Motocross World Championship Explained

Motocross World Championship
Category:	Motocross
Region:	International
Section1:	Child: yes MXGP World Championship Manufacturers: Beta, Fantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Yamaha Champion Rider: Jorge Prado Manufacturer: Honda Current Season: 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship
Section2:	Child: yes MX2 World Championship Manufacturers: Fantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Triumph, Yamaha Champion Rider: Kay de Wolf Manufacturer: Husqvarna Current Season: 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship
Section3:	Child: yes MXW World Championship Manufacturers: Fantic, Gas Gas, Honda, Husqvarna, Kawasaki, KTM, Yamaha Champion Rider: Lotte van Drunen Manufacturer: Yamaha Current Season: 2024 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship

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.^[1] 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

World Champions by year

Year	500cc
align=center	1952	1) Victor Leloup (Saroléa) 2) Auguste Mingels (Matchless) 3) John Avery (BSA)
align=center	1953	1) Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) Victor Leloup (FN)
align=center	1954	1) Auguste Mingels (FN) 2) René Baeten (Saroléa) 3) Jeff Smith^[2] (BSA)
align=center	1955	1) John Draper (BSA) 2) Bill Nilsson (BSA) 3) Sten Lundin (BSA)
align=center	1956	1) Les Archer (Norton) 2) John Draper (BSA) 3) Nic Jansen (Matchless)

Year	500cc	250cc
align=center	1957	1) Bill Nilsson (AJS) 2) René Baeten (FN) 3) Sten Lundin (Monark)	1) Fritz Betzelbacher (Maico) 2) Willi Oesterle (Maico) 3) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa)
align=center	1958	1) René Baeten (FN) 2) Bill Nilsson (Crescent) 3) Sten Lundin (Monark)	1) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa) 2) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 3) Rolf Müller (Maico)
align=center	1959	1) Sten Lundin (Monark) 2) Bill Nilsson (Crescent) 3) David Curtis (Matchless)	1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Brian Stonebridge (Greeves) 3) Jaromír Čížek (Jawa)
align=center	1960	1) Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) 2) Sten Lundin (Monark) 3) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna)	1) Dave Bickers (Greeves) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Miroslav Souchek (ČZ)
align=center	1961	1) Sten Lundin 2) Bill Nilsson (Husqvarna) 3) Gunnar Johansson (Lito)	1) Dave Bickers (Greeves) 2) Arthur Lampkin (BSA) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA)
align=center	1962	1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Gunnar Johansson (Lito) 3) Sten Lundin (Lito)	1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Arthur Lampkin (BSA)
align=center	1963	1) Rolf Tibblin (Husqvarna) 2) Sten Lundin (Lito) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA)	1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Vlastimil Valek (ČZ) 3) Igor Grigoriev (ČZ)
align=center	1964	1) Jeff Smith (BSA) 2) Rolf Tibblin (Hedlund) 3) Sten Lundin (Lito)	1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 3) Victor Arbekov (ČZ)
align=center	1965	1) Jeff Smith (BSA) 2) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 3) Rolf Tibblin (ČZ)	1) Victor Arbekov (ČZ) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Dave Bickers (Greeves)
align=center	1966	1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) Rolf Tibblin (ČZ) 3) Jeff Smith (BSA)	1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Petr Dobry (ČZ)
align=center	1967	1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) Jeff Smith (BSA) 3) Dave Bickers (ČZ)	1) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 2) Joël Robert (ČZ) 3) Olle Petterson (Husqvarna)
align=center	1968	1) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 2) John Banks (BSA) 3) Åke Jonsson (Husqvarna)	1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Torsten Hallman (Husqvarna) 3) Sylvain Geboers (ČZ)
align=center	1969	1) Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna) 2) John Banks (BSA) 3) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ)	1) Joël Robert (ČZ) 2) Sylvain Geboers (ČZ) 3) Olle Petterson (Suzuki)
align=center	1970	1) Bengt Åberg (Husqvarna) 2) Arne Kring (Husqvarna) 3) Åke Jonsson (Maico)	1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki) 3) Roger De Coster (ČZ)
align=center	1971	1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Åke Jonsson (Maico) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico)	1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Håkan Andersson (Husqvarna) 3) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki)
align=center	1972	1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Paul Friedrichs (ČZ) 3) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)	1) Joël Robert (Suzuki) 2) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 3) Sylvain Geboers (Suzuki)
align=center	1973	1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Willy Bauer (Maico) 3) Jaak van Velthoven (Yamaha)	1) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 2) Adolf Weil (Maico) 3) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna)
align=center	1974	1) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 2) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico)	1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Jaroslav Falta (ČZ) 3) Harry Everts (Puch)

