United States Champion Jockey by wins
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There is no formal championship award given to the jockey who won the most races in United States Thoroughbred racing. However, it is a prestigious accomplishment always on any jockey's résumé and widely reported on by the various media.[1]
Milestones
- In 1952, Anthony DeSpirito won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record of 388.
- On December 15, 1973, Sandy Hawley became the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year.
- In 1989, Kent Desormeaux set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598. Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- With ten championships, Russell Baze has won the title more than any other jockey.
| Champions since 1884 |
| Year – Jockey – Wins |
| 2024 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 327 |
| 2023 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 366 |
| 2022 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 325 |
| 2021 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 336 |
| 2020 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 300 |
| 2019 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 324 |
| 2018 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 346 |
| 2017 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 318 |
| 2016 | José Ortiz | 351 |
| 2015 | Javier Castellano | 344 |
| 2014 | Russell Baze | 324 |
| 2013 | Javier Castellano | 362 |
| 2012 | Russell Baze | 374 |
| 2011 | Deshawn Parker | 400 |
| 2010 | Deshawn Parker | 377 |
| 2009 | Russell Baze | 415 |
| 2008 | Russell Baze | 403 |
| 2007 | Russell Baze | 398 |
| 2006 | Julien Leparoux | 403 |
| 2005 | Russell Baze | 375 |
| 2004 | Rafael Bejarano | 455 |
| 2003 | Ramon Domínguez | 453 |
| 2002 | Russell Baze | 431 |
| 2001 | Ramon Domínguez | 431 |
| 2000 | Russell Baze | 412 |
| 1999 | Edgar Prado | 402 |
| 1998 | Edgar Prado | 470 |
| 1997 | Edgar Prado | 536 |
| 1996 | Russell Baze | 415 |
| 1995 | Russell Baze | 448 |
| 1994 | Russell Baze | 415 |
| 1993 | Russell Baze | 410 |
| 1992 | Russell Baze | 433 |
| 1991 | Pat Day | 430 |
| 1990 | Pat Day | 364 |
| 1989 | Kent Desormeaux | 598 |
| 1988 | Kent Desormeaux | 474 |
| 1987 | Kent Desormeaux | 450 |
| 1986 | Pat Day | 429 |
| 1985 | Chris Antley | 469 |
| 1984 | Pat Day | 399 |
| 1983 | Pat Day | 454 |
| 1982 | Pat Day | 399 |
| 1981 | David Gall | 376 |
| 1980 | Chris McCarron | 405 |
| 1979 | David Gall | 479 |
| 1978 | Eddie Delahoussaye | 384 |
| 1977 | Steve Cauthen | 487 |
| 1976 | Sandy Hawley | 413 |
| 1975 | Chris McCarron | 465 |
| 1974 | Chris McCarron | 546 |
| 1973 | Sandy Hawley | 515 |
| 1972 | Sandy Hawley | 367 |
| 1971 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | 380 |
| 1970 | Sandy Hawley | 452 |
| 1969 | Larry Snyder | 352 |
| 1968 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | 345 |
| 1967 | Jorge Velásquez | 438 |
| 1966 | Avelino Gomez | 318 |
| 1965 | Jesse Davidson | 319 |
| 1964 | Walter Blum | 324 |
| 1963 | Walter Blum | 360 |
| 1962 | Ronnie Ferraro | 352 |
| 1961 | Johnny Sellers | 328 |
| 1960 | Bill Hartack | 307 |
| 1959 | John Adams | 347 |
| 1958 | John Adams | 300 |
| 1957 | Bill Hartack | 341 |
| 1956 | Bill Hartack | 347 |
| 1955 | Bill Hartack | 417 |
| 1954 | John Adams | 380 |
| 1953 | John Adams | 485 |
| 1952 | Anthony DeSpirito | 390 |
| 1951 | Charlie Burr | 310 |
| 1950 | Joe Culmone (tie) | 388 |
| 1950 | Bill Shoemaker (tie) | 388 |
| 1949 | Gordon Glisson | 270 |
| 1948 | Johnny Longden | 319 |
| 1947 | Johnny Longden | 316 |
| 1946 | Ted Atkinson | 233 |
| 1945 | Job Dean Jessop | 290 |
| 1944 | Ted Atkinson | 287 |
| 1943 | John Adams | 228 |
| 1942 | John Adams | 245 |
| 1941 | Don Meade | 210 |
| 1940 | Earl Dew | 287 |
| 1939 | Don Meade | 255 |
| 1938 | Johnny Longden | 236 |
| 1937 | John Adams | 260 |
| 1936 | Basil James | 245 |
| 1935 | Charley Stevenson | 206 |
| 1934 | Maurice Peters | 221 |
| 1933 | Jack Westrope | 301 |
| 1932 | John Gilbert | 212 |
| 1931 | Harry Roble | 173 |
| 1930 | Raymond Workman | 151 |
| 1929 | Melvin Knight | 142 |
| 1928 | Joe Inzelone | 155 |
| 1927 | Lee Hardy | 207 |
| 1926 | Robert Jones | 190 |
| 1925 | Arthur Mortensen | 187 |
| 1924 | Ivan Parke | 205 |
| 1923 | Ivan Parke | 173 |
| 1922 | Mark Fator | 188 |
| 1921 | Chick Lang | 135 |
| 1920 | James Butwell | 152 |
| 1919 | Cliff Robinson | 190 |
| 1918 | Frank Robinson | 185 |
| 1917 | Willie Crump | 151 |
| 1916 | Frank Robinson | 178 |
| 1915 | Mack Garner | 151 |
| 1914 | John McTaggart | 157 |
| 1913 | Merritt Buxton | 146 |
| 1912 | Pete Hill | 168 |
| 1911 | Ted Koerner | 162 |
| 1910 | Guy Garner | 200 |
| 1909 | Vincent Powers | 173 |
| 1908 | Vincent Powers | 324 |
| 1907 | Walter Miller | 334 |
| 1906 | Walter Miller | 388 |
| 1905 | David Nicol | 221 |
| 1904 | Gene Hildebrand | 297 |
| 1903 | Grover Fuller | 229 |
| 1902 | Jerry Rausch * | 276 |
| 1901 | Winfield O'Connor | 253 |
| 1900 | Carl Mitchell | 195 |
| 1899 | Tommy Burns | 273 |
| 1898 | Tommy Burns | 277 |
| 1897 | H. Martin | 173 |
| 1896 | Joseph Scherrer | 271 |
| 1895 | James Perkins | 192 |
| 1894 | Willie Simms | 228 |
| 1893 | not yet found | |
| 1892 | not yet found | |
| 1891 | not yet found | |
| 1890 | Marty Bergen | |
| 1889 | Shelby Barnes | |
| 1888 | Shelby Barnes | |
| 1887 | Jim McLaughlin | |
| 1886 | Jim McLaughlin | |
| 1885 | Jim McLaughlin | |
| 1884 | Jim McLaughlin |
- *Often recorded misspelled as "Ranch"