The 1996/97 FIS Snowboard World Cup was 3rd multirace tournament over a season for snowboarding organised by International Ski Federation.

The season started on 23 November 1996 and ended on 16 March 1997.

[1] This season included five disciplines: parallel slalom, giant slalom, slalom, snowboard cross, and halfpipe.

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.