The List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' Champions is the list of individual riders who have won the United Kingdom's League Riders' Championship that corresponded to the relevant league at the time. The list is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known in various guises such as National League, Premier League, Elite League and many more. This list gives a complete listing of the winners for each season.
During some years there was only one or two divisions.
Riders' Championships (chronological order) Tier One British Riders' Championship 1946–1948 British League Riders' Championship 1965–1994 Premier League Riders Championship 1995–1996 Elite League Riders' Championship 1997–2016 SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship 2017–present
Tier Two National League Division Two Riders' Championship 1954 Southern Area League Riders' Championship 1957–1959 Provincial League Riders' Championship 1960-1964 British League Division Two Riders Championship 1968-1994 Academy League Riders' Championship 1995 Conference League Riders' Individual Championship 1996 Premier League Riders Championship 1997–2016 SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship 2017–present
Tier Three National League Division Three Riders' Championship 1950–1951 Southern Area League Riders' Championship 1954–1956, 1960 British League Division Three Individual Championship 1994 Conference League Riders' Individual Championship 1997–2008 National League Riders' Championship 2009–present
List of Winners Year Tier one Year Tier two Year Tier three1946 Tommy Price 1946 N/A 1946 N/A1947 Jack Parker 1947 N/A 1947 N/A1948 Vic Duggan 1948 N/A 1948 N/A 1949 N/A 1949 N/A 1949 N/A 1950 N/A 1950 N/A 1950 Pat Clark 1951 N/A 1951 N/A 1951 Ken Middleditch1954 N/A 1954 Ken Middleditch 1954 Alby Golden 1955 N/A 1955 N/A 1955 Mike Broadbank1956 N/A 1956 N/A 1956 Leo McAuliffe1957 N/A 1957 Leo McAuliffe 1957 N/A1959 N/A 1959 Dave Hankins 1959 N/A 1960 N/A 1960 Trevor Redmond 1960 Ross Gilbertson1961 N/A 1961 Reg Reeves 1961 N/A 1962 N/A 1962 Len Silver 1962 N/A 1963 N/A 1963 Ivan Mauger 1963 N/A 1964 N/A 1964 Ivan Mauger 1964 N/A 1965 Barry Briggs1965 N/A 1965 N/A 1966 Barry Briggs 1966 N/A 1966N/A 1967 Barry Briggs 1967 N/A 1967 N/A 1968 Barry Briggs1968 Graham Plant 1968 N/A 1969 Barry Briggs1969 Geoff Ambrose1969 N/A 1970 Barry Briggs1970 Dave Jessup1970 N/A 1971 Ivan Mauger1971 John Louis 1971N/A 1972 Ole Olsen 1972 Phil Crump1972 N/A 1973 Ivan Mauger 1973 Arthur Price1973 N/A 1974 Peter Collins 1974 Carl Glover1974 N/A 1975 Peter Collins1975 Laurie Etheridge 1975N/A 1976 Ole Olsen 1976 Joe Owen 1976N/A 1977 Ole Olsen 1977 Colin Richardson1977 N/A 1978 Ole Olsen 1978 Steve Koppe 1978N/A 1979 John Louis 1979 Ian Gledhill1979 N/A 1980 Les Collins 1980 Wayne Brown1980 N/A 1981 Kenny Carter 1981 Mike Ferreira 1981 N/A 1982 Kenny Carter 1982 Joe Owen1982 N/A 1983 Erik Gundersen 1983 Steve McDermott1983 N/A 1984 Chris Morton 1984 Ian Barney1984 N/A 1985 Erik Gundersen 1985 Neil Middleditch 1985N/A 1986 Hans Nielsen 1986Paul Thorp1986 N/A 1987 Hans Nielsen 1987Andrew Silver1987 N/A 1988 Jan O. Pedersen 1988Troy Butler1988 N/A 1989 Shawn Moran 1989Mark Loram1989 N/A 1990 Hans Nielsen 1990Andy Grahame1990N/A 1991 Sam Ermolenko1991 Jan Stæchmann1991 N/A 1992 Joe Screen1992 Róbert Nagy1992 N/A 1993 Per Jonsson 1993Gary Allan 1993N/A 1994 Sam Ermolenko 1994Paul Bentley1994 Andy Howe 1995 Gary Havelock 1995Kevin Little 1995N/A 1996 Sam Ermolenko 1996Mike Hampson 1996 N/A 1997 Greg Hancock 1997 Peter Carr 1997 Jon Armstrong 1998 Tony Rickardsson 1998 Glenn Cunningham 1998Steve Bishop 1999 Jason Crump 1999 Sean Wilson 1999 Jonathan Swales 2000 Ryan Sullivan 2000Carl Stonehewer 2000 Scott Pegler 2001 Jason Crump 2001 Carl Stonehewer 2001 David Mason 2002 Tony Rickardsson 2002 Adam Shields 2002 James Birkinshaw 2003 Lee Richardson 2003 Sean Wilson 2003 Barrie Evans2004 Bjarne Pedersen 2004Andre Compton 2004 James Wright2005 Nicki Pedersen 2005 Sean Wilson 2005 Steve Boxall 2006 Jason Crump 2006Magnus Zetterström 2006 Adam Roynon2007 Nicki Pedersen 2007James Wright 2007 Tai Woffinden 2008 Jason Crump 2008Tai Woffinden 2008 Benji Compton2009 Leigh Adams 2009 Ricky Ashworth 2009 Craig Cook2010 Fredrik Lindgren 2010Kenni Larsen 2010 Lee Smart 2011 Rory Schlein 2011Sam Masters 2011 Jason Garrity2012 Chris Holder 2012Craig Cook 2012 Ashley Birks2013 Rory Schlein 2013 Oliver Allen 2013 Steve Boxall2014 Troy Batchelor 2014 Simon Stead 2014 Danny Halsey2015 Jason Doyle 2015 Ulrich Østergaard 2015 Ben Morley2016 Fredrik Lindgren 2016 Simon Stead 2016 Max Clegg2017 Fredrik Lindgren 2017 Nick Morris 2017 Dan Bewley2018 Jason Doyle 2018 Craig Cook 2018 Ben Morley2019 not held 2019 Erik Riss 2019 Anders Rowe 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 2020 cancelled due to COVID-192021 not held 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 cancelled due to COVID-192022 not held 2022 Sam Masters 2022 Jordan Jenkins2023 not held 2023 Charles Wright 2023 Connor Bailey2024 not held 2024 Josh Pickering 2024 not held2025 2025 Chris Harris 2025 not held
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