List of 500cc/MotoGP riders who set a fastest lap

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Valentino Rossi holds the record for the most MotoGP/500cc fastest laps with 76 during his career.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Classes that have been discontinued include 500cc (although 500cc statistics are combined with MotoGP officially), 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.[1]

Valentino Rossi holds the record for the most race fastest laps recorded in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class with 76. Giacomo Agostini is second with 69 fastest laps, and Marc Márquez is third with 59 fastest laps.[2]

By rider[edit]

As of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix
Key
* MotoGP/500cc World Champion
Grand Prix World Champion
Bold Rider has competed in the 2023 MotoGP season
Grand Prix motorcycle racing fastest lap runners
Rank Country Rider Fastest laps Seasons active in MotoGP/500cc First fastest lap Last fastest lap
1  ITA Valentino Rossi* 76 20002021 2000 500cc South African Grand Prix 2019 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix
2  ITA Giacomo Agostini* 69 19651977 1966 500cc East German Grand Prix 1977 500cc French Grand Prix
3  ESP Marc Márquez* 59 2013 2013 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
4  AUS Mick Doohan* 46 19891999 1990 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1999 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
5  ESP Dani Pedrosa 44 20062018
2021
2023
2006 MotoGP Chinese Grand Prix 2017 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix
6  UK Mike Hailwood* 37 19581967 1962 500cc Dutch TT 1967 500cc Canadian Grand Prix
7  ESP Jorge Lorenzo* 30 20082019 2008 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix 2018 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
8  AUS Casey Stoner* 29 20062012 2007 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2012 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
9  USA Kevin Schwantz* 26 19861995 1988 500cc Japanese Grand Prix 1994 500cc British Grand Prix
10  USA Kenny Roberts* 24 19781983 1978 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1983 500cc San Marino Grand Prix
11  USA Wayne Rainey* 22 19881993 1989 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1993 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix
12  USA Eddie Lawson* 21 19831992 1984 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1989 500cc Brazilian Grand Prix
 UK Geoff Duke* 21 19501959 1950 500cc Isle of Man TT 1958 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
14  UK John Surtees* 20 1952
19541960
1956 500cc Isle of Man TT 1960 500cc Nations Grand Prix
15  AUS Wayne Gardner* 19 19831992 1985 500cc Dutch TT 1992 500cc South African Grand Prix
16  UK Barry Sheene* 18 19741984 1975 500cc Dutch TT 1984 500cc South African Grand Prix
 USA Freddie Spencer* 18 19801987
1989
1993
1982 500cc Nations Grand Prix 1985 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
18  ESP Àlex Crivillé* 14 19922001 1995 500cc Dutch TT 2000 500cc Valencian Grand Prix
 BRA Alex Barros 14 19902005
2007
1992 500cc Hungarian Grand Prix 2005 MotoGP Chinese Grand Prix
 ITA Max Biaggi 14 19982005 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix 2005 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
21  FRA Fabio Quartararo* 13 2019 2019 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2022 MotoGP German Grand Prix
 ITA Francesco Bagnaia* 13 2019 2020 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix
23  USA Randy Mamola 12 19791990
1992
1980 500cc Dutch TT 1987 500cc San Marino Grand Prix
 ESP Maverick Viñales 12 2015 2016 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix 2024 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
25  ITA Andrea Dovizioso 11 20082022 2010 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix 2019 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
 FRA Johann Zarco 11 2017 2017 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
27  RAN Gary Hocking* 10 19581959
19611962
1961 500cc West German Grand Prix 1962 500cc Isle of Man TT
 ITA Loris Capirossi 10 19951996
20002011
2000 500cc Italian Grand Prix 2006 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
