This is a complete list of FIM World Superbike Champions, from up to and including .
Riders' World Championship By season Season Champion Motorcycle Tires Wins 2nd place 3rd place Team Fred Merkel Honda RC30 2 2 1 Rumi Honda Fred Merkel Honda RC30 3 2 5 Rumi Honda Raymond Roche Ducati 851 8 7 2 Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli Doug Polen Ducati 888 17 4 0 Fast by Ferracci Ducati Doug Polen Ducati 888 9 4 2 Team Police Ducati Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR-750 5 12 1 Team Muzzy Kawasaki Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 10 4 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 13 6 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse Troy Corser Ducati 916 7 5 1 Promotor Racing Team John Kocinski Honda RC45 9 4 4 Castrol Honda Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 3 6 5 Ducati Performance Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 11 6 2 Ducati Performance Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51 8 2 1 Castrol Honda Troy Bayliss Ducati 996R 6 6 3 Ducati Infostrada Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51 11 10 4 Castrol Honda Neil Hodgson Ducati 999F03 13 7 0 Ducati FILA James Toseland Ducati 999F04 3 9 2 Ducati FILA Troy Corser Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 8 5 5 Alstare Suzuki Corona Troy Bayliss Ducati 999F06 12 3 1 Ducati Xerox James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR 8 5 1 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 13 6 5 Ducati Xerox Team Ben Spies Yamaha YZF-R1 14 2 1 Yamaha World Superbike Team Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 10 2 2 Aprilia Alitalia Racing Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 15 0 6 Althea Racing Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 5 2 4 Aprilia Racing Team Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 9 4 5 Kawasaki Racing Team Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 1000 5 8 3 Aprilia Racing Team Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 7 2 Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R 9 9 5 Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR 16 7 1 Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR 17 4 1 Kawasaki Racing Team Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR 17 16 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR 11 5 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha YZF-R1 13 9 7 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R 16 12 3 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R 27 3 1 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR 18 7 2 Rokit BMW Motorrad Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR 21 9 1 Rokit BMW Motorrad Nicolò Bulega Ducati Panigale V4 R 26 4 0 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
By rider Riders in bold were entered in the 2026 World Championship. Rider Titles Season(s) Jonathan Rea62015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Carl Fogarty41994, 1995, 1998, 1999 Troy Bayliss32001, 2006, 2008 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu2021, 2024, 2025 Fred Merkel21988, 1989 Doug Polen1991, 1992 Troy Corser1996, 2005 Colin Edwards2000, 2002 James Toseland2004, 2007 Max Biaggi2010, 2012 Álvaro Bautista2022, 2023 Raymond Roche11990 Scott Russell1993 John Kocinski1997 Neil Hodgson2003 Ben Spies2009 Carlos Checa2011 Tom Sykes2013 Sylvain Guintoli2014 Nicolò Bulega2026
By rider nationality Riders in bold were entered in the 2026 World Championship. Country Titles ChampionsSeason(s) By rider (titles) United Kingdom14 51994–1995, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2007, 2013, 2015–2020Jonathan Rea ()Carl Fogarty ()James Toseland ()Neil Hodgson ()Tom Sykes () United States9 61988–1989, 1991–1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2009Fred Merkel ()Doug Polen ()Colin Edwards ()Scott Russell ()John Kocinski ()Ben Spies () Australia521996, 2001, 2005-2006, 2008Troy Bayliss ()Troy Corser () Italy32 2010, 2012, 2026Max Biaggi ()Nicolò Bulega () Spain322011, 2022–2023Carlos Checa () Álvaro Bautista () Turkey312021, 2024–2025Toprak Razgatlıoğlu () France221990, 2014Raymond Roche ()Sylvain Guintoli ()
By race wins
Riders Total wins Jonathan Rea 119 Toprak Razgatlioglu 78 Álvaro Bautista 63 Carl Fogarty 59 Troy Bayliss 52 Nicolò Bulega 46 Tom Sykes 34 Troy Corser 33 Colin Edwards 31 Doug Polen 27 Carlos Checa 24 Raymond Roche 23 Max Biaggi 21 Neil Hodgson 16 James Toseland 16 John Kocinski 14 Scott Russell 14 Ben Spies 14 Sylvain Guintoli 9 Fred Merkel 8
By manufacturer This table shows the motorcycles ridden to secure the riders' championship. For the manufacturers' champions, see the section below. Manufacturer TitlesSeason(s) Ducati171990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2026 Kawasaki81993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Honda61988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007 Aprilia32010, 2012, 2014 Yamaha22009, 2021 BMW 22024, 2025 Suzuki12005
Manufacturers' World Championship By season Season Champion Motorcycle Wins 2nd place 3rd place Honda Honda RC30 2 6 8 Honda Honda RC30 8 7 12 Honda Honda RC30 6 8 12 Ducati Ducati 888 23 14 11 Ducati Ducati 888 20 15 11 Ducati Ducati 888 19 6 7 Ducati Ducati 916 12 11 9 Ducati Ducati 916 20 14 8 Ducati Ducati 916 14 10 8 Honda Honda RC45 12 9 10 Ducati Ducati 916 10 14 16 Ducati Ducati 996 16 14 5 Ducati Ducati 996 5 10 7 Ducati Ducati 996R 15 16 7 Ducati Ducati 998 F02 14 12 18 Ducati Ducati 999 F03 24 20 20 Ducati Ducati 999 F04 18 17 20 Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 9 11 6 Ducati Ducati 999 F06 12 3 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 9 9 Ducati Ducati 1098 F08 13 11 12 Ducati Ducati 1098 F09 11 16 9 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 3 4 Ducati Ducati 1098R 15 4 8 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 7 5 9 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 9 6 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 11 10 6 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 13 7 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 18 11 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 12 10 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 9 5 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 19 15 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 12 7 2 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 13 10 12 Ducati Panigale V4 R 16 14 8 Ducati Panigale V4 R 28 7 5 Ducati Panigale V4 R 15 19 1 Ducati Panigale V4 R 14 21 0 Ducati Panigale V4 R
By manufacturer Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2026 World Championship. Manufacturer Championships Year Ducati 22 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Kawasaki 6 , , , , , Honda 4 , , , Aprilia 4 , , , Yamaha 2 , Suzuki 1
By manufacturer nationality Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2026 World Championship. Country Titles Champions Season(s) By manufacturer (titles) Italy2621991–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2008–2014, 2022–2026Ducati ()Aprilia () Japan1341988–1990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2015–2021Kawasaki ()Honda ()Yamaha ()Suzuki ()
SuperBike Evo Trophy YearRiderPointsBikeTeam2014 David Salom103 Kawasaki ZX-10R Kawasaki Racing Independents Cup YearRuderPointsBikeTeam2018 Javier Forés230 Ducati Panigale R Barni Racing2019 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu315 Kawasaki ZX-10R Turkish Puccetti Racing2020 Michael Ruben Rinaldi186 Ducati Panigale V4 R Team Go Eleven2021 Garrett Gerloff228 Yamaha YZF-R1 GRT Yamaha2022 Axel Bassani244 Ducati Panigale V4 R Motocorsa Racing2023 Axel Bassani249 Ducati Panigale V4 R Motocorsa Racing2024 Danilo Petrucci307 Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Racing2025 Danilo Petrucci284 Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Racing
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