List of Dakar Rally records

This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979.[1][2][3][4]

Records are correct as of the 2026 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.

Bold names indicate active as of the most recent rally.

Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.

Bike

Most wins

Rank Rider Years Wins
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 6
2 Cyril Neveu 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 5
Cyril Despres 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
Marc Coma 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
5 Edi Orioli 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 4
6 Richard Sainct 1999, 2000, 2003 3
7 Hubert Auriol 1981, 1983 2
Gaston Rahier 1984, 1985
Fabrizio Meoni 2001, 2002
Toby Price 2016, 2019
Sam Sunderland 2017, 2022
Kevin Benavides 2021, 2023
Ricky Brabec 2020, 2024
14 Gilles Lalay 1989 1
Nani Roma 2004
Matthias Walkner 2018
Daniel Sanders 2025
Luciano Benavides 2026

Most stage wins

Rank Rider Wins
1 Cyril Despres 33
Stéphane Peterhansel
3 Joan Barreda 29
4 Jordi Arcarons 27
5 Hubert Auriol 24
Marc Coma
7 Alessandro De Petri 19
8 Edi Orioli 17
Gaston Rahier
10 Toby Price 16
11 Richard Sainct 15

Most podiums

Rank Rider Total
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 6 0 0 6
2 Cyril Despres 5 4 1 10
3 Marc Coma 5 2 0 7
4 Cyril Neveu 5 0 0 5
5 Edi Orioli 4 1 1 6
6 Richard Sainct 3 1 1 5
7 Ricky Brabec 2 2 0 4
8 Toby Price 2 1 3 6
9 Fabrizio Meoni 2 1 2 5
10 Hubert Auriol 2 1 0 3
Kevin Benavides 2 1 0 3
12 Sam Sunderland 2 0 2 4
13 Gaston Rahier 2 0 1 3
14 Gilles Lalay 1 2 1 4
Matthias Walkner 1 2 1 4
16 Luciano Benavides 1 0 0 1
Nani Roma 1 0 0 1
Daniel Sanders 1 0 0 1
19 Jordi Arcarons 0 4 2 6

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Rider Years Wins
1 Hubert Auriol 1984 9
2 Stéphane Peterhansel 1997 7
3 Chuck Stearns 1985 6
Stéphane Peterhansel 1989
Alessandro De Petri 1990
Jordi Arcarons 1993, 1994
8 Alessandro De Petri 1986 5
Heinz Kinigadner 1995
Marc Coma 2011, 2012
Francisco López Contardo 2013
Joan Barreda 2014
Toby Price 2016
Daniel Sanders 2025

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 KTM 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026 21
2 Yamaha 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 9
3 Honda 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2020, 2021, 2024 8
4 BMW 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1999, 2000 6
5 Cagiva 1990, 1994 2
6 Gas Gas 2022 1
  • Most successful model of bike: KTM 450 Rally with 11 wins in 2011-2019, 2023 and 2025 (12 including the Gas Gas 450 Rally Factory Replica's win in 2022).

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 KTM 251
2 Yamaha 140
3 Honda 120
4 Cagiva 59
5 BMW 49
6 Husqvarna 14
7 Suzuki 10
8 Sherco 6
9 Aprilia 5
Gas Gas
Hero
12 Gilera 3
13 Barigo 2
14 Kawasaki 1

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  France 22
2  Italy 6
 Spain
4  Argentina 3
 Australia
6  Belgium 2
 United Kingdom
 United States
9  Austria 1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Austria KTM 22 22 19 63
2  France Barigo 22 17 17 56
3  Japan Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha 17 19 20 56
4  Italy Aprilia, Cagiva 8 8 11 27
5  Spain Gas Gas 7 11 5 23
6  Germany BMW 6 2 2 10
7  Australia 3 1 4 8
8  Argentina 3 1 0 4
9  United States 2 3 3 8
10  United Kingdom 2 0 2 4
11  Belgium 2 0 1 3
12  Chile 0 2 4 6
13  Portugal 0 2 2 4
14  South Africa 0 1 2 3
 Sweden Husqvarna 0 1 2 3
16  Botswana 0 1 0 1
 India Hero 0 1 0 1
 Norway 0 1 0 1
 Slovakia 0 1 0 1

