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Motocross World Championship
Official logo
CategoryMotocross
RegionInternational
Official websiteMXGP.com
MXGP World Championship
ManufacturersBeta, Fantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Yamaha
Riders' championSpain Jorge Prado
Makes' championJapan Honda
Current season
MX2 World Championship
ManufacturersFantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Triumph, Yamaha
Riders' championNetherlands Kay de Wolf
Makes' championSweden Husqvarna
Current season
MXW World Championship
ManufacturersFantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Yamaha
Riders' championNetherlands Lotte van Drunen
Makes' championJapan Yamaha
Current season
Tanel Leok in 2008

The FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2. Race duration is 30 minutes plus two laps per race. The series runs 20 events with two races per class, including a point-scoring qualification race. The FIM Women's Motocross World Championship (MXW) is a women-only motocross championship, inaugurated in 2005, and is a feeder series to the FIM Motocross World Championship.

History

The FIM Motocross World Championship is a worldwide motocross series sanctioned by the F.I.M. It was inaugurated in 1957 using a 500 cc engine displacement formula. In 1962 a 250cc class was added and in 1975, a 125cc class was introduced. Prior to 1957, the championship was known as the European Championship.

In 2004, the F.I.M. changed the displacement formulas to reflect the changes in engine technology and as a move towards environmentally friendlier four-stroke engines. The new MX1 class became the premier class, allowing two-stroke engines of up to 250cc and four-stroke engines of up to 450cc. The MX2 class allowed two-stroke engines of up to 125cc and four-stroke motors of up to 250cc. The MX3 class allowed two-stroke engines of up to 500cc and four stroke engines of up to 650cc.

