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For the last few years, I have dug deep into the AMA national and career numbers for Monster Energy AMA Supercross and the AMA Pro Motocross Championship. On Friday, the 2026 AMA National Numbers were released. So, I dug into these numbers and picked out some random stuff I thought was interesting, fun, noteworthy, etc.

Check out some notes I gathered on the new assigned numbers. A1 is less than 90 days away…get used to the new digits!

Defending Champions

Monster Energy AMA Supercross

#1 in 450SX | Cooper Webb | Will Look to Defend Title

The three-time 450SX Champion will now run the #1 for the third time. His previous two title defense seasons did not go great. Something odd is that all three of Webb’s 450SX titles came on years with odd numbers (2019, 2021, and 2025). So, how will 2026 go?

#1W in 250SX West Region | Haiden Deegan | Will Look to Defend Title

At this time, we fully expect Haiden Deegan to run the #1W plate in the 250SX West Division as he looks to back up his first SX title with another one before jumping to the premier class for the AMA Pro Motocross Championship and beyond.

#1E in 250SX East Region | Tom Vialle | Not expected to race in the U.S.

After two straight 250SX East Division titles, Vialle was forced out of the class and into the 450SX field. However, we expect him to return to the FIM Motocross World Championship, where he is a two-time MX2 Champion, and race the MXGP class full-time on a 450F.

Cooper Webb Align Media
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Tom Vialle Align Media

AMA Pro Motocross Championship

#1 in 450 Class | Jett Lawrence | Will Look to Defend Title

Jett Lawrence has two 450 Pro Motocross titles and will look to make it a third next summer, after running his national number, #18, in supercross.

#1 in 250 Class | Haiden Deegan | Moving to 450 Class

As mentioned, Deegan is expected to move to the premier class full-time starting in Pro Motocross 2026. Therefore, the two-time 250 Pro Motocross Champion will race with his career number, #38.

SuperMotocross World Championship

#1 in 450SMX Class | Jett Lawrence | Will Look to Defend Title

Lawrence will race as #18 in supercross, then put a #1 on his CRF450R for both Pro Motocross and the SuperMotocross Playoffs as he is the three-time 450SMX Champion.

#1 in 250SMX Class | Jo Shimoda | Will Look to Defend Title

Jo Shimoda’s SMX season started with a win and ended with a win as the Japanese rider claimed the SMX finale overall win and title (his first professional title). Shimoda’s bike will have a #1 on it when he rolls into the SMX Playoffs in 2026.

Jett Lawrence Align Media
Haiden Deegan Mitch Kendra
Jo Shimoda Align Media

Retained Career Numbers

#6 Jeremy Martin (retired)
#9 Adam Cianciarulo (Retired)
#16 Tom Vialle (set to race overseas in MXGP in 2026)

While we do not expect to see any of these three riders race a single round of SMX in 2026, the AMA did allow this trio to keep their career numbers.

New (Career) Number, Who Dis?

#36 Garrett Marchbanks

Marchbanks was the only rider eligible to pick a career number (had to be double digits since single-digits are reserved to national champions) and he skipped out on #10 and chose #36, which he has already ran three previous years (including 2025). This was his first low national number and the number he ran when he won the 2020 Daytona SX main event.

Marchbanks first ran #36 in 2020, the year he won the Daytona Supercross. Align Media

Career Numbers Notes and Other Number Highlights

There are currently 27 different riders with a career number on the 2026 numbers list, one more than last year (aforementioned Marchbanks).

#5 | Not Taken
#8 | Not Taken

#10 Seth Hammaker

Hammaker was the highest placing rider without a career number, which means he was assigned #10, since Marchbanks passes on this number. This is by far Hammaker's lowest national number: he debuted in 2021 as #150 then earned #47 in 2022, #35 in 2023, #43 in 2024, #56 in 2025, and now has #10 for 2026.

#13 | Julien Beaumer

The #13 has not been taken (out of superstition) since Colt Nichols ran it in 2020, but Julien Beaumer has elected to run the number in 2026.

