It was the 32nd official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.

[1] This season's biggest event was the Tour de Ski and the 2013 World Championships.

The table shows the number of points won in the 2012–13 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings.

The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events.