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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 2025 World Rally Championship.

Drivers

Wins

Championship wins[1]
Driver Total Seasons
1 France Sébastien Loeb 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
2 France Sébastien Ogier 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 4 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
5 Germany Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Italy Miki Biasion 1988, 1989
Spain Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Finland Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
Finland Kalle Rovanperä 2022, 2023
10 11 drivers 1
 
Event wins[2]
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 80
2 France Sébastien Ogier 64
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm 30
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 26
5 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25
6 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 24
7 Finland Juha Kankkunen 23
8 Estonia Ott Tänak 22
9 Belgium Thierry Neuville 21
10 France Didier Auriol 20
 
Stage wins[3]
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 939
2 Finland Markku Alén 853[N 1]
3 France Sébastien Ogier 773[N 2]
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 757[N 3]
5 Finland Juha Kankkunen 700[N 4]
6 Finland Hannu Mikkola 666[N 5]
7 Finland Ari Vatanen 590[N 6]
8 France Didier Auriol 554
9 Finland Marcus Grönholm 542
10 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 539

Statistics

Rallies[4]
Driver Total
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 212
2 France Sébastien Ogier 198
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 196
4 Spain Dani Sordo 193
5 Norway Petter Solberg 190
6 France Sébastien Loeb 184
7 Belgium Thierry Neuville 174
8 Estonia Ott Tänak 171
9 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 163
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 162
 
Podiums[5]
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 120
2 France Sébastien Ogier 111
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 97
4 Finland Juha Kankkunen 75
5 Belgium Thierry Neuville 71
6 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 69
7 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 67
8 Finland Marcus Grönholm 61
9 Spain Dani Sordo 58
10 Estonia Ott Tänak 57
 
Points[6]
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Ogier 3121
2 Belgium Thierry Neuville 2190
3 Estonia Ott Tänak 1845
4 France Sébastien Loeb 1778
5 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 1685
6 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 1520
7 Spain Dani Sordo 1413
8 Spain Carlos Sainz 1242
9 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 1210
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1140
 
Retirements[7]
Driver Total
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola 61
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 60
3 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 56
4 France Didier Auriol 55
5 Finland Ari Vatanen 54
6 Finland Marcus Grönholm 53
7 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 49
Germany Armin Schwarz 49
9 Norway Petter Solberg 47
10 Spain Carlos Sainz 46
Most rallies without a championship win
Driver Total
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 211
2 Spain Dani Sordo 193
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 163
4 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 150
5 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 143
 
Most rallies without an event win
Driver Total
1 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 143
2 Norway Henning Solberg 133
3 Austria Manfred Stohl 126
4 Finland Toni Gardemeister 112
5 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 101
 
Most rallies without a podium
Driver Total
1 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 143
2 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith 93
3 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 92
4 Japan Toshi Arai 86
5 United Kingdom Alister McRae 78
Most podiums without a championship win
Driver Total
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 69
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 67
3 Spain Dani Sordo 58
4 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 41
5 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 25
 
Most podiums without an event win
Driver Total
1 Italy Alex Fiorio 10
2 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 9
3 Finland Rauno Aaltonen 6
Australia Chris Atkinson 6
Italy Attilio Bettega 6
Finland Toni Gardemeister 6
Norway Henning Solberg 6
Austria Manfred Stohl 6
 
Most event wins without a championship win
Driver Total
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 18
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 15
3 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 11
4 France Bernard Darniche 7
France Gilles Panizzi 7
5 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 6

Age

Youngest winners[8]
Driver Age Event
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 20 y, 289 d 2021 Rally Estonia
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally
3 Sweden Oliver Solberg 23 y, 300 d 2025 Rally Estonia
4 Finland Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally
5 Finland Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal
6 Norway Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal
7 Belgium François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia
8 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand
9 Finland Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 26 y, 6 d 1985 Safari Rally
 
Oldest winners[8]
Driver Age Event
1 France Sébastien Loeb 47 y, 331 d 2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2 Sweden Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally
4 Finland Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally
5 Kenya Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally
6 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
7 France Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya
8 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand
9 Spain Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina
10 France Sébastien Ogier 41 y, 173 d 2025 Rally Italia Sardegna
Youngest Drivers' Champion[9]
Driver Age Year
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 22 y, 1 d 2022 season
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 27 y, 249 d 1986 season
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 28 y, 189 d 1990 season
5 Norway Petter Solberg 28 y, 356 d 2003 season
6 Finland Ari Vatanen 29 y, 212 d 1981 season
7 France Sébastien Ogier 29 y, 294 d 2013 season
8 France Sébastien Loeb 30 y, 220 d 2004 season
9 Italy Miki Biasion 30 y, 280 d 1988 season
10 United Kingdom Richard Burns 30 y, 312 d 2001 season
 
