The win by Marc Marquez in Germany was the 53rd of his grand prix career, just one less win than five times 500cc world champions Mick Doohan as shown in the following table of riders with most GP wins. There are just six riders in the 68-year history of motorcycle grand prix racing who have scored more wins than Marc Marquez, who is still just 23 years old.
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| Rider | Total wins | MotoGP | 350cc | Moto2 | 125cc | 80/50cc |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | 122 | 68 | 54 |
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| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 114 | 88 |
| 14 | 12 |
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| 3 | Angel Nieto | 90 |
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| 62 | 28 |
| 4 | Mike Hailwood | 76 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 2 |
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| 5 | Jorge Lorenzo | 64 | 43 |
| 17 | 4 |
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| 6 | Mick Doohan | 54 | 54 |
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| 7 | Marc Marquez | 53 | 27 |
| 16 | 10 |
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| 8 | Phil Read | 52 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 10 |
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| 9 | Dani Pedrosa | 51 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 |
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| 10= | Jim Redman | 45 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 4 |
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| 10= | Casey Stoner | 45 | 38 |
| 5 | 2 |
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It was also the 27th time Marquez has stood on the top step of the podium in the MotoGP™ class. As shown in the following list, this is the just one less premier-class win than his Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa:
Riders with most wins in MotoGP™/500cc class
88 - Valentino Rossi (7 premier-class titles)
68 - Giacomo Agostini (8 premier-class titles)
54 - Mick Doohan (5 premier-class titles)
43 - Jorge Lorenzo (3 premier-class titles)
38 - Casey Stoner (2 premier-class titles)
37 - Mike Hailwood (4 premier-class titles)
31 - Eddie Lawson (4 premier-class titles)
28 - Dani Pedrosa (0 premier-class titles)
27 - Marc Marquez (2 premier-class world titles)
25 - Kevin Schwantz (1 premier-class title)