List of Speedway Grand Prix statistics

The Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion and below are a list of records[1] associated with the event since its inception in 1995. From the 2007 season onwards, the format was changed with points scored for every ride instead of the set points scoring system used before this.

The records below are correct, up to and including the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix season.

Grand Prix Wins

Rider Wins
1 Australia Jason Crump 23
2 Poland Tomasz Gollob 22
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 20
United States Greg Hancock 20
5 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 16
6 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 9
7 Australia Leigh Adams 8
8 Denmark Hans Nielsen 6
United States Billy Hamill 6
Poland Jarosław Hampel 6
Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 6
12 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 5
13 Australia Ryan Sullivan 4
Denmark Hans N. Andersen 4
Australia Chris Holder 4
16 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 3
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak 3
Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen 3
Slovenia Matej Žagar 3
20 United Kingdom Mark Loram 2
Poland Rune Holta 2
Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 2
23 Denmark Brian Andersen 1
United Kingdom Martin Dugard 1
Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 1
Denmark Brian Andersen 1
United Kingdom Chris Harris 1
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 1
Australia Darcy Ward 1
Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen 1
Poland Adrian Miedziński 1
Slovakia Martin Vaculík 1
Germany Martin Smolinski 1
Poland Maciej Janowski 1
Denmark Peter Kildemand 1
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Wins (by country)

Nation Wins
1 Australia Australia 40
2 Denmark Denmark 37
3 Poland Poland 35
4 Sweden Sweden 32
5 United States United States 26
6 United Kingdom Great Britain 9
7 Russia Russia 6
8 Slovenia Slovenia 3
9 Slovakia Slovakia 1
Germany Germany 1

Grand Prix Finals (top 20)

Rider Finals
1 United States Greg Hancock 82
2 Australia Jason Crump 77
3 Poland Tomasz Gollob 66
4 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 65
5 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 52
6 Poland Jarosław Hampel 32
7 Australia Leigh Adams 28
8 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 25
9 Denmark Hans N. Andersen 21
10 United States Billy Hamill 19
11 Australia Chris Holder 18
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 18
13 Denmark Hans Nielsen 16
Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 16
15 United Kingdom Mark Loram 15
16 Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 14
17 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 13
Slovenia Matej Žagar 13
19 Australia Ryan Sullivan 12
Poland Rune Holta 12
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak 12
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Points (top 20)

Rider Points
1 United States Greg Hancock 2367
2 Australia Jason Crump 2006
3 Poland Tomasz Gollob 1977
4 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 1828
5 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 1401
6 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 1318
7 Australia Leigh Adams 1280
8 Poland Jarosław Hampel 953
9 Denmark Hans N. Andersen 780
10 Poland Rune Holta 726
11 United Kingdom Mark Loram 662
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 662
13 United States Billy Hamill 642
14 Australia Ryan Sullivan 637
15 Australia Chris Holder 634
16 United Kingdom Scott Nicholls 631
17 United Kingdom Chris Harris 568
18 Slovenia Matej Žagar 546
19 Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 525
20 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 519
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Appearances (top 20)

Rider Appearances
1 United States Greg Hancock 191
2 Poland Tomasz Gollob 163
3 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 157
4 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 148
5 Australia Jason Crump 145
6 Australia Leigh Adams 115
7 Poland Jarosław Hampel 96
8 United Kingdom Chris Harris 92
Poland Rune Holta 91
10 Denmark Hans N. Andersen 87
11 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 84
12 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 83
13 United Kingdom Scott Nicholls 82
14 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen 71
15 Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 70
16 United Kingdom Mark Loram 66
17 Slovenia Matej Žagar 65
18 Australia Chris Holder 63
Australia Ryan Sullivan 62
20 Denmark Kenneth Bjerre 59
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Rostrums (top 20)

