That's 34 out of 61! 56% podium rate at World Cups alone, including when he was a junior racing the elites (first podium age 18, 5th at Vail 2000, racing Steve Peat & Nico Vouilloz)! The other 39 World Cups happenned before his time, even before he was a junior, back as early as when he was 11 years old, so you can't say it's out of all 100. I'll never understand why his performance at Worlds '07 was downplayed so much, he didn't even get a mention in Earthed 5! Compare that to a certain rider who shall remain unnamed who blew out a certain corner during a certain would-be Worlds winning run in '04 and got praised for recovering an 11th place finish uninjured.

Dan Atherton was 6th and Ben was 8th (according to the Dirt website) 7 Brits in the top 20

naa dan was 6th