympic giant slalom champion who became a consistent World Cup force in the discipline for a decade.

1 Olympic golds · 19 World Cup wins

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40
KL

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Katharina Liensberger

Austrian alpine skier whose breakout 2021 season saw her win two World Championship golds, denying Mikaela Shiffrin a fifth straight world t

1 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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41
PV

Slovak·Alpine Skiing

Petra Vlhova

Slovak alpine skier who became the first Slovak to win an Olympic alpine skiing medal and the World Cup overall title.

1 Olympic golds · 1 world titles

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42
WH

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Wendy Holdener

Swiss slalom and combined specialist, a five-time Olympic medalist known for consistency across technical events.

1 Olympic golds · 3 world titles

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43
MD

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Michaela Dorfmeister

Austrian alpine skier who capped her career with a historic Olympic double at the 2006 Turin Games.

2 Olympic golds · 2 world titles

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44
RG

Austrian·Alpine Skiing

Renate Gotschl

Austrian alpine skier nicknamed the 'Speed Queen', one of the most successful World Cup racers in history with 46 victories.

3 world titles · 46 World Cup wins

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45
EH

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Erika Hess

Swiss alpine skier who dominated the technical disciplines throughout the 1980s, winning six World Championship gold medals.

6 world titles · 31 World Cup wins

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46
AA

Norwegian·Alpine Skiing

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Norwegian speed specialist and 2020 overall World Cup champion whose career has been shaped by both dominance and serious injury.

21 World Cup wins

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47
CS

Swiss·Alpine Skiing

Corinne Suter

Swiss speed specialist and 2022 Olympic downhill champion who ended a 32-year wait for a Swiss women's World Championship downhill title.

1 Olympic golds · 1 world titles

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48
SH

Swedish·Alpine Skiing

Sara Hector

Swedish alpine skier and 2022 Olympic giant slalom champion, the first Swedish woman to win Olympic GS gold since 1992.

1 Olympic golds · 8 World Cup wins

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49
FN

German·Alpine Skiing

Felix Neureuther

German alpine ski racer and the most successful male World Cup skier in his country's history, son of Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier.

13 World Cup wins

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50
TP

Finnish·Alpine Skiing

Tanja Poutiainen

Finnish alpine ski racer and Olympic silver medalist who won three World Cup discipline titles.

11 World Cup wins

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