# Motocross World Championship

The FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2. Race duration is 30 minutes plus two laps per race. The series runs 20 events with two races per class, including a point-scoring qualification race. The FIM Women's Motocross World Championship (MXW) is a women-only motocross championship, inaugurated in 2005, and is a feeder series to the FIM Motocross World Championship.

## History

The FIM Motocross World Championship is a worldwide motocross series sanctioned by the F.I.M. It was inaugurated in 1957 using a 500 cc engine displacement formula. In 1962 a 250cc class was added and in 1975, a 125cc class was introduced. Prior to 1957, the championship was known as the European Championship.
In 2004, the F.I.M. changed the displacement formulas to reflect the changes in engine technology and as a move towards environmentally friendlier four-stroke engines. The new MX1 class became the premier class, allowing two-stroke engines of up to 250cc and four-stroke engines of up to 450cc. The MX2 class allowed two-stroke engines of up to 125cc and four-stroke motors of up to 250cc. The MX3 class allowed two-stroke engines of up to 500cc and four stroke engines of up to 650cc.

## World Champions by year

| Year | 500cc |
| 1952 | 1) Victor Leloup (Saroléa) 2) Auguste Mingels (Matchless) 3) John Avery (BSA) |
| 1953 | 1) Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) Victor Leloup (FN) |
| 1954 | 1) Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA) |
| 1955 | 1) John Draper (BSA) 2) Bill Nilsson (BSA) 3) Sten Lundin (BSA) |
| 1956 | 1) Les Archer (Norton) 2) John Draper (BSA) 3) Nic Jansen (Matchless) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc |
| 1957 | 1) Bill Nilsson (AJS) 2) René Baeten (FN) 3) Sten Lundin (Monark) | 1) Fritz Betzelbacher (Maico) 2) Willi Oesterle (Maico) 3) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa) |
| 1958 | 1) René Baeten (FN) 2) Bill Nilsson (Crescent) 3) Sten Lundin (Monark) | 1) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa) 2) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 3) Rolf Müller (Maico) |
| 1959 | 1) Sten Lundin (Monark) 2) Bill Nilsson (Crescent) 3) David Curtis (Matchless) | 1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Brian Stonebridge (Greeves) 3) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa) |
| 1960 | 1) Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) 2) Sten Lundin (Monark) 3) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) | 1) Dave Bickers (Greeves) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Miroslav Souchek (ČZ) |
| 1961 | 1) Sten Lundin (Lito [de; nl]) 2) Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) 3) Gunnar Johansson (Lito) | 1) Dave Bickers (Greeves) 2) Arthur Lampkin (BSA) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA) |
| 1962 | 1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Gunnar Johansson (Lito) 3) Sten Lundin (Lito) | 1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Arthur Lampkin (BSA) |
| 1963 | 1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Sten Lundin (Lito) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA) | 1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Vlastimil Valek (ČZ) 3) Igor Grigoriev (ČZ) |
| 1964 | 1) Jeff Smith (BSA) 2) Rolf Tibblin (Hedlund) 3) Sten Lundin (Lito) | 1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 3) Victor Arbekov (ČZ) |
| 1965 | 1) Jeff Smith (BSA) 2) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 3) Rolf Tibblin (ČZ) | 1) Victor Arbekov (ČZ) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Dave Bickers (Greeves) |
| 1966 | 1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) Rolf Tibblin (ČZ) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA) | 1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Petr Dobry (ČZ) |
| 1967 | 1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Dave Bickers (ČZ) | 1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Olle Petterson (Husqvarna) |
| 1968 | 1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) John Banks (BSA) 3) Åke Jonsson (Husqvarna) | 1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 3) Sylvain Geboers (ČZ) |
| 1969 | 1) Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna) 2) John Banks (BSA) 3) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) | 1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Sylvain Geboers (ČZ) 3) Olle Petterson (Suzuki) |
| 1970 | 1) Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna) 2) Arne Kring (Husqvarna) 3) Åke Jonsson (Maico) | 1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki) 3) Roger De Coster (ČZ) |
| 1971 | 1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Åke Jonsson (Maico) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico) | 1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Håkan Andersson (Husqvarna) 3) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki) |
| 1972 | 1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 3) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) | 1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 3) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki) |
| 1973 | 1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Willy Bauer (Maico) 3) Jaak van Velthoven (Yamaha) | 1) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 2) Adolf Weil (Maico) 3) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) |
| 1974 | 1) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 2) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico) | 1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Jaroslav Falta (ČZ) 3) Harry Everts (Puch) |
