Super Stats: Supercross Mid Decade Review

Hard to think we are already half way through the 2020s decade for Supercross! We started off with the decade with the 2020 season that was interrupted by covid and then had the 2021 adjusted schedule season. The last three seasons from 2022-2024 have been back to normal thankfully.

In the last five seasons, we have had 85 Supercross races and we have seen four different premier class champions:

Eli Tomac – 2020, 2022

Cooper Webb – 2021

Chase Sexton – 2023

Jett Lawrence – 2024

So lets break down the 450 and 250 Classes into more detail into the different relevant stats.

I did this same topic for Pro Motocross that can be read here.

450 Class

450 Class – Starts

Rank	Rider	Starts
1	Justin Barcia	83
2	Eli Tomac	82
	Jason Anderson	82
4	Cooper Webb	81
5	Ken Roczen	74
6	Dean Wilson	71
7	Malcolm Stewart	70
8	Aaron Plessinger	67
9	Kyle Chisholm	65
10	Chase Sexton	61
11	Benny Bloss	52
12	Vince Friese	47
13	Adam Cianciarulo	45
	Shane Mcelrath	45
	Justin Hill	45
	Cade Clason	45
17	Fredrik Noren	43
	Dylan Ferrandis	43
19	Justin Brayton	39
20	Justin Starling	36

Starts are referring to Main Event starts in all of these stats.

• No riders made all 85 races.
• Justin Barcia leads the way here with 83 starts. Barcia has stayed a lot healthier in the last five seasons since 2020 compared to earlier in his 450 career. From 2013 – 2019 (7 seasons), Barcia had just 82 starts for comparison.
• No surprise to see the top factory riders at the top here.
• Chiz will Chiz.
• Cool to see Justin Hill on this list given he left the sport for two years.
• Good to see the privateers of Cade Clason, Freddie Noren and Justin Starling make it into the top 20 here.

Out of curiosity, I looked at the other four mid-decades since 2000 to see if any riders had made all the races in the five season spans. Only Chad Reed from 2005-2009 made all the races in that five season span. Eli Tomac missed just one race from 2015-2019.

450 Class – Points

Reminder that in 2024, the AMA made a slight adjustment to the points structure.

Rank	Rider	Points
1	Eli Tomac	1,690
2	Cooper Webb	1,665
3	Jason Anderson	1,398
4	Ken Roczen	1,367
5	Justin Barcia	1,347
6	Chase Sexton	1,133
7	Malcolm Stewart	1,029
8	Aaron Plessinger	1,002
9	Dean Wilson	847
10	Dylan Ferrandis	581
11	Adam Cianciarulo	577
12	Marvin Musquin	547
13	Justin Brayton	499
14	Justin Hill	496
15	Kyle Chisholm	460

Not a very surprising list here with the main factory riders over the past five years.

Points per start gives a bit different of a picture:

450 Class – Points per Start (min 15 starts)

Rank	Rider	Points per Start
1	Jett Lawrence	20.65
2	Eli Tomac	20.61
3	Cooper Webb	20.56
4	Chase Sexton	18.57
5	Ken Roczen	18.47
6	Jason Anderson	17.05
7	Marvin Musquin	16.58
8	Zach Osborne	16.30
9	Justin Barcia	16.23
10	Aaron Plessinger	14.96
11	Malcolm Stewart	14.70
12	Justin Cooper	14.43
13	Hunter Lawrence	13.80
14	Dylan Ferrandis	13.51
15	Adam Cianciarulo	12.82

Jett Lawrence has 17 career starts after his Premier Class debut in 2024. Pretty impressive that Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac are as close as they are with far more starts. Keep in mind, a win paid 26 points from 2020-2023, whereas in 2024 it was 25 points. That one point likely makes that small difference when comparing to two decimal points.

450 Class – Average Finish (min 15 starts)

Rank	Rider	Avg Finish
1	Jett Lawrence	3.35
2	Cooper Webb	3.74
3	Eli Tomac	3.88
4	Chase Sexton	5.23
5	Ken Roczen	5.31
6	Jason Anderson	6.32
7	Justin Barcia	6.84
8	Marvin Musquin	7.00
9	Zach Osborne	7.09
10	Justin Cooper	7.90
11	Aaron Plessinger	8.04
12	Malcolm Stewart	8.16
13	Hunter Lawrence	8.40
14	Dylan Ferrandis	9.19
15	Adam Cianciarulo	9.91

After 17 starts, Jett Lawrence has an average finish of 3.35. This is a small sample size, however as of now, that is the third best average finish of all-time (min 15 starts). Only Ryan Dungey (2.93) and Ryan Villopoto (3.33) have better career averages.

