The Champion Jockey in horse racing is the jockey who has ridden the most winners in a given season.
As there is racing on the flat and over jumps, both codes have their own Champion. Also, with racing in Britain under the stewardship of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Ireland under Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) there are championships for both codes for races which run in Britain and championships for both codes for races which run in Ireland.
British & Irish Champion Flat Jockeys
The Flat Jockeys Championship is for races run on the flat, both turf and all-weather, in a set time period.
In Britain, the flat season traditionally spanned the Lincoln Handicap meeting from Doncaster in March or April, to the November Handicap meeting, which also runs at Doncaster. Since 2015 this was changed to races won between the Guineas Meeting at Newmarket in late April/May and British Champions Day at Ascot in October.
In Ireland the official Flat Jockeys Championship runs from the Irish Lincolnshire meeting at the Curragh in March to the Flat Finale meeting at Naas in late October or early November.
The most successful British Champion Flat jockey is Gordon Richards who won 26 titles between 1925 and 1953. The rider with the most Irish Flat Jockey Championships is Michael Kinane who won 13 titles between 1984 and 2003.
| Season | British | Irish |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oisin Murphy (153) | Colin Keane (141) |
| 2020 | Oisin Murphy (142) | Colin Keane (100) |
| 2019 | Oisin Murphy (168) | Donnacha O’Brien (111) |
| 2018 | Silvestre de Sousa (148) | Donnacha O’Brien (111) |
| 2017 | Silvestre de Sousa (155) | Colin Keane (100) |
| 2016 | Jim Crowley (148) | Pat Smullen (115) |
| 2015 | Silvestre de Sousa (132) | Pat Smullen (103) |
| 2014 | Richard Hughes (161) | Pat Smullen (108) |
| 2013 | Richard Hughes (208) | Joseph O’Brien (126) |
| 2012 | Richard Hughes (172) | Joseph O’Brien (87) |
| 2011 | Paul Hanagan (165) | Johnny Murtagh (83) |
| 2010 | Paul Hanagan (191) | Pat Smullen (96) |
| 2009 | Ryan Moore (174) | Johnny Murtagh (93) |
| 2008 | Ryan Moore (186) | Pat Smullen (90) |
| 2007 | Seb Sanders / Jamie Spencer (190) | Pat Smullen (94) |
| 2006 | Ryan Moore (180) | Declan McDonogh (86) |
| 2005 | Jamie Spencer (163) | Pat Smullen (67) |
| 2004 | Frankie Dettori (192) | Jamie Spencer (93) |
| 2003 | Kieren Fallon (207) | Mick Kinane (103) |
| 2002 | Kieren Fallon (136) | Mick Kinane (79) |
| 2001 | Kieren Fallon (166) | Pat Smullen (81) |
| 2000 | Kevin Darley (155) | Pat Smullen (80) |
| 1999 | Kieren Fallon (200) | Mick Kinane (92) |
| 1998 | Kieren Fallon (204) | Johnny Murtagh (87) |
| 1997 | Kieren Fallon (202) | Christy Roche |
| 1996 | Pat Eddery (186) | Johnny Murtagh |
| 1995 | Frankie Dettori (211) | Johnny Murtagh |
| 1994 | Frankie Dettori (233) | Mick Kinane |
| 1993 | Pat Eddery (169) | Mick Kinane |
| 1992 | Michael Roberts (206) | Mick Kinane |
| 1991 | Pat Eddery (165) | Mick Kinane |
