2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

Peter Prevc, who was the runner-up in the previous two seasons, dominated the men's season. Prevc secured his first World Cup title by winning the second event in Almaty, six events before the end of the season. At the end of the season, Prevc broke several statistical records. He won the highest number of points in a single season (2303, the previous record being 2083 of Gregor Schlierenzauer from the 2008/09 season) and also recorded the highest number of victories, podium finishes, and average points per event in a season (15 victories, 22 podiums, and 79.41 points on average, the previous records being 13 victories, 20 podiums, and 77.15 points on average from Schlierenzauer's 2008/09 season).[2] The point difference between the first and the second, 813 points, was also the highest ever.[3] By winning the sky flying title, Prevc became the first ski jumper to win the title for three years in a row. In the overall standings, the defending champion Severin Freund finished second and Kenneth Gangnes finished third.

Prevc also won the prestigious 64th Four Hills Tournament. The tournament was broadcast in 57 different countries for 200 million viewers around the globe. Prevc won the competition with the highest total score ever with 1139.4 points and won three events out of four.[4] At the FIS Ski Flying World Championships, which did not count for World Cup points, Prevc became the world champion in sky flying.

The event on 19 December 2015 in Engelberg, Switzerland, marked some interesting statistical features: Peter Prevc and Domen Prevc became first brothers in history who shared a ski jumping World Cup podium; Noriaki Kasai became the oldest contestant on a podium at 43 years and 196 days old; for the first time the oldest Noriaki Kasai (43) and the youngest Domen Prevc (16) participant of any competition both on podium and with record age difference between two on podium. The Prevc brothers finished on the podium again in Sapporo, where they were joined by Robert Kranjec.

Prevc also became only the third ski jumper who managed to win the event with falling or touching the ground upon landing, by winning the ski flying event in Vikersund on 14 February. Such a feat was previously achieved only by Andreas Goldberger in 1995 and Martin Schmitt in 1999.

In team events, Norway won three times, Germany twice, and Slovenia once. The Nations Cup was won by Norway, followed by Slovenia and Germany.

A total of 111,000 people (2,500 / 20,500 / 22,500 / 32,500 / 33,000) has gathered at hill test and four days of competitions at the season final in Planica.[5]

NH – normal hill / LH – large hill / FH – flying hill

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
871	1	22 November 2015	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena HS140	LH 617	Daniel-André Tande	Peter Prevc	Severin Freund	Daniel-André Tande	[6]
		27 November 2015	Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH cnx	strong wind; scheduled in one round next day
		[nb 1]^ 28 November 2015	Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH cnx	postponed one round event; melting inrun
		28 November 2015	Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH cnx	strong wind; after 43 of 70 jumpers, rescheduled to Lahti[7]
872	2	[nb 2]^ 5 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH 151	Severin Freund	Kenneth Gangnes	Andreas Stjernen	Severin Freund	[8]
873	3	[nb 3]6 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100	NH 152	Kenneth Gangnes	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang		[9]
874	4	12 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH 618	Severin Freund	Peter Prevc	Joachim Hauer		[10]
875	5	13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH 619	Peter Prevc	Michael Hayböck	Johann André Forfang	Peter Prevc	[11]
876	6	19 December 2015	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH 620	Peter Prevc	Domen Prevc	Noriaki Kasai		[12]
877	7	20 December 2015	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH 621	Peter Prevc	Michael Hayböck	Kenneth Gangnes		[13]
878	8	29 December 2015	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH 622	Severin Freund	Michael Hayböck	Peter Prevc	Peter Prevc	[14]
879	9	1 January 2016	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze HS140	LH 623	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes	Severin Freund		[15]
880	10	3 January 2016	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH 624	Peter Prevc	Severin Freund	Kenneth Gangnes		[16]
881	11	6 January 2016	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night)	LH 625	Peter Prevc	Severin Freund	Michael Hayböck		[17]
64th Four Hills Tournament Overall (29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016)[18]						Peter Prevc	Severin Freund	Michael Hayböck
882	12	10 January 2016	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH 626	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes	Severin Freund	Peter Prevc	[19]
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016
883	13	24 January 2016	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134	LH 627	Stefan Kraft	Michael Hayböck	Peter Prevc	Peter Prevc	[20]
884	14	30 January 2016	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134 (night)	LH 628	Peter Prevc	Domen Prevc	Robert Kranjec		[21]
885	15	31 January 2016	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134	LH 629	Anders Fannemel	Johann André Forfang	Noriaki Kasai		[22]
		7 February 2016	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH cnx	strong wind and thick fog; rescheduled to Vikersund[23]
886	16	10 February 2016	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH 630	Peter Prevc	Stefan Kraft	Noriaki Kasai	Peter Prevc	[24]
887	17	[nb 4]12 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225 (night)	FH 105	Robert Kranjec	Kenneth Gangnes	Noriaki Kasai		[25]
888	18	13 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225 (night)	FH 106	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang	Robert Kranjec		[26]
889	19	14 February 2016	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH 107	Peter Prevc	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Stjernen		[27]
890	20	[nb 5]19 February 2016	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH 631	Michael Hayböck	Daniel-André Tande	Severin Freund		[28]
891	21	[nb 6]21 February 2016	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS100	NH 153	Michael Hayböck	Karl Geiger	Taku Takeuchi		[29]
892	22	23 February 2016	Kuopio	Puijo HS127 (night)	LH 632	Michael Hayböck	Daniel-André Tande	Stefan Kraft		[30]
893	23	27 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS140 (night)	LH 633	Peter Prevc	Michael Hayböck	Severin Freund		[31]
894	24	28 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS140 (night)	LH 634	Peter Prevc	Severin Freund	Daniel-André Tande		[32]
895	25	4 March 2016	Wisła	Malinka HS134 (night)	LH 635	Roman Koudelka	Kenneth Gangnes	Noriaki Kasai		[33]
		5 March 2016	Wisła	Malinka HS134	LH cnx	strong wind
896	26	12 March 2016	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142	LH 636	Johann André Forfang	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes	Peter Prevc	[34]
		13 March 2016	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142	LH cnx	strong wind; rescheduled to Planica[1]
897	27	[nb 7]17 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH 108	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang	Robert Kranjec	Peter Prevc	[35]
898	28	18 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH 109	Robert Kranjec	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang		[36]
899	29	20 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH 110	Peter Prevc	Robert Kranjec	Johann André Forfang		[37]

