List of Superbike World Champions

This is a complete list of FIM World Superbike Champions, from 1988 up to and including 2024.

Riders' World Championship

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By season

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Season Champion Motorcycle Tyres Wins 2nd place 3rd place Team
1988 United StatesFred Merkel Honda RC30 M 2 2 1 Rumi Honda
1989 United States Fred Merkel Honda RC30 P 3 2 5 Rumi Honda
1990 FranceRaymond Roche Ducati 851 M 8 7 2 Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
1991 United StatesDoug Polen Ducati 888 D 17 4 0 Fast by Ferracci Ducati
1992 United States Doug Polen Ducati 888 D 9 4 2 Team Police Ducati
1993 United StatesScott Russell Kawasaki ZXR-750 D 5 12 1 Team Muzzy Kawasaki
1994 United KingdomCarl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 10 4 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1995 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 13 6 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1996 AustraliaTroy Corser Ducati 916 M 7 5 1 Promotor Racing Team
1997 United StatesJohn Kocinski Honda RC45 M 9 4 4 Castrol Honda
1998 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 3 6 5 Ducati Performance
1999 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 M 11 6 2 Ducati Performance
2000 United StatesColin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51 M 8 2 1 Castrol Honda
2001 AustraliaTroy Bayliss Ducati 996R M 6 6 3 Ducati Infostrada
2002 United States Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51 M 11 10 4 Castrol Honda
2003 United KingdomNeil Hodgson Ducati 999F03 M 13 7 0 Ducati FILA
2004 United KingdomJames Toseland Ducati 999F04 P 3 9 2 Ducati FILA
2005 Australia Troy Corser Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 8 5 5 Alstare Suzuki Corona
2006 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati 999F06 P 12 3 1 Ducati Xerox
2007 United Kingdom James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR P 8 5 1 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
2008 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 P 13 6 5 Ducati Xerox Team
2009 United StatesBen Spies Yamaha YZF-R1 P 14 2 1 Yamaha World Superbike Team
2010 ItalyMax Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 10 2 2 Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2011 SpainCarlos Checa Ducati 1098R P 15 0 6 Althea Racing
2012 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 5 2 4 Aprilia Racing Team
2013 United KingdomTom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 4 5 Kawasaki Racing Team
2014 FranceSylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 5 8 3 Aprilia Racing Team
2015 United KingdomJonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R P 14 7 2 Kawasaki Racing Team
2016 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 9 5 Kawasaki Racing Team
2017 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 16 7 1 Kawasaki Racing Team
2018 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 17 4 1 Kawasaki Racing Team
2019 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 17 16 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2020 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 11 5 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2021 Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha YZF-R1 P 13 9 7 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK
2022 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R P 16 12 3 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2023 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R P 24 3 1 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2024 Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR P 18 7 2 Rokit BMW Motorrad
Jonathan Rea has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of race wins.

By rider

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Riders in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

Rider Titles Season(s)
United Kingdom Jonathan Rea 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
United Kingdom Carl Fogarty 4 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
Australia Troy Bayliss 3 2001, 2006, 2008
United States Fred Merkel 2 1988, 1989
United States Doug Polen 1991, 1992
Australia Troy Corser 1996, 2005
United States Colin Edwards 2000, 2002
United Kingdom James Toseland 2004, 2007
Italy Max Biaggi 2010, 2012
Spain Álvaro Bautista 2022, 2023
Turkey Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 2021, 2024
France Raymond Roche 1 1990
United States Scott Russell 1993
United States John Kocinski 1997
United Kingdom Neil Hodgson 2003
United States Ben Spies 2009
Spain Carlos Checa 2011
United Kingdom Tom Sykes 2013
France Sylvain Guintoli 2014
Ducati's v-twin motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship with 15 Manufacturer's titles

By rider nationality

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Riders in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

Country Titles Champions Season(s) By rider (titles)
United Kingdom United Kingdom 14 5 19941995, 19981999, 20032004, 2007, 2013, 20152020 Jonathan Rea (6)
Carl Fogarty (4)
James Toseland (2)
Neil Hodgson (1)
Tom Sykes (1)
United States United States 9 6 19881989, 19911993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2009 Fred Merkel (2)
Doug Polen (2)
Colin Edwards (2)
Scott Russell (1)
John Kocinski (1)
Ben Spies (1)
Australia Australia 5 2 1996, 2001, 2005-2006, 2008 Troy Bayliss (3)
Troy Corser (2)
Spain Spain 3 2 2011, 2022-2023 Carlos Checa (1)
Álvaro Bautista (2)
Italy Italy 2 1 2010, 2012 Max Biaggi (2)
France France 2 2 1990, 2014 Raymond Roche (1)
Sylvain Guintoli (1)
Turkey Turkey 2 1 2021, 2024 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2)

