We are halfway through the 2020s decade in Pro Motocross after the 2024 season completed at Ironman. This decade of Pro Motocross began with the covid shortened 2020 season which had just 9 rounds. 2021 and 2022 were back to the normal 12 rounds series. And the last two years have been 11 rounds with the SMX expansion.
These 55 total rounds over the last five years have flown by so I figured it would be good to review the stats for both classes. I’ll show stats on Starts, Wins, Average Finishes, Laps Led and more for both Overalls and Motos.
450 Class – Riders
Starts
| Rank | Rider | Starts |
| 1 | Chase Sexton | 50 |
| 2 | Fredrik Noren | 47 |
| 3 | Aaron Plessinger | 44 |
| 4 | Christian Craig | 43 |
| Justin Rodbell | 43 | |
| 6 | Grant Harlan | 38 |
| Scott Meshey | 38 | |
| 8 | Dylan Ferrandis | 36 |
| 9 | Justin Barcia | 35 |
| Eli Tomac | 35 | |
| 11 | Jason Anderson | 34 |
| 12 | Joey Savatgy | 29 |
| Jerry Robin | 29 | |
| 14 | Jeremy Hand | 28 |
| 15 | Jeremy Smith | 27 |
No rider from 2020-2024 has started all 55 rounds of Pro Motocross. Sexton leads the way here but it is cool to see both a mix of factory riders with privateers.
Points
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Chase Sexton | 2013 |
| 2 | Eli Tomac | 1392 |
| 3 | Aaron Plessinger | 1343 |
| 4 | Dylan Ferrandis | 1261 |
| 5 | Christian Craig | 1144 |
| 6 | Jason Anderson | 1096 |
| 7 | Justin Barcia | 991 |
| 8 | Ken Roczen | 907 |
| 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | 818 |
| 10 | Fredrik Noren | 776 |
| 11 | Jett Lawrence | 760 |
| 12 | Joey Savatgy | 609 |
| 13 | Marvin Musquin | 554 |
| 14 | Cooper Webb | 548 |
| 15 | Garrett Marchbanks | 477 |
Sexton with a huge lead on points, however, he has more starts than anyone in the class in the last 5 years. The Points per Start shows a bit of different picture:
Points per Overall Start (min. 10 starts)
| Rank | Rider | Points per Start |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 47.50 |
| 2 | Hunter Lawrence | 42.00 |
| 3 | Chase Sexton | 40.26 |
| 4 | Eli Tomac | 39.77 |
| 5 | Zach Osborne | 35.27 |
| 6 | Dylan Ferrandis | 35.03 |
| 7 | Ken Roczen | 34.88 |
| 8 | Justin Cooper | 33.73 |
| 9 | Jason Anderson | 32.24 |
| 10 | Adam Cianciarulo | 31.46 |
| 11 | Marvin Musquin | 30.78 |
| 12 | Aaron Plessinger | 30.52 |
| 13 | Cooper Webb | 30.44 |
| 14 | Ryan Dungey | 29.92 |
| 15 | Blake Baggett | 29.00 |
No surprise to see Jett Lawrence way ahead here. Cool to see Dungey on the list after his comeback 2022 season.
Average Overall Finish (min. 10 starts)
| Rank | Rider | Average Overall Finish |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 1.69 |
| 2 | Hunter Lawrence | 2.64 |
| 3 | Chase Sexton | 3.24 |
| 4 | Eli Tomac | 3.34 |
| 5 | Ken Roczen | 4.65 |
| 6 | Justin Cooper | 5.09 |
| 7 | Zach Osborne | 5.18 |
| 8 | Dylan Ferrandis | 5.64 |
| 9 | Marvin Musquin | 5.72 |
| 10 | Jason Anderson | 6.15 |
| 11 | Cooper Webb | 6.50 |
| 12 | Ryan Dungey | 6.58 |
| 13 | Adam Cianciarulo | 6.62 |
| 14 | Justin Barcia | 7.00 |
| 15 | Aaron Plessinger | 7.18 |
Jett Lawrence’s 1.69 average finish so far in his career is currently better than Ricky Carmichael’s career average. Obviously Carmichael has way more career starts but it is still incredibly impressive from Jett.
Overall Wins
| Rank | Rider | Overall Wins |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 15 |
| 2 | Chase Sexton | 13 |
| 3 | Eli Tomac | 9 |
| 4 | Dylan Ferrandis | 6 |
| 5 | Zach Osborne | 4 |
| 6 | Ken Roczen | 3 |
| 7 | Jason Anderson | 2 |
| Adam Cianciarulo | 2 | |
| 9 | Justin Barcia | 1 |
Jett Lawrence has 15 wins in 16 career starts – pretty insane. Of this list, Jett Lawrence, Chase Sexton, Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen have wins in multiple years.
