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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Riders' Champions

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Giacomo Agostini, who won 15 motorcycle world championships

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes: MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc/80cc, MotoE, and Sidecar.[1] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport world championship.[2]

There were five classes when the championship started in 1949: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, and sidecar (600cc). The 50cc class was introduced in the 1962 season. Due to escalating costs that resulted in a number of manufacturers leaving the championship, the FIM limited the 50cc bikes to a single cylinder, the 125cc and 250cc bikes were limited to two cylinders and the 350cc and 500cc bikes were limited to four cylinders. The 350cc class was discontinued after 1982; two years later the 50cc class was replaced with an 80cc class, which was discontinued after 1989. In 2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500cc bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP.[3] 600cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in the 2010 season, with the class re-branded as Moto2.[4] In 2012, 250cc bikes replaced the 125cc bikes, with the class re-branded as Moto3, retiring the two-stroke bikes from Grand Prix motorcycle racing.[5] MotoE was introduced in 2019 as a "world cup" until 2022 and thus statistics from that time span are not included here.[6] MotoE only gained World Championship status from 2023 until 2025, because MotoE class went on hiatus after the 2025 season.[7]

Giacomo Agostini, with 15 titles, is the rider with the most world championships across any class. Ángel Nieto is second with 13 world championships. Valentino Rossi, Marc Márquez, Mike Hailwood, and Carlo Ubbiali are tied for third with nine world championships each.[8] Agostini also holds the records for the most victories in the 500cc/MotoGP and 350cc classes, with eight and seven world championships respectively. Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most 250cc/Moto2 championships, with four victories each. Nieto won the most championships in the 125cc and 50cc/80cc classes with seven and six victories respectively.[9]

