1. Nicky Hayden (1981)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motorcycle racer dubbed "The Kentucky Kid" who turned professional in 2003 and won the MotoGP Championship in 2006. 

2. Josh Hayes (1975)

American Motorcycle Racer

Professional motorcycle racer known for his time in the AMA Superbike Championship, where he's spent most of his career. He competed in MotoGP in 2011.

3. Ashley Fiolek (1990)

American Motorcycle Racer

Deaf motocross racer in the Women's Motocross Association, won the 2008 and 2009 WMA Pro National Championships.

4. Mert Lawwill (1940)

American Motorcycle Racer

Dirt and road racer who won the 1969 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and was voted AMA's Most Popular Rider of the Year.

5. Elena Myers (1993)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motorcycle speedway racer who in 2010 became the first woman to win an AMA Pro sprint road race.

6. Kenny Roberts (1951)

American Motorcycle Racer

Champion motorcycle racer. In 1978, he became the first American to win the Grand Prix.

7. Tommy Hayden (1978)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motorcycle racer who won the inaugural AMA Supersport championship in 2004.

8. Bob Hannah (1956)

American Motorcycle Racer

One of the most successful motocross racers in history. He won seven AMA national championships.

9. Cameron Beaubier (1992)

American Motorcycle Racer

American motorcycle racer considered to be a promising international racing prospect. He's competed in MotoGP and the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.

10. Roland Sands (1974)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motorcycle racer and designer of custom bikes. He's widely admired for his skills as a rider as well as his sought-after designs. 

11. Mike Alessi (1988)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motocross and Supercross racer who started riding professionally when he was 16-years-old. He spent time racing with Red Bull and Rockstar teams before signing with MotoConcepts in 2012.

12. Ryan Villopoto (1988)

American Motorcycle Racer

American motocross and supercross rider who became the 2012 AMA Champion. That same year, he won the FIM Supercross Championship. He retired from the sport in July 2015.

13. Kyle Loza (1986)

American Motorcycle Racer

Freestyle Motocross rider who founded the Evangelical Christian group of riders known as Riders 4 Christ and invented tricks like The Volt and Electric Doom. He is the first rider...

14. Colin Edwards (1974)

American Motorcycle Racer

Two-time Superbike World Champion became a MotoGP competitor in 2003.

15. Ben Spies (1984)

American Motorcycle Racer

Former professional motorcycle road racer who won the Superbike World Championship in 2009.

16. Jeff Emig (1970)

American Motorcycle Racer

Former motocross racer known for his rivalry with fellow rider Jeremy McGrath in the 1990s, when they were two of the best in the sport. He retired in 2000 after...

17. Roger Lee Hayden (1983)

American Motorcycle Racer

Motorcycle racer who made his MotoGP World Championship debut in 2007 at Laguna Seca, racing for Kawasaki Motors Racing.

18. Daryl Ecklund (1985)

American Motorcycle Racer

Daryl Ecklund is an American motocross rider. Following in his father’s footsteps Daryl Ecklund started riding in the motorcycle sport at the age of three and entered his first race...

19. Ben Bostrom (1974)

American Motorcycle Racer

Benjamin Ben Bostrom is an American motorcycle racer. The son of Dave and nephew of Paul Bostrom both successful dirt-track racers Bostrom began his career in the same fashion by...

20. Seth Enslow (1975)

American Motorcycle Racer

Seth Enslow is an American motorcyclist and stunt performer most notorious for his big jumps and equally big crashes.

21. Jake Zemke (1975)

American Motorcycle Racer

Jake Zemke is a professional motorcycle road racer of partial Japanese ancestry. He currently competes in the Daytona SportBike Championship for GEICO Motorcycle Road Racing aboard a Honda CBR600RR. He...

22. Tim Ferry (1975)

American Motorcycle Racer

Tim Ferry II is a professional kawasaki rider Supercross and Motocross racer born in Cedar Falls Iowa on March 18 1975. Ferry began his amateur career with Team Green throughout...

23. Chris Blais (1981)

American Motorcycle Racer

Christopher Blais is an off-road racing rider from Apple Valley California. Blais was the top American Rookie and 9th overall finisher of the 2005 race 4th overall finisher in 2006...

24. Sue Fish (1958)

American Motorcycle Racer

Sue Flying Fish November 9 1958) was a pioneering female motocross racer and stunt actor. She was the 1976 and 1977 Women’s National Motocross Champion. She was Linda Hamilton's stunt...

25. Kent Stotz (1958)

American Motorcycle Racer

Kent Stotz has been racing motorcycles ever since he was 19. He started in motocross but was told he was too old to go to nationals. He then turned to...

26. Stevie Bonsey (1990)

American Motorcycle Racer

Stevie Bonsey is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from United States.

27. Terry Vance (1953)

American Motorcycle Racer

Terry Vance is a fourteen-time National Drag Race Championships who retired as a rider in 1988. He was inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame in 1999. In...

