2018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

The 2018–19 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 40th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 22nd official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 8th World Cup season for ladies. The season began on 17 November 2018 in Wisła for men and in Lillehammer for ladies; the season concluded on 24 March 2019 in Planica for men and in Chaykovsky for ladies.

The first edition of ladies' Raw Air was organized simultaneously with men's edition between 9–14 March 2019.

And at the end of the season new tournament called "Russia Tour Blue Bird" for ladies was organized in Nizhny Tagil and Chaykovsky between 16 and 24 March 2019.

New rules have been introduced at the 2018 Fall meeting in Zürich: from now on one Continental Cup point will be enough to perform at the Ski Flying event and not one World Cup point anymore. Also all qualification rounds awarded with 3,000 CHF and Ski Flying qualifications with 5,000 CHF from this season on.

Map of world cup hosts
All 26 locations hosting world cup events for men (19) and ladies (14) in this season.

{|
 * - valign = "top"



Raw Air Planica7 Willingen Five Four Hills Tournament Russia Tour Blue Bird
 * }

Achievements

 * First World Cup career victory:


 * Men
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeniy Klimov (24), in his fourth season – the WC 1 in Wisła
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoyu Kobayashi (22), in his fourth season – the WC 2 in Ruka
 * 🇩🇪 Karl Geiger (25), in his seventh season – the WC 6 in Engelberg
 * 🇵🇱 Dawid Kubacki (28), in his twelfth season – the WC 13 in Val di Fiemme
 * 🇸🇮 Timi Zajc (18), in his second season – the WC 17 in Oberstdorf
 * 🇩🇪 Markus Eisenbichler (27), in his eighth season – the WC 27 in Planica


 * Women
 * 🇩🇪 Juliane Seyfarth (28), in her eighth season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer
 * 🇷🇺 Lidiia Iakovleva (17), in her second season – the WC 2 in Lillehammer


 * First World Cup podium:


 * Men
 * 🇩🇪 Stephan Leyhe (26), in his seventh season – the WC 1 in Wisła
 * 🇯🇵 Ryoyu Kobayashi (22), in his fourth season – the WC 1 in Wisła
 * 🇦🇹 Daniel Huber (25), in his fifth season – the WC 6 in Engelberg
 * 🇯🇵 Yukiya Satō (23), in his fifth season – the WC 14 in Zakopane
 * 🇸🇮 Timi Zajc (18), in his second season – the WC 16 in Sapporo


 * Women
 * 🇩🇪 Juliane Seyfarth (28), in her eighth season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer
 * 🇷🇺 Lidiia Iakovleva (17), in her second season – the WC 2 in Lillehammer
 * 🇩🇪 Ramona Straub (25), in her eighth season – the WC 3 in Lillehammer
 * 🇳🇴 Anna Odine Strøm (21), in her sixth season – the WC 9 in Zaō
 * 🇸🇮 Urša Bogataj (23), in her eighth season – the WC 14 in Ljubno


 * Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins):


 * Men
 * 🇯🇵 Ryōyū Kobayashi – 13 (13)
 * 🇦🇹 Stefan Kraft – 4 (16)
 * 🇵🇱 Kamil Stoch – 2 (33)
 * 🇩🇪 Karl Geiger – 2 (2)
 * Domen Prevc – 1 (5)
 * 🇳🇴 Johann André Forfang – 1 (3)
 * 🇳🇴 Robert Johansson – 1 (2)
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeniy Klimov – 1 (1)
 * 🇵🇱 Dawid Kubacki – 1 (1)
 * Timi Zajc – 1 (1)
 * 🇩🇪 Markus Eisenbichler – 1 (1)


 * Women
 * 🇳🇴 Maren Lundby – 12 (25)
 * 🇩🇪 Juliane Seyfarth – 4 (4)
 * 🇦🇹 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz – 3 (16)
 * 🇩🇪 Katharina Althaus – 3 (7)
 * 🇯🇵 Sara Takanashi – 1 (56)
 * 🇷🇺 Lidiia Iakovleva – 1 (1)

Retirements

 * 🇳🇴 Andreas Stjernen - 1 victories, 7 podiums, 166 starts in WC
 * Robert Kranjec - 7 victories, 27 podiums, 325 starts in WC
 * 🇮🇹 Davide Bresadola
 * 🇮🇹 Sebastian Colloredo
 * 🇳🇴 Kenneth Gangnes
 * Tomaž Naglič
 * Luca Egloff
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Kofler
 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Hlava
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Wank
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Vančura