Who is the greatest MotoGP rider of the 2010s?

By YPB Team

One decade, four different world champions and a paddock that argued about every one of them. Titles are the obvious measure, and not the only one.

  1. Marc Marquez — ranked #11
    Marc Marquez
    Won six premier-class titles between 2013 and 2019, the first of them as a rookie.
    1000pts
  2. Jorge Lorenzo — ranked #22
    Jorge Lorenzo
    Yamaha's metronome, champion in 2010 and 2012 and again in 2015 by five points.
    710pts
  3. Casey Stoner — ranked #33
    Casey Stoner
    Won the 2011 title for Honda and retired at 27, still the fastest rider on the grid.
    560pts
  4. Alex Rins — ranked #44
    Alex Rins
    Suzuki's race winner, and the man who beat Marquez by 0.013s at Silverstone in 2019.
    560pts
  5. Cal Crutchlow — ranked #55
    Cal Crutchlow
    The first British rider to win a premier-class grand prix in 35 years.
    485pts
  6. Johann Zarco — ranked #66
    Johann Zarco
    Two Moto2 titles, then the fastest satellite Yamaha of 2017 and 2018.
    485pts
  7. Valentino Rossi — ranked #77
    Valentino Rossi
    Runner-up three times in the decade after a difficult two years at Ducati, without adding a tenth title.
    397pts
  8. Dani Pedrosa — ranked #88
    Dani Pedrosa
    Three times a MotoGP runner-up and the most decorated rider never to win the premier class.
    397pts
  9. Maverick Vinales — ranked #99
    Maverick Vinales
    Won on his Yamaha debut in 2017 and led the championship before the season turned.
    397pts
  10. Danilo Petrucci — ranked #1010
    Danilo Petrucci
    Went from a privateer bike to a factory Ducati and a home win at Mugello.
    397pts
  11. Andrea Dovizioso — ranked #1111
    Andrea Dovizioso
    Ducati's title challenger three years running, beaten each time by the same rider.
    397pts
  12. Nicky Hayden — ranked #1212
    Nicky Hayden
    The 2006 champion who spent the decade as Ducati's most popular underdog.
    397pts
  13. Ben Spies — ranked #1313
    Ben Spies
    Won at Assen in 2011 and was gone from the class within two injury-wrecked seasons.
    291pts
  14. Fabio Quartararo — ranked #1414
    Fabio Quartararo
    Took six poles in his rookie season in 2019 and set up the decade that followed.
    162pts
  15. Andrea Iannone — ranked #1515
    Andrea Iannone
    Won at the Red Bull Ring in 2016 and was as likely to crash out as to finish on the podium.
    162pts

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