List of World Rally Championship records

The list of records in the World Rally Championship includes records and statistics set in the World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 1973 season to present.

Key
Bold Has participated in the 2026 World Rally Championship.

Drivers

Wins

Championship wins[1]
# Driver Total Seasons
1 Sébastien Loeb 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Sébastien Ogier 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2025
3 Juha Kankkunen 4 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993
Tommi Mäkinen 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
5 Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Miki Biasion 1988, 1989
Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
Kalle Rovanperä 2022, 2023
10 11 drivers 1
Event wins[2]
# Driver Total
1 Sébastien Loeb 80
2 Sébastien Ogier 67
3 Marcus Grönholm 30
4 Carlos Sainz 26
5 Colin McRae 25
6 Tommi Mäkinen 24
7 Juha Kankkunen 23
8 Ott Tänak 22
9 Thierry Neuville 22
10 Didier Auriol 20
Stage wins[3]
# Driver Total
1 Sébastien Loeb 939
2 Markku Alén 853[N 1]
3 Sébastien Ogier 818[N 2]
4 Carlos Sainz 757[N 3]
5 Juha Kankkunen 700[N 4]
6 Hannu Mikkola 666[N 5]
7 Ari Vatanen 590[N 6]
8 Didier Auriol 554
9 Marcus Grönholm 542
10 Jari-Matti Latvala 539

Statistics

Rallies[4]
# Driver Total
1 Jari-Matti Latvala 212
2 Sébastien Ogier 205
3 Carlos Sainz 196
4 Dani Sordo 193
5 Petter Solberg 190
6 Sébastien Loeb 184
7 Thierry Neuville 181
8 Ott Tänak 176
9 Mikko Hirvonen 163
10 Juha Kankkunen 162
Podiums[5]
# Driver Total
1 Sébastien Loeb 120
2 Sébastien Ogier 116
3 Carlos Sainz 97
4 Juha Kankkunen 75
5 Thierry Neuville 73
6 Mikko Hirvonen 69
7 Jari-Matti Latvala 67
8 Marcus Grönholm 61
9 Dani Sordo 58
Ott Tänak 58
10 Markku Alen 56
Points[6]
# Driver Total
1 Sébastien Ogier 3277
2 Thierry Neuville 2283
3 Ott Tänak 1898
4 Sébastien Loeb 1778
5 Jari-Matti Latvala 1685
Elfyn Evans
7 Dani Sordo 1413
8 Carlos Sainz 1242
9 Mikko Hirvonen 1210
10 Juha Kankkunen 1140
Retirements[7]
# Driver Total
1 Hannu Mikkola 61
2 Colin McRae 60
3 Tommi Mäkinen 56
4 Didier Auriol 55
5 Ari Vatanen 54
6 Marcus Grönholm 53
7 Kenneth Eriksson 49
Armin Schwarz 49
9 Petter Solberg 47
10 Carlos Sainz 46
Most rallies without a championship win
# Driver Total
1 Jari-Matti Latvala 212
2 Dani Sordo 193
3 Mikko Hirvonen 163
4 Elfyn Evans 160
5 Martin Prokop 145
Most rallies without an event win
# Driver Total
1 Martin Prokop 145
2 Henning Solberg 133
3 Manfred Stohl 126
4 Toni Gardemeister 112
5 Gustavo Trelles 101
Most rallies without a podium
# Driver Total
1 Martin Prokop 145
2 Gus Greensmith 98
3 Matthew Wilson 92
4 Toshi Arai 86
5 Alister McRae 78
Most podiums without a championship win
# Driver Total
1 Mikko Hirvonen 69
2 Jari-Matti Latvala 67
3 Dani Sordo 58
4 Elfyn Evans 47
5 Andreas Mikkelsen 25
Most podiums without an event win
# Driver Total
1 Alex Fiorio 10
Adrien Fourmaux 10
3 Craig Breen 9
4 Rauno Aaltonen 6
Chris Atkinson 6
Attilio Bettega 6
Toni Gardemeister 6
Henning Solberg 6
Manfred Stohl 6
Most event wins without a championship win
# Driver Total
1 Jari-Matti Latvala 18
2 Mikko Hirvonen 15
3 Elfyn Evans 12
4 Bernard Darniche 7
Gilles Panizzi 7
6 Kenneth Eriksson 6

