List of Superbike World champions

This is a complete list of FIM World Superbike Champions, from 1988 up to and including 2020.

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Riders 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

Jonathan Rea has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of race wins.

By rider

Rider	Championships	Year
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	2	1991, 1992
Colin Edwards	2	2000, 2002
Troy Corser	2	1996, 2005
James Toseland	2	2004, 2007
Max Biaggi	2	2010, 2012
Raymond Roche	1	1990
Scott Russell	1	1993
John Kocinski	1	1997
Neil Hodgson	1	2003
Ben Spies	1	2009
Carlos Checa	1	2011
Tom Sykes	1	2013
Sylvain Guintoli	1	2014

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

By nationality

Country	Championships	No. of Champions
Great Britain	14	5
United States	9	6
Australia	5	2
France	2	2
Italy	2	1
Spain	1	1

By race wins

Riders	Total Wins
Jonathan Rea	99
Carl Fogarty	59
Troy Bayliss	52
Tom Sykes	34
Troy Corser	33
Colin Edwards	31
Chaz Davies	30
Doug Polen	27
Carlos Checa	24
Raymond Roche	23
Max Biaggi	21

Manufacturers Championship[1]

By season

Season	Champion (Motorcycle)						Wins	2nd place	3rd place
	Honda	Ducati	Suzuki	Yamaha	Aprilia	Kawasaki
1988	Honda RC30						2	6	8
1989	Honda RC30						8	7	12
1990	Honda RC30						6	8	12
1991		Ducati 888					23	14	11
1992		Ducati 888					20	15	11
1993		Ducati 888					19	6	7
1994		Ducati 916					12	11	9
1995		Ducati 916					20	14	8
1996		Ducati 916					14	10	8
1997	Honda RC45						12	9	10
1998		Ducati 916					10	14	16
1999		Ducati 996					16	14	5
2000		Ducati 996					5	10	7
2001		Ducati 996R					15	16	7
2002		Ducati 998 F02					14	12	18
2003		Ducati 999 F03					24	20	20
2004		Ducati 999 F04					18	17	20
2005			Suzuki GSX-R1000				9	11	6
2006		Ducati 999 F06					12	3	3
2007				Yamaha YZF-R1			6	9	9
2008		Ducati 1098 F08					13	11	12
2009		Ducati 1198 F09					11	16	9
2010					Aprilia RSV4		10	3	4
2011		Ducati 1198R					15	4	8
2012					Aprilia RSV4		7	5	9
2013					Aprilia RSV4		10	9	6
2014					Aprilia RSV4		11	10	6
2015						Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	13	7
2016						Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	18	11
2017						Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	12	10
2018						Kawasaki ZX-10RR	18	9	5
2019						Kawasaki ZX-10RR	19	19	15
2020						Kawasaki ZX-10RR	12	7	2
Total	4	17	1	1	4	6

By manufacturer

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
Suzuki	1	2005
Yamaha	1	2007

As of 18 October 2020

References

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