Best motorcycle brands

2185 duels later, KTM is still #1 in the Motorcycles ranking, with Yamaha close behind at 1392 ELO points.

KTM holds the top spot with 1438 ELO points and a 72% win rate across 47 duels, establishing a 46-point lead over Yamaha in second place. This gap marks the sharpest divide in the ranking and signals a clear preference among voters for the Austrian manufacturer. Ducati follows closely in third with 1388 ELO points, just 4 points behind Yamaha, while Kawasaki and BMW round out the top 5 with 1369 and 1357 points respectively. The tight clustering from second through fifth place contrasts sharply with KTM's isolated dominance. At the opposite end, the ranking reveals a harder verdict: SWM sits last at 1001 ELO points with a 25% win rate, preceded by Energica at 1034 points and VOGUE at 1043 points.

This ranking draws from 2185 duels involving 28 players across 31 motorcycle brands, updated on 12 October 2026. The scale of the vote reflects genuine engagement from a community willing to weigh brands against each other in head-to-head matchups. Whether you ride off-road, tour highways or chase speed on a track, your input shapes this ranking. Cast your own duels on VAINKEURZ and shift the standings.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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