Overall Podiums
| Rank | Rider | Overall Podiums |
| 1 | Chase Sexton | 31 |
| 2 | Eli Tomac | 25 |
| 3 | Dylan Ferrandis | 18 |
| 4 | Jett Lawrence | 15 |
| 5 | Aaron Plessinger | 13 |
| 6 | Jason Anderson | 11 |
| 7 | Ken Roczen | 9 |
| Adam Cianciarulo | 9 | |
| Hunter Lawrence | 9 | |
| 10 | Zach Osborne | 6 |
| 11 | Justin Barcia | 5 |
| Cooper Webb | 5 | |
| 13 | Marvin Musquin | 4 |
| 14 | Blake Baggett | 2 |
| Justin Cooper | 2 | |
| 16 | Christian Craig | 1 |
Dylan Ferrandis was 12 for 12 in podiums in his championship 2021 season. Since then, he recorded 6 podiums in 2023, but zero in 2024 (he was injured all of the 2022 Outdoors season). Christian Craig recorded his one podium at Fox Raceway 1 at the opening round of the 2022 season.
Moto Wins
| Rank | Rider | Moto Wins |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 28 |
| 2 | Chase Sexton | 23 |
| Eli Tomac | 23 | |
| 4 | Ken Roczen | 8 |
| Dylan Ferrandis | 8 | |
| 6 | Zach Osborne | 6 |
| 7 | Adam Cianciarulo | 5 |
| 8 | Hunter Lawrence | 3 |
| 9 | Jason Anderson | 2 |
| Justin Barcia | 2 | |
| 11 | Blake Baggett | 1 |
| Marvin Musquin | 1 |
Lawrence, Sexton and Tomac way ahead of the rest here.
Moto Podiums
| Rank | Rider | Moto Podiums |
| 1 | Chase Sexton | 68 |
| 2 | Eli Tomac | 42 |
| 3 | Dylan Ferrandis | 39 |
| 4 | Jett Lawrence | 30 |
| 5 | Ken Roczen | 24 |
| 6 | Aaron Plessinger | 23 |
| 7 | Jason Anderson | 18 |
| 8 | Hunter Lawrence | 17 |
| 9 | Adam Cianciarulo | 15 |
| 10 | Zach Osborne | 10 |
| Justin Barcia | 10 | |
| 12 | Marvin Musquin | 8 |
| 13 | Cooper Webb | 7 |
| 14 | Justin Cooper | 6 |
| Christian Craig | 6 | |
| 16 | Blake Baggett | 3 |
| 17 | Joey Savatgy | 1 |
| Broc Tickle | 1 | |
| Max Anstie | 1 | |
| Garrett Marchbanks | 1 |
If you remember Broc Tickle’s moto podium this decade I am impressed. I thought I made a mistake when I first saw that, but full credit to Tickle – 2nd place in the first moto at Loretta Lynn’s 2 in 2020!
Laps Led
| Rank | Rider | Laps Led |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 406 |
| 2 | Chase Sexton | 264 |
| 3 | Eli Tomac | 234 |
| Ken Roczen | 234 | |
| 5 | Adam Cianciarulo | 165 |
| 6 | Hunter Lawrence | 97 |
| 7 | Dylan Ferrandis | 95 |
| 8 | Zach Osborne | 72 |
| 9 | Aaron Plessinger | 47 |
| Jason Anderson | 47 | |
| 11 | Justin Barcia | 30 |
| 12 | Justin Cooper | 29 |
| 13 | Marvin Musquin | 23 |
| 14 | Christian Craig | 11 |
| Max Anstie | 11 | |
| 16 | Cooper Webb | 8 |
| 17 | Blake Baggett | 5 |
| 18 | Ryan Dungey | 3 |
Jett Lawrence led 329 Laps just in 2023 alone! Sexton led more laps in 2022 (137) than in his championship season of 2024 (101). And wildly in 2023, he didn’t lead a single lap…I think we will look back at that stat in several years and be shocked by it. Honestly, its pretty shocking now!