450 Class – Laps Led

Rank	Rider	Laps Led
1	Eli Tomac	458
2	Ken Roczen	427
3	Chase Sexton	338
4	Cooper Webb	247
5	Jason Anderson	216
6	Jett Lawrence	193
7	Justin Barcia	84
8	Adam Cianciarulo	67
9	Zach Osborne	56
10	Aaron Plessinger	42
11	Marvin Musquin	31
12	Malcolm Stewart	13
13	Hunter Lawrence	12
14	Blake Baggett	11
15	Dean Wilson	6
16	Justin Brayton	2
	Justin Bogle	2
18	Justin Cooper	1

18 different riders led a lap from 2020-2024.

Comparatively, 2015-2019 had 20 different riders lead a least 1 lap.

2005-2009 had 19 different riders lead at least 1 lap.

Can’t compare 2000-2004 as laps data only dates back to 2003.

450 Class – Laps Led Percentage %

Rank	Rider	Laps	Laps Led	Laps Led %
1	Jett Lawrence	438	193	44.06%
2	Chase Sexton	1478	338	22.87%
3	Ken Roczen	1870	427	22.83%
4	Eli Tomac	2104	458	21.77%
5	Cooper Webb	2056	247	12.01%
6	Jason Anderson	2060	216	10.49%
7	Zach Osborne	606	56	9.24%
8	Adam Cianciarulo	1048	67	6.39%
9	Justin Barcia	2119	84	3.96%
	Marvin Musquin	783	31	3.96%
11	Hunter Lawrence	382	12	3.14%
12	Blake Baggett	414	11	2.66%
13	Aaron Plessinger	1708	42	2.46%
14	Malcolm Stewart	1746	13	0.74%
15	Dean Wilson	1750	6	0.34%
16	Justin Bogle	671	2	0.30%
17	Justin Brayton	1007	2	0.20%
18	Justin Cooper	560	1	0.18%

Jett led 44.06% of his laps in his debut 450 season.

I was a bit surprised to see Ken Roczen had a better laps led % than Eli Tomac.

250 Class

250 Class – Starts

Rank	Rider	Starts
1	Jo Shimoda	41
2	Mitchell Oldenburg	36
3	Jordon Smith	35
	Pierce Brown	35
5	Robbie Wageman	34
	RJ Hampshire	34
	Jalek Swoll	34
	Nate Thrasher	34
9	Chris Blose	33
10	Michael Mosiman	32
	Cameron McAdoo	32
	Jett Lawrence	32
	Jace Owen	32
	Enzo Lopes	32
	Coty Schock	32
16	Garrett Marchbanks	31
	Hunter Lawrence	31
18	Joshua Varize	28
19	Derek Drake	25
20	Christian Craig	24
	Carson Mumford	24

Shimoda leads the way here, not too much separation between second through 16th.

250 Class – Points

Reminder that in 2024, the AMA made a slight adjustment to the points structure.

Rank	Rider	Points
1	Jo Shimoda	721
2	Jett Lawrence	689
3	Hunter Lawrence	668
4	RJ Hampshire	664
5	Cameron McAdoo	591
6	Pierce Brown	545
7	Jordon Smith	541
8	Michael Mosiman	531
9	Mitchell Oldenburg	530
10	Nate Thrasher	522
11	Garrett Marchbanks	494
12	Jalek Swoll	479
13	Christian Craig	456
14	Enzo Lopes	424
15	Chris Blose	415

No surprise to see Shimoda with the most starts also having the most points. Jett and Hunter Lawrence had 32 and 31 starts, but lead the way after Shimoda.

The Points per Start show a better perspective:

250 Class – Points per Start (min 10 starts)

Rank	Rider	Points per Start
1	Hunter Lawrence	21.55
2	Jett Lawrence	21.53
3	Justin Cooper	20.78
4	Colt Nichols	20.29
5	RJ Hampshire	19.53
6	Christian Craig	19.00
7	Haiden Deegan	18.47
	Cameron McAdoo	18.47
9	Austin Forkner	18.00
10	Levi Kitchen	17.81
11	Jo Shimoda	17.59
12	Michael Mosiman	16.59
13	Max Anstie	16.16
14	Garrett Marchbanks	15.94
15	Seth Hammaker	15.74

• Interesting to see Hunter Lawrence with a higher average than Jett.
• The Top 6 on this list were all regional 250SX champions in the time span. Chase Sexton and Dylan Ferrandis (the 2020 champs) were also at the top of this list but only had 9 starts so they didn’t make the cutoff for this list.
• The one regional champion missing from this is Tom Vialle, who had an average finish of 15.37.

