Thees, who claimed her first women's skeleton World Cup title in four years at the Viessmann FIBT World Cup in Sochi last week, finished on top of the women's skeleton category with 1,758 points, followed by Katie Uhlaender and Noelle Pikus-Pace, both of the United States, in second and third position respectively.

Meanwhile, Vancouver 2010 Olympic silver medallist Dukurs, who won his fourth straight skeleton overall title with his eighth World Cup victory of the season in Sochi last week at the final World Cup event of the season, finished in first place with 2,010 points in the men's skeleton rankings.

His older brother Tomass Dukurs made third place in the rankings while Russia's Alexander Tretjyakov finished in second place.

British skeleton racers Lizzy Yarnold, Shelly Rudman and Kristan Bromley have all finished inside the top 10 of the FIBT World Rankings.

The 24-year-old 2012 junior world champion Yarnold of Bath is placed in sixth position while 31-year-old Rudman of Sheffield, who recently made history by becoming the first British woman to win a skeleton gold at the World Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland finished in seventh place in the women's skeleton rankings.

Shelly Rudman in action at the Sanki Sliding Centre

In the men's category, 40-year-old Bromley - one of Team GB's most experienced and decorated skeleton racers, who in 2008 became the first man in history to win the World Championship, European Championship and World Cup in the same season - was placed in seventh position.

The rankings mark the end of an impressive season for the British squad whose experience at the final stage of the FIBT Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup, acting as the official Sochi World Cup test event on the track to be used at next year's Winter Olympics, provided them with invaluable time on the ice ahead of the Sochi 2014 Games.

Yarnold relished her time getting used to Sochi's Sanki slope - the only slope in the world with three negative slopes.

"When you slide any track for the first time it is refreshing and is a different challenge both mentally and physically," she said.

"I found the Sochi track very enjoyable to slide but technically very demanding, in many ways similar to Whistler.

"With the season almost over, I'm now looking forward to taking some time off before the hard work starts in the summer."

For all full list of the FIBT World Rankings click here.

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