List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions

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List of World Champions Grand Prix motorcycle racing, from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and engine displacement.

The following is a list of Grand Prix motorcycle racing FIM World Champions, from 1949 to 2007, in order of year and engine displacement.

At the end of the 1968 season, the FIM limited gearboxes to 6 speeds, 125 cc and 250 cc categories to no more than two cylinders and 350 cc and 500 cc categories to no more than four cylinders.

The 350 class was discontinued after the 1982 season. After the 1983 season, the 50 cc class was increased to 80 cc.

After the 1989 season, 125 cc bikes were limited to single cylinder engines and the 80 cc class was discontinued.

Sidecars had 500 cc engines. Only the pilot is listed here, not the passenger. The significance of this class dropped after the 1950s, but races were held in connection with WC until the early 2000s.

By season

Year	500 cc/MotoGP*	350 cc	250 cc	125 cc	Sidecar (pilot)* / 50 cc / 80 cc**
2007	Casey Stoner (Ducati)*		Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia)	Gábor Talmácsi (Aprilia)
2006	Nicky Hayden (Honda)*		Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia)	Álvaro Bautista (Aprilia)
2005	Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)*		Daniel Pedrosa (Honda)	Thomas Lüthi (Honda)
2004	Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)*		Daniel Pedrosa (Honda)	Andrea Dovizioso (Honda)
2003	Valentino Rossi (Honda)*		Manuel Poggiali (Aprilia)	Daniel Pedrosa (Honda)
2002	Valentino Rossi (Honda)*		Marco Melandri (Aprilia)	Arnaud Vincent (Aprilia)
2001	Valentino Rossi (Honda)		Daijiro Kato (Honda)	Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)
2000	Kenny Roberts, Jr. (Suzuki)		Olivier Jacque (Yamaha)	Roberto Locatelli (Aprilia)
1999	Àlex Crivillé (Honda)		Valentino Rossi (Aprilia)	Emilio Alzamora (Honda)
1998	Michael Doohan (Honda)		Loris Capirossi (Aprilia)	Kazuto Sakata (Aprilia)
1997	Michael Doohan (Honda)		Max Biaggi (Honda)	Valentino Rossi (Aprilia)
1996	Michael Doohan (Honda)		Max Biaggi (Aprilia)	Haruchika Aoki (Honda)
1995	Michael Doohan (Honda)		Max Biaggi (Aprilia)	Haruchika Aoki (Honda)
1994	Michael Doohan (Honda)		Max Biaggi (Aprilia)	Kazuto Sakata (Aprilia)
1993	Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki)		Tetsuya Harada (Yamaha)	Dirk Raudies (Honda)
1992	Wayne Rainey (Yamaha)		Luca Cadalora (Honda)	Alessandro Gramigni (Aprilia)
1991	Wayne Rainey (Yamaha)		Luca Cadalora (Honda)	Loris Capirossi (Honda)
1990	Wayne Rainey (Yamaha)		John Kocinski (Yamaha)	Loris Capirossi (Honda)
1989	Eddie Lawson (Honda)		Sito Pons (Honda)	Àlex Crivillé (JJ Cobas)	Manuel Herreros (Derbi)*
1988	Eddie Lawson (Yamaha)		Sito Pons (Honda)	Jorge Martínez (Derbi)	Jorge Martínez (Derbi)*
1987	Wayne Gardner (Honda)		Anton Mang (Honda)	Fausto Gresini (Garelli)	Jorge Martínez (Derbi)*
1986	Eddie Lawson (Yamaha)		Carlos Lavado (Yamaha)	Luca Cadalora (Garelli)	Jorge Martínez (Derbi)*
1985	Freddie Spencer (Honda)		Freddie Spencer (Honda)	Fausto Gresini (Garelli)	Stefan Dörflinger (Krauser)*
1984	Eddie Lawson (Yamaha)		Christian Sarron (Yamaha)	Ángel Nieto (Garelli)	Stefan Dörflinger (Zündapp)*
1983	Freddie Spencer (Honda)		Carlos Lavado (Yamaha)	Ángel Nieto (Garelli)	Stefan Dörflinger (Krauser)
1982	Franco Uncini (Suzuki)	Anton Mang (Kawasaki)	Jean-Louis Tournadre (Yamaha)	Ángel Nieto (Garelli)	Stefan Dörflinger (Kreidler)
1981	Marco Lucchinelli (Suzuki)	Anton Mang (Kawasaki)	Anton Mang (Kawasaki)	Ángel Nieto (Minarelli)	Ricardo Tormo (Motul-Bultaco)
1980	Kenny Roberts (Yamaha)	Jon Ekerold (Yamaha)	Anton Mang (Kawasaki)	Pier Paolo Bianchi (MBA)	Eugenio Lazzarini (Kreidler-Van Veen)
1979	Kenny Roberts (Yamaha)	Kork Ballington (Kawasaki)	Kork Ballington (Kawasaki)	Ángel Nieto (Minarelli)	Eugenio Lazzarini (Kreidler)**