#19 Maximus Vohland

Vohland bettered his lowest national number (#20, which he ran in 2024 before his season-ending injury) and earned #19 for 2026. Quite the jump from #92 to #19 but Vohland had an underrated year considering everything he went through since his injury in January 2024.

Max Vohland...scrubs off a good bit of digits from his 2025 national number #92 to earn #19 for 2026. Align Media

#20 Jordon Smith

Smith raced as #19 in 2025 and earned his 11th straight different national number in 2026: #20. Crazy to think Smith has yet to earn a career number! Check out Smith’s national numbers history.

Jordon Smith's National Number History

Year	#
2016	39
2017	44
2018	45
2019	28
2020	54
2021	80
2022	90
2023	58
2024	54
2025	19
2026	20

#22 Coty Schock

The first rider NOT named Chad Reed to get this number was Fredrik Noren in 2024. Then, Jalek Swoll ran #22 in 2025. Now, Coty Schock is set to run #22 in 2026.

And a quick shout-out to long-time #22 Reed, who will be inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame next week as a member of the Class of 2025.

Coty Schock showing us half his digits for a 2026: ✌️✌️ Align Media

#25 Nate Thrasher

Ahead of the 2025 season, Marvin Musquin lost his long-time career number he had since 2012. Enter Ryder DiFrancesco as the new #25 this year. But for next year, Nate Thrasher will be #25—his lowest national number to date.

#33 Austin Forkner

Forkner gets national #33 for the second go round in his pro career (he raced—and won a main event—as #33 in 2022). This will be his 10 straight years with a two-digit number—and his eighth different national number as he has earned #24 and #33 twice. Wild to think Forkner has not earned a career number yet either.

Forkner winning the 2022 Foxborough SX as #33. Align Media

#43 Lux Turner

Turner had a great year, jumping from his #65 this year to #43 for 2026. PS, please keep the chest protector over the jersey look going!

#54 Benny Bloss

As Davey Coombs pointed out in Racerhead #41, the lowest number never to win an AMA SX main event or Pro Motocross overall in either class (#54) goes to Benny Bloss.

#63 Fredrik Noren

Noren earned his…11th different two-digit number since 2014! “Fast Freddie” has earned a national number 12 different years, which I believe is the most among active riders and second-most to only Martin Davalos. His number would likely have been significantly lower had he not suffered a foot injury late in Pro Motocross, keeping him sidelined for the second half the summer.

Noren’s different national numbers

Year	#
2014	80
2015	35
2016	43
2017	40
2018	37
2019	101
2020	31
2021	43 (second time)
2022	61
2023	47
2024	22
2025	33
2026	63

#93 Antonio Cairoli

While the MXGP legends’ number may be grandfathered into the European series as #222, he earned enough points in his two races this summer to land #93 for 2026. The Italian has hinted towards racing a few rounds of Pro Motocross next summer, and if he does, he will be #93. That will be odd to see!

#99 Kayden Minear

Minear flips his amateur number (#66) upside down and will be the final two-digit number in ’26. The young Aussie raced just a few digits higher as #106 in Pro Motocross this summer.

Kayden Minear's rookie Pro Motocross number in 2025. Align Media

Not in the Top 99:

Cameron McAdoo

Pierce Brown

McAdoo was #50 this year but got hurt and pulled out of the season in the third 250SX East Division race of the season. He did not earn enough points to get assigned a two-digit number.

Brown looked incredible in the first handful of laps in his debut with the Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing debut in Tampa, Florida…until he crashed in the whoops, which sidelined him with a back injury for the remainder of supercross and the first eight rounds of Pro Motocross. He raced the Ironman National but got hurt again, ending his year.

Which number will these guys pick for 2026? Will they go back to their rookie season numbers? McAdoo turned pro in 2017 with #128, Brown turning pro in 2019 as #363.

Cameron McAdoo's National Numbers