| Year | 500cc | 250cc | 125cc |
| 1975 | 1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 3) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) | 1) Harry Everts (Puch) 2) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 3) Willy Bauer (Suzuki) | 1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Gilbert de Roover (Zündapp) 3) Antonin Baborowsky (ČZ) |
| 1976 | 1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico) | 1) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 2) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 3) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM) | 1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Jiri Churavy (ČZ) 3) Zdeneck Velky (ČZ) |
| 1977 | 1) Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha) 2) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 3) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) | 1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM) 3) André Malherbe (KTM) | 1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Gerard Rond (Yamaha) 3) André Massant (Yamaha) |
| 1978 | 1) Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha) 2) Brad Lackey (Honda) 3) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) | 1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Torleif Hansen (Kawasaki) 3) Hans Maisch (Maico) | 1) Akira Watanabe (Suzuki) 2) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 3) Gerard Rond (Yamaha) |
| 1979 | 1) Graham Noyce (Honda) 2) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) 3) André Malherbe (Honda) | 1) Håkan Carlqvist (Husqvarna) 2) Neil Hudson (Maico) 3) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM) | 1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Akira Watanabe (Suzuki) 3) Gaston Rahier (Yamaha) |
| 1980 | 1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Brad Lackey (Kawasaki) 3) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha) | 1) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 2) Kees van der Ven (Maico) 3) Dimitar Ranguelov (Husqvarna) | 1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Michele Rinaldi (TGM) 3) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) |
| 1981 | 1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Graham Noyce (Honda) 3) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha) | 1) Neil Hudson (Yamaha) 2) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM) | 1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 3) Michele Rinaldi (Gilera) |
| 1982 | 1) Brad Lackey (Suzuki) 2) André Vromans (Suzuki) 3) Neil Hudson (Yamaha) | 1) Danny LaPorte (Yamaha) 2) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM) | 1) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 2) Corrado Maddii (Gilera) 3) Michele Rinaldi (Gilera) |
| 1983 | 1) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Graham Noyce (Honda) | 1) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 2) Danny LaPorte (Yamaha) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM) | 1) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 2) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 3) Jim Gibson (Yamaha) |
| 1984 | 1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Georges Jobé (Kawasaki) 3) David Thorpe (Honda) | 1) Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 2) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 3) Jeremy Whatley (Suzuki) | 1) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 2) Corrado Maddii (Cagiva) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM) |
| 1985 | 1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda) | 1) Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 2) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 3) Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda) | 1) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 2) David Strijbos (Honda) 3) Corrado Maddii (Cagiva) |
| 1986 | 1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda) | 1) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 2) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 3) Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda) | 1) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 2) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 3) Massimo Contini (Cagiva) |
| 1987 | 1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM) | 1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 3) Jörgen Nilsson (Honda) | 1) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 2) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 3) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda) |
| 1988 | 1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki) 3) David Thorpe (Honda) | 1) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 3) Rodney Smith (Suzuki) | 1) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda) 2) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 3) Pedro Tragter (Honda) |
| 1989 | 1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) Jeff Leisk (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda) | 1) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha) 3) John van den Berk (Yamaha) | 1) Trampas Parker (KTM) 2) Alex Puzar (Suzuki) 3) Mike Healy (KTM) |
| 1990 | 1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (KTM) 3) Dirk Geukens (Honda) | 1) Alex Puzar (Suzuki) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha) 3) John van den Berk (Suzuki) | 1) Donny Schmit (Suzuki) 2) Bobby Moore (KTM) 3) Stefan Everts (Suzuki) |
