2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 41st official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.

2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (3) Natalya Nepryayeva (1)
Distance Iivo Niskanen (1) Therese Johaug (5)
Sprint Richard Jouve (1) Maja Dahlqvist (1)
U23 Alexander Terentyev (1) Frida Karlsson (1)
Bonus Ranking Iivo Niskanen (1) Kerttu Niskanen (1)
Nations Cup  Norway (33)  Sweden (2)
Nations Cup Overall  Norway (33)
Stage events
Tour de Ski Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2) Natalya Nepryayeva (1)
Competition
Locations 11 venues 11 venues
Individual 20 events 20 events
Relay/Team 4 events 4 events
Cancelled 8 events 8 events

The season began on 26 November 2021 in Ruka, Finland and was scheduled to conclude with the World Cup Finals on 18–20 March 2022 in Tyumen, Russia. But after the Russian invasion of Ukraine FIS announced that the World Cup Finals would be cancelled or moved. As a result, the final competition was the mixed team events on 13 March 2022 in Falun, Sweden. The season featured a break in February for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.

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