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

Year500cc
19521) Belgium Victor Leloup (Saroléa) 2) Belgium Auguste Mingels (Matchless) 3) United Kingdom John Avery (BSA)
19531) Belgium Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) Belgium René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) Belgium Victor Leloup (FN)
19541) Belgium Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) Belgium René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) United Kingdom Jeff Smith (BSA)
19551) United Kingdom John Draper (BSA) 2) Sweden Bill Nilsson (BSA) 3) Sweden Sten Lundin (BSA)
19561) United Kingdom Les Archer (Norton) 2) United Kingdom John Draper (BSA) 3) Belgium Nic Jansen (Matchless)
Year500cc250cc
19571) 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)
19581) 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)
19591) 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)
19601) 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)
19611) 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)
19621) 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)
19631) 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)
19641) 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)
19651) 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)
19661) 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)
19671) 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)
19681) 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)
19691) 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)
19701) 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)
19711) 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)
19721) 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)
19731) 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)
19741) 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)
Year500cc250cc125cc
19751) 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)
19761) 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 Jiří Churavý (ČZ) 3) Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Velký (ČZ)
19771) 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 Gérard Rond (Yamaha) 3) Belgium André Massant (Yamaha)
19781) 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 Gérard Rond (Yamaha)
19791) 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)
19801) 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)
19811) 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)
19821) 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)
19831) 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)
19841) 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)
19851) 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)
19861) 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)
19871) 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)
19881) 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)
19891) 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)
19901) 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)
19911) 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)
19921) 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)
19931) 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)
19941) 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)
19951) 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)
19961) 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)
19971) 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)
19981) 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)
19991) 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)
20001) Belgium Joël Smets (KTM) 2) Belgium Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha) 3) Sweden Peter Johansson1) 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
20011) 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)
20021) 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)
YearMotocrossGP125cc650cc
20031) 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)
YearMX1MX2MX3
20041) 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)
YearMX1MX2MX3Women's MX
20051) 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)
20061) 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)
20071) 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)
20081) 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)
20091) 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)
20101) 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)
20111) 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)
20121) 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)
20131) 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)
YearMXGPMX2Women's MX
20141) 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)
20151) 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)
20161) 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)
20171) 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)
20181) 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)
20191) 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)
20201) 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)
20211) 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)
20221) Slovenia Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Switzerland Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Spain Jorge Prado (Gas Gas)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)
20231) 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)
20241) 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)
20251) France Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 2) Belgium Lucas Coenen (KTM) 3) Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff (Fantic)1) Germany Simon Längenfelder (KTM) 2) Netherlands Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna) 3) Italy Andrea Adamo (KTM)1) Netherlands Lotte van Drunen (Yamaha) 2) Italy Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas) 3) Spain Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas)

World Championships by nationality

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Summary

Country500cc / MX3250cc / MX1 / MXGP125cc / MX2WomenTotal
Belgium241810052
France4910225
Italy198624
Sweden1060016
Netherlands036312
United Kingdom61108
United States13307
New Zealand10157
Germany00246
Slovenia14106
Finland31105
Spain12205
South Africa02305
Soviet Union04004
East Germany30003
Austria12003
Switzerland10001
Japan00101
Latvia00101

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

CountryChampionships
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 1250cc / MX1 / MXGP Country Championships 1 Belgium 18 2 Italy France 9 4 Sweden 6 5 Soviet Union Slovenia 4 7 United States Netherlands 3 9 Austria South Africa Spain 2 12 Finland United Kingdom 1125cc / 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 1Women Country Championships 1 New Zealand 7 2 Italy 6 3 Germany 4 4 France 2 5 Netherlands 2
1Belgium24
2Sweden10
3United Kingdom6
4France4
5East Germany Finland3
7Austria Italy New Zealand Spain Slovenia Switzerland United States1
CountryChampionships
1Belgium18
2Italy France9
4Sweden6
5Soviet Union Slovenia4
7United States Netherlands3
9Austria South Africa Spain2
12Finland United Kingdom1
CountryChampionships
1Belgium France10
3Italy8
4Netherlands6
5South Africa United States3
7Spain2
8Finland Germany Japan Latvia New Zealand Slovenia United Kingdom1
CountryChampionships
1New Zealand7
2Italy6
3Germany4
4France2
5Netherlands2

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

Riders statistics

World Championships

Update to the end of 2025 season.

RiderTitles
Belgium Stefan Everts10 (2 × 500cc, 3 × 250cc, 4 × MX1, 1 × 125cc)
Italy Tony Cairoli9 (5 × MX1, 2 × MXGP, 2 × MX2)
Belgium Joël Robert6 (6 × 250cc)
Belgium Roger De Coster5 (5 × 500cc)
Belgium Joël Smets5 (4 × 500cc, 1 × 650cc)
Belgium Georges Jobé5 (3 × 500cc, 2 × 250cc)
Belgium Eric Geboers5 (2 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc, 2 × 125cc)
Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings5 (2 × MXGP, 3 × MX2)
Slovenia Tim Gajser5 (4 × MXGP, 1 × MX2)
Finland Heikki Mikkola4 (3 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc)
Sweden Torsten Hallman4 (4 × 250cc)
Belgium Harry Everts4 (1 × 250cc, 3 × 125cc)
Spain Jorge Prado4 (2 x MXGP, 2 x MX2)
East Germany Paul Friedrichs Belgium André Malherbe United Kingdom David Thorpe3 (3 × 500cc)
France Yves Demaria3 (3 × MX3)
Soviet Union Guennady Moisseev3 (3 × 250cc)
South Africa Greg Albertyn3 (2 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc)
Belgium Gaston Rahier Italy Alessio Chiodi3 (3 × 125cc)
France Romain Febvre2 (2 × MXGP)
Sweden Bill Nilsson Sweden Sten Lundin Sweden Rolf Tibblin United Kingdom Jeff Smith Sweden Bengt Åberg2 (2 × 500cc)
Belgium Sven Breugelmans2 (2 × MX3 )
Sweden Håkan Carlqvist2 (1 × 500cc, 1 × 250cc)
Austria Heinz Kinigadner France Frédéric Bolley France Mickaël Pichon2 (2 × 250cc)
Netherlands John van den Berk France Jean-Michel Bayle Italy Alex Puzar United States Trampas Parker United States Donny Schmit France Sébastien Tortelli2 (1 × 250cc, 1 × 125cc )
Belgium Steve Ramon2 (1 × MX1, 1 × 125cc)
France Marvin Musquin France Tom Vialle2 (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 Bartolini1 (1 × 500cc)
France Pierre Renet Spain Carlos Campano Switzerland Julien Bill Austria Matthias Walkner Slovenia Klemen Gerčar1 (1 × MX3)
Soviet Union Victor Arbekov Sweden Håkan Andersson United Kingdom Neil Hudson United States Danny LaPorte France Jacky Vimond1 (1 × 250cc)
Italy David Philippaerts1 (1 × MX1)
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 Maschio1 (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 Germany Simon Längenfelder1 (1 × MX2)

All-time GP wins list

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.

Updated to April 12 2026

#Rider500cc (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
1Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings5261–113
2Belgium Stefan Everts424613101
3Italy Tony Cairoli7024–94
4Belgium Joël Smets57––57
5Slovenia Tim Gajser475–52
6Belgium Joël Robert–50–50
7Spain Jorge Prado1831–49
8Belgium André Malherbe2711139
9Belgium Eric Geboers1651839
10France Mickaël Pichon827338
11France Yves Demaria2112437
12Sweden Torsten Hallman-37–37
13Belgium Roger De Coster36––36
14Finland Heikki Mikkola258–33
15Belgium Georges Jobé1317-30
16England Jeff Smith237-30
17Belgium Gaston Rahier-12930
18Sweden Rolf Tibblin227-29
19Germany Paul Friedrichs271-28
20Netherlands David Strijbos-12627
21Italy Alessio Chiodi-12627
22France Romain Febvre251-26
23Belgium Harry Everts-91726
24France Tom Vialle124-25
25Sweden Sten Lundin25--25
26Belgium Jago Geerts-24-24
27Belgium Clement Desalle23--23
28Italy Alex Puzar-111223
29England David Thorpe22--22
30France Sébastien Tortelli-91221
31Sweden Håkan Carlqvist156-21
32Belgium Marnicq Bervoets415-19
33Belgium Lucas Coenen810-18
34Sweden Bill Nilsson18--18
35England Dave Bickers216-18
36Netherlands Kees van der Ven410418
37Finland Pekka Vehkonen-12517
38Belgium Jacky Martens161-17
39Netherlands Kay de Wolf-15-15
40France Jean-Michel Bayle26715
41South Africa Tyla Rattray-15-15
42United States Donny Schmit-8715
43Italy Andrea Bartolini83415
44Netherlands Gerrit Wolsink15--15
45France Marvin Musquin-14-14
46New Zealand Ben Townley49114
47England Tommy Searle-14-14
48Belgium Sylvain Geboers-14-14
49Switzerland Jeremy Seewer85-13
50Italy Michele Rinaldi-11213
51England Kurt Nicoll112-13

Medal table

Medal table MX

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Belgium524833133
2France23131753
3Italy18171550
4Sweden16181751
5Netherlands10122143
6Great Britain8151336
7United States78924
8Spain72312
9Slovenia62210
10Finland55414
11South Africa5106
12Soviet Union42410
13East Germany3216
14Austria3025
15New Zealand24511
16Germany151319
17Switzerland1528
18Latvia1203
19Japan1102
20Czechoslovakia0336
21Australia0303
22Czech Republic0213
23Denmark0123
24Portugal0101
25Bulgaria0011
Ireland0011
Russia0011
Totals (27 entries)173172170515

Last updated: 24 August 2025.

Medal table WMX

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

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

Grand Prix Nations

Countries that have held Grand Prix as of the 2025 season. Countries in bold currently hold a Grand Prix.

See also

Notes

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