10: Noriyuki Haga, JAP: 43 wins

Another of the best not to win a title, he would start 312 WSB races in a career spanning 17 years. The former All-japan superbike champ took the ageing YZF750 to its second win at Sugo in 1997 (after Fabrizio Pirovano’s at Estoril in 1993) doing something even Colin Edwards couldn’t do. Famed for his sliding technique, Haga would finish runner-up in the series in 2000, 2007 and 2009.