Longines World's Best Jockey

Longines World's Best Jockey Scoring
Current Jockeys Standings
For the award year of 2015 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
Lanfranco Dettori 5 4 4 60 24 16 100
Victor Espinoza 6 3 0 72 18 0 90
Ryan L. Moore 4 5 3 48 30 12 90
Maxime H. Guyon 6 2 1 72 12 4 88
Javier Castellano 6 1 2 72 6 8 86
James McDonald 6 1 1 72 6 4 82
Joel Rosario 0 6 6 0 36 24 60
Tommy Dean Berry 3 2 2 36 12 8 56
Hugh Bowman 2 1 6 24 6 24 54
Christophe Soumillon 3 2 1 36 12 4 52
Joao Moreira 3 0 2 36 0 8 44
John R. Velazquez 2 2 1 24 12 4 40
William T. Buick 1 3 2 12 18 8 38
Andrea Atzeni 2 1 1 24 6 4 34
Mirco Demuro 2 1 1 24 6 4 34
Thierry Jarnet 2 1 1 24 6 4 34
Michael John Walker 2 1 1 24 6 4 34
Damien Oliver 1 3 1 12 18 4 34
Craig A. Williams 1 3 1 12 18 4 34
Ben Melham 2 0 2 24 0 8 32
James Doyle 1 2 2 12 12 8 32
Jamie P. Spencer 1 2 2 12 12 8 32
Glen Robert Boss 2 1 0 24 6 0 30
Keita Tosaki 2 1 0 24 6 0 30
Yuga Kawada 2 0 1 24 0 4 28
Glyn David Schofield 2 0 1 24 0 4 28
Patrick Joseph Smullen 2 0 1 24 0 4 28
Kerrin McEvoy 1 2 0 12 12 0 24
Zac Purton 1 2 0 12 12 0 24
Douglas Whyte 0 4 0 0 24 0 24
Joe Bravo 1 1 1 12 6 4 22
Vincent Cheminaud 1 1 1 12 6 4 22
Suguru Hamanaka 1 1 1 12 6 4 22
Richard Hughes 1 1 1 12 6 4 22
Mike E. Smith 0 3 1 0 18 4 22
Paul Geoffrey Hanagan 1 0 2 12 0 8 20
Luis Saez 1 0 2 12 0 8 20
Tyler Baze 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Pierre Charles Boudot 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Neil Francis Callan 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
James Cassidy 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Florent Geroux 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Julien R. Leparoux 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Craig Newitt 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Olivier Peslier 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Gary L. Stevens 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Norihiro Yokoyama 1 1 0 12 6 0 18
Yuichi Fukunaga 0 3 0 0 18 0 18
Yasunari Iwata 0 1 3 0 6 12 18
Owen Patrick Bosson 1 0 1 12 0 4 16
Silvestre A. De Sousa 1 0 1 12 0 4 16
Vlad Duric 1 0 1 12 0 4 16
Kenichi Ikezoe 1 0 1 12 0 4 16
Mickael Barzalona 0 2 1 0 12 4 16
Blake Aaron Shinn 0 1 2 0 6 8 14
Rafael Bejarano 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Shaun Bridgmohan 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Pat Dobbs 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Richard D. Fourie 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Fergal Lynch 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Jose L. Ortiz 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Michelle Payne 1 0 0 12 0 0 12
Dwayne Dunn 0 2 0 0 12 0 12
Nicholas Gregory Hall 0 2 0 0 12 0 12
Damian Lane 0 2 0 0 12 0 12
Masayoshi Ebina 0 0 3 0 0 12 12
Jose Lezcano 0 0 3 0 0 12 12
Pat Cosgrave 0 1 1 0 6 4 10
Irad Ortiz, Jr. 0 1 1 0 6 4 10
Martin Garcia 0 0 2 0 0 8 8
Stephane Pasquier 0 0 2 0 0 8 8
Julien Auge 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Seamus Heffernan 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Fernando Jara 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Hiroshi Kitamura 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Filip Minarik 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Joseph P. O'Brien 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Colm O'Donoghue 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Chris Parnham 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Flavien Prat 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Piere J. Strydom 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Daniel Alexander Tudhope 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Mark J. Zahra 0 1 0 0 6 0 6
Junior Alvarado 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Steven William Arnold 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Brenton Ali Avdulla 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Corey William Brown 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Noel T Callow 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Luke Richard Currie 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Cristian Demuro 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Kent J. Desormeaux 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Olivier Doleuze 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Christopher A. Emigh 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Manuel Franco 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Jack Garritty 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Christophe Patrice Lemaire 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Gavin J. Lerena 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Ioritz Mendizabal 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Martin A. Pedroza 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Alexander Pietsch 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Hirofumi Shii 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Andrasch Starke 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Joseph Talamo 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Hironobu Tanabe 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
Dominic Tourneur 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
James Winks 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.

2023 Longines World's Best Jockey: Ryan Moore
2023 Jockeys Standings

Ryan Moore: Longines World's Best Jockey

2022 Longines World's Best Jockey: James McDonald
2022 Jockeys Standings

James McDonald: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2021 Longines World's Best Jockey: Ryan Moore
2021 Jockeys Standings

Ryan Moore: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2020 Longines World's Best Jockey: Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2020 Jockeys Standings

Frankie Dettori: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2019 Longines World's Best Jockey: Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2019 Jockeys Standings

Frankie Dettori: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2018 Longines World's Best Jockey: Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2018 Jockeys Standings
Frankie Dettori: Longines World's Best Jockey
2017 Longines World's Best Jockey: Hugh Bowman
2017 Jockeys Standings

Hugh Bowman: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2016 Longines World's Best Jockey: Ryan Moore
2016 Jockeys Standings

Ryan Moore: Longines World's Best Jockey

 

2015 Longines World's Best Jockey: Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori
2015 Jockeys Standings

Lafranco

 



2014 Longines World's Best Jockey: Ryan Moore
2014 Jockeys Standings

Ryan Moore: Longines World's Best Jockey