Shooting Efficiency: 2019–20 vs. 2020–21

After examining changes in skiing speed, let’s also look at a comparison of overall shooting quality between the 2019–20 and the 2020–21 seasons for all regular Biathlon World Cup athletes. To do that, I came up with the concept of Shooting Efficiency, an attempt to combine shooting accuracy and shooting time into one metric. For more details how it’s calculated, see here.

If you can’t find a specific athlete, you can look up the complete World Cup field (also available per trimester) for latest season (as well as all previous seasons) here:

2020–21 Shooting Efficiency: Men | Women

Note: Only athletes with at least 4 non-team races last season and 16 non-team races this winter are included in the tables below. Shooting Efficiency is an overall shooting score, combining shooting accuracy and shooting time. It is the theoretical average time an athlete loses through shooting (based on hit rate, range time and potential penalty loops). For more details, see here.

Men

Lukas Hofer improved his non-team hit rate by 7.1% and managed his quickest shooting times (avg. 29.1s) since the 2009–10 season – which makes him the most improved among regular starters in the men’s field. The overall most efficient shooter, Simon Eder, also improved significantly over last season: he set his career best hit rate (93.3%) and his average theoretical time loss of 1:48.9 is the fastest ever for this Shooting Efficiency score.

If you have been wondering why Johannes Thingnes Bø had to fight so hard to defend his title (despite being close to his best ever ski speed), this stat gives the answer: in a sprint he loses the time equivalent of almost an entire additional penalty loop (roughly 2 penalty loops in pursuits/mass starts) compared to last winter (-6.9% hit rate). Sturla Holm Lægreid was the overall 2nd best shooter, thanks to outstanding hit rate (92.6%) and great range times (46.8s). Interestingly, Lægreid’s range time is faster than Eder’s, even though Eder’s shooting time is 0.6s better; apparently Lægreid’s shooting preparation is close to one second quicker.

Changes in Shooting Efficiency | 2019–20 vs. 2020–21

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
1	Hofer	Lukas	ITA	26	84.29	48.8	20.2	2:09.3	-20.2
2	Sima	Michal	SVK	16	84.09	50.4	22.9	2:17.1	-17.9
3	Ponsiluoma	Martin	SWE	26	79.52	47.5	21.6	2:19.3	-16.1
4	Samuelsson	Sebastian	SWE	26	87.14	49.5	21.2	2:06.2	-14.3
5	Eder	Simon	AUT	26	93.33	47.0	22.3	1:48.9	-12.1
6	Gow	Christian	CAN	21	87.50	48.4	22.0	2:04.3	-12.0
7	Weger	Benjamin	SUI	24	86.84	50.2	22.3	2:09.7	-10.9
8	Lesser	Erik	GER	23	86.94	48.1	22.0	2:04.8	-9.9
9	Nordgren	Leif	USA	17	85.42	50.3	23.1	2:14.2	-9.5
10	Gow	Scott	CAN	19	82.86	46.8	23.0	2:12.9	-9.4
11	Eliseev	Matvey	RUS	25	89.00	46.7	22.1	1:57.7	-9.4
12	Latypov	Eduard	RUS	25	82.75	50.6	21.8	2:18.9	-9.3
13	Rastorgujevs	Andrejs	LAT	19	80.33	50.5	21.4	2:23.2	-5.9
14	Dovzan	Miha	SLO	20	88.00	46.0	22.9	1:59.5	-5.6
15	Varabei	Maksim	BLR	20	78.33	54.8	22.4	2:38.3	-4.9
16	Harjula	Tuomas	FIN	17	86.96	50.4	22.2	2:09.7	-3.9
17	Krcmar	Michal	CZE	20	86.56	50.3	21.7	2:09.7	-3.9
18	Femling	Peppe	SWE	21	82.81	47.8	22.8	2:14.9	-3.5
19	Leitner	Felix	AUT	23	85.00	53.1	22.2	2:19.5	-2.6
20	Langer	Thierry	BEL	18	81.15	53.9	22.8	2:30.6	-2.0
21	Fak	Jakov	SLO	26	90.71	47.9	21.7	1:55.9	-1.8
22	Seppala	Tero	FIN	21	79.69	51.1	21.6	2:26.2	-1.0
23	Iliev	Vladimir	BUL	17	75.60	51.0	22.0	2:35.5	-0.8
24	Windisch	Dominik	ITA	19	76.55	50.1	21.1	2:29.6	-0.6
25	Claude	Fabien	FRA	25	79.00	48.4	21.3	2:21.5	-0.0
26	Bocharnikov	Sergey	BLR	22	82.94	50.8	24.3	2:23.0	+0.1
27	Komatz	David	AUT	22	90.59	53.9	21.7	2:08.2	+0.7
28	Claude	Florent	BEL	19	85.36	54.0	22.2	2:20.5	+0.8
29	Doherty	Sean	USA	19	82.14	49.3	22.2	2:18.3	+1.1
30	Doll	Benedikt	GER	26	81.43	48.3	21.9	2:17.1	+1.4
31	Fillon Maillet	Quentin	FRA	25	87.25	46.6	22.9	2:02.5	+1.7
32	Jacquelin	Emilien	FRA	26	87.38	46.9	21.1	2:00.4	+2.2
33	Boe	Tarjei	NOR	26	85.71	49.9	20.3	2:08.8	+2.3
34	Strolia	Vytautas	LTU	16	78.18	53.1	22.7	2:35.6	+2.8
35	Peiffer	Arnd	GER	21	87.94	48.7	21.4	2:03.1	+3.1
36	Bormolini	Thomas	ITA	18	84.07	49.7	22.1	2:14.5	+3.2
37	Pryma	Artem	UKR	19	82.86	48.2	23.1	2:16.0	+3.5
38	Desthieux	Simon	FRA	26	85.24	47.8	21.4	2:07.1	+3.6
39	Dombrovski	Karol	LTU	17	86.25	53.4	23.1	2:18.5	+3.8
40	Christiansen	Vetle Sjaastad	NOR	22	86.00	50.4	21.1	2:10.4	+4.4
41	Dale	Johannes	NOR	26	83.81	52.0	21.6	2:18.9	+4.7
42	Garanichev	Evgeniy	RUS	18	86.55	49.8	23.4	2:11.2	+4.8
43	Smolski	Anton	BLR	22	80.59	50.8	22.2	2:24.6	+5.1
44	Laegreid	Sturla Holm	NOR	26	92.62	46.8	21.2	1:49.2	+5.3
45	Guigonnat	Antonin	FRA	25	81.75	49.1	21.9	2:18.2	+6.6
46	Moravec	Ondrej	CZE	18	86.07	48.7	22.6	2:08.8	+9.5
47	Pidruchnyi	Dmytro	UKR	22	80.59	47.0	22.8	2:18.2	+10.6
48	Trsan	Rok	SLO	18	85.19	47.8	23.3	2:10.2	+11.5
49	Loginov	Alexander	RUS	24	86.32	49.0	22.4	2:08.6	+12.0
50	Nelin	Jesper	SWE	23	74.05	52.0	21.7	2:40.4	+13.0
51	Brown	Jake	USA	17	76.00	55.0	30.5	3:03.1	+14.0
52	Finello	Jeremy	SUI	19	70.36	50.4	22.2	2:46.6	+14.2
53	Stvrtecky	Jakub	CZE	19	71.43	56.2	21.7	2:54.5	+15.1
54	Kuehn	Johannes	GER	16	75.00	53.9	21.2	2:40.7	+15.2
55	Boe	Johannes T.	NOR	26	85.24	48.8	21.1	2:08.7	+18.2

