[1][2] Halvor Egner Granerud (men's) and Nika Križnar (women's) were the defending overall champions from the previous season.

[4] Fatih Arda İpcioğlu became the first Turkish ski jumper in history of World Cup who managed to qualify to the main competition at the season opener in Nizhny Tagil.

[5] On 26 November 2021, Marita Kramer won the individual competition with the biggest ever lead over the second-placed athlete (Ema Klinec) in the history of the Women's World Cup with 41.7 points.

The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for men and women.

In case the number of participating athletes is 50 (men) / 40 (women) or lower, a Prologue competition round must be organized.