| 1990 | Pat Eddery (209) | Christy Roche |
| 1989 | Pat Eddery (171) | Mick Kinane |
| 1988 | Pat Eddery (183) | Mick Kinane |
| 1987 | Steve Cauthen (197) | Mick Kinane |
| 1986 | Pat Eddery (176) | Mick Kinane |
| 1985 | Steve Cauthen (195) | Mick Kinane |
| 1984 | Steve Cauthen (130) | Mick Kinane |
| 1983 | Willie Carson (159) | Christy Roche |
| 1982 | Lester Piggott (188) | Pat Eddery |
| 1981 | Lester Piggott (179) | Christy Roche |
| 1980 | Willie Carson (166) | Christy Roche |
| 1979 | Joe Mercer (164) | Christy Roche |
| 1978 | Willie Carson (182) | Tommy Murphy |
| 1977 | Pat Eddery (176) | Wally Swinburn |
| 1976 | Pat Eddery (162) | Wally Swinburn |
| 1975 | Pat Eddery (164) | Christy Roche |
| 1974 | Pat Eddery (148) | Johnny Roe |
| 1973 | Willie Carson (164) | Johnny Roe |
| 1972 | Willie Carson (132) | Johnny Roe |
| 1971 | Lester Piggott (162) | Johnny Roe |
| 1970 | Lester Piggott (162) | George McGrath |
| 1969 | Lester Piggott (163) | Buster Parnell |
| 1968 | Lester Piggott (139) | Johnny Roe |
| 1967 | Lester Piggott (117) | Johnny Roe |
| 1966 | Lester Piggott (191) | Johnny Roe |
| 1965 | Lester Piggott (160) | George McGrath |
| 1964 | Lester Piggott (140) | Johnny Roe |
| 1963 | Scobie Breasley (176) | Johnny Roe |
| 1962 | Scobie Breasley (179) | Pat Glennon |
| 1961 | Scobie Breasley (171) | Liam Ward |
| 1960 | Lester Piggott (170) | Garnet Bougoure |
| 1959 | Doug Smith (157) | Liam Ward |
| 1958 | Doug Smith (165) | Liam Ward |
| 1957 | Scobie Breasley (173) | Liam Ward |
| 1956 | Doug Smith (155) | Liam Ward |
| 1955 | Doug Smith (168) | Jimmy Eddery |
| 1954 | Doug Smith (129) | Jimmy Eddery |
| 1953 | Gordon Richards (191) | Liam Ward |
| 1952 | Gordon Richards (231) | Jimmy Mullane |
| 1951 | Gordon Richards (227) | Jimmy Mullane |
| 1950 | Gordon Richards (201) | J W Thompson |
| 1949 | Gordon Richards (261) | |
| 1948 | Gordon Richards (224) | |
| 1947 | Gordon Richards (269) | |
| 1946 | Gordon Richards (212) | |
| 1945 | Gordon Richards (104) | |
| 1944 | Gordon Richards (88) | |
| 1943 | Gordon Richards (65) | |
| 1942 | Gordon Richards (67) | |
| 1941 | Harry Wragg (71) | |
| 1940 | Gordon Richards (68) | |
| 1939 | Gordon Richards (155) | |
| 1938 | Gordon Richards (206) | |
| 1937 | Gordon Richards (216) | |
| 1936 | Gordon Richards (174) | |
| 1935 | Gordon Richards (217) | |
| 1934 | Gordon Richards (212) | |
| 1933 | Gordon Richards (259) | |
| 1932 | Gordon Richards (190) | |
| 1931 | Gordon Richards (145) | |
| 1930 | Freddie Fox (129) | |
| 1929 | Gordon Richards (135) | |
| 1928 | Gordon Richards (148) | |
| 1927 | Gordon Richards (164) | |
| 1926 | Tommy Weston (95) | |
| 1925 | Gordon Richards (118) | |
| 1924 | Charlie Elliott (106) | |
| 1923 | Steve Donoghue / Charlie Elliott (89) | |
| 1922 | Steve Donoghue (102) | |
| 1921 | Steve Donoghue (141) | |
| 1920 | Steve Donoghue (143) | |
| 1919 | Steve Donoghue (129) | |
| 1918 | Steve Donoghue (66) | |
| 1917 | Steve Donoghue (42) | |
| 1916 | Steve Donoghue (43) | |
