The AMA national number system can seem confusing to some people who are new to our sport or don't keep up with it every week. So we're going to lay out some general information about the system before we dive into the projections. If you already know how everything works, you can skip to the projection lists.
- Every year, the AMA combines 250 East/West Supercross, 450 Supercross, 250 motocross, and 450 motocross into one big list.
- Riders who win a 450 championship or the 250 motocross championship can pick a single-digit as their career number.
- The top 10 riders in the combined list can choose a two-digit career number.
- When a rider earns a career number, they will keep that number until either they retire, or they fail to score 25 points in a season.
- The rest of the riders are assigned a number based on where they rank in the list. The higher they are ranked, the lower their assigned number will be.
Some notes about this year specifically:
- Cooper Webb can pick a single digit number, but he has not decided if he will take a single digit or keep his current number. When we asked him about it at Ironman, he said that #2 has some legendary weight behind it, #8 was Bradshaw's (and he digs that), #9 means nothing, and he also likes #17. It'll be interesting to see what he decides to do.
- Aaron Plessinger and Alex Martin both earned two-digit career numbers this year.
- Aaron Plessinger is expected to take #23 unless Webb takes a single digit, then he may consider #17.
- Alex Martin is still undecided, but he was considering either #24 or #26 when we asked him. We've listed him as #26 for our list.
- If Webb decides to take a single digit, which may prompt Plessinger to take #17, or if Martin decides to pick #24, everyone's numbers will change a little bit.
- If multiple riders are tied in points, the number order they are in currently may change.
Projected Number List with #13 Included:
* = Career Number
** = New Career Number
Number: | Name: | Points: |
2 | ||
3 | Eli Tomac* | 788 |
4 | Blake Baggett* | 171 |
5 | Ryan Dungey* | 522 |
6 | Jeremy Martin* | 468 |
7 | James Stewart* | 33 |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | Justin Brayton* | 373 |
11 | Kyle Chisholm* | 76 |
12 | Jake Weimer* | 128 |
13 | Austin Forkner | 376 |
14 | Cole Seely* | 370 |
15 | Dean Wilson* | 140 |
16 | Zach Osborne* | 466 |
17 | Cooper Webb* | 675 |
18 | Davi Millsaps* | 106 |
19 | Justin Bogle* | 263 |
20 | Broc Tickle* | 232 |
21 | Jason Anderson* | 460 |
22 | Chad Reed* | 250 |
23 | Aaron Plessinger** | 515 |
24 | Mitchell Oldenburg | 359 |
25 | Marvin Musquin* | 615 |
26 | Alex Martin** | 500 |
27 | Nick Wey* | 32 |
28 | Martin Davalos | 334 |
29 | Andrew Short* | 212 |
30 | RJ Hampshire | 324 |
31 | Weston Peick | 322 |
32 | Benny Bloss | 278 |
33 | Josh Grant* | 167 |
34 | Arnaud Tonus | 272 |
35 | Adam Cianciarulo | 266 |
36 | Phil Nicoletti | 254 |
37 | Joey Savatgy* | 562 |
38 | Shane McElrath | 245 |
39 | Colt Nichols | 241 |
40 | Freddie Noren | 222 |
41 | Trey Canard* | 323 |
42 | Kyle Cunningham | 216 |
43 | Matt Bisceglia | 212 |
44 | Jordon Smith | 204 |
45 | Mitchell Harrison | 193 |
46 | Justin Hill | 185 |
47 | Malcolm Stewart | 180 |
48 | Christian Craig | 179 |
49 | Anthony Rodriguez | 176 |
50 | Luke Renzland | 165 |
51 | Justin Barcia* | 416 |
52 | Tyler Bowers | 164 |
53 | Cole Martinez | 151 |
54 | Gannon Audette | 129 |
55 | Jessy Nelson | 127 |
56 | Kyle Peters | 123 |
57 | Jimmy Decotis | 121 |
58 | Chris Alldredge | 98 |
59 | Noah Mcconahy | 94 |
60 | Tristan Charboneau | 94 |
61 | Vince Friese | 92 |
62 | Jesse Wentland | 89 |
63 | Alex Frye | 81 |
64 | Hayden Mellross | 70 |
65 | Paul Coates | 70 |