Age

Youngest winners[8]
# Driver Age Event
1 Kalle Rovanperä 20 y, 289 d 2021 Rally Estonia
2 Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally
3 Oliver Solberg 23 y, 300 d 2025 Rally Estonia
4 Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally
5 Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal
6 Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal
7 François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia
8 Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand
9 Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec
10 Juha Kankkunen 26 y, 6 d 1985 Safari Rally
Oldest winners[8]
# Driver Age Event
1 Sébastien Loeb 47 y, 331 d 2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2 Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally
3 Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally
4 Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally
5 Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally
6 Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
7 Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya
8 Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand
9 Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina
10 Sébastien Ogier 41 y, 173 d 2025 Rally Italia Sardegna
Youngest Drivers' Champion[9]
# Driver Age Year
1 Kalle Rovanperä 22 y, 1 d 2022 season
2 Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season
3 Juha Kankkunen 27 y, 249 d 1986 season
4 Carlos Sainz 28 y, 189 d 1990 season
5 Petter Solberg 28 y, 356 d 2003 season
6 Ari Vatanen 29 y, 212 d 1981 season
7 Sébastien Ogier 29 y, 294 d 2013 season
8 Sébastien Loeb 30 y, 220 d 2004 season
9 Miki Biasion 30 y, 280 d 1988 season
10 Richard Burns 30 y, 312 d 2001 season
Oldest Drivers' Champion
# Driver Age Year
1 Sébastien Ogier 41 y, 347 d 2025 season
2 Hannu Mikkola 41 y, 183 d 1983 season
3 Sébastien Loeb 38 y, 224 d 2012 season
4 Stig Blomqvist 38 y, 99 d 1984 season
5 Thierry Neuville 36 y, 161 d 2024 season
6 Didier Auriol 36 y, 97 d 1994 season
7 Björn Waldegård 36 y, 32 d 1979 season
8 Walter Röhrl 35 y, 238 d 1982 season
9 Tommi Mäkinen 35 y, 133 d 1999 season
10 Juha Kankkunen 34 y, 239 d 1993 season

Manufacturers

Championships[10]
# Manufacturer Total Seasons
1 Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 Toyota 9 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–2025
3 Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012
4 Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002
5 Volkswagen 4 2013–2016
/ Ford/M-Sport 1979, 2006–2007, 2017
7 Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980
Subaru 1995–1997
9 Audi 2 1982, 1984
Hyundai 2019–2020
Event wins[11]
# Manufacturer Total
1 Toyota 107
2 Citroën 102
3 / Ford/M-Sport 94
4 Lancia 73[N 7]
5 Peugeot 48
6 Subaru 47
7 Volkswagen 44
8 Mitsubishi 34
Hyundai 34
10 Audi 24
Event wins by car[12]
# Car Tyre Total
1 Lancia Delta M P 46
Subaru Impreza P 46
3 Ford Focus RS WRC P M BF 44
4 Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 43
5 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 P H 38
6 Toyota Celica P M 37
7 Citroën C4 WRC BF P 36
8 Citroën Xsara WRC M BF 32
9 Ford Escort D G 31
10 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution M 26
Citroën DS3 WRC M 26
Toyota Yaris WRC M P 26

Co-drivers

Event wins[13]
# Co-driver Total
1 Daniel Elena 79
2 Julien Ingrassia 54
3 Timo Rautiainen 30
4 Luis Moya 24
5 Martin Järveoja 22
6 Nicky Grist 21
7 Seppo Harjanne 20
8 Ilkka Kivimäki 19
9 Miikka Anttila 18
Arne Hertz 18
Starts[14]
# Co-driver Total
1 Marc Martí 221
2 Miikka Anttila 220
3 Jonas Andersson 203
4 Scott Martin 200
5 Denis Giraudet 192
6 Jarmo Lehtinen 182
7 Daniel Elena 180[N 8]
Stéphane Prévot 180
9 Julien Ingrassia 168
10 Phil Mills 162[a]
Podiums[15]
# Co-driver Total
1 Daniel Elena 119
2 Julien Ingrassia 91
3 Luis Moya 83
4 Jarmo Lehtinen 71
5 Miikka Anttila 67
6 Timo Rautiainen 61
7 Ilkka Kivimäki 54
7 Martin Järveoja 54
8 Marc Martí 48
9 Arne Hertz 45
10 Nicolas Gilsoul 43
10 Nicky Grist 43

Rallies

Fastest rallies

# Event Average speed Winner Car
1 2025 Rally Finland 129.95 km/h (80.75 mph) Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
2 2016 Rally Finland 126.62 km/h (78.68 mph) Kris Meeke Citroën DS3 WRC
3 2017 Rally Finland 126.16 km/h (78.39 mph) Esapekka Lappi Toyota Yaris WRC
4 2024 Rally Finland 125.89 km/h (78.22 mph) Sébastien Ogier Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
5 2023 Rally Finland 125.56 km/h (78.02 mph) Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
6 2015 Rally Finland 125.44 km/h (77.94 mph) Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC
7 2022 Rally Finland 125.32 km/h (77.87 mph) Ott Tänak Hyundai i20 N Rally1
8 2020 Rally Sweden 124.28 km/h (77.22 mph) Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC
9 2023 Rally Sweden 123.85 km/h (76.96 mph) Ott Tänak Ford Puma Rally1
10 2021 Rally Finland 123.73 km/h (76.88 mph) Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC
Source:[16]

