Our scoring system
We start in 1997 because that’s when the public first played a role in selecting the winner. It’s worth noting that
The scoring itself is blindingly obvious:
- Victory: 5 points
- Runner-up: 4 points
- Third: 3 points
- Fourth: 2 points
- Fifth: 1 point
When there has been a tie for total points in any given year, the rules from that year for tiebreaking were used to create the league table.
Here’s the overall scoreboard:
| Year | First | Points | Second | Points | Third | Points | Fourth | Points | Fifth | Points |
| 1997 | UK | 5 | Ireland | 4 | Turkey | 3 | Italy | 2 | Cyprus | 1 |
| 1998 | Israel | 5 | UK | 4 | Malta | 3 | Netherlands | 2 | Croatia | 1 |
| 1999 | Sweden | 5 | Iceland | 4 | Germany | 3 | Croatia | 2 | Israel | 1 |
| 2000 | Denmark | 5 | Russia | 4 | Latvia | 3 | Estonia | 2 | Germany | 1 |
| 2001 | Estonia | 5 | Denmark | 4 | Greece | 3 | France | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2002 | Latvia | 5 | Malta | 4 | UK | 3 | Estonia | 2 | France | 1 |
| 2003 | Turkey | 5 | Belgium | 4 | Russia | 3 | Norway | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2004 | Ukraine | 5 | Serbia & Montenegro | 4 | Greece | 3 | Turkey | 2 | Cyprus | 1 |
| 2005 | Greece | 5 | Malta | 4 | Romania | 3 | Israel | 2 | Latvia | 1 |
| 2006 | Finland | 5 | Russia | 4 | Bosnia & Hercegovina | 3 | Romania | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2007 | Serbia | 5 | Ukraine | 4 | Russia | 3 | Turkey | 2 | Bulgaria | 1 |
| 2008 | Russia | 5 | Ukraine | 4 | Greece | 3 | Armenia | 2 | Norway | 1 |
| 2009 | Norway | 5 | Iceland | 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 | Turkey | 2 | UK | 1 |
| 2010 | Germany | 5 | Turkey | 4 | Romania | 3 | Denmark | 2 | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 2011 | Azerbaijan | 5 | Italy | 4 | Sweden | 3 | Ukraine | 2 | Denmark | 1 |
| 2012 | Sweden | 5 | Russia | 4 | Serbia | 3 | Azerbaijan | 2 | Albania | 1 |
| 2013 | Denmark | 5 | Azerbaijan | 4 | Ukraine | 3 | Norway | 2 | Russia | 1 |
| 2014 | Austria | 5 | Netherlands | 4 | Sweden | 3 | Armenia | 2 | Hungary | 1 |
| 2015 | Sweden | 5 | Russia | 4 | Italy | 3 | Belgium | 2 | Australia | 1 |
| 2016 | Ukraine | 5 | Australia | 4 | Russia | 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2017 | Portugal | 5 | Bulgaria | 4 | Moldova | 3 | Belgium | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2018 | Israel | 5 | Cyprus | 4 | Austria | 3 | Germany | 2 | Italy | 1 |
| 2019 | Netherlands | 5 | Italy | 4 | Russia | 3 | Switzerland | 2 | Sweden | 1 |
| 2021 | Italy | 5 | France | 4 | Switzerland | 3 | Iceland | 2 | Ukraine | 1 |
This converts to the following league table:
| Rank | Country | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 34 |
| 2 | Sweden | 27 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 24 |
| 4 | Italy | 19 |
| 5 | Turkey | 18 |
| 6 | Denmark | 17 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 15 |
| 8 | Greece | 14 |
| 9 | UK | 13 |
| 10 | Israel | 13 |
In terms of most victories, Sweden has three; Ukraine and Denmark each have two. Sweden remains one victory shy of tying Ireland for the most wins ever (7).
Although all of Ireland’s victories were jury based, half of Sweden’s six victories have been in the televoting era—but do not represent televote wins in all of their most recent victories.
2021 Update
Italy’s 2021 win is their third and first since 1990 and are now fourth in the league table.
Måneskin now join Gigliola Cinquetti as the only artists to win both Sanremo and the Eurovision with the same song. Unlike Cinquetti, Måneskin also wrote their entry—so they are the only songwriters to win both Sanremo and the Eurovision with the same song. Italy’s 1990 Eurovision winner Toto Cotugno has also been victorious at Sanremo prior to his 1990 Eurovision participation.