29  ITA Marco Lucchinelli* 9 19751986 1976 500cc French Grand Prix 1982 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
 USA Kenny Roberts Jr.* 9 19962007 1999 500cc French Grand Prix 2006 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix
31  ESP Sete Gibernau 8 19972006
2009
1999 500cc Catalan Grand Prix 2005 MotoGP German Grand Prix
32  JPN Tadayuki Okada 7 19962000
2008
1996 500cc Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 500cc German Grand Prix
 USA Nicky Hayden* 7 20032016 2005 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix 2011 MotoGP British Grand Prix
 ESP Álex Rins 7 2017 2018 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
 ITA Enea Bastianini 7 2021 2021 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix 2024 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix
36  UK Leslie Graham* 6 19491953 1949 500cc Isle of Man TT 1952 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 FRA Christian Sarron 6 1979
1981
19851990
1985 500cc German Grand Prix 1989 500cc Swedish Grand Prix
 ITA Luca Cadalora 6 1989
19932000
1993 500cc British Grand Prix 1996 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
39  FIN Teuvo Länsivuori 5 19741978 1974 500cc Swedish Grand Prix 1976 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix
 ESP Carlos Checa 5 19952007
2010
1995 500cc European Grand Prix 2002 MotoGP Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
41  VEN Johnny Cecotto 4 19761980 1977 500cc Finnish Grand Prix 1978 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
 USA John Kocinski 4 1989
19911994
19981999
1991 500cc Japanese Grand Prix 1994 500cc United States Grand Prix
 UK Cal Crutchlow 4 2011 2012 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix 2016 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
 ESP Aleix Espargaró 4 20092010
2012
2022 MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP British Grand Prix
 ESP Jorge Martín 4 2021 2022 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
 ITA Marco Bezzecchi 4 2022 2023 MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix
 ZAF Brad Binder 4 2020 2020 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
48  ITA Alfredo Milani 3 19501957 1951 500cc French Grand Prix 1951 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 SRA Ray Amm 3 19511954 1953 500cc Isle of Man TT 1954 500cc Isle of Man TT
 AUS Ken Kavanagh 3 19511955
1959
1953 500cc Ulster Grand Prix 1954 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 UK Bob McIntyre 3 19541961 1957 500cc German Grand Prix 1961 500cc Isle of Man TT
 FIN Jarno Saarinen 3 1973 1973 500cc French Grand Prix 1973 500cc West German Grand Prix
 UK Phil Read* 3 19611964
1971
19731976
1964 500cc Ulster Grand Prix 1974 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 ITA Virginio Ferrari 3 19761985 1978 500cc German Grand Prix 1979 500cc French Grand Prix
 JPN Tohru Ukawa 3 20012005 2001 500cc Japanese Grand Prix 2002 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
 USA Colin Edwards 3 20032014 2004 MotoGP British Grand Prix 2005 MotoGP United States Grand Prix
 ITA Marco Melandri 3 20032010
2015
2005 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix 2005 MotoGP Valencian Grand Prix
 ESP Toni Elías 3 20052009
20112012
2015
2006 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix 2007 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
 ITA Andrea Iannone 3 20132019 2015 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas 2016 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
 AUS Jack Miller 3 2015 2019 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix 2022 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
61  ITA Nello Pagani 2 19491955 1949 500cc Dutch TT 1949 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 ITA Carlo Bandirola 2 19501956
1958
1950 500cc Swiss Grand Prix 1950 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 UK Fergus Anderson 2 1951
19531954
1951 500cc Swiss Grand Prix 1953 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 UK Bill Lomas 2 1952
19541956
1955 500cc Ulster Grand Prix 1956 500cc Ulster Grand Prix
 ITA Remo Venturi 2 19581960
1962
1964
1960 500cc Dutch TT 1962 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 ARG Benedicto Caldarella 2 19621964 1962 500cc Argentine Grand Prix 1964 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 ITA Gianfranco Bonera 2 19731975
