2015 World and US Championship Leaderboard Cycle News Staff | December 31, 2015 Do you remember which riders took the major World and US motorcycle championships in 2015? Here is a recap of the final top ten for all of all of the major championships. The Cycle News Leaderboard runs in every weekly issue of Cycle News. Keep up with the latest standings all season long. Click here for the year end recap. ROAD RACING MotoGP World Championship Jorge Lorenzo (330/7 wins) Valentino Rossi (325/4 wins) Marc Marquez (242/5 wins) Dani Pedrosa (206/2 wins) Andrea Iannone (188) Bradley Smith (181) Andrea Dovizioso (162) Cal Crutchlow (125) Pol Espargaro (114) Danilo Petrucci (113) Jorge Lorenzo took his fifth GP championship in 2015. Moto2 World Championship Johann Zarco (352/8 wins) Alex Rins (234/2 wins) Tito Rabat (231/3 wins) Sam Lowes (186/1 win) Thomas Luthi (179/1 win) Jonas Folger (163/2 wins) Xavier Simeon (113/1 win) Takaaki Nakagami (100) Lorenzo Baldassarri (96) Franco Morbidelli (90) WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP Jonathan Rea (548/14 wins) Chaz Davies (416/5 wins) Tom Sykes (399/4 wins) Leon Haslam (332/2 wins) Jordi Torres (247/1 win) Sylvain Guintoli (218) Michael van der Mark (194) Leandro Mercado (142) Matteo Baiocco (139) Alex Lowes (135) Jonathan Rea dominated the 2015 World Superbike championship on his Kawasaki. WORLD SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP Kenan Sofuoglu (233/4 wins) PJ Jacobsen (196/2 win) Lorenzo Zanetti (158) Jules Cluzel (155/3 wins) Kyle Smith (116/1 win) Gino Rea (97) Roberto Rolfo (88) Alex Badolini (67) Marco Faccani (66) Christian Gamarino (62) MotoAmerica Superbike Championship Cameron Beaubier (372/8 wins) Josh Hayes (368/10 wins) Roger Hayden (281) Jake Lewis (223) Elena Myers (152) Chris Ulrich (148) Bernat Martinez (127) Chris Fillmore (102) Danny Eslick (92) Mathew Orange (40) Cameron Beaubier took the inaugural Moto America Superbike championship on his Yamaha R1. MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship Jake Gagne (344/13 wins) Taylor Knapp (284/1 win) Mark Heckles (225/1 win) Joshua Day (203/3 wins) Tyler O’Hara (169) Sheridan Morais (148) Shane Narbonne (124) Devon McDonough (96) Barrett Long (96) Steve Rapp (65) MotoAmerica Supersport Championship JD Beach (310/8 wins) Josh Herrin (255/4 wins) Garrett Gerloff (250/2 wins) David Anthony (158) Tomas Puerta (137) Bobby Fong (136) Cameron Petersen (125) Ben Young (99) Kyle Wyman (89) Hayden Gillim (85) MotoAmerica Superstock 600 Championship Joe Roberts (245/9 wins) Richie Escalante (185/1 win) Travis Wyman (182/1 win) Wyatt Farris (143) Bryce Prince (139/1 win) Michael Gilbert (128/1 win) Nick McFadden (113) Andy DiBrino (91) Jason Aguilar (70) Conner Blevins (62) FLAT TRACK/SPEEDWAY AMA PRO FLAT TRACK GNC1 Jared Mees (204/1 win) Bryan Smith (181/5 wins) Sammy Halbert (172) Kenny Coolbeth Jr. (169/2 wins) Briar Bauman (143/1 win) Brandon Robinson (136) Henry Wiles (119/1 win) Brad Baker (106/2 wins) Stevie Bonsey (95/1 win) Jeffrey Carver Jr. (90) AMA PRO FLAT TRACK GNC2 Davis Fisher (205/4 wins) Dan Bromley (168/1 win) Bronson Bauman (161/1 win) Jamison Minor (150) Brandon Wilhelm (118) R. Addison (117/1 win) Tristan Avery (114/1 win) Ryan Wells (110) Andrew Luker (94/1 win) Kolby Carlile (93) WORLD SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP Tai Woffinden (163/2 wins) Greg Hancock (147/2 wins) Nicki Pedersen (131/3 wins) Niels-Kristian Iverson (120/1 win) Jason Doyle (114) Matej Zagar (107/2 wins) Maciej Janowski (106) Chris Holder (95) Peter Kildemand (92) Andreas Jonsson (88) AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Billy Janniro (76/3 wins) Max Ruml (60) Bart Bast (51/1 win) Broc Nicol (40) Dillon Ruml (36) Aaron Fox (35) Luke Becker (34) Tommy Hedden (32) Charlie Venegas (32) Buck Blair (21) SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Ryan Dungey (390/8 wins) Eli Tomac (305/3 wins) Cole Seely (277/1 win) Chad Reed (226/1 win) Blake Baggett (223) Trey Canard (204/2 wins) Jason Anderson (200) Broc Tickle (194) Andrew Short (180) Ken Roczen (156/2 wins) KTM’s Ryan Dungey took both the