Statistics

Biathlon records

Wins

Most wins, women

#	Athlete	Wins	Podiums	Races	% wins
1	Magdalena ForsbergSWE	42	87	154	27.3%
2	Magdalena NeunerGER	34	63	151	22.5%
3	Darya DomrachevaBLR	34	81	246	13.8%
4	Uschi DislGER	30	74	304	9.9%
5	Tiril EckhoffNOR	29	49	225	12.9%
6	Tora BergerNOR	28	64	259	10.8%
7	Kaisa MakarainenFIN	27	85	361	7.5%
8	Liv Grete SkjelbreidNOR	22	46	187	11.8%
9	Andrea HenkelGER	22	59	379	5.8%
10	Laura DahlmeierGER	22	50	127	17.3%

Open in Explore

Most wins, men

#	Athlete	Wins	Podiums	Races	% wins
1	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	95	179	481	19.8%
2	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	91	143	281	32.4%
3	Martin FourcadeFRA	84	150	285	29.5%
4	Raphael PoireeFRA	44	103	261	16.9%
5	Emil Hegle SvendsenNOR	38	90	261	14.6%
6	Sven FischerGER	33	90	295	11.2%
7	Sturla Holm LaegreidNOR	21	63	145	14.5%
8	Quentin Fillon MailletFRA	19	63	307	6.2%
9	Frank UllrichGDR	17	30	49	34.7%
10	Frank Peter RoetschGER	15	37	76	19.7%

Open in Explore

Podiums

Most podiums, women

#	Athlete	Podiums	Wins	Second places	Third places	Races
1	Magdalena ForsbergSWE	87	42	18	27	154
2	Kaisa MakarainenFIN	85	27	34	24	361
3	Darya DomrachevaBLR	81	34	23	24	246
4	Uschi DislGER	74	30	19	25	304
5	Kati WilhelmGER	68	21	29	18	245
6	Tora BergerNOR	64	28	21	15	259
7	Magdalena NeunerGER	63	34	11	18	151
8	Andrea HenkelGER	59	22	20	17	379
9	Dorothea WiererITA	53	17	18	18	337
10	Laura DahlmeierGER	50	22	17	11	127

Open in Explore

Most podiums, men

#	Athlete	Podiums	Wins	Second places	Third places	Races
1	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	179	95	54	30	481
2	Martin FourcadeFRA	150	84	40	26	285
3	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	143	91	26	26	281
4	Raphael PoireeFRA	103	44	39	20	261
5	Sven FischerGER	90	33	20	37	295
6	Emil Hegle SvendsenNOR	90	38	21	31	261
7	Tarjei BoeNOR	73	15	27	31	328
8	Quentin Fillon MailletFRA	63	19	23	21	307
9	Sturla Holm LaegreidNOR	63	21	25	17	145
10	Ricco GrossGER	52	9	21	22	323

Open in Explore

In a single season

Most wins in a season, women

#	Athlete	Season	Wins	Podiums	Races
1	Magdalena ForsbergSWE	2000/01	14	19	25
2	Tiril EckhoffNOR	2020/21	13	17	26
3	Tora BergerNOR	2012/13	11	19	26
4	Magdalena NeunerGER	2011/12	10	18	25
5	Laura DahlmeierGER	2016/17	10	17	24
6	Magdalena ForsbergSWE	2001/02	9	17	22
7	Darya DomrachevaBLR	2014/15	9	12	25
8	Olena ZubrilovaBLR	1998/99	8	14	23
9	Marte Olsbu RoeiselandNOR	2021/22	8	17	24
10	Lou JeanmonnotFRA	2024/25	8	11	25

Open in Explore

Most wins in a season, men

#	Athlete	Season	Wins	Podiums	Races
1	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	2022/23	19	22	23
2	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	2018/19	16	19	26
3	Martin FourcadeFRA	2016/17	14	22	26
4	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	2004/05	12	15	20
5	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	2002/03	11	11	19
6	Raphael PoireeFRA	2003/04	11	15	26
7	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	2006/07	11	11	19
8	Martin FourcadeFRA	2017/18	11	22	25
9	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	2023/24	11	15	25
10	Martin FourcadeFRA	2012/13	10	19	26

