List of Superbike World champions
Riders Championship

List of Superbike World champions

Section Title: Riders Championship
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Season	Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Team

1988	United States Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	2	2	1	Rumi Honda

1989	United States Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	3	2	5	Rumi Honda

1990	France Raymond Roche	Ducati 851	8	7	2	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli

1991	United States Doug Polen	Ducati 888	17	4	0	Fast by Ferracci Ducati

1992	United States Doug Polen	Ducati 888	9	4	2	Team Police Ducati

1993	United States Scott Russell	Kawasaki ZXR-750	5	12	1	Team Muzzy Kawasaki

1994	United Kingdom Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	10	4	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse

1995	United Kingdom Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	13	6	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse

1996	Australia Troy Corser	Ducati 916	7	5	1	Promotor Racing Team

1997	United States John Kocinski	Honda RC45	9	4	4	Castrol Honda-HRC

1998	United Kingdom Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	3	6	5	Ducati Performance

1999	United Kingdom Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	11	6	2	Ducati Performance

2000	United States Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51	8	2	1	Castrol Honda-HRC

2001	Australia Troy Bayliss	Ducati 996R	6	6	3	Ducati Infostrada

2002	United States Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51	11	10	4	Castrol Honda-HRC

2003	United Kingdom Neil Hodgson	Ducati 999F03	13	7	0	Ducati FILA

2004	United Kingdom James Toseland	Ducati 999F04	3	9	2	Ducati FILA

2005	Australia Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5	8	5	5	Alstare Suzuki Corona

2006	Australia Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999F06	12	3	1	Ducati Xerox

2007	United Kingdom James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	8	5	1	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

2008	Australia Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	13	6	5	Ducati Xerox Team

2009	United States Ben Spies	Yamaha YZF-R1	14	2	1	Yamaha World Superbike Team

2010	Italy Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	10	2	2	Aprilia Alitalia Racing

2011	Spain Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	15	0	6	Althea Racing

2012	Italy Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	2	4	Aprilia Racing Team

2013	United Kingdom Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	4	5	Kawasaki Racing Team

2014	France Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	8	3	Aprilia Racing Team

2015	United Kingdom Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	7	2	Kawasaki Racing Team

2016	United Kingdom Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	9	5	Kawasaki Racing Team

2017	United Kingdom Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	16	7	1	Kawasaki Racing Team

2018	United Kingdom Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	17	4	1	Kawasaki Racing Team

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Scott Russell became the Superbike world champion riding for Muzzy Kawasaki in 1993.

final_sentence: Scott Russell became the Superbike world champion riding for Muzzy Kawasaki in 1993.