World Champions by year

  European Championship only
Year 500cc
1952 1) Belgium Victor Leloup (Saroléa)
2) Belgium Auguste Mingels (Matchless)
3) United Kingdom John Avery (BSA)
1953 1) Belgium Auguste Mingels (FN)
2) Belgium René Baeten (Saroléa)
3) Belgium Victor Leloup (FN)
1954 1) Belgium Auguste Mingels (FN)
2) Belgium René Baeten (Saroléa)
3) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
1955 1) United Kingdom John Draper (BSA)
2) Sweden Bill Nilsson (BSA)
3) Sweden Sten Lundin (BSA)
1956 1) United Kingdom Les Archer (Norton)
2) United Kingdom John Draper (BSA)
3) Belgium Nic Jansen (Matchless)
Year 500cc 250cc
1957 1) Sweden Bill Nilsson (AJS)
2) Belgium René Baeten (FN)
3) Sweden Sten Lundin (Monark)
1) Germany Fritz Betzelbacher (Maico)
2) Germany Willi Oesterle (Maico)
3) Czechoslovakia Jaromír Čížek (Jawa)
1958 1) Belgium René Baeten (FN)
2) Sweden Bill Nilsson (Crescent)
3) Sweden Sten Lundin (Monark)
1) Czechoslovakia Jaromír Čížek (Jawa)
2) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)
3) Germany Rolf Müller (Maico)
1959 1) Sweden Sten Lundin (Monark)
2) Sweden Bill Nilsson (Crescent)
3) United Kingdom David Curtis (Matchless)
1) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)
2) United Kingdom Brian Stonebridge (Greeves)
3) Czechoslovakia Jaromír Čížek (Jawa)
1960 1) Sweden Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna)
2) Sweden Sten Lundin (Monark)
3) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)
1) United Kingdom Dave Bickers (Greeves)
2) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
3) Czechoslovakia Miroslav Souchek (ČZ)
1961 1) Sweden Sten Lundin (Lito [de; nl])
2) Sweden Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna)
3) Sweden Gunnar Johansson (Lito)
1) United Kingdom Dave Bickers (Greeves)
2) United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin (BSA)
3) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
1962 1) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)
2) Sweden Gunnar Johansson (Lito)
3) Sweden Sten Lundin (Lito)
1) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
2) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
3) United Kingdom Arthur Lampkin (BSA)
1963 1) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)
2) Sweden Sten Lundin (Lito)
3) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
1) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
2) Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Valek (ČZ)
3) Soviet Union Igor Grigoriev (ČZ)
1964 1) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
2) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (Hedlund)
3) Sweden Sten Lundin (Lito)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
2) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
3) Soviet Union Victor Arbekov (ČZ)
1965 1) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
2) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
3) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (ČZ)
1) Soviet Union Victor Arbekov (ČZ)
2) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
3) United Kingdom Dave Bickers (Greeves)
1966 1) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
2) Sweden Rolf Tibblin (ČZ)
3) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
1) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
2) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
3) Czechoslovakia Petr Dobry (ČZ)
1967 1) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
2) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
3) United Kingdom Dave Bickers (ČZ)
1) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
2) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
3) Sweden Olle Petterson (Husqvarna)
1968 1) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
2) United Kingdom John Banks (BSA)
3) Sweden Åke Jonsson (Husqvarna)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
2) Sweden Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna)
3) Belgium Sylvain Geboers (ČZ)
1969 1) Sweden Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna)
2) United Kingdom John Banks (BSA)
3) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (ČZ)
2) Belgium Sylvain Geboers (ČZ)
3) Sweden Olle Petterson (Suzuki)
1970 1) Sweden Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna)
2) Sweden Arne Kring (Husqvarna)
3) Sweden Åke Jonsson (Maico)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki)
3) Belgium Roger De Coster (ČZ)
1971 1) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
2) Sweden Åke Jonsson (Maico)
3) Germany Adolf Weil (Maico)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (Suzuki)
2) Sweden Håkan Andersson (Husqvarna)
3) Belgium Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki)
1972 1) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
2) East Germany Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)
3) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
1) Belgium Joël Robert (Suzuki)
2) Sweden Håkan Andersson (Yamaha)
3) Belgium Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki)
1973 1) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
2) Germany Willy Bauer (Maico)
3) Belgium Jaak van Velthoven (Yamaha)
1) Sweden Håkan Andersson (Yamaha)
2) Germany Adolf Weil (Maico)
3) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
