List of Superbike World champions
Riders
Columns: Season | Champion | Motorcycle | Wins | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Team
1988 |   Fred Merkel | Honda RC30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Rumi Honda | 1989 |   Fred Merkel | Honda RC30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Rumi Honda | 1990 |   Raymond Roche | Ducati 851 | 8 | 7 | 2 | Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli | 1991 |   Doug Polen | Ducati 888 | 17 | 4 | 0 | Fast by Ferracci Ducati | 1992 |   Doug Polen | Ducati 888 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Team Police Ducati | 1993 |   Scott Russell | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7RR | 5 | 12 | 1 | Team Muzzy Kawasaki | 1994 |   Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 | 10 | 4 | 0 | Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse | 1995 |   Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 | 13 | 6 | 0 | Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse | 1996 |   Troy Corser | Ducati 916 | 7 | 5 | 1 | Promotor Racing Team | 1997 |   John Kocinski | Honda RC45 | 9 | 4 | 4 | Castrol Honda-HRC | 1998 |   Carl Fogarty | Ducati 916 | 3 | 6 | 5 | Ducati Performance | 1999 |   Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 | 11 | 6 | 2 | Ducati Performance | 2000 |   Colin Edwards | Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | Castrol Honda-HRC | 2001 |   Troy Bayliss | Ducati 996R | 6 | 6 | 3 | Ducati Infostrada | 2002 |   Colin Edwards | Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51 | 11 | 10 | 4 | Castrol Honda-HRC | 2003 |   Neil Hodgson | Ducati 999F03 | 13 | 7 | 0 | Ducati FILA | 2004 |   James Toseland | Ducati 999F04 | 3 | 9 | 2 | Ducati FILA | 2005 |   Troy Corser | Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | Alstare Suzuki Corona | 2006 |   Troy Bayliss | Ducati 999F06 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Ducati Xerox | 2007 |   James Toseland | Honda CBR1000RR | 8 | 5 | 1 | Hannspree Ten Kate Honda | 2008 |   Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 13 | 6 | 5 | Ducati Xerox Team | 2009 |   Ben Spies | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | Yamaha World Superbike Team | 2010 |   Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 1000 | 10 | 2 | 2 | Aprilia Alitalia Racing | 2011 |   Carlos Checa | Ducati 1098R | 15 | 0 | 6 | Althea Racing | 2012 |   Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 1000 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Aprilia Racing Team | 2013 |   Tom Sykes | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | 9 | 4 | 5 | Kawasaki Racing Team