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

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  (*) Title given for calendar year rather than campaign season

Season	Jockey	Status	Winners	Reference
2024–25	Sean Bowen	Professional	180	[6]
2023–24	Harry Cobden	Professional	164
2022–23	Brian Hughes	Professional	165
2021–22	Brian Hughes	Professional	204	[7]
2020–21	Harry Skelton	Professional	152	[8]
2019–20	Brian Hughes	Professional	141	[9]
2018–19	Richard Johnson	Professional	200	[10]
2017–18	Richard Johnson	Professional	176	[11]
2016–17	Richard Johnson	Professional	180
2015–16	Richard Johnson	Professional	235	[12]
2014–15	Tony McCoy	Professional	231	[13]
2013–14	Tony McCoy	Professional	218	[14]
2012–13	Tony McCoy	Professional	185	[15]
2011–12	Tony McCoy	Professional	199	[16]
2010–11	Tony McCoy	Professional	218	[17]
2009–10	Tony McCoy	Professional	195	[18]
2008–09	Tony McCoy	Professional	186	[19]
2007–08	Tony McCoy	Professional	140	[20]
2006–07	Tony McCoy	Professional	184	[21]
2005–06	Tony McCoy	Professional	178	[22]
2004–05	Tony McCoy	Professional	200	[20]
2003–04	Tony McCoy	Professional	209	[20]
2002–03	Tony McCoy	Professional	258	[20]
2001–02	Tony McCoy	Professional	289	[1]
2000–01	Tony McCoy	Professional	191
1999–2000	Tony McCoy	Professional	245
1998–99	Tony McCoy	Professional	186
1997–98	Tony McCoy	Professional	253	[1]
1996–97	Tony McCoy	Professional	190
1995–96	Tony McCoy	Professional	175
1994–95	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	160	[23]
1993–94	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	197	[23]
1992–93	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	173	[23]
1991–92	Peter Scudamore	Professional	175	[24]
1990–91	Peter Scudamore	Professional	141	[24]
1989–90	Peter Scudamore	Professional	170	[24]
1988–89	Peter Scudamore	Professional	221	[24]
1987–88	Peter Scudamore	Professional	132	[24]
1986–87	Peter Scudamore	Professional	123	[24]
1985–86	Peter Scudamore	Professional	91	[24]
1984–85	John Francome	Professional	101
1983–84	John Francome	Professional	131	[25]
1982–83	John Francome	Professional	106
1981–82	John Francome / Peter Scudamore	Professional	120	[24]
1980–81	John Francome	Professional	105
1979–80	Jonjo O'Neill	Professional	115
1978–79	John Francome	Professional	95
1977–78	Jonjo O'Neill	Professional	149	[26]
1976–77	Tommy Stack	Professional	97	[27]
1975–76	John Francome	Professional	96
1974–75	Tommy Stack	Professional	82	[27]
1973–74	Ron Barry	Professional	94
1972–73	Ron Barry	Professional	125	[26]
1971–72	Bob Davies	Professional	89
1970–71	Graham Thorner	Professional	74
1969–70	Bob Davies	Professional	91	[25]
1968–69	Terry Biddlecombe / Bob Davies	Professional	77	[2]
1967–68	Josh Gifford	Professional	82
1966–67	Josh Gifford	Professional	122	[28]
1965–66	Terry Biddlecombe	Professional	102	[2]
1964–65	Terry Biddlecombe	Professional	114	[2]
1963–64	Josh Gifford	Professional	94
1962–63	Josh Gifford	Professional	70
1961–62	Stan Mellor	Professional	80	[25]
1960–61	Stan Mellor	Professional	118
1959–60	Stan Mellor	Professional	68
1958–59	Tim Brookshaw	Professional	83
1957–58	Fred Winter	Professional	82
1956–57	Fred Winter	Professional	80
1955–56	Fred Winter	Professional	74
1954–55	Tim Molony	Professional	67	[29]
1953–54	Dick Francis	Professional	76	[30]
1952–53	Fred Winter	Professional	121	[31]
1951–52	Tim Molony	Professional	99
1950–51	Tim Molony	Professional	83
1949–50	Tim Molony	Professional	95
1948–49	Tim Molony	Professional	60
1947–48	Bryan Marshall	Professional	66
1946–47	Jack Dowdeswell	Professional	58
1945–46	Fred Rimell	Professional	54
1944–45	Frenchie Nicholson / Fred Rimell	Professional	15
1943–44	Racing suspended	–
1942–43	Racing suspended	–
1941–42	Ron Smyth	Professional	12
1940–41	Gerry Wilson	Professional	22
1939–40	Fred Rimell	Professional	24
1938–39	Fred Rimell	Professional	61
1937–38	Gerry Wilson	Professional	59
1936–37	Gerry Wilson	Professional	45
1935–36	Gerry Wilson	Professional	57
1934–35	Gerry Wilson	Professional	73
1933–34	Gerry Wilson	Professional	56
1932–33	Gerry Wilson	Professional	61
1931–32	Billy Stott	Professional	77
1930–31	Billy Stott	Professional	81
1929–30	Billy Stott	Professional	77
1928–29	Billy Stott	Professional	76
1927–28	Billy Stott	Professional	88
1926–27	Dick Rees	Professional	59
1925–26	Ted Leader	Professional	61	[32]
1925*	E. Foster	Professional	76
1924*	Dick Rees	Professional	108
1923*	Dick Rees	Professional	64
1922*	Jack Anthony	Professional	78
1921*	Dick Rees	Professional	65
1920*	Dick Rees	Professional	64
1919*	H. Brown	Amateur	48	[3]
1918*	George Duller	Professional	17
1917*	W. Smith	Professional	15
1916*	C. Hawkins	Professional	17
1915*	Ernie Piggott	Professional	44
1914*	Jack Anthony	Amateur	60	[3]
1913*	Ernie Piggott	Professional	60
1912*	Ivor Anthony	Professional	78	[3]
1911*	W. Payne	Professional	76
1910*	Ernie Piggott	Professional	67
1909*	R. Gordon	Professional	45
1908*	P. Cowley	Professional	65
1907*	Frank Mason	Professional	59
1906*	Frank Mason	Professional	58
1905*	Frank Mason	Professional	73
1904*	Frank Mason	Professional	59
1903*	Percy Woodland	Professional	54
1902*	Frank Mason	Professional	67
1901*	Frank Mason	Professional	58
1900*	H. S. Sidney	Amateur	53

Records

• Most titles - 20, Tony McCoy
• Most consecutive titles - 20, Tony McCoy (1995–2015)
• Most wins in a season - 289, Tony McCoy (2001–2002)
• Most runner-up finishes - 17 Richard Johnson

See also

• British jump racing Champion Trainer
• British flat racing Champion Jockey
• British flat racing Champion Trainer