| 1991 | 1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Jacky Martens (KTM) 3) Dirk Geukens (Honda) | 1) Trampas Parker (Honda) 2) Mike Healy (KTM) 3) Alex Puzar (Suzuki) | 1) Stefan Everts (Suzuki) 2) Bobby Moore (KTM) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki) |
| 1992 | 1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (KTM) 3) Billy Liles (Honda) | 1) Donny Schmit (Yamaha) 2) Bobby Moore (Yamaha) 3) Edwin Evertsen (Kawasaki) | 1) Greg Albertyn (Honda) 2) David Strijbos (Honda) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki) |
| 1993 | 1) Jacky Martens (Husqvarna) 2) Jörgen Nilsson (Honda) 3) Joël Smets (Husaberg) | 1) Greg Albertyn (Honda) 2) Stefan Everts (Suzuki) 3) Donny Schmit (Yamaha) | 1) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki) 2) Yves Demaria (Suzuki) 3) David Strijbos (Honda) |
| 1994 | 1) Marcus Hansson (Honda) 2) Jacky Martens (Husqvarna) 3) Joël Smets (Vertemati) | 1) Greg Albertyn (Suzuki) 2) Stefan Everts (Kawasaki) 3) Yves Demaria (Honda) | 1) Bobby Moore (Yamaha) 2) Alessio Chiodi (Honda) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki) |
| 1995 | 1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Trampas Parker (KTM) 3) Darryl King (Kawasaki) | 1) Stefan Everts (Kawasaki) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki) | 1) Alex Puzar (Honda) 2) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha) 3) Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki) |
| 1996 | 1) Shayne King (KTM) 2) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 3) Peter Johansson (Husqvarna) | 1) Stefan Everts (Honda) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki) | 1) Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki) 2) Paul Malin (Yamaha) 3) Frédéric Vialle (Yamaha) |
| 1997 | 1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Darryl King (Husqvarna) 3) Shayne King (KTM) | 1) Stefan Everts (Honda) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda) | 1) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha) 2) Alex Puzar (TM) 3) Claudio Federici [it] (Husqvarna) |
| 1998 | 1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Darryl King (Husqvarna) 3) Peter Johansson (Yamaha) | 1) Sebastien Tortelli (Kawasaki) 2) Stefan Everts (Honda) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda) | 1) Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna) 2) David Vuillemin (Yamaha) 3) Alex Puzar (TM) |
| 1999 | 1) Andrea Bartolini (Yamaha) 2) Peter Johansson (KTM) 3) Joël Smets (Husaberg) | 1) Frédéric Bolley (Honda) 2) Pit Beirer (Kawasaki) 3) David Vuillemin (Yamaha) | 1) Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna) 2) Claudio Federici [it] (Yamaha) 3) Mike Brown (Honda) |
| 2000 | 1) Joël Smets (KTM) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha) 3) Peter Johansson | 1) Frédéric Bolley (Honda) 2) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 3) Pit Beirer (Kawasaki) | 1) Grant Langston (KTM) 2) James Dobb 3) Mike Brown |
| 2001 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Joël Smets (KTM) 3) Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha) | 1) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 2) Chad Reed (Kawasaki) 3) Gordon Crockard (Honda) | 1) James Dobb (KTM) 2) Steve Ramon (Kawasaki) 3) Erik Eggens (KTM) |
| 2002 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Joël Smets (KTM) 3) Javier Garcia Vico (KTM) | 1) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 2) Josh Coppins (Honda) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda) | 1) Mickaël Maschio (Kawasaki) 2) Steve Ramon (KTM) 3) Patrick Caps (KTM) |
| Year | MotocrossGP | 125cc | 650cc |
| 2003 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Joël Smets (KTM) 3) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) | 1) Steve Ramon (KTM) 2) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 3) Andrea Bartolini (Yamaha) | 1) Joël Smets (KTM) 2) Javier Garcia Vico (KTM) 3) Cedric Melotte (Honda) |
| Year | MX1 | MX2 | MX3 |
| 2004 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Mickaël Pichon (Honda) 3) Josh Coppins (Honda) | 1) Ben Townley (KTM) 2) Tyla Rattray (KTM) 3) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) | 1) Yves Demaria (KTM) 2) Christian Beggi (Honda) 3) Daniele Bricca (Honda) |
| Year | MX1 | MX2 | MX3 | Women's MX |
| 2005 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Josh Coppins (Honda) 3) Ben Townley (KTM) | 1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Andrew McFarlane (Yamaha) 3) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha) | 1) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 2) Yves Demaria (KTM) 3) Julien Bill (KTM) | 1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 3) Livia Lancelot (Yamaha) |
| 2006 | 1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) 3) Steve Ramon (Suzuki) | 1) Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki) 2) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 3) David Philippaerts (KTM) | 1) Yves Demaria (KTM) 2) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 3) Christian Beggi (Honda) | 1) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 2) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 3) Livia Lancelot (Yamaha) |
| 2007 | 1) Steve Ramon (Suzuki) 2) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) 3) Josh Coppins (Yamaha) | 1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Tommy Searle (KTM) 3) Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki) | 1) Yves Demaria (Yamaha) 2) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 3) Jussi-Pekka Vehvilainen (Honda) | 1) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Maria Franke (Kawasaki) |