1974 1) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
2) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
3) Germany Adolf Weil (Maico)
1) Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev (KTM)
2) Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Falta (ČZ)
3) Belgium Harry Everts (Puch)
Year 500cc 250cc 125cc
1975 1) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
2) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
3) Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)
1) Belgium Harry Everts (Puch)
2) Sweden Håkan Andersson (Yamaha)
3) Germany Willy Bauer (Suzuki)
1) Belgium Gaston Rahier (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Gilbert de Roover (Zündapp)
3) Czechoslovakia Antonin Baborowsky (ČZ)
1976 1) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
2) Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)
3) Germany Adolf Weil (Maico)
1) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
2) Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev (KTM)
3) Soviet Union Vladimir Kavinov (KTM)
1) Belgium Gaston Rahier (Suzuki)
2) Czechoslovakia Jiri Churavy (ČZ)
3) Czechoslovakia Zdeneck Velky (ČZ)
1977 1) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)
1) Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev (KTM)
2) Soviet Union Vladimir Kavinov (KTM)
3) Belgium André Malherbe (KTM)
1) Belgium Gaston Rahier (Suzuki)
2) Netherlands Gerard Rond (Yamaha)
3) Belgium André Massant (Yamaha)
1978 1) Finland Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha)
2) United States Brad Lackey (Honda)
3) Belgium Roger De Coster (Suzuki)
1) Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev (KTM)
2) Sweden Torleif Hansen (Kawasaki)
3) Germany Hans Maisch (Maico)
1) Japan Akira Watanabe (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Gaston Rahier (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands Gerard Rond (Yamaha)
1979 1) United Kingdom Graham Noyce (Honda)
2) Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)
3) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
1) Sweden Håkan Carlqvist (Husqvarna)
2) United Kingdom Neil Hudson (Maico)
3) Soviet Union Vladimir Kavinov (KTM)
1) Belgium Harry Everts (Suzuki)
2) Japan Akira Watanabe (Suzuki)
3) Belgium Gaston Rahier (Yamaha)
1980 1) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
2) United States Brad Lackey (Kawasaki)
3) Sweden Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha)
1) Belgium Georges Jobé (Suzuki)
2) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (Maico)
3) Bulgaria Dimitar Ranguelov (Husqvarna)
1) Belgium Harry Everts (Suzuki)
2) Italy Michele Rinaldi (TGM)
3) Belgium Eric Geboers (Suzuki)
1981 1) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
2) United Kingdom Graham Noyce (Honda)
3) Sweden Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha)
1) United Kingdom Neil Hudson (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Georges Jobé (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (KTM)
1) Belgium Harry Everts (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Eric Geboers (Suzuki)
3) Italy Michele Rinaldi (Gilera)
1982 1) United States Brad Lackey (Suzuki)
2) Belgium André Vromans (Suzuki)
3) United Kingdom Neil Hudson (Yamaha)
1) United States Danny LaPorte (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Georges Jobé (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (KTM)
1) Belgium Eric Geboers (Suzuki)
2) Italy Corrado Maddii (Gilera)
3) Italy Michele Rinaldi (Gilera)
1983 1) Sweden Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha)
2) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
3) United Kingdom Graham Noyce (Honda)
1) Belgium Georges Jobé (Suzuki)
2) United States Danny LaPorte (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (KTM)
1) Belgium Eric Geboers (Suzuki)
2) Italy Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki)
3) United States Jim Gibson (Yamaha)
1984 1) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
2) Belgium Georges Jobé (Kawasaki)
3) United Kingdom David Thorpe (Honda)
1) Austria Heinz Kinigadner (KTM)
2) France Jacky Vimond (Yamaha)
3) United Kingdom Jeremy Whatley (Suzuki)
1) Italy Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki)
2) Italy Corrado Maddii (Cagiva)
3) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (KTM)
1985 1) United Kingdom David Thorpe (Honda)
2) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
3) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
1) Austria Heinz Kinigadner (KTM)
2) France Jacky Vimond (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda)
1) Finland Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva)
2) Netherlands David Strijbos (Honda)
3) Italy Corrado Maddii (Cagiva)
1986 1) United Kingdom David Thorpe (Honda)
2) Belgium André Malherbe (Honda)
3) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
1) France Jacky Vimond (Yamaha)
2) Italy Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda)
1) Netherlands David Strijbos (Cagiva)
2) Netherlands John van den Berk (Yamaha)
3) Italy Massimo Contini (Cagiva)
1987 1) Belgium Georges Jobé (Honda)
2) United Kingdom Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki)
3) Netherlands Kees van der Ven (KTM)
1) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
