Marc Marquez has taken his seventh MotoGP World Championship, 2184 days since he last became MotoGP World Champion in 2019. Winning the title in Japan at Round 17 of 22 makes it the third earliest a rider has ever secured the MotoGP crown in the modern era.
He has competed for three different teams and two different manufacturers since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
He’s undergone five surgeries on his right arm and shoulder since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019 – during which time he has missed 30 races.
He has crashed 108 times since he was last MotoGP World Champion in 2019.
There were 581 days between his last win in 2019 and his first win back from injury in Germany in 2021, and then another 1043 days until he won again in Aragon 2024 after two more injuries, multiple surgeries, and his change of team and factory.
He is now the rider with the longest wait between MotoGP World Championships: six years. The previous longest gap was for Casey Stoner, who had four years between his titles in 2007 (Ducati) and 2011 (Honda).
He has the second most MotoGP wins of any rider – 73 and counting. Valentino Rossi has the most, with 89 victories.
His 2025 points total of 541 has already surpassed the previous totals in the Sprint era (since 2023) with five GPs remaining. He has the most doubles in a single season – 10 – taking the record from Francesco Bagnaia, who took five in 2024.
Marc Marquez is the sixth rider in history to win MotoGP World Championships with different factories (Honda and Ducati), along with Casey Stoner (Ducati and Honda), Valentino Rossi (Honda and Yamaha), Eddie Lawson (Yamaha and Honda), Geoff Duke (Norton and Gilera) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta and Yamaha).
Marquez is the fourth different rider who has taken a MotoGP World Championship with Ducati along with Casey Stoner (2007)., Francesco Bagnaia (2022, 2023) and Jorge Martin (2024). In 2025, he became the second Ducati rider to win on their debut with the factory team, after Casey Stoner.
He has set the record as the rider with most MotoGP wins in a row with Ducati – seven from Aragon to Hungary this year. He is also the first rider to score seven doubles (Sprint and GP wins) in a row, also from Aragon to Hungary. He took his 14th win with Ducati in Misano, equalling Andrea Dovizioso in third on the list of the most successful Ducati riders in MotoGP, behind Francesco Bagnaia (30 wins) and Casey Stoner (23).
His seventh MotoGP World Championship sees him equal Valentino Rossi’s number of MotoGP titles. Only one rider has more – Giacomo Agostini on eight.