List of MotoGP World Champions

Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing or famously called MotoGP is the highest class of motorcycle road racing championship sanctioned by the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme). The MotoGP championship also boasts of being the oldest racing championship in the world which stared in 1949.

The Championship consisted of four classes in 1949, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. The 50cc class was introduced in 1962 as manufacturer's left the sport due to rising costs, the 50cc class was limited to single cylinder, 125cc and 250cc bikes were limited to two cylinders while the 350cc and 500cc bikes were limited to four cylinders.

In 1982, the 350cc was discontinued from the championship and two years later the 50cc class was upgraded to 80cc before excluding it in 1989. In 2002, the 500cc bikes were replaced by much powerful 990cc bikes and the class was renamed MotoGP. The 600cc replaced the 250cc bikes in 2010 and the class was named Moto2.

Italian rider Giacomo Agostini has won the most world championships titles with a record number 15 across all classes. The Spaniard Ángel Nieto is second highest with 13 titles while Valentino Rossi, Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali have won 9 titles each and share a joint 3rd place for the highest titles in the history of Grand Prix Motorcycle racing.

Complete list of MotoGP World Champions

Rank	Rider	Country	Year	MotoGP/500cc	350cc	Moto2/250cc	Moto3/125cc	80cc/50cc	Total
1	Giacomo Agostini	Italy	1966–1975	8	7	0	0	0	15
2	Ángel Nieto	Spain	1969–1984	0	0	0	7	6	13
3	Valentino Rossi	Italy	1997–2009	7	0	1	1	0	9
3	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	1961–1967	4	2	3	0	0	9
3	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	1951–1960	0	0	3	6	0	9
6	Marc Márquez	Spain	2010–2023	6	0	1	1	0	8
6	John Surtees	United Kingdom	1956–1960	4	3	0	0	0	7
6	Phil Read	United Kingdom	1964–1974	2	0	4	1	0	7
9	Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	1951–1955	4	2	0	0	0	6
9	Jim Redman	Rhodesia	1962–1965	0	4	2	0	0	6
11	Mick Doohan	Australia	1994–1998	5	0	0	0	0	5
11	Jorge Lorenzo	Spain	2006–2015	3	0	2	0	0	5
11	Anton Mang	Germany	1980–1987	0	2	3	0	0	5
14	Eddie Lawson	United States	1984–1989	4	0	0	0	0	4
14	Kork Ballington	South Africa	1978–1979	0	2	2	0	0	4
14	Walter Villa	Italy	1974–1976	0	1	3	0	0	4
14	Max Biaggi	Italy	1994–1997	0	0	4	0	0	4
14	Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	1963–1965	0	0	0	2	2	4
14	Jorge Martínez	Spain	1986–1988	0	0	0	1	3	4
14	Stefan Dörflinger	Switzerland	1982–1985	0	0	0	0	4	4
21	Kenny Roberts	United States	1978–1980	3	0	0	0	0	3
21	Wayne Rainey	United States	1990–1992	3	0	0	0	0	3
21	Freddie Spencer	United States	1983–1985	2	0	1	0	0	3
21	Bruno Ruffo	Italy	1949–1951	0	0	2	1	0	3
21	Werner Haas	Germany	1953–1954	0	0	2	1	0	3
21	Luca Cadalora	Italy	1986–1992	0	0	2	1	0	3
21	Dani Pedrosa	Spain	2003–2005	0	0	2	1	0	3
21	Loris Capirossi	Italy	1990–1998	0	0	1	2	0	3
21	Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	1962–1966	0	0	0	3	0	3
21	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Italy	1976–1980	0	0	0	3	0	3
21	Hans Georg Anscheidt	Germany	1966–1968	0	0	0	0	3	3
21	Eugenio Lazzarini	Italy	1978–1980	0	0	0	1	2	3
33	Umberto Masetti	Italy	1950–1952	2	0	0	0	0	2
33	Barry Sheene	United Kingdom	1976–1977	2	0	0	0	0	2
33	Casey Stoner	Australia	2007–2011	2	0	0	0	0	2
33	Gary Hocking	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1961	1	1	0	0	0	2
33	Àlex Crivillé	Spain	1989–1999	1	0	0	1	0	2
33	Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	1955–1956	0	2	0	0	0	2
33	Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	1953–1954	0	2	0	0	0	2
33	Carlos Lavado	Venezuela	1983–1986	0	0	2	0	0	2
33	Sito Pons	Spain	1988–1989	0	0	2	0	0	2
33	Johann Zarco	France	2015–2016	0	0	2	0	0	2
33	Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	1952–1957	0	0	1	1	0	2
33	Tarquinio Provini	Italy	1957–1958	0	0	1	1	0	2
33	Dieter Braun	Germany	1970–1973	0	0	1	1	0	2
33	Manuel Poggiali	San Marino	2001–2003	0	0	1	1	0	2
33	Kent Andersson	Sweden	1973–1974	0	0	0	2	0	2
33	Fausto Gresini	Italy	1985–1987	0	0	0	2	0	2
33	Kazuto Sakata	Japan	1994–1998	0	0	0	2	0	2
33	Haruchika Aoki	Japan	1995–1996	0	0	0	2	0	2
33	Jan de Vries	Netherlands	1971–1973	0	0	0	0	2	2
33	Ricardo Tormo	Spain	1978–1981	0	0	0	0	2	2
53	Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	1949	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Libero Liberati	Italy	1957	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Marco Lucchinelli	Italy	1981	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Franco Uncini	Italy	1982	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Wayne Gardner	Australia	1987	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Kevin Schwantz	United States	1993	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	United States	2000	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Nicky Hayden	United States	2006	1	0	0	0	0	1
53	Freddie Frith	United Kingdom	1949	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Bob Foster	United Kingdom	1950	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Keith Campbell	Australia	1957	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Johnny Cecotto	Venezuela	1975	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Takazumi Katayama	Japan	1977	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Jon Ekerold	South Africa	1980	0	1	0	0	0	1
53	Dario Ambrosini	Italy	1950	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	1952	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Hermann Paul Müller	Germany	1955	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Rodney Gould	United Kingdom	1970	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Kel Carruthers	Australia	1969	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Jarno Saarinen	Finland	1972	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Mario Lega	Italy	1977	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Jean-Louis Tournadre	France	1982	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Christian Sarron	France	1984	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	John Kocinski	United States	1990	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Tetsuya Harada	Japan	1993	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Olivier Jacque	France	2000	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Daijiro Kato	Japan	2001	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Marco Melandri	Italy	2002	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Marco Simoncelli	Italy	2008	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Hiroshi Aoyama	Japan	2009	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Toni Elías	Spain	2010	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Stefan Bradl	Germany	2011	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Pol Espargaró	Spain	2013	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Esteve Rabat	Spain	2014	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Franco Morbidelli	Italy	2017	0	0	1	0	0	1
53	Francesco Bagnaia	Italy	2018	1	0	1	0	0	2
53	Nello Pagani	Italy	1949	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Rupert Hollaus	Austria	1954	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Tom Phillis	Australia	1961	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Bill Ivy	United Kingdom	1967	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Dave Simmonds	United Kingdom	1969	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Paolo Pileri	Italy	1975	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Alessandro Gramigni	Italy	1992	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Dirk Raudies	Germany	1993	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Emilio Alzamora	Spain	1999	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Roberto Locatelli	Italy	2000	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Arnaud Vincent	France	2002	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Andrea Dovizioso	Italy	2004	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Thomas Lüthi	Switzerland	2005	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Álvaro Bautista	Spain	2006	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Gábor Talmácsi	Hungary	2007	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Mike Di Meglio	France	2008	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Julián Simón	Spain	2009	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Nicolás Terol	Spain	2011	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Sandro Cortese	Germany	2012	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Maverick Viñales	Spain	2013	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Alex Márquez	Spain	2014	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Danny Kent	United Kingdom	2015	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Brad Binder	South Africa	2016	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Joan Mir	Spain	2017-2023	1	0	0	1	0	2
53	Jorge Martín	Spain	2018	0	0	0	1	0	1
53	Ernst Degner	Germany	1962	0	0	0	0	1	1
53	Ralph Bryans	United Kingdom	1965	0	0	0	0	1	1
53	Henk van Kessel	Netherlands	1974	0	0	0	0	1	1
53	Manuel Herreros	Spain	1989	0	0	0	0	1	1

List of MotoGP World Champions

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