28. Pat Hennen (1953)

American Motorcycle Racer

Pat Hennen is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is best known for being the first American to win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle road race when...

29. Brad Lackey (1953)

American Motorcycle Racer

Brad Lackey is a former professional motocross racer and the first and only American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship. He was known as Bad Brad to...

30. Peter Lenz (1997)

American Motorcycle Racer

Peter James Lenz was a nationally ranked American amateur motorcycle racer. Lenz was born in Orlando Florida. He was a four-time international champion five-time national champion and in 2009 started...

31. Billy Uhl (1950)

American Motorcycle Racer

Billy Uhl is a retired American motorcycle enduro competitor. He represented the United States in the International Six Day Trials in the 1970s winning five gold medals. The son of...

32. Erik Buell (1950)

American Motorcycle Racer

Erik F. Buell is the founder former Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of the Buell Motorcycle Company which eventually merged with Harley-Davidson Corp. Buell is a pioneer of modern race...

33. Danny Chandler (1959)

American Motorcycle Racer

Danny Magoo Chandler was a professional motocross racer. He is remembered for his hard-charging aggressive riding style. Chandler began his professional motocross career with the Maico factory racing team in...

34. Randy Mamola (1959)

American Motorcycle Racer

Randy Mamola born November 10 1959 in San Jose California USA is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is considered to be one of the most talented riders...

35. Jimmy Weinert (1951)

American Motorcycle Racer

Mitchell Nelson Weinert was a pioneering motocross and supercross rider in the early years of the sport in the United States. In the 1970s he won 22 AMA Nationals and...

36. Bubba Shobert (1962)

American Motorcycle Racer

Don Wayne Bubba Shobert was a three-time A. M. A. Grand National Champion from 1985 to 1987 and was AMA Superbike Champion in 1988 while riding for American Honda. In...

37. Fred Merkel (1962)

American Motorcycle Racer

Merkel is an American former motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike world champion. In 1984 he teamed with Mike Baldwin to win the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. He is...

38. Steve Baker (motorcyclist) (1952)

American Motorcycle Racer

Steve Baker is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle roadracer. He was the first American to win a road racing world championship when he won the 1977 Formula 750 title....

39. Tommy Aquino (1992)

American Motorcycle Racer

Tommy Aquino was an American motorcycle racer who competed in the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship. His best result in the class was in 2011 when he finished third in...

40. Doug Chandler (1965)

American Motorcycle Racer

John Douglas Chandler is a professional motorcycle racer. He earned a reputation as one of the most versatile racers of the 1980s and 1990s. Chandler is one of only four...

41. Mike Baldwin (motorcyclist) (1955)

American Motorcycle Racer

Mike Baldwin is a former motorcycle road racer. He was a top contender in AMA Superbike racing during the 1980s who also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Baldwin won...

42. Wes Cooley (motorcyclist) (1956)

American Motorcycle Racer

ster Steven Cooley better known as Wes was a motorcycle road racer in the AMA Superbike class. He won the 1979 and 1980 AMA Superbike Championships on a Yoshimura Suzuki...

43. Chuck Sun (1956)

American Motorcycle Racer

Chuck Sun is a former professional motocross racer. In 1980 Sun won the AMA 500cc National Motocross Championship. He is the only Asian American to have won a national championship...

44. Danny LaPorte (1957)

American Motorcycle Racer

Danny LaPorte was one of the top American motocross racers in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the first American to win a 250cc motocross world championship.

45. Marty Tripes (1956)

American Motorcycle Racer

Marty Tripes was a leading AMA motocross and Supercross rider of the 1970s and early 1980s. He is remembered for winning the Super Bowl of Motocross at the Los Angeles...

46. John Kocinski (1968)

American Motorcycle Racer

John Kocinski is a retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer whose successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Championship and the 1997 Superbike World Championship title.

47. Jeff Stanton (1968)

American Motorcycle Racer

Jeff Stanton is a three-time AMA 250cc Motocross and Supercross National Champion winning the titles in 1989 1990 and 1992. Stanton rode for Honda for the better part of his...

48. Mark Barnett (1960)

American Motorcycle Racer

Mark Barnett was one of the top American motocross racers in the early 1980s. He won three consecutive AMA 125cc national championships between 1980 and 1982. He was a rider...

49. Doug Polen (1960)

American Motorcycle Racer

Doug Polen is a former world champion motorcycle road racer. He raced successfully in AMA Superbike Japanese Superbikes Superbike World Championship and Endurance racing. Polen was born in Detroit Michigan....

50. Tony DiStefano (1957)

American Motorcycle Racer

Tony DiStefano was a top motocross champion of the 1970s. He won three AMA 250cc National Motocross Championships. DiStefano was the son of a motorcycle shop owner and began riding...