250 Class – Average Finish (min 10 starts)

Rank	Rider	Avg Finish
1	Hunter Lawrence	3.48
2	Jett Lawrence	3.59
3	Justin Cooper	3.67
4	RJ Hampshire	4.44
5	Colt Nichols	4.50
6	Haiden Deegan	4.95
7	Cameron McAdoo	5.50
8	Christian Craig	5.63
9	Jo Shimoda	5.66
10	Levi Kitchen	6.00
11	Austin Forkner	6.58
12	Michael Mosiman	6.81
13	Garrett Marchbanks	7.13
14	Max Anstie	7.16
15	Pierce Brown	7.29

Hunter once again tops Jett here.

250 Class – Wins

Rank	Rider	Wins
1	Jett Lawrence	13
2	Hunter Lawrence	12
3	Christian Craig	6
	Austin Forkner	6
5	Chase Sexton	5
	RJ Hampshire	5
	Nate Thrasher	5
8	Justin Cooper	4
	Levi Kitchen	4
10	Shane McElrath	3
	Dylan Ferrandis	3
	Colt Nichols	3
	Haiden Deegan	3
	Cameron McAdoo	3
15	Jo Shimoda	2
	Max Anstie	2
	Tom Vialle	2
18	Michael Mosiman	1
	Garrett Marchbanks	1
	Seth Hammaker	1
	Jordon Smith	1

21 total different winners in the 250SX class the last five years.

Jett and Hunter leading the way.

250 Class – Podiums

Rank	Rider	Podiums
1	Jett Lawrence	23
2	Hunter Lawrence	22
3	Cameron McAdoo	21
4	RJ Hampshire	18
5	Christian Craig	16
6	Colt Nichols	12
7	Levi Kitchen	11
8	Austin Forkner	10
	Justin Cooper	10
	Jo Shimoda	10
	Jordon Smith	10
12	Nate Thrasher	9
	Michael Mosiman	9
14	Chase Sexton	8
	Shane McElrath	8
	Haiden Deegan	8
17	Dylan Ferrandis	7
	Tom Vialle	7
	Seth Hammaker	7
20	Max Anstie	6

Cameron McAdoo has the most podiums of a non champion from this time period.

250 Class – Laps Led

Rank	Rider	Laps Led
1	Jett Lawrence	262
2	Hunter Lawrence	170
3	Austin Forkner	144
4	RJ Hampshire	139
5	Christian Craig	131
6	Levi Kitchen	87
7	Nate Thrasher	80
8	Shane McElrath	78
9	Chase Sexton	72
10	Justin Cooper	68
11	Colt Nichols	59
12	Haiden Deegan	55
13	Michael Mosiman	44
14	Jo Shimoda	41
15	Cameron McAdoo	40
16	Tom Vialle	39
17	Seth Hammaker	32
18	Jordon Smith	30
19	Dylan Ferrandis	26
20	Max Anstie	21

Cool to see Austin Forker third here with just 19 starts.

250 Class – Laps Led Percentage %

Rank	Rider	Laps	Laps Led	Laps Led %
1	Austin Forkner	345	144	41.74%
2	Jett Lawrence	646	262	40.56%
3	Shane McElrath	194	78	40.21%
4	Chase Sexton	194	72	37.11%
5	Hunter Lawrence	552	170	30.80%
6	Christian Craig	435	131	30.11%
7	Colt Nichols	260	59	22.69%
8	Levi Kitchen	399	87	21.80%
9	Justin Cooper	326	68	20.86%
10	RJ Hampshire	698	139	19.91%
11	Haiden Deegan	369	55	14.91%
12	Dylan Ferrandis	181	26	14.36%
13	Nate Thrasher	599	80	13.36%
14	Tom Vialle	344	39	11.34%
15	Seth Hammaker	302	32	10.60%
16	Stilez Robertson	230	19	8.26%
17	Michael Mosiman	609	44	7.22%
18	Cameron McAdoo	593	40	6.75%
19	Max Anstie	348	21	6.03%
20	Jo Shimoda	784	41	5.23%

• Forkner leads the way in terms of percentage here.
• Surprising to see Jo Shimoda so low on this list as he has been considered a top rider in the class for several years now.

It has been a great five years of racing so far this decade, the next five should be as well!

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