Oldest Drivers' Champion
Driver Age Year
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola 41 y, 183 d 1983 season
2 France Sébastien Loeb 38 y, 224 d 2012 season
3 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 38 y, 99 d 1984 season
4 France Sébastien Ogier 37 y, 339 d 2021 season
5 Belgium Thierry Neuville 36 y, 161 d 2024 season
6 France Didier Auriol 36 y, 97 d 1994 season
7 Sweden Björn Waldegård 36 y, 32 d 1979 season
8 Germany Walter Röhrl 35 y, 238 d 1982 season
9 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 35 y, 133 d 1999 season
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 34 y, 239 d 1993 season

Manufacturers

Championships[10]
Manufacturer Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 France Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012
2 Japan Toyota 8 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–2024
4 France Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002
5 Germany Volkswagen 4 2013–2016
United States/United Kingdom Ford/M-Sport 1979, 2006–2007, 2017
7 Italy Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980
Japan Subaru 1995–1997
9 Germany Audi 2 1982, 1984
South Korea Hyundai 2019–2020
 
Event wins[11]
Manufacturer Total
1 France Citroën 102
2 Japan Toyota 101
3 United States/United Kingdom Ford/M-Sport 94
4 Italy Lancia 73[N 7]
5 France Peugeot 48
6 Japan Subaru 47
7 Germany Volkswagen 44
8 Japan Mitsubishi 34
9 South Korea Hyundai 33
10 Germany 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 Celica P M 37
6 Citroën C4 WRC BF P 36
7 Citroën Xsara WRC M BF 32
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 P H 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 Monaco Daniel Elena 79
2 France Julien Ingrassia 54
3 Finland Timo Rautiainen 30
4 Spain Luis Moya 24
5 Estonia Martin Järveoja 22
6 United Kingdom Nicky Grist 21
7 Finland Seppo Harjanne 20
8 Finland Ilkka Kivimäki 19
9 Finland Miikka Anttila 18
Sweden Arne Hertz 18
 
Starts[14]
Co-driver Total
1 Finland Miikka Anttila 220
2 Spain Marc Martí 214
3 Sweden Jonas Andersson 199
4 United Kingdom Scott Martin 193
5 France Denis Giraudet 192
6 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 182
7 Monaco Daniel Elena 180[N 8]
Belgium Stéphane Prévot 180
9 France Julien Ingrassia 168
10 United Kingdom Phil Mills 162[a]
 
Podiums[15]
Co-driver Total
1 Monaco Daniel Elena 119
2 France Julien Ingrassia 91
3 Spain Luis Moya 83
4 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 71
5 Finland Miikka Anttila 67
6 Finland Timo Rautiainen 61
7 Finland Ilkka Kivimäki 54
8 Estonia Martin Järveoja 53
9 Spain Marc Martí 48
10 Sweden Arne Hertz 45

Rallies

Fastest rallies

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

Closest wins

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

Nationalities

Championships by driver's country

Updated after the 2024 season.[18]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France186731
2 Finland16151748
3 Italy3216
4 Great Britain29112
5 Spain24713
6 Sweden2226
7 Germany2114
8 Belgium1539
9 Norway1348
10 Estonia1157
Totals (10 entries)484848144

Drivers

Championships[1]
Country Drivers Total
1  France 3 18
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 211
2  Finland 196
3  United Kingdom 52
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 211 Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (64), 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 197 Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Kalle Rovanperä (17), 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 52 Colin McRae (25), Elfyn Evans (11), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1) 5
4  Sweden 44 Björn Waldegård (16), Stig Blomqvist (11), Kenneth Eriksson (6), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Mikael Ericsson (2), Mats Jonsson (2), Ove Andersson (1), Per Eklund (1), Harry Källström (1), Anders Kulläng (1), Oliver Solberg (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 22 Thierry Neuville (21), 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 128
3  United Kingdom 89
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 World Rally Archive, Ogier won 769 stages but according to ewrc-results, Ogier won 773.
  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

  1. ^ a b "Drivers championship". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  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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