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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Kawasaki won the rider's Superbike World Championship in 1993 with Scott Russell, two decades later in 2013 with Tom Sykes and four times again in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 with Jonathan Rea.

final_sentence: Kawasaki won the rider's Superbike World Championship in 1993 with Scott Russell, two decades later in 2013 with Tom Sykes and four times again in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 with Jonathan Rea.