2) Finland Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva)
3) Sweden Jörgen Nilsson (Honda)
1) Netherlands John van den Berk (Yamaha)
2) Netherlands David Strijbos (Cagiva)
3) France Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda)
1988 1) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
2) United Kingdom Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki)
3) United Kingdom David Thorpe (Honda)
1) Netherlands John van den Berk (Yamaha)
2) Finland Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva)
3) United States Rodney Smith (Suzuki)
1) France Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda)
2) Netherlands David Strijbos (Cagiva)
3) Netherlands Pedro Tragter (Honda)
1989 1) United Kingdom David Thorpe (Honda)
2) Australia Jeff Leisk (Honda)
3) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
1) France Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda)
2) Finland Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands John van den Berk (Yamaha)
1) United States Trampas Parker (KTM)
2) Italy Alex Puzar (Suzuki)
3) United States Mike Healy (KTM)
1990 1) Belgium Eric Geboers (Honda)
2) United Kingdom Kurt Nicoll (KTM)
3) Belgium Dirk Geukens (Honda)
1) Italy Alex Puzar (Suzuki)
2) Finland Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands John van den Berk (Suzuki)
1) United States Donny Schmit (Suzuki)
2) United States Bobby Moore (KTM)
3) Belgium Stefan Everts (Suzuki)
1991 1) Belgium Georges Jobé (Honda)
2) Belgium Jacky Martens (KTM)
3) Belgium Dirk Geukens (Honda)
1) United States Trampas Parker (Honda)
2) United States Mike Healy (KTM)
3) Italy Alex Puzar (Suzuki)
1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Suzuki)
2) United States Bobby Moore (KTM)
3) Netherlands Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
1992 1) Belgium Georges Jobé (Honda)
2) United Kingdom Kurt Nicoll (KTM)
3) United States Billy Liles (Honda)
1) United States Donny Schmit (Yamaha)
2) United States Bobby Moore (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands Edwin Evertsen (Kawasaki)
1) South Africa Greg Albertyn (Honda)
2) Netherlands David Strijbos (Honda)
3) Netherlands Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
1993 1) Belgium Jacky Martens (Husqvarna)
2) Sweden Jörgen Nilsson (Honda)
3) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
1) South Africa Greg Albertyn (Honda)
2) Belgium Stefan Everts (Suzuki)
3) United States Donny Schmit (Yamaha)
1) Netherlands Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
2) France Yves Demaria (Suzuki)
3) Netherlands David Strijbos (Honda)
1994 1) Sweden Marcus Hansson (Honda)
2) Belgium Jacky Martens (Husqvarna)
3) Belgium Joël Smets (Vertemati)
1) South Africa Greg Albertyn (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Stefan Everts (Kawasaki)
3) France Yves Demaria (Honda)
1) United States Bobby Moore (Yamaha)
2) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Honda)
3) Netherlands Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
1995 1) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
2) United States Trampas Parker (KTM)
3) New Zealand Darryl King (Kawasaki)
1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Kawasaki)
2) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki)
3) United States Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki)
1) Italy Alex Puzar (Honda)
2) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha)
3) France Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki)
1996 1) New Zealand Shayne King (KTM)
2) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
3) Sweden Peter Johansson (Husqvarna)
1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Honda)
2) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki)
3) United States Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki)
1) France Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki)
2) United Kingdom Paul Malin (Yamaha)
3) France Frédéric Vialle (Yamaha)
1997 1) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
2) New Zealand Darryl King (Husqvarna)
3) New Zealand Shayne King (KTM)
1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Honda)
2) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki)
3) Germany Pit Beirer (Honda)
1) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha)
2) Italy Alex Puzar (TM)
3) Italy Claudio Federici [it] (Husqvarna)
1998 1) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
2) New Zealand Darryl King (Husqvarna)
3) Sweden Peter Johansson (Yamaha)
1) France Sebastien Tortelli (Kawasaki)
2) Belgium Stefan Everts (Honda)
3) Germany Pit Beirer (Honda)
1) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna)
2) France David Vuillemin (Yamaha)
3) Italy Alex Puzar (TM)
1999 1) Italy Andrea Bartolini (Yamaha)
2) Sweden Peter Johansson (KTM)
3) Belgium Joël Smets (Husaberg)
1) France Frédéric Bolley (Honda)
2) Germany Pit Beirer (Kawasaki)
3) France David Vuillemin (Yamaha)
1) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna)
2) Italy Claudio Federici [it] (Yamaha)
3) United States Mike Brown (Honda)
2000 1) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM)
2) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha)
3) Sweden Peter Johansson
1) France Frédéric Bolley (Honda)
2) France Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki)
3) Germany Pit Beirer (Kawasaki)