Rider Rostrums
1 United States Greg Hancock 59
2 Australia Jason Crump 56
3 Poland Tomasz Gollob 53
4 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 48
5 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 45
6 Poland Jarosław Hampel 26
7 Sweden Andreas Jonsson 18
8 Australia Leigh Adams 17
9 United States Billy Hamill 16
Denmark Hans N. Andersen 16
11 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 15
12 Australia Chris Holder 14
13 Denmark Hans Nielsen 12
Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 12
Slovenia Matej Žagar 12
16 Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak 11
17 United Kingdom Mark Loram 10
18 Australia Ryan Sullivan 10
Sweden Antonio Lindbäck 10
20 Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 9
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Wins in 1 season

Rider Year Wins
1 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2005 6
2 Australia Jason Crump 2006 4
Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2007 4
Poland Tomasz Gollob 2010 4
United States Greg Hancock 2011 4

Grand Prix Wins in succession

Rider Year Wins
1 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2005 4
2 Australia Jason Crump 2006 3
3 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 1998 & 2001 2
Australia Jason Crump 2001 & 2009 2
Denmark Tommy Knudsen 1995 2
Denmark Hans Nielsen 1996 2
Australia Ryan Sullivan 2002 2
Australia Leigh Adams 2007 2
Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2007 2
Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 2013 2
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 2014 2

Grand Prix Finals in 1 year

Rider Year Finals
1 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2008 9
2 United States Greg Hancock 2011 & 2014 8
Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2005 8
Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2007 8
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak 2014 8
United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 2015 8

Grand Prix Finals in succession

Rider Year Finals
1 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2008 9
2 Australia Jason Crump 2006 & 2009 7
Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2005 7
United States Greg Hancock 2014 7
5 Australia Jason Crump 2008 6
Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak 2014 6

Grand Prix Points in 1 year (top 10)

Rider Year Points
1 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2005 196
Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2007 196
3 Australia Jason Crump 2006 188
4 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 2002 181
5 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 2008 174
6 Poland Tomasz Gollob 2010 166
7 United States Greg Hancock 2011 165
8 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 2015 163
9 Australia Jason Crump 2002 162
10 Australia Chris Holder 2012 160

Grand Prix Wins/Apps Ratio (top 10)

Rider Wins Apps Ratio (%)
1 Denmark Tommy Knudsen 3 10 30.00
2 Sweden Tony Rickardsson 20 84 23.81
3 Denmark Hans Nielsen 6 30 20.00
4 Australia Jason Crump 23 145 15.86
5 Poland Tomasz Gollob 22 163 13.50
6 Russia Emil Sayfutdinov 6 47 12.77
7 United States Billy Hamill 6 52 11.54
8 United Kingdom Tai Woffinden 5 47 10.64
9 United States Greg Hancock 20 191 10.47
10 Denmark Nicki Pedersen 16 157 10.19
Source:[2]

Minimum of 2 Grand Prix wins required.

Grand Prix Appearances without a win (top 10)

Rider Appearances
1 United Kingdom Scott Nicholls 82
2 Poland Piotr Protasiewicz 58
3 Sweden Mikael Max 56
4 Sweden Peter Karlsson 51
5 United Kingdom Andy Smith 48
6 United Kingdom Chris Louis 41
7 Sweden Henrik Gustafsson 40
8 United Kingdom Lee Richardson 38
9 Czech Republic Lukáš Dryml 34
10 Australia Todd Wiltshire 31
Source:[2]

Grand Prix Appearances without a final (top 10)

Rider Appearances
1 United Kingdom Andy Smith 48
2 Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel 22
3 Czech Republic Antonín Kasper 21
4 Denmark Jesper B. Monberg 20
5 Czech Republic Aleš Dryml 19
United Kingdom Carl Stonehewer 19
7 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 17
Australia Craig Boyce 17
9 Sweden Peter Ljung 16
10 Finland Kai Laukkanen 13
Denmark Brian Karger 13
Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. "Speedway Grand Prix records". Speedway Grand Prix info.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Speedway Grand Prix wins". Speedway Grand Prix info.
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