Supercross and Pro Motocross championships in 2015. AMA 250 WEST SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Cooper Webb (186/6 wins) Shane McElrath (124) Zach Osborne (117) Justin Hill (116) Aaron Plessinger (113) Alex Martin (111) Malcolm Stewart (107/1 win) Jessy Nelson (106/1 win) Tyler Bowers (105) Josh Hansen (91) AMA 250 EAST SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Marvin Musquin (194/6 wins) Justin Bogle (171/1 win) Jeremy Martin (143/1 win) Joey Savatgy (133) RJ Hampshire (100) Anthony Rodriguez (98) Kyle Peters (91) James Decotis (87) Kyle Cunningham (72) Martin Davalos (63) AMA Pro Motocross Championship Ryan Dungey (547/7 wins) Ken Roczen (447/1 win) Justin Barcia (441/2 wins) Blake Baggett (360) Christophe Pourcel (323) Jason Anderson (320) Broc Tickle (311) Phil Nicoletti (250) Weston Peick (223) Fredrik Noren (206) AMA 250 Motocross Championship Jeremy Martin (491/5 wins) Marvin Musquin (479/3 wins) Joey Savatgy (348/1 win) Zach Osborne (330) Jessy Nelson (323) Aaron Plessinger (311/1 win) Alex Martin (288) Matt Bisceglia (256) Shane McElrath (248) RJ Hampshire (248) Jeremy Martin backed up his 2014 AMA 250 Motocross championship in 2015. MXGP World Motocross Championship Romain Febvre (735/8 wins) Gautier Paulin (592/1 win) Evgeny Bobryshev (567) Shaun Simpson (481/2 wins) Jeremy Van Horebeek (449) Max Nagl (442/3 wins) Antonio Cairoli (432/2 wins) Glenn Coldenhoff (423/1 win) Todd Waters (354) Clement Desalle (331) MX2 World Motocross Championship Tim Gajser (589/6 wins) Pauls Jonass (564) Max Anstie (537/3 wins) Valentin Guillod (511/3 wins) Jeremy Seewer (496) Julien Lieber (430) Jeffery Herlings (423/4 wins) Jordi Tixier (393) Benoit Paturel (376) Petar Petrov (324) OFF ROAD GNCC OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP Kailub Russell (283/8 wins) Grant Baylor (237) Josh Strang (226/3 wins) Chris Bach (207/1 win) Thad Duvall (200) Ryan Sipes (195) Jordan Ashburn (183) Jason Thomas (160) Ricky Russell (113) Trevor Bollinger (112) Kailub Russell earned Cycle News Rider of the Year honors by wrapping up both the GNCC and National Enduro championships in 2015 in addition to the inaugural Full Gas Sprint Enduro championship. National Enduro Championship Kailub Russell (201/3 wins) Grant Baylor (181/1 win) Russell Bobbitt (174/1 win) Steward Baylor Jr. (172/2 wins) Andrew DeLong (127/1 win) Cory Buttrick (121) Brad Bakken (105) Josh Strang (96) Ryder Lafferty (81) Craig DeLong (76) GNCC XC2 LITES CHAMPIONSHIP Jason Thomas (332/7 wins) Ricky Russell (230/1 win) Trevor Bollinger (224/1 win) Craig DeLong (193) Nick Davis (183/4 wins) Austin Lee (154) Tegan Temple (146) Layne Michael (142) Jesse Groemm (129) Callan May (127) AMA NATIONAL HARE & HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP Ivan Ramirez (174/1 win) Ricky Brabec (161/3 wins) Gary Sutherlin (157/3 wins) Axel Pearson (141) Dalton Shirey (116) Nick Burson (98/1 win) Skyler Howes (92) David Kamo (72) Ryan Smith (70) Jacob Argubright (67) AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Cody Webb (215/3 wins) Colton Haaker (204/3 wins) Mike Brown (145/2 wins) Cory Graffunder (136) Taylor Robert (131/1 win) Max Gerston (131) Kyle Redmond (131) Ty Tremaine (117) Geoff Aaron (88) Destry Abbott (85) Cody Webb took his second consecutive AMA EnduroCross championship in 2015. AMA District 37 West Coast GP Championship Colton Udall (192/5 wins) Justin Seeds (143) Ryan Reina (124) Blayne Thompson (114) Robby Bell (103/2 wins) Mark Samuels (78) Jacob Clements (76) Josh Nunes (69) Chance Bayes (61) Eric Yorba (50) WORCS CHAMPIONSHIP Robby Bell (221/6 wins) Gary Sutherlin (182/2 wins) Travis Coy (157) Justin Seeds (155) Eric Yorba (146/1 win) Justin Jones (125) Jesse Lundin (122) Blayne Thompson (118) Ivan Ramirez (86) Justin Morgan (70) DRAG RACING NHRA PRO STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP Andrew Hines (2608/3 wins) Ed Krawiec (2565/4 wins) Jerry Savoie (2550/3 wins) Matt Smith (2428) Hector Arana Jr. (2419/2 wins) Chip Ellis (2400) Karen Stoffer (2376/2 wins) Hector Arana Sr. (2323/1 win) Jim Underdahl (2220) Scotty Pollacheck (2192)