^ Single-round event.

NH – normal hill / LH – large hill

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
76	1	21 November 2015	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena HS140 (night)	LH 058	Germany Andreas Wellinger Andreas Wank Richard Freitag Severin Freund	Slovenia Domen Prevc Jurij Tepeš Anže Lanišek Peter Prevc	Austria Michael Hayböck Gregor Schlierenzauer Manuel Fettner Stefan Kraft	Germany	[38]
77	2	[nb 8]^ 9 January 2016	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night)	LH 059	Germany Andreas Wank Andreas Wellinger Richard Freitag Severin Freund	Norway Andreas Stjernen Daniel-André Tande Kenneth Gangnes Johann André Forfang	Austria Stefan Kraft Manuel Poppinger Manuel Fettner Michael Hayböck		[39]
78	3	23 January 2016	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH 060	Norway Anders Fannemel Andreas Stjernen Daniel-André Tande Kenneth Gangnes	Austria Stefan Kraft Manuel Poppinger Manuel Fettner Michael Hayböck	Poland Andrzej Stękała Maciej Kot Stefan Hula, Jr. Kamil Stoch	Norway	[40]
79	4	6 February 2016	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night)	LH 061	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Domen Prevc Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc	Norway Daniel-André Tande Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang Kenneth Gangnes	Japan Taku Takeuchi Kento Sakuyama Daiki Itō Noriaki Kasai		[41]
		20 February 2016	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH cnx	strong wind; rescheduled to Kuopio[42]
80	5	[nb 9]22 February 2016	Kuopio	Puijo HS 127 (night)	LH 062	Norway Kenneth Gangnes Daniel-André Tande Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang	Germany Andreas Wank Richard Freitag Andreas Wellinger Severin Freund	Japan Taku Takeuchi Kento Sakuyama Daiki Itō Noriaki Kasai	Norway	[43]
81	6	19 March 2016	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH 017	Norway Kenneth Gangnes Daniel-André Tande Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Anže Semenič Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc	Austria Stefan Kraft Manuel Poppinger Manuel Fettner Michael Hayböck		[44]

^ Single-round team event.

Sara Takanashi of Japan won her third overall title. She won 14 out of 17 events and secured the title several events before the end of the season. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, the title holder from the previous year, finished second, while Maja Vtič finished third. No team events for ladies or mixed team events were scheduled this season.

The Nations Cup was won by Austria, followed by Japan and Slovenia. Since the last two events of the season were cancelled due to lack of snow, the award ceremony took place in Planica, together with men's.

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Event	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
61	1	4 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH 057	Sara Takanashi	Maja Vtič	Maren Lundby	Sara Takanashi	[45]
62	2	12 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS97	NH 058	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Sara Takanashi	Eva Pinkelnig		[46]
63	3	13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS97	NH 059	Sara Takanashi	Yūki Itō	Chiara Hölzl		[47]
64	4	16 January 2016	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH 060	Sara Takanashi	Ema Klinec	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz		[48]
65	5	17 January 2016	Sapporo	Miyanomori HS100	NH 061	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger		[49]
66	6	^ 22 January 2016	Zaō	Yamagata HS106 (night)	NH 062	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Maja Vtič		[50]
67	7	23 January 2016	Zaō	Yamagata HS106 (night)	NH 063	Sara Takanashi	Maja Vtič	Ema Klinec		[51]
68	8	30 January 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH 064	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Ema Klinec		[52]
69	9	31 January 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS106	NH 065	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Maren Lundby		[53]
70	10	4 February 2016	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night)	LH 005	Sara Takanashi	Maren Lundby	Irina Avvakumova		[54]
71	11	6 February 2016	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH 066	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Maren Lundby		[55]
72	12	7 February 2016	Hinzenbach	Aigner-Schanze HS94	NH 067	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger		[56]
73	13	13 February 2016	Ljubno	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH 068	Maja Vtič	Sara Takanashi	Špela Rogelj		[57]
74	14	14 February 2016	Ljubno	Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95	NH 069	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Maja Vtič	Chiara Hölzl		[58]
75	15	19 February 2016	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS100	NH 070	Sara Takanashi	Maja Vtič	Yūki Itō		[59]
76	16	27 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS106	NH 071	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Jacqueline Seifriedsberger		[60]
77	17	28 February 2016	Almaty	Sunkar HS106	NH 072	Sara Takanashi	Daniela Iraschko-Stolz	Maja Vtič		[61]
		5 March 2016	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH cnx	warm weather and lack of snow; since season final can't be rescheduled, crystal globe and nations cup tropy for ladies were exceptionally awarded together with men in Planica[62]
		6 March 2016	Râșnov	Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS100	NH cnx

^ Single-round team event.