Open in Explore

World Championships and Olympics

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, women

#	Athlete	Medals	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Uschi DislGER	27	10	12	5
2	Kati WilhelmGER	19	8	7	4
3	Corinne NiogretFRA	17	4	6	7
4	Andrea HenkelGER	17	10	6	1
5	Laura DahlmeierGER	17	8	3	6
6	Petra BehleGER	16	10	4	2
7	Olena ZubrilovaBLR	16	3	5	8
8	Liv Grete SkjelbreidNOR	16	8	5	3
9	Martina BeckGER	16	3	8	5
10	Magdalena NeunerGER	16	12	4	0

Open in Explore

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, men

#	Athlete	Medals	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	54	25	16	13
2	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	37	20	12	5
3	Martin FourcadeFRA	29	17	8	4
4	Tarjei BoeNOR	28	11	8	9
5	Ricco GrossGER	27	13	8	6
6	Sven FischerGER	27	11	7	9
7	Frank LuckGER	25	13	8	4
8	Emil Hegle SvendsenNOR	24	13	7	4
9	Alexander TikhonovURS	22	15	5	2
10	Halvard HanevoldNOR	21	8	8	5

Open in Explore

Age

Youngest winners, women

#	Athlete	Age	Wins	First win
1	Iva KaragiozovaBUL	16 years and 125 days	5	23 Jan 1988
2	Petra BehleGER	19 years and 60 days	11	5 Mar 1988
3	Nadejda AlexievaBUL	19 years and 126 days	2	17 Dec 1988
4	Elin KristiansenNOR	19 years and 196 days	6	21 Jan 1988
5	Martina HalinarovaSVK	19 years and 324 days	2	11 Mar 1993
6	Magdalena NeunerGER	19 years and 331 days	34	5 Jan 2007
7	Jirina PelcovaCZE	20 years and 24 days	6	16 Dec 1989
8	Uschi DislGER	20 years and 31 days	30	15 Dec 1990
9	Martina BeckGER	20 years and 123 days	15	21 Jan 2000
10	Selina GrotianGER	20 years and 272 days	1	22 Dec 2024

Open in Explore

Youngest winners, men

#	Athlete	Age	Wins	First win
1	Frank Peter RoetschGER	18 years and 325 days	15	10 Mar 1983
2	Mark KirchnerGER	19 years and 341 days	11	10 Mar 1990
3	Frank UllrichGDR	20 years and 30 days	17	22 Feb 1978
4	Juri KashkarovBLR	20 years and 89 days	7	1 Mar 1984
5	Dmitry VasilyevURS	20 years and 92 days	1	9 Mar 1983
6	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	20 years and 213 days	91	14 Dec 2013
7	Dominik LandertingerAUT	20 years and 346 days	2	21 Feb 2009
8	Frank LuckGER	21 years and 14 days	12	17 Dec 1988
9	Eirik KvalfossNOR	21 years and 30 days	13	22 Jan 1981
10	Birk AndersGDR	21 years and 43 days	4	15 Dec 1988

Open in Explore

Oldest winners, women

#	Athlete	Age	Wins	Last win
1	Anna Carin ZidekSWE	37 years and 244 days	12	1 Dec 2010
2	Kaisa MakarainenFIN	37 years and 1 day	27	12 Jan 2020
3	Andrea HenkelGER	36 years and 40 days	22	18 Jan 2014
4	Dorothea WiererITA	35 years and 244 days	17	2 Dec 2025
5	Uschi DislGER	35 years and 12 days	30	26 Nov 2005
6	Magdalena ForsbergSWE	34 years and 242 days	42	23 Mar 2002
7	Olga ZaitsevaRUS	34 years and 236 days	13	6 Jan 2013
8	Anastasiya KuzminaSVK	34 years and 207 days	18	23 Mar 2019
9	Denise Herrmann-WickGER	34 years and 149 days	13	18 Mar 2023
10	Svetlana ChernousovaRUS	34 years and 58 days	1	14 Jan 2005

Open in Explore

Oldest winners, men

#	Athlete	Age	Wins	Last win
1	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	41 years and 310 days	95	2 Dec 2015
2	Jakov FakSLO	37 years and 225 days	9	13 Mar 2025
3	Christoph SumannAUT	37 years and 58 days	6	16 Mar 2013
4	Sergei TchepikovRUS	36 years and 360 days	7	24 Jan 2004
5	Vladimir DrachevBLR	36 years and 354 days	15	23 Feb 2003
6	Tarjei BoeNOR	36 years and 180 days	15	24 Jan 2025
7	Adolf WiklundSWE	36 years and 69 days	1	25 Feb 1958
8	Halvard HanevoldNOR	36 years and 37 days	9	8 Jan 2006
9	Lowell BaileyUSA	35 years and 247 days	1	16 Feb 2017
10	Bjoern FerrySWE	35 years and 221 days	7	9 Mar 2014

