Following the 2026 San Marino Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi remains the leading winner in MotoGP’s premier class. The Italian has 89 victories in the category, keeping him at the head of the all-time record under review here.

Rossi’s premier-class record began with his first win in 2000 and concluded with another victory in 2017, 17 years later. The World Championship in its modern form has been running since 1949, placing his total within a winners’ history shaped by several generations of Grand Prix racing.

Marc Márquez is second on the all-time premier-class list, having reached that position during the 2025 season. The supplied evidence does not give the precise number of wins separating Márquez from Rossi, so no numerical gap is presented here.

Only two riders from the top 10 for premier-class victories are still active: Márquez and Pecco Bagnaia. They are Ducati team-mates, connecting the historic standings with the current MotoGP field.

Where the record begins

The list starts in 1949 with Harold Daniell, who won the British Grand Prix and became the first premier-class race winner. That event was run as the Isle of Man Senior TT, providing the opening entry in a record that has since grown across the championship’s history.