Most Grade 1 Winners: Trainers and Jockeys

In the 2025/26 jumps season, Willie Mullins trained 25 of the 73 British and Irish Grade 1 winners, Gordon Elliott 12 and Nicky Henderson 7.Sample: 73 Grade 1 races · Window: 2025/26 jumps season, with ten-season comparison · Source: RaceWatch results database (GB and IRE), Industry SP

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Grade 1 wins by trainer


Willie Mullins	-	25	167	15.0%	260	1,460	17.8%	-
Gordon Elliott	-	12	81	14.8%	98	666	14.7%	-
Nicky Henderson	-	7	22	31.8%	81	305	26.6%	-
Henry de Bromhead	-	4	31	12.9%	50	395	12.7%	-
Paul Nicholls	-	1	10	10.0%	40	258	15.5%	-
Joseph Patrick O'Brien	-	5	16	31.3%	22	185	11.9%	-
Colin Tizzard	-	0	0	-	19	136	14.0%	-
Dan Skelton	-	4	35	11.4%	16	174	9.2%	-
Philip Hobbs	-	0	0	-	11	35	31.4%	-
Noel Meade	-	2	7	28.6%	10	100	10.0%	-
Mrs John Harrington	-	0	3	0.0%	8	91	8.8%	-
Alan King	-	1	5	20.0%	8	84	9.5%	-
Gavin Cromwell	-	0	15	0.0%	8	92	8.7%	-
Barry Connell	-	1	6	16.7%	6	19	31.6%	-
Harry Fry	-	1	5	20.0%	6	54	11.1%	-
Nigel Twiston-Davies	-	0	0	-	6	89	6.7%	-
Tom George	-	0	1	0.0%	5	56	8.9%	-
Ben Pauling	-	1	11	9.1%	4	54	7.4%	-
Fergal O'Brien	-	1	5	20.0%	4	62	6.5%	-
Emma Lavelle	-	0	1	0.0%	4	27	14.8%	-
Martin Brassil	-	0	4	0.0%	4	19	21.1%	-
Venetia Williams	-	0	3	0.0%	4	50	8.0%	-
Lucinda Russell	-	0	0	-	3	25	12.0%	-
Jeremy Scott	-	1	5	20.0%	3	16	18.8%	-
Gary Moore	-	0	0	-	3	67	4.5%	-
James Joseph Mangan	-	0	3	0.0%	2	9	22.2%	Under 10 runners
Nicky Richards	-	0	0	-	2	13	15.4%	-
Warren Greatrex	-	0	2	0.0%	2	36	5.6%	-
Jamie Snowden	-	1	10	10.0%	2	36	5.6%	-
Olly Murphy	-	0	8	0.0%	2	45	4.4%	-

British and Irish Grade 1 jumps races. Ten seasons = 2016/17 to 2025/26. Top 30 by ten-season wins. Under 10 top-level runners flagged. Source: RaceWatch results database.

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Grade 1 wins by jockey


Paul Townend	-	15	55	27.3%	139	435	32.0%	-
Jack Kennedy	-	11	46	23.9%	58	281	20.6%	-
Nico de Boinville	-	6	17	35.3%	50	164	30.5%	-
Mark Walsh	-	5	33	15.2%	44	271	16.2%	-
Rachael Blackmore	-	0	0	-	33	245	13.5%	-
Harry Cobden	-	3	31	9.7%	30	208	14.4%	-
Danny Mullins	-	2	22	9.1%	26	231	11.3%	-
R Walsh	-	0	0	-	26	93	28.0%	-
Davy Russell	-	0	0	-	24	186	12.9%	-
Mr P W Mullins	-	2	14	14.3%	21	156	13.5%	-
Robbie Power	-	0	0	-	21	157	13.4%	-
Barry Geraghty	-	0	0	-	18	103	17.5%	-
Daryl Jacob	-	0	0	-	17	132	12.9%	-
Harry Skelton	-	3	27	11.1%	17	159	10.7%	-
J J Slevin	-	5	18	27.8%	14	98	14.3%	-
Aidan Coleman	-	0	0	-	13	86	15.1%	-
Noel Fehily	-	0	0	-	10	73	13.7%	-
Sean Flanagan	-	1	11	9.1%	9	123	7.3%	-
B J Cooper	-	0	0	-	9	112	8.0%	-
Sam Ewing	-	2	10	20.0%	9	57	15.8%	-
David Mullins	-	0	0	-	8	96	8.3%	-
Richard Johnson	-	0	0	-	8	62	12.9%	-
Darragh O'Keeffe	-	4	29	13.8%	7	86	8.1%	-
Sam Twiston-Davies	-	0	12	0.0%	7	125	5.6%	-
Bryony Frost	-	0	1	0.0%	6	34	17.6%	-
Paddy Brennan	-	0	0	-	5	58	8.6%	-
Tom O'Brien	-	0	0	-	4	26	15.4%	-
Mr J J Codd	-	0	0	-	4	14	28.6%	-
Tom Cannon	-	1	4	25.0%	4	37	10.8%	-
Charlie Deutsch	-	0	4	0.0%	4	52	7.7%	-

