Distance rankings

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length. Lap lengths from 1998 come from the official results documents; earlier ones are estimates researched from published sources (with sources).

All time: ridden in races and sprints

1Valentino Rossi27,861 miles1.1× around the Earth · 16 races with an estimated lap length
2Aleix Espargaro22,390 miles0.9× around the Earth
3Andrea Dovizioso22,289 miles0.9× around the Earth
4Johann Zarco21,284 miles0.9× around the Earth
5Marc Marquez20,945 miles0.8× around the Earth
6Maverick Viñales19,579 miles0.8× around the Earth
7Dani Pedrosa19,133 miles0.8× around the Earth
8Brad Binder19,000 miles0.8× around the Earth
9Pol Espargaro18,833 miles0.8× around the Earth
10Jorge Lorenzo18,698 miles0.8× around the Earth
11Jack Miller18,437 miles0.7× around the Earth
12Thomas Lüthi18,002 miles0.7× around the Earth
13Alex Rins17,533 miles0.7× around the Earth
14Takaaki Nakagami17,446 miles0.7× around the Earth
15Loris Capirossi17,423 miles0.7× around the Earth · 61 races with an estimated lap length
16Alex Marquez17,396 miles0.7× around the Earth
17Simone Corsi17,081 miles0.7× around the Earth
18Franco Morbidelli17,000 miles0.7× around the Earth
19Francesco Bagnaia16,974 miles0.7× around the Earth
20Alvaro Bautista16,388 miles0.7× around the Earth
21Hector Barbera16,348 miles0.7× around the Earth
22Miguel Oliveira16,139 miles0.6× around the Earth
23Fabio Quartararo16,007 miles0.6× around the Earth
24Enea Bastianini15,875 miles0.6× around the Earth
25Alex De Angelis14,799 miles0.6× around the Earth
26Fabio Di Giannantonio14,564 miles0.6× around the Earth
27Bradley Smith14,559 miles0.6× around the Earth
28Alex Barros14,531 miles0.6× around the Earth · 80 races with an estimated lap length
29Luca Marini14,443 miles0.6× around the Earth
30Anthony West14,347 miles0.6× around the Earth · 1 races with an estimated lap length

All time: ridden in every session

1Valentino Rossi71,634 miles2.9× around the Earth · 16 races with an estimated lap length
2Andrea Dovizioso62,140 miles2.5× around the Earth
3Dani Pedrosa60,370 miles2.4× around the Earth
4Jorge Lorenzo58,463 miles2.3× around the Earth
5Nicky Hayden57,615 miles2.3× around the Earth
6Aleix Espargaro55,496 miles2.2× around the Earth
7Colin Edwards54,167 miles2.2× around the Earth
8Alvaro Bautista53,714 miles2.2× around the Earth
9Randy De Puniet53,107 miles2.1× around the Earth
10Alex De Angelis53,102 miles2.1× around the Earth
11Hector Barbera52,497 miles2.1× around the Earth
12Thomas Lüthi51,901 miles2.1× around the Earth
13Mika Kallio49,883 miles2.0× around the Earth
14Simone Corsi49,297 miles2.0× around the Earth
15Anthony West47,437 miles1.9× around the Earth · 1 races with an estimated lap length
16Toni Elias47,232 miles1.9× around the Earth
17Loris Capirossi46,898 miles1.9× around the Earth · 61 races with an estimated lap length
18Pol Espargaro46,447 miles1.9× around the Earth
19Hiroshi Aoyama45,590 miles1.8× around the Earth
20Karel Abraham45,139 miles1.8× around the Earth
21Andrea Iannone44,358 miles1.8× around the Earth
22Julian Simon44,035 miles1.8× around the Earth
23Tito Rabat43,878 miles1.8× around the Earth
24Bradley Smith43,599 miles1.8× around the Earth
25Mattia Pasini42,734 miles1.7× around the Earth
26Marc Marquez42,445 miles1.7× around the Earth
27Dominique Aegerter41,470 miles1.7× around the Earth
28Mike Di Meglio40,851 miles1.6× around the Earth
29Sandro Cortese40,779 miles1.6× around the Earth
30Johann Zarco40,634 miles1.6× around the Earth

