Ok people, the 2014 national numbers are right here—sort of, anyways. And I’m terribly sorry for the all caps in some spots but I feel I need to make some points.

Thanks to Dan Truman who actually updates these year after year. Here's what we're thinking the numbers are going to look like. First though, a refresher:

If you win a 250MX, 450MX or 450SX title you get a career number and it CAN be a single digit number if you would like. Eli Tomac won his first title this year (a 250SX TITLE DOES NOT COUNT FOR A PERMANENT NUMBER) and has hinted that he'll go with #3 because Mike Brown—the previous #3 holder—did NOT score the required number of points (25) to hold onto it for life. So we're going with the fact that Tomac will run with #3.

If you score a top-ten position in COMBINED points (250SX, 250MX, 450MX and 450SX), you get a TWO-DIGIT career number to keep forever (unless you win one of those titles like Tomac did, then you can switch to a single-digit number). The only new rider we have this year is Zach Osborne, who has gone on the record saying he likes #16 (John Dowd did NOT score the 25 points he needed to in order to hold onto it). So we're also going off the fact Osborne will take #16.

You CANNOT take a three-digit number for a career number. However, Mike Alessi is grandfathered in and that's why he has #800. And yes, Zach is bummed about this decision because he would’ve picked #338.

The number 13 is a little superstitious, so the AMA gives the rider the right to not take it if they don't want to. Jason Anderson finished 14th in combined points this year and was also the FIRST rider who does not have a career number. Therefore, he gets the lowest OPEN number, and that number is #13. In a text message, he indicated that he does NOT want that number and will take #14.

Will Tomac go with #3 or another route?
Simon Cudby photo

Below is the combined points order of the riders this year and the number they should have on the left. There are 22 riders that now have career numbers.

P.S. - The fact that the AMA made the decision to allow 250SX points for riders’ national numbers is still ridiculous one year later (in my opinion). Kyle Peters probably loves it though.

P.S.S. - Although Mike Brown, John Dowd and Kevin Windham did not meet the requirement to keep their numbers, I would not be surprised if the AMA just "allows" them to keep their numbers for another year and therefore renders some of this list moot.

P.S.S.S. - Even though Ivan Tedesco did not race in 2013 and no one wanted his number, I would also not be surprised that if he DOES race in 2014 (doubtful), he comes back with #9. I'm ok with this.

P.S.S.S.S. - Like Osborne last year when he raced some supercross rounds, riders with FIM licenses like Desalle and Strjibos do NOT count for national points, hence why they are listed in the combined points but do not have numbers. We’re not sure about Akita Narita way down there at the bottom. He could get a number.

Projected numbers for 2014:

1	Ryan Villopoto	934
5	Ryan Dungey	844
3	Eli Tomac	787
94	Ken Roczen	692
51	Justin Barcia	688
25	Marvin Musquin	606
41	Trey Canard	553
29	Andrew Short	476
16	Zach Osborne	468
7	James Stewart	463
12	Jake Weimer	432
20	Broc Tickle	412
4	Blake Baggett	402
14	Jason Anderson	399
22	Chad Reed	396
10	Justin Brayton	391
17	Jeremy Martin	371
19	Cole Seely	371
21	Wil Hahn	370
23	Kyle Cunningham	342
18	Davi Millsaps	338
800	Mike Alessi	336
30	Martin Davalos	302
28	Tyla Rattray	297
31	Justin Bogle	291
32	Malcolm Stewart	285
34	Justin Hill	285
33	Josh Grant	268
35	Blake Wharton	256
36	Cooper Webb	255
37	Phil Nicoletti	248
38	Ryan Sipes	222
39	Weston Peick	207
40	Vince Friese	189
42	Joey Savatgy	187
43	Matt Goerke	182
44	Darryn Durham	171
45	Adam Cianciarulo	138
46	Kyle Peters	133
47	Ben LaMay	122
15	Dean Wilson	120
48	Gavin Faith	116
49	Jessy Nelson	107
50	Cole Thompson	104
75	Josh Hill	93
52	Christian Craig	87
53	Lance Vincent	87
54	Jimmy Decotis	82
55	Alex Martin	82
56	AJ Catanzaro	81
24	Brett Metcalfe	81
57	Travis Baker	80
58	PJ Larsen	79
59	Jackson Richardson	78
60	Austin Politelli	76
61	Mitchell Oldenburg	75
62	Robert Kiniry	73
63	Les Smith	72
64	Zack Freeberg	63
65	Tyler Bowers	59
66	Jake Canada	59
	Clement Desalle	58
67	Chris Blose	50
26	Michael Byrne	50
68	Levi Kilbarger	49
27	Nick Wey	48
69	Brady Kiesel	47
	Kevin Strijbos	45
70	Zach Bell	43
71	Daniel Herrlein	43
72	Dillan Epstein	42
73	Steven Clarke	40
74	Jimmy Albertson	38
11	Kyle Chisholm	38
76	Max Anstie	38
77	Matt Lemoine	34
78	Ryan Zimmer	30
79	Kyle Partridge	29
80	Josh Cachia	29
81	Fredrik Noren	29
82	Scott Champion	28
83	Dakota Tedder	28
84	Nico Izzi	26
85	Derek Anderson	26
86	Shane McElrath	24
87	Jesse Wentland	23
88	Kevin Windham	21
89	Jean Ramos	21
90	Michael Lieb	21
91	Jacob Baumert	20
92	Killy Rusk	19
93	Adam Gulley	19
	Akira Narita	19
95	Topher Ingalls	18
96	Evgeny Mikhaylov	18
97	Matt Bisceglia	18
98	Broc Schmelyun	17
99	Justin Starling	15
	Cody Gilmore	14
	Gareth Swanepoel	14
	Zach Williams	13
	Justin Sipes	13
	Chris Plouffe	13
	Travis Bright	13
	Kyle Hussey	12
	Austin Howell	11
	Mike Brown	10
	Travis Preston	9
	Tommy Weeck	9
	Kade Mosig	9
	Landon Powell	9
	Kyle Regal	8
	Gared Steinke	8
	Tyler Bereman	7
	Bradley Ripple	7
	Robbie Marshall	6
	Ross Johnson	6
	Adam Enticknap	6
	Jeremy Medaglia	5
	Jason Brooks	5
	Trevor Reis	5
	Aaron Siminoe	5
	David Buller	5
	Tucker Hibbert	5
	Cedric Soubeyras	4
	Casey Hinson	4
	Chad Gores	4
	Ozzy Barbaree	4
	Travis Sewell	3
	Gannon Audette	3
	Preston Mull	3
	Nicholas Schmidt	3
	Chad Crawford	3
	Austin Coon	3
	Maxx Malatia	3
	John Dowd	2
	Erki Kahro	2
	Michael Horban	2
	Tevin Tapia	2
	Bryce Stewart	2
	Kurtis Mccabe	2
	Shawn Rife	2
	Vann Martin	2
	Jake Mohnike	2
	Trevor Ivey	1
	Bracken Hall	1
	Jacob Hayes	1
	Heath Harrison	1
	Sean Hackley	1
	Ricky Dietrich	1
	Joey Peters	1
	Brandon Scharer	1