Quad

2009 - 2024

Most wins

Rank Rider Years Wins
1 Marcos Patronelli 2010, 2013, 2016 3
Ignacio Casale 2014, 2018, 2020
3 Alejandro Patronelli 2011, 2012 2
Alexandre Giroud 2022, 2023
Manuel Andújar 2021, 2024
6 Josef Macháček 2009 1
Rafał Sonik 2015
Sergey Karyakin 2017
Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019

Most stage wins

Rank Rider Wins
1 Ignacio Casale 23
2 Marcos Patronelli 21
3 Alexandre Giroud 16
4 Nicolás Cavigliasso 13
5 Marcelo Medeiros 11
Manuel Andújar
7 Alejandro Patronelli 10
8 Christophe Declerck 8
9 Pablo Copetti 7
10 Tomas Maffei 6
Rafał Sonik
12 Josef Macháček 5
Sergey Karyakin
14 Sebastian Halpern 4
Jeremías González Ferioli

Most podiums

Rank Rider Total
1 Ignacio Casale 3 2 0 5
Marcos Patronelli 3 2 0 5
3 Alejandro Patronelli 2 2 0 4
4 Alexandre Giroud 2 1 0 3
5 Manuel Andújar 2 0 0 2
6 Rafał Sonik 1 1 3 5
7 Nicolás Cavigliasso 1 1 0 2
8 Josef Macháček 1 0 0 1
Sergey Karyakin 1 0 0 1
10 Jeremías González 0 2 1 3

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Rider Years Wins
1 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019 9
2 Ignacio Casale 2014 7
3 Alexandre Giroud 2024 6
4 Alejandro Patronelli 2011 5
5 Josef Macháček 2009 4
Marcos Patronelli 2010, 2012, 2013
Tomas Maffei 2012
Ignacio Casale 2018, 2020
Alexandre Giroud 2021, 2023
Marcelo Medeiros 2023

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Yamaha 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
16

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Yamaha 179
2 Honda 10
3 Polaris 5
Can-Am
5 E-ATV 3
6 Suzuki 1
Barren 1

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Argentina 8
2  Chile 3
3  France 2
4  Czech Republic 1
 Poland
 Russia

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Japan Honda, Yamaha 16 15 16 47
2  Argentina 8 10 4 22
3  Chile 3 3 0 6
4  France 2 2 0 4
5  Poland 1 1 5 7
6  Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
 Russia 1 0 0 1
8  Canada Can-Am 0 1 0 1
9  United States 0 0 2 2
10  Bolivia 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1 1
 Slovakia 0 0 1 1
 South Africa 0 0 1 1
 Spain 0 0 1 1

Car

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 8
2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 6
3 Ari Vatanen 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 4
Carlos Sainz 2010, 2018, 2020, 2024
5 René Metge 1981, 1984, 1986 3
Pierre Lartigue 1994, 1995, 1996
7 Jean-Louis Schlesser 1999, 2000 2
Hiroshi Masuoka 2002, 2003
9 Alain Génestier 1979 1
Freddy Kottulinsky 1980
Claude Marreau 1982
Jacky Ickx 1983
Patrick Zaniroli 1985
Juha Kankkunen 1988
Hubert Auriol 1992
Bruno Saby 1993
Kenjiro Shinozuka 1997
Jean-Pierre Fontenay 1998
Jutta Kleinschmidt 2001
Luc Alphand 2006
Giniel de Villiers 2009
Nani Roma 2014
Yazeed Al-Rajhi 2025

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Ari Vatanen 50
Stéphane Peterhansel
Nasser Al-Attiyah
4 Carlos Sainz 42
5 Jacky Ickx 29
6 Sébastien Loeb 28
7 Hiroshi Masuoka 25
8 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 24
9 Pierre Lartigue 21
Kenjiro Shinozuka
11 Giniel de Villiers 18
12 Bruno Saby 15
Jean-Louis Schlesser

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 8 2 2 12
2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 6 5 1 12
3 Carlos Sainz 4 0 2 6
4 Ari Vatanen 4 0 0 4
5 Pierre Lartigue 3 2 1 6
6 René Metge 3 0 0 3
7 Hiroshi Masuoka 2 2 0 4
8 Jean-Louis Schlesser 2 0 3 5
9 Giniel de Villiers 1 4 3 8
10 Kenjiro Shinozuka 1 2 4 7
11 Sebastien Loeb 0 3 2 5

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Pierre Lartigue 1994 10
2 Jacky Ickx 1984 9
3 Jacky Ickx 1982 7
Ari Vatanen 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996
Jean-Louis Schlesser 2001
Carlos Sainz 2011
Sébastien Loeb 2023
11 Patrick Zaniroli 1986 6
Shekhar Mehta 1987
Hubert Auriol 1994
Stéphane Peterhansel 2003
Carlos Sainz 2009
Nasser Al-Attiyah 2021
17 Jacky Ickx 1983 5
André Trossat 1983
Kenneth Eriksson 1991
Ari Vatanen 1991
Jean-Pierre Fontenay 1997, 1998
Hiroshi Masuoka 2001, 2002
Carlos Sainz 2007
Nasser Al-Attiyah 2015
Sébastien Loeb 2017, 2024

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Mitsubishi 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
12
2 Peugeot 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018 7
3 Mini 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 6
4 Citroën 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 4
Volkswagen 1980, 2009, 2010, 2011
Toyota 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025
7 Range Rover 1979, 1981 2
Porsche 1984, 1986
Schlesser 1999, 2000
10 Renault 1982 1
Mercedes 1983
Audi 2024
Dacia 2026

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Mitsubishi 150
2 Peugeot 78
3 Citroën 59
4 Volkswagen 57
5 Toyota 52
6 Mini 44
7 Range Rover 34
8 Schlesser 30
9 Nissan 21
Porsche
11 Lada 18
Prodrive[a]
13 Mercedes-Benz 17
14 BMW 13
15 Audi 12
16 Hummer 9
17 Renault 8
18 Ford 6
19 Opel 5
20 Dacia 3
21 Land Rover 2
Aixam-Mega[5]
SEAT
Red Bull/SMG[6]
Century[7]
26 Fiat 1
Haval
Subaru
Gordini
  1. ^ Includes stage wins under BRX

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  France 23
2  Qatar 6
3  Finland 5
 Spain
5  Japan 3
6  Germany 2
7  Belgium 1
 Saudi Arabia
 South Africa

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  France Bourgoin, Citroën, Cotel, Mega, Peugeot, Renault, Schlesser 37 30 33 100
2  Japan Mitsubishi, Toyota 19 25 25 69
3  Germany Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen 9 8 6 23
4  United Kingdom Mini, Prodrive, Range Rover 8 9 9 26
5  Qatar 6 5 1 12
6  Spain 5 4 3 12
7  Finland 5 0 0 5
8  South Africa 1 5 3 9
9  Belgium 1 3 0 4
10  Sweden 1 1 2 4
11  Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 2
12  Romania Dacia 1 0 0 1
13  United States Ford, Hummer 0 2 5 7
14  Russia Lada 0 2 2 4
15  Italy Fiat 0 0 2 2
16  Brazil 0 0 1 1
 Poland 0 0 1 1

Stock

Since 2026

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Rokas Baciuška 2026 1

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Rokas Baciuška 7
2 Sara Price 4
3 Stéphane Peterhansel 3

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Year Wins
1 Rokas Baciuška 2026 7
2 Sara Price 2026 4
3 Stéphane Peterhansel 2026 3

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Rokas Baciuška 1 0 0 1
2 Sara Price 0 1 0 1
3 Ronald Basso 0 0 1 1

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Land Rover 2026 1

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Land Rover 14

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Lithuania 1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  United Kingdom Land Rover 1 1 0 2
2  Lithuania 1 0 0 1
3  United States 0 1 0 1
4  France 0 0 1 1
 Japan Toyota 0 0 1 1

Lightweight

Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.

Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.

For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.