Closest wins

# Event Margin[N 9] Winner Runner-up
1 2011 Jordan Rally 0.2 second Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala
2024 Rally Italia Sardegna Ott Tänak Sébastien Ogier
3 2007 Rally New Zealand 0.3 second Marcus Grönholm Sébastien Loeb
4 2021 Croatia Rally 0.6 second Sébastien Ogier Elfyn Evans
5 2017 Rally Argentina 0.7 second Thierry Neuville Elfyn Evans
2018 Rally Italia Sardegna Thierry Neuville Sébastien Ogier
7 1998 Rally Portugal 2.1 seconds Colin McRae Carlos Sainz
8 2019 Monte Carlo Rally 2.2 seconds Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville
9 1999 Rally Argentina 2.4 seconds Juha Kankkunen Richard Burns
2010 Rally New Zealand Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier
2011 Rally Argentina Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen
Source:[17]

Nationalities

Championships by driver's country

Updated after the 2025 season.[18]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France196732
2 Finland16151748
3 Italy3216
4 Great Britain29112
5 Spain24713
6 Sweden2226
7 Germany2114
8 Belgium1539
9 Norway1348
10 Estonia1157
Totals (10 entries)494848145

Drivers

Championships[1]
# Country Drivers Total
1  France 3 19
2  Finland[N 10] 7 15
3  Germany 1 2
 Italy[N 11] 1 2
 Spain 1 2
 Sweden 2 2
 United Kingdom 2 2
8  Norway 1 1
 Estonia 1 1
 Belgium 1 1
Event wins[19]
# Country Wins
1  France 214
2  Finland 198
3  United Kingdom 53
4  Sweden 44
5  Italy 30
 Spain 30
7  Estonia 27
8  Belgium 22
9  Germany 17
 Norway 17

Driver wins per nationalities

# Nation Wins Drivers[19] N°
1  France 214 Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (67), Didier Auriol (20), Bernard Darniche (7), Gilles Panizzi (7), Jean-Luc Thérier (5), Jean-Pierre Nicolas (5), Michèle Mouton (4), François Delecour (4), Jean-Claude Andruet (3), Jean Ragnotti (3), Bruno Saby (2), Philippe Bugalski (2), Guy Fréquelin (1), Bernard Béguin (1), Alain Ambrosino (1), Alain Oreille (1), Patrick Tauziac (1) 18
2  Finland 198 Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Kalle Rovanperä (18), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Timo Salonen (11), Ari Vatanen (10), Timo Mäkinen (4), Henri Toivonen (3), Esapekka Lappi (2), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1) 16
3  United Kingdom 53 Colin McRae (25), Elfyn Evans (12), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1) 5
4  Sweden 45 Björn Waldegård (16), Stig Blomqvist (11), Kenneth Eriksson (6), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Mikael Ericsson (2), Mats Jonsson (2), Oliver Solberg (2), Ove Andersson (1), Per Eklund (1), Harry Källström (1), Anders Kulläng (1) 11
5  Italy 30 Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1) 8
 Spain 30 Carlos Sainz (26), Dani Sordo (3), Jesús Puras (1) 3
7  Estonia 27 Ott Tänak (22), Markko Märtin (5) 2
8  Belgium 23 Thierry Neuville (22), François Duval (1) 2
9  Germany 17 Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1) 3
 Norway 17 Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1) 3
11  Kenya 8 Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1) 3
12  Austria 2 Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1) 2
 Japan 2 Kenjiro Shinozuka (2) 1
14  Argentina 1 Jorge Recalde (1) 1
 Canada 1 Walter Boyce (1) 1
 New Zealand 1 Hayden Paddon (1) 1
 Portugal 1 Joaquim Moutinho (1) 1

Co-drivers

Event wins[20]
# Country Wins
1  Finland 153
2  France 131
3  United Kingdom 90
4  Monaco 79
5  Sweden 56
6  Italy 34
7  Spain 30
8  Belgium 25
9  Estonia 22
10  Germany 15

See also

Notes

  1. ^ According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 821 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19–26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18 April 1990). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  2. ^ According to ewrc-results.
  3. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4 April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
  4. ^ Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9–16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).
  6. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19–26 May 1977).
  7. ^ Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  8. ^ Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
  9. ^ Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where "unachievable" target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.
  10. ^ Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. ^ Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  1. ^ 164 by other sources

References

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  2. ^ "Statistics - Driver wins". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Statistics - Stage wins". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Statistics - Driver starts in WRC events". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Statistics - Driver podium finishes". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Statistics - Driver points scored". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Statistics - Retirements". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Statistics - Oldest and youngest winners". www.juwra.com.
  9. ^ Barry, Luke (1 October 2022). "The 10 youngest World Champions in WRC history". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Manufacturers championship". www.juwra.com.
  11. ^ "Statistics - Makes wins". www.juwra.com.
  12. ^ "Statistics - Make and model wins". www.juwra.com.
  13. ^ "Statistics - Co-driver wins". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Statistics - Co-driver starts in WRC events". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Statistics - Co-driver podium finishes". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Statistics - Event average speed". www.juwra.com.
  17. ^ "Statistics - Closest wins". www.juwra.com.
  18. ^ "Drivers championships". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Statistics - Driver wins per nationalities". www.juwra.com.
  20. ^ "Statistics - Codriver wins per nationalities". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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