| 1915 | Steve Donoghue (62) | |
| 1914 | Steve Donoghue (129) | |
| 1913 | Danny Maher (115) | |
| 1912 | Frank Wootton (118) | |
| 1911 | Frank Wootton (187) | |
| 1910 | Frank Wootton (137) | |
| 1909 | Frank Wootton (165) | |
| 1908 | Danny Maher (139) | |
| 1907 | William Higgs (146) | |
| 1906 | William Higgs (149) | |
| 1905 | Elijah Wheatley (124) | |
| 1904 | Otto Madden (161) | |
| 1903 | Otto Madden (154) | |
| 1902 | Willie Lane (170) | |
| 1901 | Otto Madden (130) | |
| 1900 | Lester Reiff (143) | |
| 1899 | Sam Loates (160) | |
| 1898 | Otto Madden (161) | |
| 1897 | Morny Cannon (145) | |
| 1896 | Morny Cannon (164) | |
| 1895 | Morny Cannon (184) | |
| 1894 | Morny Cannon (167) | |
| 1893 | Tommy Loates (222) | |
| 1892 | Morny Cannon (182) | |
| 1891 | Morny Cannon (137) | |
| 1890 | Tommy Loates (147) | |
| 1889 | Tommy Loates (167) | |
| 1888 | Fred Barrett (108) | |
| 1887 | Charles Wood (151) | |
| 1886 | Fred Archer (170) | |
| 1885 | Fred Archer (246) | |
| 1884 | Fred Archer (241) | |
| 1883 | Fred Archer (232) | |
| 1882 | Fred Archer (210) | |
| 1881 | Fred Archer (220) | |
| 1880 | Fred Archer (120) | |
| 1879 | Fred Archer (197) | |
| 1878 | Fred Archer (229) | |
| 1877 | Fred Archer (218) | |
| 1876 | Fred Archer (207) | |
| 1875 | Fred Archer (172) | |
| 1874 | Fred Archer (147) | |
| 1873 | Harry Constable (110) | |
| 1872 | Tom Cannon, Sr. (87) | |
| 1871 | George Fordham / Charlie Maidment (86) | |
| 1870 | William Gray / Charlie Maidment (76) | |
| 1869 | George Fordham (95) | |
| 1868 | George Fordham (110) | |
| 1867 | George Fordham (143) | |
| 1866 | Sam Kenyon (123) | |
| 1865 | George Fordham (142) | |
| 1864 | Jemmy Grimshaw (164) | |
| 1863 | George Fordham (103) | |
| 1862 | George Fordham (166) | |
| 1861 | George Fordham (106) | |
| 1860 | George Fordham (146) | |
| 1859 | George Fordham (118) | |
| 1858 | George Fordham (91) | |
| 1857 | George Fordham (84) | |
| 1856 | George Fordham (108) | |
| 1855 | George Fordham (70) | |
| 1854 | John Wells (82) | |
| 1853 | John Wells (86) | |
| 1852 | Nat Flatman (92) | |
| 1851 | Nat Flatman (78) | |
| 1850 | Nat Flatman (88) | |
| 1849 | Nat Flatman (94) | |
| 1848 | Nat Flatman (104) | |
| 1847 | Nat Flatman (89) | |
| 1846 | Nat Flatman (81) | |
| 1845 | Nat Flatman (81) | |
| 1844 | Nat Flatman (64) | |
| 1843 | Nat Flatman (60) | |
| 1842 | Nat Flatman (42) | |
| 1841 | Nat Flatman (68) | |
| 1840 | Nat Flatman (50) |
British & Irish Champion Jumps Jockeys
The jumps season and Jumps Jockeys Championship, unlike the flat, runs for an entire year, beginning and ending in late April or early May depending on when certain fixtures take place. As a result the Champion Jumps jockey will be shown for a season which spans two different years, with the majority of fixtures taking place between autumn and spring.
In Britain, the Jump Jockeys Championship runs for a year ending in the Jumps Finale meeting at Sandown in April, and begins again the weekend following this.
