TT 2026 ENTRY OVERVIEW
As we’ve seen in recent years, another star-studded entry has been assembled for this year’s Isle of Man TT Races, with three of the four solo classes over-subscribed and all the 2025 race winners and podium finishers returning to the Mountain Course.
In total, there are eight former solo race winners on this year’s entry with 97 TT race wins between them, Michael Dunlop MBE leading the way with 33 wins. He’s joined by previous race winners John McGuinness MBE (23), Ian Hutchinson (16), Peter Hickman (14), Dean Harrison (5), Davey Todd (3), Gary Johnson (2) and James Hillier (1).
A further ten riders entered for 2026 have previously stood on a TT podium at least once with those 18 riders having taken a staggering total of 249 podiums between them!
Eighteen riders set to line up at TT 2026 are already members of the ‘130mph Club’, with 39 riders having previously broken the 125mph barrier. Meanwhile, 32 of the 89 solo riders entered have also been victorious at either the Manx Grand Prix or Classic TT races.
The global pull of the TT continues to show in the entry list, with five continents and 19 individual nationalities represented in the solo classes: Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, San Marino, South Africa, Spain, USA and Wales.
The global pull of the TT continues to show in the entry list...
It’s a similar story in the Sidecar class where there are four former race winners on the 2026 entry list with 21 wins between them – Ryan Crowe, Ben Birchall and the returning John Holden and Tim Reeves.
In total, there are seven former podium finishers amongst the entry who between them have 67 podium finishes, Holden the highest with 22.
Three former Sidecar World Champions, Reeves, Birchall and Todd Ellis, are entered with 14 world titles between them and no less than 15 drivers entered for 2026 have already lapped at more than 110mph.
Eight nationalities are represented, Belgium, England, France, Holland, Isle of Man, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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