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List of Dakar Rally records

Records broken in Dakar Rally Event From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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RankRiderYearsWins
1France Stéphane Peterhansel1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 19986
2France Cyril Neveu1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 19875
France Cyril Despres2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013
Spain Marc Coma2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
5Italy Edi Orioli1988, 1990, 1994, 19964
6France Richard Sainct1999, 2000, 20033
7France Hubert Auriol1981, 19832
Belgium Gaston Rahier1984, 1985
Italy Fabrizio Meoni2001, 2002
Australia Toby Price2016, 2019
United Kingdom Sam Sunderland2017, 2022
Argentina Kevin Benavides2021, 2023
United States Ricky Brabec2020, 2024
14France Gilles Lalay19891
Spain Nani Roma2004
Austria Matthias Walkner2018
Australia Daniel Sanders2025
Argentina Luciano Benavides2026
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Most stage wins

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RankRiderWins
1 France Cyril Despres 33
France Stéphane Peterhansel
3 Spain Joan Barreda 29
4 Spain Jordi Arcarons 27
5 France Hubert Auriol 24
Spain Marc Coma
7 Italy Alessandro De Petri [it] 19
8 Italy Edi Orioli 17
Belgium Gaston Rahier
10 Australia Toby Price 16
11 France Richard Sainct 15
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Most podiums

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Rank Rider Total
1 France Stéphane Peterhansel 6006
2 France Cyril Despres 54110
3 Spain Marc Coma 5207
4 France Cyril Neveu 5005
5 Italy Edi Orioli 4116
6 France Richard Sainct 3115
7 United States Ricky Brabec 2204
8 Australia Toby Price 2136
9 Italy Fabrizio Meoni 2125
10 France Hubert Auriol 2103
Argentina Kevin Benavides 2103
12 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland 2024
13 Belgium Gaston Rahier 2013
14 France Gilles Lalay 1214
Austria Matthias Walkner 1214
16 Argentina Luciano Benavides 1001
Spain Nani Roma 1001
Australia Daniel Sanders 1001
19 Spain Jordi Arcarons 0426
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Most stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankRiderYearsWins
1France Hubert Auriol19849
2France Stéphane Peterhansel19977
3United States Chuck Stearns19856
France Stéphane Peterhansel1989
Italy Alessandro De Petri [it]1990
Spain Jordi Arcarons1993, 1994
8Italy Alessandro De Petri [it]19865
Austria Heinz Kinigadner1995
Spain Marc Coma2011, 2012
Chile Francisco López Contardo2013
Spain Joan Barreda2014
Australia Toby Price2016
Australia Daniel Sanders2025
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Austria KTM 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025, 202621
2Japan Yamaha1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 19989
3Japan Honda1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2020, 2021, 20248
4Germany BMW1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1999, 20006
5Italy Cagiva1990, 19942
6Spain Gas Gas20221
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  • 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

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RankManufacturerWins
1Austria KTM251
2Japan Yamaha140
3Japan Honda120
4Italy Cagiva59
5Germany BMW49
6Sweden Husqvarna14
7Japan Suzuki10
8France Sherco6
9Italy Aprilia5
Spain Gas Gas
India Hero
12Italy Gilera3
13France Barigo2
14Japan Kawasaki1
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 France22
2 Italy6
 Spain
4 Argentina3
 Australia
6 Belgium2
 United Kingdom
 United States
9 Austria1
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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Quad

2009 - 2024

Most wins

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RankRiderYearsWins
1Argentina Marcos Patronelli2010, 2013, 20163
Chile Ignacio Casale2014, 2018, 2020
3Argentina Alejandro Patronelli2011, 20122
France Alexandre Giroud2022, 2023
Argentina Manuel Andújar2021, 2024
6Czech Republic Josef Macháček20091
Poland Rafał Sonik2015
Russia Sergey Karyakin2017
Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso2019
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Most stage wins