Top 30 by ten-season Grade 1 wins.

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Group 1 wins by trainer


Aidan O'Brien	15	91	16.5%	18	96	18.8%	141	982	14.4%	-
John Gosden	0	0	-	0	0	-	35	160	21.9%	-
Charlie Appleby	3	18	16.7%	4	21	19.0%	34	179	19.0%	-
John & Thady Gosden	1	16	6.3%	7	34	20.6%	23	135	17.0%	-
Andrew Balding	6	28	21.4%	3	29	10.3%	14	173	8.1%	-
Roger Varian	0	6	0.0%	0	3	0.0%	14	123	11.4%	-
Joseph Patrick O'Brien	4	26	15.4%	1	15	6.7%	13	121	10.7%	-
William Haggas	2	17	11.8%	0	6	0.0%	13	122	10.7%	-
Sir Michael Stoute	0	0	-	0	0	-	12	89	13.5%	-
Karl Burke	1	20	5.0%	2	18	11.1%	11	102	10.8%	-
D K Weld	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0.0%	11	56	19.6%	-
Mrs John Harrington	1	2	50.0%	0	5	0.0%	10	88	11.4%	-
Ralph Beckett	0	11	0.0%	1	15	6.7%	7	113	6.2%	-
Charles Hills	0	3	0.0%	1	3	33.3%	7	82	8.5%	-
Kevin Ryan	0	3	0.0%	0	9	0.0%	7	88	8.0%	-
Richard Hannon	0	6	0.0%	0	8	0.0%	7	124	5.6%	-
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien	2	10	20.0%	0	6	0.0%	6	38	15.8%	-
Clive Cox	1	9	11.1%	0	10	0.0%	6	81	7.4%	-
Richard Fahey	0	0	-	1	3	33.3%	6	74	8.1%	-
J S Bolger	0	2	0.0%	0	0	-	5	75	6.7%	-
F-H Graffard	0	10	0.0%	2	12	16.7%	5	31	16.1%	-
Ger Lyons	0	1	0.0%	0	5	0.0%	4	57	7.0%	-
Owen Burrows	0	5	0.0%	0	6	0.0%	4	31	12.9%	-
James Fanshawe	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0.0%	4	33	12.1%	-
J-C Rouget	0	0	-	0	0	-	4	17	23.5%	-
Archie Watson	0	0	-	0	5	0.0%	4	36	11.1%	-
Hugo Palmer	0	3	0.0%	0	4	0.0%	3	38	7.9%	-
Roger Charlton	0	0	-	0	0	-	3	21	14.3%	-
Adrian Murray	0	0	-	2	10	20.0%	3	28	10.7%	-
George Boughey	3	4	75.0%	0	3	0.0%	2	23	8.7%	-

British and Irish Group 1 Flat races, 2016 to 2025, with 2025 and 2026 to date. Top 30 by ten-year wins.

