How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates
2003 British Superbike statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Shane Byrne | 488 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 9 |
| John Reynolds | 358 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 7 |
| Michael Rutter | 289 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 2 |
| Glen Richards | 255 | 4 | 19 | 1 | |||
| Sean Emmett | 247 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | |
| Steve Plater | 246 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Yukio Kagayama | 214 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Mason | 208 | 10 | |||||
| Scott Smart | 154 | 5 | |||||
| Steve Hislop | 122 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Lee Jackson | 98 | ||||||
| Mark Heckles | 98 | 1 | |||||
| Leon Haslam | 98 | 3 | |||||
| John Crawford | 74 | 4 | |||||
| Paul Young | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jon Kirkham | 62 | ||||||
| Dean Ellison | 55 | ||||||
| Paul Jones | 43 | ||||||
| Nick Medd | 33 | ||||||
| John McGuinness | 26 | ||||||
| Chris Burns | 18 | ||||||
| Dean Thomas | 13 | ||||||
| Jason Vincent | 7 | ||||||
| Tom Sykes | 2 | ||||||
| Jamie Morley | 0 | ||||||
| Niall Mackenzie | 0 |
| date | venue | winners |
| 30-3 | Silverstone | Byrne/Rutter |
| 13-4 | Snetterton | Rutter/Byrne |
| 20-4 | Thruxton | Byrne/Byrne |
| 5-5 | Oulton Park | Byrne/Byrne |
| 18-5 | Knockhill | Byrne/Byrne |
| 22-6 | Brands Hatch | Byrne/Reynolds |
| 6-7 | Rockingham | Kagayama/Kagayama |
| 20-7 | Mondello Park | Reynolds/Reynolds |
| 10-8 | Oulton Park | Plater/Kagayama |
| 25-8 | Cadwell Park | Byrne/Plater |
| 14-9 | Brands Hatch | Reynolds/Emmett |
| 28-9 | Donington Park | Byrne/Byrne |
career BSB victories
31 · Steve Hislop (1995 to 2002)
30 · John Reynolds (1997 to 2003)
24 · Niall Mackenzie (1996 to 1998)
16 · Michael Rutter (1995 to 2003)
15 · Shane Byrne (2002 to 2003)
10 · Sean Emmett (1997 to 2003)
4 · Steve Plater (2002 to 2003)
3 · Yukio Kagayama (2003)
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