I should perhaps have been more clear about this in the video (forgot to put in in there) but as you see there are no people included from before the 70's. This list is for the best skiers - in MODERN history. Not all time. The reasons for that are both that it's hard to compare to the times when they competed on wooden skis (it was a very different sport) and having to include too many of those guys would have messed up the video quality here. That's why you maybe are thinking that a few old guys are missing on this list.

Ulvang belongs somewhere on that list in my opinon!

I wholeheartedly agree with the statement 'Northug made cross-country skiing cool'. And I think you are cool too for not only evaluating based on achievements alone. Thank you for the wonderful video.

If we only count individual results. The principle 7-5-3 points for Olympic medals and 5-3-1 for WC medals, the list will be as follows. The Olympics every 4 years makes the Olympics "bigger" and more meritorious. 1 Daehli 94 2 Smirnov 54 3 Gunde 51 4 Northug 48 5 Klaebo 39 6 Cologna 39 7 Bolsjunov 38 8 Alsgaard 35 9 Wassberg 33 10 Kruger 30 11 Ulvang 29 12 Zimjatov 27 13 Sundby 22 14 Johan O 22 15 Niskanen 22 16 Mogren 18 17 de Zolt 18 18 Elofsson 17 19 Hellner 16 20 Bauer 12 21 Ustiugov 11 22 Formo 9 23 Röthe 7 24 Brå 5 If we give 2 points for Olympic gold in relay and 1 point for WC gold in relay, Northug and Aalsgård get a slightly higher ranking. Brå has one WC gold, that's it! Jernberg 50 points and Hakulinen 46, with not som many championships. Points and rank for Tour de ski, World cup-races, stylish skiing, is for entertainment magazines... ;-)

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Well done- Ulvang is a surprise omission ?

Klaebo is all ready in conversation of GOAT. If he can countinue like hes doing for just a few years it should be clear. And I agree individual gold in distance is needed too!

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Where is V. Ulbang?

One thing that sets Klæbo apart from the other greats is that he is at best a top 10 guy in interval starts, never near top 3 and often far behind. He's great at sprints and mass starts, tagging along and attacking from behind when it's tactically perfect. The other guys here (including Northug later in his career) could hold their own in the 'man alone against the forest' discipline of interval starts. I would argue that most even never did mass starts elsewhere than at Holmenkollen or the like.

What’s the race on 15:48?? Help pls😭😭

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Northug is the G O A T

Vegard Ulvang?

Sixten Jernberg snur seg i grava as we speak

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Torgy Mogren won twice in 50k in WC; -91 and -93

Забавно, мне казалось, что Утюга лосем кличут, а не медведем. Ну и порядок странный. Ставить Большенытика выше Колоньи. Мое почтение. Ну и Дэйли не может быть ниже Нортуга. Регалий у него побольше Петьки

Vars är Sixten Järnberg ? 5 mils kungen på mästerskap lika som Petter. Sixten vann Vasaloppet ochså.

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If you would factor in sportsmanship, petter falls very deep on that list…i remember so many races where he never helped in front only to preserve his energy….and you crown that with his ability to sprint in the end…well for me personally how a man behaves outside of the race matters as well and i would argue petter wasn’t very well liked for various reasons.

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How is not legkov or vylegzhanin in there and kryokov is atleast better than røthe and dario should be 3rd and sunby is way to high on the list, but the rest is good

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I will never forget when the cheater Johann Mühlegg destroyed Per Elofsson.

Hmmm… how about: Marit Bjorgen, Therese Johaug, Charlotte Kalla, Jessie Diggins, etc. etc. what do these stars have in common?

it hard to compare sometimes. kläbo is the best sprinter but not the best on longer distance. Northug was just great in everything, the best in sprint, probobly the best in masstart, and one of the best in distance/individual start. Dählie was great and won alot. Svan also won alot. I dont really know beccause you have to think about many variabels and compare sprint/distance, how many medals they took ,for how long they were at the top, how many total cups they won, and so. In the end, i would say: 1.northug 2.dählie 3.kläbo 4.svan Many russians have been subjet to cheating but even then, i dont think they are at the very top on the list.

Большунов номер один. Абсолютно в этом уверен.

Svan has the highest win % of ANYONE (male or female) except Kläbo. Also, Sixten Jernberg. Come on.

Mika Myllyla easily top10

You can take all former Soviet skiers out. Sundby - cheater too, which is sad, because it was post Soviet and Soviet cheating skiers pushed some of Nordic, especially Norwegian, skiers to cheat too. But I completely agree with number one!