List of World Rally Championship records

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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.

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Drivers

Wins

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Championship wins[1]
# Driver Total Seasons
1 France Sébastien Loeb 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
France Sébastien Ogier 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2025
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
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Event wins[2]
# Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb80
2 France Sébastien Ogier68
3 Finland Marcus Grönholm30
4 Spain Carlos Sainz26
5 United Kingdom Colin McRae25
6 Finland Tommi Mäkinen24
7 Finland Juha Kankkunen23
8 Estonia Ott Tänak22
9 Belgium Thierry Neuville22
10 France Didier Auriol 20
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Stage wins[3]
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1 France Sébastien Loeb939
2 Finland Markku Alén853[N 1]
3 France Sébastien Ogier824[citation needed][N 2]
4 Spain Carlos Sainz757[N 3]
5 Finland Juha Kankkunen700[N 4]
6 Finland Hannu Mikkola666[N 5]
7 Finland Ari Vatanen590[N 6]
8 France Didier Auriol554
9 Finland Marcus Grönholm542
10 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala539
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Statistics

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Rallies[4]
# Driver Total
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala212
2 France Sébastien Ogier206
3 Spain Carlos Sainz196
4 Spain Dani Sordo193
5 Norway Petter Solberg190
6 France Sébastien Loeb184
7 Belgium Thierry Neuville181
8 Estonia Ott Tänak176
9 Finland Mikko Hirvonen163
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen162
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Podiums[5]
# Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 120
2 France Sébastien Ogier 117
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 97
4 Finland Juha Kankkunen 75
5 Belgium Thierry Neuville 73
6 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 69
7 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 67
8 Finland Marcus Grönholm 61
9 Spain Dani Sordo 58
Estonia Ott Tänak 58
10 Finland Markku Alen 56
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Points[6]
# Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Ogier3309
2 Belgium Thierry Neuville2283
3 Estonia Ott Tänak1898
4 France Sébastien Loeb1778
5 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala1685
United Kingdom Elfyn Evans
7 Spain Dani Sordo1413
8 Spain Carlos Sainz1242
9 Finland Mikko Hirvonen1210
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen1140
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Retirements[7]
# Driver Total
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola61
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae60
3 Finland Tommi Mäkinen56
4 France Didier Auriol55
5 Finland Ari Vatanen54
6 Finland Marcus Grönholm53
7 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson49
Germany Armin Schwarz49
9 Norway Petter Solberg47
10 Spain Carlos Sainz46
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Most rallies without a championship win
# Driver Total
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 212
2 Spain Dani Sordo 193
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 163
4 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 160
5 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 145
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Most rallies without an event win
# Driver Total
1 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 145
2 Norway Henning Solberg 133
3 Austria Manfred Stohl 126
4 Finland Toni Gardemeister 112
5 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 101
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Most rallies without a podium
# Driver Total
1 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 145
2 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith 98
3 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 92
4 Japan Toshi Arai 86
5 United Kingdom Alister McRae 78
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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 47
5 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 25
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Most podiums without an event win
# Driver Total
1 Italy Alex Fiorio 10
France Adrien Fourmaux 10
3 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 9
4 Finland Rauno Aaltonen 6
Australia Chris Atkinson 6
Italy Attilio Bettega 6
Finland Toni Gardemeister 6
Norway Henning Solberg 6
Austria Manfred Stohl 6
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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 12
4 France Bernard Darniche 7
France Gilles Panizzi 7
6 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 6
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Age

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Youngest winners[8]
# Driver Age Event
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä20 y, 289 d2021 Rally Estonia
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala22 y, 313 d2008 Swedish Rally
3 Sweden Oliver Solberg23 y, 300 d2025 Rally Estonia
4 Finland Henri Toivonen24 y, 86 d1980 RAC Rally
5 Finland Markku Alén24 y, 156 d1975 Rally Portugal
6 Norway Mads Østberg24 y, 173 d2012 Rally Portugal
7 Belgium François Duval24 y, 359 d2005 Rally Australia
8 United Kingdom Colin McRae25 y, 2 d1993 Rally New Zealand
9 Finland Timo Salonen25 y, 345 d1977 Critérium du Quebec
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen26 y, 6 d1985 Safari Rally
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Oldest winners[8]
# Driver Age Event
1 France Sébastien Loeb47 y, 331 d2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2 Sweden Björn Waldegård46 y, 155 d1990 Safari Rally
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola44 y, 331 d1987 Safari Rally
4 Finland Pentti Airikkala44 y, 80 d1989 RAC Rally
5 Kenya Joginder Singh44 y, 70 d1976 Safari Rally
6 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka44 y, 13 d1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
7 France Didier Auriol42 y, 219 d2001 Rally Catalunya
8 France Sébastien Ogier42 y, 130 d2026 Rally Islas Canarias
9 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson42 y, 107 d1989 Rally New Zealand
10 Spain Carlos Sainz42 y, 98 d2004 Rally Argentina
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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
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Oldest Drivers' Champion
# Driver Age Year
1 France Sébastien Ogier 41 y, 347 d 2025 season
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola 41 y, 183 d 1983 season
3 France Sébastien Loeb 38 y, 224 d 2012 season
4 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 38 y, 99 d 1984 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
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Manufacturers

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Championships[10]
# Manufacturer Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 Japan Toyota 9 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–2025
3 France Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012
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
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Event wins[11]
# Manufacturer Total
1 Japan Toyota 110
2 France Citroën 102
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
South Korea Hyundai34
10 Germany Audi24
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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 41
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
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Co-drivers

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Event wins[13]
# Co-driver Total
1 Monaco Daniel Elena79
2 France Julien Ingrassia54
3 Finland Timo Rautiainen30
4 Spain Luis Moya24
5 Estonia Martin Järveoja22
6 United Kingdom Nicky Grist21
7 Finland Seppo Harjanne20
8 Finland Ilkka Kivimäki19
9 Finland Miikka Anttila18
Sweden Arne Hertz18
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Starts[14]
# Co-driver Total
1 Spain Marc Martí221
2 Finland Miikka Anttila220
3 Sweden Jonas Andersson203
4 United Kingdom Scott Martin200
5 France Denis Giraudet192
6 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen182
7 Monaco Daniel Elena180[N 8]
Belgium Stéphane Prévot180
9 France Julien Ingrassia168
10 United Kingdom Phil Mills162[a]
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Podiums[15]
# Co-driver Total
1 Monaco Daniel Elena119
2 France Julien Ingrassia91
3 Spain Luis Moya83
4 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen71
5 Finland Miikka Anttila67
6 Finland Timo Rautiainen61
7 Finland Ilkka Kivimäki54
7 Estonia Martin Järveoja54
8 Spain Marc Martí48
9 Sweden Arne Hertz45
10 Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul43
10 United Kingdom Nicky Grist43
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Rallies

Fastest rallies

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#EventAverage speedWinnerCar
1 Finland 2025 Rally Finland129.95 km/h (80.75 mph)Finland Kalle RovanperäToyota GR Yaris Rally1
2 Finland 2016 Rally Finland126.62 km/h (78.68 mph)United Kingdom Kris MeekeCitroën DS3 WRC
3 Finland 2017 Rally Finland126.16 km/h (78.39 mph)Finland Esapekka LappiToyota Yaris WRC
4 Finland 2024 Rally Finland125.89 km/h (78.22 mph) France Sébastien OgierToyota GR Yaris Rally1
5 Finland 2023 Rally Finland125.56 km/h (78.02 mph) United Kingdom Elfyn EvansToyota GR Yaris Rally1
6 Finland 2015 Rally Finland125.44 km/h (77.94 mph)Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC
7 Finland 2022 Rally Finland125.32 km/h (77.87 mph)Estonia Ott TänakHyundai i20 N Rally1
8 Sweden 2020 Rally Sweden124.28 km/h (77.22 mph)United Kingdom Elfyn EvansToyota Yaris WRC
9 Sweden 2023 Rally Sweden123.85 km/h (76.96 mph)Estonia Ott TänakFord Puma Rally1
10 Finland 2021 Rally Finland123.73 km/h (76.88 mph)United Kingdom Elfyn EvansToyota Yaris WRC
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Closest wins

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#EventMargin[N 9]WinnerRunner-up
1 Jordan 2011 Jordan Rally0.2 secondFrance Sébastien OgierFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
Italy 2024 Rally Italia SardegnaEstonia Ott TänakFrance Sébastien Ogier
3 New Zealand 2007 Rally New Zealand0.3 secondFinland Marcus GrönholmFrance Sébastien Loeb
4 Croatia 2021 Croatia Rally0.6 secondFrance Sébastien OgierUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
5 Argentina 2017 Rally Argentina0.7 secondBelgium Thierry NeuvilleUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
Italy 2018 Rally Italia SardegnaBelgium Thierry NeuvilleFrance Sébastien Ogier
7 Portugal 1998 Rally Portugal2.1 secondsUnited Kingdom Colin McRaeSpain Carlos Sainz
8 Monaco 2019 Monte Carlo Rally2.2 secondsFrance Sébastien OgierBelgium Thierry Neuville
9 Argentina 1999 Rally Argentina2.4 secondsFinland Juha KankkunenUnited Kingdom Richard Burns
New Zealand 2010 Rally New ZealandFinland Jari-Matti LatvalaFrance Sébastien Ogier
Argentina 2011 Rally ArgentinaFrance Sébastien LoebFinland Mikko Hirvonen
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Nationalities

Championships by driver's country

Updated after the 2025 season.[18]

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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
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Drivers

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Championships[1]
#CountryDriversTotal
1  France319
2  Finland[N 10]715
3  Germany12
 Italy[N 11]12
 Spain12
 Sweden22
 United Kingdom22
8  Norway11
 Estonia11
 Belgium11
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Event wins[19]
#CountryWins
1  France215
2  Finland198
3  United Kingdom53
4  Sweden44
5  Italy30
 Spain30
7  Estonia27
8  Belgium22
9  Germany17
 Norway17
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Driver wins per nationalities

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# Nation Wins Drivers[19] N°
1 France215Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (68), 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 Finland198Marcus 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 Kingdom53Colin McRae (25), Elfyn Evans (12), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1)5
4 Sweden45Björn 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 Italy30Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1)8
 Spain30Carlos Sainz (26), Dani Sordo (3), Jesús Puras (1)3
7 Estonia27Ott Tänak (22), Markko Märtin (5)2
8 Belgium23Thierry Neuville (22), François Duval (1)2
9 Germany17Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1)3
 Norway17Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1)3
11 Kenya8Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1)3
12 Japan4Kenjiro Shinozuka (2), Takamoto Katsuta (2)2
13 Austria2Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1)2
14 Argentina1Jorge Recalde (1)1
 Canada1Walter Boyce (1)1
 New Zealand1Hayden Paddon (1)1
 Portugal1Joaquim Moutinho (1)1
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Co-drivers

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Event wins[20]
#CountryWins
1  Finland153
2  France132
3  United Kingdom90
4  Monaco79
5  Sweden56
6  Italy34
7  Spain30
8  Belgium25
9  Estonia22
10  Germany15
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Notes

  1. [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. [2]
    According to ewrc-results.
  3. [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. [4]
    Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. [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. [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. [7]
    Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  8. [8]
    Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
  9. [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. [10]
    Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. [11]
    Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  1. [a]
    164 by other sources

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