How was the title won? The figures are rarely misleading, as the following data might just demonstrate
2005 World Superbike statistics
| rider | pts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | top 6 | poles | FLs |
| Troy Corser | 433 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 |
| Chris Vermeulen | 379 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 4 |
| Noriyuki Haga | 271 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | |
| James Toseland | 254 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Yukio Kagayama | 252 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Régis Laconi | 221 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Walker | 160 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Andrew Pitt | 156 | 10 | |||||
| Lorenzo Lanzi | 150 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frankie Chili | 131 | 6 | |||||
| Karl Muggeridge | 124 | 5 | |||||
| Norick Abe | 123 | 3 | |||||
| Max Neukirchner | 123 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Giovanni Bussei | 64 | ||||||
| Ben Bostrom | 58 | 1 | |||||
| Sébastien Gimbert | 46 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fonsi Nieto | 37 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Martin | 35 | 1 | |||||
| Mauro Sanchini | 31 | ||||||
| Ivan Clementi | 26 | ||||||
| David Checa | 25 | ||||||
| Garry McCoy | 15 | ||||||
| Gianluca Nannelli | 13 | ||||||
| José Luís Cardoso | 13 | ||||||
| Alessio Corradi | 10 | 1 |
other points scorers:
Iván Silva and Marco Borciani 10; Gianluca Vizziello 9; Sergio Fuertes 7; Pere Riba Cabana 6; Andrew Stroud and Lorenzo Alfonsi 5; Dennis Hobbs 4; Miguel Praia 3; Luca Conforti, Alessio Velini, Norino Brignola and Julien da Costa 2; Massimo Roccoli and Stefano Cruciani 1.
no points scored:
Lucio Pedercini, Talal Al Nauami, Michel Nickmans, Andrea Mazzali, Luca Pedersoli, Paolo Blora, Michele Gallina, Giuseppe Zannini, Adam Badziak, Jiří Mrkývka, Jiri Trcka, Jiri Drazdak, Marek Svoboda, Milos Cihak, Jürgen van den Goorbergh, Bob Withag, Paul Mooijman, Robert Menzen, Michael Schulten, Luca Pini, Maurizio Prattichizzo, Mauro Lucchiari, Alessandro Gramigni, Andy Notman, Laurent Brian, Vincent Philippe.
| date | venue | winners |
| 26-2 | Losail | Corser/Kagayama |
| 3-4 | Phillip Island | Corser/Corser |
| 24-4 | Valencia | Corser/Corser |
| 8-5 | Monza | Corser/Vermeulen |
| 29-5 | Silverstone | Laconi/Toseland |
| 26-6 | Misano | Laconi/Laconi |
| 17-7 | Brno | Corser/Haga |
| 7-8 | Brands Hatch | Corser/Haga |
| 4-9 | Assen | Vermeulen/Vermeulen |
| 11-9 | Lausitzring | Vermeulen/Lanzi |
| 2-10 | Imola | Vermeulen/ - |
| 9-10 | Magny-Cours | Vermeulen/Lanzi |
career WSB victories
31 · Troy Corser (1995 to 2005)
19 · Noriyuki Haga (1997 to 2005)
17 · Frankie Chili (1995 to 2004)
11 · Régis Laconi (2001 to 2005)
10 · Chris Vermeulen (2004 to 2005)
7 · Ben Bostrom (1999 to 2001)
5 · James Toseland (2003 to 2005)
2 · Mauro Lucchiari (1995)
2 · Lorenzo Lanzi (2005)
1 · Garry McCoy (2004)
1 · Yukio Kagayama (2005)
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