Takes: SMX Playoff Standings | Who Sits Where Before Charlotte

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Year three of the SuperMotocross Playoffs begin this weekend with Charlotte, NC hosting the opening of three rounds before visits to St. Louis and Las Vegas. If you are on this site, we assume you know a thing or two about the Playoffs and its format and so on. But, since it has been a while, we’ll give you a quick refresher on how the points work:

• A combined points tally is accrued through the Monster Energy Supercross and Pro Motocross seasons
• The top 20 points earners in 450 and 250 will automatically qualify and be seeded into the SMX World Championship
• Riders from 21st to 30th in combined points will compete in a Wild Card race for the final two positions of the 22-rider field
• If a seeded, top 20 athlete is unable to compete in an event, an additional opportunity will be made available for a provisional racer to qualify through the Wild Card
• Any racer outside the top 30 in combined points who also won a Supercross Main Event or Pro Motocross moto will also be eligible to compete in the Wild Card race for the 21st and 22nd position

Something to keep in mind regarding the points below. A few riders listed below will miss this weekend due to injury. They will be replaced in the Wild Card portion of the events. Riders WILL NOT be moved up into the automatic qualifying positions.

Justin Cooper will enter the Playoffs in the #1 spot and have 25 points in the bank. Jett Lawrence (22 pts) and Malcolm Stewart (20 pts) will be second and third entering the opener. Haiden Deegan, Jo Shimoda and Garrett Marchbanks are the top three in points in the 250 division.

Below are the full standings and a reminder of how the points work in the Playoffs.  

450 Class SMX Standings

Pos	Rider	Pts	Pts Back
1	Justin Cooper	25	0
2	Jett Lawrence	22	3
3	Malcolm Stewart	20	5
4	Cooper Webb	18	7
5	Hunter Lawrence	17	8
6	Chase Sexton	16	9
7	Eli Tomac	15	10
8	Aaron Plessinger	14	11
9	Justin Barcia	13	12
10	RJ Hampshire	12	13
11	Ken Roczen	11	14
12	Dylan Ferrandis	10	15
13	Jorge Prado	9	16
14	Joey Savatgy	8	17
15	Jason Anderson	7	18
16	Shane McElrath	6	19
17	Colt Nichols	5	20
18	Valentin Guillod	4	21
19	Justin Hill	3	22
20	Mitchell Harrison	2	23
Wild Card	Wild Card	Wild Card	Wild Card
21	Coty Schock	0	25
22	Harri Kullas	0	25
23	Mitchell Oldenburg	0	25
24	Benny Bloss	0	25
25	Benoit Paturel	0	25
26	Lorenzo Locurcio	0	25
27	Kyle Chisholm	0	25
28	Grant Harlan	0	25
29	Christian Craig	0	25
30	Freddie Noren	0	25

250 Class SMX Standings

Pos	Rider	Pts	Pts Back
1	Haiden Deegan	25	0
2	Jo Shimoda	22	3
3	Garrett Marchbanks	20	5
4	Tom Vialle	18	7
5	Seth Hammaker	17	8
6	Levi Kitchen	16	9
7	Julien Beaumer	15	10
8	Maximus Vohland	14	11
9	Jordon Smith	13	12
10	Michael Mosiman	12	13
11	Nate Thrasher	11	14
12	Chance Hymas	10	15
13	Mikkel Haarup	9	16
14	Austin Forkner	8	17
15	Ryder DiFrancesco	7	18
16	Drew Adams	6	19
17	Cole Davies	5	20
18	Parker Ross	4	21
19	Dilan Schwartz	3	22
20	RJ Hampshire	2	23
Wild Card	Wild Card	Wild Card	Wild Card
21	Lux Turner	0	25
22	Ty Masterpool	0	25
23	Cullin Park	0	25
24	Coty Schock	0	25
25	Jalek Swoll	0	25
26	Avery Long	0	25
27	Daxton Bennick	0	25
28	Casey Cochran	0	25
29	Henry Miller	0	25
30	Max Anstie	0	25