Women

Janina Hettich was the most improved shooter on the women’s side. In her 9 races in 2019–20, she had only managed to hit 70.9% of her targets – she was 17.7% better this winter. Dzinara Alimbekava wasn’t just the most improved skier, she was also the 2nd-best in terms of shooting improvements (further highlighting her incredible breakout year). Karoline Offigstad Knotten and Dorothea Wierer were the overall most efficient female shooters; they did however lose roughly 20s more on the range compared to Eder/Lægreid (maybe 4-5s of that is down to skiing, the rest is due to slower and less accurate shooting).

Overall World Cup winner, Tiril Eckhoff, improved her shooting somewhat, thanks to a slightly higher hit rate (+1.4%) and a lower shooting time (-1.8s). In general, Eckhoff’s performance stats, in terms of neither skiing nor shooting, improved dramatically; however, her Overall Performance Score nudged 0.1 higher (even with two horrendous races at the season opener). Hanna Öberg‘s shooting closely followed her skiing form: she was the top shooter in trimester 1 (90.0% hit rate), but it completely fell apart by the end of the season (trimester 3 hit rate: 70.9%).

Changes in Shooting Efficiency | 2019–20 vs. 2020–21

No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
No	Family Name	Given Name	Nation	Races	Hit Rate	Range Time	Penalty Loop	Time Loss Sprint	Change
1	Hettich	Janina	GER	24	88.61	54.5	25.2	2:17.8	-38.9
2	Alimbekava	Dzinara	BLR	26	83.81	53.0	25.1	2:26.7	-28.1
3	Haecki	Lena	SUI	21	79.69	47.4	25.4	2:26.5	-20.1
4	Minkkinen	Suvi	FIN	18	83.85	51.2	25.9	2:24.2	-15.4
5	Zdouc	Dunja	AUT	25	88.75	53.5	24.2	2:14.2	-15.2
6	Zuk	Kamila	POL	17	77.20	57.2	25.0	2:51.5	-14.2
7	Mironova	Svetlana	RUS	22	77.94	51.2	23.9	2:35.1	-13.7
8	Oeberg	Elvira	SWE	25	82.25	50.9	24.7	2:25.7	-13.5
9	Hammerschmidt	Maren	GER	17	86.92	49.5	25.9	2:12.9	-13.4
10	Knotten	Karoline O.	NOR	23	89.17	50.3	25.7	2:08.4	-13.3
11	Davidova	Marketa	CZE	25	82.75	54.0	23.8	2:29.1	-11.8
12	Dunklee	Susan	USA	19	79.64	53.4	26.3	2:40.2	-9.7
13	Hinz	Vanessa	GER	22	87.06	53.3	24.9	2:18.8	-8.0
14	Tachizaki	Fuyuko	JPN	18	82.31	56.7	25.6	2:38.8	-7.9
15	Kruchinkina	Elena	BLR	23	77.22	58.8	25.2	2:55.0	-7.1
16	Eder	Mari	FIN	17	77.08	58.8	24.8	2:54.3	-6.7
17	Eckhoff	Tiril	NOR	26	84.52	51.0	23.0	2:17.6	-6.5
18	Herrmann	Denise	GER	25	81.50	52.6	24.1	2:29.7	-6.3
19	Schwaiger	Julia	AUT	19	84.64	54.6	25.2	2:27.9	-6.1
20	Lunder	Emma	CAN	22	85.88	49.8	24.9	2:14.7	-5.0
21	Braisaz-Bouchet	Justine	FRA	26	76.67	53.6	23.3	2:41.7	-4.1
22	Cadurisch	Irene	SUI	16	79.57	48.3	24.8	2:27.3	-3.9
23	Gasparin	Selina	SUI	19	77.50	54.6	23.6	2:42.2	-3.8
24	Wierer	Dorothea	ITA	26	86.90	49.0	23.9	2:09.3	-3.7
25	Pidhrushna	Olena	UKR	18	82.96	53.1	26.0	2:30.3	-3.0
26	Brorsson	Mona	SWE	22	84.41	53.7	24.9	2:26.4	-2.0
27	Dzhima	Yuliia	UKR	21	86.56	52.0	24.8	2:17.4	-1.9
28	Hojnisz-Starega	Monika	POL	16	87.20	52.9	24.6	2:17.3	-1.7
29	Kuklina	Larisa	RUS	16	84.00	49.4	24.9	2:18.7	-0.7
30	Gasparin	Elisa	SUI	21	80.94	52.0	24.9	2:31.4	+0.2
31	Sola	Hanna	BLR	23	70.27	49.9	24.2	2:51.7	+0.2
32	Puskarcikova	Eva	CZE	18	82.69	50.4	26.2	2:26.1	+0.8
33	Talihaerm	Johanna	EST	18	80.77	56.9	26.1	2:43.9	+1.3
34	Persson	Linn	SWE	26	83.81	53.1	23.9	2:24.9	+2.1
35	Roeiseland	Marte Olsbu	NOR	26	85.00	50.5	24.2	2:17.3	+2.1
36	Tandrevold	Ingrid L.	NOR	25	83.08	54.8	24.1	2:30.4	+2.5
37	Hauser	Lisa Theresa	AUT	26	85.00	50.9	23.0	2:16.4	+4.9
38	Bescond	Anais	FRA	26	83.10	56.6	24.2	2:34.0	+5.1
39	Maeda	Sari	JPN	16	71.82	56.6	25.7	3:05.8	+6.3
40	Oeberg	Hanna	SWE	26	84.52	48.2	24.2	2:13.8	+6.7
41	Gasparin	Aita	SUI	19	83.57	51.0	25.9	2:24.6	+7.3
42	Vittozzi	Lisa	ITA	25	78.00	51.5	24.4	2:36.8	+8.4
43	Jislova	Jessica	CZE	17	77.08	56.3	25.3	2:50.5	+8.8
44	Egan	Clare	USA	23	81.67	57.7	24.3	2:40.0	+8.9
45	Preuss	Franziska	GER	26	86.43	50.5	23.4	2:12.7	+9.7
46	Simon	Julia	FRA	26	75.50	48.0	24.5	2:36.0	+11.0
47	Bendika	Baiba	LAT	16	76.67	50.5	24.8	2:39.0	+11.1
48	Todorova	Milena	BUL	19	76.90	56.4	24.8	2:50.0	+12.2
49	Charvatova	Lucie	CZE	17	65.91	51.6	23.1	3:02.1	+12.4
50	Lie	Lotte	BEL	18	90.00	55.2	26.2	2:16.7	+13.5
51	Blashko	Darya	UKR	20	87.74	52.7	25.0	2:16.1	+14.3
52	Chevalier	Chloe	FRA	18	78.15	57.7	24.3	2:48.4	+16.3
53	Innerhofer	Katharina	AUT	17	66.67	54.4	24.1	3:09.2	+22.9

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