As a young baseball fan, you were always reminded of certain numbers. Fifty-six. 765. 2,632. Baseball fans are so obsessed with stats, it actually spawned an entirely new way to look at the game—sabermetrics. Batting average and runs batted in (RBIs) are no longer enough, as baseball fans now have terms like OOPS, WHIP, dERA, and other statistics which help those around the league determine the value of players.

Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game helped shine the light on sabermetrics, and the phenomenon really hit mainstream with the Moneyball movie starring Brad Pitt. While companies such as LitPro are helping motocross experts find a way to look deeper into why one rider is turning a faster lap time than the other, these statistics aren’t readily available to the public, so the major benefit is to the teams.

There are still a few numbers that stick out to any fan—72, 24-0—but for the most part, we’re not a statistics-crazed sport.  

Each year, prior to the start of the season, we look back at the all-time list of premier class wins in Monster Energy Supercross. With Ryan Dungey’s 34 career wins (sixth all-time) coming off the books, and James Stewart (second all-time) and Chad Reed (fourth all-time) yet to announce their plans for next year, the landscape in the 450 Class appears to be wide open. The start of this year will mark only the fourth time in history (1980, 1983, 2015) that the defending premier class champion did not return to defend his title.

The entire list is below, but here are some key notes:

• If James Stewart and Chad Reed were to line up at Anaheim 1 (Reed, at least, is expected to race), their combined 94 career wins will account for 71.2 percent of the active wins in the class.
• Behind nine wins in 2017, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac moved into 15th on the all-time list and is now two wins ahead of Ken Roczen.
• Nine riders who could compete during the 2018 season have at least one win.
• Five riders who could compete during the 2018 season have five or more career wins.
• Only two active riders who could compete in 2018—James Stewart and Chad Reed—have premier class championships on their resume (two each).
• Ryan Dungey, who won three straight 450SX titles before retiring last May, is tied for third all-time with Ryan Villopoto with four career titles. Villopoto is ahead in wins, 41 to 34.
  
  

  Ranking	Rider	All-Time Wins	Championships
  1	Jeremy McGrath	72	7
  2	*James Stewart	50	2
  3	Ricky Carmichael	48	5
  4	*Chad Reed	44	2
  5	Ryan Villopoto	41	4
  6	Ryan Dungey	34	4
  7	Ricky Johnson	28	2
  8	Bob Hannah	27	3
  9	Jeff Ward	20	2
  10	Damon Bradshaw	19
  11	Kevin Windham	18
  12	Jeff Stanton	17	3
  12	Mark Barnett	17	1
  14	Jean-Michel Bayle	16	1
  15	*Eli Tomac	13
  16	Ezra Lusk	12
  16	David Bailey	12	1
  18	Mike Bell	11	1
  18	*Ken Roczen	11
  20	Mike LaRocco	10
  20	Broc Glover	10
  22	Ron Lechien	8
  22	Jimmy Ellis	8
  24	David Vuillemin	7
  24	Jeff Emig	7	1
  24	Johnny O'Mara	7	1
  27	Trey Canard	5
  27	*Davi Millsaps	5
  27	Mike Kiedrowski	5
  27	Kent Howerton	5
  31	Doug Henry	4
  31	Donnie Hansen	4	1
  31	Darrell Shultz	4
  31	Jimmy Weinert	4
  35	Larry Ward	3
  35	Marty Smith	3
  35	*Jason Anderson	3
  38	*Justin Barcia	2
  38	Marty Tripes	2
  38	Tony DiStefano	2
  38	*Marvin Musquin	2
  42	*Cole Seely	1
  42	*Josh Grant	1
  42	Josh Hill	1
  42	Nathan Ramsey	1
  42	John Dowd	1
  42	Sebastien Tortelli	1
  42	Damon Huffman	1
  42	Greg Albertyn	1
  42	Mike Craig	1
  42	Doug Dubach	1
  42	Jeff Matiasevich	1
  42	Rick Ryan	1
  42	Rex Staten	1
  42	Chuck Sun	1
  42	Steve Wise	1
  42	Gaylon Mosier	1
  42	Jaroslav Falta	1
  42	Jim Pomeroy	1
  42	Pierre Karsmakers	1	1
  42	Andrew Short	1
  *Active rider