2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men Explained

In the men's 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup total score, for each participating athlete the points earned in all Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass start competitions held during the season are added up with the four lowest scores subtracted at the end of the season to give that athlete's final score. This includes the results from the Biathlon World Championships 2021 (held between the World Cup stages in Antholz-Anterselva and Nové Město).^[1]

2019–20 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Johannes Thingnes Bø	913
Silver:	Martin Fourcade	911
Bronze:	Quentin Fillon Maillet	843

Events summary

Event	Winner	Second	Third
Kontiolahti 20 km Individual details	Sturla Holm Lægreid		Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser
Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Martin Ponsiluoma
Kontiolahti (2) 10 km Sprint details	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Kontiolahti (2) 12.5 km Pursuit details	Sebastian Samuelsson	Fabien Claude	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint details	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Fabien Claude
Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Dale
Hochfilzen (2) 10 km Sprint details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Hochfilzen (2) 12.5 km Pursuit details	Sturla Holm Lægreid		Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Hochfilzen (2) 15 km Mass Start details	Arnd Peiffer	Martin Ponsiluoma	Tarjei Bø
Oberhof 10 km Sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid
Oberhof 12.5 km Pursuit details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Tarjei Bø
Oberhof (2) 10 km Sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer
Oberhof (2) 15 km Mass Start details	Tarjei Bø	Felix Leitner	Benjamin Weger
Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual details	Alexander Loginov	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Quentin Fillon Maillet
Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Mass Start details	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Jakov Fak
World Championships 10 km Sprint details	Martin Ponsiluoma	Simon Desthieux	Émilien Jacquelin
World Championships 12.5 km Pursuit details	Émilien Jacquelin	Sebastian Samuelsson	Johannes Thingnes Bø
World Championships 20 km Individual details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Dale
World Championships 15 km Mass Start details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet
Nové Město 10 km Sprint details	Simon Desthieux	Sebastian Samuelsson	Arnd Peiffer
Nové Město 12.5 km Pursuit details	Tarjei Bø	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Desthieux
Nové Město (2) 10 km Sprint details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Tarjei Bø	Lukas Hofer
Nové Město (2) 12.5 km Pursuit details	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin
Östersund 10 km Sprint details	Lukas Hofer	Sebastian Samuelsson	Tarjei Bø
Östersund 12.5 km Pursuit details	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer
Östersund 15 km Mass Start details	Simon Desthieux	Eduard Latypov	Johannes Thingnes Bø

Standings

Point system
Place
1	60
2	54
3	48
4	43
5	40
6	38
7	36
8	34
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	22
20	21
21	20
22	19	18
23	18	16
24	17	14
25	16	12
26	15	10
27	14	8
28	13	6
29	12	4
30	11	2
31	10	—
32	9	—
33	8	—
34	7	—
35	6	—
36	5	—
37	4	—
38	3	—
39	2	—
40	1	—

In each event places 1 to 40 (1 to 30 in a Mass start) are awarded points, a victory being worth 60 points. The full point system is shown in the table on the right. In a Mass start event only 30 athletes are allowed to participate and the points awarded for ranks 22 to 30 differ from the system used in other events. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. An athlete's total World Cup Score is the sum of all World Cup points earned in the season, minus the points from 4 events in which the athlete got their worst scores.^[2] Ties in this score are broken by comparing the tied athletes' number of victories. If this number is the same for the athletes in question, the number of second places is compared, and so on. If a tie cannot be broken by this procedure, it remains a tie.

22 of 26 competitions scored ^[3]

