The men's giant slalom in the 2020 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved seven events, as the last two scheduled giant slaloms in the season were cancelled. After the retirement of

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian-Dutch FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined ...

, who had won the last five season titles in giant slalom, the 2020 race in the discipline was wide open, although the focus was on the two skiers fighting for the overall title:

Henrik Kristoffersen Henrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's giant slalom, World Champion, and Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olymp ...

of Norway and

Alexis Pinturault Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991 in Moûtiers) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist. With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at seven ...

of France. After Pinturault won the seventh giant slalom of the season (his third giant slalom victory in 2020; no one else had two), prior discipline leader

Žan Kranjec Žan Kranjec (born 15 November 1992) is a FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from Slovenia, and primarily competes in the technical events of giant slalom and Slalom skiing, slalom. At the Alpine skiing at the 2022 ...

of Slovenia dropped into fourth place, and Kristofferson (who finished third) was clinging to a six-point lead for the discipline championship over Pinturault with two races to go. However, first the World Cup finals scheduled for

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were cancelled by the

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, and then the races scheduled in

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were also cancelled by the pandemic. The cancellations handed the season title in giant slalom (as well as the title in slalom) to Kristoffersen without the expected showdown.

Standings

* * * *DNS = Did not start *DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 *DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 *DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 Updated at 21 March 2020 after all events.

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at FIS website {{Footer Giant Slalom World Cup Winners Men Men's giant slalom FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's giant slalom discipline titles

Standings

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