List of 500cc/MotoGP riders who set a fastest lap

Valentino Rossi holds the record for the most MotoGP/500cc fastest laps with 76 during his career.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes: MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3. Classes that have been discontinued include 500cc (although 500cc statistics are combined with MotoGP officially), 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.^[1]

Valentino Rossi holds the record for the most race fastest laps recorded in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class with 76. Giacomo Agostini is second with 69 fastest laps, and Marc Márquez is third with 59 fastest laps.^[2]

By rider[]

As of the 2022 Qatar Grand Prix

Key

*	MotoGP/500cc World Champion
	Grand Prix World Champion
Bold	Rider has competed in the 2022 MotoGP season

Grand Prix motorcycle racing polesitters

Rank	Country	Rider	Fastest laps	Seasons active in MotoGP/500cc	First fastest lap	Last fastest lap
1	ITA	Valentino Rossi*	76	2000–2021	2000 500cc South African Grand Prix	2019 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix
2	ITA	Giacomo Agostini*	69	1965–1977		1977 500cc French Grand Prix
3	ESP	Marc Márquez*	59	2013–	2013 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
4	AUS	Mick Doohan*	46	1989–1999	1990 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1999 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
5	ESP	Dani Pedrosa	44	2006–2018 2021	2006 MotoGP Chinese Grand Prix	2017 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix
6	UK	Mike Hailwood*	37	1958–1967		1967 500cc Canadian Grand Prix
7	ESP	Jorge Lorenzo*	30	2008–2019	2008 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix	2018 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
8	AUS	Casey Stoner*	29	2006–2012	2007 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix	2012 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
9	USA	Kevin Schwantz*	26	1986–1995	1988 500cc Japanese Grand Prix	1994 500cc British Grand Prix
10	USA	Kenny Roberts*	24	1978–1983	1978 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1983 500cc San Marino Grand Prix
11	USA	Wayne Rainey*	22	1988–1993	1989 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix	1993 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix
12=	USA	Eddie Lawson*	21	1983–1992	1984 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1989 500cc Brazilian Grand Prix
12=	UK	Geoff Duke*	21	1950–1959	1950 500cc Isle of Man TT	1958 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
14	UK	John Surtees*	20	1952 1954–1960	1956 500cc Isle of Man TT	1960 500cc Nations Grand Prix
15	AUS	Wayne Gardner*	19	1983–1992	1985 500cc Dutch TT	1992 500cc South African Grand Prix
16=	UK	Barry Sheene*	18	1974–1984	1975 500cc Dutch TT	1984 500cc South African Grand Prix
16=	USA	Freddie Spencer*	18	1980–1987 1989 1993	1982 500cc Nations Grand Prix	1985 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
18=	ESP	Àlex Crivillé*	14	1992–2001	1995 500cc Dutch TT	2000 500cc Valencian Grand Prix
18=	BRA	Alex Barros	14	1990–2005 2007	1992 500cc Hungarian Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP Chinese Grand Prix
18=	ITA	Max Biaggi	14	1998–2005	1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
21	USA	Randy Mamola	12	1979–1990 1992	1980 500cc Dutch TT	1987 500cc San Marino Grand Prix
22	ITA	Andrea Dovizioso	11	2008–	2010 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix	2019 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
23=	RAN	Gary Hocking*	10	1958–1959 1961–1962		1962 500cc Isle of Man TT
23=	ITA	Loris Capirossi	10	1995–1996 2000–2011	2000 500cc Italian Grand Prix	2006 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
23=	ESP	Maverick Viñales	10	2015–	2016 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix
26=	ITA	Marco Lucchinelli*	9	1975–1986	1976 500cc French Grand Prix	1982 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
26=	USA	Kenny Roberts Jr.*	9	1996–2007	1999 500cc French Grand Prix	2006 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix
26=	FRA	Fabio Quartararo*	9	2019–	2019 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP British Grand Prix
29	ESP	Sete Gibernau	8	1997–2006 2009	1999 500cc Catalan Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP German Grand Prix
30=	JPN	Tadayuki Okada	7	1996–2000 2008	1996 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix	2000 500cc German Grand Prix
30=	USA	Nicky Hayden*	7	2003–2016	2005 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix	2011 MotoGP British Grand Prix
30=	FRA	Johann Zarco	7	2017���	2017 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
33=	UK	Leslie Graham*	6	1949–1953	1949 500cc Isle of Man TT	1952 500cc Nations Grand Prix
33=	FRA	Christian Sarron	6	1979 1981 1985–1990	1985 500cc German Grand Prix	1989 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