Riders racing this season: every session

1Aleix Espargaro55,496 miles2.2× around the Earth
2Pol Espargaro46,447 miles1.9× around the Earth
3Marc Marquez42,445 miles1.7× around the Earth
4Johann Zarco40,634 miles1.6× around the Earth
5Takaaki Nakagami33,620 miles1.4× around the Earth
6Maverick Viñales31,956 miles1.3× around the Earth
7Brad Binder29,034 miles1.2× around the Earth
8Jack Miller28,481 miles1.1× around the Earth
9Alex Rins26,946 miles1.1× around the Earth
10Jonas Folger26,249 miles1.1× around the Earth
11Cal Crutchlow25,774 miles1.0× around the Earth
12Alex Marquez25,599 miles1.0× around the Earth
13Francesco Bagnaia22,694 miles0.9× around the Earth
14Michele Pirro21,525 miles0.9× around the Earth
15Franco Morbidelli20,561 miles0.8× around the Earth
16Enea Bastianini18,091 miles0.7× around the Earth
17Fabio Quartararo16,173 miles0.6× around the Earth
18Luca Marini14,801 miles0.6× around the Earth
19Fabio Di Giannantonio14,736 miles0.6× around the Earth
20Jorge Martin13,766 miles0.6× around the Earth
21Marco Bezzecchi13,509 miles0.5× around the Earth
22Raul Fernandez12,133 miles0.5× around the Earth
23Joan Mir11,884 miles0.5× around the Earth
24Tony Arbolino10,268 miles0.4× around the Earth
25Jorge Navarro10,217 miles0.4× around the Earth
26Augusto Fernandez10,018 miles0.4× around the Earth
27Marcos Ramirez9,998 miles0.4× around the Earth
28Aron Canet9,982 miles0.4× around the Earth
29Lorenzo Savadori9,918 miles0.4× around the Earth
30Ai Ogura9,707 miles0.4× around the Earth

Ridden in MotoGP (every session)

1Valentino Rossi66,596 miles2.7× around the Earth · 16 races with an estimated lap length
2Nicky Hayden57,615 miles2.3× around the Earth
3Colin Edwards54,167 miles2.2× around the Earth
4Dani Pedrosa52,134 miles2.1× around the Earth
5Andrea Dovizioso43,960 miles1.8× around the Earth
6Randy De Puniet43,299 miles1.7× around the Earth
7Jorge Lorenzo40,746 miles1.6× around the Earth
8Loris Capirossi39,250 miles1.6× around the Earth · 61 races with an estimated lap length
9Marco Melandri35,821 miles1.4× around the Earth · 1 races with an estimated lap length
10Casey Stoner33,410 miles1.3× around the Earth
11Aleix Espargaro32,352 miles1.3× around the Earth
12Toni Elias32,338 miles1.3× around the Earth
13Alvaro Bautista29,071 miles1.2× around the Earth
14Shinya Nakano27,900 miles1.1× around the Earth · 1 races with an estimated lap length
15John Hopkins26,506 miles1.1× around the Earth
16Hector Barbera26,505 miles1.1× around the Earth
17Cal Crutchlow25,774 miles1.0× around the Earth
18Chris Vermeulen25,491 miles1.0× around the Earth
19Marc Marquez23,720 miles1.0× around the Earth
20Carlos Checa21,580 miles0.9× around the Earth · 41 races with an estimated lap length
21Danilo Petrucci21,389 miles0.9× around the Earth
22Karel Abraham19,613 miles0.8× around the Earth
23Stefan Bradl19,468 miles0.8× around the Earth
24Hiroshi Aoyama19,341 miles0.8× around the Earth
25Makoto Tamada19,341 miles0.8× around the Earth
26Ben Spies16,919 miles0.7× around the Earth
27James Ellison15,977 miles0.6× around the Earth
28Maverick Viñales15,882 miles0.6× around the Earth
29Jack Miller15,774 miles0.6× around the Earth
30Bradley Smith15,197 miles0.6× around the Earth

Ridden in Moto2 (every session)

1Dominique Aegerter28,304 miles1.1× around the Earth
2Simone Corsi27,780 miles1.1× around the Earth
3Thomas Lüthi27,206 miles1.1× around the Earth
4Anthony West23,329 miles0.9× around the Earth · 1 races with an estimated lap length
5Axel Pons22,860 miles0.9× around the Earth
6Xavier Simeon22,480 miles0.9× around the Earth
7Julian Simon21,454 miles0.9× around the Earth
8Tito Rabat20,426 miles0.8× around the Earth
9Ricard Cardus20,303 miles0.8× around the Earth
10Alex De Angelis19,637 miles0.8× around the Earth
11Mika Kallio19,338 miles0.8× around the Earth
12Marcel Schrotter19,102 miles0.8× around the Earth
13Mattia Pasini18,660 miles0.7× around the Earth
14Scott Redding18,069 miles0.7× around the Earth
15Randy Krummenacher18,013 miles0.7× around the Earth
16Yuki Takahashi16,453 miles0.7× around the Earth
17Takaaki Nakagami16,301 miles0.7× around the Earth
18Ratthapark Wilairot16,045 miles0.6× around the Earth
19Mike Di Meglio16,019 miles0.6× around the Earth
20Johann Zarco15,981 miles0.6× around the Earth
21Jordi Torres15,001 miles0.6× around the Earth
22Pol Espargaro14,620 miles0.6× around the Earth
23Nicolas Terol13,727 miles0.6× around the Earth
24Andrea Iannone12,770 miles0.5× around the Earth
25Claudio Corti12,352 miles0.5× around the Earth
26Gino Rea11,101 miles0.4× around the Earth
27Toni Elias10,734 miles0.4× around the Earth
28Sam Lowes10,642 miles0.4× around the Earth
29Hafizh Syahrin10,366 miles0.4× around the Earth
30Sandro Cortese10,356 miles0.4× around the Earth