66 | Michael Leib | 64 |
67 | Jimmy Albertson | 63 |
68 | Heath Harrison | 62 |
69 | Cedric Soubeyras | 59 |
70 | Wil Hahn | 56 |
71 | Dakota Alix | 50 |
72 | Justin Starling | 48 |
73 | Cole Thompson | 47 |
74 | Marshal Weltin | 46 |
75 | Bradley Taft | 41 |
76 | Nicholas Schmidt | 40 |
77 | Scott Champion | 39 |
78 | Ben Lamay | 33 |
79 | Nick Gaines | 33 |
80 | Darryn Durham | 30 |
81 | Cade Clason | 28 |
82 | Henry Miller | 27 |
83 | Luke Clout | 26 |
84 | Daniel Herrlein | 24 |
85 | Jackson Richardson | 24 |
86 | Tommy Hahn | 21 |
87 | Trevor Reis | 20 |
88 | Chris Howell | 20 |
89 | Kaven Benoit | 20 |
90 | John Short | 18 |
91 | Dillan Epstein | 16 |
92 | Austin Howell | 16 |
93 | Jacob Williamson | 14 |
94 | Ken Roczen* | 915 |
95 | Lawson Bopping | 13 |
96 | Josh Cartwright | 12 |
97 | Jason Brooks | 12 |
98 | AJ Catanzaro | 11 |
99 | Vann Martin | 11 |
377 | Christophe Pourcel* | 311 |
800 | Mike Alessi* | 126 |
Projected Number List with #13 Excluded:
* = Career Number
** = New Career Number
Number: | Name: | Points: |
2 | ||
3 | Eli Tomac* | 788 |
4 | Blake Baggett* | 171 |
5 | Ryan Dungey* | 522 |
6 | Jeremy Martin* | 468 |
7 | James Stewart* | 33 |
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | Justin Brayton* | 373 |
11 | Kyle Chisholm* | 76 |
12 | Jake Weimer* | 128 |
14 | Cole Seely* | 370 |
15 | Dean Wilson* | 140 |
16 | Zach Osborne* | 466 |
17 | Cooper Webb* | 675 |
18 | Davi Millsaps* | 106 |
19 | Justin Bogle* | 263 |
20 | Broc Tickle* | 232 |
21 | Jason Anderson* | 460 |
22 | Chad Reed* | 250 |
23 | Aaron Plessinger** | 515 |
24 | Austin Forkner | 376 |
25 | Marvin Musquin* | 615 |
26 | Alex Martin** | 500 |
27 | Nick Wey* | 32 |
28 | Mitchell Oldenburg | 359 |
29 | Andrew Short* | 212 |
30 | Martin Davalos | 334 |
31 | RJ Hampshire | 324 |
32 | Weston Peick | 322 |
33 | Josh Grant* | 167 |
34 | Benny Bloss | 278 |
35 | Arnaud Tonus | 272 |
36 | Adam Cianciarulo | 266 |
37 | Joey Savatgy* | 562 |
38 | Phil Nicoletti | 254 |
39 | Shane McElrath | 245 |
40 | Colt Nichols | 241 |
41 | Trey Canard* | 323 |
42 | Freddie Noren | 222 |
43 | Kyle Cunningham | 216 |
44 | Matt Bisceglia | 212 |
45 | Jordon Smith | 204 |
46 | Mitchell Harrison | 193 |
47 | Justin Hill | 185 |
48 | Malcolm Stewart | 180 |
49 | Christian Craig | 179 |
50 | Anthony Rodriguez | 176 |
51 | Justin Barcia* | 416 |
52 | Luke Renzland | 165 |
53 | Tyler Bowers | 164 |
54 | Cole Martinez | 151 |
55 | Gannon Audette | 129 |
56 | Jessy Nelson | 127 |
57 | Kyle Peters | 123 |
58 | Jimmy Decotis | 121 |
59 | Chris Alldredge | 98 |
60 | Noah Mcconahy | 94 |
61 | Tristan Charboneau | 94 |
62 | Vince Friese | 92 |
63 | Jesse Wentland | 89 |
64 | Alex Frye | 81 |
65 | Hayden Mellross | 70 |
66 | Paul Coates | 70 |
67 | Michael Leib | 64 |
68 | Jimmy Albertson | 63 |
69 | Heath Harrison | 62 |
70 | Cedric Soubeyras | 59 |
71 | Wil Hahn | 56 |
72 | Dakota Alix | 50 |
73 | Justin Starling | 48 |
74 | Cole Thompson | 47 |
75 | Marshal Weltin | 46 |
76 | Bradley Taft | 41 |
77 | Nicholas Schmidt | 40 |
78 | Scott Champion | 39 |
79 | Ben Lamay | 33 |
80 | Nick Gaines | 33 |
81 | Darryn Durham | 30 |
82 | Cade Clason | 28 |
83 | Henry Miller | 27 |
84 | Luke Clout | 26 |
85 | Daniel Herrlein | 24 |
86 | Jackson Richardson | 24 |
87 | Tommy Hahn | 21 |
88 | Trevor Reis | 20 |
89 | Chris Howell | 20 |
90 | Kaven Benoit | 20 |
91 | John Short | 18 |
92 | Dillan Epstein | 16 |
93 | Austin Howell | 16 |
94 | Ken Roczen* | 915 |
95 | Jacob Williamson | 14 |
96 | Lawson Bopping | 13 |
97 | Josh Cartwright | 12 |
98 | Jason Brooks | 12 |
99 | AJ Catanzaro | 11 |
377 | Christophe Pourcel* | 311 |
800 | Mike Alessi* | 126 |
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