33=	ITA	Luca Cadalora	6	1989 1993–2000	1993 500cc British Grand Prix	1996 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
33=	ITA	Francesco Bagnaia	6	2019–	2020 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
37=	FIN	Teuvo Länsivuori	5	1974–1978		1976 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix
37=	ESP	Carlos Checa	5	1995–2007 2010	1995 500cc European Grand Prix	2002 MotoGP Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
37=	ESP	Álex Rins	5	2017–	2018 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix
40=	VEN	Johnny Cecotto	4	1976–1980	1977 500cc Finnish Grand Prix	1978 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
40=	USA	John Kocinski	4	1989 1991–1994 1998–1999	1991 500cc Japanese Grand Prix	1994 500cc United States Grand Prix
40=	UK	Cal Crutchlow	4	2011–2021	2012 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix	2016 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
43=	ITA	Alfredo Milani	3	1950–1957
43=	SRA	Ray Amm	3	1951–1954	1953 500cc Isle of Man TT	1954 500cc Isle of Man TT
43=	AUS	Ken Kavanagh	3	1951–1955 1959
43=	UK	Bob McIntyre	3	1954–1961		1961 500cc Isle of Man TT
43=	FIN	Jarno Saarinen	3	1973
43=	UK	Phil Read*	3	1961–1964 1971 1973–1976
43=	ITA	Virginio Ferrari	3	1976–1985	1978 500cc German Grand Prix	1979 500cc French Grand Prix
43=	JPN	Tohru Ukawa	3	2001–2005	2001 500cc Japanese Grand Prix	2002 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
43=	USA	Colin Edwards	3	2003–2014	2004 MotoGP British Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP United States Grand Prix
43=	ITA	Marco Melandri	3	2003–2010 2015	2005 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix	2005 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
43=	ESP	Toni Elías	3	2005–2009 2011–2012 2015	2006 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix	2007 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
43=	ITA	Andrea Iannone	3	2013–2019	2015 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas	2016 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
55=	ITA	Nello Pagani	2	1949–1955	1949 500cc Dutch TT	1949 500cc Nations Grand Prix
55=	ITA	Carlo Bandirola	2	1950–1956 1958	1950 500cc Swiss Grand Prix	1950 500cc Nations Grand Prix
55=	UK	Fergus Anderson	2	1951 1953–1954	1951 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
55=	UK	Bill Lomas	2	1952 1954–1956	1955 500cc Ulster Grand Prix	1956 500cc Ulster Grand Prix
55=	ITA	Remo Venturi	2	1958–1960 1962 1964	1960 500cc Dutch TT
55=	ARG	Benedicto Caldarella	2	1962–1964
55=	ITA	Gianfranco Bonera	2	1973–1975 1977–1978 1980
55=	UK	Mick Grant	2	1970 1972–1976 1979 1984	1973 500cc Isle of Man TT	1975 500cc Isle of Man TT
55=	UK	John Williams	2	1968–1978	1976 500cc Isle of Man TT	1976 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
55=	NED	Wil Hartog	2	1972–1973 1975–1981	1979 500cc Swedish Grand Prix	1980 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
55=	JPN	Takazumi Katayama	2	1976–1985	1982 500cc San Marino Grand Prix	1983 500cc German Grand Prix
55=	BEL	Didier de Radiguès	2	1983–1988 1991	1983 500cc Austrian Grand Prix	1984 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
55=	NZL	Simon Crafar	2	1993 1998–1999	1998 500cc British Grand Prix	1998 500cc Australian Grand Prix
55=	JPN	Makoto Tamada	2	2003–2007	2004 MotoGP Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	2004 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
55=	USA	John Hopkins	2	2002–2008 2011	2007 MotoGP French Grand Prix	2007 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
55=	GER	Jonas Folger	2	2017	2017 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix	2017 MotoGP German Grand Prix
55=	ITA	Danilo Petrucci	2	2012–2021	2016 MotoGP Dutch TT	2018 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
55=	ZAF	Brad Binder	2	2020–	2020 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix	2020 MotoGP European Grand Prix
55=	AUS	Jack Miller	2	2015–	2019 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix	2020 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
55=	PRT	Miguel Oliveira	2	2019–	2020 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP German Grand Prix
55=	ITA	Enea Bastianini	2	2021–	2021 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix	2022 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Arciso Artesiani	1	1949–1951	1949 500cc Belgian Grand Prix	1949 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Enrico Lorenzetti	1	1949 1951	1951 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1951 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Umberto Masetti*	1	1950–1952 1954–1958
76=	UK	Jack Brett	1	1949–1957 1959–1960	1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix	1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
76=	IRL	Reg Armstrong	1	1949–1956
76=	NZL	Rod Coleman	1	1951–1954