By race wins

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Riders Total Wins
United Kingdom Jonathan Rea 119
Spain Álvaro Bautista 63
United Kingdom Carl Fogarty 59
Turkey Toprak Razgatlioglu 57
Australia Troy Bayliss 52
Japan Noriyuki Haga 43
United Kingdom Tom Sykes 34
Australia Troy Corser 33
United States Colin Edwards 31
United States Doug Polen 27
Spain Carlos Checa 24
France Raymond Roche 23
Italy Max Biaggi 21
United Kingdom Neil Hodgson 16
United Kingdom James Toseland 16
United States John Kocinski 14
United States Scott Russell 14
United States Ben Spies 14
France Sylvain Guintoli 9
United States Fred Merkel 8

By manufacturer

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This table shows the motorcycles ridden to secure the riders' championship. For the manufacturers' champions, see the section below.

Manufacturer Titles Season(s)
Italy Ducati 16 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2022, 2023
Japan Kawasaki 8 1993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Japan Honda 6 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007
Italy Aprilia 3 2010, 2012, 2014
Japan Yamaha 2 2009, 2021
Japan Suzuki 1 2005
Germany BMW 1 2024

Manufacturers' World Championship

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By season

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Season Champion Motorcycle Wins 2nd place 3rd place
1988 Japan Honda Honda RC30 2 6 8
1989 Japan Honda Honda RC30 8 7 12
1990 Japan Honda Honda RC30 6 8 12
1991 Italy Ducati Ducati 888 23 14 11
1992 Italy Ducati Ducati 888 20 15 11
1993 Italy Ducati Ducati 888 19 6 7
1994 Italy Ducati Ducati 916 12 11 9
1995 Italy Ducati Ducati 916 20 14 8
1996 Italy Ducati Ducati 916 14 10 8
1997 Japan Honda Honda RC45 12 9 10
1998 Italy Ducati Ducati 916 10 14 16
1999 Italy Ducati Ducati 996 16 14 5
2000 Italy Ducati Ducati 996 5 10 7
2001 Italy Ducati Ducati 996R 15 16 7
2002 Italy Ducati Ducati 998 F02 14 12 18
2003 Italy Ducati Ducati 999 F03 24 20 20
2004 Italy Ducati Ducati 999 F04 18 17 20
2005 Japan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 9 11 6
2006 Italy Ducati Ducati 999 F06 12 3 3
2007 Japan Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 9 9
2008 Italy Ducati Ducati 1098 F08 13 11 12
2009 Italy Ducati Ducati 1098 F09 11 16 9
2010 Italy Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 3 4
2011 Italy Ducati Ducati 1098R 15 4 8
2012 Italy Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 7 5 9
2013 Italy Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 9 6
2014 Italy Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 11 10 6
2015 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 13 7
2016 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 18 11
2017 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 12 10
2018 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 9 5
2019 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 19 15
2020 Japan Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 12 7 2
2021 Japan Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 13 10 12
2022 Italy Ducati Panigale V4 R 16 14 8
2023 Italy Ducati Panigale V4 R 27 3 1
2024 Italy Ducati Panigale V4 R 15 19 1

By manufacturer

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Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

Manufacturer Championships Year
ItalyDucati 20 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024
JapanKawasaki 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
JapanHonda 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997
ItalyAprilia 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
JapanYamaha 2 2007, 2021
JapanSuzuki 1 2005

By manufacturer nationality

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Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

Country Titles Champions Season(s) By manufacturer (titles)
Italy Italy 24 2 19911996, 19982004, 2006, 20082014, 20222024 Ducati (20)
Aprilia (4)
Japan Japan 13 4 19881990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 20152021 Kawasaki (6)
Honda (4)
Yamaha (2)
Suzuki (1)
As of 19 October 2024

References

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  • "champions". worldsbk.com. worldsbk.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.