Marco Bezzecchi
Marc Marquez scored his 100th career Grand Prix win in the 2026 Hungarian GP, but it took the Spaniard a lot longer to reach triple-digits than his arch-rival Valentino Rossi.
Marquez recorded the perfect weekend at Balaton Park, as he became just the third rider in history to reach triple-digits for wins across all three of the world championship classes. The Spaniard joins Giacomo Agostini with 122 wins and Rossi on 115 wins in the exclusive group.
Agostini became the first rider to reach 100 wins with his victory in the 1972 Swedish 500cc Grand Prix at Anderstorp, in a trademark dominant ride for MV Agusta. Rossi took his 100th career win in the 2009 Dutch MotoGP Grand Prix at the TT Circuit Assen while with Yamaha.
Ducati got to celebrate Marquez’s 100th win in the 2026 Hungarian GP, as he converted pole position to also secure the Borgo Panigale brand their 100th MotoGP victory. The win added to Marquez’s 10 125cc victories, 16 Moto2 victories and 73 previous premier class race wins.
Marc Marquez is the first rider EVER to hit 100 wins and 100 poles, but is he better in qualifying or the race? 💯
Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi both hit 100 Grand Prix wins with their 74th MotoGP victories
Like Marquez, Rossi’s 100th career win marked his 74th premier class victory, but it took the Italian fewer races overall to reach the landmark figure. Rossi secured 12 125cc wins and 14 250cc wins, before his first premier class race win later came in the 2000 British 500cc GP.
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Rossi also took his 74 MotoGP wins in fewer seasons than Marquez needed, as he reached the figure seven races into his ninth year in the premier class. It took Marquez until his 14th year in MotoGP to reach 74 wins, having made his debut with Honda in the 2013 campaign.
All in all, those years even combined to see Marquez enter 74 more Grands Prix than Rossi started before scoring his 100th career race win. Rossi reached 100 career wins in a total of 217 races, while Marquez needed 291 races across all classes to reach triple-digits for wins.
Yet despite needing more races, Marquez was already a seven-time MotoGP champion and nine-time world champion by the time that he reached 100 career wins. The Spaniard took the 125cc title in his third year in 2010, and he won the 2012 Moto2 title in his second year.
Rossi reached 100 career wins en route to winning his seventh MotoGP title in 2009, which ultimately marked his final premier class crown. The Italian finished second in the 2014, ‘15 and ‘16 standings, but he never got his hands on the MotoGP championship trophy again.
Marc Marquez needed 74 more races than Valentino Rossi started to score 100 wins
Marquez took longer than Rossi to climb the categories, having entered 46 125cc races and 32 Moto2 races before debuting in MotoGP for Honda in 2013. Rossi only entered 30 125cc races and 30 250cc races before Nastro Azzurro Honda gave him his 500cc debut in 2000.
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Career win number 100 later arrived for Marquez in his 213th MotoGP race, while Rossi hit the figure in his 157th premier class start. Their MotoGP records gave Rossi a hit rate at the time of his 100th career win of one win every 2.1 races, and Marquez’s hit rate is every 2.8.
Rossi’s hit rate had plummeted by the end of his career, after only achieving 15 further wins over his subsequent 215 races before retiring at the end of 2021. Rossi ultimately bowed out with a hit rate of one win every 4.1 races in MotoGP, and one per 3.7 races across all classes.
How many podiums did Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez have at the time of their 100th wins?
Marquez got his 100th career Grand Prix win across all classes with what was also his 166th podium in the 2026 MotoGP Hungarian GP. It was also his 127th premier class podium, after previously reaching the rostrum 14 times in the 125cc class and 25 times in the Moto2 class.
As for Rossi, he bagged 15 podiums while in the lightweight category and then scored a total of 21 podiums in the intermediate class. By the time that Rossi reached 100 career wins, the Italian had also stood on 121 premier class podiums – giving him a total of 157 altogether.
How many pole positions did Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez have at the time of their 100th wins?
Marquez secured his 100th career win across all classes from what was also his 104th career pole position at the 2026 MotoGP Hungarian Grand Prix. It further marked his 76th premier class pole position, having taken 14 125cc poles and 14 Moto2 poles earlier on in his career.
Rossi only ended his career on two wheels with 65 career pole positions, including 55 in the premier class, five in the 125cc class and five in the 250cc class. His 100th career win across all three classes also arrived from what was Rossi’s 43rd pole position in the premier class.
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