List of Superbike World champions

This is a complete list of FIM World Superbike Champions, from 1988 up to and including 2021.

Riders' World Championship[]

By season[]

Season	Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Team
1988	Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	2	2	1	Rumi Honda
1989	Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	3	2	5	Rumi Honda
1990	Raymond Roche	Ducati 851	8	7	2	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
1991	Doug Polen	Ducati 888	17	4	0	Fast by Ferracci Ducati
1992	Doug Polen	Ducati 888	9	4	2	Team Police Ducati
1993	Scott Russell	Kawasaki ZXR-750	5	12	1	Team Muzzy Kawasaki
1994	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	10	4	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1995	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	13	6	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1996	Troy Corser	Ducati 916	7	5	1	Promotor Racing Team
1997	John Kocinski	Honda RC45	9	4	4	Castrol Honda
1998	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	3	6	5	Ducati Performance
1999	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	11	6	2	Ducati Performance
2000	Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51	8	2	1	Castrol Honda
2001	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 996R	6	6	3	Ducati Infostrada
2002	Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51	11	10	4	Castrol Honda
2003	Neil Hodgson	Ducati 999F03	13	7	0	Ducati FILA
2004	James Toseland	Ducati 999F04	3	9	2	Ducati FILA
2005	Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5	8	5	5	Alstare Suzuki Corona
2006	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999F06	12	3	1	Ducati Xerox
2007	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	8	5	1	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
2008	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	13	6	5	Ducati Xerox Team
2009	Ben Spies	Yamaha YZF-R1	14	2	1	Yamaha World Superbike Team
2010	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	10	2	2	Aprilia Alitalia Racing
2011	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	15	0	6	Althea Racing
2012	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	2	4	Aprilia Racing Team
2013	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	4	5	Kawasaki Racing Team
2014	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	8	3	Aprilia Racing Team
2015	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	7	2	Kawasaki Racing Team
2016	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	9	5	Kawasaki Racing Team
2017	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	16	7	1	Kawasaki Racing Team
2018	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	17	4	1	Kawasaki Racing Team
2019	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	17	16	1	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2020	Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	11	5	1	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
2021	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	9	7	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK

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 2021 World Championship.

Rider	Titles	Season(s)
Jonathan Rea	6	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Carl Fogarty	4	1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
Troy Bayliss	3	2001, 2006, 2008
Fred Merkel	2	1988, 1989
Doug Polen		1991, 1992
Troy Corser		1996, 2005
Colin Edwards		2000, 2002
James Toseland		2004, 2007
Max Biaggi		2010, 2012
Raymond Roche	1	1990
Scott Russell		1993
John Kocinski		1997
Neil Hodgson		2003
Ben Spies		2009
Carlos Checa		2011
Tom Sykes		2013
Sylvain Guintoli		2014
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu		2021

Ducati's v-twin motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship with 17 Manufacturer's titles

By rider nationality[]

Riders in bold were entered in the 2021 World Championship.

Country	Titles	Champions	Season(s)	By rider (titles)
United Kingdom	14	5	1994–1995, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2007, 2013, 2015–2020	Jonathan Rea (6)
				Carl Fogarty (4)
				James Toseland (2)
				Neil Hodgson (1)
				Tom Sykes (1)
United States	9	6	1988–1989, 1991–1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2009	Fred Merkel (2)
				Doug Polen (2)
				Colin Edwards (2)
				Scott Russell (1)
				John Kocinski (1)
				Ben Spies (1)
Australia	5	2	1996, 2001, 2005–2006, 2008	Troy Bayliss (3)
				Troy Corser (2)
Italy	2	1	2010, 2012	Max Biaggi (2)
France	2	2	1990, 2014	Raymond Roche (1)
				Sylvain Guintoli (1)
Spain	1	1	2011	Carlos Checa (1)
Turkey	1	1	2021	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (1)

By race wins[]

Riders	Total Wins
Jonathan Rea	107
Carl Fogarty	59
Troy Bayliss	52
Tom Sykes	34
Troy Corser	33
Chaz Davies	32
Colin Edwards	31
Doug Polen	27
Carlos Checa	24
Raymond Roche	23
Marco Melandri	22
Max Biaggi	21

By manufacturer[]

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

Manufacturer	Titles	Season(s)
Ducati	14	1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011
Kawasaki	8	1993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Honda	6	1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007
Aprilia	3	2010, 2012, 2014
Yamaha	2	2009, 2021
Suzuki	1	2005

Manufacturers' World Championship[]

By season[]

Season	Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd place	3rd place
1988	Honda	Honda RC30	2	6	8
1989	Honda	Honda RC30	8	7	12
1990	Honda	Honda RC30	6	8	12
1991	Ducati	Ducati 888	23	14	11
1992	Ducati	Ducati 888	20	15	11
1993	Ducati	Ducati 888	19	6	7
1994	Ducati	Ducati 916	12	11	9
1995	Ducati	Ducati 916	20	14	8
1996	Ducati	Ducati 916	14	10	8
1997	Honda	Honda RC45	12	9	10
1998	Ducati	Ducati 916	10	14	16
1999	Ducati	Ducati 996	16	14	5
2000	Ducati	Ducati 996	5	10	7
2001	Ducati	Ducati 996R	15	16	7
2002	Ducati	Ducati 998 F02	14	12	18
2003	Ducati	Ducati 999 F03	24	20	20
2004	Ducati	Ducati 999 F04	18	17	20
2005	Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	9	11	6
2006	Ducati	Ducati 999 F06	12	3	3
2007	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	6	9	9
2008	Ducati	Ducati 1098 F08	13	11	12
2009	Ducati	Ducati 1198 F09	11	16	9
2010	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	10	3	4
2011	Ducati	Ducati 1198R	15	4	8
2012	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	7	5	9
2013	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	10	9	6
2014	Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	11	10	6
2015	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	13	7
2016	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	18	11
2017	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	12	10
2018	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	9	5
2019	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	19	19	15
2020	Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	12	7	2
2021	Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	10	12

By manufacturer[]

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2021 World Championship.

Manufacturer	Championships	Year
Ducati	17	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Kawasaki	6	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Honda	4	1988, 1989, 1990, 1997
Aprilia	4	2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
��Yamaha	2	2007, 2021
Suzuki	1	2005

By manufacturer nationality[]

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2021 World Championship.

Country	Titles	Champions	Season(s)	By manufacturer (titles)
Italy	21	2	1991–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2008–2014	Ducati (17)
				Aprilia (4)
Japan	13	4	1988–1990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2015–2021	Kawasaki (6)
				Honda (4)
				Yamaha (2)
				Suzuki (1)

As of 21 November 2021

References[]

• "champions". worldsbk.com. worldsbk.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.