# Speedway World Championship Classification

The table below is a classified table of every speedway rider to have finished in the top three of a Speedway World Championship competition.

## Classification
### Riders

| No. | Rider | Nationality | Total | | | |
| 1. | Tony Rickardsson | Sweden | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 2. | Ivan Mauger | New Zealand | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 3. | Ove Fundin | Sweden | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4. | Bartosz Zmarzlik | Poland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. | Hans Nielsen | Denmark | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 6. | Barry Briggs | New Zealand | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 7. | Greg Hancock | United States | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. | Jason Crump | Australia | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 9. | Tai Woffinden | England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10. | Nicki Pedersen | Denmark | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 11. | Ole Olsen | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 12. | Erik Gundersen | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 13. | Ronnie Moore | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 3 | — |
| 14. | Freddie Williams | Wales | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 15. | Peter Craven | England | 4 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 16. | Jack Young | Australia | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| | Bruce Penhall | United States | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 18. | Tomasz Gollob | Poland | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19. | Björn Knutson | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| | Billy Hamill | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 21. | Jan O. Pedersen | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22. | Jack Milne | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| | Anders Michanek | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| | Peter Collins | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| | Per Jonsson | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 26. | Sam Ermolenko | United States | 4 | 1 | — | 3 |
| 27. | Michael Lee | England | 3 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 28. | Bluey Wilkinson | Australia | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 29. | Lionel Van Praag | Australia | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Tommy Price | England | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Jerzy Szczakiel | Poland | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Egon Müller | Germany | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Gary Havelock | England | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Mark Loram | England | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Chris Holder | Australia | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Jason Doyle | Australia | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| | Artem Laguta | Russia | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 38. | Jarosław Hampel | Poland | 3 | — | 2 | 1 |
| 39. | Split Waterman | England | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| | Igor Plekhanov | Soviet Union | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| | Leon Madsen | Denmark | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| 42. | Fredrik Lindgren | Sweden | 4 | — | 1 | 3 |
| 43. | Wilbur Lamoreaux | United States | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Bengt Jansson | Sweden | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Zenon Plech | Poland | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Billy Sanders | Australia | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Leigh Adams | Australia | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 48. | Eric Langton | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Jack Parker | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Wally Green | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Sverre Harrfeldt | Norway | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Brian Crutcher | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Paweł Waloszek | Poland | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Bernt Persson | Sweden | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Malcolm Simmons | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Gordon Kennett | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Dave Jessup | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Les Collins | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Simon Wigg | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Jimmy Nilsen | Sweden | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Andreas Jonsson | Sweden | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Krzysztof Kasprzak | Poland | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Patryk Dudek | Poland | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| | Robert Lambert | England | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 65. | Emil Sayfutdinov | Russia | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 66. | Antoni Woryna | Poland | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| | Sören Sjösten | Sweden | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| 68. | Cordy Milne | United States | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Louis Lawson | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Graham Warren | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Jack Biggs | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Bob Oakley | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Geoff Mardon | New Zealand | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Olle Nygren | Sweden | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Arthur Forrest | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Aub Lawson | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Gote Nordin | Sweden | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Edward Jancarz | Poland | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | John Louis | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Phil Crump | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Scott Autrey | United States | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Tommy Knudsen | Denmark | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Dennis Sigalos | United States | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Lance King | United States | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Kelvin Tatum | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Jeremy Doncaster | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Todd Wiltshire | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Gert Handberg | Denmark | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Chris Louis | England | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Craig Boyce | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Ryan Sullivan | Australia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Niels-Kristian Iversen | Denmark | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Maciej Janowski | Poland | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| | Martin Vaculík | Slovakia | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| No. | Rider | Nationality | Total | | | |

### Countries

| No. | Country | Total | | | |
| 1. | Sweden | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| 2. | Denmark | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
| 3. | New Zealand | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| 4. | England | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
| 5. | Australia | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
| 6. | United States | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| 7. | Poland | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| 8. | Wales | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 9. | Russia | 4 | 1 | — | 3 |
| 10. | Germany | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 11. | Soviet Union | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| 12. | Norway | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 13. | Slovakia | 1 | — | - | 1 |
| No. | Country | Total | | | |