Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com
Below we have provided the 2020 pre-season rider trajectory rankings for Efficiency Index.
The Efficiency Index identifies a rider’s ability to make forward progress throughout a race. This (new) index takes into account each rider’s performance in both free practice and qualifying as the starting grid position is used to weight/handicap the overall efficiency.
This index rewards riders for 4 complimentary performance factors:
1. A strong starting grid position
2. A positive net movement meaning they finished the race ahead of their starting position
3. A large net movement value which suggests they overtook a significant amount of their opponents
4. A lower volatility signifying productive movement
The trajectories track each rider’s rate of improvement from 2015 – 2019. A negative number resembles a quicker improvement rate over time as a smaller value identifies a more consistent, superior performance.
Riders with less than two season in the MotoGP series are not included as they do not have an appropriate amount of data to calculate a trajectory.
Efficiency Index Trajectory Ranking:
| Rank | Index | Rider |
| 1 | – 0.1009 | Alex Rins |
| 2 | – 0.0851 | Andrea Dovizioso |
| 3 | – 0.0580 | Marc Marquez |
| 4 | – 0.0374 | Cal Crutchlow |
| 5 | – 0.0281 | Jack Miller |
| 6 | – 0.0275 | Aleix Espargaro |
| 7 | + 0.0020 | Andrea Iannone |
| 8 | + 0.0022 | Danilo Petrucci |
| 9 | + 0.0060 | Maverick Vinales |
| 10 | + 0.0076 | Johann Zarco |
| 11 | + 0.0358 | Takaaki Nakagami |
| 12 | + 0.0446 | Pol Espargaro |
| 13 | + 0.0507 | Tito Rabat |
| 14 | + 0.0606 | Valentino Rossi |
| 15 | + 0.2444 | Franco Morbidelli |