T3 Lightweight Prototype

Since 2021

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Josef Macháček 2021 1
Francisco López Contardo 2022
Austin Jones 2023
Cristina Gutiérrez 2024
Nicolás Cavigliasso 2025
Pau Navarro 2026

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Seth Quintero 20
2 Mitch Guthrie 8
3 Nicolás Cavigliasso 7
4 Cristina Gutiérrez 6
5 Paul Spierings 5
6 Kris Meeke 4
7 Kevin Benavides 3
Yasir Seaidan
David Zille

Wins by co-driver

Rank Co-driver Years Wins
1 Pavel Vyoral 2021 1
Juan Pablo Latrach 2022
Gustavo Gugelmin 2023
Pablo Moreno Huete 2024
Valentina Pertegarini 2025
Jan Rosa 2026

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Nicolás Cavigliasso 1 0 1 2
Cristina Gutiérrez 1 0 1 2
Pau Navarro 1 0 1 2
4 Francisco Lopez Contardo 1 0 0 1
Austin Jones 1 0 0 1
Josef Macháček 1 0 0 1
7 Sebastian Eriksson 0 1 0 1
Gonçalo Guerreiro 0 1 0 1
Mitch Guthrie 0 1 0 1
Camelia Liparoti 0 1 0 1
Seth Quintero 0 1 0 1
Yasir Seaidan 0 1 0 1
13 Rokas Baciuška 0 0 1 1
Guillaume De Mévius 0 0 1 1
Philippe Pinchedez 0 0 1 1

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Seth Quintero 2022 12
2 Seth Quintero 2021 6
3 Mitch Guthrie 2023 5
4 Kris Meeke 2021 4
5 Cristina Gutiérrez 2021 3
Mitch Guthrie 2024
Nicolás Cavigliasso 2025
Yasir Seaidan 2025
Kevin Benavides 2026
Paul Spierings 2026

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Can-Am 2021, 2022, 2023 3
Taurus 2024, 2025, 2026

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Taurus 35
2 OT3 24
3 Can-Am 8
4 MCE-5 5
5 PH Sport 4
6 Yamaha 3
7 GRallyTeam 2

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Spain 2
2  Argentina 1
 Chile
 Czech Republic
 United States

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Canada Can-Am 3 3 1 7
2  Netherlands Taurus 3 2 2 7
3  Spain 2 0 2 4
4  United States 1 2 0 3
5  Argentina 1 0 1 2
6  Chile 1 0 0 1
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
8  Italy 0 1 0 1
 Japan Yamaha 0 1 0 1
 Portugal 0 1 0 1
 Saudi Arabia 0 1 0 1
 Sweden 0 1 0 1
13  Belgium OT3 0 0 3 3
14  France Pinch Racing 0 0 2 2
15  Lithuania 0 0 1 1

T4 Modified Production SSV

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Francisco López Contardo 2019, 2021 2
Brock Heger 2025, 2026
2 Leandro Torres 2017 1
Reinaldo Varela 2018
Casey Currie 2020
Austin Jones 2022
Eryk Goczał 2023
Xavier de Soultrait 2024

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Francisco López Contardo 17
2 Reinaldo Varela 12
3 Marek Goczał 8
4 Gerard Farrés 6
5 Patrice Garrouste 5
Rokas Baciuška
7 Ravil Maganov 4
Eryk Goczał
Xavier de Soultrait
10 Mitchell Guthrie 3
Michał Goczał
João Ferreira
Jeremías González Ferioli
Sara Price

Wins by co-driver

Rank Co-driver Years Wins
1 Gustavo Gugelmin 2018, 2022 2
Max Eddy 2025, 2026
2 Lourival Roldan 2017 1
Alvaro Juan Leon Quintanilla 2019
Sean Berriman 2020
Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre 2021
Oriol Mena 2023
Martin Bonnet 2024

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Francisco López Contardo 2 0 1 3
2 Austin Jones 1 1 0 2
3 Reinaldo Varela 1 0 1 2
4 Leandro Torres 1 0 0 1
Casey Currie 1 0 0 1
Eryk Goczał 1 0 0 1
Xavier de Soultrait 1 0 0 1
Brock Heger 1 0 0 1
9 Gerard Farrés 0 2 0 2
10 Wang Fujiang 0 1 0 1
Patrice Garrouste 0 1 0 1
Sergey Karyakin 0 1 0 1
Rokas Baciuška 0 1 0 1
Jérôme de Sadeleer 0 1 0 1

Stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Marek Goczał 2022 6
2 Francisco López Contardo 2025 5
3 Reinaldo Varela 2018 5
Patrice Garrouste 2018
Francisco López Contardo 2021
6 Francisco López Contardo 2019 4
Ravil Maganov 2019
Eryk Goczał 2023

