Top 20 Supersport riders for TT 2023 confirmed

Davo Johnson to lead the field - Hind and Hodson join seeded ranks

The top-20 seeded riders for this year's Isle of Man TT Supersport class have today been confirmed (4 April).

Compared to the Superbike and Superstock categories, there are some changes to the running order - but one that is identical is at no.1 where the returning David Johnson will start.

Elsewhere, there's also a difference at no.3 - instead of John McGuinness who occupies that spot in the other two classes - in Supersport it will be Paul Jordan who slots in with McGuinness at no.12 this year.

The three after Jordan remain unchanged with Jamie Coward at no.4; James Hillier at no.5 and the winner of both of last year's Supersport contests, Michael Dunlop remaining at no.6.

Meanwhile, James Hind and Rob Hodson enter the seeded spots in this class for the first time this year, setting off at no.14 and no.15 respectively.

You can see the full top-20 list below:

1.) David Johnson (C&L Fairburn Properties by Jackson Racing - Honda)
2.) Dean Harrison (Boyce Precision Engineering/Russell Racing - Yamaha)
3.) Paul Jordan (PreZ Racing by Prosper - Yamaha)
4.) Jamie Coward (KTS Racing powered by Stanley Stuart - Yamaha)
5.) James Hillier (TBC)
6.) Michael Dunlop (MD Racing - Yamaha)
7.) Gary Johnson (JR Performance/Astro Van Suzuki - Suzuki)
8.) Davey Todd (Milenco by Padgett's Motorcycles - Honda)
9.) Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing - Yamaha)
10.) Peter Hickman (K2 Trooper Triumph by PHR - Triumph)
11.) Conor Cummins (Milenco by Padgett's Motorcycles - Honda)
12.) John McGuinness (SMT Racing/Blue Earth Construction - Honda)
13.) Dominic Herbertson - F.W.Cowton - Kawasaki)
14.) James Hind (Bass Tyre Services - Yamaha)
15.) Rob Hodson (SMT/VRS Recovery - Yamaha)
16.) Mike Browne (Burrows Engineering/RK Racing - Yamaha)
17.) Michael Sweeney (EM Building - Yamaha)
18.) Shaun Anderson (Team Kibosh - Yamaha)
19.) Michael Evans (AGR Motorsport - Honda)
20.) Craig Neve (Bathams Racing - Triumph)