Similarly in Ireland, the jumps season finishes with the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May and restarts again after the conclusion of the meeting.
The record British Champion Jump Jockey is Sir Anthony McCoy who won twenty consecutive titles between 1995/96 and 2014/15 when he retired. In Ireland, Ruby Walsh has won the most titles of any jump jockey with twelve between 1998/99 and 2016/17.
| Season | British | Irish |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Harry Skelton (152) | Paul Townend (100) |
| 2019–20 | Brian Hughes (141) | Paul Townend (105) |
| 2018–19 | Richard Johnson (200) | Paul Townend (109) |
| 2017–18 | Richard Johnson (176) | Davy Russell (119) |
| 2016–17 | Richard Johnson (180) | Ruby Walsh (131) |
| 2015–16 | Richard Johnson (235) | Ruby Walsh (105) |
| 2014–15 | Tony McCoy (231) | Ruby Walsh (79) |
| 2013–14 | Tony McCoy (218) | Ruby Walsh (122) |
| 2012–13 | Tony McCoy (185) | Davy Russell (103) |
| 2011–12 | Tony McCoy (199) | Davy Russell (104) |
| 2010–11 | Tony McCoy (218) | Paul Townend (80) |
| 2009–10 | Tony McCoy (195) | Ruby Walsh (108) |
| 2008–09 | Tony McCoy (186) | Ruby Walsh (121) |
| 2007–08 | Tony McCoy (140) | Ruby Walsh (131) |
| 2006–07 | Tony McCoy (184) | Ruby Walsh (125) |
| 2005–06 | Tony McCoy (178) | Ruby Walsh (90) |
| 2004–05 | Tony McCoy (200) | Ruby Walsh (111) |
| 2003–04 | Tony McCoy (209) | Barry Geraghty (110) |
| 2002–03 | Tony McCoy (258) | Paul Carberry (106) |
| 2001–02 | Tony McCoy (289) | Paul Carberry (109) |
| 2000–01 | Tony McCoy (191) | Ruby Walsh (84) |
| 1999–2000 | Tony McCoy (245) | Barry Geraghty |
| 1998–99 | Tony McCoy (186) | Ruby Walsh |
| 1997–98 | Tony McCoy (253) | Charlie Swan |
| 1996–97 | Tony McCoy (190) | Charlie Swan |
| 1995–96 | Tony McCoy (175) | Charlie Swan |
| 1994–95 | Richard Dunwoody (160) | Charlie Swan |
| 1993–94 | Richard Dunwoody (197) | Charlie Swan |
| 1992–93 | Richard Dunwoody (173) | Charlie Swan |
| 1991–92 | Peter Scudamore (175) | Charlie Swan |
| 1990–91 | Peter Scudamore (141) | Charlie Swan |
| 1989–90 | Peter Scudamore (170) | Charlie Swan |
| 1988–89 | Peter Scudamore (221) | Tommy Carmody |
| 1987–88 | Peter Scudamore (132) | Frank Berry |
| 1986–87 | Peter Scudamore (123) | Frank Berry & Tom Morgan |
| 1985–86 | Peter Scudamore (91) | Tommy Carmody |
| 1984–85 | John Francome (101) | Frank Berry & Tony Mullins |
| 1983–84 | John Francome (131) | Frank Berry |
| 1982–83 | John Francome (106) | Frank Berry |
| 1981–82 | John Francome / Peter Scudamore (120) | Frank Berry |
| 1980–81 | John Francome (105) | Frank Berry |
| 1979–80 | Jonjo O’Neill (115) | Joe Byrne |
| 1978–79 | John Francome (95) | Frank Berry |
| 1977–78 | Jonjo O’Neill (149) | Frank Berry |
| 1976–77 | Tommy Stack (97) | Tommy Carberry |
| 1975–76 | John Francome (96) | Frank Berry & Tommy Carberry |
| 1974–75 | Tommy Stack (82) | Tommy Carberry |
| 1973–74 | Ron Barry (94) | Tommy Carberry |