1) South Africa Grant Langston (KTM)
2) United Kingdom James Dobb
3) United States Mike Brown
2001 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM)
3) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha)
1) France Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki)
2) Australia Chad Reed (Kawasaki)
3) Republic of Ireland Gordon Crockard (Honda)
1) United Kingdom James Dobb (KTM)
2) Belgium Steve Ramon (Kawasaki)
3) Netherlands Erik Eggens (KTM)
2002 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM)
3) Spain Javier Garcia Vico (KTM)
1) France Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki)
2) New Zealand Josh Coppins (Honda)
3) Germany Pit Beirer (Honda)
1) France Mickaël Maschio (Kawasaki)
2) Belgium Steve Ramon (KTM)
3) Belgium Patrick Caps (KTM)
Year MotocrossGP 125cc 650cc
2003 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM)
3) France Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki)
1) Belgium Steve Ramon (KTM)
2) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
3) Italy Andrea Bartolini (Yamaha)
1) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM)
2) Spain Javier Garcia Vico (KTM)
3) Belgium Cedric Melotte (Honda)
Year MX1 MX2 MX3
2004 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) France Mickaël Pichon (Honda)
3) New Zealand Josh Coppins (Honda)
1) New Zealand Ben Townley (KTM)
2) South Africa Tyla Rattray (KTM)
3) Italy Tony Cairoli (Yamaha)
1) France Yves Demaria (KTM)
2) Italy Christian Beggi (Honda)
3) Italy Daniele Bricca (Honda)
Year MX1 MX2 MX3 Women's MX
2005 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) New Zealand Josh Coppins (Honda)
3) New Zealand Ben Townley (KTM)
1) Italy Tony Cairoli (Yamaha)
2) Australia Andrew McFarlane (Yamaha)
3) Italy Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha)
1) Belgium Sven Breugelmans (KTM)
2) France Yves Demaria (KTM)
3) Switzerland Julien Bill (KTM)
1) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
2) New Zealand Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki)
3) France Livia Lancelot (Yamaha)
2006 1) Belgium Stefan Everts (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki)
3) Belgium Steve Ramon (Suzuki)
1) France Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki)
2) Italy Tony Cairoli (Yamaha)
3) Italy David Philippaerts (KTM)
1) France Yves Demaria (KTM)
2) Belgium Sven Breugelmans (KTM)
3) Italy Christian Beggi (Honda)
1) New Zealand Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki)
2) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
3) France Livia Lancelot (Yamaha)
2007 1) Belgium Steve Ramon (Suzuki)
2) Belgium Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki)
3) New Zealand Josh Coppins (Yamaha)
1) Italy Tony Cairoli (Yamaha)
2) United Kingdom Tommy Searle (KTM)
3) France Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki)
1) France Yves Demaria (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Sven Breugelmans (KTM)
3) Finland Jussi-Pekka Vehvilainen (Honda)
1) New Zealand Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki)
2) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
3) Germany Maria Franke (Kawasaki)
2008 1) Italy David Philippaerts (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Steve Ramon (Suzuki)
3) Belgium Ken De Dycker (Suzuki)
1) South Africa Tyla Rattray (KTM)
2) United Kingdom Tommy Searle (KTM)
3) France Nicolas Aubin (Yamaha)
1) Belgium Sven Breugelmans (KTM)
2) Italy Christian Beggi (Honda)
3) France Christophe Martin (Husqvarna)
1) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
2) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
3) Germany Maria Franke (Kawasaki)
2009 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (Yamaha)
2) Germany Max Nagl (KTM)
3) Belgium Clément Desalle (Honda)
1) France Marvin Musquin (KTM)
2) Portugal Rui Gonçalves (KTM)
3) France Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki)
1) France Pierre Renet (Suzuki)
2) Italy Alex Salvini (Husqvarna)
3) Finland Antti Pyrhonen (Honda)
1) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
2) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
3) Republic of Ireland Natalie Kane (KTM)
2010 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) Belgium Clément Desalle (Suzuki)
3) Italy David Philippaerts (Yamaha)
1) France Marvin Musquin (KTM)
2) Germany Ken Roczen (Suzuki)
3) France Steven Frossard (Kawasaki)
1) Spain Carlos Campano (Yamaha)
2) Italy Alex Salvini (Husqvarna)
3) Slovenia Matevz Irt (Husqvarna)
1) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
2) France Livia Lancelot (KTM)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
2011 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) France Steven Frossard (Yamaha)
3) Belgium Clément Desalle (Suzuki)
1) Germany Ken Roczen (KTM)
2) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
3) United Kingdom Tommy Searle (Kawasaki)
1) Switzerland Julien Bill (Honda)
2) France Milko Potisek (Honda)
3) Czech Republic Martin Michek (KTM)
1) Germany Stephanie Laier (KTM)
2) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (KTM)
2012 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) Belgium Clément Desalle (Suzuki)
3) France Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki)
1) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2) United Kingdom Tommy Searle (Kawasaki)