Champions by rider

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions
Rank Rider Country Winning span MotoGP/500cc 350cc Moto2/250cc Moto3/125cc 80cc/50cc MotoE Total
1 Giacomo Agostini  Italy 1966–1975 8 7 0 0 0 0 15
2 Ángel Nieto  Spain 1969–1984 0 0 0 7 6 0 13
3 Valentino Rossi  Italy 1997–2009 7 0 1 1 0 0 9
3 Marc Márquez  Spain 2010–2025 7 0 1 1 0 0 9
5 Mike Hailwood  United Kingdom 1961–1967 4 2 3 0 0 0 9
6 Carlo Ubbiali  Italy 1951–1960 0 0 3 6 0 0 9
7 John Surtees  United Kingdom 1956–1960 4 3 0 0 0 0 7
8 Phil Read  United Kingdom 1964–1974 2 0 4 1 0 0 7
9 Geoff Duke  United Kingdom 1951–1955 4 2 0 0 0 0 6
10 Jim Redman Rhodesia 1962–1965 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
11 Mick Doohan  Australia 1994–1998 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
12 Jorge Lorenzo  Spain 2006–2015 3 0 2 0 0 0 5
13 Anton Mang  Germany 1980–1987 0 2 3 0 0 0 5
14 Eddie Lawson  United States 1984–1989 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
15 Kork Ballington South Africa 1978–1979 0 2 2 0 0 0 4
16 Walter Villa  Italy 1974–1976 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
17 Max Biaggi  Italy 1994–1997 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
18 Hugh Anderson  New Zealand 1963–1965 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
19 Jorge Martínez  Spain 1986–1988 0 0 0 1 3 0 4
20 Stefan Dörflinger  Switzerland 1982–1985 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
21 Kenny Roberts  United States 1978–1980 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
21 Wayne Rainey  United States 1990–1992 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
23 Freddie Spencer  United States 1983–1985 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
23 Francesco Bagnaia  Italy 2018–2023 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
25 Bruno Ruffo  Italy 1949–1951 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
25 Werner Haas  Germany 1953–1954 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
25 Luca Cadalora  Italy 1986–1992 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
25 Dani Pedrosa  Spain 2003–2005 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
29 Loris Capirossi  Italy 1990–1998 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
30 Luigi Taveri  Switzerland 1962–1966 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
30 Pier Paolo Bianchi  Italy 1976–1980 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
32 Eugenio Lazzarini  Italy 1978–1980 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
33 Hans-Georg Anscheidt  Germany 1966–1968 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
34 Umberto Masetti  Italy 1950–1952 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
34 Barry Sheene  United Kingdom 1976–1977 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
34 Casey Stoner  Australia 2007–2011 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
37 Gary Hocking Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1961 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
38 Àlex Crivillé  Spain 1989–1999 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
38 Joan Mir  Spain 2017–2020 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
38 Jorge Martín  Spain 2018–2024 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
41 Fergus Anderson  United Kingdom 1953–1954 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
41 Bill Lomas  United Kingdom 1955–1956 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
43 Carlos Lavado Venezuela 1983–1986 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
43 Sito Pons  Spain 1988–1989 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
43 Johann Zarco  France 2015–2016 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
46 Cecil Sandford  United Kingdom 1952–1957 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Tarquinio Provini  Italy 1957–1958 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Dieter Braun  Germany 1970–1973 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Manuel Poggiali San Marino 2001–2003 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Álex Márquez  Spain 2014–2019 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
46 Pedro Acosta  Spain 2021–2023 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
52 Kent Andersson  Sweden 1973–1974 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
52 Fausto Gresini  Italy 1985–1987 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
52 Haruchika Aoki Japan 1995–1996 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
52 Kazuto Sakata Japan 1994–1998 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
56 Jan de Vries  Netherlands 1971–1973 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
56 Ricardo Tormo Spain 1978–1981 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
58 Leslie Graham  United Kingdom 1949 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Libero Liberati  Italy 1957 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Marco Lucchinelli  Italy 1981 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Franco Uncini  Italy 1982 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Wayne Gardner  Australia 1987 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Kevin Schwantz  United States 1993 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Kenny Roberts Jr.  United States 2000 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Nicky Hayden  United States 2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
58 Fabio Quartararo  France 2021 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
67 Freddie Frith  United Kingdom 1949 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
67 Bob Foster  United Kingdom 1950 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
67 Keith Campbell  Australia 1957 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
67 Johnny Cecotto Venezuela 1975 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
67 Takazumi Katayama Japan 1977 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
67 Jon Ekerold South Africa 1980 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
73 Dario Ambrosini  Italy 1950 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Enrico Lorenzetti  Italy 1952 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Hermann Paul Müller  Germany 1955 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Kel Carruthers  Australia 1969 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Rodney Gould  United Kingdom 1970 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Jarno Saarinen  Finland 1972 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Mario Lega  Italy 1977 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Jean-Louis Tournadre  France 1982 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Christian Sarron  France 1984 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 John Kocinski  United States 1990 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Tetsuya Harada Japan 1993 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Olivier Jacque  France 2000 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Daijiro Kato  Japan 2001 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Marco Melandri  Italy 2002 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Marco Simoncelli  Italy 2008 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Hiroshi Aoyama  Japan 2009 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Toni Elías  Spain 2010 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Stefan Bradl  Germany 2011 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Pol Espargaró  Spain 2013 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Tito Rabat  Spain 2014 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Franco Morbidelli  Italy 2017 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Enea Bastianini  Italy 2020 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Remy Gardner  Australia 2021 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Augusto Fernández  Spain 2022 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Ai Ogura  Japan 2024 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Diogo Moreira  Brazil 2025 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
99 Nello Pagani  Italy 1949 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Rupert Hollaus  Austria 1954 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Tom Phillis  Australia 1961 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Bill Ivy  United Kingdom 1967 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Dave Simmonds  United Kingdom 1969 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Paolo Pileri  Italy 1975 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Alessandro Gramigni  Italy 1992 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Dirk Raudies  Germany 1993 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Emilio Alzamora  Spain 1999 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Roberto Locatelli  Italy 2000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Arnaud Vincent  France 2002 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Andrea Dovizioso  Italy 2004 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Thomas Lüthi  Switzerland 2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Álvaro Bautista  Spain 2006 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Gábor Talmácsi  Hungary 2007 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Mike Di Meglio  France 2008 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Julián Simón  Spain 2009 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Nicolás Terol  Spain 2011 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Sandro Cortese  Germany 2012 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Maverick Viñales  Spain 2013 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Danny Kent  United Kingdom 2015 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Brad Binder  South Africa 2016 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Lorenzo Dalla Porta  Italy 2019 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Albert Arenas  Spain 2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Izan Guevara  Spain 2022 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 Jaume Masià  Spain 2023 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 David Alonso  Colombia 2024 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
99 José Antonio Rueda  Spain 2025 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
127 Ernst Degner  Germany 1962 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Ralph Bryans  United Kingdom 1965 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Henk van Kessel  Netherlands 1974 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Manuel Herreros  Spain 1989 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
131 Mattia Casadei  Italy 2023 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
131 Héctor Garzó  Spain 2024 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
131 Alessandro Zaccone  Italy 2025 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 77 34 77 77 28 3 296

Champions by country

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions by country
Country MotoGP/500cc 350cc Moto2/250cc Moto3/125cc 80cc/50cc MotoE Total
 Italy 22 8 25 24 2 2 83
 Spain 13 0 13 24 12 1 63
 United Kingdom 17 13 9 5 1 0 45
 Germany 0 2 8 4 4 0 18
 United States 15 0 2 0 0 0 17
 Australia 8 1 2 1 0 0 12
 Japan 0 1 4 4 0 0 9
 Rhodesia 1 5 2 0 0 0 8
 France 1 0 5 2 0 0 8
 Switzerland 0 0 0 4 4 0 8
 South Africa 0 3 2 1 0 0 6
 New Zealand 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
 Venezuela 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
 San Marino 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
 Sweden 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
 Finland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Austria 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Hungary 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Colombia 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Brazil 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 77 34 77 77 28 3 296

See also

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References

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Bibliography

  • Marshall, Anne (1997). Guinness Book of Knowledge. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-046-6.

General

Specific

  1. ^ Marshall 1997, p. 289
  2. ^ "Basics". MotoGP. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  3. ^ "History". MotoGP. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. ^ "2010 Moto2 class to be powered by Honda". MotoGP. 2 May 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  5. ^ Birt, Matthew (29 June 2010). "Moto3 to replace 125GP class in 2012". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ^ "STAT ATTACK: 1000 GPs special!work=MotoGP.com". Dorna Sports. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  7. ^ "MotoE™ to go on hiatus following 2025 season". motogp.com. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Rossi's ninth title win: the statistics". MotoGP. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Winners". MotoGP. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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