	Name	KON	KON	KON2	KON2	HOC	HOC	HOC2	HOC2	HOC2	OBE	OBE	OBE2	OBE2	ANT	ANT	POK	POK	POK	POK	NOV	NOV	NOV2	NOV2	OST	OST	OST	Total
1.		54	60	48	48	43	43	48	48	36	60	34	60	36	31	60	40	48	40	34	30	54	32	54	36	54	48	1052
2		60	23	19	43	32	38	60	60	38	48	60	54	29	54	27	36	38	60	60	43	40	40	43	38	60	34	1039
3		43	38	11	31	54	60	36	34	32	0	–	34	31	48	54	38	43	43	48	36	38	60	60	40	14	29	930
4		29	26	60	29	30	36	27	36	48	54	48	28	60	26	29	32	27	0	38	40	60	54	38	48	31	38	893
5		18	28	36	32	60	48	54	38	26	40	54	40	25	14	32	43	30	48	54	23	6	34	32	34	13	32	843
6		38	54	23	60	40	31	40	24	34	23	36	23	28	0	28	34	54	16	31	54	29	36	21	54	43	14	817
7		34	34	2	34	38	54	34	54	40	27	28	27	27	16	30	48	60	28	2	34	36	43	48	17	27	27	812
8		21	30	27	25	0	24	26	15	27	43	40	38	43	43	26	28	26	22	36	20	30	48	40	60	48	23	753
9		26	24	29	26	0	5	23	30	12	36	32	14	32	20	18	54	40	13	28	60	48	20	29	43	32	60	724
10		0	48	32	27	26	23	32	40	54	38	29	32	14	38	31	60	28	6	22	21	7	27	22	27	38	18	713
11		36	40	38	38	13	19	30	31	25	29	38	24	23	4	48	6	6	20	40	32	43	31	34	9	25	36	693
12		24	36	54	23	DNS	–	19	17	60	0	31	48	30	30	40	5	21	54	29	48	31	28	14	–	–	–	642
13		4	43	26	36	36	29	43	43	28	0	–	25	26	36	43	–	–	–	25	17	3	21	30	29	36	43	621
14		12	9	34	40	34	30	18	28	43	26	22	30	24	15	36	2	10	34	16	38	34	26	17	10	5	40	607
15		19	3	0	28	28	34	16	32	30	20	16	0	40	34	34	25	32	36	43	13	4	30	26	28	30	12	606
16		48	32	25	22	31	25	0	21	24	16	30	43	34	0	14	0	–	–	–	27	26	22	27	8	40	28	543
17		31	29	7	17	21	20	24	19	31	22	24	20	–	60	22	15	25	10	32	18	22	24	24	15	26	–	541
18		0	21	0	20	20	17	11	12	16	30	19	26	4	0	21	31	36	–	27	31	18	16	20	18	23	54	491
19		0	16	30	54	48	40	29	27	10	34	43	0	10	0	23	0	29	0	–	0	0	19	25	0	24	16	477
20		32	15	20	12	27	32	0	25	6	19	4	15	16	19	8	27	20	–	24	28	20	38	36	0	0	30	473
21		15	27	8	13	9	22	3	23	21	25	25	31	38	–	6	22	24	0	26	7	17	25	31	20	0	24	459
22		8	19	43	18	15	18	25	29	23	32	21	17	48	21	24	0	–	0	–	5	15	15	2	12	18	21	449
23		30	25	31	21	10	14	9	7	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	19	14	10	2	27	29	28	23	20	10	381
24		0	0	24	6	29	28	0	–	–	4	3	22	54	12	4	0	0	27	–	11	25	0	4	21	34	2	310
25		0	0	6	3	0	–	38	20	14	0	DNS	36	21	0	–	18	13	0	–	26	32	6	18	7	28	8	294
26		22	7	6	5	17	12	15	8	–	7	15	0	–	13	–	8	7	12	–	19	0	23	0	24	22	22	264
27		–	–	–	–	12	27	28	16	20	0	0	0	–	27	2	–	–	25	–	4	0	11	9	30	29	20	260
28		13	6	14	14	24	13	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	25	16	–	–	31	–	0	–	14	10	31	21	25	257
29		9	13	12	0	8	26	22	26	8	13	10	DNS	–	0	–	23	12	0	6	9	23	18	8	5	0	6	257
30		20	18	0	9	5	11	0	9	–	1	0	29	12	0	–	26	31	23	18	24	19	DNS	–	–	–	–	255
	Name	KON	KON	KON2	KON2	HOC	HOC	HOC2	HOC2	HOC2	OBE	OBE	OBE2	OBE2	ANT	ANT	POK	POK	POK	POK	NOV	NOV	NOV2	NOV2	OST	OST	OST	Total
31		28	17	40	30	16	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	21	18	32	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	240
32		11	4	0	0	19	7	20	11	18	24	18	0	6	29	25	3	17	0	–	0	–	0	–	6	0	–	218
33		14	0	21	15	11	0	2	2	–	11	11	0	–	18	–	21	34	32	20	0	DNS	0	DNS	0	–	–	212
34		17	12	28	2	0	0	13	14	–	28	26	0	20	0	–	9	0	0	–	0	24	5	0	2	0	–	200
35		23	0	16	8	0	6	4	10	–	12	27	0	–	0	–	24	11	0	30	10	10	0	3	0	–	–	194
36		0	0	10	4	25	15	10	0	–	0	0	10	–	22	–	13	9	4	–	15	8	1	16	0	7	–	169
37		40	31	0	19	3	0	14	0	2	–	–	0	–	8	–	0	0	30	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	149
38		–	–	0	–	0	0	0	13	–	20	20	19	22	0	–	7	5	0	–	0	11	13	12	14	1	–	147
39		0	0	15	10	22	8	0	0	–	5	0	18	2	0	–	10	4	26	8	0	–	0	–	0	12	–	140
40		–	–	–	–	–	–	17	18	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25	19	26	134
41		0	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	0	1	2	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	22	21	10	5	16	17	31	126
42		0	0	1	11	0	–	0	–	–	3	14	–	–	–	–	0	3	29	–	16	9	0	–	32	0	4	122
43		6	20	4	24	7	DNS	31	3	4	–	–	–	–	10	–	0	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	116
44		–	–	0	–	4	16	0	5	–	15	17	6	–	0	–	14	22	–	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	115
45		7	1	3	0	0	–	0	–	–	0	0	7	–	0	–	19	15	21	12	14	0	0	–	0	16	–	115
46		–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	38	21	25	5	3	19	0	–	–	111
47		0	11	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	29	16	19	4	0	–	8	0	19	3	–	109
48		1	22	13	16	6	9	0	0	–	–	–	1	–	23	–	0	0	17	–	DNF	–	0	–	0	–	–	108
49		0	0	0	–	0	4	0	–	–	0	0	4	–	0	–	16	18	18	23	0	13	4	7	0	0	–	107
50		0	0	18	0	0	–	0	0	–	0	13	0	–	24	10	0	–	24	–	0	–	0	0	4	0	–	93
51		0	0	0	–	0	0	1	22	–	0	0	0	–	28	20	20	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	–	–	92
52		0	–	0	–	0	0	21	6	–	–	–	0	–	40	12	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	4	–	83
53		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	28	0	23	0	0	–	80
54		–	–	–	–	18	21	0	–	–	18	12	0	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	80
55		25	14	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	21	0	14	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	74
56		0	10	0	–	0	0	5	0	–	31	23	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	69
57		2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	6	5	5	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	12	14	9	6	0	–	–	60
58		0	2	22	7	0	–	8	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	–	17	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	57
59		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	6	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	12	0	22	10	–	50
60		16	0	0	–	0	–	12	1	–	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	8	9	–	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	48
	Name	KON	KON	KON2	KON2	HOC	HOC	HOC2	HOC2	HOC2	OBE	OBE	OBE2	OBE2	ANT	ANT	POK	POK	POK	POK	NOV	NOV	NOV2	NOV2	OST	OST	OST	Total
61		0	8	9	0	0	–	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	26	0	–	43
62		0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	23	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	8	–	42
63		27	0	0	–	–	–	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	14	0	–	0	LAP	0	0	0	–	–	41
64		–	0	0	0	23	3	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	38
65		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	7	–	–	–	0	–	6	16	0	–	0	0	–	29
66		0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–	–	0	–	16	8	0	–	4	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	28
67		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	12	–	–	0	15	–	27
68		5	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	9	9	0	–	0	–	1	0	3	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	27
69		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	17	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	25
70		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	0	11	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	25
71		10	0	0	–	0	0	6	0	–	0	–	9	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	25
72		0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	0	0	12	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	11	0	–	23
73		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	7	3	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	0	0	0	11	0	2	–	23
74		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	7	15	0	0	–	22
75		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	13	0	–	–	21
76		–	–	0	0	0	10	7	4	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	21
77		0	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	9	–	–	–	11	–	0	–	0	–	DNS	–	–	20
78		–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	0	–	17	0	0	0	–	17
79		0	0	17	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	LAP	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	17
80		0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	17	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	17
81		–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	2	–	–	–	15	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	17
82		–	–	0	–	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	13	0	–	16
83		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	11	–	15
84		0	–	0	–	14	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14
85		0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1	8	–	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	12
86		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	10
87		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	9	–	9
88		–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	0	0	8	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	0	–	–	8
89		0	–	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	DNS	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
90		–	–	DNS	–	–	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	0	2	5	–	0	–	–	–	0	DNS	–	7
	Name	KON	KON	KON2	KON2	HOC	HOC	HOC2	HOC2	HOC2	OBE	OBE	OBE2	OBE2	ANT	ANT	POK	POK	POK	POK	NOV	NOV	NOV2	NOV2	OST	OST	OST	Total
91		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	6
92		–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	5	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	5
93		0	5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5
94		4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
95		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	0	2	–	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	2
96		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–	0	0	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	2
97		0	–	–	–	2	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	LAP	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	2
98		0	0	0	–	0	1	0	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	1
99		0	0	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	1	0	0	–	1
100		0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	1
101		–	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	0	–	–	1

Notes and References

Web site: IBU Event and Competition Rules. International Biathlon Union. Article 15.8. 10 February 2021.
Web site: Rule Changes for 2020/2021: A New Bib and Qualification Criteria Adjusted.
https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2021/BT/SWRL/SMTS.pdf Men's overall standings