Laps Led Percentage %
| Rank | Rider | Laps Led % |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 78.68% |
| 2 | Ken Roczen | 29.25% |
| 3 | Hunter Lawrence | 27.40% |
| 4 | Zach Osborne | 20.87% |
| 5 | Eli Tomac | 20.67% |
| 6 | Adam Cianciarulo | 20.50% |
| 7 | Chase Sexton | 16.27% |
| 8 | Dylan Ferrandis | 8.74% |
| 9 | Justin Cooper | 8.22% |
| 10 | Jason Anderson | 4.46% |
| 11 | Marvin Musquin | 3.97% |
| 12 | Aaron Plessinger | 3.49% |
| 13 | Justin Barcia | 2.71% |
| 14 | Blake Baggett | 2.02% |
| 15 | Max Anstie | 1.56% |
| 16 | Cooper Webb | 1.41% |
| 17 | Ryan Dungey | 0.81% |
| Christian Craig | 0.81% |
When you look at the relative laps led percentage we see a different picture, Jett is just insane here.
AMA Holeshots
I am specifying the AMA credited holeshot as sometimes this differs from who is credited on the broadcast.
| Rank | Rider | AMA Holeshots |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 15 |
| 2 | Chase Sexton | 11 |
| 3 | Adam Cianciarulo | 10 |
| 4 | Ken Roczen | 9 |
| 5 | Dylan Ferrandis | 7 |
| Aaron Plessinger | 7 | |
| Cooper Webb | 7 | |
| 8 | Hunter Lawrence | 6 |
| Zach Osborne | 6 | |
| Justin Cooper | 6 | |
| Justin Barcia | 6 | |
| 12 | Joey Savatgy | 4 |
| 13 | Antonio Cairoli | 3 |
| 14 | Eli Tomac | 2 |
| Marvin Musquin | 2 | |
| Ryan Dungey | 2 | |
| Christian Craig | 2 | |
| Phil Nicoletti | 2 | |
| 19 | Jason Anderson | 1 |
| Max Anstie | 1 | |
| Fredrik Noren | 1 |
An Antonio Cairoli sighting! I feel like people already forget he rode a few rounds here in the US in 2022. And how about Phil Nicoletti being on here!
Alright onto the 250 Class.
250 Class – Riders
Starts
| Rank | Rider | Starts |
| 1 | Jo Shimoda | 53 |
| 2 | Jalek Swoll | 47 |
| 3 | Justin Cooper | 43 |
| 4 | Hunter Lawrence | 43 |
| 5 | RJ Hampshire | 42 |
| Joshua Varize | 42 | |
| 7 | Dilan Schwartz | 41 |
| 8 | Pierce Brown | 40 |
| Derek Kelley | 40 | |
| 10 | Levi Kitchen | 35 |
| Max Vohland | 35 | |
| 12 | Jett Lawrence | 33 |
| Carson Mumford | 33 | |
| 14 | Maxwell Sanford | 32 |
| 15 | Ty Masterpool | 29 |
Jo Shimoda leads the way here, he has the most starts of anyone in either class over the last 5 years.
Points
| Rank | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jo Shimoda | 1675 |
| 2 | Justin Cooper | 1576 |
| 3 | Hunter Lawrence | 1390 |
| 4 | Jett Lawrence | 1299 |
| 5 | RJ Hampshire | 1280 |
| 6 | Levi Kitchen | 1024 |
| 7 | Haiden Deegan | 868 |
| 8 | Jalek Swoll | 854 |
| 9 | Max Vohland | 834 |
| 10 | Tom Vialle | 714 |
| 11 | Pierce Brown | 705 |
| 12 | Jeremy Martin | 699 |
| 13 | Ty Masterpool | 596 |
| 14 | Dilan Schwartz | 541 |
| 15 | Carson Mumford | 531 |
Not really any surprises on this list.
Points per Overall Start (min. 10 starts)
| Rank | Rider | Points per Start |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 39.36 |
| 2 | Justin Cooper | 36.65 |
| 3 | Haiden Deegan | 36.17 |
| 4 | Jeremy Martin | 34.95 |
| 5 | Tom Vialle | 32.45 |
| 6 | Hunter Lawrence | 32.33 |
| 7 | Jo Shimoda | 31.60 |
| 8 | RJ Hampshire | 30.48 |
| 9 | Levi Kitchen | 29.26 |
| 10 | Chance Hymas | 28.25 |
| 11 | Michael Mosiman | 24.00 |
| 12 | Max Vohland | 23.83 |
| 13 | Jordon Smith | 21.87 |
| 14 | Alex Martin | 21.75 |
| 15 | Austin Forkner | 21.33 |
No surprise seeing Jett on top. Jeremy Martin is still top 5 here despite scoring zero points in last three starts in 250MX.
