List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Riders' Champions

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since the 2023: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, and 50cc/80cc.^[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 four classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. 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 in 1982; two years later the 50cc class was replaced with an 80cc class, which was discontinued in 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 is not included here.^[6] MotoE gained World Championship status in 2023.

Giacomo Agostini, with 15 victories, has won the most world championships. Ángel Nieto is second with 13 world championships and Valentino Rossi, Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali are third with 9 world championships.^[7] Agostini holds the record 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.^[8]

Champions

By rider

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
4	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	1961–1967	4	2	3	0	0	0	9
5	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	1951–1960	0	0	3	6	0	0	9
6	Marc Márquez	Spain	2010–2019	6	0	1	1	0	0	8
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	Hans-Georg Anscheidt	Germany	1966–1968	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
33	Eugenio Lazzarini	Italy	1978–1980	0	0	0	1	2	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
40	Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	1955–1956	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
40	Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	1953–1954	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
42	Carlos Lavado	Venezuela	1983–1986	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
42	Sito Pons	Spain	1988–1989	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
42	Johann Zarco	France	2015–2016	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
45	Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	1952–1957	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
45	Tarquinio Provini	Italy	1957–1958	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
45	Dieter Braun	Germany	1970–1973	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
45	Manuel Poggiali	San Marino	2001–2003	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
45	Álex Márquez	Spain	2014–2019	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
45	Pedro Acosta	Spain	2021–2023	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
51	Kent Andersson	Sweden	1973–1974	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
51	Fausto Gresini	Italy	1985–1987	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
51	Kazuto Sakata	Japan	1994–1998	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
51	Haruchika Aoki	Japan	1995–1996	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
55	Jan de Vries	Netherlands	1971–1973	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
55	Ricardo Tormo	Spain	1978–1981	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
57	Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	1949	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Libero Liberati	Italy	1957	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Marco Lucchinelli	Italy	1981	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Franco Uncini	Italy	1982	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Wayne Gardner	Australia	1987	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Kevin Schwantz	United States	1993	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Kenny Roberts Jr.	United States	2000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Nicky Hayden	United States	2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
57	Fabio Quartararo	France	2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
66	Freddie Frith	United Kingdom	1949	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Bob Foster	United Kingdom	1950	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Keith Campbell	Australia	1957	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Johnny Cecotto	Venezuela	1975	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Takazumi Katayama	Japan	1977	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
66	Jon Ekerold	South Africa	1980	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
72	Dario Ambrosini	Italy	1950	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	1952	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Hermann Paul Müller	Germany	1955	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Rodney Gould	United Kingdom	1970	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Kel Carruthers	Australia	1969	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Jarno Saarinen	Finland	1972	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Mario Lega	Italy	1977	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Jean-Louis Tournadre	France	1982	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Christian Sarron	France	1984	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	John Kocinski	United States	1990	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Tetsuya Harada	Japan	1993	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Olivier Jacque	France	2000	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Daijiro Kato	Japan	2001	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Marco Melandri	Italy	2002	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Marco Simoncelli	Italy	2008	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Hiroshi Aoyama	Japan	2009	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Toni Elías	Spain	2010	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Stefan Bradl	Germany	2011	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Pol Espargaró	Spain	2013	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Tito Rabat	Spain	2014	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Franco Morbidelli	Italy	2017	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Enea Bastianini	Italy	2020	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Remy Gardner	Australia	2021	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
72	Augusto Fernández	Spain	2022	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
96	Nello Pagani	Italy	1949	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Rupert Hollaus	Austria	1954	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Tom Phillis	Australia	1961	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	1967	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	1969	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Paolo Pileri	Italy	1975	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Alessandro Gramigni	Italy	1992	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Dirk Raudies	Germany	1993	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Emilio Alzamora	Spain	1999	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Roberto Locatelli	Italy	2000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Arnaud Vincent	France	2002	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Andrea Dovizioso	Italy	2004	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Thomas Lüthi	Switzerland	2005	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Álvaro Bautista	Spain	2006	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Gábor Talmácsi	Hungary	2007	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Mike Di Meglio	France	2008	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Julián Simón	Spain	2009	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Nicolás Terol	Spain	2011	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Sandro Cortese	Germany	2012	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Maverick Viñales	Spain	2013	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Danny Kent	United Kingdom	2015	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Brad Binder	South Africa	2016	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Jorge Martín	Spain	2018	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Italy	2019	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Albert Arenas	Spain	2020	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Izan Guevara	Spain	2022	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
96	Jaume Masià	Spain	2023	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
123	Ernst Degner	Germany	1962	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
123	Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	1965	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
123	Henk van Kessel	Netherlands	1974	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
123	Manuel Herreros	Spain	1989	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
127	Mattia Casadei	Italy	2023	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

By country

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	1	82
Spain	11	0	13	23	12	0	59
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
Switzerland	0	0	0	4	4	0	8
Rhodesia	1	5	2	0	0	0	8
France	1	0	5	2	0	0	8
Japan	0	1	3	4	0	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

References

Bibliography

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

General

"Statistics; The Official MotoGP Website". MotoGP. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

Specific

External links

The Official MotoGP Website

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