This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Arkansas Derby, an American Grade I race for three-year-olds at 1-1/8 miles on dirt held at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. [1]
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| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Starters |
| 2025 | Sandman | Publisher | Coal Battle | 9 |
| 2024 | Muth | Just Steel | Mystik Dan | 10 |
| 2023 | Angel Of Empire | King Russell | Reincarnate | 10 |
| 2022 | Cyberknife | Barber Road | Secret Oath | 9 |
| 2021 | Super Stock | Caddo River | Concert Tour | 6 |
| 2020 (Div 2) | Nadal | King Guillermo | Finnick The Fierce | 9 |
| 2020 (Div 1) | Charlatan | Basin | Gouverneur Morris | 9 |
| 2019 | Omaha Beach | Improbable | Country House | 11 |
| 2018 | Magnum Moon | Quip | Solomini | 9 |
| 2017 | Classic Empire | Conquest Mo Money | Lookin At Lee | 12 |
| 2016 | Creator | Suddenbreakingnews | Whitmore | 12 |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | Far Right | Mr. Z | 8 |
| 2014 | Danza | Ride on Curlin | Bayern | 8 |
| 2013 | Overanalyze | Frac Daddy | Carve | 10 |
| 2012 | Bodemeister | Secret Circle | Sabrecat | 11 |
| 2011 | Archarcharch | Nehro | