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Chad Reed’s Hall of Fame Numbers

October 20, 2025

By Brett Smith

Chad Reed on a PW50 in Australia, Circa 1986

Consider a 15-year-old small-town Australian kid in 1997. He has photos of American motocross racers taped to his walls. The words he read in the magazines where those pictures came from became gospel.

Burn through 5 gallons of gas every practice session?

OK. If that’s what it takes.

Less than six years later, that kid started winning races at the premier level of AMA Supercross.

Now Chad Reed is headed to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, an honor that’s easy to think is long overdue but 2025 is his first year of eligibility.

Autographed Art! Chad Reed, All-Timer

Autographed: Chad Reed – All-Timer

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These two charts below show where he sits all-time at the premier class level (250/450 division), where he competed in all but one of his 19 seasons in the United States.

Chad Reed’s SX+MX Premier Class Metrics

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If 2003 seems like 10 years ago but 2020 seems like 20 years ago you’re not alone. We feel the same. Reed retired in 2020 after an impressive career that bridged a gap between the King of Supercross, Jeremy McGrath and the beginning of Jett Lawrence’s professional career.

Years from now, Lawrence – indubitably – will be the next Australian SX/MX rider voted into the AMA HoF.

Before Lawrence was even born, Reed had already won two Australian Supercross titles, stood on 7 MXGP podiums, won a 125SX East championship and had 8 premier class Supercross main event wins.

Chad Reed’s SX Premier Class Metrics

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And all of that was just the beginning of his accumulation of accomplishments. His journey became the playbook for future nomads with dreams of racing in America.

Reed, from Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, will become just fourth Australian inducted into the AMA HoF, following motorcycle pioneer Dot Robinson and road racers Kel Caruthers and Mat Mladin.

He joins other foreign born champions such as France’s Jean-Michel Bayle, South Africa’s Grant Langston and Pierre Karsmakers of The Netherlands.

Below you’ll find more facts and charts detailing Reed’s incredible career.

Chad Reed and team celebrating the 2008 Monster Energy Supercross Championship. Photo: Frank Hoppen

Chad Reed’s Major Accolades

2004 & 2008 450SX Champion
2009 450 Pro Motocross Champion
2002 250SX East Champion
4-time Australian Supercross champion (1999-2000, 2008-2009)
2nd overall, 2001 FIM World Motocross Championship (250)
5 times 450SX runner-up (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
2004 450 MX runner-up
2002 125 MX runner-up
2003 & 2004 US Open of Supercross winner.
7-time Australian team member for the Motocross of Nations

Chad Reed after winning the 2009 Pro Motocross Championship. Photo: Frank Hoppen

22 Chad Reed Facts to Blow Your Mind.

You likely already know that Chad Reed is a two-time Monster Energy Supercross Champion, the first Australian to win AMA SX/MX titles and the absolute Ironman of SX with 265 main event starts.

Here are 22 fun facts that you might have forgotten (or never knew at all!)

16-year-old Chad Reed came to the US and raced the 1999 San Diego 125SX (17th).
2nd overall in the 2001 FIM World MX Championship (250), finishing the season with 8 podiums in the last 9 races, including a victory at the GP of The Netherlands (Lierop).
Reed returned to America in 2002 and wanted to race the premier class in Supercross, but couldn’t land a ride.
Won two Motocross of Nations motos (2001 and 2011); competed with Team Australia 7 times.
With Yamaha of Troy, he won the 2002 125SX East division title by winning 7 of the 8 rounds.
He is the only rider in Supercross history to win on four brands (Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki)

Artwork! Chad Reed, All-Timer

Legends: Chad Reed – All-Timer

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Finished 1st or 2nd in 103 SX main event. Only 40 riders in SX history have started more than 103 main events.
Chad Reed has 132 450SX podium finishes, most all-time.
Reed started a record 116 consecutive Supercross main events from round 1 of 2003 through round 2 of 2010. That’s one more main event Ricky Carmichael raced in his entire career!
Won Supercross main events in 11 different seasons, including 7 in a row (2003-2009)
Lost out on 450SX championships by points margins of -2, -4 (twice) and -7.

As an athlete you never arrive; you’re always working to be better. There’s many things that I want to achieve. Many in the sport, many outside of the sport.
–Chad Reed, 2012

He has the most 2nd place finishes in 450SX (59) and 450SX+MX combined (77).
Third oldest Supercross winner (32 yrs. 11 mos.) and oldest Supercross podium finisher (36 yrs. 11 mos. @ 2019 Detroit SX, 3rd)
Raced 19 seasons of Supercross, 18 of them in the premier class, the most ever.
Angel Stadium may be Jeremy McGrath’s house but Chad Reed raced 47 main events there, most all-time.
Reed has the most SX wins in San Diego (6) and is tied for most wins at Anaheim (8), Las Vegas (4) and St. Louis (4)
Raced at least one Supercross main event in 25 different cities and has at least one win in 15 of them.
Has the most Glendale/Phoenix SX podiums (8) all-time but never won a race there.
Didn’t get his first 450 Pro Motocross win until his 43rd start (High Point, 2009)
Won 8 of 16 rounds during the 2003 Supercross season, his premier class rookie year. Worst finish: 6th (twice).
Of the top 8 all-time Supercross race winners, Reed competed against (and beat) 7 of them. Reed himself is 5th on the list.

In sync: Chad Reed (#22) and James Stewart battle at the 2008 Phoenix Supercross. Photo: Frank Hoppen

Charting Chad Reed

Create any type of all-time stats chart for Supercross or combined SX+MX and Chad Reed is likely in the top 10. Here’s a few examples. All charts produced in October 2025.