The Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2017

Five winners across three teams, but plenty more impressive performers throughout the field - here are the top riders of the season…

Jamie Klein Nov 23, 2017, 6:58 PM

Upd: Apr 27, 2019, 7:27 AM

After 2016's bumper crop of nine different race winners representing four different manufacturers, '17 was in some respects a return to normality for MotoGP, with only five riders winning races all season and the 'big three' teams monopolising the top step on the podium.

At the sharp end, the season started off looking like a five-way fight for title honours. But, as the campaign wore on, that shortlist was eventually boiled down to a two-way battle for glory that fittingly went down to the wire at Valencia.

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Author Jamie Klein

Jamie Klein is one of Motorsport.com’s Global News Editors, reporting primarily on the FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Formula and SUPER GT. He took his first steps into motorsport journalism in 2013 as a freelancer before joining Motorsport Network full-time in 2015 as UK Editor. In 2016, he moved into a more wide-ranging role as he became a regular in the paddocks of the WEC and MotoGP. After a two-month trip to Japan in late 2018 gave him his first taste of reporting live on Super Formula and SUPER GT, he made the move to Tokyo permanently in 2019, and has been a regular presence in both paddocks since 2020. Away from motorsport, he is studying the Japanese language and can often be found relaxing in an ‘onsen’ (hot spring) or gorging on ramen, occasionally at the same time. He can be found on Twitter at @JamieKlein_.