How Often Do Top Jockeys Take a Tumble?
A list of the top 20 jump jockeys from last season, showing what percentage of their rides ended with a fall or with their being unseated
What follows is a list of the top 20 jump jockeys from last season, with figures showing what percentage of their rides ended with a fall or with their being unseated. The statistics are taken from Raceform Interactive's form database and cover a two-year period to the end of September. They relate only to races run over steeplechase fences in Britain.
The sample size varies from 567 rides for Tony McCoy to 169 for Denis O'Regan. Tom O'Brien had the most falls (29) and unseateds (20) and Mick Fitzgerald the fewest falls (5) and unseateds (3). Fitzgerald has since retired, owing to injuries sustained in a fall in the Grand National.
Fallers
1 Ruby Walsh 7.4% of rides ended with a fall
2 Tom O'Brien 7.3
3 Brian Hughes 6.1
4 Paddy Brennan 5.9
5 Dominic Elsworth 5.5
5 Timmy Murphy 5.5
7 Jason Maguire 4.9
7 Andrew Thornton 4.9
9 Denis O'Regan 4.7
10 Tom Scudamore 4.5
11 Richard Johnson 4.3
12 Noel Fehily 4.2
12 Paul Moloney 4.2
12 Robert Thornton 4.2
15 Graham Lee 4.1
16 Richard McGrath 4.0
17 Tony McCoy 3.7
18 Jamie Moore 3.6
19 Sam Thomas 3.5
20 Mick Fitzgerald 2.9
Unseated riders
1 Tom O'Brien 5% of rides ended with an unseated rider
2 Dominic Elsworth 3.7
3 Jamie Moore 3.3
4 Sam Thomas 2.9
5 Paul Moloney 2.8
6 Timmy Murphy 2.7
7 Ruby Walsh 2.6
8 Denis O'Regan 2.4
9 Brian Hughes 2.2
9 Robert Thornton 2.2
11 Paddy Brennan 2.1
11 Richard Johnson 2.1
11 Jason Maguire 2.1
14 Graham Lee 2.0
14 Richard McGrath 2.0
16 Noel Fehily 1.8
16 Tom Scudamore 1.8
18 Mick Fitzgerald 1.7
18 Andrew Thornton 1.7
20 Tony McCoy 1.4
The sample size varies from 567 rides for Tony McCoy to 169 for Denis O'Regan. Tom O'Brien had the most falls (29) and unseateds (20) and Mick Fitzgerald the fewest falls (5) and unseateds (3). Fitzgerald has since retired, owing to injuries sustained in a fall in the Grand National.
Fallers
1 Ruby Walsh 7.4% of rides ended with a fall
2 Tom O'Brien 7.3
3 Brian Hughes 6.1
4 Paddy Brennan 5.9
5 Dominic Elsworth 5.5
5 Timmy Murphy 5.5
7 Jason Maguire 4.9
7 Andrew Thornton 4.9
9 Denis O'Regan 4.7
10 Tom Scudamore 4.5
11 Richard Johnson 4.3
12 Noel Fehily 4.2
12 Paul Moloney 4.2
12 Robert Thornton 4.2
15 Graham Lee 4.1
16 Richard McGrath 4.0
17 Tony McCoy 3.7
18 Jamie Moore 3.6
19 Sam Thomas 3.5
20 Mick Fitzgerald 2.9
Unseated riders
1 Tom O'Brien 5% of rides ended with an unseated rider
2 Dominic Elsworth 3.7
3 Jamie Moore 3.3
4 Sam Thomas 2.9
5 Paul Moloney 2.8
6 Timmy Murphy 2.7
7 Ruby Walsh 2.6
8 Denis O'Regan 2.4
9 Brian Hughes 2.2
9 Robert Thornton 2.2
11 Paddy Brennan 2.1
11 Richard Johnson 2.1
11 Jason Maguire 2.1
14 Graham Lee 2.0
14 Richard McGrath 2.0
16 Noel Fehily 1.8
16 Tom Scudamore 1.8
18 Mick Fitzgerald 1.7
18 Andrew Thornton 1.7
20 Tony McCoy 1.4
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