| 1972–73 | Ron Barry (125) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1971–72 | Bob Davies (89) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1970–71 | Graham Thorner (74) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1969–70 | Bob Davies (91) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1968–69 | Terry Biddlecombe / Bob Davies (77) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1967–68 | Josh Gifford (82) | Bobby Coonan |
| 1966–67 | Josh Gifford (122) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1965–66 | Terry Biddlecombe (102) | B Hannon |
| 1964–65 | Terry Biddlecombe (114) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1963–64 | Josh Gifford (94) | Bobby Coonan, Tony Redmond, Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe |
| 1962–63 | Josh Gifford (70) | Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe |
| 1961–62 | Stan Mellor (80) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1960–61 | Stan Mellor (118) | Bobby Beasley |
| 1959–60 | Stan Mellor (68) | Bobby Beasley |
| 1958–59 | Tim Brookshaw (83) | Bobby Beasley |
| 1957–58 | Fred Winter (82) | Toss Taaffe |
| 1956–57 | Fred Winter (80) | Toss Taaffe |
| 1955–56 | Fred Winter (74) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1954–55 | Tim Molony (67) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1953–54 | Dick Francis (76) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1952–53 | Fred Winter (121) | Pat Taaffe |
| 1951–52 | Tim Molony (99) | Martin Molony |
| 1950–51 | Tim Molony (83) | Martin Molony |
| 1949–50 | Tim Molony (95) | Martin Molony |
| 1948–49 | Tim Molony (60) | Martin Molony |
| 1947–48 | Bryan Marshall (66) | Martin Molony |
| 1946–47 | Jack Dowdeswell (58) | Martin Molony |
| 1945–46 | Fred Rimell (54) | |
| 1944–45 | Frenchie Nicholson / Fred Rimell (15) | |
| 1943–44 | Racing suspended | |
| 1942–43 | Racing suspended | |
| 1941–42 | Ron Smyth (12) | |
| 1940–41 | Gerry Wilson (22) | |
| 1939–40 | Fred Rimell (24) | |
| 1938–39 | Fred Rimell (61) | |
| 1937–38 | Gerry Wilson (59) | |
| 1936–37 | Gerry Wilson (45) | |
| 1935–36 | Gerry Wilson (57) | |
| 1934–35 | Gerry Wilson (73) | |
| 1933–34 | Gerry Wilson (56) | |
| 1932–33 | Gerry Wilson (61) | |
| 1931–32 | Billy Stott (77) | |
| 1930–31 | Billy Stott (81) | |
| 1929–30 | Billy Stott (77) | |
| 1928–29 | Billy Stott (76) | |
| 1927–28 | Billy Stott (88) | |
| 1926–27 | Fred Rees (59) | |
| 1925–26 | Ted Leader (61) | |
| 1925 | E. Foster (76) | |
| 1924 | Fred Rees (108) | |
| 1923 | Fred Rees (64) | |
| 1922 | Jack Anthony (78) | |
| 1921 | Fred Rees (65) | |
| 1920 | Fred Rees (64) | |
| 1919 | H. Brown (48) | |
| 1918 | George Duller (17) | |
| 1917 | W. Smith (15) | |
| 1916 | C. Hawkins (17) | |
| 1915 | Ernie Piggott (44) | |
| 1914 | Jack Anthony (60) | |
| 1913 | Ernie Piggott (60) | |
| 1912 | Ivor Anthony (78) | |
| 1911 | W. Payne (76) | |
| 1910 | Ernie Piggott (67) | |
| 1909 | R. Gordon (45) | |
| 1908 | P. Cowley (65) | |
| 1907 | Frank Mason (59) | |
| 1906 | Frank Mason (58) | |
| 1905 | Frank Mason (73) | |
| 1904 | Frank Mason (59) | |
| 1903 | Percy Woodland (54) | |
| 1902 | Frank Mason (67) | |
| 1901 | Frank Mason (58) | |
| 1900 | H. S. Sidney (53) |