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Can-Am 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 6
2 Polaris 2017, 2024, 2025, 2026 4
  • Most successful model of UTV: Can-Am Maverick with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Can-Am 86
2 Polaris 31
3 OT3 5
4 BRP 1

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  United States 4
2  Brazil 2
 Chile
4  France 1
 Poland

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Canada Can-Am 6 6 6 18
2  United States Polaris 4 3 2 9
3  Brazil 3 1 1 5
4  Chile 2 0 1 3
5  Spain 1 3 1 5
6  France 1 1 1 3
7  Poland 1 0 3 4
8  Switzerland 0 2 0 2
9  Lithuania 0 1 1 2
 Russia 0 1 1 2
11  China 0 1 0 1

Truck

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Vladimir Chagin 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 7
2 Karel Loprais 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 6
3 Eduard Nikolaev 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 4
4 Georges Groine 1982, 1983 2
Francesco Perlini 1992, 1993
Firdaus Kabirov 2005, 2009
Gerard de Rooy 2012, 2016
Andrey Karginov 2014, 2020
Dmitry Sotnikov 2021, 2022
Martin Macík 2024, 2025

Most stage wins

(Since 1999)

Rank Driver Wins
1 Vladimir Chagin 63
2 Firdaus Kabirov 37
3 Gérard de Rooy 33
4 Eduard Nikolaev 24
5 Andrey Karginov 21
6 Hans Stacey 18
7 Aleš Loprais 17
8 Martin Macík 16
Karel Loprais
10 Dmitry Sotnikov 15

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Vladimir Chagin 7 1 0 8
2 Karel Loprais 6 4 1 11
3 Eduard Nikolaev 4 2 2 8
4 Firdaus Kabirov 2 3 2 7
5 Dmitry Sotnikov 2 2 0 4
6 Gerard de Rooy 2 1 3 6
7 Martin Macík 2 1 0 3
8 Andrey Karginov 2 0 2 4
9 Georges Groine 2 0 1 3
10 Francesco Perlini 2 0 0 2

Stage wins in a single Dakar

(since 1999)

Rank Driver Wins Wins
1 Vladimir Chagin 2010 9
2 Karel Loprais 2001 8
3 Vladimir Chagin 2002, 2006, 2011 7
4 Firdaus Kabirov 2004 6
Gerard de Rooy 2013
Eduard Nikolaev 2015
Martin Macík 2023
8 Vladimir Chagin 2001 5
Hans Stacey 2007
Dmitry Sotnikov 2021, 2022
Aleš Loprais 2025
Martin Macík 2025

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Kamaz 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
19
2 Tatra 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 6
Iveco 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
4 Mercedes-Benz 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 5
5 Perlini 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 4
6 Sonacome 1980 1
ALM/Acmat 1981
DAF 1987
Hino 1997
MAN 2007
  • Most successful model of truck: Tatra 815 with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

(since 1997)

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Kamaz 178
2 Iveco 84
3 Tatra 43
4 MAN 22
5 DAF 16
6 Hino 15
7 GINAF 8
8 Renault 7
9 Mitsubishi 6
10 Praga 4
MAZ
12 Mercedes-Benz 3

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Russia 19
2  Czech Republic 8
3  France 5
 Netherlands
5  Italy 4
6  Algeria 1
 Austria
 Germany
 Lithuania

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Russia Kamaz 19 14 11 44
2  Italy Iveco, Perlini 9 5 6 20
3  Czech Republic Tatra 7 8 8 23
4  France ALM-ACMAT, UNIC 6 8 4 18
5  Germany MAN 6 5 6 17
6  Netherlands DAF, GINAF 5 4 9 18
7  Poland 3 0 0 3
8  Belgium 2 2 4 8
9  Japan Hino 1 6 2 9
10  Spain 1 0 3 4
11  Algeria Sonacome 1 0 1 2
 Russian Automobile Federation 1 0 1 2
13  Austria Pinzgauer 1 0 0 1
14  Brazil 0 2 1 3
15  Belarus MAZ 0 1 1 2
16  Sweden Volvo 0 1 0 1
 United States Ford 0 1 0 1
18  Kazakhstan 0 0 2 2
19  Argentina 0 0 1 1
 Estonia 0 0 1 1

