List of AMA Superbike champions

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

Champions

By season

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

By rider

Rider Championships Year(s)
Australia Mat Mladin 7 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
United States Cameron Beaubier 5 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
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 33 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 2 1993, 1994
Germany BMW 1 1976

References