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This is a complete list of FIM World Superbike Champions, from 1988 up to and including 2009.

Riders

By season

Year	Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Team
1988	Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	2	2	1	Rumi Honda
1989	Fred Merkel	Honda RC30	3	2	5	Rumi Honda
1990	Raymond Roche	Ducati 851	8	7	2	Luuchinelli Squadra Corse Ducati Corse
1991	Doug Polen	Ducati 888	17	4	0	Fast By Ferracci Ducati
1992	Doug Polen	Ducati 888	9	4	2	Fast By Ferracci Ducati
1993	Scott Russell	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-7RR	5	12	1	Muzzy Kawasaki
1994	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	10	4	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1995	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	13	6	0	Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse
1996	Troy Corser	Ducati 916	7	5	1	Promotor Ducati
1997	John Kocinski	Honda RC45	9	4	4	Castrol Honda-HRC
1998	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 916	3	6	5	Ducati Corse
1999	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	11	6	2	Ducati Corse
2000	Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51	8	2	1	Castrol Honda-HRC
2001	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 996R	6	6	3	Infostrada Ducati Corse
2002	Colin Edwards	Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51	11	10	4	Castrol Honda-HRC
2003	Neil Hodgson	Ducati 999F03	13	7	0	FILA Ducati Corse
2004	James Toseland	Ducati 999F04	3	9	2	FILA Ducati Corse
2005	Troy Corser	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5	8	5	5	Alstare Corona Suzuki
2006	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999F06	12	3	1	Ducati Corse Xerox
2007	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	8	5	1	ten Kate Racing Honda
2008	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	13	6	5	Ducati Corse Xerox
2009	Ben Spies	Yamaha YZF-R1	14	2	1	Yamaha World Superbike Team

By rider Rider Championships Year  Carl Fogarty 4 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999  Troy Bayliss 3 2001, 2006, 2008  Troy Corser 2 1996, 2005  Colin Edwards 2 2000, 2002  Fred Merkel 2 1988, 1989  Doug Polen 2 1991, 1992  James Toseland 2 2004, 2007  Neil Hodgson 1 2003  John Kocinski 1 1997  Raymond Roche 1 1990  Scott Russell 1 1993  Ben Spies 1 2009

By nationality Country Championships No. of Champions  United States 9 6  United Kingdom 7 3  Australia 5 2  France 1 1 Carl Fogarty has won the Superbike World Championship a record 4 times

Manufacturers

Ducati's v-twin motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship winning the Manufacturer title 15 times

By season

Year	Champion (Motorcycle)							Win	2nd	3rd
	Honda	Ducati	Suzuki	Yamaha	Kawasaki	BMW	Aprilia
1988	Honda RC30							2	6	8
1989	Honda RC30							8	7	12
1990	Honda RC30							6	8	12
1991		Ducati 888F91						23	14	11
1992		Ducati 888F91						20	15	11
1993		Ducati 888F93						19	?	?
1994		Ducati 916F94						12	10	9
1995		Ducati 916F95						20	14	8
1996		Ducati 916F96						14	11	8
1997	Honda RC45							12	9	10
1998		Ducati 916F98						10	14	16
1999		Ducati 996F99						16	14	5
2000		Ducati 996F00						5	10	7
2001		Ducati 996F01						15	16	7
2002		Ducati 998F02						14	12	18
2003		Ducati 999F03						24	20	20
2004		Ducati 999F04						18	17	20
2005			GSX-R1000 K5					9	11	6
2006		Ducati 999F06						12	3	3
2007	Honda CBR1000RR							6	9	9
2008		Ducati 1098F08						13	6	5
2009		Ducati 1198F09						10	10	4
Total	5	16	1	0	0	0	0

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