19771978
1980
1974 500cc Austrian Grand Prix 1974 500cc Czechoslovak Grand Prix
 UK Mick Grant 2 1970
19721976
1979
1984
1973 500cc Isle of Man TT 1975 500cc Isle of Man TT
 UK John Williams 2 19681978 1976 500cc Isle of Man TT 1976 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 NED Wil Hartog 2 19721973
19751981
1979 500cc Swedish Grand Prix 1980 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
 JPN Takazumi Katayama 2 19761985 1982 500cc San Marino Grand Prix 1983 500cc German Grand Prix
 BEL Didier de Radiguès 2 19831988
1991
1983 500cc Austrian Grand Prix 1984 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
 NZL Simon Crafar 2 1993
19981999
1998 500cc British Grand Prix 1998 500cc Australian Grand Prix
 JPN Makoto Tamada 2 20032007 2004 MotoGP Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 2004 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
 USA John Hopkins 2 20022008
2011
2007 MotoGP French Grand Prix 2007 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
 GER Jonas Folger 2 2017
2023
2017 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix 2017 MotoGP German Grand Prix
 ITA Danilo Petrucci 2 2012 2016 MotoGP Dutch TT 2018 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix
 PRT Miguel Oliveira 2 2019 2020 MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP German Grand Prix
 ESP Álex Márquez 2 2020 2023 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix
80  ITA Arciso Artesiani 1 19491951 1949 500cc Belgian Grand Prix 1949 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 ITA Enrico Lorenzetti 1 1949
1951
1951 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1951 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 ITA Umberto Masetti* 1 19501952
19541958
1951 500cc Dutch TT 1951 500cc Dutch TT
 UK Jack Brett 1 19491957
19591960
1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix 1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
 IRL Reg Armstrong 1 19491956 1953 500cc French Grand Prix 1953 500cc French Grand Prix
 NZL Rod Coleman 1 19511954 1953 500cc Swiss Grand Prix 1953 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
 UK Dickie Dale 1 1950
19531960
1953 500cc Nations Grand Prix 1953 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 FRA Pierre Monneret 1 19531956 1954 500cc French Grand Prix 1954 500cc French Grand Prix
 AUS Keith Campbell 1 1954
19571958
1957 500cc Belgian Grand Prix 1957 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 ITA Libero Liberati* 1 19521953
19551957
1957 500cc Nations Grand Prix 1957 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 ARG Eduardo Salatino 1 19611962 1961 500cc Argentine Grand Prix 1961 500cc Argentine Grand Prix
 UK John Hartle 1 19551956
19581960
19631964
19671968
1963 500cc Dutch TT 1963 500cc Dutch TT
 CAN Mike Duff 1 19611967 1964 500cc Finnish Grand Prix 1964 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
 ZAF Paddy Driver 1 19581965 1965 500cc Ulster Grand Prix 1965 500cc Ulster Grand Prix
 RAN Jim Redman 1 19591960
1966
1966 500cc West German Grand Prix 1966 500cc West German Grand Prix
 UK John Findlay 1 1969 1969 500cc Ulster Grand Prix 1969 500cc Ulster Grand Prix
 AUS John Dodds 1 19661971 1969 500cc Nations Grand Prix 1969 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 UK Godfrey Nash 1 19681971 1969 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1969 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix
 ITA Angelo Bergamonti 1 19671970 1970 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1970 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 SWE Ivan Carlsson 1 19711973 1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 UK Chas Mortimer 1 19721976 1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 NZL Kim Newcombe 1 19721973 1973 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1973 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix
 GER Edmund Czihak 1 1974 1974 500cc German Grand Prix 1974 500cc German Grand Prix
 UK Charlie Williams 1 19721976 1974 500cc Isle of Man TT 1974 500cc Isle of Man TT
 JPN Hideo Kanaya 1 19721973
1975
1975 500cc French Grand Prix 1975 500cc French Grand Prix
 UK John Newbold 1 19751980 1976 500cc Finnish Grand Prix 1976 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