1978	Kenny Roberts (Yamaha)	Kork Ballington (Kawasaki)	Kork Ballington (Kawasaki)	Eugenio Lazzarini (MBA)	Ricardo Tormo (Bultaco)
1977	Barry Sheene (Suzuki)	Takazumi Katayama (Yamaha)	Mario Lega (Morbidelli)	Pier Paolo Bianchi (Morbidelli)	Ángel Nieto (Bultaco)
1976	Barry Sheene (Suzuki)	Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson)	Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson)	Pier Paolo Bianchi (Morbidelli)	Ángel Nieto (Bultaco)
1975	Giacomo Agostini (Yamaha)	Johnny Cecotto (Yamaha)	Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson)	Paolo Pileri (Morbidelli)	Ángel Nieto (Kreidler)**
1974	Phil Read (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (Yamaha)	Walter Villa (Harley-Davidson)	Kent Andersson (Yamaha)	Henk van Kessel (Kreidler-Van Veen)
1973	Phil Read (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Dieter Braun (Yamaha)	Kent Andersson (Yamaha)	Jan de Vries (Kreidler)
1972	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Jarno Saarinen (Yamaha)	Ángel Nieto (Derbi)	Ángel Nieto (Derbi)
1971	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Phil Read (Yamaha)	Ángel Nieto (Derbi)	Jan de Vries (Kreidler)
1970	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Rodney Gould (Yamaha)	Dieter Braun (Suzuki)	Ángel Nieto (Derbi)**
1969	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Kel Carruthers (Benelli)	Dave Simmonds (Kawasaki)	Ángel Nieto (Derbi)**
1968	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Phil Read (Yamaha)	Phil Read (Yamaha)	Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki)
1967	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Mike Hailwood (Honda)	Mike Hailwood (Honda)	Bill Ivy (Yamaha)	Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki)
1966	Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta)	Mike Hailwood (Honda)	Mike Hailwood (Honda)	Luigi Taveri (Honda)	Hans-Georg Anscheidt (Suzuki)
1965	Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Phil Read (Yamaha)	Hugh Anderson (Suzuki)	Ralph Bryans (Honda)
1964	Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Phil Read (Yamaha)	Luigi Taveri (Honda)	Hugh Anderson (Suzuki)
1963	Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Hugh Anderson (Suzuki)	Hugh Anderson (Suzuki)
1962	Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Jim Redman (Honda)	Luigi Taveri (Honda)	Ernst Degner (Suzuki)
1961	Gary Hocking (MV Agusta)	Gary Hocking (MV Agusta)	Mike Hailwood (Honda)	Tom Phillis (Honda)
1960	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)
1959	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)
1958	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	Tarquinio Provini (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)
1957	Libero Liberati (Gilera)	Keith Campbell (Moto Guzzi)	Cecil Sandford (Mondial)	Tarquinio Provini (Mondial)
1956	John Surtees (MV Agusta)	Bill Lomas (Moto Guzzi)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)
1955	Geoff Duke (Gilera)	Bill Lomas (Moto Guzzi)	Hermann Paul Müller (NSU)	Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta)	Sidecar (pilot only)
1954	Geoff Duke (Gilera)	Fergus Anderson (Moto Guzzi)	Werner Haas (NSU)	Rupert Hollaus (NSU)	Wilhelm Noll (BMW)+
1953	Geoff Duke (Gilera)	Fergus Anderson (Moto Guzzi)	Werner Haas (NSU)	Werner Haas (NSU)	Eric Olivier (Norton)+
1952	Umberto Masetti (Gilera)	Geoff Duke (Norton)	Enrico Lorenzetti (Moto Guzzi)	Cecil Sandford (MV Agusta)	Cyril Smith (Norton)+
1951	Geoff Duke (Norton)	Geoff Duke (Norton)	Bruno Ruffo (Moto Guzzi)	Carlo Ubbiali (Mondial)	Eric Olivier (Norton)+
1950	Umberto Masetti (Gilera)	Bob Foster (Velocette)	Dario Ambrosini (Benelli)	Bruno Ruffo (Mondial)	Eric Olivier (Norton)+
1949	Leslie Graham (AJS)	Freddie Frith (Velocette)	Bruno Ruffo (Moto Guzzi)	Nello Pagani (Mondial)	Eric Olivier (Norton)+

By rider (1949-2007)

Multiple World Championships holders:

