How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates
2006 MotoGP statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Nicky Hayden | 252 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Valentino Rossi | 247 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Loris Capirossi | 229 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Marco Melandri | 228 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Dani Pedrosa | 215 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| Kenny Roberts | 134 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Colin Edwards | 124 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Casey Stoner | 119 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| John Hopkins | 116 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Toní Elías | 116 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Chris Vermeulen | 98 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Makoto Tamada | 96 | 2 | |||||
| Sete Gibernau | 95 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Shin’ya Nakano | 92 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Carlos Checa | 75 | ||||||
| Randy de Puniet | 37 | ||||||
| Alex Hofmann | 30 | ||||||
| James Ellison | 26 | ||||||
| Troy Bayliss | 25 | 1 | 1 |
other points scorers:
José Luís Cardoso 10; Kousuke Akiyoshi 3; Garry McCoy 2
no points scored:
Michel Fabrizio, Naoki Matsudo, Iván Silva
| date | venue | winners |
| 26-3 | Jeréz | Capirossi |
| 8-4 | Losail | Rossi |
| 30-4 | Ístanbul | Melandri |
| 14-5 | Shanghai | Pedrosa |
| 21-5 | Le Mans | Melandri |
| 4-6 | Mugello | Rossi |
| 18-6 | Catalunya | Rossi |
| 24-6 | Assen | Hayden |
| 2-7 | Donington | Pedrosa |
| 16-7 | Sachsenring | Rossi |
| 23-7 | Laguna Seca | Hayden |
| 20-8 | Brno | Capirossi |
| 10-9 | Sepang | Rossi |
| 17-9 | Philip Island | Melandri |
| 24-9 | Motegi | Capirossi |
| 15-10 | Estoril | Elías |
| 29-10 | Valencia | Bayliss |
career GP1 victories
58 · Valentino Rossi (2000 to 2006)
9 · Sete Gibernau (2001 to 2004)
8 · Loris Capirossi (1996 to 2006)
8 · Kenny Roberts (1999 to 2000)
5 · Marco Melandri (2005 to 2006)
3 · Garry McCoy (2000)
3 · Nicky Hayden (2005 to 2006)
2 · Carlos Checa (1996 to 1998)
2 · Makoto Tamada (2004)
2 · Dani Pedrosa (2006)
1 · Toní Elías (2006)
1 · Troy Bayliss (2006)
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