# Who is the greatest MotoGP rider of the 2010s?

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published August 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-motogp-rider-of-the-2010s*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

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

Tags: motogp, racing, 2010s, motorsport