The 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating was a series of six international invitational competitions in the 2008–09 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level. At each event, skaters earned points based on their placements and the top six scoring skaters or teams at the end of the series qualified for the 2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, held in Goyang, South Korea.

The Grand Prix series set the stage for the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as each country's national championships. The Grand Prix series began on October 23, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008.

The Grand Prix was organized by the International Skating Union. Skaters competed for prize money and a chance to compete in the Grand Prix Final. The corresponding series for Junior-level skaters was the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2008 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit. The top six skaters from the 2008 World Championships were seeded and were guaranteed two events. Skaters who placed 7th through 12th were also given two events, though they were not considered seeded.

Skaters/teams who medaled at the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final or the 2008 World Junior Championships were guaranteed one event. Skaters who medaled at both the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships were guaranteed only one event.

The host country was allowed to send three skaters/teams of their choosing in each discipline.

The spots remaining were filled from the top 75 skaters/teams in the 2007–08 Season's Best list.

After the final event, the 2008 NHK Trophy, the six skaters/teams with the most points advanced to the Grand Prix Final. The qualification point system is as follows:

There were seven tie-breakers in cases of a tie in overall points:

1. Highest placement at an event. If a skater placed 1st and 3rd, the tiebreaker is the 1st place, and that beats a skater who placed 2nd in both events.
2. Highest combined total scores in both events. If a skater earned 200 points at one event and 250 at a second, that skater would win in the second tie-break over a skater who earned 200 points at one event and 150 at another.
3. Participated in two events.
4. Highest combined scores in the free skating/free dancing portion of both events.
5. Highest individual score in the free skating/free dancing portion from one event.
6. Highest combined scores in the short program/original dance of both events.
7. Highest number of total participants at the events.

If a tie remained, it was considered unbreakable and the tied skaters all qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

Final points

Skaters in bold qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

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Points	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
30	Patrick Chan	Kim Yuna Joannie Rochette	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
28	Takahiko Kozuka	Mao Asada	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali
26	Johnny Weir		Pang Qing / Tong Jian	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski Meryl Davis / Charlie White Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
24	Brian Joubert Jeremy Abbott Tomáš Verner	Carolina Kostner Yukari Nakano Miki Ando Fumie Suguri	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
22	Alban Préaubert Evan Lysacek	Rachael Flatt		Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier Sinead Kerr / John Kerr
20	Yannick Ponsero	Alissa Czisny	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
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18	Stephen Carriere Kevin Reynolds	Laura Lepistö Caroline Zhang Ashley Wagner		Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
17	Ryan Bradley
16				Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov
15	Nobunari Oda
14	Shawn Sawyer		Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost
13		Akiko Suzuki
12		Susanna Pöykiö Beatrisa Liang		Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
11	Brandon Mroz	Alena Leonova		Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
10	Adam Rippon	Mirai Nagasu		Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
9	Artem Borodulin Sergei Voronov	Candice Didier	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming Lubov Iliushechkina / Nodari Maisuradze Stacey Kemp / David King	Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
8	Wu Jialiang Adrian Schultheiss	Katrina Hacker		Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas
7	Vaughn Chipeur Takahito Mura	Cynthia Phaneuf	Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Ksenia Ozerova / Alexander Enbert Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev
6	Kristoffer Berntsson Yasuharu Nanri	Kimmie Meissner
5	Alexander Uspenski Peter Liebers Kevin van der Perren	Jelena Glebova Xu Binshu Sarah Meier	Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Rachel Kirkland / Eric Radford Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin
4	Jeremy Ten	Mira Leung Jenna McCorkell Júlia Sebestyén Elene Gedevanishvili		Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles Anastasia Platonova / Alexander Grachev
3		Anastasia Gimazetdinova		Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen Andrea Chong / Guillame Gfeller Cathy Reed / Chris Reed

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The total prize money was $180,000 per event in the series and $272,000 for the Final. All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Pairs and dance teams split the money. The breakdown was as follows: