# List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Riders' Champions by year

The following is a list of FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions from 1949, in order of class and year.

## Summary

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. 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 five classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and sidecar (600cc). The 50cc class was introduced in 1962. 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. The sidecar class left the series to form its own championship after 1996. In 2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500c bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP. 660cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in 2010, with the class rebranded as Moto2. Starting 2012, the Moto3 class (250cc one cylinder) replaced the 125cc class.
The 750 FIM Prize became a world championship from 1977 onwards after a favourable vote from the FIM general council.
Sidecars had 600 cc engines in the first two years, after which they were replaced by 500cc engines. In 1979 the FIM created a prototype sidecar class named B2B, as opposed to the traditional B2A. Prototypes were banned in 1980, but from 1981 onwards prototypes were allowed again, this time without having a separate class.
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.
The Riders' World Championship is awarded to the most successful rider over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The constructors listed in this table are the bike that the world champions rode during that winning season and are not necessarily the winner of the constructors' world championship in that season. For sidecar champions, the passenger name is in italics.

## List

| Year | 500cc | 350cc | 250cc | 125cc | Sidecar |
| 1949 | Leslie Graham (AJS) | Freddie Frith (Velocette) | Bruno Ruffo (Moto Guzzi) | Nello Pagani (Mondial) | Eric Oliver Denis Jenkinson (Norton) |
| 1950 | Umberto Masetti (Gilera) | Bob Foster (Velocette) | Dario Ambrosini (Benelli) | Bruno Ruffo (Mondial) | Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli (Norton) |
| 1951 | Geoff Duke (Norton) | Geoff Duke (Norton) | Bruno Ruffo (Moto Guzzi) | Carlo Ubbiali (Mondial) | Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli (Norton) |
| 1952 | Umberto Masetti (Gilera) | Geoff Duke (Norton) | Enrico Lorenzetti (Moto Guzzi) | Cecil Sandford (MV Agusta) | Cyril Smith Bob Clements Les Nutt (Norton) |
| 1953 | Geoff Duke (Gilera) | Fergus Anderson (Moto Guzzi) | Werner Haas (NSU) | Werner Haas (NSU) | Eric Oliver Stanley Dibben (Norton) |
| 1954 | Geoff Duke (Gilera) | Fergus Anderson (Moto Guzzi) | Werner Haas (NSU) | Rupert Hollaus (NSU) | Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron (BMW) |
| 1955 | Geoff Duke (Gilera) | Bill Lomas (Moto Guzzi) | Hermann Paul Müller (NSU) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Willi Faust Karl Remmert (BMW) |
| 1956 | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | Bill Lomas (Moto Guzzi) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron (BMW) |
| 1957 | Libero Liberati (Gilera) | Keith Campbell (Moto Guzzi) | Cecil Sandford (Mondial) | Tarquinio Provini (Mondial) | Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwahl (BMW) |
| 1958 | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | Tarquinio Provini (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Walter Schneider Hans Strauß (BMW) |
| 1959 | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Walter Schneider Hans Strauß (BMW) |
| 1960 | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | John Surtees (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) | Helmut Fath Alfred Wohlgemuth (BMW) |
| 1961 | Gary Hocking (MV Agusta) | Gary Hocking (MV Agusta) | Mike Hailwood (Honda) | Tom Phillis (Honda) | Max Deubel Emil Hörner (BMW) |
| Year | 500cc | 350cc | 250cc | 125cc | 50cc | Sidecar |
| 1962 | Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Luigi Taveri (Honda) | Ernst Degner (Suzuki) | Max Deubel Emil Hörner (BMW) |
| 1963 | Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Hugh Anderson (Suzuki) | Hugh Anderson (Suzuki) | Max Deubel Emil Hörner (BMW) |
| 1964 | Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Phil Read (Yamaha) | Luigi Taveri (Honda) | Hugh Anderson (Suzuki) | Max Deubel Emil Hörner (BMW) |
| 1965 | Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) | Jim Redman (Honda) | Phil Read (Yamaha) | Hugh Anderson (Suzuki) | Ralph Bryans (Honda) | Fritz Scheidegger John Robinson (BMW) |
| 1966 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Mike Hailwood (Honda) | Mike Hailwood (Honda) | Luigi Taveri (Honda) | Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki) | Fritz Scheidegger John Robinson (BMW) |