 NED Marcel Ankoné 1 1973
19751976
1976 500cc German Grand Prix 1976 500cc German Grand Prix
 AUS Jack Findlay 1 19581978 1977 500cc Austrian Grand Prix 1977 500cc Austrian Grand Prix
 UK Steve Parrish 1 19771985 1977 500cc British Grand Prix 1977 500cc British Grand Prix
 FRA Michel Rougerie 1 19731980 1978 500cc Belgian Grand Prix 1978 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 AUS Kenny Blake 1 19781979 1979 500cc Belgian Grand Prix 1979 500cc Belgian Grand Prix
 NED Jack Middelburg 1 19771983 1979 500cc Finnish Grand Prix 1979 500cc Finnish Grand Prix
 ZAF Kork Ballington 1 19801982 1981 500cc Dutch TT 1981 500cc Dutch TT
  SUI Michel Frutschi 1 19751983 1982 500cc French Grand Prix 1982 500cc French Grand Prix
 ITA Franco Uncini* 1 19791985 1982 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1982 500cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix
 NZL Graeme Crosby 1 19801982 1982 500cc British Grand Prix 1982 500cc British Grand Prix
 USA Mike Baldwin 1 1979
1981
19851988
1986 500cc Nations Grand Prix 1986 500cc Nations Grand Prix
 JPN Tadahiko Taira 1 19841985
19871991
1987 500cc British Grand Prix 1987 500cc British Grand Prix
 AUS Kevin Magee 1 19871991
1993
1988 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1988 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili 1 19861990
1995
1989 500cc Australian Grand Prix 1989 500cc Australian Grand Prix
 ESP Joan Garriga 1 1986
19901993
1992 500cc Dutch TT 1992 500cc Dutch TT
 JPN Shinichi Ito 1 19881996
1999
2002
2005
2007
2011
1994 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix 1994 500cc Czech Republic Grand Prix
 ESP Alberto Puig 1 19941997 1995 500cc Spanish Grand Prix 1995 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
 AUS Daryl Beattie 1 19921997 1995 500cc Argentine Grand Prix 1995 500cc Argentine Grand Prix
 JPN Norifumi Abe 1 19942004 1996 500cc Japanese Grand Prix 1996 500cc Japanese Grand Prix
 USA Scott Russell 1 19951996 1996 500cc British Grand Prix 1996 500cc British Grand Prix
 AUS Garry McCoy 1 19982004
2006
2000 500cc British Grand Prix 2000 500cc British Grand Prix
 JPN Shinya Nakano 1 20012008 2001 500cc German Grand Prix 2001 500cc German Grand Prix
 JPN Daijiro Kato 1 20022003 2002 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix 2002 MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
 JPN Noriyuki Haga 1 1998
2001
2003
2003 MotoGP French Grand Prix 2003 MotoGP French Grand Prix
 AUS Chris Vermeulen 1 20052009
2012
2007 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix 2007 MotoGP Turkish Grand Prix
 USA Ben Spies 1 20082013 2011 MotoGP Dutch TT 2011 MotoGP Dutch TT
 ESP Álvaro Bautista 1 20102018
2023
2014 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2014 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix
 UK Scott Redding 1 20142018 2017 MotoGP Dutch TT 2017 MotoGP Dutch TT
 ESP Pol Espargaró 1 2014 2020 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix 2020 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix
 ITA Franco Morbidelli 1 2018 2020 MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix 2020 MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix
 ESP Joan Mir* 1 2019 2021 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix 2021 MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix
 ITA Luca Marini 1 2021 2022 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix 2022 MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix
 ESP Pedro Acosta 1 2024 2024 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix 2024 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix

By nationality[edit]

As of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix
Rank Country Fastest laps Rider(s)
1  Italy 250 28
2  Spain 199 17
3  United States 151 14
4  United Kingdom 130 22
5  Australia 112 13
6  France 32 5
7  Japan 21 11
8  Rhodesia 14 3
 Brazil 14 1
10  Finland 8 2
11  South Africa 6 3
12  New Zealand 5 4
13  Venezuela 4 1
 Netherlands 4 3
15  Argentina 3 2
 Germany 3 2
17  Belgium 2 1
 Portugal 2 1
19  Ireland 1 1
 Canada 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 Switzerland 1 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Basics". MotoGP. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. ^ "MotoGP Statistics". MotoGP.