# Who is the best Honda MotoGP rider of all time?

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published August 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-honda-motogp-rider-of-all-time*

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

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