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List of Superbike World Champions

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

Riders' World Championship

By season

Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Team
USA Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	2	2	1	Rumi Honda
USA Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	3	2	5	Rumi Honda
FRA Raymond Roche	Ducati 851	8	7	2	Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli
USA Doug Polen	Ducati 888	17	4	0	Fast by Ferracci Ducati
USA Doug Polen	Ducati 888	9	4	2	Team Police Ducati
USA Scott Russell	Kawasaki ZXR-750	5	12	1	Team Muzzy Kawasaki
GBR Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	10	4	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
GBR Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	13	6	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
AUS Troy Corser	Ducati 916	7	5	1	Promotor Racing Team
USA John Kocinski	Honda RC45	9	4	4	Castrol Honda
GBR Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	3	6	5	Ducati Performance
GBR Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	11	6	2	Ducati Performance
USA Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51	8	2	1	Castrol Honda
AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati 996R	6	6	3	Ducati Infostrada
USA Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51	11	10	4	Castrol Honda
GBR Neil Hodgson	Ducati 999F03	13	7	0	Ducati FILA
GBR James Toseland	Ducati 999F04	3	9	2	Ducati FILA
AUS Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5	8	5	5	Alstare Suzuki Corona
AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999F06	12	3	1	Ducati Xerox
GBR James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	8	5	1	Hannspree Ten Kate Honda
AUS Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	13	6	5	Ducati Xerox Team
USA Ben Spies	Yamaha YZF-R1	14	2	1	Yamaha World Superbike Team
ITA Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	10	2	2	Aprilia Alitalia Racing
ESP Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	15	0	6	Althea Racing
ITA Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	2	4	Aprilia Racing Team
GBR Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	4	5	Kawasaki Racing Team
FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia RSV4 1000	5	8	3	Aprilia Racing Team
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	7	2	Kawasaki Racing Team
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10R	9	9	5	Kawasaki Racing Team
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	16	7	1	Kawasaki Racing Team
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	17	4	1	Kawasaki Racing Team
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	17	16	1	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
GBR Jonathan Rea	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	11	5	1	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
TUR Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	9	7	Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK
SPA Álvaro Bautista	Ducati Panigale V4 R	16	12	3	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
SPA Álvaro Bautista	Ducati Panigale V4 R	27	3	1	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
TUR Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	BMW M1000RR	18	7	2	Rokit BMW Motorrad
TUR Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	BMW M1000RR	21	9	1	Rokit BMW Motorrad

[[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 2025 World Championship.

Rider	Titles	Season(s)
GBR Jonathan Rea	6	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
GBR Carl Fogarty	4	1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
AUS Troy Bayliss	3	2001, 2006, 2008
TUR Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	2021, 2024, 2025
USA Fred Merkel	2	1988, 1989
USA Doug Polen	1991, 1992
AUS Troy Corser	1996, 2005
USA Colin Edwards	2000, 2002
GBR James Toseland	2004, 2007
ITA Max Biaggi	2010, 2012
SPA Álvaro Bautista	2022, 2023
FRA Raymond Roche	1	1990
USA Scott Russell	1993
USA John Kocinski	1997
GBR Neil Hodgson	2003
USA Ben Spies	2009
ESP Carlos Checa	2011
GBR Tom Sykes	2013
FRA Sylvain Guintoli	2014

[[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 2025 World Championship.

Country	Titles	Champions	Season(s)	By rider (titles)
GBR 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)
USA 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)
AUS Australia	5	2	1996, 2001, 2005-2006, 2008	Troy Bayliss (3)
Troy Corser (2)
ESP Spain	3	2	2011, 2022–2023	Carlos Checa (1)
Álvaro Bautista (2)
TUR Turkey	3	1	2021, 2024–2025	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (3)
FRA France	2	2	1990, 2014	Raymond Roche (1)
Sylvain Guintoli (1)
ITA Italy	2	1	2010, 2012	Max Biaggi (2)

By race wins

Main article: List of Superbike World Championship race winners

Riders	Total wins
GBR Jonathan Rea	119
TUR Toprak Razgatlioglu	78
SPA Álvaro Bautista	63
GBR Carl Fogarty	59
AUS Troy Bayliss	52
GBR Tom Sykes	34
AUS Troy Corser	33
USA Colin Edwards	31
USA Doug Polen	27
SPA Carlos Checa	24
FRA Raymond Roche	23
ITA Max Biaggi	21
GBR Neil Hodgson	16
GBR James Toseland	16
USA John Kocinski	14
USA Scott Russell	14
USA Ben Spies	14
FRA Sylvain Guintoli	9
USA Fred Merkel	8

