British jump racing Champion Jockey


In Great Britain's National Hunt racing, the title of Champion Jockey is bestowed on the jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during a racing season. From its inception in 1900 through to 1925, the award was given to the jockey who had ridden the most winners during a calendar year. Beginning in 1926, this changed, instead identifying the jockey who had ridden the most winners during a campaign season; the 1926 winner was rewarded for the 1925–26 season, for example.
Tony McCoy was Champion Jockey 20 times, which is more than any other winner; he also recorded the most wins in a season, with 289 in the 2001–02 season. The award has been shared on three occasions: in 1944–45, in 1968–69, and in 1981–82. Over the years, three amateurs have won the title, though none more recently than 1919. One of them, Jack Anthony, won both as an amateur and as a professional. Racing was suspended for several years during World War II, which meant there was no Champion Jockey in 1943 or 1944.
In the 2015–16 season for the first time the championship was rewarded with prize money, with the 2015–16 champion receiving £15,000 and smaller prizes being awarded down to fifth place. Any Champion Jockey who wins the championship from 2016 onwards will receive the new trophy designed by Asprey and chosen by Sir AP McCoy after the previous one was gifted to Sir AP upon his retirement.

Champion jockeys

Table Legend
SeasonJockeyStatusWinnersReference
2019–20Brian HughesProfessional141
2018–19Richard JohnsonProfessional200
2017–18Richard JohnsonProfessional176
2016–17Richard JohnsonProfessional180
2015–16Richard JohnsonProfessional235
2014–15Tony McCoyProfessional231
2013–14Tony McCoyProfessional218
2012–13Tony McCoyProfessional185
2011–12Tony McCoyProfessional199
2010–11Tony McCoyProfessional218
2009–10Tony McCoyProfessional195
2008–09Tony McCoyProfessional186
2007–08Tony McCoyProfessional140
2006–07Tony McCoyProfessional184
2005–06Tony McCoyProfessional178
2004–05Tony McCoyProfessional200
2003–04Tony McCoyProfessional209
2002–03Tony McCoyProfessional258
2001–02Tony McCoyProfessional289
2000–01Tony McCoyProfessional191
1999–2000Tony McCoyProfessional245
1998–99Tony McCoyProfessional186
1997–98Tony McCoyProfessional253
1996–97Tony McCoyProfessional190
1995–96Tony McCoyProfessional175
1994–95Richard DunwoodyProfessional160
1993–94Richard DunwoodyProfessional197
1992–93Richard DunwoodyProfessional173
1991–92Peter ScudamoreProfessional175
1990–91Peter ScudamoreProfessional141
1989–90Peter ScudamoreProfessional170
1988–89Peter ScudamoreProfessional221
1987–88Peter ScudamoreProfessional132
1986–87Peter ScudamoreProfessional123
1985–86Peter ScudamoreProfessional91
1984–85John FrancomeProfessional101
1983–84John FrancomeProfessional131
1982–83John FrancomeProfessional106
1981–82John Francome / Peter ScudamoreProfessional120
1980–81John FrancomeProfessional105
1979–80Jonjo O'NeillProfessional115
1978–79John FrancomeProfessional95
1977–78Jonjo O'NeillProfessional149
1976–77Tommy StackProfessional97
1975–76John FrancomeProfessional96
1974–75Tommy StackProfessional82
1973–74Ron BarryProfessional94
1972–73Ron BarryProfessional125
1971–72Bob DaviesProfessional89
1970–71Graham ThornerProfessional74
1969–70Bob DaviesProfessional91
1968–69Terry Biddlecombe / Bob DaviesProfessional77
1967–68Josh GiffordProfessional82
1966–67Josh GiffordProfessional122
1965–66Terry BiddlecombeProfessional102
1964–65Terry BiddlecombeProfessional114
1963–64Josh GiffordProfessional94
1962–63Josh GiffordProfessional70
1961–62Stan MellorProfessional80
1960–61Stan MellorProfessional118
1959–60Stan MellorProfessional68
1958–59Tim BrookshawProfessional83
1957–58Fred WinterProfessional82
1956–57Fred WinterProfessional80
1955–56Fred WinterProfessional74
1954–55Tim MolonyProfessional67
1953–54Dick FrancisProfessional76
1952–53Fred WinterProfessional121
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
Ted LeaderProfessional61
E. FosterProfessional76
1924*Fred ReesProfessional108
1923*Fred ReesProfessional64
1922*Jack AnthonyProfessional78
1921*Fred ReesProfessional65
1920*Fred ReesProfessional64
1919*H. BrownAmateur48
1918*George DullerProfessional17
1917*W. SmithProfessional15
1916*C. HawkinsProfessional17
1915*Ernie PiggottProfessional44
1914*Jack AnthonyAmateur60
1913*Ernie PiggottProfessional60
1912*Ivor AnthonyProfessional78
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

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