Year	500cc	250cc	125cc
align=center	1975	1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 3) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)	1) Harry Everts (Puch) 2) Håkan Andersson (Yamaha) 3) Willy Bauer (Suzuki)	1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Gilbert de Roover (Zündapp) 3) Antonin Baborowsky (ČZ)
align=center	1976	1) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 2) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) 3) Adolf Weil (Maico)	1) Heikki Mikkola (Husqvarna) 2) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 3) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM)	1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Jiri Churavy (ČZ) 3) Zdeneck Velky (ČZ)
align=center	1977	1) Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha) 2) Roger De Coster (Suzuki) 3) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki)	1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM) 3) André Malherbe (KTM)	1) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 2) Gerard Rond (Yamaha) 3) André Massant (Yamaha)
align=center	1978	1) Heikki Mikkola (Yamaha) 2) Brad Lackey (Honda) 3) Roger De Coster (Suzuki)	1) Guennady Moisseev (KTM) 2) Torleif Hansen (Kawasaki) 3) Hans Maisch (Maico)	1) Akira Watanabe (Suzuki) 2) Gaston Rahier (Suzuki) 3) Gerard Rond (Yamaha)
align=center	1979	1) Graham Noyce (Honda) 2) Gerrit Wolsink (Suzuki) 3) André Malherbe (Honda)	1) Håkan Carlqvist (Husqvarna) 2) Neil Hudson (Maico) 3) Vladimir Kavinov (KTM)	1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Akira Watanabe (Suzuki) 3) Gaston Rahier (Yamaha)
align=center	1980	1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Brad Lackey (Kawasaki) 3) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha)	1) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 2) Kees van der Ven (Maico) 3) Dimitar Ranguelov (Husqvarna)	1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Michele Rinaldi (TGM) 3) Eric Geboers (Suzuki)
align=center	1981	1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Graham Noyce (Honda) 3) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha)	1) Neil Hudson (Yamaha) 2) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM)	1) Harry Everts (Suzuki) 2) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 3) Michele Rinaldi (Gilera)
align=center	1982	1) Brad Lackey (Suzuki) 2) André Vromans (Suzuki) 3) Neil Hudson (Yamaha)	1) Danny LaPorte (Yamaha) 2) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM)	1) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 2) Corrado Maddii (Gilera) 3) Michele Rinaldi (Gilera)
align=center	1983	1) Håkan Carlqvist (Yamaha) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Graham Noyce (Honda)	1) Georges Jobé (Suzuki) 2) Danny LaPorte (Yamaha) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM)	1) Eric Geboers (Suzuki) 2) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 3) Jim Gibson (Yamaha)
align=center	1984	1) André Malherbe (Honda) 2) Georges Jobé (Kawasaki) 3) David Thorpe (Honda)	1) Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 2) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 3) Jeremy Whatley (Suzuki)	1) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 2) Corrado Maddii (Cagiva) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM)
align=center	1985	1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda)	1) Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 2) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 3) Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda)	1) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 2) David Strijbos (Honda) 3) Corrado Maddii (Cagiva)
align=center	1986	1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) André Malherbe (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda)	1) Jacky Vimond (Yamaha) 2) Michele Rinaldi (Suzuki) 3) Gert-Jan van Doorn (Honda)	1) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 2) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 3) Massimo Contini (Cagiva)
align=center	1987	1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki) 3) Kees van der Ven (KTM)	1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 3) Jörgen Nilsson (Honda)	1) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 2) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 3) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda)
align=center	1988	1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (Kawasaki) 3) David Thorpe (Honda)	1) John van den Berk (Yamaha) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Cagiva) 3) Rodney Smith (Suzuki)	1) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda) 2) David Strijbos (Cagiva) 3) Pedro Tragter (Honda)
align=center	1989	1) David Thorpe (Honda) 2) Jeff Leisk (Honda) 3) Eric Geboers (Honda)	1) Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha) 3) John van den Berk (Yamaha)	1) Trampas Parker (KTM) 2) Alex Puzar (Suzuki) 3) Mike Healy (KTM)
align=center	1990	1) Eric Geboers (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (KTM) 3) Dirk Geukens (Honda)	1) Alex Puzar (Suzuki) 2) Pekka Vehkonen (Yamaha) 3) John van den Berk (Suzuki)	1) Donny Schmit (Suzuki) 2) Bobby Moore (KTM) 3) Stefan Everts (Suzuki)
align=center	1991	1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Jacky Martens (KTM) 3) Dirk Geukens (Honda)	1) Trampas Parker (Honda) 2) Mike Healy (KTM) 3) Alex Puzar (Suzuki)	1) Stefan Everts (Suzuki) 2) Bobby Moore (KTM) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
align=center	1992	1) Georges Jobé (Honda) 2) Kurt Nicoll (KTM) 3) Billy Liles (Honda)	1) Donny Schmit (Yamaha) 2) Bobby Moore (Yamaha) 3) Edwin Evertsen (Kawasaki)	1) Greg Albertyn (Honda) 2) David Strijbos (Honda) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
align=center	1993	1) Jacky Martens (Husqvarna) 2) Jörgen Nilsson (Honda) 3) Joël Smets (Husaberg)	1) Greg Albertyn (Honda) 2) Stefan Everts (Suzuki) 3) Donny Schmit (Yamaha)	1) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki) 2) Yves Demaria (Suzuki) 3) David Strijbos (Honda)
align=center	1994	1) Marcus Hansson (Honda) 2) Jacky Martens (Husqvarna) 3) Joël Smets (Vertemati)	1) Greg Albertyn (Suzuki) 2) Stefan Everts (Kawasaki) 3) Yves Demaria (Honda)	1) Bobby Moore (Yamaha) 2) Alessio Chiodi (Honda) 3) Pedro Tragter (Suzuki)
align=center	1995	1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Trampas Parker (KTM) 3) Darryl King (Kawasaki)	1) Stefan Everts (Kawasaki) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki)	1) Alex Puzar (Honda) 2) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha) 3) Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki)
align=center	1996	1) Shayne King (KTM) 2) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 3) Peter Johansson (Husqvarna)	1) Stefan Everts (Honda) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Tallon Vohland (Kawasaki)	1) Sébastien Tortelli (Kawasaki) 2) Paul Malin (Yamaha) 3) Frédéric Vialle (Yamaha)
align=center	1997	1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Darryl King (Husqvarna) 3) Shayne King (KTM)	1) Stefan Everts (Honda) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Suzuki) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda)	1) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha) 2) Alex Puzar (TM) 3) (Husqvarna)
align=center	1998	1) Joël Smets (Husaberg) 2) Darryl King (Husqvarna) 3) Peter Johansson (Yamaha)	1) Sebastien Tortelli (Kawasaki) 2) Stefan Everts (Honda) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda)	1) Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna) 2) David Vuillemin (Yamaha) 3) Alex Puzar (TM)
align=center	1999	1) Andrea Bartolini (Yamaha) 2) Peter Johansson (KTM) 3) Joël Smets (Husaberg)	1) Frédéric Bolley (Honda) 2) Pit Beirer (Kawasaki) 3) David Vuillemin (Yamaha)	1) Alessio Chiodi (Husqvarna) 2) (Yamaha) 3) Mike Brown (Honda)
align=center	2000	1) Joël Smets (KTM) 2) Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha) 3) Peter Johansson	1) Frédéric Bolley (Honda) 2) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 3) Pit Beirer (Kawasaki)	1) Grant Langston (KTM) 2) James Dobb 3) Mike Brown
align=center	2001	1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Joël Smets (KTM) 3) Marnicq Bervoets (Yamaha)	1) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 2) Chad Reed (Kawasaki) 3) Gordon Crockard (Honda)	1) James Dobb (KTM) 2) Steve Ramon (Kawasaki) 3) Erik Eggens (KTM)
align=center	2002	1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Joël Smets (KTM) 3) Javier Garcia Vico (KTM)	1) Mickaël Pichon (Suzuki) 2) Josh Coppins (Honda) 3) Pit Beirer (Honda)	1) Mickaël Maschio (Kawasaki) 2) Steve Ramon (KTM) 3) Patrick Caps (KTM)

