List of AMA Superbike champions

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This is a complete list of AMA Superbike Championship champions since 1976.

Champions

By season

Season Champion Wins Motorcycle Team
1976 United Kingdom Reg Pridmore 2 BMW R90S Butler & Smith BMW
1977 United Kingdom Reg Pridmore (2) 1 Kawasaki Z1 Racecrafters Kawasaki
1978 United Kingdom Reg Pridmore (3) 0 Kawasaki Z1 Vetter Racing
1979 United States Wes Cooley 0 Suzuki GS1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
1980 United States Wes Cooley (2) 3 Suzuki GS1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
1981 United States Eddie Lawson 4 Kawasaki KZ1000 Muzzy Kawasaki
1982 United States Eddie Lawson (2) 5 Kawasaki KZ1000 Muzzy Kawasaki
1983 United States Wayne Rainey 6 Kawasaki GPz750 Muzzy Kawasaki
1984 United States Fred Merkel 10 Honda VF750F American Honda
1985 United States Fred Merkel (2) 6 Honda VF750F American Honda
1986 United States Fred Merkel (3) 2 Honda VFR750F American Honda
1987 United States Wayne Rainey (2) 3 Honda VFR750F American Honda
1988 United States Bubba Shobert 3 Honda VFR750F American Honda
1989 United States Jamie James 1 Suzuki GSX-R750 Yoshimura Suzuki
1990 United States Doug Chandler 4 Kawasaki ZX-7 Muzzy Kawasaki
1991 United States Thomas Stevens 1 Yamaha FZR750R OW-01 Vance & Hines Yamaha
1992 United States Scott Russell 3 Kawasaki ZX-7R Muzzy Kawasaki
1993 United States Doug Polen 6 Ducati 888 Fast by Ferracci Ducati
1994 Australia Troy Corser 3 Ducati 888 Fast by Ferracci Ducati
1995 Canada Miguel Duhamel 6 Honda RC45 Commonwealth Honda
1996 United States Doug Chandler (2) 2 Kawasaki ZX-7RR Muzzy Kawasaki
1997 United States Doug Chandler (3) 1 Kawasaki ZX-7RR Muzzy Kawasaki
1998 United States Ben Bostrom 0 Honda RC45 American Honda
1999 Australia Mat Mladin 1 Suzuki GSX-R750 Yoshimura Suzuki
2000 Australia Mat Mladin (2) 4 Suzuki GSX-R750 Yoshimura Suzuki
2001 Australia Mat Mladin (3) 4 Suzuki GSX-R750 Yoshimura Suzuki
2002 United States Nicky Hayden 9 Honda RC51 American Honda
2003 Australia Mat Mladin (4) 10 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2004 Australia Mat Mladin (5) 8 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2005 Australia Mat Mladin (6) 11 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2006 United States Ben Spies 10 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2007 United States Ben Spies (2) 7 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2008 United States Ben Spies (3) 7 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2009 Australia Mat Mladin (7) 10 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2010 United States Josh Hayes 7 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2011 United States Josh Hayes (2) 3 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2012 United States Josh Hayes (3) 16 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2013 United States Josh Herrin 4 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2014 United States Josh Hayes (4) 7 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2015 United States Cameron Beaubier 8 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2016 United States Cameron Beaubier (2) 8 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2017 Spain Toni Elías 10 Suzuki GSX-R1000 Yoshimura Suzuki
2018 United States Cameron Beaubier (3) 7 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2019 United States Cameron Beaubier (4) 6 Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Factory Racing
2020 United States Cameron Beaubier (5) 16 Yamaha YZF-R1 Attack Performance Yamaha
2021 United States Jake Gagne 17 Yamaha YZF-R1 Attack Performance Yamaha
2022 United States Jake Gagne (2) 12 Yamaha YZF-R1 Attack Performance Yamaha
2023 United States Jake Gagne (3) 11 Yamaha YZF-R1 Attack Performance Yamaha
2024 United States Josh Herrin (2) 7 Ducati Panigale V4R Warhorse HSBK Racing
2025 United States Cameron Beaubier (6) 6 BMW M1000RR Tytlers Cycle Racing

By rider

Rider Championships Year(s)
Australia Mat Mladin 7 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
United States Cameron Beaubier 6 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025
United States Josh Hayes 4 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
United Kingdom Reg Pridmore 3 1976, 1977, 1978
United States Fred Merkel 3 1984, 1985, 1986
United States Doug Chandler 3 1990, 1996, 1997
United States Ben Spies 3 2006, 2007, 2008
United States Jake Gagne 3 2021, 2022, 2023
United States Josh Herrin 2 2013, 2024
United States Wes Cooley 2 1979, 1980
United States Eddie Lawson 2 1981, 1982
United States Wayne Rainey 2 1983, 1987
United States Bubba Shobert 1 1988
United States Jamie James 1 1989
United States Thomas Stevens 1 1991
United States Scott Russell 1 1992
United States Doug Polen 1 1993
Australia Troy Corser 1 1994
Canada Miguel Duhamel 1 1995
United States Ben Bostrom 1 1998
United States Nicky Hayden 1 2002
Spain Toni Elías 1 2017

By nationality

Country Championships No. of Champions
 United States 37 17
 Australia 8 2
 United Kingdom 3 1
 Canada 1 1
 Spain 1 1

By manufacturer

Manufacturer Championships Year(s)
Japan Suzuki 14 1979, 1980, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017
Japan Yamaha 14 1991, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Japan Kawasaki 9 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997
Japan Honda 8 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2002
Italy Ducati 3 1993, 1994, 2024
Germany BMW 2 1976, 2025

References