| 2008 | 1) David Philippaerts (Yamaha) 2) Steve Ramon (Suzuki) 3) Ken De Dycker (Suzuki) | 1) Tyla Rattray (KTM) 2) Tommy Searle (KTM) 3) Nicolas Aubin (Yamaha) | 1) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 2) Christian Beggi (Honda) 3) Christophe Martin (Husqvarna) | 1) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 2) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 3) Maria Franke (Kawasaki) |
| 2009 | 1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Max Nagl (KTM) 3) Clément Desalle (Honda) | 1) Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2) Rui Gonçalves (KTM) 3) Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki) | 1) Pierre Renet (Suzuki) 2) Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) 3) Antti Pyrhonen (Honda) | 1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki) 3) Natalie Kane (KTM) |
| 2010 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) David Philippaerts (Yamaha) | 1) Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2) Ken Roczen (Suzuki) 3) Steven Frossard (Kawasaki) | 1) Carlos Campano (Yamaha) 2) Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) 3) Matevz Irt (Husqvarna) | 1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Livia Lancelot (KTM) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki) |
| 2011 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Steven Frossard (Yamaha) 3) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) | 1) Ken Roczen (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Tommy Searle (Kawasaki) | 1) Julien Bill (Honda) 2) Milko Potisek (Honda) 3) Martin Michek (KTM) | 1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (KTM) |
| 2012 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki) | 1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Tommy Searle (Kawasaki) 3) Jeremy Van Horebeek (KTM) | 1) Matthias Walkner (KTM) 2) Martin Michek (KTM) 3) Günter Schmidinger (Honda) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Natalie Kane (KTM) 3) Britt van der Wekken (Honda) |
| 2013 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) Ken De Dycker (KTM) | 1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Jordi Tixier (KTM) 3) José Butrón (KTM) | 1) Klemen Gerčar (Honda) 2) Martin Michek (KTM) 3) Matthias Walkner (KTM) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki) 3) Stephanie Laier (Kawasaki) |
| Year | MXGP | MX2 | Women's MX |
| 2014 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yamaha) 3) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) | 1) Jordi Tixier (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Romain Febvre (Husqvarna) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki) 3) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) |
| 2015 | 1) Romain Febvre (Yamaha) 2) Gautier Paulin (Honda) 3) Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) | 1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 3) Max Anstie (Kawasaki) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) |
| 2016 | 1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 3) Max Nagl (Husqvarna) | 1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki) 3) Benoît Paturel (Yamaha) | 1) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki) |
| 2017 | 1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Gautier Paulin (Husqvarna) | 1) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki) 3) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Courtney Duncan (Yamaha) |
| 2018 | 1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 3) Clément Desalle (Kawasaki) | 1) Jorge Prado (KTM) 2) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 3) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna) | 1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki) |
| 2019 | 1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Glenn Coldenhoff (KTM) | 1) Jorge Prado (KTM) 2) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna) 3) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) | 1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha) |
| 2020 | 1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Tony Cairoli (KTM) | 1) Tom Vialle (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) | 1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha) |
| 2021 | 1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 3) Tim Gajser (Honda) | 1) Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Tom Vialle (KTM) | 1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas) |
| 2022 | 1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Jorge Prado (GasGas) | 1) Tom Vialle (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas) | 1) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 2) Lynn Valk (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha) |
| 2023 | 1) Jorge Prado (Gas Gas) 2) Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 3) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) | 1) Andrea Adamo (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas) | 1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas) 3) Lotte van Drunen (Kawasaki) |
| 2024 | 1) Jorge Prado (Gas Gas) 2) Tim Gajser (Honda) 3) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) | 1) Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna) 2) Lucas Coenen (Husqvarna) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas) | 1) Lotte van Drunen (Yamaha) 2) Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas) 3) Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas) |