3) Belgium Jeremy Van Horebeek (KTM)
1) Austria Matthias Walkner (KTM)
2) Czech Republic Martin Michek (KTM)
3) Austria Günter Schmidinger (Honda)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) Republic of Ireland Natalie Kane (KTM)
3) Netherlands Britt van der Wekken (Honda)
2013 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) Belgium Clément Desalle (Suzuki)
3) Belgium Ken De Dycker (KTM)
1) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2) France Jordi Tixier (KTM)
3) Spain José Butrón (KTM)
1) Slovenia Klemen Gerčar (Honda)
2) Czech Republic Martin Michek (KTM)
3) Austria Matthias Walkner (KTM)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) Australia Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki)
3) Germany Stephanie Laier (Kawasaki)
Year MXGP MX2 Women's MX
2014 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) Belgium Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yamaha)
3) Belgium Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki)
1) France Jordi Tixier (KTM)
2) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
3) France Romain Febvre (Husqvarna)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) Australia Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki)
3) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
2015 1) France Romain Febvre (Yamaha)
2) France Gautier Paulin (Honda)
3) Russia Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda)
1) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
2) Latvia Pauls Jonass (KTM)
3) United Kingdom Max Anstie (Kawasaki)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
3) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
2016 1) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
2) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
3) Germany Max Nagl (Husqvarna)
1) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki)
3) France Benoît Paturel (Yamaha)
1) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
2) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
2017 1) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
2) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
3) France Gautier Paulin (Husqvarna)
1) Latvia Pauls Jonass (KTM)
2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki)
3) Denmark Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) France Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
3) New Zealand Courtney Duncan (Yamaha)
2018 1) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
3) Belgium Clément Desalle (Kawasaki)
1) Spain Jorge Prado (KTM)
2) Latvia Pauls Jonass (KTM)
3) Denmark Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna)
1) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha)
2) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
2019 1) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
3) Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff (KTM)
1) Spain Jorge Prado (KTM)
2) Denmark Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna)
3) Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
1) New Zealand Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki)
2) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
2020 1) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
3) Italy Tony Cairoli (KTM)
1) France Tom Vialle (KTM)
2) Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
3) France Maxime Renaux (Yamaha)
1) New Zealand Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki)
2) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
2021 1) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2) France Romain Febvre (Kawasaki)
3) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
1) France Maxime Renaux (Yamaha)
2) Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
3) France Tom Vialle (KTM)
1) New Zealand Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki)
2) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
3) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas)
2022 1) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
3) Spain Jorge Prado (GasGas)
1) France Tom Vialle (KTM)
2) Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
3) Germany Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)
1) Netherlands Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
2) Netherlands Lynn Valk (Yamaha)
3) Germany Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
2023 1) Spain Jorge Prado (Gas Gas)
2) France Romain Febvre (Kawasaki)
3) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
1) Italy Andrea Adamo (KTM)
2) Belgium Jago Geerts (Yamaha)
3) Germany Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)
1) New Zealand Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki)
2) Spain Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas)
3) Netherlands Lotte van Drunen (Kawasaki)
2024 1) Spain Jorge Prado (Gas Gas)
2) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda)
3) Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
1) Netherlands Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna)
2) Belgium Lucas Coenen (Husqvarna)
3) Germany Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)
1) Netherlands Lotte van Drunen (Yamaha)
2) Spain Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas)
3) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas)