Rider	Titles
Giacomo Agostini	15 (8 x 500 cc, 7 x 350 cc)
Ángel Nieto	13 (7 x 125 cc, 6 x 50 cc)
Mike Hailwood	9 (4 x 500 cc, 2 x 350 cc, 3 x 250 cc)
Carlo Ubbiali	9 (3 x 250 cc, 6 x 125 cc)
Valentino Rossi	7 (4 x MotoGP, 1 x 500 cc, 1 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
Phil Read	7 (2 x 500 cc, 4 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
John Surtees	7 (4 x 500 cc, 3 x 350 cc)
Geoffrey Duke	6 (4 x 500 cc, 2 x 350 cc)
Jim Redman	6 (4 x 350 cc, 2 x 250 cc)
Michael Doohan	5 (5 x 500 cc)
Anton Mang	5 ( 2 x 350 cc, 3 x 250 cc)
Hugh Anderson	4 (2 x 125 cc, 2 x 50 cc)
Kork Ballington	4 (2 x 350 cc, 2 x 250 cc)
Max Biaggi	4 (4 x 250 cc)
Stefan Dörflinger	4 (2 x 80 cc, 2 x 50 cc)
Eddie Lawson	4 (4 x 500 cc)
Jorge Martínez	4 (1 x 125 cc, 3 x 80 cc)
Walter Villa	4 (1 x 350 cc, 3 x 250 cc)

Leading 500CC / MotoGP Champions:

Rider	Titles
Giacomo Agostini	8 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975)
Valentino Rossi	5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Michael Doohan	5 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Eddie Lawson	4 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989)
Mike Hailwood	4 (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
John Surtees	4 (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960)
Geoffrey Duke	4 (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955)
Wayne Rainey	3 (1990, 1991, 1992)
Kenny Roberts	3 (1978, 1979, 1980)

Multiple World Championships in different classes in the same year:

Seasons	Rider	Titles
1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972	Giacomo Agostini	10 (5 x 500 cc, 5 x 350 cc)
1958, 1959, 1960	John Surtees	6 (3 x 500 cc, 3 x 350 cc)
1956, 1959, 1960	Carlo Ubbiali	6 (3 x 250 cc, 3 x 125 cc)
1962, 1963	Jim Redman	4 (2 x 350 cc, 2 x 250 cc)
1966, 1967	Mike Hailwood	4 (2 x 350 cc, 2 x 250 cc)
1978, 1979	Kork Ballington	4 (2 x 350 cc, 2 x 250 cc)
1951	Geoff Duke	2 (1 x 500 cc, 1 x 350 cc)
1953	Werner Haas	2 (1 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
1961	Gary Hocking	2 (1 x 500 cc, 1 x 350 cc)
1963	Hugh Anderson	2 (1 x 125 cc, 1 x 50 cc)
1972	Ángel Nieto	2 (1 x 125 cc, 1 x 50 cc)
1976	Walter Villa	2 (1 x 350 cc, 1 x 250 cc)
1981	Anton Mang	2 (1 x 350 cc, 1 x 250 cc)
1985	Freddie Spencer	2 (1 x 500 cc, 1 x 250 cc)
1988	Jorge Martínez	2 (1 x 125 cc, 1 x 80 cc)

By nationality (1949-2007)

Country	500 cc/MotoGP	350 cc	250 cc	125 cc	50/80 cc	Total
	18	8	21	23	2	72
	17	13	9	4	1	44
	1		6	12	12	31
	15		2			17
		2	7	3	4	16
	7	1	1	3	2	14
	1	5	2			8
				4	4	8
		1	2	4		7
		3	2			5
			3	1		4
				2	2	4
		1	2			3
					3	3
			1	1		2
				2		2
			1			1
				1		1
				1		1
Totals	59	34	59	59	30	241

Manufacturers' World Champions

The Manufacturers' World Championship classification is based on the Riders' Championship point system: only the highest placed motorcycle of a manufacturer will gain points, according to the position in the race.