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RankRiderWins
1Chile Ignacio Casale23
2Argentina Marcos Patronelli21
3France Alexandre Giroud16
4Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso13
5Brazil Marcelo Medeiros11
Argentina Manuel Andújar
7Argentina Alejandro Patronelli10
8France Christophe Declerck8
9United States Pablo Copetti7
10Argentina Tomas Maffei6
Poland Rafał Sonik
12Czech Republic Josef Macháček5
Russia Sergey Karyakin
14Argentina Sebastian Halpern4
Argentina Jeremías González Ferioli
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Most podiums

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RankRiderTotal
1Chile Ignacio Casale3205
Argentina Marcos Patronelli3205
3Argentina Alejandro Patronelli2204
4France Alexandre Giroud2103
5Argentina Manuel Andújar2002
6Poland Rafał Sonik1135
7Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso1102
8Czech Republic Josef Macháček1001
Russia Sergey Karyakin1001
10Argentina Jeremías González0213
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Most stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankRiderYearsWins
1Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso20199
2Chile Ignacio Casale20147
3France Alexandre Giroud20246
4Argentina Alejandro Patronelli20115
5Czech Republic Josef Macháček20094
Argentina Marcos Patronelli2010, 2012, 2013
Argentina Tomas Maffei2012
Chile Ignacio Casale2018, 2020
France Alexandre Giroud2021, 2023
Brazil Marcelo Medeiros2023
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Japan Yamaha2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
16
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Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1Japan Yamaha179
2Japan Honda10
3United States Polaris5
Canada Can-Am
5Germany E-ATV3
6Japan Suzuki1
Netherlands Barren1
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 Argentina8
2 Chile3
3 France2
4 Czech Republic1
 Poland
 Russia
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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Car

Most wins

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RankDriverYearsWins
1France Stéphane Peterhansel2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 20218
2Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 20266
3Finland Ari Vatanen1987, 1989, 1990, 19914
Spain Carlos Sainz2010, 2018, 2020, 2024
5France René Metge1981, 1984, 19863
France Pierre Lartigue1994, 1995, 1996
7France Jean-Louis Schlesser1999, 20002
Japan Hiroshi Masuoka2002, 2003
9France Alain Génestier19791
Sweden Freddy Kottulinsky1980
France Claude Marreau1982
Belgium Jacky Ickx1983
France Patrick Zaniroli1985
Finland Juha Kankkunen1988
France Hubert Auriol1992
France Bruno Saby1993
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka1997
France Jean-Pierre Fontenay1998
Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt2001
France Luc Alphand2006
South Africa Giniel de Villiers2009
Spain Nani Roma2014
Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi2025
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Most stage wins

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Most podiums

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Most stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankDriverYearsWins
1France Pierre Lartigue199410
2Belgium Jacky Ickx19849
3Belgium Jacky Ickx19827
Finland Ari Vatanen1989, 1990, 1992, 1996
France Jean-Louis Schlesser2001
Spain Carlos Sainz2011
France Sébastien Loeb2023
11France Patrick Zaniroli19866
Kenya Shekhar Mehta1987
France Hubert Auriol1994
France Stéphane Peterhansel2003
Spain Carlos Sainz2009
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah2021
17Belgium Jacky Ickx19835
France André Trossat1983
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson1991
Finland Ari Vatanen1991
France Jean-Pierre Fontenay1997, 1998
Japan Hiroshi Masuoka2001, 2002
Spain Carlos Sainz2007
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah2015
France Sébastien Loeb2017, 2024
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Japan Mitsubishi1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
12
2France Peugeot1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 20187
3United Kingdom Mini2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 20216
4France Citroën1991, 1994, 1995, 19964
Germany Volkswagen1980, 2009, 2010, 2011
Japan Toyota2019, 2022, 2023, 2025
7United Kingdom Range Rover1979, 19812
Germany Porsche1984, 1986
France Schlesser1999, 2000
10France Renault19821
Germany Mercedes1983
Germany Audi2024
Romania Dacia2026
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Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1Japan Mitsubishi150
2France Peugeot78
3France Citroën59
4Germany Volkswagen57
5Japan Toyota52
6United Kingdom Mini44
7United Kingdom Range Rover34
8France Schlesser30
9Japan Nissan21
Germany Porsche
11Russia Lada18
United Kingdom Prodrive[a]
13Germany Mercedes-Benz17
14Germany BMW13
15Germany Audi12
16United States Hummer9
17France Renault8
18United States Ford6
19Germany Opel5
20Romania Dacia3
21United Kingdom Land Rover2
France Aixam-Mega[5]
Spain SEAT
France Red Bull/SMG[6]
South Africa Century[7]
26Italy Fiat1
China Haval
Japan Subaru
France Gordini
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  1. Includes stage wins under BRX

Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 France23
2 Qatar6
3 Finland5
 Spain
5 Japan3
6 Germany2
7 Belgium1
 Saudi Arabia
 South Africa
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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Stock

Since 2026

Most wins

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Lithuania Rokas Baciuška20261
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Most stage wins

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Stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankDriverYearWins
1Lithuania Rokas Baciuška20267
2United States Sara Price20264
3France Stéphane Peterhansel20263
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Most podiums

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RankDriverTotal
1Lithuania Rokas Baciuška1001
2United States Sara Price0101
3France Ronald Basso0011
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1United Kingdom Land Rover20261
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Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1United Kingdom Land Rover14
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 Lithuania1
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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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

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Most stage wins

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RankDriverWins
1United States Seth Quintero20
2United States Mitch Guthrie8
3Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso7
4Spain Cristina Gutiérrez6
5Netherlands Paul Spierings5
6United Kingdom Kris Meeke4
7Argentina Kevin Benavides3
Saudi Arabia Yasir Seaidan
Argentina David Zille
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Wins by co-driver

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RankCo-driverYearsWins
1Czech Republic Pavel Vyoral20211
Chile Juan Pablo Latrach2022
Brazil Gustavo Gugelmin2023
Spain Pablo Moreno Huete2024
Argentina Valentina Pertegarini2025
Spain Jan Rosa2026
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Most podiums

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RankDriverTotal
1Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso1012
Spain Cristina Gutiérrez1012
Spain Pau Navarro1012
4Chile Francisco Lopez Contardo1001
United States Austin Jones1001
Czech Republic Josef Macháček1001
7Sweden Sebastian Eriksson0101
Portugal Gonçalo Guerreiro0101
United States Mitch Guthrie0101
Italy Camelia Liparoti0101
United States Seth Quintero0101
Saudi Arabia Yasir Seaidan0101
13Lithuania Rokas Baciuška0011
Belgium Guillaume De Mévius0011
France Philippe Pinchedez0011
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Stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankDriverYearsWins
1United States Seth Quintero202212
2United States Seth Quintero20216
3United States Mitch Guthrie20235
4United Kingdom Kris Meeke20214
5Spain Cristina Gutiérrez20213
United States Mitch Guthrie2024
Argentina Nicolás Cavigliasso2025
Saudi Arabia Yasir Seaidan2025
Argentina Kevin Benavides2026
Netherlands Paul Spierings2026
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Canada Can-Am2021, 2022, 20233
Netherlands Taurus2024, 2025, 2026
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Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1Netherlands Taurus35
2Belgium OT324
3Canada Can-Am8
4France MCE-55
5France PH Sport4
6Japan Yamaha3
7Belgium GRallyTeam2
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 Spain2
2 Argentina1
 Chile
 Czech Republic
 United States
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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T4 Modified Production SSV

Most wins

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Chile Francisco López Contardo2019, 20212
United States Brock Heger2025, 2026
2Brazil Leandro Torres20171
Brazil Reinaldo Varela2018
United States Casey Currie2020
United States Austin Jones2022
Poland Eryk Goczał2023
France Xavier de Soultrait2024
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Most stage wins

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RankDriverWins
1Chile Francisco López Contardo17
2Brazil Reinaldo Varela12
3Poland Marek Goczał8
4Spain Gerard Farrés6
5France Patrice Garrouste5
Lithuania Rokas Baciuška
7Russia Ravil Maganov4
Poland Eryk Goczał
France Xavier de Soultrait
10United States Mitchell Guthrie3
Poland Michał Goczał
Portugal João Ferreira
Argentina Jeremías González Ferioli
United States Sara Price
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Wins by co-driver

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RankCo-driverYearsWins
1Brazil Gustavo Gugelmin2018, 20222
United States Max Eddy2025, 2026
2Brazil Lourival Roldan20171
Chile Alvaro Juan Leon Quintanilla2019
United States Sean Berriman2020
Chile Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre2021
Spain Oriol Mena2023
France Martin Bonnet2024
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Most podiums

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RankDriverTotal
1Chile Francisco López Contardo2013
2 United States Austin Jones1102
3Brazil Reinaldo Varela1012
4Brazil Leandro Torres1001
United States Casey Currie1001
Poland Eryk Goczał1001
France Xavier de Soultrait1001
United States Brock Heger1001
9Spain Gerard Farrés0202
10China Wang Fujiang0101
France Patrice Garrouste0101
Russia Sergey Karyakin0101
Lithuania Rokas Baciuška0101
Switzerland Jérôme de Sadeleer0101
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Stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Poland Marek Goczał20226
2Chile Francisco López Contardo20255
3Brazil Reinaldo Varela20185
France Patrice Garrouste2018
Chile Francisco López Contardo2021
6Chile Francisco López Contardo20194
Russia Ravil Maganov2019
Poland Eryk Goczał2023
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Canada Can-Am2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 20236
2United States Polaris2017, 2024, 2025, 20264
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  • Most successful model of UTV: Can-Am Maverick with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1Canada Can-Am86
2United States Polaris31
3Belgium OT35
4Canada BRP1
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 United States4
2 Brazil2
 Chile
4 France1
 Poland
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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Truck

Most wins

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Russia Vladimir Chagin2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 20117
2Czech Republic Karel Loprais1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 20016
3Russia Eduard Nikolaev2013, 2017, 2018, 20194
4France Georges Groine1982, 19832
Italy Francesco Perlini1992, 1993
Russia Firdaus Kabirov2005, 2009
Netherlands Gerard de Rooy2012, 2016
Russia Andrey Karginov2014, 2020
Russia Dmitry Sotnikov2021, 2022
Czech Republic Martin Macík2024, 2025
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Most stage wins

(Since 1999)

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Most podiums

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RankDriverTotal
1Russia Vladimir Chagin7108
2Czech Republic Karel Loprais64111
3Russia Eduard Nikolaev4228
4Russia Firdaus Kabirov2327
5Russia Dmitry Sotnikov2204
6Netherlands Gerard de Rooy2136
7Czech Republic Martin Macík2103
8Russia Andrey Karginov2024
9France Georges Groine2013
10Italy Francesco Perlini2002
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Stage wins in a single Dakar

(since 1999)

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RankDriverWinsWins
1Russia Vladimir Chagin20109
2Czech Republic Karel Loprais20018
3Russia Vladimir Chagin2002, 2006, 20117
4Russia Firdaus Kabirov20046
Netherlands Gerard de Rooy2013
Russia Eduard Nikolaev2015
Czech Republic Martin Macík2023
8Russia Vladimir Chagin20015
Netherlands Hans Stacey2007
Russia Dmitry Sotnikov2021, 2022
Czech Republic Aleš Loprais2025
Czech Republic Martin Macík2025
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Russia Kamaz1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
19
2Czech Republic Tatra1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 20016
Italy Iveco2012, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
4Germany Mercedes-Benz1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 19865
5Italy Perlini1990, 1991, 1992, 19934
6Algeria Sonacome19801
France ALM/Acmat1981
Netherlands DAF1987
Japan Hino1997
Germany MAN2007
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  • Most successful model of truck: Tatra 815 with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer

