British jump racing Champion Jockey

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Tony McCoy was champion jockey a record twenty times.

In Great Britain's National Hunt racing, the title of champion jockey is bestowed on the rider who has the most wins during a racing season. From its inception in 1900 to 1925, the award was given to the jockey who had the most winners during a calendar year. Beginning in 1926, this changed to most winners ridden during a campaign season; the 1926 winner was rewarded for the 1925–26 season, for example.

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Tony McCoy was champion jockey a record twenty times. He also recorded the most wins in a season, with 289 in 2001–02. [1] The title has been shared on three occasions: in 1944–45, in 1968–69 [2] and in 1981–82. Three amateurs have won the title, though none more recently than 1919. [3] One of them, Jack Anthony, won both as an amateur (in 1914) [3] and as a professional (in 1922). Racing was suspended for several years during World War II, which meant there was no championship in 1943 or 1944.

In the 2015–16 season, for the first time the championship was rewarded with prize money. The champion received £15,000 and smaller prizes were awarded down to fifth place. From 2016 onwards, the champion jockey receives a trophy designed by Asprey and chosen by McCoy, after the previous one was gifted to him upon his retirement. [4] [5]

Champion jockeys

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  (*) Title given for calendar year rather than campaign season
SeasonJockeyStatusWinnersReference
2023–24 Harry Cobden Professional164
2022–23 Brian Hughes Professional165
2021–22 Brian Hughes Professional204 [6]
2020–21 Harry Skelton Professional152 [7]
2019–20 Brian Hughes Professional141 [8]
2018–19 Richard Johnson Professional200 [9]
2017–18 Richard Johnson Professional176 [10]
2016–17 Richard Johnson Professional180
2015–16 Richard Johnson Professional235 [11]
2014–15 Tony McCoy Professional231 [12]
2013–14 Tony McCoy Professional218 [13]
2012–13 Tony McCoy Professional185 [14]
2011–12 Tony McCoy Professional199 [15]
2010–11 Tony McCoy Professional218 [16]
2009–10 Tony McCoy Professional195 [17]
2008–09 Tony McCoy Professional186 [18]
2007–08 Tony McCoy Professional140 [19]
2006–07 Tony McCoy Professional184 [20]
2005–06 Tony McCoy Professional178 [21]
2004–05 Tony McCoy Professional200 [19]
2003–04 Tony McCoy Professional209 [19]
2002–03 Tony McCoy Professional258 [19]
2001–02 Tony McCoy Professional289 [1]
2000–01 Tony McCoy Professional191
1999–2000 Tony McCoy Professional245
1998–99 Tony McCoy Professional186
1997–98 Tony McCoy Professional253 [1]
1996–97 Tony McCoy Professional190
1995–96 Tony McCoy Professional175
1994–95 Richard Dunwoody Professional160 [22]
1993–94 Richard Dunwoody Professional197 [22]
1992–93 Richard Dunwoody Professional173 [22]
1991–92 Peter Scudamore Professional175 [23]
1990–91 Peter Scudamore Professional141 [23]
1989–90 Peter Scudamore Professional170 [23]
1988–89 Peter Scudamore Professional221 [23]
1987–88 Peter Scudamore Professional132 [23]
1986–87 Peter Scudamore Professional123 [23]
1985–86 Peter Scudamore Professional91 [23]
1984–85 John Francome Professional101
1983–84 John Francome Professional131 [24]
1982–83 John Francome Professional106
1981–82 John Francome / Peter Scudamore Professional120 [23]
1980–81 John Francome Professional105
1979–80 Jonjo O'Neill Professional115
1978–79 John Francome Professional95
1977–78 Jonjo O'Neill Professional149 [25]
1976–77 Tommy Stack Professional97 [26]
1975–76 John Francome Professional96
1974–75 Tommy Stack Professional82 [26]
1973–74 Ron Barry Professional94
1972–73 Ron Barry Professional125 [25]
1971–72 Bob Davies Professional89
1970–71 Graham Thorner Professional74
1969–70 Bob Davies Professional91 [24]
1968–69 Terry Biddlecombe / Bob Davies Professional77 [2]
1967–68 Josh Gifford Professional82
1966–67 Josh Gifford Professional122 [27]
1965–66 Terry Biddlecombe Professional102 [2]
1964–65 Terry Biddlecombe Professional114 [2]
1963–64 Josh Gifford Professional94
1962–63 Josh Gifford Professional70
1961–62 Stan Mellor Professional80 [24]
1960–61 Stan Mellor Professional118
1959–60 Stan Mellor Professional68
1958–59 Tim Brookshaw Professional83
1957–58 Fred Winter Professional82
1956–57 Fred Winter Professional80
1955–56 Fred Winter Professional74
1954–55 Tim Molony Professional67 [28]
1953–54 Dick Francis Professional76 [29]
1952–53 Fred Winter Professional121 [30]
1951–52 Tim Molony Professional99
1950–51 Tim Molony Professional83
1949–50 Tim Molony Professional95
1948–49 Tim Molony Professional60
1947–48 Bryan Marshall Professional66
1946–47 Jack Dowdeswell Professional58
1945–46 Fred Rimell Professional54
1944–45 Frenchie Nicholson / Fred Rimell Professional15
1943–44Racing suspended–
1942–43Racing suspended–
1941–42 Ron Smyth Professional12
1940–41 Gerry Wilson Professional22
1939–40 Fred Rimell Professional24
1938–39 Fred Rimell Professional61
1937–38 Gerry Wilson Professional59
1936–37 Gerry Wilson Professional45
1935–36 Gerry Wilson Professional57
1934–35 Gerry Wilson Professional73
1933–34 Gerry Wilson Professional56
1932–33 Gerry Wilson Professional61
1931–32 Billy Stott Professional77
1930–31 Billy Stott Professional81
1929–30 Billy Stott Professional77
1928–29 Billy Stott Professional76
1927–28 Billy Stott Professional88
1926–27 Dick Rees Professional59
1925–26 Ted Leader Professional61 [31]
1925*E. FosterProfessional76
1924* Dick Rees Professional108
1923* Dick Rees Professional64
1922* Jack Anthony Professional78
1921* Dick Rees Professional65
1920* Dick Rees Professional64
1919*H. BrownAmateur48 [3]
1918* George Duller Professional17
1917*W. SmithProfessional15
1916*C. HawkinsProfessional17
1915* Ernie Piggott Professional44
1914* Jack Anthony Amateur60 [3]
1913* Ernie Piggott Professional60
1912* Ivor Anthony Professional78 [3]
1911*W. PayneProfessional76
1910* Ernie Piggott Professional67
1909*R. GordonProfessional45
1908*P. CowleyProfessional65
1907* Frank Mason Professional59
1906* Frank Mason Professional58
1905* Frank Mason Professional73
1904* Frank Mason Professional59
1903* Percy Woodland Professional54
1902* Frank Mason Professional67
1901* Frank Mason Professional58
1900*H. S. SidneyAmateur53

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