## World Championships by nationality
### Summary

| Country | 500cc / MX3 | 250cc / MX1 / MXGP | 125cc / MX2 | Women | Total |
| Belgium | 24 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 52 |
| France | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| Italy | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| Sweden | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| United States | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| East Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Austria | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 4 September 2022.
Without the European Championships. Last updated: 24 September 2023.

## Riders statistics
### World Championships

Update to the end of 2024 season.
| Rider | Titles |
| Stefan Everts | 10 (2 × 500cc, 3 × 250cc, 4 × MX1, 1 × 125cc) |
| Tony Cairoli | 9 (5 × MX1, 2 × MXGP, 2 × MX2) |
| Joël Robert | 6 (6 × 250cc) |
| Roger De Coster | 5 (5 × 500cc) |
| Joël Smets | 5 (4 × 500cc, 1 × 650cc) |
| Georges Jobé | 5 (3 × 500cc, 2 × 250cc) |
| Eric Geboers | 5 (2 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc, 2 × 125cc) |
| Jeffrey Herlings | 5 (2 × MXGP, 3 × MX2) |
| Tim Gajser | 5 (4 × MXGP, 1 × MX2) |
| Heikki Mikkola | 4 (3 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc) |
| Torsten Hallman | 4 (4 × 250cc) |
| Harry Everts | 4 (1 × 250cc, 3 × 125cc) |
| Jorge Prado | 4 (2 x MXGP, 2 x MX2) |
| Paul Friedrichs André Malherbe David Thorpe | 3 (3 × 500cc) |
| Yves Demaria | 3 (3 × MX3) |
| Guennady Moisseev | 3 (3 × 250cc) |
| Greg Albertyn | 3 (2 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc) |
| Gaston Rahier Alessio Chiodi | 3 (3 × 125cc) |
| Bill Nilsson Sten Lundin Rolf Tibblin Jeff Smith Bengt Åberg | 2 (2 × 500cc) |
| Sven Breugelmans | 2 (2 × MX3 ) |
| Håkan Carlqvist | 2 (1 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc) |
| Heinz Kinigadner Frédéric Bolley Mickaël Pichon | 2 (2 × 250cc) |
| John van den Berk Jean-Michel Bayle Alex Puzar Trampas Parker Donny Schmit Sébastien Tortelli | 2 (1 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc ) |
| Steve Ramon | 2 (1 × MX1, 1 × MX2) |
| Marvin Musquin Tom Vialle | 2 (2 × MX2) |
| René Baeten Graham Noyce Brad Lackey Jacky Martens Marcus Hansson Shayne King Andrea Bartolini | 1 (1 × 500cc) |
| Pierre Renet Carlos Campano Julien Bill Matthias Walkner Klemen Gerčar | 1 (1 × MX3) |
| Victor Arbekov Håkan Andersson Neil Hudson Danny LaPorte Jacky Vimond | 1 (1 × 250cc) |
| David Philippaerts | 1 (1 × MX1) |
| Romain Febvre | 1 (1 × MXGP) |
| Akira Watanabe Michele Rinaldi Pekka Vehkonen Dave Strijbos Pedro Tragter Bob Moore Grant Langston James Dobb Mickaël Maschio | 1 (1 × 125cc) |
| Ben Townley Christophe Pourcel Tyla Rattray Ken Roczen Jordi Tixier Pauls Jonass Maxime Renaux Andrea Adamo Kay de Wolf | 1 (1 × MX2) |

### GP Wins

Only the victories in the GPs are considered, this result is given by the sum of the results of the single races, when the GP is disputed over two races.
Update to 29 September 2024.
| # | Rider | 500cc (1952–2002) 650cc (2003) MX1 (2004–2013) MXGP (2014–Present) | 250cc (1957–2002) MotocrossGP (2003) MX2 (2004–Present) | 125cc (1975–2003) MX3 (2004–2013) | Wins |
| 1 | Jeffrey Herlings | 46 | 61 | – | 107 |
| 2 | Stefan Everts | 42 | 46 | 13 | 101 |
| 3 | Tony Cairoli | 70 | 24 | – | 94 |
| 4 | Joël Smets | 57 | – | – | 57 |
| 5 | Tim Gajser | 45 | 5 | – | 50 |
| 6 | Joël Robert | – | 50 | – | 50 |
| 7 | Jorge Prado | 18 | 31 | – | 49 |
| 8 | Eric Geboers | 16 | 5 | 18 | 39 |
| 9 | Mickaël Pichon | 8 | 27 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Yves Demaria | 2 | 11 | 24 | 37 |
| 11 | Torsten Hallman | 1 | 36 | – | 37 |
| 12 | Roger De Coster | 36 | – | – | 36 |
| 13 | Heikki Mikkola | – | – | – | 32 |

## Medal table
### Medal table MX

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Belgium | 52 | 46 | 33 | 131 |
| 2 | France | 22 | 12 | 17 | 51 |
| 3 | Italy | 17 | 17 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | Sweden | 16 | 18 | 17 | 51 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 9 | 12 | 20 | 41 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 8 | 15 | 13 | 36 |
| 7 | United States | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Finland | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Latvia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 168 | 168 | 166 | 502 |
Last updated: 4 September 2022.

### Medal table WMX

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | France | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 19 | 18 | 18 | 55 |
Last updated: 4 September 2022.

## Grand Prix Nations

Countries that have held Grand Prix as of the 2024 season. Countries in bold currently hold a Grand Prix.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Guatemala
* Hungary
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Japan
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Venezuela