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British & Irish Champion Jockeys (Flat & Jumps)

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
2023 William Buick (135) Colin Keane (92)
2022 William Buick (157) Colin Keane (92)
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
2023–24 Harry Cobden (164) Jack Kennedy (123)
2022–23 Brian Hughes (165) Paul Townend (107)
2021–22 Brian Hughes (204) Paul Townend (84)
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)

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