Season Win Records

AMA FLAT TRACK SEASON WIN RECORDS

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Most Grand National Wins in a Single Season
Rank / # Wins	Name	Year
1. 12 wins	Ricky Graham	1993 (21 events)
2. 10 wins	Scott Parker	1989 (16 events)
	Scott Parker	1995 (23 events)
	Jared Mees	2017 (18 events)
	Jared Mees	2018 (18 events)
6. 9 wins	Bubba Shobert	1986 (22 events)
6. 9 wins	Chris Carr	2001 (18 events)
8. 8 wins	Joe Leonard	1954 (18 events)
	Scott Parker	1992 (17 events)
		1994 (22 events)
		1997 (22 events)
	Jared Mees	2019 (18 events)
13. 7 wins	Jay Springsteen	1976 (28 events)
	Scott Parker	1990 (15 events)
	Scott Parker	1998 (18 events)
	Will Davis	1997 (22 events)
	Kenny Coolbeth	2008 (19 events)
	Jared Mees	2021 (16 events)
Active riders' names are highlighted in red

Seasons With Most Grand National Winners
Rank	Year
1. 18 winners	1973 (24 races)
1. 18 winners	1983 (34 races)
3. 17 winners	1981 (26 races)
4. 16 winners	1972 (24 races)
4. 16 winners	1980 (26 races)
6. 15 winners	1976 (28 races)
6. 15 winners	1985 (29 races)
8. 14 winners	1979 (26 races)
8. 14 winners	1982 (26 races)
10. 13 winners	1969 (25 races)
	1971 (23 races)
	1974 (23 races)
	2002 (20 races)
14. 12 winners	1948 (14 races)
	1970 (25 races)
	1975 (20 races)
	1978 (28 races)
	1984 (33 races)
	2006 (17 races)
20. 11 winners	1965 (18 races)
	1977 (28 races)
	1995 (23 races)
23. 10 winners	1939 (10 races)
	1947 (11 races)
	1952 (15 races)
	1954 (18 races)
	1977 (28 races)
	1995 (23 races)

Seasons With Most First Time Grand National Winners Road Race Included
Rank	# Winner	Year	Names
1.	7 new winners	1971	Sonny Burres Kel Carruthers John Cooper Yvon Duhamel Robert E. Lee (R) Jim Odom (2 wins) Tommy Rockwood
		1972	Don Emde Gary Fisher Mike Gerald (R) John Hateley Kenny Roberts (R) Gary Scott (R) (2 wins) Paul Smart
		1973	Rex Beauchamp Scott Brelsford (R) Don Castro Mike Haney Chuck Joyner Geoff Perry Jarno Saarinen
		1980	Wes Cooley Ricky Graham (2 wins) Ronnie Jones (2 wins) Billy Labrie (3 wins) Scott Pearson Patrick Pons Rich Schlachter (2 wins)
5.	6 new winners	1963	Jody Nicholas (2 wins) Gary Nixon (2 wins) Sid Payne Ronnie Rall (2 wins) George Roeder (3 wins) Ralph White
		1969	Art Baumann Mark Brelsford (R) Chuck Palmgren Larry Palmgren Jim Rice (R) Eddie Wirth
		1974	Giacomo Agostini Dave Hansen Rick Hocking (R) (2 wins) Corky Keener (2 wins) Mike Kidd Hank Scott (R)
		1976	Steve Baker (2 wins) Ted Boody (R) Johnny Cecetto Steve Eklund (R) (3 wins) Terry Poovey (R) Bubba Rush
		2002	Kenny Coolbeth Chris Evans Chris Hart Jake Johnson (R) Johnny Murphree Ricky Winsett
10.	4 new winners	1966	Babe DeMay Buddy Elmore Fred Nix Cal Rayborn
		1978	Mike Baldwin (2 wins) Alex Jorgensen (2 wins) Steve Morehead Dale Singleton
		1979	Mickey Fay Randy Goss (3 wins) Brad Hurst Scott Parker (R) (2 wins)
		1981	Jimmy Filice (R) Randy Mamola Nicky Richichi Freddie Spencer (2 wins)
		1995	Steve Beattie Brett Landes Rich King Kevin Varnes (2 wins)

