World Cup Downhill Standings at the Holiday Break | Road to Cortina d’Ampezzo & Bormio

Lindsey Vonn / GEPA pictures

Women’s Downhill: Early Separation in an Injury-Hit Olympic Season

The women’s World Cup downhill reaches the holiday break, reshaped by preseason injuries, sidelining several major contenders before the season even began. The losses thinned the field and elevated the importance of consistent, powerful, and courageous skiing in a discipline where margins are small and opportunities are limited.

That reality carries added weight in an Olympic season. With six of the nine women’s downhills scheduled before the Olympic break, two-thirds of the discipline’s scoring chances—and Olympic-qualification opportunities—arrive early. After three races, the standings are already starting to separate.

At the center of the story is Lindsey Vonn. At 41, Vonn is in her second season out of retirement and leads the downhill standings after three races—an extraordinary position. The Stifel USST star owns a record 44 World Cup downhill victories, a figure that reflects World Cup wins only and does not include Olympic Games or World Championship results.

Women’s World Cup Downhill Podium Table — 2025–26 Season

Women’s Downhill Standings — Top Five After Three Races

1. Lindsey Vonn (USA, 1984) — HEAD, Oakley — 240 points
2. Cornelia Hütter (AUT, 1992) — HEAD
3. Emma Aicher (GER, 2003) — HEAD
4. Magdalena Egger (AUT, 2001) — Atomic
5. Mirjam Puchner (AUT, 1992) — HEAD

🇺🇸 United States — Seven Women Have Scored in Downhill

Seven American women have scored World Cup downhill points through the first three races. Six are members of the Stifel USST, while one is racing independently.

• Lindsey Vonn (1984) — Stifel USST — HEAD, Oakley
  Rank: 1st | Points: 240
• Breezy Johnson (1996) — Stifel USST — Atomic
  Reigning 2025 World Champion
  Rank: 9th | Points: 102
• Jacqueline Wiles (1992) — Stifel USST
  Rank: 18th | Points: 40
• Isabella Wright (1997) — Stifel USST — Atomic
  Rank: 21st | Points: 35
• Allison Mollin (2004) — Stifel USST — HEAD
  Rank: 22nd | Points: 22
• Keely Cashman (1999) — Stifel USST — HEAD
  Rank: 23rd | Points: 20
• Haley Cutler (1997) — Independent — Atomic
  Rank: 26th | Points: 15

🇨🇦 Canada — One Woman Has Scored in Downhill

• Valérie Grenier (1996) — Alpine Canada
  Rank: 31st | Points: 8

Grenier is a two-time World Cup giant slalom winner and owns one career World Cup downhill podium, highlighting her versatility despite limited downhill opportunities so far this season.

Men’s Downhill: Swiss Control in a Front-Loaded Olympic Season

The men’s World Cup downhill reaches the holiday break with the discipline already taking clear shape. In an Olympic year, early results carry extra weight, and the opening races have identified the top contenders.

The schedule reinforces that urgency. Six of the nine men’s downhills are scheduled before the Olympic break, and three of those six are already complete. With half of the pre-Olympic races finished, the standings now matter.

The defining storyline has been the continued dominance of Switzerland’s two stars, Marco Odermatt and Franjo von Allmen. Odermatt, 28, is the two-time defending World Cup downhill champion and owns six career World Cup downhill victories. Von Allmen, just 24, has two World Cup downhill wins, seven career downhill podiums, finished second in last season’s downhill standings, and enters the winter as the reigning 2025 World Downhill champion.

Italy has also shown timely momentum. Italian skiers have reached the podium in the last two World Cup downhills held in Italy, an encouraging sign as the Olympic downhill approaches on home snow in Bormio.

For the United States, Ryan Cochran-Siegle delivered an early highlight with a second-place finish at Beaver Creek, providing an encouraging start for the Stifel USST.

Men’s World Cup Downhill Podium Table — 2025–26 Season

Men’s Downhill Standings — Top Five After Three Races

1. Marco Odermatt (SUI, 1997) — Stöckli, Oakley — 280 points
2. Franjo von Allmen (SUI, 2001) — HEAD — 230 points
3. Dominik Paris (ITA, 1989) — Nordica — 140 points
4. Florian Schieder (ITA, 1995) — Atomic — 118 points
5. Nils Alphand (FRA, 1996) — HEAD — 95 points

🇺🇸 United States — Four Men Have Scored in Downhill

Four American men have scored World Cup downhill points through the first three races of the Olympic season. All four are members of the Stifel USST.

• Ryan Cochran-Siegle (1992) — Stifel USST — HEAD
  Rank: 7th | 80 points
• Kyle Negomir (1998) — Stifel USST — Atomic
  Rank: 16th | 39 points
• Bryce Bennett (1992) — Stifel USST — Oakley
  Rank: 40th | 8 points
• Sam Morse (1996) — Stifel USST
  Rank: 41st | 7 points

🇨🇦 Canada — Three Men Have Scored in Downhill

Three Canadian men have scored World Cup downhill points so far this season for Alpine Canada Alpin.

• Cameron Alexander (1997) — Alpine Canada Alpin
  Rank: 26th | 26 points
• Brodie Seger (1995) — Alpine Canada Alpin — Atomic
  Rank: 35th | 16 points
• James Crawford (1997) — Alpine Canada Alpin — HEAD
  Rank: 36th | 12 points

With a downhill calendar front-loaded in an Olympic season, the early standings carry outsized importance. Injuries, consistency, and momentum have shaped the first phase of the winter. With half of the pre-Olympic downhills already completed for both women and men, every remaining race before the break will play a critical role in defining the road to Cortina d’Ampezzo for the women and Bormio for the men at the 2026 Olympic Games.