By Season

Season	500 cc/MotoGP*	350 cc	250 cc	125 cc	50 cc / 80 cc*
2007	Ducati*		Aprilia	Aprilia
2006	Honda*		Aprilia	Aprilia
2005	Yamaha*		Honda	KTM
2004	Honda*		Honda	Aprilia
2003	Honda*		Aprilia	Aprilia
2002	Honda*		Aprilia	Aprilia
2001	Honda		Honda	Honda
2000	Yamaha		Yamaha	Honda
1999	Honda		Aprilia	Honda
1998	Honda		Aprilia	Honda
1997	Honda		Honda	Aprilia
1996	Honda		Honda	Aprilia
1995	Honda		Aprilia	Honda
1994	Honda		Honda	Honda
1993	Yamaha		Honda	Honda
1992	Honda		Honda	Honda
1991	Yamaha		Honda	Honda
1990	Yamaha		Yamaha	Honda
1989	Honda		Honda	Honda	Krauser*
1988	Yamaha		Honda	Derbi	Derbi*
1987	Yamaha		Honda	Garelli	Derbi*
1986	Yamaha		Honda	Garelli	Derbi*
1985	Honda		Honda	MBA	Krauser*
1984	Honda		Yamaha	Garelli	Zündapp*
1983	Honda		Yamaha	MBA	Garelli
1982	Suzuki	Kawasaki	Yamaha	Garelli	Kreidler
1981	Suzuki	Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Minarelli	Bultaco
1980	Suzuki	Bimota Yamaha	Kawasaki	Minarelli	Kreidler
1979	Suzuki	Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Minarelli	Kreidler
1978	Suzuki	Kawasaki	Kawasaki	Minarelli	Bultaco
1977	Suzuki	Yamaha	Yamaha	Morbidelli	Bultaco
1976	Suzuki	Yamaha	Harley-Davidson	Morbidelli	Bultaco
1975	Yamaha	Yamaha	Harley-Davidson	Morbidelli	Kreidler
1974	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Kreidler
1973	MV Agusta	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Kreidler
1972	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Yamaha	Derbi	Kreidler
1971	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Yamaha	Derbi	Kreidler
1970	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Yamaha	Suzuki	Derbi
1969	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Benelli	Kawasaki	Derbi
1968	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Yamaha	Yamaha	Suzuki
1967	MV Agusta	Honda	Honda	Yamaha	Suzuki
1966	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda
1965	MV Agusta	Honda	Yamaha	Suzuki	Honda
1964	MV Agusta	Honda	Yamaha	Honda	Suzuki
1963	MV Agusta	Honda	Honda	Suzuki	Suzuki
1962	MV Agusta	Honda	Honda	Honda	Suzuki
1961	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	Honda	Honda
1960	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1959	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1958	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1957	Gilera	Gilera	Mondial	Mondial
1956	MV Agusta	Moto Guzzi	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1955	Gilera	Moto Guzzi	MV Agusta	MV Agusta
1954	Without award	Without award	Without award	Without award
1953	Gilera	Moto Guzzi	NSU	MV Agusta
1952	Norton	Norton	Moto Guzzi	MV Agusta
1951	Norton	Norton	Moto Guzzi	Mondial
1950	Norton	Velocette	Benelli	Mondial
1949	AJS	Velocette	Moto Guzzi	Mondial

By manufacturer (1949-2007)

Manufacturer	500 cc/MotoGP	350 cc	250 cc	125 cc	50/80 cc	Total
Honda	17	6	19	15	2	59
MV Agusta	16	9	5	7		37
Yamaha	10	5	14	4		33
Suzuki	7			3	5	15
Aprilia			7	7		14
Kawasaki		4	4	1		9
Derbi				3	5	8
Kreidler					8	8
Moto Guzzi		3	3			6
Norton	3	2				5
Mondial			1	4		5
Garelli				4	1	5
Gilera	3	1				4
Minarelli				4		4
Bultaco					4	4
Morbidelli				3		3
Velocette		2				2
Benelli			2			2
Harley-Davidson			2			2
MBA				2		2
Krauser					2	2
AJS	1					1
Ducati	1					1
Bimota Yamaha		1				1
NSU			1			1
KTM				1		1
Zündapp					1	1
Totals	58	33	58	58	28	235

By country (1949-2007)

Country	500 cc/MotoGP	350 cc	250 cc	125 cc	50/80 cc	Total
Japan	34	15	37	23	7	116
Italy	20	14	18	31	1	84
Germany			1		11	12
Spain				3	9	12
United Kingdom	4	4				8
United States			2			2
Austria				1		1
Totals	58	33	58	58	28	235

Notes

• John Surtees remains the only rider to win World Championship titles in 350 cc, 500 cc, and Formula One (1964).
• Valentino Rossi is the only rider to win four World Championship titles in four different classes: 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc & MotoGP.
• Eddie Lawson (1988 & 1989) and Valentino Rossi (2003 & 2004) are the only riders to win back-to-back premier-class championships on different manufacturers.
• Freddie Spencer (1985), Tetsuya Harada (1993), Manuel Poggiali (2003), and Daniel Pedrosa (2004) are the only riders to win the 250 cc Grand Prix World Championship title in their first year of competition. In 1990, Capirossi won the 125 cc title in his first attempt.
• Emilio Alzamora is the only rider to win a 125 cc World Championship title with no Grand Prix wins (1999)
• During the 1967 500 cc season, Giacomo Agostini rode an MV Agusta 350/500, and final standing at first place (46 points) with Mike Hailwood; together wins 5 Grand Prix & 1 second place. Agostini wins title because too young!! (Probably this is the most curious victory in the sport's history)

Agostini was awarded the championship due to having more second place finishes

Also see

List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions