After the first three rounds of the 2025 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship season, the top three riders in the all-time winners’ list are now comprised of the ‘Titanic Trio’. Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) leads the way on 119 victories while Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) are close behind for second, with 63 and 61 wins respectively. Now with the top-three wins in WorldSBK and a combined 243 victories between them, let’s take a look at their history-making World Superbike careers.

TASTING VICTORY: the first wins for the Titanic Trio

The first place to look at the trio is their first wins and how long it took them until they stood on the top step of the rostrum, with Bautista claiming his first win in his debut race, at Phillip Island in 2019 as he dominated the first part of the season. Rea’s first win came at Misano in 2009 when he won Race 2 by just 0.063s ahead of Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio, while Razgatlioglu claimed his first win in the same year as Bautista – winning from 16^th on the grid in Race 1 at Magny-Cours.

First win stats:

Bautista: Phillip Island 2019, Race 1 – 1^st race in WorldSBK

Rea: Misano 2009, Race 2 – 18^th race in WorldSBK

Razgatlioglu: Magny-Cours 2019, Race 1 – 53^rd race in WorldSBK

THE NEXT MILESTONE: reaching 10 wins

As Bautista did with his first win, he racked up his tenth win after just ten races with victory in Race 1 at Assen in 2019 after winning the first 11 races of the 2019 campaign. Rea’s tenth win came on home soil as he won for Honda at Donington Park in 2012, fending off Max Biaggi by around half-a-second. Razgatlioglu also had to wait a while for his tenth victory, coming in the Tissot Superpole Race at the Autodrom Most in 2021.

Tenth win stats:

Bautista: Assen 2019, Race 1 – 10^th race in WorldSBK

Rea: Donington Park 2012, Race 2 – 80^th race in WorldSBK

Razgatlioglu: Most 2021, Superpole Race – 100^th race in WorldSBK

HALF-A-CENTURY UP: all three reach 50 wins

The first of the trio to reach 50 victories was Rea, when he claimed a win in Race 1 at Magny-Cours in 2017, the scene of so many of his successes including titles. Bautista’s 50^th came at the Autodrom Most in 2023, with the Spanish star making up for lost time after two win-less seasons with Honda, while Razgatlioglu’s came in the midst of a record-breaking run of 13 consecutive wins following his shock switch from Yamaha to BMW.

50th win stats:

Rea: Magny-Cours Race 1, 2017 – 213^th race in WorldSBK

Bautista: Most Race 2, 2023 – 157^th race in WorldSBK

Razgatlioglu: Most Superpole Race, 2024 – 209^th race in WorldSBK

A CENTURY OF WINS: only one rider…

Out of the ‘Titanic Trio’, and every rider in WorldSBK history, only one has racked up 100 wins: Rea. After so much success with Kawasaki following his move in 2015, the #65 claimed six titles in green between 2015 and 2020 but the wins started to dry up in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with the emergence of Razgatlioglu and Bautista as regular winners, though the Ulsterman was pretty much always in contention. However, Rea’s century came at Aragon in 2021 in Race 1 as he started that campaign off with victory, becoming the first – and so far, only – rider to have 100 wins, achieving it in his 305^th race.

THE LEGENDS THEY OVERTOOK: Fogarty, Bayliss, Haga…

As the trio continue to add wins to their name, they started surpassing WorldSBK legends. Two-time Champion James Toseland recorded 16 wins in his career, while Doug Polen had 27. Other double Champions include Fred Merkel (8 wins), Colin Edwards (31 wins), Troy Corser (33 wins) and Max Biaggi (21 wins). Troy Bayliss took 52 wins as he won three titles, while Carl Fogarty was, for so long, the benchmark with 59 wins – Razgatlioglu became the third member of the ‘Titanic Trio’ to pass his tally in Race 2 at Portimao in 2025. Noriyuki Haga didn’t secure any titles in his career, but 43 victories meant he was a rider to beat, too.

TITANIC TRIO STATS: most wins, starts, podiums…

Races: Rea – 444, most in WorldSBK; Razgatlioglu – 231, 11^th most; Bautista – 213; 18^th most

Wins: Rea – 199, most in WorldSBK; Bautista – 63, second most; Razgatlioglu – 61, third most

Podiums: Rea – 264, most in WorldSBK; Razgatlioglu – 147, second most; Bautista – 113, sixth most

Poles: Rea – 44, second most in WorldSBK; Razgatlioglu – 19, sixth most; Bautista – 10, 11^th most

Fastest laps: Rea – 104, most in WorldSBK; Bautista – 57, third most; Razgatlioglu – 49, fourth most

Titles: Rea – 6, most in WorldSBK; Razgatlioglu, Bautista – 2 each, only Rea, Fogarty and Bayliss have more

Longest win streaks: Razgatlioglu – 13, longest in WorldSBK history; Rea, Bautista – 11, second longest in WorldSBK history

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