World Championships by nationality

Summary

Country 500cc / MX3 250cc / MX1 / MXGP 125cc / MX2 Women Total
 Belgium 24 18 10 0 52
 France 4 8 10 2 24
 Italy 1 9 8 6 24
 Sweden 10 6 0 0 16
 Netherlands 0 3 6 2 11
 United Kingdom 6 1 1 0 8
 United States 1 3 3 0 7
 New Zealand 1 0 1 5 7
 Slovenia 1 4 1 0 6
 Finland 3 1 1 0 5
 Spain 1 2 2 0 5
 South Africa 0 2 3 0 5
 Germany 0 0 1 4 5
 Soviet Union 0 4 0 0 4
 East Germany 3 0 0 0 3
 Austria 1 2 0 0 3
 Switzerland 1 0 0 0 1
 Japan
 Latvia
0 0 1 0 1

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

500cc / MX3

Country Championships
1  Belgium 24
2  Sweden 10
3  United Kingdom 6
4  France 4
5  East Germany
 Finland
3
7  Austria
 Italy
 New Zealand
 Spain
 Slovenia
 Switzerland
 United States
1

250cc / MX1 / MXGP

Country Championships
1  Belgium 18
2  Italy 9
3  France 8
4  Sweden 6
5  Soviet Union
 Slovenia
4
7  United States
 Netherlands
3
9  Austria
 South Africa
 Spain
2
12  Finland
 United Kingdom
1

125cc / MX2

Country Championships
1  Belgium
 France
10
3  Italy 8
4  Netherlands 6
5  South Africa
 United States
3
7  Spain 2
8  Finland
 Germany
 Japan
 Latvia
 New Zealand
 Slovenia
 United Kingdom
1

Women

Country Championships
1  New Zealand 7
2  Italy 6
3  Germany 4
4  France 2
5  Netherlands 2

Without the European Championships. Last updated: 24 September 2023.

Riders statistics

World Championships

Update to the end of 2024 season.

Rider Titles
Belgium Stefan Everts 10 (2 × 500cc, 3 × 250cc, 4 × MX1, 1 × 125cc)
Italy Tony Cairoli 9 (5 × MX1, 2 × MXGP, 2 × MX2)
Belgium Joël Robert 6 (6 × 250cc)
Belgium Roger De Coster 5 (5 × 500cc)
Belgium Joël Smets 5 (4 × 500cc, 1 × 650cc)
Belgium Georges Jobé 5 (3 × 500cc, 2 × 250cc)
Belgium Eric Geboers 5 (2 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc, 2 × 125cc)
Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings 5 (2 × MXGP, 3 × MX2)
Slovenia Tim Gajser 5 (4 × MXGP, 1 × MX2)
Finland Heikki Mikkola 4 (3 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc)
Sweden Torsten Hallman 4 (4 × 250cc)
Belgium Harry Everts 4 (1 × 250cc, 3 × 125cc)
Spain Jorge Prado 4 (2 x MXGP, 2 x MX2)
East Germany Paul Friedrichs
Belgium André Malherbe
United Kingdom David Thorpe
3 (3 × 500cc)
France Yves Demaria 3 (3 × MX3)
Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev 3 (3 × 250cc)
South Africa Greg Albertyn 3 (2 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc)
Belgium Gaston Rahier
Italy Alessio Chiodi
3 (3 × 125cc)
Sweden Bill Nilsson
Sweden Sten Lundin
Sweden Rolf Tibblin
United Kingdom Jeff Smith
Sweden Bengt Åberg
2 (2 × 500cc)
Belgium Sven Breugelmans 2 (2 × MX3 )
Sweden Håkan Carlqvist 2 (1 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc)
Austria Heinz Kinigadner
France Frédéric Bolley
France Mickaël Pichon
2 (2 × 250cc)
Netherlands John van den Berk
France Jean-Michel Bayle
Italy Alex Puzar
United States Trampas Parker
United States Donny Schmit
France Sébastien Tortelli
2 (1 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc )
Belgium Steve Ramon 2 (1 × MX1, 1 × MX2)
France Marvin Musquin
France Tom Vialle
2 (2 × MX2)
Belgium René Baeten
United Kingdom Graham Noyce
United States Brad Lackey
Belgium Jacky Martens
Sweden Marcus Hansson
New Zealand Shayne King
Italy Andrea Bartolini
1 (1 × 500cc)
France Pierre Renet
Spain Carlos Campano
Switzerland Julien Bill
Austria Matthias Walkner
Slovenia Klemen Gerčar
1 (1 × MX3)
Soviet Union Victor Arbekov
Sweden Håkan Andersson
United Kingdom Neil Hudson
United States Danny LaPorte
France Jacky Vimond
1 (1 × 250cc)
Italy David Philippaerts 1 (1 × MX1)
France Romain Febvre 1 (1 × MXGP)
Japan Akira Watanabe
Italy Michele Rinaldi
Finland Pekka Vehkonen
Netherlands Dave Strijbos
Netherlands Pedro Tragter
United States Bob Moore
South Africa Grant Langston
United Kingdom James Dobb
France Mickaël Maschio
1 (1 × 125cc)
New Zealand Ben Townley
France Christophe Pourcel
South Africa Tyla Rattray
Germany Ken Roczen
France Jordi Tixier
Latvia Pauls Jonass
France Maxime Renaux
Italy Andrea Adamo
Netherlands Kay de Wolf
1 (1 × MX2)

