Longines World's Best Jockey
Longines World's Best Jockey Scoring
| Current Jockeys Standings |
| For the award year of 2016 |
1st = 12 points 2nd = 6 points and 3rd = 4 points, see rules for dead heats |
|
| Jockey |
1st Place(s) |
2nd Place(s) |
3rd Place(s) |
1st Place Points |
2nd Place Points |
3rd Place Points |
Total Points |
|
Ryan L. Moore
|
8 |
9 |
4 |
96 |
54 |
16 |
166 |
|
Christophe Soumillon
|
5 |
5 |
2 |
60 |
30 |
8 |
98 |
|
Hugh Bowman
|
6 |
1 |
4 |
72 |
6 |
16 |
94 |
|
Javier Castellano
|
3 |
4 |
3 |
36 |
24 |
12 |
72 |
|
Lanfranco Dettori
|
2 |
5 |
2 |
24 |
30 |
8 |
62 |
|
Yutaka Take
|
4 |
0 |
2 |
48 |
0 |
8 |
56 |
|
Joel Rosario
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
36 |
6 |
8 |
50 |
|
Andrea Atzeni
|
4 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
|
William T. Buick
|
2 |
2 |
3 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
48 |
|
Mike E. Smith
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
36 |
6 |
4 |
46 |
|
Joao Moreira
|
2 |
1 |
4 |
24 |
6 |
16 |
46 |
|
Tommy Dean Berry
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
6 |
0 |
42 |
|
Craig Newitt
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
6 |
0 |
42 |
|
Kerrin McEvoy
|
2 |
3 |
0 |
24 |
18 |
0 |
42 |
|
James McDonald
|
1 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
18 |
12 |
42 |
|
Florent Geroux
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
24 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
|
Zac Purton
|
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
30 |
4 |
34 |
|
Patrick Joseph Smullen
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
0 |
8 |
32 |
|
Damien Oliver
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
32 |
|
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
12 |
8 |
32 |
|
Harry Bentley
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
6 |
0 |
30 |
|
Kent J. Desormeaux
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
6 |
0 |
30 |
|
Victor Espinoza
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
6 |
0 |
30 |
|
Mirco Demuro
|
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
30 |
|
Masayoshi Ebina
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
4 |
28 |
|
Seamus Heffernan
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
12 |
4 |
28 |
|
John R. Velazquez
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
8 |
26 |
|
Ben Melham
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
|
Mark J. Zahra
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
|
Jose L. Ortiz
|
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
|
Brad Rawiller
|
1 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
|
Maxime H. Guyon
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
|
Yuga Kawada
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
|
Julien R. Leparoux
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
|
Stephane Pasquier
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
22 |
|
Vincent Cheminaud
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
22 |
|
Damian Lane
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
22 |
|
Blake Aaron Shinn
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
22 |
|
Neil Francis Callan
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
0 |
8 |
20 |
|
Rafael Bejarano
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
|
Brett Leonard Prebble
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
18 |
|
Andrasch Starke
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
18 |
|
Samuel Clipperton
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
|
Mario Gutierrez
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
|
S'manga Khumalo
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
|
Paul Geoffrey Hanagan
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
16 |
|
Christophe Patrice Lemaire
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
16 |
|
George Baker
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Damian Browne
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Cristian Demuro
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Jean-Bernard Eyquem
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Martin Garcia
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Nicholas Gregory Hall
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Suguru Hamanaka
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Christopher Denis Hayes
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Adam Earl Kirby
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Anton Marcus
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Paul Mulrennan
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Takuya Ono
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Pierre-Corne Orffer
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Eduardo Pedroza
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Thomas Peter Queally
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Joseph Talamo
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Hironobu Tanabe
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Hayato Yoshida
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
Pierre Charles Boudot
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
|
Anthony C. Delpech
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
James Doyle
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
|
Stephen Baster
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Yuichi Fukunaga
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Colin Keane
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Oisin Murphy
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Olivier Peslier
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Craig A. Williams
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
|
Alexis Badel
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Gregory Benoist
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Luis Contreras
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Silvestre A. De Sousa
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Donovan Dillon
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Robert Havlin
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Kenichi Ikezoe
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Corey J. Lanerie
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Graham Lee
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Marc Robert Lerner
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Abel Lezcano
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Hideaki Miyuki
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Callan Murray
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Chris Parnham
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Nash Rawiller
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Gary L. Stevens
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
David J. Allan
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
John Michael Allen
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Brenton Ali Avdulla
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Tyler Baze
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Joe Bravo
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Timothy Allan Clark
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Dougie C. Costello
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Dwayne Dunn
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Tom Eaves
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Shane Foley
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Nik Juarez
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Filip Minarik
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Jack Mitchell
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Gerald Mosse
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Colm O'Donoghue
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Flavien Prat
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Glyn David Schofield
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Ian Sturgeon
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Daniel Alexander Tudhope
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Hiroyuki Uchida
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Adrie de Vries
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Ryuji Wada
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Michael John Walker
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Dean Maxwell Yendall
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
Norihiro Yokoyama
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
Each year, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) and LONGINES present to the jockey with the best performance in the world’s highest-rated races the LONGINES WORLD’S BEST JOCKEY AWARD.
The scoring for the award is based upon performances in the 100 highest-rated Group 1 and Grade 1 races established for the year by the LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Committee. The scoring incorporates races from 1 December of the previous year until 30 November of the current year. Jockeys accrue 12 points for a win, 6 points for placing second, and 4 points for placing third.
The current scoring, the top 100 G1 races, schedule, and results can be found above.
2024 Longines World's Best Jockey: James McDonald
2024 Jockeys Standings
2023 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Ryan Moore
2023 Jockeys Standings
2022 Longines World's Best Jockey:
James McDonald
2022 Jockeys Standings
2021 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Ryan Moore
2021 Jockeys Standings
2020 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2020 Jockeys Standings
2019 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2019 Jockeys Standings
2018 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2018 Jockeys Standings
2017 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Hugh Bowman
2017 Jockeys Standings
2016 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Ryan Moore
2016 Jockeys Standings
2015 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2015 Jockeys Standings
2014 Longines World's Best Jockey:
Ryan Moore
2014 Jockeys Standings
