2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 25th official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in November 2021 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia and concluded in March 2022 in Planica, Slovenia. The women's season started in December 2021 in Lillehammer, Norway and was expected to conclude in March 2022 in Chaykovsky, Russia. However, because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the women's season concluded in Oberhof, Germany.
Halvor Egner Granerud and Nika Križnar were the defending overall champions from the previous season.
Season overview
The first edition of the Silvester Tournament was held with two knockout events from 31 December 2021 to 1 January 2022 in Ljubno, Slovenia. The Alpenkrone Tournament – consisting of one competition in Ramsau and two in Hinzenbach – also made its debut in the women's competition.Fatih Arda İpcioğlu became the first Turkish ski jumper in history of World Cup who managed to qualify to the main competition at the season opener in Nizhny Tagil.
On 26 November 2021, Marita Kramer won the individual competition with the biggest ever lead over the second-placed athlete in the history of the Women's World Cup with 41.7 points.
For the first time since the 1983–84 season, six different athletes won the first six men's individual competitions.
After the competition in Innsbruck was cancelled, the Four Hills Tournament was held only on three hills; this has only happened once before in the tournament's 70-year history, in the 2007–08 season.
On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ski Federation decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.
Podium table by nation
Table showing the World Cup podium places by the countries represented by the athletes.Points distribution
The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for men and women.Qualifications
In case the number of participating athletes is 50 / 40 or lower, a Prologue competition round must be organized. In the Women's Silvester Tournament qualifies 50 jumpers.Achievements
;First World Cup career victory:;Men
- Anže Lanišek, in his 9th season – the WC 4 in Ruka
- Jan Hörl, in his 4th season – the WC 5 in Wisła
- Daniel Huber, in his 7th season – the WC 13 in Bischofshofen
- Žiga Jelar, in his 6th season – the WC 27 in Planica
- Ema Klinec, in her 8th season – the WC 2 in Nizhny Tagil
- Urša Bogataj, in her 11th season – the WC 12 in Hinzenbach
- Silje Opseth, in her 7th season – the WC 16 in Oslo
;Men
- Lovro Kos, in his 2nd season – the WC 11 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen – 3rd place
- Cene Prevc, in his 8th season – the WC 19 in Willingen – 3rd place
- Aleksandra Kustova, in her 7th season – the WC 11 in Willingen – 3rd place
- Lisa Eder, in her 5th season – the WC 12 in Hinzenbach – 3rd place
- Joséphine Pagnier, in her 4th season – the WC 13 in Hinzenbach – 3rd place
;Men
- Ryōyū Kobayashi – 8
- Marius Lindvik – 5
- Stefan Kraft – 4
- Karl Geiger – 4
- Halvor Egner Granerud – 2
- Daniel-André Tande – 1
- Timi Zajc – 1
- Anže Lanišek – 1
- Jan Hörl – 1
- Daniel Huber – 1
- Žiga Jelar – 1
- Marita Kramer – 7
- Sara Takanashi – 3
- Nika Križnar – 3
- Urša Bogataj – 3
- Katharina Althaus – 1
- Ema Klinec – 1
- Silje Opseth – 1
Retirements
The following ski jumpers retired during or after the 2021–22 season:;Men
- Andreas Alamommo
- Thomas Diethart
- Richard Freitag
- Severin Freund
- Kilian Maerkl
- Adrian Sell
- Daiki Itō
- Čestmír Kožíšek
- Marinus Kraus
- Jonathan Learoyd
- Viktor Polášek
- Cene Prevc
- Andreas Schuler
- Anže Semenič
- Markus Schiffner
- Jerneja Brecl
- Susanna Forsström
- Océane Avocat Gros
- Park Guy-lim
- Yurika Hirayama
- Kaori Iwabuchi
- Nina Lussi
- Štěpánka Ptáčková
- Špela Rogelj
- Misaki Shigeno
- Joanna Szwab
- Carina Vogt
- Virág Vörös