# 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. 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.
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. 600cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in the 2010 season, with the class re-branded as Moto2. 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. MotoE was introduced in 2019 as a "World Cup" until 2022 and thus statistics from that time span is not included here. 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. 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.

## 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 |
| 38 | Jorge Martín | Spain | 2018–2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | Bill Lomas | United Kingdom | 1955–1956 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | Fergus Anderson | United Kingdom | 1953–1954 | 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 | Kazuto Sakata | Japan | 1994–1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 | Haruchika Aoki | Japan | 1995–1996 | 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 | Rodney Gould | United Kingdom | 1970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | Kel Carruthers | Australia | 1969 | 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 |
| 98 | Nello Pagani | Italy | 1949 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Rupert Hollaus | Austria | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Tom Phillis | Australia | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Bill Ivy | United Kingdom | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Paolo Pileri | Italy | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Alessandro Gramigni | Italy | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Dirk Raudies | Germany | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Emilio Alzamora | Spain | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Roberto Locatelli | Italy | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Arnaud Vincent | France | 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Andrea Dovizioso | Italy | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Thomas Lüthi | Switzerland | 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Álvaro Bautista | Spain | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Gábor Talmácsi | Hungary | 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Mike Di Meglio | France | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Julián Simón | Spain | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Nicolás Terol | Spain | 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Sandro Cortese | Germany | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Maverick Viñales | Spain | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Danny Kent | United Kingdom | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Brad Binder | South Africa | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Italy | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Albert Arenas | Spain | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Izan Guevara | Spain | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | Jaume Masià | Spain | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | David Alonso | Colombia | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 | Ernst Degner | Germany | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 | Ralph Bryans | United Kingdom | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 | Henk van Kessel | Netherlands | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 | Manuel Herreros | Spain | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 129 | Mattia Casadei | Italy | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 129 | Héctor Garzó | Spain | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Champions 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 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 61 |
| 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 |