World Supercross Championship

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The World Supercross Championship (WSX) is an FIM-sanctioned supercross world championship, now featuring 8 international teams and 36 riders competing across the premier SX1 (450cc) and SX2 (250cc) classifications.

The WSX 2022 season saw the introduction of the championship as a pilot season, featuring two rounds that began in Cardiff with the WSX British GP and concluded with the WSX Australian GP.

The WSX championship is now in its fifth season (2026), with a provisional six-event calendar spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Australasia.

The full World Supercross schedule is now available, with the opening round, the WSX Canadian Grand Prix, taking place in the McMahon Stadium, Calgary on 8 September 2026. The 2026 WSX teams have now also been announced, with all 36 official riders confirmed.

WSX Champions

World SX SX1

Year	Rider	Nat	Bike	Pts	Lead
2026
2025	Jason Anderson	USA	Suzuki	171	5
2024	Eli Tomac	USA	Honda	397	36
2023	Ken Roczen	GER	Suzuki	193	23
2022	Ken Roczen	GER	Honda	116	4

World SX SX2

Year	Rider	Nat	Bike	Pts	Lead
2026
2025	Max Anstie	GBR	Yamaha	215	39
2024	Shane McElrath	USA	Honda	398	95
2023	Max Anstie	GBR	Honda	216	24
2022	Shane McElrath	USA	Honda	123	9

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How the WSX Championship Works

Each round of the FIM World Supercross Championship is held inside a purpose-built stadium circuit, where riders compete across two classes: SX1 for 450cc motorcycles and SX2 for 250cc machines. Each class has its own practice sessions, qualifying, races and championship standings.

The event begins with practice, giving riders the opportunity to learn the circuit and refine their bike setup before a timed qualifying session. The fastest riders then progress to Superpole, a one-lap shootout that determines the leading gate selections for the opening race.

Each championship class contests three races at each round: two short sprint races followed by a longer Main Event. Championship points are awarded in all three races, with the Main Event carrying the highest points allocation. Rather than a single race deciding the overall winner, riders must consistently perform throughout the entire event to maximise their points haul.

At the end of the night, the rider with the highest combined points from all three races is declared the overall round winner. Those points also contribute towards the season-long championship standings, with the SX1 and SX2 riders scoring the most points across the calendar crowned FIM World Supercross Champions.

Wildcard riders may also compete at selected rounds, adding local interest and increasing the competition by racing alongside the championship's full-time teams and riders.

One of the key differences from the AMA Supercross Championship is that the FIM World Supercross Championship determines its overall round winner using a three-race format, rewarding consistency across the entire event.

Who manages the FIM World Supercross Championship?

SX Global, an Australian sports and entertainment company, was awarded the exclusive rights by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) in 2021 to manage and promote the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) under a long-term agreement. The aim was to establish the FIM's official World Supercross Championship, expanding the sport beyond its traditional North American base with Grands Prix staged across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Oceania.

The company brought together an experienced management team led by President Tony Cochrane, who is widely recognised for transforming Australia's V8 Supercars Championship into one of the country's most successful motorsport series, overseeing its growth into an internationally recognised championship with events in China, the United States, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and New Zealand.

SX Global also benefited from the expertise of supercross promoters Adam Bailey and Ryan Sanderson, founders of the successful AUS-X Open. The pair organised a series of sold-out events in Sydney between 2015 and 2018 before moving the event to Melbourne in 2019, while also expanding into Auckland, New Zealand, with successful events in 2018 and 2019.

The inaugural WSX 2022 season served as a two-round pilot championship, introducing the new world championship with Grands Prix in Cardiff, Wales, and Melbourne, Australia. Following the successful launch, the championship expanded into a full multi-round calendar in 2023 and has continued to grow with international teams and riders competing at venues around the world.

Following the end of the FIM's long-standing sanctioning agreement with AMA Supercross in 2021, the FIM awarded SX Global the exclusive rights to establish and promote the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) as a new international supercross series.

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