Standings after Japanese GP

Pos Rider                     Nat Bike               Points
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 1. Valentino Rossi           ITA Yamaha                261
 2. Massimiliano Biaggi       ITA Honda                 129
 3. Marco Melandri            ITA Honda                 126
 4. Colin Edwards             USA Yamaha                123
 5. Sete Gibernau             SPA Honda                 115
 6. Alexandre Barros          BRA Honda                 114
 7. Nicky Hayden              USA Honda                 112
 8. Loris Capirossi           ITA Ducati                 92
 9. Shinya Nakano             JPN Kawasaki               69
10. Carlos Checa              SPA Ducati                 59
11. Troy Bayliss              AUS Honda                  54
12. Makoto Tamada             JPN Honda                  48
13. Kenny Roberts             USA Suzuki                 41
14. Ruben Xaus                SPA Yamaha                 36
15. John Hopkins              USA Suzuki                 35
16. Antonio Elias             SPA Yamaha                 31
17. Olivier Jacque            FRA Kawasaki               25
18. Alexander Hofmann         GER Kawasaki               22
19. Roberto Rolfo             ITA Ducati                 15
20. Den Van Jurgen Goorbergh  NED Honda                  12
21. James Ellison             GBR WCM                     4
22. David Checa               SPA Yamaha                  4
23. Tohru Ukawa               JPN Moriwaki                1
24. Shane Byrne               GBR Proton Kr               1
25. Franco Battaini           ITA WCM                     1