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Group 1 wins by jockey


Ryan Moore	12	41	29.3%	10	32	31.3%	104	421	24.7%	-
Frankie Dettori	0	0	-	0	0	-	51	218	23.4%	-
William Buick	4	26	15.4%	9	36	25.0%	41	265	15.5%	-
Jim Crowley	0	0	-	0	8	0.0%	23	167	13.8%	-
Oisin Murphy	1	25	4.0%	3	32	9.4%	22	216	10.2%	-
James Doyle	0	23	0.0%	4	18	22.2%	20	208	9.6%	-
Colin Keane	6	20	30.0%	3	21	14.3%	12	120	10.0%	-
Seamie Heffernan	0	3	0.0%	0	3	0.0%	12	165	7.3%	-
Wayne Lordan	2	23	8.7%	3	28	10.7%	11	156	7.1%	-
Andrea Atzeni	0	0	-	0	0	-	11	119	9.2%	-
Tom Marquand	2	18	11.1%	1	19	5.3%	10	136	7.4%	-
Donnacha O'Brien	0	0	-	0	0	-	10	107	9.3%	-
Shane Foley	1	7	14.3%	0	9	0.0%	9	79	11.4%	-
Chris Hayes	0	3	0.0%	0	5	0.0%	9	68	13.2%	-
Christophe Soumillon	0	7	0.0%	2	19	10.5%	8	57	14.0%	-
Sean Levey	0	10	0.0%	0	11	0.0%	7	73	9.6%	-
Adam Kirby	0	0	-	0	0	-	7	72	9.7%	-
Hollie Doyle	0	0	-	0	6	0.0%	7	56	12.5%	-
Daniel Tudhope	1	6	16.7%	0	5	0.0%	6	88	6.8%	-
Silvestre De Sousa	0	6	0.0%	0	6	0.0%	5	93	5.4%	-
Richard Kingscote	0	2	0.0%	2	4	50.0%	5	57	8.8%	-
David Egan	0	15	0.0%	2	13	15.4%	5	72	6.9%	-
Mickael Barzalona	0	8	0.0%	2	15	13.3%	4	38	10.5%	-
Jamie Spencer	0	7	0.0%	1	5	20.0%	4	89	4.5%	-
Kevin Manning	0	0	-	0	0	-	4	66	6.1%	-
Colm O'Donoghue	0	0	-	0	0	-	4	35	11.4%	-
Dylan Browne McMonagle	2	10	20.0%	1	20	5.0%	3	46	6.5%	-
Ronan Whelan	1	14	7.1%	2	8	25.0%	3	44	6.8%	-
Cieren Fallon	0	6	0.0%	0	2	0.0%	3	17	17.6%	-
Billy Lee	0	8	0.0%	0	8	0.0%	3	66	4.5%	-

Top 30 by ten-year Group 1 wins.

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Grade 1 wins by trainer, ten seasons

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Which trainers have the most Grade 1 wins?

Public racing records and results from Britain and Ireland.

Which jockeys have ridden the most Grade 1 winners?

Grade 1 wins are counted by jockey for the same windows, with rides and strike rate at the top level.

Which Flat trainers have the most Group 1 wins?

Group 1 Flat wins are counted by trainer for 2026 to date, 2025 and ten seasons, with runners and strike rate.

Which Flat jockeys have ridden the most Group 1 winners?

Group 1 wins are counted by jockey for 2026, 2025 and ten seasons, with rides and strike rate.

Is top-level strike rate more useful than total top-level wins?

Total wins favour yards with many top-level runners, so strike rate shows how often each trainer's top-level runners actually win.

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How many Grade 1s did Willie Mullins win last season compared with Gordon Elliott?

In 2025/26, Willie Mullins trained 25 British and Irish Grade 1 winners and Gordon Elliott trained 12. There were 73 Grade 1 races in the season.

Which jockey has ridden the most Grade 1 winners over ten seasons?

Paul Townend leads the ten-season Grade 1 jockey table with 139 wins. The table also shows rides and strike rate for this season and last.

Which trainer has the most Group 1 wins on the Flat?

Aidan O'Brien leads the ten-season Group 1 trainer table with 141 wins. The 2026 columns show how the current season is going.

How concentrated are top-level wins among the biggest yards?

In 2025/26 the three leading jumps yards trained a large share of the 73 Grade 1 winners between them. The ten-season table shows whether that concentration is new or long-standing.

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