British jump racing Champion Jockey

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Tony McCoy has been Champion Jockey a record 20 times.

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 (January to December). 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 (in 1914) and as a professional (in 1922). Racing was suspended for several years during World War II, which meant there was no Champion Jockey in 1943 or 1944.

The current championship runs from 30 April 2015 to 23 April 2016 and is sponsored by the Stobart Group. For the first time the championship will be rewarded with prize money, with the 2015-16 champion receiving £15,000 and smaller prizes being awarded down to fifth place.

Champion jockeys

Table Legend

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

Season	Jockey	Status	Winners	Reference
2014-15	Tony McCoy	Professional	231
2013–14	Tony McCoy	Professional	218
2012–13	Tony McCoy	Professional	185
2011–12	Tony McCoy	Professional	199
2010–11	Tony McCoy	Professional	218
2009–10	Tony McCoy	Professional	195
2008–09	Tony McCoy	Professional	186
2007–08	Tony McCoy	Professional	140
2006–07	Tony McCoy	Professional	184
2005–06	Tony McCoy	Professional	178
2004–05	Tony McCoy	Professional	200
2003–04	Tony McCoy	Professional	209
2002–03	Tony McCoy	Professional	258
2001–02	Tony McCoy	Professional	289
2000–01	Tony McCoy	Professional	191
1999–2000	Tony McCoy	Professional	245
1998–99	Tony McCoy	Professional	186
1997–98	Tony McCoy	Professional	253
1996–97	Tony McCoy	Professional	190
1995–96	Tony McCoy	Professional	175
1994–95	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	160
1993–94	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	197
1992–93	Richard Dunwoody	Professional	173
1991–92	Peter Scudamore	Professional	175
1990–91	Peter Scudamore	Professional	141
1989–90	Peter Scudamore	Professional	170
1988–89	Peter Scudamore	Professional	221
1987–88	Peter Scudamore	Professional	132
1986–87	Peter Scudamore	Professional	123
1985–86	Peter Scudamore	Professional	91
1984–85	John Francome	Professional	101
1983–84	John Francome	Professional	131
1982–83	John Francome	Professional	106
1981–82	John Francome / Peter Scudamore	Professional	120
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
1976–77	Tommy Stack	Professional	97
1975–76	John Francome	Professional	96
1974–75	Tommy Stack	Professional	82
1973–74	Ron Barry	Professional	94
1972–73	Ron Barry	Professional	125
1971–72	Bob Davies	Professional	89
1970–71	Graham Thorner	Professional	74
1969–70	Bob Davies	Professional	91
1968–69	Terry Biddlecombe / Bob Davies	Professional	77
1967–68	Josh Gifford	Professional	82
1966–67	Josh Gifford	Professional	122
1965–66	Terry Biddlecombe	Professional	102
1964–65	Terry Biddlecombe	Professional	114
1963–64	Josh Gifford	Professional	94
1962–63	Josh Gifford	Professional	70
1961–62	Stan Mellor	Professional	80
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
1953–54	Dick Francis	Professional	76
1952–53	Fred Winter	Professional	121
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	Fred Rees	Professional	59
1925–26	Ted Leader	Professional	61
1925*	E. Foster	Professional	76
1924*	Fred Rees	Professional	108
1923*	Fred Rees	Professional	64
1922*	Jack Anthony	Professional	78
1921*	Fred Rees	Professional	65
1920*	Fred Rees	Professional	64
1919*	H. Brown	Amateur	48
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
1913*	Ernie Piggott	Professional	60
1912*	Ivor Anthony	Professional	78
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

See also

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

• Birley 1995, p. 49
• Birley 1995, p. 158
• Birley 1995, p. 159