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The 2020 British Superbike Championship season was the 33rd British Superbike Championship season. Because of a late season start caused by the global pandemic, all races were run behind closed doors and the playoff was abolished.
| 2020 calendar [1] | |||||||
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| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | |
| 1 | R1 |  Donington Park National | 8 August |  Jason O'Halloran | Josh Brookes |  Andrew Irwin | Honda Racing |
| R2 | 9 August | Tommy Bridewell | Andrew Irwin | Honda Racing | |||
| R3 |  Héctor Barberá | Tommy Bridewell | Oxford Products Racing | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Snetterton 300 | 22 August | Danny Buchan | Glenn Irwin | Christian Iddon | VisionTrack Ducati |
| R2 | 23 August | Christian Iddon | Josh Brookes | VisionTrack Ducati | |||
| R3 | Tommy Bridewell | Glenn Irwin | Honda Racing | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Silverstone National | 5 September | Danny Buchan | Jason O'Halloran |  Tarran Mackenzie | McAMS Yamaha |
| R2 | 6 September | Kyle Ryde | Kyle Ryde | Buildbase Suzuki | |||
| R3 | Kyle Ryde | Kyle Ryde | Buildbase Suzuki | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Oulton Park International | 19 September | Jason O'Halloran | Jason O'Halloran | Jason O'Halloran | McAMS Yamaha |
| R2 | 20 September | Josh Brookes | Jason O'Halloran | McAMS Yamaha | |||
| R3 | Jason O'Halloran | Josh Brookes | VisionTrack Ducati | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Donington Park GP | 4 October | Josh Brookes |  Jack Kennedy | Andrew Irwin | Honda Racing |
| R2 | Jason O'Halloran | Josh Brookes | VisionTrack Ducati | ||||
| R3 | Tarran Mackenzie | Tarran Mackenzie | McAMS Yamaha | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Brands Hatch GP | 17 October | Josh Brookes | Jason O'Halloran | Jason O'Halloran | McAMS Yamaha |
| R2 | 18 October | Tarran Mackenzie | Josh Brookes | VisionTrack Ducati | |||
| R3 | Tarran Mackenzie | Josh Brookes | VisionTrack Ducati | ||||
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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