British jump racing Champion Jockey

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.

Tony McCoy was champion jockey a record twenty times.

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

Table legend

  (*) Title given for calendar year rather than campaign season
Season Jockey Status Winners Reference
2022–23Brian HughesProfessional
2021–22Brian HughesProfessional204[6]
2020–21Harry SkeltonProfessional152[7]
2019–20Brian HughesProfessional141[8]
2018–19Richard JohnsonProfessional200[9]
2017–18Richard JohnsonProfessional176[10]
2016–17Richard JohnsonProfessional180
2015–16Richard JohnsonProfessional235[11]
2014–15Tony McCoyProfessional231[12]
2013–14Tony McCoyProfessional218[13]
2012–13Tony McCoyProfessional185[14]
2011–12Tony McCoyProfessional199[15]
2010–11Tony McCoyProfessional218[16]
2009–10Tony McCoyProfessional195[17]
2008–09Tony McCoyProfessional186[18]
2007–08Tony McCoyProfessional140[19]
2006–07Tony McCoyProfessional184[20]
2005–06Tony McCoyProfessional178[21]
2004–05Tony McCoyProfessional200[19]
2003–04Tony McCoyProfessional209[19]
2002–03Tony McCoyProfessional258[19]
2001–02Tony McCoyProfessional289[1]
2000–01Tony McCoyProfessional191
1999–2000Tony McCoyProfessional245
1998–99Tony McCoyProfessional186
1997–98Tony McCoyProfessional253[1]
1996–97Tony McCoyProfessional190
1995–96Tony McCoyProfessional175
1994–95Richard DunwoodyProfessional160[22]
1993–94Richard DunwoodyProfessional197[22]
1992–93Richard DunwoodyProfessional173[22]
1991–92Peter ScudamoreProfessional175[23]
1990–91Peter ScudamoreProfessional141[23]
1989–90Peter ScudamoreProfessional170[23]
1988–89Peter ScudamoreProfessional221[23]
1987–88Peter ScudamoreProfessional132[23]
1986–87Peter ScudamoreProfessional123[23]
1985–86Peter ScudamoreProfessional91[23]
1984–85John FrancomeProfessional101
1983–84John FrancomeProfessional131[24]
1982–83John FrancomeProfessional106
1981–82John Francome / Peter ScudamoreProfessional120[23]
1980–81John FrancomeProfessional105
1979–80Jonjo O'NeillProfessional115
1978–79John FrancomeProfessional95
1977–78Jonjo O'NeillProfessional149[25]
1976–77Tommy StackProfessional97[26]
1975–76John FrancomeProfessional96
1974–75Tommy StackProfessional82[26]
1973–74Ron BarryProfessional94
1972–73Ron BarryProfessional125[25]
1971–72Bob DaviesProfessional89
1970–71Graham ThornerProfessional74
1969–70Bob DaviesProfessional91[24]
1968–69Terry Biddlecombe / Bob DaviesProfessional77[2]
1967–68Josh GiffordProfessional82
1966–67Josh GiffordProfessional122[27]
1965–66Terry BiddlecombeProfessional102[2]
1964–65Terry BiddlecombeProfessional114[2]
1963–64Josh GiffordProfessional94
1962–63Josh GiffordProfessional70
1961–62Stan MellorProfessional80[24]
1960–61Stan MellorProfessional118
1959–60Stan MellorProfessional68
1958–59Tim BrookshawProfessional83
1957–58Fred WinterProfessional82
1956–57Fred WinterProfessional80
1955–56Fred WinterProfessional74
1954–55Tim MolonyProfessional67[28]
1953–54Dick FrancisProfessional76[29]
1952–53Fred WinterProfessional121[30]
1951–52Tim MolonyProfessional99
1950–51Tim MolonyProfessional83
1949–50Tim MolonyProfessional95
1948–49Tim MolonyProfessional60
1947–48Bryan MarshallProfessional66
1946–47Jack DowdeswellProfessional58
1945–46Fred RimellProfessional54
1944–45Frenchie Nicholson / Fred RimellProfessional15
1943–44Racing suspended–
1942–43Racing suspended–
1941–42Ron SmythProfessional12
1940–41Gerry WilsonProfessional22
1939–40Fred RimellProfessional24
1938–39Fred RimellProfessional61
1937–38Gerry WilsonProfessional59
1936–37Gerry WilsonProfessional45
1935–36Gerry WilsonProfessional57
1934–35Gerry WilsonProfessional73
1933–34Gerry WilsonProfessional56
1932–33Gerry WilsonProfessional61
1931–32Billy StottProfessional77
1930–31Billy StottProfessional81
1929–30Billy StottProfessional77
1928–29Billy StottProfessional76
1927–28Billy StottProfessional88
1926–27Fred ReesProfessional59
1925–26Ted LeaderProfessional61[31]
1925*E. FosterProfessional76
1924*Fred ReesProfessional108
1923*Fred ReesProfessional64
1922*Jack AnthonyProfessional78
1921*Fred ReesProfessional65
1920*Fred ReesProfessional64
1919*H. BrownAmateur48[3]
1918*George DullerProfessional17
1917*W. SmithProfessional15
1916*C. HawkinsProfessional17
1915*Ernie PiggottProfessional44
1914*Jack AnthonyAmateur60[3]
1913*Ernie PiggottProfessional60
1912*Ivor AnthonyProfessional78[3]
1911*W. PayneProfessional76
1910*Ernie PiggottProfessional67
1909*R. GordonProfessional45
1908*P. CowleyProfessional65
1907*Frank MasonProfessional59
1906*Frank MasonProfessional58
1905*Frank MasonProfessional73
1904*Frank MasonProfessional59
1903*Percy WoodlandProfessional54
1902*Frank MasonProfessional67
1901*Frank MasonProfessional58
1900*H. S. SidneyAmateur53

Records

See also

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