Standings after Malaysian GP

Pos Rider                     Nat Bike               Points
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 1. Valentino Rossi           ITA Yamaha                281
 2. Massimiliano Biaggi       ITA Honda                 159
 3. Loris Capirossi           ITA Ducati                142
 4. Colin Edwards             USA Yamaha                139
 5. Marco Melandri            ITA Honda                 137
 6. Nicky Hayden              USA Honda                 134
 7. Alexandre Barros          BRA Honda                 122
 8. Sete Gibernau             SPA Honda                 115
 9. Carlos Checa              SPA Ducati                 88
10. Shinya Nakano             JPN Kawasaki               69
11. Makoto Tamada             JPN Honda                  68
12. Kenny Roberts             USA Suzuki                 58
13. Troy Bayliss              AUS Honda                  54
14. John Hopkins              USA Suzuki                 53
15. Antonio Elias             SPA Yamaha                 43
16. Ruben Xaus                SPA Yamaha                 43
17. Olivier Jacque            FRA Kawasaki               25
18. Alexander Hofmann         GER Kawasaki               22
19. Roberto Rolfo             ITA Ducati                 18
20. Den Van Jurgen Goorbergh  NED Honda                  12
21. Franco Battaini           ITA WCM                     6
22. James Ellison             GBR WCM                     4
23. David Checa               SPA Yamaha                  4
24. Shane Byrne               GBR Honda                   3
25. Tohru Ukawa               JPN Moriwaki                1