Who is the best Honda MotoGP rider of all time?

By YPB Team

Honda has won more premier-class races than any other manufacturer, and it has handed that bike to some very different people. Two of them won ten titles between them on it.

  1. Marc Marquez — ranked #11
    Marc Marquez
    Won six premier-class titles on the Honda RC213V between 2013 and 2019.
    1000pts
  2. Dani Pedrosa — ranked #22
    Dani Pedrosa
    Thirteen seasons on factory Hondas, 31 premier-class wins and three runner-up finishes.
    733pts
  3. Tadayuki Okada — ranked #33
    Tadayuki Okada
    Honda's long-serving Japanese factory rider and the 1997 500cc runner-up.
    551pts
  4. Alex Criville — ranked #44
    Alex Criville
    The first Spanish rider to win the premier class, in 1999.
    466pts
  5. Max Biaggi — ranked #55
    Max Biaggi
    Moved to Honda in 2003 and won grands prix in each of his first two seasons on the bike.
    466pts
  6. Freddie Spencer — ranked #66
    Freddie Spencer
    Honda's first 500cc champion in 1983 and the last man to win the 250cc and 500cc titles in one year.
    363pts
  7. Sete Gibernau — ranked #77
    Sete Gibernau
    Won eight grands prix on satellite Hondas and finished runner-up twice.
    363pts
  8. Mick Doohan — ranked #88
    Mick Doohan
    Five consecutive 500cc titles on the NSR500 from 1994 to 1998.
    363pts
  9. Valentino Rossi — ranked #99
    Valentino Rossi
    Won his first three premier-class championships on Hondas in 2001, 2002 and 2003 before leaving for Yamaha.
    363pts
  10. Wayne Gardner — ranked #1010
    Wayne Gardner
    Australia's first 500cc world champion, in 1987.
    363pts
  11. Casey Stoner — ranked #1111
    Casey Stoner
    Arrived from Ducati and won the 2011 title on a Honda at the first attempt.
    363pts
  12. Nicky Hayden — ranked #1212
    Nicky Hayden
    Beat Rossi to the 2006 championship by five points in the Valencia finale.
    363pts
  13. Mike Hailwood — ranked #1313
    Mike Hailwood
    Won nine world titles in the 1960s, five of them on Hondas in the 250cc and 350cc classes.
    233pts
  14. Eddie Lawson — ranked #1414
    Eddie Lawson
    Switched to Honda for 1989 and won the 500cc title in his only season with the bike.
    233pts
  15. Cal Crutchlow — ranked #1515
    Cal Crutchlow
    Took all three of his premier-class wins on a satellite Honda.
    233pts

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