TheISSF World Cup was introduced by theInternational Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to theOlympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four competitions per year in each event. For the best shooters there is since 1988 aWorld Cup Final.
The World Cup Final in rifle and pistol is often, but not always, held inMunich as the ISSF shooting season ending competition. The location and date of the World Cup Final in shotgun are more flexible. To the Final, the following shooters are qualified:
The venues are decided by the ISSF from time to time. However, some are more common than others. Two World Cups in rifle and pistol events are almost always held inMunich andMilan. The other two are usually held outside Europe, in places likeFort Benning,Buenos Aires,Seoul,Changwon orSydney. Some common locations for the shotgun competitions areNicosia,Lonato,New Delhi, andAmericana, São Paulo. A new location for the shotgun competitions is held inKerrville, Texas located in the Hill Country of Texas.
In Olympic years, an early World Cup is held at the Olympic venue and considered a Pre-Olympic test event.
The lack for a World Cup in the non-Olympic events has led to the creation of aEuropean Cup by theEuropean Shooting Confederation, based on largely the same rules as the ISSF World Cup. Originally it consisted of300 metre rifle three positions,300 metre rifle prone and300 metre standard rifle, but since the 2005 season there is also a European Cup in25 metre center-fire pistol and25 metre standard pistol.
Since 2016, there has also been a separateworld cup specifically for junior shooters.
In this table the shooters with at least 7 gold medals won in the World Cup stages.[2]
| # | Name | Nation | Years |  |  |  | Total | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Schumann |  Germany East Germany | 1986–2012 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 56 | Pistol |
| 2 | Rajmond Debevec |  Slovenia Yugoslavia | 1986–2013 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 67 | Rifle |
| 3 | Christian Reitz | Germany | 2008–2023 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 41 | Pistol |
| 4 | Roberto Di Donna |  Italy | 1991–2001 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 33 | Pistol |
| 5 | Vincent Hancock |  United States | 2005–2023 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26 | Shotgun |
| 6 | Sergei Martynov |  Belarus Soviet Union | 1988–2012 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 32 | Rifle |
| 7 | Jozef Gonci |  Slovakia | 1995–2011 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 36 | Rifle |
| 8 | Jongoh Jin |  South Korea | 2003–2017 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 27 | Pistol |
| 9 | Qinan Zhu |  China | 2004–2016 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 27 | Rifle |
| 10 | Yifu Wang | China | 1986–2003 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | Pistol |
| 11 | Harald Stenvaag |  Norway | 1986–2004 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | Rifle |
| 12 | Damir Mikec |  Serbia | 2009–2024 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 | Pistol |
| 13 | Franck Dumoulin |  France | 1996–2010 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 | Pistol |
| 14 | Zongliang Tan | China | 1993–2012 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | Pistol |
| 15 | Igor Basinski | Belarus Soviet Union | 1986–2002 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 | Pistol |
| 16 | Ennio Falco | Italy | 1988–2009 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 | Shotgun |
| 17 | Attila Solti |  Guatemala Hungary | 1987–2000 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | Running |
| 18 | Michael Jakosits | Germany West Germany | 1989–2003 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | Running |
| 19 | Daniele Di Spigno | Italy | 1997–2017 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | Shotgun |
| 20 | Giovanni Pellielo | Italy | 1992–2022 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 | Shotgun |
| 21 | Manfred Kurzer | Germany | 1991–2004 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 | Running |
| 22 | Artem Khadjibekov |  Russia | 1993–2010 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 34 | Rifle |
| 23 | Matthew Emmons | United States | 2001–2016 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 | Rifle |
| 24 | Boris Kokorev | Russia Unified Team Soviet Union | 1987–2008 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 26 | Pistol |
| 25 | Péter Sidi | Hungary | 1999–2017 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | Rifle |
| 26 | Alexey Alipov | Russia | 1998–2021 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | Shotgun |
| 27 | Alberto Fernandez |  Spain | 2007–2024 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | Shotgun |
| 28 | Jean-Pierre Amat | France | 1986–2000 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | Rifle |
| 29 | Saurabh Chaudhary |  India | 2019–2022 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | pistol |
| 30 | Tanyu Kiriakov |  Bulgaria | 1986–2008 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 | Pistol |
| 31 | Michael Diamond |  Australia | 1991–2015 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 24 | Shotgun |
| 32 | Oleh Omelchuk |  Ukraine | 2007–2023 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | Pistol |
| 33 | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 2009–2014 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | Rifle |
| 34 | Mikhail Nestruev | Russia | 1996–2009 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | Pistol |
| 34 | Jiri Privratsky |  Czech Republic | 2021–2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | Rifle |
| 36 | Albano Pera | Italy | 1986–1997 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | Shotgun |
| 37 | Sergei Pyzhianov | Russia Unified Team Soviet Union | 1986–1997 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | Pistol |
| 38 | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 2014–2021 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | Rifle |
| 39 | Tomoyuki Matsuda |  Japan | 2008–2017 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Pistol |
| 40 | Warren Potent | Australia | 2007–2016 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Rifle |