GP Wins

Only the victories in the GPs are considered, this result is given by the sum of the results of the single races, when the GP is disputed over two races.

Update to 29 September 2024.

  Still active
# Rider 500cc (1952–2002)
650cc (2003)
MX1 (2004–2013)
MXGP (2014–Present)
250cc (1957–2002)
MotocrossGP (2003)
MX2 (2004–Present)
125cc (1975–2003)
MX3 (2004–2013)
Wins
1 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings 46 61 107
2 Belgium Stefan Everts 42 46 13 101
3 Italy Tony Cairoli 70 24 94
4 Belgium Joël Smets 57 57
5 Belgium Joël Robert 50 50
6 Slovenia Tim Gajser 44 5 49
7 Spain Jorge Prado 18 31 49
8 Belgium Eric Geboers 16 5 18 39
9 France Mickaël Pichon 8 27 3 38
10 France Yves Demaria 2 11 24 37
11 Sweden Torsten Hallman 1 36 37
12 Belgium Roger De Coster 36 36
13 FinlandHeikki Mikkola 32

Medal table

Medal table MX

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium524633131
2 France22121751
3 Italy17171549
4 Sweden16181751
5 Netherlands9122041
6 Great Britain8151336
7 United States78924
8 Slovenia6129
9 Finland55414
10 Spain52310
11 South Africa5106
12 Soviet Union42410
13 East Germany3216
14 Austria3025
15 New Zealand24511
16 Germany151117
17 Switzerland1517
18 Latvia1203
19 Japan1102
20 Czechoslovakia0336
21 Australia0303
22 Czech Republic0213
23 Denmark0123
24 Portugal0101
25 Bulgaria0011
 Ireland0011
 Russia0011
Totals (27 entries)168168166502

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

Medal table WMX

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy6118
2 New Zealand5218
3 Germany431017
4 Netherlands2529
5 France2439
6 Australia0202
7 Ireland0112
Totals (7 entries)19181855

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

Grand Prix Nations

Countries that have held Grand Prix as of the 2024 season. Countries in bold currently hold a Grand Prix.

See also

Notes

  1. Smith finished third even if on equal points with Leolup by virtue of the best result obtained in the grand prix: a victory against a second place.

References

  1. ^ "History of Individual Motocross World Championships" (PDF). fim-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. "History of Winners". mxgp.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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