Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship ofmotorcycleroad racing, which has been divided into three classes: MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc/80cc, MotoE, andSidecar.^[1] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in1949 by the sport's governing body, theFédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.^[2]

There were five classes when the championship started in 1949: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, and sidecar (600cc). The 50cc class was introduced in the1962 season. Due to escalating costs that resulted in a number of manufacturers leaving the championship, the FIM limited the 50cc bikes to a singlecylinder, 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 after1982; two years later the 50cc class was replaced with an 80cc class, which was discontinued after1989. In2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500cc bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP.^[3] 600cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in the2010 season, with the class re-branded as Moto2.^[4] In2012, 250cc bikes replaced the 125cc bikes, with the class re-branded as Moto3, retiring the two-stroke bikes from Grand Prix motorcycle racing.^[5] MotoE was introduced in2019 as a "World Cup" until2022 and thus statistics from that time span is not included here.^[6] MotoE only gained World Championship status from2023 until2025, because MotoE class on hiatus after the 2025 season.^[7]

Giacomo Agostini, with 15 victories, has won the most world championships.Ángel Nieto is second with 13 world championships.Valentino Rossi,Marc Márquez,Mike Hailwood, andCarlo Ubbiali are third with 9 world championships.^[8] Agostini holds the record for the most victories in the 500cc/MotoGP and 350cc classes with eight and seven world championships respectively.Phil Read andMax 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.^[9]

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
3	Marc Márquez	Spain	2010–2025	7	0	1	1	0	0	9
5	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	1961–1967	4	2	3	0	0	0	9
6	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	1951–1960	0	0	3	6	0	0	9
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	Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	1953–1954	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
41	Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	1955–1956	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	Haruchika Aoki	Japan	1995–1996	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
52	Kazuto Sakata	Japan	1994–1998	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	Kel Carruthers	Australia	1969	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
73	Rodney Gould	United Kingdom	1970	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
73	Diogo Moreira	Brazil	2025	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
99	Nello Pagani	Italy	1949	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Rupert Hollaus	Austria	1954	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Tom Phillis	Australia	1961	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	1967	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	1969	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Paolo Pileri	Italy	1975	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Alessandro Gramigni	Italy	1992	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Dirk Raudies	Germany	1993	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Emilio Alzamora	Spain	1999	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Roberto Locatelli	Italy	2000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Arnaud Vincent	France	2002	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Andrea Dovizioso	Italy	2004	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Thomas Lüthi	Switzerland	2005	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Álvaro Bautista	Spain	2006	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Gábor Talmácsi	Hungary	2007	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Mike Di Meglio	France	2008	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Julián Simón	Spain	2009	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Nicolás Terol	Spain	2011	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Sandro Cortese	Germany	2012	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Maverick Viñales	Spain	2013	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Danny Kent	United Kingdom	2015	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Brad Binder	South Africa	2016	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Italy	2019	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Albert Arenas	Spain	2020	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Izan Guevara	Spain	2022	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	Jaume Masià	Spain	2023	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	David Alonso	Colombia	2024	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
99	José Antonio Rueda	Spain	2025	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
127	Ernst Degner	Germany	1962	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
127	Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	1965	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
127	Henk van Kessel	Netherlands	1974	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
127	Manuel Herreros	Spain	1989	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
131	Mattia Casadei	Italy	2023	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
131	Héctor Garzó	Spain	2024	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
131	Alessandro Zaccone	Italy	2025	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				77	34	77	77	28	3	296

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	2	83
Spain	13	0	13	24	12	1	63
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
Brazil	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total	77	34	77	77	28	3	296

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

Bibliography

• Marshall, Anne (1997).Guinness Book of Knowledge. Guinness Publishing.ISBN 0-85112-046-6.

General

• "Statistics; The Official MotoGP Website". MotoGP. Archived fromthe original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved13 November 2009.

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• The Official MotoGP WebsiteArchived 1999-10-01 at theWayback Machine

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