Super Stats: Most Consecutive Starts in Pro Motocross History

Who has the most consecutive starts in Pro Motocross history?

I will break down the Top 20 in both the 250MX and 450MX Classes, as well as the active leaders.

Quick Note: I am referring to the two Pro Motocross classes as just the 250MX and 450MX classes. Obviously in the past they were not called this and didn’t even race 450s at one point. But for ease of reading I am just going to refer to them via their current names throughout this article.

450 Motocross Class Most Consecutive Starts

Rank	Rider	Consecutive Starts	Time Period
1	Larry Ward	85	1994 – 2000
2	Eli Tomac	81	2016 – 2022
3	Mike LaRocco	75	1996 – 2002
	Ryan Dungey	75	2010 – 2016
5	Marvin Musquin	66	2016 – 2021
	Tim Ferry	66	1999 – 2004
7	Ricky Carmichael	64	2002 – 2007
8	Kevin Windham	59	2003 – 2007
9	John Dowd	58	1999 – 2003
10	Andrew Short	57	2007 – 2011
11	David Vuillemin	56	2002 – 2007
12	Jeremy McGrath	51	1994 – 1998
13	Nick Wey	49	2008 – 2012
14	Jeff Emig	48	1995 – 1998
15	Michael Byrne	46	2006 – 2010
16	Robbie Reynard	46	1999 – 2002
17	Greg Albertyn	44	1997 – 2000
18	Jeff Hicks	43	1983 – 1988
19	Jeff Ward	42	1985 – 1991
20	Jake Weimer	40	2011 – 2014

Notes

Larry Ward leads the way here. The only reason his streak ended at the end of 2000 is that Ward raced the 250 class in 2001 and 2002. In fact, if you looked at both the 250 and 450 Class and combined consecutive starts…Larry Ward would have 149 consecutive Outdoor starts from 1991-2003!
- For reference that is more races than any individual rider has ever raced in the 450MX class (John Dowd with 144).
Eli Tomac is second here without missing a round from 2016-2022, where he finished 2-1-1-1-3-2-1 in the championship in those years.
No surprise to see LaRocco high on this list.
Ryan Dungey consecutive race streak goes from his class debut until his neck injury in 2016.
Tim Ferry’s streak ended at Kenworthy’s in 2004. When he returned, he then went on to have another consecutive streak of 35 races.
Ricky Carmichael’s original streak of races when he entered the Premier Class ended at 23 due to dropping down to the 250MX class at the final round of 2001. He did this to go for the overall win record in the 250MX class at the time. Had Carmichael not dropped down and kept racing in the 450 Class, he would have had a consecutive race streak of 87!
Kevin Windham had a streak of 36 starts at the end of 2001 and then briefly retired in 2002. Had Windham raced all 12 rounds in 2002 and kept the streak going as he did afterwards, Windham would have had a consecutive race streak of 107!
John Dowd’s streak of 58 races came from ages 33-37!
After Jeremy McGrath’s streak ended after 1998, he raced a total of 4 more Outdoor races in his career.
Robbie Reynard started his 450MX career with a streak of 46, he never had a streak of more than 9 after that.

250 Motocross Class Most Consecutive Starts

Rank	Rider	Consecutive Starts	Time Period
1	Justin Cooper	63	2017 – 2023
	Brock Sellards	63	1996 – 2002
3	Guy Cooper	58	1988 – 1992
4	Jeff Ward	56	1978 – 1984
	Jo Shimoda	56	2019 – 2024
6	George Holland	55	1983 – 1989
7	Marvin Musquin	53	2011 – 2015
8	Doug Henry	52	1990 – 1994
9	Ernesto Fonseca	49	1998 – 2002
10	Aaron Plessinger	48	2015 – 2018
	Alex Martin	48	2013 – 2017
	Blake Baggett	48	2011 – 2014
	Jeremy Martin	48	2012 – 2016
	Nathan Ramsey	48	1998 – 2001
15	Tim Ferry	47	1991 – 1995
16	Matthew Lemoine	46	2007 – 2010
17	Jake Weimer	45	2006 – 2010
	Jeff Emig	45	1991 – 1994
	Joey Savatgy	45	2013 – 2017
20	Broc Tickle	43	2007 – 2010

Notes

Justin Coooper and Brock Sellards lead the way here at 63.
Jeff Ward never missed a race in his time in the 250MX class.
Ernesto Fonseca never missed a 250MX race during his time in the class.
Jeff Ward, Marvin Musquin, Tim Ferry, Jake Weimer and Jeff Emig are in the Top 20 in both the 250MX and 450MX classes.
There are more examples of high consecutive streaks from the 1980s compared to the 450MX class due to the fact the in the late 1980s to early 1990s the 250MX class (125MX class at the time) raced all year. Whereas, the 450MX Class (250MX at the time) and 500MX class split the season.