| 1967 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Mike Hailwood (Honda) | Mike Hailwood (Honda) | Bill Ivy (Yamaha) | Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt (BMW) |
| 1968 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Phil Read (Yamaha) | Phil Read (Yamaha) | Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki) | Helmut Fath Wolfgang Kalauch (URS) |
| 1969 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Kel Carruthers (Benelli) | Dave Simmonds (Kawasaki) | Ángel Nieto (Derbi) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt (BMW) |
| 1970 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Rodney Gould (Yamaha) | Dieter Braun (Suzuki) | Ángel Nieto (Derbi) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt Wolfgang Kalauch (BMW) |
| 1971 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Phil Read (Yamaha) | Ángel Nieto (Derbi) | Jan de Vries (Kreidler) | Horst Owesle Julius Kremer Peter Rutterford (Münch-URS) |
| 1972 | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Jarno Saarinen (Yamaha) | Ángel Nieto (Derbi) | Ángel Nieto (Derbi) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt (BMW) |
| 1973 | Phil Read (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) | Dieter Braun (Yamaha) | Kent Andersson (Yamaha) | Jan de Vries (Kreidler) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt (BMW) |
| 1974 | Phil Read (MV Agusta) | Giacomo Agostini (Yamaha) | Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson) | Kent Andersson (Yamaha) | Henk van Kessel (Kreidler-Van Veen) | Klaus Enders Ralf Engelhardt (Busch-BMW) |
| 1975 | Giacomo Agostini (Yamaha) | Johnny Cecotto (Yamaha) | Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson) | Paolo Pileri (Morbidelli) | Ángel Nieto (Kreidler) | Rolf Steinhausen Josef Huber (Busch-König) |
| 1976 | Barry Sheene (Suzuki) | Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson) | Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson) | Pier Paolo Bianchi (Morbidelli) | Ángel Nieto (Bultaco) | Rolf Steinhausen Josef Huber (Busch-König) |
| Year | 750cc | 500cc | 350cc | 250cc | 125cc | 50cc | Sidecar |
| 1977 | Steve Baker (Yamaha) | Barry Sheene (Suzuki) | Takazumi Katayama (Yamaha) | Mario Lega (Morbidelli) | Pier Paolo Bianchi (Morbidelli) | Ángel Nieto (Bultaco) | George O'Dell Kenny Arthur Cliff Holland (Windle-Yamaha) (Seymaz-Yamaha) |
| 1978 | Johnny Cecotto (Yamaha) | Kenny Roberts (Yamaha) | Kork Ballington (Kawasaki) | Kork Ballington (Kawasaki) | Eugenio Lazzarini (MBA) | Ricardo Tormo (Bultaco) | Rolf Biland Kenneth Williams (TTM-Yamaha) (BEO-Yamaha) |
| Year | 750cc | 500cc | 350cc | 250cc | 125cc | 50cc | Sidecar B2A | Sidecar B2B |
| 1979 | Patrick Pons (Yamaha) | Kenny Roberts (Yamaha) | Kork Ballington (Kawasaki) | Kork Ballington (Kawasaki) | Ángel Nieto (Minarelli) | Eugenio Lazzarini (Kreidler) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (Schmid-Yamaha) | Bruno Holzer Charlie Maierhans (LCR-Yamaha) |
| Year | 500cc | 350cc | 250cc | 125cc | 50cc | Sidecar |
| 1980 | Kenny Roberts (Yamaha) | Jon Ekerold (Yamaha) | Anton Mang (Kawasaki) | Pier Paolo Bianchi (MBA) | Eugenio Lazzarini (Kreidler-Van Veen) | Jock Taylor Benga Johansson (Windle-Yamaha) |
| 1981 | Marco Lucchinelli (Suzuki) | Anton Mang (Kawasaki) | Anton Mang (Kawasaki) | Ángel Nieto (Minarelli) | Ricardo Tormo (Motul-Bultaco) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (LCR-Yamaha) |
| 1982 | Franco Uncini (Suzuki) | Anton Mang (Kawasaki) | Jean-Louis Tournadre (Yamaha) | Ángel Nieto (Garelli) | Stefan Dörflinger (Kreidler) | Werner Schwärzel Andreas Huber (Seymaz-Yamaha) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc | 125cc | 50cc | Sidecar |
| 1983 | Freddie Spencer (Honda) | Carlos Lavado (Yamaha) | Ángel Nieto (Garelli) | Stefan Dörflinger (Krauser) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (LCR-Yamaha) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc | 125cc | 80cc | Sidecar |
| 1984 | Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) | Christian Sarron (Yamaha) | Ángel Nieto (Garelli) | Stefan Dörflinger (Zündapp) | Egbert Streuer Bernie Schnieders (LCR-Yamaha) |
| 1985 | Freddie Spencer (Honda) | Freddie Spencer (Honda) | Fausto Gresini (Garelli) | Stefan Dörflinger (Krauser) | Egbert Streuer Bernie Schnieders (LCR-Yamaha) |
| 1986 | Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) | Carlos Lavado (Yamaha) | Luca Cadalora (Garelli) | Jorge Martínez (Derbi) | Egbert Streuer Bernie Schnieders (LCR-Yamaha) |