Classic

Since 2021

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Carlos Santaolalla 2024, 2025 2
2 Marc Douton 2021 1
Serge Mogno 2022
Juan Morera 2023
Karolis Raišys 2026

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Carlos Santaolalla 9
2 Marc Douton 7
3 Xavier Piña Garnatcha 4
Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici
Juan Morera
6 Kilian Revuelta 3
Ondřej Klymčiw
Lorenzo Traglio
9 Jesus Fuster Pliego 2
Jerome Galpin

Fewest points at finish

Rank Driver Years Points
1 Serge Mogno 2022 399
2 Juan Morera 2023 428
3 Carlos Santaolalla 2023 529
4 Arnaud Euvrard 2022 602
5 Paolo Bedeschi 2023 631
6 Jesus Fuster Pliego 2022 701
7 Jerome Galpin 2022 803
8 Riccardo Garosci 2023 813
9 Carlos Santaolalla 2024 820
10 Lorenzo Traglio 2024 832

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Carlos Santaolalla 1 1 0 2
2 Marc Douton 1 0 0 1
Serge Mogno 1 0 0 1
Juan Morera 1 0 0 1
5 Juan Donatiu 0 1 0 1
Arnaud Euvrard 0 1 0 1
Lorenzo Traglio 0 1 0 1
8 Paolo Bedeschi 0 0 2 2
9 Lilian Harichoury 0 0 1 1

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Carlos Santaolalla 2025 8
2 Carlos Santaolalla 2024 7
3 Marc Douton 2021 6
Karolis Raišys 2026
5 Xavier Piña Garnatcha 2022 4
Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici 2023
7 Lorenzo Traglio 2024 3

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 Toyota 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 4
2 Sunhill 2021 1
Land Rover 2026

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Toyota 21
2 Nissan 8
3 Sunhill 6
4 Mercedes-Benz 3
Protruck
Škoda
7 Porsche 2
8 Renault 1
Mitsubishi

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Spain 3
2  France 2
3  Lithuania 1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Japan Mitsubishi, Toyota 3 3 2 8
2  France Renault, Sunhill 3 1 2 6
3  Spain 2 2 1 5
4  Italy 0 1 2 3
5  Germany Mercedes-Benz 0 1 1 2

Mission 1000

Since 2024

Most wins

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Jordi Juvanteny 2024, 2025, 2026 3

Most stage wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 Jordi Juvanteny 18
2 Benjamín Pascual 8
3 Wenmin Su 3
4 Yoshio Ikemachi 2
Fran Gómez Pallas
Jean-Michel Paulhe
7 Sylvain Espinasse 1
Willy Jobard
Esther Merino

Most points at finish

Rank Driver Years Points
1 Jordi Juvanteny 2025 249
2 Jordi Juvanteny 2026 237
3 Yoshio Ikemachi 2025 235
4 Fran Gómez Pallas 2026 231
5 Benjamín Pascual 2026 209
6 Esther Merino 2026 208
7 Miguel Puertas 2026 200
8 Yi Guanghui 2026 197
9 Benjamín Pascual 2025 195
10 Jie Yang 2026 193

Most podiums

Rank Driver Total
1 Jordi Juvanteny 3 0 0 3
2 Yoshio Ikemachi 0 1 0 1
Fran Gómez Pallas 0 1 0 1
Jean-Michel Paulhe 0 1 0 1
5 Benjamín Pascual 0 0 2 2
6 Wenmin Su 0 0 1 1

Most stage wins in a single Dakar

Rank Driver Years Wins
1 Jordi Juvanteny 2025 9
2 Benjamín Pascual 2026 6
3 Jordi Juvanteny 2026 5
4 Jordi Juvanteny 2024 4
5 Wenmin Su 2024 3

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Years Wins
1 MAN 2024, 2025, 2026 3

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 MAN 18
2 Segway 8
3 Arctic Leopard 7
4 Can-Am 2
HySE
6 Tacita 1

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins
1  Spain 3

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

Rank Nation Make Total
1  Spain 3 1 0 4
2  Germany MAN 3 0 0 3
3  Japan HySE 0 2 0 2
4  China Arctic Leopard, Segway 0 1 4 5
5  Canada Can-Am 0 1 0 1
 France 0 1 0 1
7  Argentina 0 0 2 2

Overall

The following records aggregate results across the primary competitive categories of the Dakar Rally: Bikes, Quads, Cars, Stock, Challenger (T3), SSV (T4), and Trucks. These categories constitute the main event, competing under shared sporting regulations for elapsed-time victory over the full rally distance.