Open in Explore

Shooting and skiing

Best shooters, women

#	Athlete	% hits	% prone	% standing	Races
1	Vanessa VoigtGER	92.2%	93.1%	91.3%	109
2	Lou JeanmonnotFRA	91.2%	93.8%	88.6%	105
3	Laura DahlmeierGER	90.6%	90.5%	90.8%	127
4	Marie Laure BrunetFRA	90.4%	92.6%	88.2%	138
5	Irina TananaikoUKR	90.2%	91.5%	88.9%	107
6	Helena EkholmSWE	90.0%	88.9%	91.1%	159
7	Suvi MinkkinenFIN	89.5%	90.4%	88.6%	158
8	Lotte LieBEL	89.4%	91.5%	87.4%	123
9	Nadezhda SkardinoBLR	89.2%	90.8%	87.5%	249
10	Natalia LevchenkovaMDA	89.1%	89.1%	89.1%	120

Open in Explore

Best shooters, men

#	Athlete	% hits	% prone	% standing	Races
1	Sturla Holm LaegreidNOR	91.5%	93.9%	89.1%	145
2	Sebastian StalderSUI	89.2%	91.5%	86.8%	112
3	Ricco GrossGER	89.0%	90.3%	87.7%	323
4	Peter SendelGER	88.7%	87.9%	89.5%	199
5	Martin FourcadeFRA	88.7%	90.8%	86.6%	285
6	Roman ReesGER	88.5%	91.4%	85.5%	123
7	Simon EderAUT	88.4%	91.7%	85.2%	437
8	Frank LuckGER	88.2%	89.7%	86.6%	256
9	Sergei RozhkovRUS	88.0%	87.7%	88.4%	244
10	Anton ShipulinRUS	87.9%	88.4%	87.5%	207

Open in Explore

Fastest skiers, women

#	Athlete	Course gap (% to top-30 median)	Average course rank	Races
1	Magdalena NeunerGER	-3.5%	3.61	151
2	Anamarija LampicSLO	-3.3%	4.45	71
3	Darya DomrachevaBLR	-2.8%	5.36	246
4	Anna Carin ZidekSWE	-2.6%	5.36	137
5	Kati WilhelmGER	-2.2%	6.70	128
6	Kaisa MakarainenFIN	-2.2%	7.89	359
7	Denise Herrmann-WickGER	-2.0%	6.03	147
8	Miriam GoessnerGER	-1.9%	8.73	126
9	Justine Braisaz-BouchetFRA	-1.8%	7.74	248
10	Sandrine BaillyFRA	-1.5%	10.7	115

Open in Explore

Fastest skiers, men

#	Athlete	Course gap (% to top-30 median)	Average course rank	Races
1	Johannes Thingnes BoeNOR	-2.1%	6.02	281
2	Frode AndresenNOR	-1.7%	6.94	85
3	Johannes Dale-SkjevdalNOR	-1.6%	7.85	138
4	Martin FourcadeFRA	-1.5%	8.47	285
5	Lars BergerNOR	-1.0%	10.9	128
6	Emil Hegle SvendsenNOR	-1.0%	9.96	261
7	Martin PonsiluomaSWE	-0.9%	12.7	183
8	Sturla Holm LaegreidNOR	-0.9%	11.3	145
9	Tarjei BoeNOR	-0.9%	11.0	328
10	Michael GreisGER	-0.9%	11.7	145