(since 1997)

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RankManufacturerWins
1Russia Kamaz178
2Italy Iveco84
3Czech Republic Tatra43
4Germany MAN22
5Netherlands DAF16
6Japan Hino15
7Netherlands GINAF8
8France Renault7
9Japan Mitsubishi6
10Czech Republic Praga4
Belarus MAZ
12Germany Mercedes-Benz3
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 Russia19
2 Czech Republic8
3 France5
 Netherlands
5 Italy4
6 Algeria1
 Austria
 Germany
 Lithuania
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

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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
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Classic

Since 2021

Most wins

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Spain Carlos Santaolalla2024, 20252
2France Marc Douton20211
France Serge Mogno2022
Spain Juan Morera2023
Lithuania Karolis Raišys2026
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Most stage wins

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RankDriverWins
1Spain Carlos Santaolalla9
2France Marc Douton7
3Spain Xavier Piña Garnatcha4
Switzerland Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici
Spain Juan Morera
6Spain Kilian Revuelta3
Czech Republic Ondřej Klymčiw
Italy Lorenzo Traglio
9Spain Jesus Fuster Pliego 2
France Jerome Galpin
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Fewest points at finish

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RankDriverYearsPoints
1France Serge Mogno2022399
2Spain Juan Morera2023428
3Spain Carlos Santaolalla2023529
4France Arnaud Euvrard2022602
5Italy Paolo Bedeschi2023631
6Spain Jesus Fuster Pliego2022701
7France Jerome Galpin2022803
8Italy Riccardo Garosci2023813
9Spain Carlos Santaolalla2024820
10Italy Lorenzo Traglio2024832
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Most podiums

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Rank Driver Total
1 Spain Carlos Santaolalla 1102
2 France Marc Douton 1001
France Serge Mogno 1001
Spain Juan Morera 1001
5 Spain Juan Donatiu 0101
France Arnaud Euvrard 0101
Italy Lorenzo Traglio 0101
8 Italy Paolo Bedeschi 0022
9 France Lilian Harichoury 0011
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Most stage wins in a single Dakar

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RankDriverYearsWins
1Spain Carlos Santaolalla20258
2Spain Carlos Santaolalla20247
3France Marc Douton20216
Lithuania Karolis Raišys2026
5Spain Xavier Piña Garnatcha20224
Switzerland Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici2023
7Italy Lorenzo Traglio20243
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Japan Toyota2022, 2023, 2024, 20254
2France Sunhill20211
United Kingdom Land Rover2026
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Stage wins by manufacturer

More information Rank, Manufacturer ...
RankManufacturerWins
1Japan Toyota21
2Japan Nissan8
3France Sunhill6
4Germany Mercedes-Benz3
France Protruck
Czech Republic Škoda
7Germany Porsche2
8France Renault1
Japan Mitsubishi
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Wins by nationality

More information Rank, Nationality ...
RankNationalityWins
1 Spain3
2 France2
3 Lithuania1
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

More information Rank, Nation ...
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
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Mission 1000

Since 2024

Most wins

More information Rank, Driver ...
RankDriverYearsWins
1Spain Jordi Juvanteny2024, 2025, 20263
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Most stage wins

More information Rank, Driver ...
RankDriverWins
1Spain Jordi Juvanteny18
2Argentina Benjamín Pascual8
3China Wenmin Su3
4Japan Yoshio Ikemachi2
Spain Fran Gómez Pallas
France Jean-Michel Paulhe
7France Sylvain Espinasse1
France Willy Jobard
Spain Esther Merino
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Most points at finish

More information Rank, Driver ...
RankDriverYearsPoints
1Spain Jordi Juvanteny2025249
2Spain Jordi Juvanteny2026237
3Japan Yoshio Ikemachi2025235
4Spain Fran Gómez Pallas2026231
5Argentina Benjamín Pascual2026209
6Spain Esther Merino2026208
7Spain Miguel Puertas2026200
8China Yi Guanghui2026197
9Argentina Benjamín Pascual2025195
10China Jie Yang2026193
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Most podiums