This section excludes the Dakar Classic (regularity-based) and Mission 1000 (experimental/reduced distance) events, which operate under distinct scoring systems and routes.

Wins

Rank Competitor Wins Category
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 14 Bikes/Cars
2 Vladimir Chagin 7 Trucks
3 Karel Loprais 6 Trucks
Nasser Al-Attiyah Cars
4 Cyril Neveu 5 Bikes
Cyril Despres Bikes
Marc Coma Bikes
8 Edi Orioli 4 Bikes
Ari Vatanen Cars
Carlos Sainz Cars
Eduard Nikolaev Trucks
12 Richard Sainct 3 Bikes
Marcos Patronelli Quads
Ignacio Casale Quads
Francisco López Contardo Challenger/SSV
Pierre Lartigue Cars
René Metge Cars
18 Sam Sunderland 2 Bikes
Hubert Auriol Bikes
Gaston Rahier Bikes
Fabrizio Meoni Bikes
Toby Price Bikes
Nani Roma Bikes/Cars
Alejandro Patronelli Quads
Jean-Louis Schlesser Cars
Hiroshi Masuoka Cars
Georges Groine Trucks
Francesco Perlini Trucks
Firdaus Kabirov Trucks
Gerard de Rooy Trucks
Andrey Karginov Trucks
Josef Macháček Quads/Challenger
Dmitry Sotnikov Trucks
Martin Macík Trucks

Wins by nationality

Rank Nationality Wins Category
1  France 53 Bikes/Quads/Cars/SSV/Trucks
2  Russia 20 Quads/Trucks
3  Spain 13 Bikes/Cars/Challenger
4  Argentina 12 Bikes/Quads/Challenger
5  Czech Republic 10 Quads/Challenger/Trucks
 Italy Bikes/Trucks
7  United States 7 Bikes/Challenger/SSV
8  Chile 6 Quads/Challenger/SSV
 Qatar Cars
10  Finland 5 Cars
 Netherlands Trucks
12  Australia 3 Bikes
 Belgium Bikes/Cars
 Germany Cars/Trucks
 Japan Cars
16  Austria 2 Bikes/Trucks
 Brazil SSV
 Lithuania Stock/Trucks
 Poland Quads/SSV
 United Kingdom Bikes
21  Algeria 1 Trucks
 Saudi Arabia Cars
 South Africa Cars

Stage wins

Rank Competitor Wins Category
1 Stéphane Peterhansel 83 Bikes/Cars
2 Vladimir Chagin 63 Trucks
3 Ari Vatanen 50 Cars
Nasser Al-Attiyah Cars
5 Carlos Sainz 42 Cars
6 Hubert Auriol 37 Bikes/Cars
Firdaus Kabirov Trucks
8 Cyril Despres 35 Bikes/Cars/SSV
9 Gérard de Rooy 33 Trucks
10 Jacky Ickx 29 Cars
Joan Barreda Bikes
12 Jordi Arcarons 27 Bikes
13 Hiroshi Masuoka 25 Cars
Nani Roma Bikes/Cars
Marc Coma Bikes
16 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 24 Cars
Eduard Nikolaev Trucks
18 Sébastien Loeb 23 Cars
Ignacio Casale Quads
20 Pierre Lartigue 21 Cars
Kenjiro Shinozuka Cars
Andrey Karginov Trucks
Marcos Patronelli Quads
24 Alessandro De Petri 19 Bikes
25 Hans Stacey 18 Trucks
Seth Quintero Challenger
Giniel de Villiers Cars
28 Edi Orioli 17 Bikes
Gaston Rahier Bikes
30 Karel Loprais 16 Trucks
31 Richard Sainct 15 Bikes
Toby Price Bikes
Bruno Saby Cars
Jean-Louis Schlesser Cars
Dmitry Sotnikov Trucks

Wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins Category
1 Yamaha 23 Bikes/Quads
2 Kamaz 19 Trucks
3 KTM 18 Bikes
4 Mitsubishi 12 Cars
5 Honda 7 Bikes
Peugeot Cars
Can-Am Challenger/SSV
8 Tatra 6 Trucks
Mini Cars
BMW Bikes
Mercedes-Benz Cars/Trucks
12 Toyota 5 Cars
13 Citroën 4 Cars
Volkswagen Cars
Perlini Trucks
16 Cagiva 2 Bikes
Porsche Cars
Range Rover Cars
Schlesser Cars
Iveco Trucks
21 Gas Gas 1 Bikes
Polaris SSV
Renault Cars
Sonacome Trucks
ALM/Acmat Trucks
DAF Trucks
Hino Trucks
MAN Trucks

Stage wins by manufacturer

Rank Manufacturer Wins Category
1 Yamaha 293 Bikes/Quads/Challenger
2 KTM 228 Bikes
3 Kamaz 178 Trucks
4 Mitsubishi 156 Cars/Trucks
5 Honda 107 Bikes/Quads
6 Peugeot 78 Cars
7 BMW 61 Bikes/Cars
8 Cagiva 59 Bikes
Citroën Cars
Volkswagen Cars
11 Can-Am 54 Quads/SSV
12 Toyota 52 Cars
13 Mini 42 Cars
Tatra Trucks
15 Iveco 40 Trucks
16 Range Rover 34 Cars
17 Schlesser 30 Cars
18 OT3 27 Challenger/SSV
19 MAN 22 Trucks
20 Nissan 21 Cars
Polaris Quads/SSV
Porsche Cars
23 Mercedes-Benz 20 Cars/Trucks
24 Lada 18 Cars
25 DAF 16 Trucks
26 Hino 15 Trucks

Rally

Entrants

  • Highest number of entrants (including 224 assistance cars and trucks): 688 (2005)
  • Highest number of entrants (only competitors): 603 (1988)
  • Highest number of female entrants: 17 (2019)[8]

Finishers

  • Highest number of finishers: 317 (2022) (446 including Classic)
  • Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 77.51% (2017) (80.94% including Classic)
  • Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
  • Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
  • Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)

Distance

  • Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
  • Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)

Countries

Largest difference between winner and last place

(since 2009, until further reliable data is found)

Class Year Winner Last Place Difference
Competitor Result Competitor Result
Bike 2022 Sam Sunderland 38:47:30 Juan Puga 203:59:47 +165:12:17
Quad 2014 Ignacio Casale 68:28:04 Eugenio Favre 155:25:31 +86:57:27
Car 2019 Nasser Al-Attiyah 34:38:14 Alex Aguirregaviria 524:26:48 +489:48:34
T3 2022 Francisco López Contardo 45:50:51 Boris Gadasin 230:03:52 +184:13:01
T4 2018 Reinaldo Varela 72:44:06 Leo Larrauri 205:04:18 +132:20:12
Truck 2014 Andrey Karginov 55:00:28 Georges Ginesta 336:49:15 +391:48:47
Classic 2021 Marc Douton 961 Ignacio Corcuera 307707 +306746

Individuals

Vehicle

  • Most successful vehicle model: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins
  • Most manufacturer wins: Kamaz with 19 wins.
  • Most manufacturer finishes: Yamaha (bikes), Honda (bikes), Toyota (cars) had a vehicle finish in all 43 rallies

Countries

Number of times started in

Country Years Starts
France 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
21
Argentina 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 7
Saudi Arabia 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Spain 1995, 1996, 1999, 2005 4
Peru 2013, 2018, 2019 3
Senegal 1997, 2000 2
Portugal 2006, 2007
Paraguay 2017 1

Number of times finished in

Country Years Finishes
Senegal 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
26
Argentina 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 7
Saudi Arabia 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Egypt 2000, 2003 2
Chile 2013, 2014
Peru 2012, 2019
South Africa 1992 1
France 1994

Number of times entered

Country Entries
Senegal 27
Mali 22
France 21
Mauritania 20
Niger 14
Morocco 12
Spain
Algeria 10
Argentina
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) 7
Chile
Libya 6
Guinea
Saudi Arabia
Bolivia 5
Peru 4
Ivory Coast 3
Egypt 2
Portugal
Chad
Tunisia
South Africa 1
Angola
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo
Namibia
Central African Republic
Sierra Leone
Paraguay

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