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British jump racing Champion Jockey

British national hunt racing jockeys' championship

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. He also recorded the most wins in a season, with 289 in 2001–02. The title has been shared on three occasions: in 1944–45, in 1968–69 and in 1981–82. 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 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.

Champion jockeys

Table legend

Season	Jockey	Status	Winners	Reference
	2024–25	Sean Bowen	Professional	180
	2023–24	Harry Cobden	Professional	164
	2022–23	Brian Hughes	Professional	165
	2021–22	Brian Hughes	Professional	204
	2020–21	Harry Skelton	Professional	152
	2019–20	Brian Hughes	Professional	141
	2018–19	Richard Johnson	Professional	200
	2017–18	Richard Johnson	Professional	176
	2016–17	Richard Johnson	Professional	180
	2015–16	Richard Johnson	Professional	235
	2014–15	Tony McCoy	Professional	231
	2013–14	Tony McCoy	Professional	218
	2012–13	Tony McCoy	Professional	185	title=Roll of Honour: Britain	newspaper=Racing Post	location=London	date=28 April 2013 }}
	2011–12	Tony McCoy	Professional	199	url=http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	title=British Jump Jockey Championship	publisher=Professional Jockey Association	accessdate=2 May 2012	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617185837/http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	archivedate=17 June 2012	df=dmy }}
	2010–11	Tony McCoy	Professional	218	url=http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	title=British Jump Jockey Championship	publisher=Professional Jockey Association	accessdate=13 December 2010	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617185837/http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	archivedate=17 June 2012	df=dmy }}
	2009–10	Tony McCoy	Professional	195	title=Tony McCoy picks up 15th champion jockey title	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8641519.stm	work=BBC News	date=24 April 2010}}
	2008–09	Tony McCoy	Professional	186	url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12426_5237571,00.html	title=Nicholls and McCoy reign again	first=Simon	last=Digler	date=25 April 2009	accessdate=25 April 2009	publisher=SkySports}}
	2007–08	Tony McCoy	Professional	140	url=http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	title=British Jump Jockey Championship	publisher=Professional Jockey Association	accessdate=28 May 2008	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617185837/http://www.thepja.co.uk/champ_jump.aspx	archivedate=17 June 2012	df=dmy }}
	2006–07	Tony McCoy	Professional	184	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6605369.stm	title=McCoy is champion jockey again	publisher=BBC	date=29 April 2007	access-date=19 May 2008}}
	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	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/2090208.stm	title=University honour for McCoy	date=3 July 2002	publisher=BBC	access-date=19 May 2008}}
	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	title=Obsessed, An Autobiography	last=Dunwoody	first=Richard	publisher=Headline Book Publishing	year=2000	location=London	isbn=0-7472-7218-2	url=https://archive.org/details/obsessedautobiog00dunw }}
	1991–92	Peter Scudamore	Professional	175	title=The Riverside dictionary of biography	author=American Heritage Dictionary	page=[716](https://archive.org/details/riversidediction0000unse/page/716)	publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	year=2004	isbn=0-618-49337-9	url=https://archive.org/details/riversidediction0000unse/page/716 }}
	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	last=Vamplew	first=Wray	author2=Joyce Kay	title=Encyclopedia of British Horseracing	publisher=Routledge	location=London; New York	year=2003	isbn=0-7146-5356-X}}
	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	author=Griffiths, Richard	url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040406/ai_n12777083	title=Obituary: Fred Winters	work=The Independent	date=6 April 2004	accessdate=11 July 2008}}
	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
		Ted Leader	Professional	61
	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
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

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

References

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"NEW CHAMPION JUMP JOCKEY TROPHY UNVEILED". [[Racing Post]].
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Porteous, Lewis. (24 April 2022). "Championship round-up: Sandown haul puts seal on Nicholls' 13th trainers' title". Racing Post.
(22 April 2021). "'It feels amazing' - Harry Skelton crowned champion jump jockey in Britain". Racing Post.
(6 April 2020). "Brian Hughes wins champion jockey title from Richard Johnson".
(27 April 2019). "Paul Nicholls captures 11th crown and has Martin Pipe record firmly in sight". [[Racing Post]].
(28 April 2018). "Richard Johnson: Champion jump jockey hopes to maintain dominance". BBC Sport.
(23 April 2016). "Richard Johnson becomes champion jockey for first time after 16 runner-up finishes". BBC Sport.
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(28 April 2013). "Roll of Honour: Britain". [[Racing Post]].
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(15 May 2006). "Inca wins horse of the year award". BBC.
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