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Grand National Season Win Records

Most National Wins in a Single Season
Seasons with Most First-Time Grand National Winners
Season With Most Rookie Wins
Seasons With Greatest Parity
Seasons With Lowest Parity
Season Sweep of all Nationals Of One Type



Most National Wins In A Single Season

# WinsNameYear
1. 12 winsRicky Graham1993
2. 10 winsScott Parker1989
1995
4. 9 winsBubba Shobert1986
Chris Carr2001
6. 8 winsJoe Leonard1954
Scott Parker1992
1994
1997
10. 7 winsJay Springsteen1976
Scott Parker1990
1998
Will Davis1997
Kenny Coolbeth2008
Active riders' names are highlighted in red

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Season With Most First-Time Grand National Winners

Rank# WinnerYearNames
1.7 new winners 1971 Jim Odom (2 wins) Kel Carruthers Sonny Burres Robert E. Lee Yvon Duhamel Tommy Rockwood John Cooper
1972 John Hateley Kenny Roberts Don Emde Gary Fisher Gary Scott (2 wins) Mike Gerald Paul Smart
1973Mike Haney Jarno Saarinen Don Castro Geoff Perry Chuck Joyner Rex Beauchamp Scott Brelsford
1980Ronnie Jones (2 wins) Patrick Pons Billy Labrie (3 wins) Wes Cooley Rich Schlachter (2 wins) Scott Pearson Ricky Graham (2 wins)
5.6 new winners 1963Ralph White Ronnie Rall (2 wins) Jody Nichlas (2 wins) Gary Nixon (2 wins) George Roeder (3 wins) Sid Payne
1969Larry Palmgren Eddie Wirth Jim Rice Mark Brelsford Chuck Palmgren Art Baumann
1974Dave Hansen Giacomo Agostini Corky Kenner (2 wins) Mike Kidd Hank Scott Rick Hocking (2 wins)
1976Bubba Rush Johnny Cecetto Steve Eklund (3 wins) Ted Boody Steve Baker (2 wins) Terry Poovey
2002Ricky Winsett Johnny Murphree Chris Evans Chris Hart Jake Johnson Kenny Coolbeth
10.4 new winners 1966Buddy Elmore Babe DeMay Cal Rayborn Fred Nix
1978Alex Jorgensen (2 wins) Mike Baldwin (2 wins) Dale Singleton Steve Morehead
1979Mickey Fay Randy Goss (3 wins) Brad Hurst Scott Parker (2 wins)
1981Freddie Spencer (2 wins) Jimmy Filice Nicky Richichi Randy Mamola
1995Brett Landes Steve Beattie Kevin Varnes (2 wins) Rich King
Active riders' names are highlighted in red


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Season With Most Rookie Wins

Rank/#WinsYearRider #Name# Wins
1. 6 wins 1955
11R
Brad Andres5 wins
8W
Don Tindall1 win
3. 5 wins 1976
74Z
Steve Eklund3 wins
84X
Ted Boody1 win
96N
Terry Poovey1 win
6. 4 wins 1969
80Y
Jim Rice3 wins
87
Mark Brelsford1 win
1972
64R
Gary Scott2 wins
80Y
Kenny Roberts1 win
29L
Mike Gerald1 win
5. 3 wins1970
38X
Dave Aldana3 wins
1974
31Z
Rick Hocking2 wins
20R
Hank Scott1 win
1975
65X
Jay Springsteen2 wins
80C
Greg Sassaman1 win
8. 2 wins 1979
40X
Scott Parker2 wins
9. 1 win1954
61
Harry Fearey1 win
1958
76Z
Dick Dorresteyn1 win
1960
16
Troy Lee1 win
1971
54N
Robert E. Lee1 win
1973
84Y
Scott Brelsford1 win
1977
32X
Garth Brow1 win
1981
17Z
Jim Filice1 win
1983
8Y
Doug Chandler1 win
2002
14U
Jake Johnson1 win
Active riders' names are highlighted in red


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Seasons With Highest
Winners-Per-Race Ratio*

RankYear# Races# Different WinnersWPR Ratio*
1.197324 races18 different winners0.750 ratio
2.200617 races12 different winners0.706 ratio
3.195810 races7 different winners0.700 ratio
4.196012 races8 different winners0.667 ratio
197224 races16 different winners
201312 races8 different winners
7.198126 races16 different winners0.654 ratio
8.200220 races13 different winners0.650 ratio
9.200014 races9 different winners0.643 ratio
196314 races9 different winners
11.197121 races13 different winners0.619 ratio
The WPR ratio measures the parity of a given racing season.
If a different rider won each race, and each winner only won a single race,
the season would have a 1.000 WPR ration.

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Seasons With Lowest
Winners-Per-Race Ratio*

RankYear# Races# Different WinnersWPR Ratio*
1.199722 races6 different winners0.273 ratio
2.199321 races6 different winners0.286 ratio
3.198817 races5 different winners0.294 ratio
4.200819 races6 different winners0.316 ratio
5.199015 races5 different winners0.333 ratio
199818 races6 different winners
7.201120 races7 different winners0.350 ratio
8.196822 races8 different winners0.364 ratio
198433 races12 different winners
11.199619 races7 different winners0.368 ratio
12.198916 races6 different winners0.375 ratio
199116 races6 different winners
The WPR ratio measures the parity of a given racing season.
If one rider won every event, the season would have a near-zero WPR ratio.

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Season Sweep of Every National Of One Type (minimum 2 events)

8 winsAll M Nationals1989Scott Parker
4 winsAll M Nationals1968Fred Nix
3 winsAll TT Nationals1966Eddie Mulder
2 winsAll TT Nationals1954Joe Leonard
2 winsAll RR Nationals1957
2 winsAll HM Nationals1957Carroll Resweber
2 winsAll RR Nationals1959Brad Andres
2 winsAll M Nationals1962Bart Markel
2 winsAll M Nationals1963George Roeder
2 winsAll ST Nationals1978Steve Eklund
2 winsAll ST Nationals1996Will Davis
2 winsAll TT Nationals2002Nicky Hayden
2 winsAll TT Nationals2008Henry Wiles
2 winsAll TT Nationals2009
2 winsAll TT Nationals2010
2 winsAll TT Nationals2014
Active riders' names are highlighted in red

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