Ryoyu Kobayashi made history on Sunday by becoming the first non-European to win the men's ski jumping World Cup overall title.

Kobayashi finished fifth in the large hill event in Oslo, but nevertheless built an unassailable lead — 500 points over second-place Kamil Stoch of Poland — in the standings with five individual events left on this season's calendar.

"This is the biggest (feat) for me personally. It might be even bigger than (winning) the Olympics," said Kobayashi, who has accumulated 1,665 points and 11 wins over the season so far.