As the following list of official stats shows, younger brother Alex Marquez (Gresini Duca🔜ti) and Repsol Honda team-mate Joan Mir are next closest with 12 accidents.

But while Alex Marquez has completed all eight events, Mir has missed two complete weekends and was forced to withdraw part-way through another two෴ rounds due to injuries.

KTM rookie Augusto Fernandez follows on 11 falls, with Aleixꦆ Espargaro's Aprilia the most frequent RS-GP to hit the ground with 9.

Yꦅamaha team-mates Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo have five accidents each, although Quartararo is now just t💞wo behind his full 2022 season tally.

The number of falls was always expected to rise this year due to ℱ;the introduction of Sprint races and, with only 8 of the 12 rounds so far complete, Marco Bezzecchi's 2022 tally of 23 is likely to be exceeded. 

The highest total&n🃏bsp;for a single rider in recent y🎃ears was 27, for Marc Marquez, in 2017...