Year	MX1	MX2	MX3	Women's MX
align=center	2005	1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Josh Coppins (Honda) 3) Ben Townley (KTM)	1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Andrew McFarlane (Yamaha) 3) Alessio Chiodi (Yamaha)	1) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 2) Yves Demaria (KTM) 3) Julien Bill (KTM)	1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 3) Livia Lancelot (Yamaha)
align=center	2006	1) Stefan Everts (Yamaha) 2) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) 3) Steve Ramon (Suzuki)	1) Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki) 2) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 3) David Philippaerts (KTM)	1) Yves Demaria (KTM) 2) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 3) Christian Beggi (Honda)	1) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 2) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 3) Livia Lancelot (Yamaha)
align=center	2007	1) Steve Ramon (Suzuki) 2) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki) 3) Josh Coppins (Yamaha)	1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Tommy Searle (KTM) 3) Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki)	1) Yves Demaria (Yamaha) 2) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 3) Jussi-Pekka Vehvilainen (Honda)	1) Katherine Prumm (Kawasaki) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Maria Franke (Kawasaki)
align=center	2008	1) David Philippaerts (Yamaha) 2) Steve Ramon (Suzuki) 3) Ken De Dycker (Suzuki)	1) Tyla Rattray (KTM) 2) Tommy Searle (KTM) 3) Nicolas Aubin (Yamaha)	1) Sven Breugelmans (KTM) 2) Christian Beggi (Honda) 3) Christophe Martin (Husqvarna)	1) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 2) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 3) Maria Franke (Kawasaki)
align=center	2009	1) Tony Cairoli (Yamaha) 2) Max Nagl (KTM) 3) Clément Desalle (Honda)	1) Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2) Rui Gonçalves (KTM) 3) Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki)	1) Pierre Renet (Suzuki) 2) Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) 3) Antti Pyrhonen (Honda)	1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki) 3) Natalie Kane (KTM)
align=center	2010	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) David Philippaerts (Yamaha)	1) Marvin Musquin (KTM) 2) Ken Roczen (Suzuki) 3) Steven Frossard (Kawasaki)	1) Carlos Campano (Yamaha) 2) Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) 3) Matevz Irt (Husqvarna)	1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Livia Lancelot (KTM) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
align=center	2011	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Steven Frossard (Yamaha) 3) Clément Desalle (Suzuki)	1) Ken Roczen (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Tommy Searle (Kawasaki)	1) Julien Bill (Honda) 2) Milko Potisek (Honda) 3) Martin Michek (KTM)	1) Stephanie Laier (KTM) 2) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (KTM)
align=center	2012	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki)	1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Tommy Searle (Kawasaki) 3) Jeremy Van Horebeek (KTM)	1) Matthias Walkner (KTM) 2) Martin Michek (KTM) 3) Günter Schmidinger (Honda)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Natalie Kane (KTM) 3) Britt van der Wekken (Honda)
align=center	2013	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Clément Desalle (Suzuki) 3) Ken De Dycker (KTM)	1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Jordi Tixier (KTM) 3) José Butrón (KTM)	1) Klemen Gerčar (Honda) 2) Martin Michek (KTM) 3) Matthias Walkner (KTM)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki) 3) Stephanie Laier (Kawasaki)