Open in Explore

Appearances

Most races, women

#	Athlete	Races	Seasons	First race	Last race
1	Magdalena GwizdonPOL	425	26	9 Dec 1995	11 Mar 2022
2	Andrea HenkelGER	379	17	16 Mar 1995	23 Mar 2014
3	Kaisa MakarainenFIN	361	16	5 Mar 2005	14 Mar 2020
4	Eva TofalviROU	341	22	9 Jan 1997	15 Feb 2018
5	Dorothea WiererITA	337	17	9 Jan 2009	21 Feb 2026
6	Michela PonzaITA	320	17	14 Mar 1998	8 Mar 2014
7	Teja GregorinSLO	318	14	4 Dec 2003	19 Mar 2017
8	Uschi DislGER	304	17	26 Jan 1989	26 Mar 2006
9	Nathalie SanterBEL	292	19	20 Jan 1990	13 Mar 2008
10	Anais BescondFRA	292	14	8 Mar 2007	20 Mar 2022

Open in Explore

Most races, men

#	Athlete	Races	Seasons	First race	Last race
1	Ole Einar BjoerndalenNOR	481	26	18 Mar 1993	24 Mar 2018
2	Simon EderAUT	437	23	18 Jan 2003	20 Mar 2026
3	Lukas HoferITA	369	18	10 Jan 2009	22 Mar 2026
4	Halvard HanevoldNOR	349	19	8 Mar 1992	27 Mar 2010
5	Jakov FakSLO	349	20	8 Dec 2006	20 Mar 2026
6	Tomasz SikoraPOL	346	20	4 Mar 1993	17 Mar 2012
7	Michal SlesingrCZE	331	19	14 Mar 2002	6 Mar 2020
8	Tarjei BoeNOR	328	17	26 Mar 2009	23 Mar 2025
9	Ricco GrossGER	323	17	13 Dec 1990	18 Mar 2007
10	Daniel MesotitschAUT	322	19	8 Dec 1999	24 Mar 2018

Open in Explore

Nations

Nations with most wins

#	Nation	Wins	Podiums	Races
1	Norway NOR	656	1,610	9,891
2	Germany GER	440	1,270	9,938
3	France FRA	357	1,046	9,429
4	Russia RUS	220	738	7,828
5	Sweden SWE	156	487	6,607
6	Soviet Union URS	127	298	986
7	East Germany GDR	80	199	726
8	Italy ITA	77	299	6,755
9	Belarus BLR	74	243	5,523
10	Finland FIN	50	186	5,369
11	Austria AUT	47	183	5,799
12	Ukraine UKR	36	182	5,921

Open in Explore

Nations with most World Championship and Olympic medals

#	Nation	Medals	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Norway NOR	318	121	108	89
2	Germany GER	216	86	75	55
3	France FRA	187	69	52	66
4	Russia RUS	113	36	42	35
5	Soviet Union URS	108	51	31	26
6	Sweden SWE	92	25	27	40
7	East Germany GDR	52	22	16	14
8	Italy ITA	48	13	16	19
9	Ukraine UKR	43	7	12	24
10	Finland FIN	40	9	12	19
11	Belarus BLR	38	9	13	16
12	Czechia CZE	31	6	11	14

Open in Explore

Data source: IBU.

Italy in numbers →

Biathlon records iIndividual World Cup, World Championships and Olympic races, seniors, unless stated otherwise. Updated 21 October 2026.

Wins

Most wins, women

Most wins, men

Podiums

Most podiums, women

Most podiums, men

In a single season

Most wins in a season, women

Most wins in a season, men

World Championships and Olympics

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, womeniRelays included. The Olympics from 1960 to 1980 are not in the IBU archive.

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, meniRelays included. The Olympics from 1960 to 1980 are not in the IBU archive.

Age

Youngest winners, womeniAge at first win.

Youngest winners, meniAge at first win.

Oldest winners, womeniAge at last win.

Oldest winners, meniAge at last win.

Shooting and skiing

Best shooters, womeniAt least 100 individual races.

Best shooters, meniAt least 100 individual races.

Fastest skiers, womeniAverage gap to the median of the 30 best course times; at least 50 races since 2005/06.

Fastest skiers, meniAverage gap to the median of the 30 best course times; at least 50 races since 2005/06.

Appearances

Most races, women

Most races, men

Nations

Nations with most winsiRelays counted once per team.

Nations with most World Championship and Olympic medalsiThe Olympics from 1960 to 1980 are not in the IBU archive.

Biathlon records

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, women

Most medals at World Championships and Olympics, men

Youngest winners, women

Youngest winners, men

Oldest winners, women

Oldest winners, men

Best shooters, women

Best shooters, men

Fastest skiers, women

Fastest skiers, men

Nations with most wins

Nations with most World Championship and Olympic medals