76=	UK	Dickie Dale	1	1950 1953–1960
76=	FRA	Pierre Monneret	1	1953–1956
76=	AUS	Keith Campbell	1	1954 1957–1958
76=	ITA	Libero Liberati*	1	1952–1953 1955–1957
76=	ARG		1	1961–1962
76=	UK	John Hartle	1	1955–1956 1958–1960 1963–1964 1967–1968
76=	CAN	Mike Duff	1	1961–1967
76=	ZAF	Paddy Driver	1	1958–1965
76=	RAN	Jim Redman	1	1959–1960 1966
76=	UK		1	1969
76=	AUS	John Dodds	1	1966–1971
76=	UK	Godfrey Nash	1	1968–1971
76=	ITA	Angelo Bergamonti	1	1967–1970
76=	SWE	Ivan Carlsson	1	1971–1973
76=	UK	Chas Mortimer	1	1972–1976
76=	NZL	Kim Newcombe	1	1972–1973
76=	GER		1	1974
76=	UK	Charlie Williams	1	1972–1976
76=	JPN	Hideo Kanaya	1	1972–1973 1975	1975 500cc French Grand Prix	1975 500cc French Grand Prix
76=	UK	John Newbold	1	1975–1980	1976 500cc Finnish Grand Prix	1976 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
76=	NED		1	1973 1975–1976	1976 500cc German Grand Prix	1976 500cc German Grand Prix
76=	AUS	Jack Findlay	1	1958–1978	1977 500cc Austrian Grand Prix	1977 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
76=	UK	Steve Parrish	1	1977–1985	1977 500cc British Grand Prix	1977 500cc British Grand Prix
76=	FRA	Michel Rougerie	1	1973–1980	1978 500cc Belgian Grand Prix	1978 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
76=	AUS		1	1978–1979	1979 500cc Belgian Grand Prix	1979 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
76=	NED	Jack Middelburg	1	1977–1983
76=	ZAF	Kork Ballington	1	1980–1982	1981 500cc Dutch TT	1981 500cc Dutch TT
76=	SUI	Michel Frutschi	1	1975–1983	1982 500cc French Grand Prix	1982 500cc French Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Franco Uncini*	1	1979–1985	1982 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix	1982 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix
76=	NZL	Graeme Crosby	1	1980–1982	1982 500cc British Grand Prix	1982 500cc British Grand Prix
76=	USA	Mike Baldwin	1	1979 1981 1985–1988	1986 500cc Nations Grand Prix	1986 500cc Nations Grand Prix
76=	JPN	Tadahiko Taira	1	1984–1985 1987–1991	1987 500cc British Grand Prix	1987 500cc British Grand Prix
76=	AUS	Kevin Magee	1	1987–1991 1993	1988 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1988 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Pierfrancesco Chili	1	1986–1990 1995	1989 500cc Australian Grand Prix	1989 500cc Australian Grand Prix
76=	ESP	Joan Garriga	1	1986 1990–1993	1992 500cc Dutch TT	1992 500cc Dutch TT
76=	JPN	Shinichi Ito	1	1988–1996 1999 2002 2005 2007 2011	1994 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix	1994 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix
76=	ESP	Alberto Puig	1	1994–1997	1995 500cc Spanish Grand Prix	1995 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
76=	AUS	Daryl Beattie	1	1992–1997	1995 500cc Argentine Grand Prix	1995 500cc Argentine Grand Prix
76=	JPN	Norifumi Abe	1	1994–2004	1996 500cc Japanese Grand Prix	1996 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
76=	USA	Scott Russell	1	1995–1996	1996 500cc British Grand Prix	1996 500cc British Grand Prix
76=	AUS	Garry McCoy	1	1998–2004 2006	2000 500cc British Grand Prix	2000 500cc British Grand Prix
76=	JPN	Shinya Nakano	1	2001–2008	2001 500cc German Grand Prix	2001 500cc German Grand Prix
76=	JPN	Daijiro Kato	1	2002–2003	2002 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix	2002 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
76=	JPN	Noriyuki Haga	1	1998 2001 2003	2003 MotoGP French Grand Prix	2003 MotoGP French Grand Prix
76=	AUS	Chris Vermeulen	1	2005–2009 2012	2007 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix	2007 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix
76=	USA	Ben Spies	1	2008–2013	2011 MotoGP Dutch TT	2011 MotoGP Dutch TT
76=	ESP	Álvaro Bautista	1	2010–2018	2014 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix	2014 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix
76=	UK	Scott Redding	1	2014–2018	2017 MotoGP Dutch TT	2017 MotoGP Dutch TT
76=	ESP	Pol Espargaró	1	2014–	2020 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix	2020 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix
76=	ITA	Franco Morbidelli	1	2018–	2020 MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix	2020 MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix
76=	ESP	Joan Mir*	1	2019–	2021 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix	2021 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix

By nationality[]

As of the 2022 Qatar Grand Prix

Rank	Country	Fastest laps	Rider(s)
1	Italy	233	26
2	Spain	184	14
3	United States	151	14
4	United Kingdom	130	22
5	Australia	111	13
6	France	24	5
7	Japan	21	11
8=	Rhodesia	14	3
8=	Brazil	14	1
10	Finland	8	2
11	New Zealand	5	4
12=	Venezuela	4	1
12=	Netherlands	4	3
12=	South Africa	4	3
15=	Argentina	3	2
15=	Germany	3	2
17=	Belgium	2	1
17=	Portugal	2	1
19=	Ireland	1	1
19=	Canada	1	1
19=	Sweden	1	1
19=	Switzerland	1	1

References[]