List of Superbike World Champions

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

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Riders' World Championship

By season

SeasonChampionMotorcycleTyresWins2nd place3rd placeTeam
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Merkel Honda RC30 M 221 Rumi Honda
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Fred MerkelHonda RC30 P 325Rumi Honda
1990 Flag of France.svg Raymond Roche Ducati 851 M 872 Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Polen Ducati 888 D 1740 Fast by Ferracci Ducati
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Doug PolenDucati 888 D 942 Team Police Ducati
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR-750 D 5121 Team Muzzy Kawasaki
1994 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 1040 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1995 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl FogartyDucati 916 M 1360Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Corser Ducati 916 M 751 Promotor Racing Team
1997 Flag of the United States.svg John Kocinski Honda RC45 M 944 Castrol Honda
1998 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl FogartyDucati 916 M 365 Ducati Performance
1999 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 M 1162Ducati Performance
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51 M 821Castrol Honda
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Bayliss Ducati 996R M 663 Ducati Infostrada
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51 M 11104Castrol Honda
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Hodgson Ducati 999F03 M 1370 Ducati FILA
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Toseland Ducati 999F04 P 392Ducati FILA
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Corser Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 855 Alstare Suzuki Corona
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Bayliss Ducati 999F06 P 1231 Ducati Xerox
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR P 851 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 P 1365 Ducati Xerox Team
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Spies Yamaha YZF-R1 P 1421 Yamaha World Superbike Team
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 1022 Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2011 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R P 1506 Althea Racing
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Max BiaggiAprilia RSV4 1000 P 524 Aprilia Racing Team
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R P 945 Kawasaki Racing Team
2014 Flag of France.svg Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 583Aprilia Racing Team
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R P 1472Kawasaki Racing Team
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan ReaKawasaki ZX-10R P 995Kawasaki Racing Team
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 1671Kawasaki Racing Team
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan ReaKawasaki ZX-10RR P 1741Kawasaki Racing Team
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan ReaKawasaki ZX-10RR P 17161 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2020 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan ReaKawasaki ZX-10RR P 1151Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2021 Flag of Turkey.svg Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha YZF-R1 P 1397 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK
2022 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R P 16123 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2023 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro BautistaDucati Panigale V4 R P 2431Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
2024 Flag of Turkey.svg Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR P 1872 Rokit BMW Motorrad
Jonathan Rea has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of race wins. Jonathan Rea, Donington 2016.jpg
Jonathan Rea has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of race wins.

By rider

Riders in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

RiderTitlesSeason(s)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carl Fogarty 4 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Bayliss 3 2001, 2006, 2008
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Merkel 2 1988, 1989
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Polen 1991, 1992
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Corser 1996, 2005
Flag of the United States.svg Colin Edwards 2000, 2002
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Toseland 2004, 2007
Flag of Italy.svg Max Biaggi 2010, 2012
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Bautista 2022, 2023
Flag of Turkey.svg Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 2021, 2024
Flag of France.svg Raymond Roche 1 1990
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Russell 1993
Flag of the United States.svg John Kocinski 1997
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Hodgson 2003
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Spies 2009
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Checa 2011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Sykes 2013
Flag of France.svg Sylvain Guintoli 2014
Ducati's v-twin motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship with 15 Manufacturer's titles 2006Ducati999R-001.jpg
Ducati's v-twin motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship with 15 Manufacturer's titles

By rider nationality

Riders in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

CountryTitlesChampionsSeason(s)By rider (titles)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom145 19941995, 19981999, 20032004, 2007, 2013, 20152020 Jonathan Rea (6)
Carl Fogarty (4)
James Toseland (2)
Neil Hodgson (1)
Tom Sykes (1)
Flag of the United States.svg United States96 19881989, 19911993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2009 Fred Merkel (2)
Doug Polen (2)
Colin Edwards (2)
Scott Russell (1)
John Kocinski (1)
Ben Spies (1)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia52 1996, 2001, 2005-2006, 2008 Troy Bayliss (3)
Troy Corser (2)
Flag of Spain.svg Spain32 2011, 2022-2023 Carlos Checa (1)
Álvaro Bautista (2)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy21 2010, 2012 Max Biaggi (2)
Flag of France.svg France22 1990, 2014 Raymond Roche (1)
Sylvain Guintoli (1)
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey21 2021, 2024 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2)

By race wins

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

By manufacturer

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

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

Manufacturers' World Championship

By season

SeasonChampionMotorcycleWins2nd place3rd place
1988 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Honda RC30 268
1989 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Honda RC30 8712
1990 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Honda RC30 6812
1991 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 888 231411
1992 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 888 201511
1993 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 888 1967
1994 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 916 12119
1995 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 916 20148
1996 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 916 14108
1997 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Honda RC45 12910
1998 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 916 101416
1999 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 996 16145
2000 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 996 5107
2001 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 996R 15167
2002 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 998 F02 141218
2003 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 999 F03 242020
2004 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 999 F04 181720
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 9116
2006 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 999 F06 1233
2007 Flag of Japan.svg Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 699
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 1098 F08 131112
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 1098 F09 11169
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1034
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Ducati 1098R 1548
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 759
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 1096
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 11106
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 18137
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 141811
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 181210
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1895
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 191915
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1272
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 131012
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Panigale V4 R 16148
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Panigale V4 R 2731
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Ducati Panigale V4 R 15191

By manufacturer

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

ManufacturerChampionshipsYear
Flag of Italy.svg Ducati 20 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024
Flag of Japan.svg Kawasaki 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Flag of Japan.svg Honda 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997
Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Flag of Japan.svg Yamaha 2 2007, 2021
Flag of Japan.svg Suzuki 1 2005

By manufacturer nationality

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2024 World Championship.

CountryTitlesChampionsSeason(s)By manufacturer (titles)
Flag of Italy.svg Italy242 19911996, 19982004, 2006, 20082014, 20222024 Ducati (20)
Aprilia (4)
Flag of Japan.svg Japan134 19881990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 20152021 Kawasaki (6)
Honda (4)
Yamaha (2)
Suzuki (1)
As of 19 October 2024

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