It’s amazing to think how many riders go into this year’s MXGP championship with a Grand Prix victory. How about 21 riders who have tasted the top step of a GP podium.
Of course, leading the way is Antonio Cairoli who has an amazing 77 GP wins. His first was way back in Namur in 2004, some 13 years ago. Jeffrey Herlings is closing in on the legendary Sicilian, with 61 GP wins, and in third place in the current rider list of GP winners, it’s Clement Desalle with 20.
Below is the list. A total of 21 riders with 266 GP wins to their names, of which Cairoli and Herlings of course have more than half with a combined 138 wins.
Of course also a lot of world titles in the group. Sixteen in total, with Cairoli holding eight, Herlings three, Tim Gajser two, Romain Febvre, Jordi Tixier, and David Philippaerts one each.
What a contrast to the MX2 class, that has one GP winner in American Thomas Covington, and two riders who have won motos (Covington two and Pauls Jonass one)
GP winners list – Current MXGP riders
1. Antonio Cairoli 77
2. Jeffrey Herlings 61
3. Clement Desalle 20
4. Tommy Searle 14
5. David Philippaerts 12
6. Tim Gajser 11
7. Romain Febvre 11
8. Gautier Paulin 11
9. Max Nagl 9
10. Kevin Strijbos 6
11. Max Anstie 6
12. Ken De Dycker 5
13. Rui Goncalves 4
14. Shaun Simpson 3
15. Tanel Leok 3
16. Valentin Guillod 3
17. Jordi Tixier 2
18. Jeremy Van Horebeek 2
19. Glenn Coldenhoff 2
20. Arnaud Tonus 1
21. Evgeny Bobryshev 1
All-time list – Top Twenty
Stefan Everts 101
Antonio Cairoli 77
Jeffrey Herlings 61
Joel Smets 57
Joel Robert 50
Eric Geboers 39
Mickael Pichon 38
Torsten Hallman 37
Roger De Coster 36
Heikki Mikkola 32
Gaston Rahier 30
Georges Jobe 28
Andre Malherbe 28
Paul Friedrichs 28
Dave Strijbos 27
Alessio Chiodi 26
Jeff Smith 25
Harry Everts 23
Dave Thorpe 22
Alex Puzar 22