Year	MXGP	MX2	Women's MX
align=center	2014	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yamaha) 3) Kevin Strijbos (Suzuki)	1) Jordi Tixier (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Romain Febvre (Husqvarna)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Meghan Rutledge (Kawasaki) 3) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki)
align=center	2015	1) Romain Febvre (Yamaha) 2) Gautier Paulin (Honda) 3) Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda)	1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 3) Max Anstie (Kawasaki)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha)
align=center	2016	1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 3) Max Nagl (Husqvarna)	1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki) 3) Benoît Paturel (Yamaha)	1) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
align=center	2017	1) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 3) Gautier Paulin (Husqvarna)	1) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Suzuki) 3) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki) 3) Courtney Duncan (Yamaha)
align=center	2018	1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Tony Cairoli (KTM) 3) Clément Desalle (Kawasaki)	1) Jorge Prado (KTM) 2) Pauls Jonass (KTM) 3) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna)	1) Kiara Fontanesi (Yamaha) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Suzuki)
align=center	2019	1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Glenn Coldenhoff (KTM)	1) Jorge Prado (KTM) 2) Thomas Kjær Olsen (Husqvarna) 3) Jago Geerts (Yamaha)	1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
align=center	2020	1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Tony Cairoli (KTM)	1) Tom Vialle (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Maxime Renaux (Yamaha)	1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
align=center	2021	1) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2) Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 3) Tim Gajser (Honda)	1) Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Tom Vialle (KTM)	1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 3) Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas)
align=center	2022	1) Tim Gajser (Honda) 2) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) 3) Jorge Prado (GasGas)	1) Tom Vialle (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)	1) Nancy van de Ven (Yamaha) 2) Lynn Valk (Yamaha) 3) Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha)
align=center	2023	1) Jorge Prado (Gas Gas) 2) Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 3) Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)	1) Andrea Adamo (KTM) 2) Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)	1) Courtney Duncan (Kawasaki) 2) Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas) 3) Lotte Van Drunen (Kawasaki)
align=center	2024	1) Jorge Prado (Gas Gas) 2) Tim Gajser (Honda) 3) Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)	1) Kay de Wolf (Husqvarna) 2) Lucas Coenen (Husqvarna) 3) Simon Längenfelder (Gas Gas)	1) Lotte van Drunen (Yamaha) 2) Daniela Guillén (Gas Gas) 3) Kiara Fontanesi (Gas Gas)

