How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data might just demonstrate
2004 World Superbike statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| James Toseland | 336 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Régis Laconi | 327 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 6 |
| Noriyuki Haga | 299 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |
| Chris Vermeulen | 282 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| Frankie Chili | 243 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Garry McCoy | 199 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Steve Martin | 181 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Leon Haslam | 169 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Troy Corser | 146 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Marco Borciani | 130 | 3 | |||||
| Chris Walker | 128 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Ivan Clementi | 85 | ||||||
| Mauro Sanchini | 79 | 2 | |||||
| Gianluca Nannelli | 72 | 3 | |||||
| Piergiorgio Bontempi | 68 | ||||||
| Lucio Pedercini | 41 | ||||||
| Sergio Fuertes | 35 | 1 | |||||
| Sébastien Gimbert | 33 | 2 | |||||
| James Ellison | 30 | 2 | |||||
| Warwick Nowland | 27 | ||||||
| Giovanni Bussei | 24 | 1 |
other points scorers:
Alessio Velini 20; Horst Saiger 17; Craig Coxhell 16; Jiri Mrkyvka 13; Luca Pini 12; Stéphane Duterne 11; Andy Meklau 9; Jürgen Ölschläger 8; Miguel Praia 8; Ivan Sala 4; Giancarlo de Matteis 4; Pawel Szkopek 4; Gianmaria Liverani 3; Doriano Romboni 3; Stefano Cruciani 3; Carl Berthelsen 2; Robert Menzen 1; Berto Camlek 1.
no points scored:
Giuseppe Zannini, Paolo Blora, David García, Michael Schulten, Arno Visscher, Andrea Mazzali, Teodor Myszkowski, Andrzej Pawelec.
| date | venue | winners |
| 29-2 | Valencia | Toseland/Haga |
| 28-3 | Phillip Island | Laconi/McCoy |
| 18-4 | Misano | Laconi/Chili |
| 16-5 | Monza | Laconi/Laconi |
| 30-5 | Oschersleben | Haga/Laconi |
| 13-6 | Silverstone | Haga/Vermeulen |
| 12-7 | Laguna Seca | Vermeulen/Vermeulen |
| 1-8 | Brands Hatch | Haga/Haga |
| 5-9 | Assen | Toseland/Vermeulen |
| 26-9 | Imola | Laconi/Laconi |
| 3-10 | Magny-Cours | Toseland/Haga |
career WSB victories
23 • Troy Corser (1995 to 2001)
17 • Frankie Chili (1995 to 2004)
17 • Noriyuki Haga (1997 to 2004)
8 • Régis Laconi (2001 to 2004)
4 • James Toseland (2003 to 2004)
4 • Chris Vermeulen (2004)
1 • Andy Meklau (1993)
1 • Garry McCoy (2004)
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