More information Rank, Driver ...
Rank Driver Total
1 Spain Jordi Juvanteny 3003
2 Japan Yoshio Ikemachi 0101
Spain Fran Gómez Pallas 0101
France Jean-Michel Paulhe 0101
5 Argentina Benjamín Pascual 0022
6 China Wenmin Su 0011
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Most stage wins in a single Dakar

More information Rank, Driver ...
RankDriverYearsWins
1Spain Jordi Juvanteny20259
2Argentina Benjamín Pascual20266
3Spain Jordi Juvanteny20265
4Spain Jordi Juvanteny20244
5China Wenmin Su20243
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Wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerYearsWins
1Germany MAN2024, 2025, 20263
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Stage wins by manufacturer

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RankManufacturerWins
1Germany MAN18
2China Segway8
3China Arctic Leopard7
4Canada Can-Am2
Japan HySE
6Italy Tacita1
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Wins by nationality

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RankNationalityWins
1 Spain3
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Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality

More information Rank, Nation ...
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
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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

More information Rank, Competitor ...
RankCompetitorWinsCategory
1France Stéphane Peterhansel14Bikes/Cars
2Russia Vladimir Chagin7Trucks
3Czech Republic Karel Loprais6Trucks
Qatar Nasser Al-AttiyahCars
4France Cyril Neveu5Bikes
France Cyril DespresBikes
Spain Marc ComaBikes
8Italy Edi Orioli4Bikes
Finland Ari VatanenCars
Spain Carlos SainzCars
Russia Eduard NikolaevTrucks
12France Richard Sainct3Bikes
Argentina Marcos PatronelliQuads
Chile Ignacio CasaleQuads
Chile Francisco López ContardoChallenger/SSV
France Pierre LartigueCars
France René MetgeCars
18United Kingdom Sam Sunderland2Bikes
France Hubert AuriolBikes
Belgium Gaston RahierBikes
Italy Fabrizio MeoniBikes
Australia Toby PriceBikes
Spain Nani RomaBikes/Cars
Argentina Alejandro PatronelliQuads
France Jean-Louis SchlesserCars
Japan Hiroshi MasuokaCars
France Georges GroineTrucks
Italy Francesco PerliniTrucks
Russia Firdaus KabirovTrucks
Netherlands Gerard de RooyTrucks
Russia Andrey KarginovTrucks
Czech Republic Josef MacháčekQuads/Challenger
Russia Dmitry SotnikovTrucks
Czech Republic Martin MacíkTrucks
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Wins by nationality

More information Rank, Nationality ...
RankNationalityWinsCategory
1 France53Bikes/Quads/Cars/SSV/Trucks
2 Russia20Quads/Trucks
3 Spain13Bikes/Cars/Challenger
4 Argentina12Bikes/Quads/Challenger
5 Czech Republic10Quads/Challenger/Trucks
 ItalyBikes/Trucks
7 United States7Bikes/Challenger/SSV
8 Chile6Quads/Challenger/SSV
 QatarCars
10 Finland5Cars
 NetherlandsTrucks
12 Australia3Bikes
 BelgiumBikes/Cars
 GermanyCars/Trucks
 JapanCars
16 Austria2Bikes/Trucks
 BrazilSSV
 LithuaniaStock/Trucks
 PolandQuads/SSV
 United KingdomBikes
21 Algeria1Trucks
 Saudi ArabiaCars
 South AfricaCars
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Stage wins