Seasons With Most First Time Grand National Winners Dirt Track Only
Rank	# Winner	Year	Names
1.	6 new DT winners	2002	Kenny Coolbeth Chris Evans Chris Hart Jake Johnson (R) Johnny Murphree Ricky Winsett
2.	5 new DT winners	1969	Mark Brelsford (R) Chuck Palmgren Larry Palmgren Jim Rice (R) Eddie Wirth
		1971	Sonny Burres Robert E. Lee (R) Jim Odom (2 wins) Cal Rayborn Tommy Rockwood
		1973	Rex Beauchamp Scott Brelsford (R) Don Castro Mike Haney Chuck Joyner
		1974	Dave Hansen Rick Hocking (R) (2 wins) Corky Keener (2 wins) Mike Kidd Hank Scott (R)
6.	4 new DT winners	1963	Gary Nixon Sid Payne Ronnie Rall (2 wins) George Roeder (3 wins)
		1972	Mike Gerald (R) John Hateley Kenny Roberts (R) Gary Scott (R) (2 wins)
		1976	Ted Boody (R) Steve Eklund (R) (3 wins) Terry Poovey (R) Bubba Rush
		1979	Mickey Fay Randy Goss (3 wins) Brad Hurst Scott Parker (R) (2 wins)
		1980	Ricky Graham (2 wins) Ronnie Jones (2 wins) Billy Labrie (3 wins) Scott Pearson
		1995	Steve Beattie Brett Landes Rich King Kevin Varnes (2 wins)

Seasons With Highest Winners-Per-Race Ratio*
Rank	Year	# Races	# Different Winners
1. 1.000 ratio	1946	5 races	5 different winners
2. 0.909 ratio	1947	11 races	10 different winners
3. 0.857 ratio	1948	14 races	12 different winners
4. 0.750 ratio	1973	24 races	18 different winners
5. 0.706 ratio	2006	17 races	12 different winners
6. 0.700 ratio	1958	10 races	7 different winners
7. 0.692 ratio	1949	13 races	9 different winners
8. 0.667 ratio	1950	12 races	8 different winners
	1952	15 races	10 different winners
	1960	12 races	8 different winners
	1972	24 races	16 different winners
	2013	12 races	8 different winners
13. 0.654 ratio	1981	26 races	16 different winners
14. 0.650 ratio	2002	20 races	13 different winners
15. 0.643 ratio	2000	14 races	9 different winners
15. 0.643 ratio	1963	14 races	9 different winners
11. 0.619 ratio	1971	21 races	13 different winners
The WPR ratio measures the parity of a given racing season. If a season had no rider winning more than one race, that season would have a 1.000 WPR ratio.

Seasons With Lowest Winners-Per-Race Ratio*
Rank	Year	# Races	# Different Winners
1. 0.237 ratio	1997	22 races	6 different winners
2. 0.278 ratio	2017	18 races	5 different winners
2. 0.278 ratio	2019	18 races	5 different winners
4. 0.286 ratio	1993	21 races	6 different winners
5. 0.294 ratio	1988	17 races	5 different winners
6. 0.316 ratio	2008	19 races	6 different winners
7. 0.333 ratio	1990	15 races	5 different winners
	1998	18 races	6 different winners
	2020	15 races	5 different winners
10. 0.350 ratio	2011	20 races	7 different winners
11. 0.353 ratio	1992	17 races	6 different winners
12. 0.364 ratio	1968	22 races	8 different winners
	1984	33 races	12 different winners
	1994	22 races	8 different winners
15. 0.368 ratio	1996	19 races	7 different winners
16. 0.375 ratio	1989	16 races	6 different winners
	1991	16 races	6 different winners
	2021	16 races	6 different winners
19. 0.389 ratio	1987	18 races	7 different winners
	2001	18 races	7 different winners
	2018	18 races	7 different winners
22. 0.393 ratio	1977	28 races	11 different winners
The WPR ratio measures the parity of a given racing season. If one rider won every event, the season would have a near-zero WPR ratio.

Season Sweep of Every Half Mile National
2 wins	Carroll Resweber	1957

Season Sweep of Every Mile National
8 wins	Scott Parker	1989
6 wins	Jared Mees	2019
4 wins	Fred Nix	1968
2 wins	George Roeder	1963
2 wins	Bart Markel	1962
Active riders' names are highlighted in red

Season Sweep of Every Short Track National
2 wins	Steve Eklund	1978
2 wins	Will Davis	1996

Season Sweep of Every TT National
3 wins	Eddie Mulder	1966
2 wins	Joe Leonard	1954
2 wins	Nicky Hayden	2002
2 wins	Henry Wiles	2008
2 wins	Henry Wiles	2009
2 wins	Henry Wiles	2010
2 wins	Henry Wiles	2014
2 wins	JD Beach	2021
2 wins	JD Beach	2022
Active riders' names are highlighted in red

Season Sweep of Every Road Race National
2 wins	Joe Leonard	1957
2 wins	Brad Andres	1959