1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in Kiruna, Sweden, on 23 November 1996 and finished in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1997. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup, and Yelena Välbe of Russia won the women's.

Men

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1	Bjørn Dæhlie		845
2	Mika Myllylä		580
3	Fulvio Valbusa		523
4	Erling Jevne		488
5	Silvio Fauner		447
6	Jari Isometsä		363
7	Kristen Skjeldal		351
8	Sture Sivertsen		345
9	Vladimir Smirnov		309
10	Alexey Prokurorov		290

Women

Place	Skier	Country	Points
1	Yelena Välbe		940
2	Stefania Belmondo		909
3	Kateřina Neumannová		525
4	Nina Gavrilyuk		518
5	Olga Danilova		414
6	Bente Skari		391
7	Marit Mikkelsplass		367
8	Larisa Lazutina		366
9	Trude Dybendahl		334
10	Lyubov Yegorova		271

FIS Cross-Country World Cup seasons
Unofficial	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81
Official	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Related topic	List of champions Tour de Ski
See also FIS FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics (medalists)