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RankCompetitorWinsCategory
1France Stéphane Peterhansel83Bikes/Cars
2Russia Vladimir Chagin63Trucks
3Finland Ari Vatanen50Cars
Qatar Nasser Al-AttiyahCars
5Spain Carlos Sainz42Cars
6France Hubert Auriol37Bikes/Cars
Russia Firdaus KabirovTrucks
8France Cyril Despres35Bikes/Cars/SSV
9Netherlands Gérard de Rooy33Trucks
10Belgium Jacky Ickx29Cars
Spain Joan BarredaBikes
12Spain Jordi Arcarons27Bikes
13Japan Hiroshi Masuoka25Cars
Spain Nani RomaBikes/Cars
Spain Marc ComaBikes
16France Jean-Pierre Fontenay24Cars
Russia Eduard NikolaevTrucks
18France Sébastien Loeb23Cars
Chile Ignacio CasaleQuads
20France Pierre Lartigue21Cars
Japan Kenjiro ShinozukaCars
Russia Andrey KarginovTrucks
Argentina Marcos PatronelliQuads
24Italy Alessandro De Petri [it]19Bikes
25Netherlands Hans Stacey18Trucks
United States Seth QuinteroChallenger
South Africa Giniel de VilliersCars
28Italy Edi Orioli17Bikes
Belgium Gaston RahierBikes
30Czech Republic Karel Loprais16Trucks
31France Richard Sainct15Bikes
Australia Toby PriceBikes
France Bruno SabyCars
France Jean-Louis SchlesserCars
Russia Dmitry SotnikovTrucks
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Wins by manufacturer

More information Rank, Manufacturer ...
RankManufacturerWinsCategory
1Japan Yamaha23Bikes/Quads
2Russia Kamaz19Trucks
3Austria KTM18Bikes
4Japan Mitsubishi12Cars
5Japan Honda7Bikes
France PeugeotCars
Canada Can-AmChallenger/SSV
8Czech Republic Tatra6Trucks
United Kingdom MiniCars
Germany BMWBikes
Germany Mercedes-BenzCars/Trucks
12Japan Toyota5Cars
13France Citroën4Cars
Germany VolkswagenCars
Italy PerliniTrucks
16Italy Cagiva2Bikes
Germany PorscheCars
United Kingdom Range RoverCars
France SchlesserCars
Italy IvecoTrucks
21Spain Gas Gas1Bikes
United States PolarisSSV
France RenaultCars
Algeria SonacomeTrucks
France ALM/AcmatTrucks
Netherlands DAFTrucks
Japan HinoTrucks
Germany MANTrucks
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Stage wins by manufacturer

More information Rank, Manufacturer ...
RankManufacturerWinsCategory
1Japan Yamaha293Bikes/Quads/Challenger
2Austria KTM 228Bikes
3Russia Kamaz178Trucks
4Japan Mitsubishi156Cars/Trucks
5Japan Honda107Bikes/Quads
6France Peugeot78Cars
7Germany BMW61Bikes/Cars
8Italy Cagiva59Bikes
France CitroënCars
Germany VolkswagenCars
11Canada Can-Am54Quads/SSV
12Japan Toyota52Cars
13United Kingdom Mini42Cars
Czech Republic TatraTrucks
15Italy Iveco40Trucks
16United Kingdom Range Rover34Cars
17France Schlesser30Cars
18Belgium OT327Challenger/SSV
19Germany MAN22Trucks
20Japan Nissan21Cars
United States PolarisQuads/SSV
Germany PorscheCars
23Germany Mercedes-Benz20Cars/Trucks
24Russia Lada18Cars
25Netherlands DAF16Trucks
26Japan Hino15Trucks
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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)

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

More information Country, Years ...
CountryYearsStarts
France France1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
21
Argentina Argentina2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 20167
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Spain Spain1995, 1996, 1999, 20054
Peru Peru2013, 2018, 20193
Senegal Senegal1997, 20002
Portugal Portugal2006, 2007
Paraguay Paraguay20171
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Number of times finished in

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CountryYearsFinishes
Senegal Senegal1979, 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 Argentina2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 20187
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Egypt Egypt2000, 20032
Chile Chile2013, 2014
Peru Peru2012, 2019
South Africa South Africa19921
France France1994
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