MOTO GP record

All records are correct as of September 15, 2008

At the French MotoGP at Le Mans on 19 May 2008, Rossi joined Ángel Nieto on 90 wins as second equal on the all-time winners list in all categories. Nieto was in the crowd, dressed to ride with a special shirt congratulating Rossi. Nieto mounted Rossi's bike, and Rossi as a passenger held a flag aloft with "90 + 90", as they took a victory lap^[19].

500 cc/MotoGP records:

• Rossi is second in all time world championship wins with 5 world championships along with Michael Doohan, behind Giacomo Agostini with 8 world championships.
• Rossi is second in consecutive world championship wins with 5 consecutive world championships in 2001-2005 along with Michael Doohan with 5 consecutive world championships in 1994-1998, behind Giacomo Agostini with 7 consecutive world championships in 1966-1972.
• Rossi is first in all time race wins standings with 69 race wins. Giacomo Agostini is second with 68 race wins.
• Rossi is first in all time podium standings with 111 podiums in premier class.
• Rossi is second in all time pole positions standings with 41 pole positions, behind Michael Doohan with 58 pole positions.
• Rossi is second in all time race fastest laps standings with 55 race fastest laps, behind Giacomo Agostini with 69 race fastest laps.
• Rossi is second in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 2001, 2002 and 2005 along with Giacomo Agostini, behind Michael Doohan with 12 race wins in 1997.
• Rossi is first in most podiums in a season with 16 podiums in 2003 and 2005.
• Rossi is third in most pole positions in a season with 9 pole positions in 2003 along with Michael Doohan and Kevin Schwantz, behind Michael Doohan with 12 pole positions in 1997, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer with 10 pole positions in 1987 and 1985 respectively.
• Rossi is first in most fastest laps in a season with 12 fastest laps in 2003.

250 cc records:

• Rossi is third in most race wins in a season with 9 race wins in 1999 along with Jorge Lorenzo, Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi, behind Daijiro Kato with 11 race wins in 2001, Anton Mang and Mike Hailwood with 10 race wins in 1981 and 1966 respectively.
• Rossi is second in most podiums in a season with 12 podiums in 1999 along with Jorge Lorenzo, Marco Melandri, Shinya Nakano, Max Biaggi, Luca Cadalora, John Kocinski and Sito Pons, behind Dani Pedrosa, Tetsuya Harada, Daijiro Kato and Ralf Waldmann with 13 podiums in 2004, 2001, 2001 and 1996 respectively.

125 cc records:

• Rossi is first in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 1997.
• Rossi is second in most podiums in a season with 13 podiums in 1997, behind Álvaro Bautista with 14 podiums in 2006.

Overall records:

• Rossi is fifth in all time world championship wins with 7 world championships along with Phil Read, behind Carlo Ubbiali and Mike Hailwood with 9 world championships, Ángel Nieto with 13 world championships and Giacomo Agostini with 15 world championships.
• Rossi is second in all time race wins standings with 95 race wins, behind Giacomo Agostini with 122 race wins.
• Rossi is second in all time podium standings with 147 podiums, behind Giacomo Agostini with 159 podiums. Ángel Nieto is third with 139 podiums.
• Rossi is third in all time pole positions standings with 51 pole positions, behind Michael Doohan with 58 pole positions and Max Biaggi with 56 pole positions.
• Rossi is fourth in all time fastest laps standings with 76 fastest laps, behind Giacomo Agostini with 117 fastest laps, Ángel Nieto with 81 fastest laps and Mike Hailwood with 79 fastest laps.

Other records:

• Rossi is the second rider to win consecutive world championships with different manufacturers (2001-2003 with Honda and 2004-2005 with Yamaha) along with Eddie Lawson (1988 with Yamaha and 1989 with Honda).
• Rossi is the only rider to win consecutive races with different manufacturers. He won the final race of 2003 with Honda at Valencia and the first race of 2004 with Yamaha at Welkom (South Africa).
• Rossi is the only rider to win seven consecutive races at his home Grand Prix at Mugello in 2002-2008.
• Rossi is the only rider to win three races after starting the race from 11th or lower on the grid (British GP 2001, German GP 2006 & Dutch TT 2007).
• Rossi is Yamaha's most successful rider in the premier class with 36 wins.
• Valentino Rossi is the only rider to win World Championship titles in four different classes: 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc & MotoGP.