We’re not going to pretend we’ve reinvented the wheel here as the AMA does produce these statistics, but we know that they aren’t necessarily easy to find and they aren’t laid out in a very easy to read manner, so consider this your one-stop shop just to see who’s doing what after each round.

Chargers vs Anchors
Yup, we’ve brought it back for 2021 just to give an easy overview of which riders went forwards and which riders went back. We try to focus on the guys doing well, and top of that pile is Ken Roczen, which we reckon flew under the radar a bit. Broc Tickle and Kyle Chisholm definitely flew under the radar (unless you’re Troy Dog) while I think everyone is coming round to the idea that Dylan Ferrandis is actually quite a good dirtbike rider.

POS.	RIDER	BIKE	START	FINISH	Overall
1	Ken Roczen	Honda CRF450R WE	14	5	9
2	Dylan Ferrandis	Yamaha YZ250F	10	2	8
3	Broc Tickle	Honda CRF450R	21	13	8
4	Kyle Chisholm	Yamaha YZ450F	19	14	5
5	Cooper Webb	KTM 450 SX-F FE	8	4	4
6	Alex Ray	Kawasaki KX450	22	18	4
7	Jason Anderson	Husqvarna FC 450 RE	11	8	3
8	Justin Barcia	GASGAS MC 450F	12	9	3
9	Brandon Hartranft	Suzuki RM-Z450	20	17	3
10	Eli Tomac	Kawasaki KX450	3	1	2
11	Vince Friese	Honda CRF450R WE	17	15	2
12	Justin Brayton	Honda CRF450R	4	3	1
13	Marvin Musquin	KTM 450 SX-F FE	7	6	1
14	Aaron Plessinger	Yamaha YZ450F	16	16	0
15	Malcolm Stewart	Yamaha YZ450F	6	7	-1
16	Benny Bloss	Honda CRF450R	18	19	-1
17	Dean Wilson	Husqvarna FC 450 RE	9	11	-2
18	Zach Osborne	Husqvarna FC 450 RE	5	10	-5
19	Joey Savatgy	KTM 450 SX-F FE	15	21	-6
20	Martin Davalos	KTM 450 SX-F FE	13	20	-7
21	Adam Cianciarulo	Kawasaki KX450	2	12	-10
22	Chase Sexton	Honda CRF450R	1	22	-21

Average qualifying position and average starting position are fairly self-explanatory, with one based on where the riders qualifies into the main event and the other tracking what position they cross the first-lap in.

POS. RIDER AVG QUAL
1. Justin Barcia 1.5
2. Zach Osborne 3.0
3. Chase Sexton 4.5
4. Adam Cianciarulo 5.5
5. Malcolm Stewart 6.5

POS. RIDER AVG START
1. Adam Cianciarulo 3.0
2. Justin Brayton 3.0
3. Marvin Musquin 5.0
4. Eli Tomac 5.5
5. Chase Sexton 6.0

Lastly, laps led is… you guessed it, a list of the riders and how many laps they’ve led in the season.

POS.	RIDER	SEASON LAPS LED
1	Justin Barcia	28
2	Eli Tomac	23
3	Chase Sexton	6

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