Average Overall Finish (min. 10 starts)
| Rank | Rider | Overall Avg Finish |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 3.91 |
| 2 | Justin Cooper | 3.98 |
| 3 | Haiden Deegan | 5.33 |
| 4 | Jo Shimoda | 6.00 |
| 5 | Jeremy Martin | 6.40 |
| 6 | Hunter Lawrence | 6.42 |
| 7 | RJ Hampshire | 6.88 |
| 8 | Tom Vialle | 7.14 |
| 9 | Levi Kitchen | 7.17 |
| 10 | Chance Hymas | 8.50 |
| 11 | Max Vohland | 9.34 |
| 12 | Austin Forkner | 9.78 |
| 13 | Michael Mosiman | 10.40 |
| 14 | Jordon Smith | 10.60 |
| 15 | Alex Martin | 10.92 |
I was surprised to see Hunter Lawrence in 6th here, figured he would be higher. However, his 2020 was very rough – his average finish was 16.63 in the 8 rounds he raced.
Overall Wins
| Rank | Rider | Overall Wins |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 14 |
| 2 | Hunter Lawrence | 8 |
| 3 | Haiden Deegan | 7 |
| 4 | Jeremy Martin | 6 |
| 5 | Dylan Ferrandis | 3 |
| Justin Cooper | 3 | |
| Jo Shimoda | 3 | |
| RJ Hampshire | 3 | |
| Levi Kitchen | 3 | |
| 10 | Tom Vialle | 2 |
| 11 | Chance Hymas | 1 |
| Ty Masterpool | 1 | |
| Jalek Swoll | 1 |
Jett leading the way in the 250 Class as well.
Overall Podiums
| Rank | Rider | Overall Podiums |
| 1 | Justin Cooper | 27 |
| 2 | Jett Lawrence | 19 |
| Hunter Lawrence | 19 | |
| Jo Shimoda | 19 | |
| 5 | Haiden Deegan | 15 |
| 6 | Jeremy Martin | 13 |
| 7 | RJ Hampshire | 10 |
| 8 | Levi Kitchen | 9 |
| Tom Vialle | 9 | |
| 10 | Dylan Ferrandis | 8 |
| 11 | Chance Hymas | 4 |
| 12 | Ty Masterpool | 2 |
| Jalek Swoll | 2 | |
| Shane McElrath | 2 | |
| Michael Mosiman | 2 | |
| Alex Martin | 2 | |
| 17 | Brandon Hartranft | 1 |
| Stilez Robertson | 1 | |
| Casey Cochran | 1 |
I’m going to be honest I had zero memory of Brandon Hartranft’s podium. It was at Ironman 2020.
Moto Wins
| Rank | Rider | Moto Wins |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 20 |
| 2 | Justin Cooper | 14 |
| 3 | Haiden Deegan | 13 |
| 4 | Hunter Lawrence | 12 |
| 5 | Jeremy Martin | 11 |
| 6 | Jo Shimoda | 9 |
| 7 | Dylan Ferrandis | 8 |
| 8 | Levi Kitchen | 7 |
| 9 | RJ Hampshire | 4 |
| Tom Vialle | 4 | |
| 11 | Chance Hymas | 2 |
| Ty Masterpool | 2 | |
| 13 | Jalek Swoll | 1 |
| Shane McElrath | 1 | |
| Michael Mosiman | 1 | |
| Alex Martin | 1 |
Yet another Jett Lawrence stat lead.
Moto Podiums
| Rank | Rider | Moto Podiums |
| 1 | Jett Lawrence | 44 |
| 2 | Justin Cooper | 43 |
| 3 | Jo Shimoda | 38 |
| 4 | Hunter Lawrence | 36 |
| 5 | RJ Hampshire | 29 |
| 6 | Haiden Deegan | 27 |
| 7 | Jeremy Martin | 26 |
| 8 | Tom Vialle | 20 |
| 9 | Levi Kitchen | 19 |
| 10 | Dylan Ferrandis | 14 |
| 11 | Chance Hymas | 9 |
| 12 | Michael Mosiman | 5 |
| 13 | Ty Masterpool | 4 |
| Shane McElrath | 4 | |
| 15 | Jalek Swoll | 3 |
| 16 | Max Anstie | 2 |
| 17 | Alex Martin | 1 |
| Brandon Hartranft | 1 | |
| Stilez Robertson | 1 | |
| Casey Cochran | 1 | |
| Colt Nichols | 1 | |
| Max Vohland | 1 | |
| Jordon Smith | 1 |
RJ Hampshire with a strong showing here.