Ridden in Moto3 (every session)

1Romano Fenati17,694 miles0.7× around the Earth
2Jakub Kornfeil17,397 miles0.7× around the Earth
3Niccolò Antonelli17,021 miles0.7× around the Earth
4John McPhee16,287 miles0.7× around the Earth
5Brad Binder13,525 miles0.5× around the Earth
6Miguel Oliveira12,350 miles0.5× around the Earth
7Zulfahmi Khairuddin12,270 miles0.5× around the Earth
8Alex Rins12,191 miles0.5× around the Earth
9Alessandro Tonucci12,189 miles0.5× around the Earth
10Isaac Viñales12,061 miles0.5× around the Earth
11Efren Vazquez11,654 miles0.5× around the Earth
12Alexis Masbou11,576 miles0.5× around the Earth
13Philipp Oettl11,539 miles0.5× around the Earth
14Arthur Sissis11,349 miles0.5× around the Earth
15Jack Miller11,190 miles0.4× around the Earth
16Niklas Ajo10,943 miles0.4× around the Earth
17Alex Marquez10,644 miles0.4× around the Earth
18Ana Carrasco10,492 miles0.4× around the Earth
19Juanfran Guevara10,358 miles0.4× around the Earth
20Livio Loi10,062 miles0.4× around the Earth
21Francesco Bagnaia9,033 miles0.4× around the Earth
22Andrea Migno8,945 miles0.4× around the Earth
23Danny Kent8,589 miles0.3× around the Earth
24Alan Techer8,345 miles0.3× around the Earth
25Luis Salom8,262 miles0.3× around the Earth
26Tatsuki Suzuki8,202 miles0.3× around the Earth
27Maverick Viñales8,146 miles0.3× around the Earth
28Toni Finsterbusch8,123 miles0.3× around the Earth
29Matteo Ferrari7,994 miles0.3× around the Earth
30Jasper Iwema7,816 miles0.3× around the Earth

In one season (seasons with every session counted)

1Nicky Hayden 20077,013 miles77.2 h on the bike
2Chris Vermeulen 20076,797 miles75 h on the bike
3Shinya Nakano 20076,761 miles75.7 h on the bike
4John Hopkins 20076,756 miles74.7 h on the bike
5Dani Pedrosa 20076,719 miles73.6 h on the bike
6Valentino Rossi 20076,688 miles73 h on the bike
7Sylvain Guintoli 20076,649 miles74.3 h on the bike
8Makoto Tamada 20076,639 miles75.3 h on the bike
9Colin Edwards 20076,550 miles72.3 h on the bike
10Shinya Nakano 20086,532 miles71 h on the bike
11Nicky Hayden 20066,480 miles70.5 h on the bike
12Chris Vermeulen 20086,478 miles70.9 h on the bike
13Valentino Rossi 20086,380 miles68.6 h on the bike
14Loris Capirossi 20076,356 miles70.8 h on the bike
15Carlos Checa 20076,355 miles70.3 h on the bike
16Anthony West 20086,350 miles69.8 h on the bike
17Randy De Puniet 20076,321 miles69.9 h on the bike
18Carlos Checa 20066,299 miles69.7 h on the bike
19Dani Pedrosa 20066,286 miles68.8 h on the bike
20Shinya Nakano 20066,234 miles68.5 h on the bike
21John Hopkins 20066,181 miles68.3 h on the bike
22Colin Edwards 20066,176 miles68.1 h on the bike
23Marco Melandri 20076,164 miles67.9 h on the bike
24Casey Stoner 20076,163 miles68.1 h on the bike
25Alex Barros 20076,160 miles67.8 h on the bike
26Valentino Rossi 20066,127 miles66.5 h on the bike
27Dani Pedrosa 20086,121 miles66.5 h on the bike
28Sylvain Guintoli 20086,118 miles66.2 h on the bike
29Anthony West 20076,100 miles68.9 h on the bike
30Marco Melandri 20066,083 miles66.5 h on the bike

A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.