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The 2025 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship season will go down in history. It was a year of incredible drama throughout the field with the title fight going to the final race of the campaign, while there were emotional farewells along the way. We’ve gathered some of the biggest stats and milestones from the year gone by in one easy place for you.

706 – Between Anthony Gobert’s win at Phillip Island, Race 2 in 2000 and Alex Lowes' Superpole Race rostrum at Misano, 706 races had passed since Bimota stood on the podium.

600+ - For the first time in WorldSBK history, two riders hit the 600-point barrier. Razgatlioglu scored 616 points on his way to a third title, while Bulega scored 603.

596/591 – Bulega raced the most laps in 2025, with 596. Razgatlioglu followed on 591.

323 – Razgatlioglu led the most laps this season, with 323. Bulega was next on 265. In total, seven different riders led a lap: Razgatlioglu, Bulega, Bautista, Locatelli, Sam Lowes, Alex Lowes and Vickers.

264/119/104 – Rea bowed out of WorldSBK as the rider with the most podiums (264), wins (119) and fastest laps (104). He also has the second-most poles (44, only behind Tom Sykes’ 51). See more numbers from Rea’s incredible WorldSBK career here.

72 – Sam Lowes became the 72^nd different rider to secure pole position in WorldSBK, when he took P1 in Superpole at Assen.

39 – Razgatlioglu ended his two-year stint with BMW with 39 victories. It’s more than he managed with Yamaha (37) in four seasons; he’s the rider with most victories for both brands.

35 – Bassani’s front row start at Misano gave Bimota their first front row in WorldSBK in 35 years. Their last came at Pergusa in 1989, when both Giancarlo Falappa and Mike Baldwin claimed a front row start.

32/31 – Bulega stood on the podium in 32 races this season, the most of anyone. Razgatlioglu was just behind, with 31.

25 – Razgatlioglu recorded 25 rostrums in a row in 2025, between Race 1 at Cremona and Race 1 at Jerez, equalling the record set by Colin Edwards in 2002.

20/21 – Bulega has 20 WorldSBK wins to his name in two seasons. He’s one behind Max Biaggi and two behind Marco Melandri as he looks to become the Italian rider with most WorldSBK wins.

14y, 1m, 8d – The gap between Rea’s first and last win is more than 14 years. The second-longest is Noriyuki Haga at 12 years, 11 months.

13 – For the second consecutive season, Razgatlioglu won 13 races in a row; equalling the all-time record he set in 2024.

9 – Nine different riders stood on the rostrum this season. This is four below last year’s tally, and the first time fewer than 10 riders claimed podiums since 2019.

6/5 – For the first time, two riders recorded five or more poles in a single season. Razgatlioglu took six, with Bulega on five. In terms of manufacturers, it was 6-6: BMW’s all came from Razgatlioglu, while Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) added one for Ducati.

4/3 – Razgatlioglu became the fourth rider to have three or more WorldSBK crowns. Rea has 6, Fogarty has 4 and Bayliss has 3.

2 – The 36 victories this year were shared across just two countries (Turkey; 21, Razgatlioglu; Italy; 15, Bulega (14), Locatelli (1). The last time only two countries won a race was 2017, when British riders won 25 races and Italy winning one.

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