2006 MotoGP standings
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| Rank | Rider | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | Not Classified |
| 1 | Nicky Hayden | 252 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4.82 | 4.35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 5.62 | 81.25 | 2 | 413 | 1 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 247 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6.41 | 6.29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 112 | 1 | 26.07 | 70.39 | 4 | 422 | 3 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 229 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5.94 | 6.00 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 88 | 3 | 21.65 | 72.04 | 5 | 413 | 1 |
| 4 | Marco Melandri | 228 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8.41 | 5.29 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 7.09 | 75.99 | 0 | 413 | 1 |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 215 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5.94 | 5.94 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 9.17 | 72.37 | 4 | 399 | 2 |
| 6 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | 134 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.18 | 8.76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.21 | 56.58 | 1 | 402 | 2 |
| 7 | Colin Edwards | 124 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.24 | 9.12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 7.84 | 54.61 | 0 | 418 | 1 |
| 8 | Casey Stoner | 119 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.63 | 9.56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 5.78 | 52.26 | 0 | 312 | 6 |
| 9 | Toni Elías | 116 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.20 | 8.93 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.48 | 55.93 | 1 | 365 | 2 |
| 10 | John Hopkins | 116 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.12 | 9.47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.84 | 52.63 | 0 | 417 | 1 |
| 11 | Chris Vermeulen | 98 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9.82 | 10.88 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3.21 | 44.74 | 0 | 385 | 3 |
| 12 | Makoto Tamada | 96 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.71 | 10.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 47.70 | 0 | 436 | 1 |
| 13 | Sete Gibernau | 95 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.23 | 9.38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 5.93 | 53.22 | 0 | 253 | 3 |
| 14 | Shinya Nakano | 92 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 11.31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.16 | 42.31 | 0 | 325 | 5 |
| 15 | Carlos Checa | 75 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.06 | 11.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.13 | 0 | 427 | 1 |
| 16 | Randy de Puniet | 37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.27 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.78 | 0 | 306 | 5 |
| 17 | Alex Hofmann | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.65 | 14.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.36 | 0 | 374 | 3 |
| 18 | James Ellison | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.35 | 14.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.03 | 0 | 410 | 1 |
| 19 | Troy Bayliss | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 20 | José Luis Cardoso | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.53 | 16.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 13.16 | 0 | 343 | 6 |
| 21 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 22 | Garry McCoy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.32 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 23 | Ivan Silva | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.67 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 0 | 70 | 1 |
| 24 | Naoki Matsudo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | Michel Fabrizio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