Laps Led
| Rank | Rider | Laps Led |
| 1 | Justin Cooper | 276 |
| 2 | Jett Lawrence | 258 |
| 3 | Hunter Lawrence | 184 |
| 4 | Haiden Deegan | 155 |
| 5 | Jeremy Martin | 131 |
| 6 | Dylan Ferrandis | 112 |
| 7 | Jo Shimoda | 111 |
| 8 | Levi Kitchen | 108 |
| 9 | Tom Vialle | 81 |
| Chance Hymas | 81 | |
| 11 | RJ Hampshire | 80 |
| 12 | Ty Masterpool | 46 |
| 13 | Michael Mosiman | 37 |
| 14 | Shane McElrath | 23 |
| 15 | Alex Martin | 15 |
| 16 | Jalek Swoll | 14 |
| 17 | Ryder DiFrancesco | 10 |
| 18 | Casey Cochran | 9 |
| 19 | Max Vohland | 8 |
| Nate Thrasher | 8 | |
| 21 | Seth Hammaker | 5 |
| 22 | Carson Mumford | 3 |
| Mark Fineis | 3 | |
| 24 | Cameron McAdoo | 2 |
| 25 | Nick Romano | 1 |
| Joshua Varize | 1 |
Several more riders led lap in the 250MX class in the last 5 years – 26 total. Compared to the 450MX class which had 18 riders.
Laps Led Percentage %
| Rank | Rider | Laps Led % |
| 1 | Dylan Ferrandis | 37.58% |
| 2 | Jett Lawrence | 24.76% |
| 3 | Jeremy Martin | 22.02% |
| 4 | Haiden Deegan | 20.58% |
| 5 | Justin Cooper | 20.22% |
| 6 | Chance Hymas | 17.34% |
| 7 | Hunter Lawrence | 14.11% |
| 8 | Tom Vialle | 12.46% |
| 9 | Levi Kitchen | 10.00% |
| 10 | Shane McElrath | 7.74% |
| 11 | Jo Shimoda | 6.76% |
| 12 | Michael Mosiman | 6.74% |
| 13 | RJ Hampshire | 6.31% |
| 14 | Ty Masterpool | 5.32% |
| 15 | Alex Martin | 4.20% |
| 16 | Casey Cochran | 2.90% |
| 17 | Nate Thrasher | 1.34% |
| 18 | Ryder DiFrancesco | 1.20% |
| 19 | Jalek Swoll | 1.08% |
| 20 | Mark Fineis | 0.91% |
| 21 | Seth Hammaker | 0.79% |
| 22 | Max Vohland | 0.73% |
| 23 | Cameron McAdoo | 0.49% |
| 24 | Carson Mumford | 0.29% |
| 25 | Nick Romano | 0.18% |
| 26 | Joshua Varize | 0.08% |
Didn’t think Ferrandis would be quite as far ahead on laps led %, Ferrandis’ 2020 title stats were pretty strong despite being just 9 rounds.
AMA Holeshots
I am specifying the AMA credited holeshot as sometimes this differs from who is credited on the broadcast.
| Rank | Rider | AMA Holeshots |
| 1 | Justin Cooper | 30 |
| 2 | Haiden Deegan | 10 |
| 3 | Levi Kitchen | 7 |
| Shane McElrath | 7 | |
| 5 | Hunter Lawrence | 6 |
| Tom Vialle | 6 | |
| 7 | Jett Lawrence | 5 |
| 8 | Jeremy Martin | 4 |
| Jo Shimoda | 4 | |
| RJ Hampshire | 4 | |
| Ryder DiFrancesco | 4 | |
| 12 | Chance Hymas | 3 |
| Ty Masterpool | 3 | |
| 14 | Jalek Swoll | 2 |
| Seth Hammaker | 2 | |
| Nick Romano | 2 | |
| 17 | Dylan Ferrandis | 1 |
| Michael Mosiman | 1 | |
| Casey Cochran | 1 | |
| Nate Thrasher | 1 | |
| Max Vohland | 1 | |
| Carson Mumford | 1 | |
| Joshua Varize | 1 | |
| Colt Nichols | 1 | |
| Austin Forkner | 1 | |
| Mitchell Harrison | 1 | |
| Coty Schock | 1 |
Justin Cooper way ahead on this, Cooper was an incredible starter in his 250MX days. 27 different riders in the 250 class with a holeshot vs 21 in the 450 class.
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