How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data demonstrates
2003 MotoGP statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Valentino Rossi | 357 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
| Sete Gibernau | 277 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Biaggi | 228 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Loris Capirossi | 177 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| Nicky Hayden | 130 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Troy Bayliss | 128 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Tohru Ukawa | 123 | 7 | |||||
| Carlos Checa | 123 | 6 | |||||
| Shin’ya Nakano | 101 | 2 | |||||
| Alex Barros | 101 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Makoto Tamada | 87 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Olivier Jacque | 71 | 3 | |||||
| Colin Edwards | 62 | 1 | |||||
| Noriyuki Haga | 47 | ||||||
| Marco Melandri | 45 | 1 | |||||
| Norick Abe | 31 | ||||||
| John Hopkins | 29 | ||||||
| Jeremy McWilliams | 27 | 1 |
other points scorers:
Ryuichi Kiyonari 22; Kenny Roberts 22; Nobuatsu Aoki 19; Garry McCoy 11; Alex Hofmann 8; Akira Ryo 6; Yukio Kagayama 4; Andrew Pitt 4.
no points scored:
Tamaki Serizawa; Chris Burns; Akira Yanagawa; Daijiro Kato.
| date | venue | winner |
| 6-4 | Suzuka | Rossi |
| 27-4 | Welkom | Gibernau |
| 11-5 | Jeréz | Rossi |
| 25-5 | Le Mans | Gibernau |
| 8-6 | Mugello | Rossi |
| 15-6 | Catalunya | Capirossi |
| 28-6 | Assen | Gibernau |
| 13-7 | Donington Park | Biaggi |
| 27-7 | Sachsenring | Gibernau |
| 17-8 | Brno | Rossi |
| 7-9 | Estoril | Rossi |
| 20-9 | Jacarepaguá | Rossi |
| 5-10 | Motegi | Biaggi |
| 12-10 | Sepang | Rossi |
| 19-10 | Phillip Island | Rossi |
| 2-11 | Valência | Rossi |
career 500cc / GP1 victories
33 · Valentino Rossi (2000 to 2003)
12 · Max Biaggi (1998 to 2003)
8 · Kenny Roberts (1999 to 2000)
6 · Alex Barros (1993 to 2002)
5 · Sete Gibernau (2001 to 2003)
3 · Norick Abe (1996 to 2000)
3 · Garry McCoy (2000)
3 · Loris Capirossi (1996 to 2003)
2 · Carlos Checa (1996 to 1998)
1 · Tohru Ukawa (2002)
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