Top 34 Alpine Skiers of All Time

Crystal globes and Olympic gold separate some of these racers; others built legends on a single winter or one terrifying downhill.

1. 1
   Mikaela Shiffrin

   American who holds the record for World Cup race wins with more than 100, has six overall titles and won Olympic gold in 2014, 2018 and 2026.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Ingemar Stenmark

   Swedish technical skier with 86 World Cup wins, three overall titles (1976-78) and Olympic slalom and giant slalom gold in 1980.
   640pts
3. 3
   Annemarie Moser-Pröll

   Austrian with six World Cup overall titles, 62 World Cup wins and the 1980 Olympic downhill gold.
   640pts
4. 4
   Pirmin Zurbriggen

   Swiss all-rounder with four World Cup overall titles and the 1988 Olympic downhill gold.
   605pts
5. 5
   Nancy Greene

   Canadian who won the first two women's World Cup overall titles (1967, 1968) and Olympic giant slalom gold in 1968.
   567pts
6. 6
   Renate Götschl

   Austrian speed specialist with 46 World Cup wins and the 2000 World Cup overall title.
   539pts
7. 7
   Petra Vlhová

   Slovak technical skier who won the 2021 World Cup overall title and Olympic slalom gold in 2022.
   524pts
8. 8
   Tina Maze

   Slovenian who scored a single-season record 2,414 World Cup points in 2012-13 and won downhill and giant slalom gold at the 2014 Olympics.
   524pts
9. 9
   Toni Sailer

   Austrian who won all three alpine gold medals at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics.
   524pts
10. 10
    Anja Pärson

    Swede who won World Cup races in all five disciplines, overall titles in 2004 and 2005 and Olympic slalom gold in 2006.
    524pts
11. 11
    Marco Odermatt

    Swiss all-rounder who won Olympic giant slalom gold in 2022 and five straight World Cup overall titles from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
    475pts
12. 12
    Maria Höfl-Riesch

    German with three Olympic golds (slalom and super combined in 2010, super combined in 2014) and the 2011 World Cup overall title.
    475pts
13. 13
    Rosi Mittermaier

    West German who won downhill and slalom gold plus giant slalom silver at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics and the 1976 World Cup overall title.
    419pts
14. 14
    Aksel Lund Svindal

    Norwegian with two World Cup overall titles and Olympic golds in super-G (2010) and downhill (2018).
    419pts
15. 15
    Vreni Schneider

    Swiss technical skier with three Olympic golds (giant slalom and slalom in 1988, slalom in 1994) and 55 World Cup wins.
    354pts
16. 16
    Franz Klammer

    Austrian downhiller who won Olympic gold on home snow at Innsbruck 1976 and took 25 World Cup downhill wins.
    354pts
17. 17
    Ted Ligety

    American giant slalom specialist with Olympic golds in combined (2006) and giant slalom (2014).
    354pts
18. 18
    Lara Gut-Behrami

    Swiss all-rounder with World Cup overall titles in 2016 and 2024 and Olympic super-G gold in 2022.
    354pts
19. 19
    Jean-Claude Killy

    French skier who swept downhill, giant slalom and slalom gold at the 1968 Grenoble Olympics and won the first two World Cup overall titles in 1967 and 1968.
    354pts
20. 20
    Kjetil André Aamodt

    Norwegian all-rounder who won eight Olympic medals, four of them gold, between 1992 and 2006.
    279pts
21. 21
    Hermann Maier

    Austrian nicknamed the Herminator who won super-G and giant slalom gold at Nagano 1998 days after a downhill crash and took four World Cup overall titles.
    279pts
22. 22
    Sofia Goggia

    Italian downhiller who won Olympic downhill gold in 2018 and four World Cup downhill season titles.
    279pts
23. 23
    Lasse Kjus

    Norwegian who won World Cup overall titles in 1996 and 1999 and 1994 Olympic combined gold, and took medals in all five events at the 1999 World Championships.
    279pts
24. 24
    Benjamin Raich

    Austrian who won Olympic slalom and giant slalom gold in 2006 and the 2006 World Cup overall title.
    279pts
25. 25
    Deborah Compagnoni

    Italian who won gold at three straight Olympics: super-G in 1992 and giant slalom in 1994 and 1998.
    279pts
26. 26
    Alberto Tomba

    Italian technical skier with three Olympic golds (slalom and giant slalom in 1988, giant slalom in 1992) and 50 World Cup wins.
    190pts
27. 27
    Bode Miller

    American who won World Cup overall titles in 2005 and 2008 and six Olympic medals, including super combined gold in 2010.
    190pts
28. 28
    Gustav Thöni

    Italian with four World Cup overall titles in the 1970s and Olympic giant slalom gold in 1972.
    190pts
29. 29
    Katja Seizinger

    German speed skier with Olympic downhill golds in 1994 and 1998 and two World Cup overall titles.
    190pts
30. 30
    Marc Girardelli

    Austrian-born skier racing for Luxembourg who won five World Cup overall titles between 1985 and 1993.
    190pts
31. 31
    Federica Brignone

    Italian with World Cup overall titles in 2020 and 2025 who won super-G and giant slalom gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
    190pts
32. 32
    Marcel Hirscher

    Austrian who won eight consecutive World Cup overall titles (2012-2019) and Olympic combined and giant slalom gold in 2018.
    0pts
33. 33
    Lindsey Vonn

    American speed specialist with four World Cup overall titles and the 2010 Olympic downhill gold who came back from retirement in 2024.
    0pts
34. 34
    Janica Kostelić

    Croatian who won three golds at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, added a fourth in 2006 and took three World Cup overall titles.
    0pts

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