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)
ITA Ducati	16	1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2022, 2023
JPN Kawasaki	8	1993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
JPN Honda	6	1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007
ITA Aprilia	3	2010, 2012, 2014
JPN Yamaha	2	2009, 2021
GER BMW	2	2024, 2025
JPN Suzuki	1	2005

Manufacturers' World Championship

By season

Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd place	3rd place
JPN Honda	Honda RC30	2	6	8
JPN Honda	Honda RC30	8	7	12
JPN Honda	Honda RC30	6	8	12
ITA Ducati	Ducati 888	23	14	11
ITA Ducati	Ducati 888	20	15	11
ITA Ducati	Ducati 888	19	6	7
ITA Ducati	Ducati 916	12	11	9
ITA Ducati	Ducati 916	20	14	8
ITA Ducati	Ducati 916	14	10	8
JPN Honda	Honda RC45	12	9	10
ITA Ducati	Ducati 916	10	14	16
ITA Ducati	Ducati 996	16	14	5
ITA Ducati	Ducati 996	5	10	7
ITA Ducati	Ducati 996R	15	16	7
ITA Ducati	Ducati 998 F02	14	12	18
ITA Ducati	Ducati 999 F03	24	20	20
ITA Ducati	Ducati 999 F04	18	17	20
JPN Suzuki	Suzuki GSX-R1000	9	11	6
ITA Ducati	Ducati 999 F06	12	3	3
JPN Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	6	9	9
ITA Ducati	Ducati 1098 F08	13	11	12
ITA Ducati	Ducati 1098 F09	11	16	9
ITA Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	10	3	4
ITA Ducati	Ducati 1098R	15	4	8
ITA Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	7	5	9
ITA Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	10	9	6
ITA Aprilia	Aprilia RSV4	11	10	6
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	13	7
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	18	11
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	12	10
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	9	5
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	19	19	15
JPN Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10RR	12	7	2
JPN Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	10	12
ITA Ducati	Panigale V4 R	16	14	8
ITA Ducati	Panigale V4 R	28	7	5
ITA Ducati	Panigale V4 R	15	19	1
ITA Ducati	Panigale V4 R	14	21	0

By manufacturer

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Manufacturer	Championships	Year
ITA Ducati	21	, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
JPN Kawasaki	6	, , , , ,
JPN Honda	4	, , ,
ITA Aprilia	4	, , ,
JPN Yamaha	2	,
JPN Suzuki	1

By manufacturer nationality

Manufacturers in bold were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Country	Titles	Champions	Season(s)	By manufacturer (titles)
ITA Italy	25	2	1991–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2008–2014, 2022–2025	Ducati (21)
Aprilia (4)
JPN Japan	13	4	1988–1990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2015–2021	Kawasaki (6)
Honda (4)
Yamaha (2)
Suzuki (1)

SuperBike Evo Trophy

Year	Rider	Points	Bike	Team
2014	ESP David Salom	103	JPN Kawasaki ZX-10R	ESP Kawasaki Racing

Independents Cup

Year	Ruder	Points	Bike	Team
2018	ESP Javier Forés	230	ITA Ducati Panigale R	ITA Barni Racing
2019	TUR Toprak Razgatlıoğlu	315	JPN Kawasaki ZX-10R	ITA Turkish Puccetti Racing
2020	ITA Michael Ruben Rinaldi	186	ITA Ducati Panigale V4 R	ITA Team Go Eleven
2021	USA Garrett Gerloff	228	JPN Yamaha YZF-R1	ITA GRT Yamaha
2022	ITA Axel Bassani	244	ITA Ducati Panigale V4 R	ITA Motocorsa Racing
2023	ITA Axel Bassani	249	ITA Ducati Panigale V4 R	ITA Motocorsa Racing
2024	ITA Danilo Petrucci	307	ITA Ducati Panigale V4 R	ITA Barni Racing
2025	ITA Danilo Petrucci	284	ITA Ducati Panigale V4 R	ITA Barni Racing

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