| 1987 | Wayne Gardner (Honda) | Anton Mang (Honda) | Fausto Gresini (Garelli) | Jorge Martínez (Derbi) | Steve Webster Tony Hewitt (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1988 | Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) | Sito Pons (Honda) | Jorge Martínez (Derbi) | Jorge Martínez (Derbi) | Steve Webster Tony Hewitt Gavin Simmons (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1989 | Eddie Lawson (Honda) | Sito Pons (Honda) | Àlex Crivillé (JJ Cobas) | Manuel Herreros (Derbi) | Steve Webster Tony Hewitt (LCR-Krauser) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc | 125cc | Sidecar |
| 1990 | Wayne Rainey (Yamaha) | John Kocinski (Yamaha) | Loris Capirossi (Honda) | Alain Michel Simon Birchall (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1991 | Wayne Rainey (Yamaha) | Luca Cadalora (Honda) | Loris Capirossi (Honda) | Steve Webster Gavin Simmons (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1992 | Wayne Rainey (Yamaha) | Luca Cadalora (Honda) | Alessandro Gramigni (Aprilia) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1993 | Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki) | Tetsuya Harada (Yamaha) | Dirk Raudies (Honda) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (LCR-Krauser) |
| 1994 | Mick Doohan (Honda) | Max Biaggi (Aprilia) | Kazuto Sakata (Aprilia) | Rolf Biland Kurt Waltisperg (LCR-Swissauto) |
| 1995 | Mick Doohan (Honda) | Max Biaggi (Aprilia) | Haruchika Aoki (Honda) | Darren Dixon Andy Hetherington (Windle-ADM) |
| 1996 | Mick Doohan (Honda) | Max Biaggi (Aprilia) | Haruchika Aoki (Honda) | Darren Dixon Andy Hetherington (Windle-ADM) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc | 125cc |
| 1997 | Mick Doohan (Honda) | Max Biaggi (Honda) | Valentino Rossi (Aprilia) |
| 1998 | Mick Doohan (Honda) | Loris Capirossi (Aprilia) | Kazuto Sakata (Aprilia) |
| 1999 | Àlex Crivillé (Honda) | Valentino Rossi (Aprilia) | Emilio Alzamora (Honda) |
| 2000 | Kenny Roberts Jr. (Suzuki) | Olivier Jacque (Yamaha) | Roberto Locatelli (Aprilia) |
| 2001 | Valentino Rossi (Honda) | Daijiro Kato (Honda) | Manuel Poggiali (Gilera) |
| Year | MotoGP | 250cc | 125cc |
| 2002 | Valentino Rossi (Honda) | Marco Melandri (Aprilia) | Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia) |
| 2003 | Valentino Rossi (Honda) | Manuel Poggiali (Aprilia) | Dani Pedrosa (Honda) |
| 2004 | Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) | Dani Pedrosa (Honda) | Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) |
| 2005 | Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) | Dani Pedrosa (Honda) | Thomas Lüthi (Honda) |
| 2006 | Nicky Hayden (Honda) | Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia) | Álvaro Bautista (Aprilia) |
| 2007 | Casey Stoner (Ducati) | Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia) | Gábor Talmácsi (Aprilia) |
| 2008 | Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) | Marco Simoncelli (Gilera) | Mike Di Meglio (Derbi) |
| 2009 | Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) | Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda) | Julián Simón (Aprilia) |
| Year | MotoGP | Moto2 | 125cc |
| 2010 | Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) | Toni Elías (Moriwaki) | Marc Márquez (Derbi) |
| 2011 | Casey Stoner (Honda) | Stefan Bradl (Kalex) | Nicolás Terol (Aprilia) |
| Year | MotoGP | Moto2 | Moto3 |
| 2012 | Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) | Marc Márquez (Suter) | Sandro Cortese (KTM) |
| 2013 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Pol Espargaró (Kalex) | Maverick Viñales (KTM) |
| 2014 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Tito Rabat (Kalex) | Álex Márquez (Honda) |
| 2015 | Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) | Johann Zarco (Kalex) | Danny Kent (Honda) |
| 2016 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Johann Zarco (Kalex) | Brad Binder (KTM) |
| 2017 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Franco Morbidelli (Kalex) | Joan Mir (Honda) |
| 2018 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) | Jorge Martín (Honda) |
| 2019 | Marc Márquez (Honda) | Álex Márquez (Kalex) | Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Honda) |
| 2020 | Joan Mir (Suzuki) | Enea Bastianini (Kalex) | Albert Arenas (KTM) |
| 2021 | Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) | Remy Gardner (Kalex) | Pedro Acosta (KTM) |
| 2022 | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) | Augusto Fernández (Kalex) | Izan Guevara (Gas Gas) |
| Year | MotoGP | Moto2 | Moto3 | MotoE |
| 2023 | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) | Pedro Acosta (Kalex) | Jaume Masià (Honda) | Mattia Casadei (Ducati) |
| 2024 | Jorge Martín (Ducati) | Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro) | David Alonso (CFMoto) | Héctor Garzó (Ducati) |