World Championships by nationality

Summary

Country	500cc / MX3	250cc / MX1 / MXGP	125cc / MX2	Women	Total
	24	18	10	0	52
	4	8	10	2	24
	1	9	8	6	24
	10	6	0	0	16
	0	3	6	2	11
	6	1	1	0	8
	1	3	3	0	7
	1	0	1	5	7
	1	4	1	0	6
	3	1	1	0	5
	1	2	2	0	5
	0	2	3	0	5
	0	0	1	4	5
	0	4	0	0	4
	3	0	0	0	3
	1	2	0	0	3
	1	0	0	0	1
	0	0	1	0	1

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

500cc / MX3

	Country	Championships
1		24
2		10
3		6
4		4
5		3
7		1

250cc / MX1 / MXGP

	Country	Championships
1		18
2		9
3		8
4		6
5		4
7		3
9		2
12		1

125cc / MX2

	Country	Championships
1		10
3		8
4		6
5		3
7		2
8		1

Women

	Country	Championships
1		7
2		6
3		4
4		2
5		2

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

Riders statistics

World Championships

Update to the end of 2024 season.

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

Update to 29 September 2024.

	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		46	61	–	107
2	Stefan Everts	42	46	13	101
3		70	24	–	94
4		57	–	–	57
5		–	50	–	50
6		44	5	–	49
7		18	31	–	49
8		16	5	18	39
9		8	27	3	38
10	Yves Demaria	2	11	24	37
11	Torsten Hallman	1	36	–	37
12		36	–	–	36
13	Heikki Mikkola	–	–	–	32

Medal table

Medal table MX

Last updated: 4 September 2022.

Medal table WMX

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.

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Japan
• Luxembourg
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Venezuela

See also

• FIM Women's Motocross World Championship
• List of AMA motocross national champions
• Australian Motocross Championship
• British Motocross Championship
• FIM Supercross World Championship
• FIM Veteran Motocross World Cup
• List of Trans-AMA motocross champions
• List of Motocross riders
• Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit

External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: History of Individual Motocross World Championships . fim-live.com . 11 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090723/http://docs.mxgp.com/docs/2015/YOU-15-4242_MXGP_Official_Guide_2015_LD.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Championnat de Europe 500cc. memotocross.fr. 17 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529090827/https://www.memotocross.fr/assets/1954---500cc-championnat-deurope.pdf. 29 May 2016. live.
3. Web site: History of Winners. mxgp.com. 12 May 2019. 14 August 2021.