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==Champions==
{{See also|List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions|List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions by year|List of 500cc/MotoGP World Riders' Champions}}

The Riders' World Championship is awarded to the most successful rider over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results.

[[Giacomo Agostini]] is the most successful champion in Grand Prix history, with 15 titles to his name (8 in the 500cc class and 7 in the 350cc class). The most dominant rider of all time was [[Mike Hailwood]], winning 10 out of 12 (83%) races, in the 250cc class, in the 1966 season. [[Mick Doohan]], who won 12 out of 15 (80%) of the 500cc races in the [[1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season]] also deserves an honourable mention. [[Valentino Rossi]] is the most successful contemporary rider, having won nine titles including seven [[List of 500cc/MotoGP rider records|500cc/MotoGP]] titles (2001–2005, 2008–2009), and one each at 250cc and 125cc levels.<ref>{{cite web|last=MotoGP|title=Valentino Rossi|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Valentino+Rossi|work=MotoGP Rider Profiles|publisher=Dorna Sports S.L.|access-date=2012-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501074112/http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Valentino+Rossi|archive-date=2013-05-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current champion is Spanish rider [[Jorge Martín]].