# Who is the greatest Spanish motorcycle racer of all time?

> Spain has won more grand prix world championships than any other country, and the argument about who leads the list is not settled by counting them.

*By YPB Team · Published August 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-spanish-motorcycle-racer-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Jorge Martinez Aspar** — score 1000/1000
   Four world championships in the small classes, then a team owner who ran title-winning riders.
2. **Alex Rins** — score 777/1000
   Grand prix winner for Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha, and a runner-up in both Moto3 and Moto2.
3. **Marc Marquez** — score 678/1000
   Nine world championships across three classes, seven of them in MotoGP.
4. **Jorge Martin** — score 678/1000
   Took the 2024 MotoGP championship on a satellite Ducati.
5. **Angel Nieto** — score 555/1000
   Won thirteen world titles in the 50cc and 125cc classes and always insisted on calling it twelve plus one.
6. **Jorge Lorenzo** — score 555/1000
   Three MotoGP titles and two in the 250cc class, with a riding style built on absolute smoothness.
7. **Toni Bou** — score 555/1000
   More than thirty combined indoor and outdoor world trials championships in an unbroken run.
8. **Aleix Espargaro** — score 555/1000
   Gave Aprilia its first MotoGP win after more than a decade of development work.
9. **Dani Pedrosa** — score 396/1000
   Champion in 125cc and twice in 250cc, and the best rider never to win the premier class.
10. **Alex Criville** — score 396/1000
   Spain's first premier-class world champion, in 1999 on a factory Honda.
11. **Joan Mir** — score 396/1000
   Won the 2020 MotoGP title for Suzuki with a single race victory all season.
12. **Alvaro Bautista** — score 396/1000
   A 125cc world champion who later won back-to-back World Superbike titles with Ducati.
13. **Maverick Vinales** — score 396/1000
   Moto3 world champion in 2013 and a grand prix winner for three different MotoGP manufacturers.
14. **Alex Marquez** — score 396/1000
   World champion in Moto3 and Moto2 before joining his brother in the premier class.
15. **Sete Gibernau** — score 396/1000
   Rossi's closest rival in 2003 and 2004, with fifteen grand prix wins.
16. **Carlos Checa** — score 396/1000
   Two decades of grand prix racing followed by the 2011 World Superbike title.

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