The 2013 Superbike World Championship was the twenty-sixth season of the Superbike World Championship. It began on 24 February at Phillip Island and finished on 20 October at the Circuito de Jerez after 14 rounds.

The season saw the number of riders per row on the starting grid reduced from four to three;^[1][2] the knockout system in use for Superpole was revised as the number of riders admitted to the first and to the third session changed from sixteen to fifteen and from eight to nine respectively.^[2] In addition, pit stops with tyre changes were introduced in order to avoid races to be interrupted due to variable weather conditions.^[1][2]

Tom Sykes was crowned champion after obtaining the third-place finish he needed to secure the title victory at Jerez.

The provisional race schedule was publicly announced by the FIM on 6 October 2012 with fourteen confirmed rounds and one other round pending confirmation.^[3][4] On 15 January 2013 the Indian round was moved from 10 March to 17 November.^[5]

On 8 March 2013, the FIM issued a definitive calendar, confirming rounds at Portimão and Imola that were previously subject to contract, as well as introducing a round at Istanbul Park in September to complete a 15-round calendar.^[6] On 14 August 2013, the Indian round was cancelled due to "operational challenges" at the Buddh International Circuit.^[7] The races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca were held on two days; one race on Saturday, and one race on Sunday.^[8]

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Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Australia	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	24 February	Carlos Checa	Michel Fabrizio	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia Racing Team	Report
	R2					Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
2	R1	Spain	Motorland Aragón	14 April	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Chaz Davies	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK	Report
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK
3	R1	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	28 April	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2					Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
4	R1	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	12 May	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Marco Melandri	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK	Report
	R2					Marco Melandri	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
5	R1	United Kingdom	Donington Park	26 May	Tom Sykes	Jonathan Rea	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2					Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
6	R1	Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	9 June	Tom Sykes	Eugene Laverty	Marco Melandri	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK	Report
	R2					Tom Sykes	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
7	R1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	30 June	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2					Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
8	R1	Russia	Moscow Raceway	21 July	Davide Giugliano	Chaz Davies	Marco Melandri	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK	Report
	R2					Race cancelled[N 1]
9	R1	United Kingdom	Silverstone Circuit	4 August	Eugene Laverty	Sylvain Guintoli	Jonathan Rea	Pata Honda World Superbike	Report
	R2					Sylvain Guintoli	Loris Baz	Kawasaki Racing Team
10	R1	Germany	Nürburgring	1 September	Ayrton Badovini	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2					Chaz Davies	Chaz Davies	BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK
11	R1	Turkey	Istanbul Park	15 September	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team	Report
	R2					Eugene Laverty	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
12	R1	United States	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	28 September	Sylvain Guintoli	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2			29 September		Davide Giugliano	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team
13	R1	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	6 October	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team	Report
	R2					Tom Sykes	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki Racing Team
14	R1	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	20 October	Eugene Laverty	Marco Melandri	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team	Report
	R2					Tom Sykes	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia Racing Team

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2013 entry list[10] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Fixi Crescent Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 2 Leon Camier[11] 1–11, 14 16 Jules Cluzel[11] All 52 Vincent Philippe[12] 13 79 Blake Young[13] 12 Team Pedercini Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 Alexander Lundh[14] 1–3, 5–7 8 Mark Aitchison[15] 9–14 23 Federico Sandi[14] All 25 Lorenzo Savadori[16] 8 32 Fabrizio Lai[17] 4 Team Ducati Alstare Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 7 Carlos Checa[18] 1–11 12 Javier Forés[19] 14 51 Michele Pirro[12] 13 59 Niccolò Canepa[20] 5 59 Niccolò Canepa[13] 12 86 Ayrton Badovini[18] All Team Effenbert Liberty Racing Ducati Ducati 1098R 8 Mark Aitchison[21] 2–4 Next Gen Motorsports BMW BMW S1000RR 14 Glenn Allerton[22] 1, 12 HTM Racing BMW BMW S1000RR 18 Ivan Clementi[10] 1–3, 6 BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK BMW BMW S1000RR 19 Chaz Davies[23] All 20 Sylvain Barrier[19] 14 33 Marco Melandri[23] All Team Honda Racing Honda Honda CBR1000RR 21 Jamie Stauffer[22] 1 Red Devils Roma Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 24 Toni Elías[24] 11–14 84 Michel Fabrizio[25] 1–10 MR-Racing Ducati Ducati 1199 Panigale R 27 Max Neukirchner[26] 1–11, 14 32 Fabrizio Lai[12] 13 Grillini Dentalmatic SBK BMW BMW S1000RR 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo[27] All 41 Noriyuki Haga[28] 7 Althea Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 34 Davide Giugliano[29] All CMS-Eypbike Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 35 Tolga Uprak[24] 11 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 44 David Salom[30] 12–13 66 Tom Sykes[31] All 76 Loris Baz[31] 1–10 Michael Jordan Motorsports Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 45 Danny Eslick[13] 12 54 Roger Lee Hayden[13] 12 Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 Factory 50 Sylvain Guintoli[32] All 58 Eugene Laverty[32] All Mesaroli Transports A.S. Ducati Ducati 1098R 57 Lorenzo Lanzi[12] 13–14 Pata Honda World Superbike Honda Honda CBR1000RR 65 Jonathan Rea[33] 1–10 72 Kousuke Akiyoshi[34] 4 84 Michel Fabrizio[24] 11–14 91 Leon Haslam[33] 1–3, 5–14 Monster Energy Yamaha – YART Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 70 Broc Parkes[19] 14 Yamaha Motor Deutschland Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 96 Matěj Smrž[35] 10 Vanzon–Remeha–BMW BMW BMW S1000RR 121 Markus Reiterberger[35] 10 Sampiyon 169 Team BMW BMW S1000RR 169 Yunus Erçelik[24] 11

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• All entries used Pirelli tyres.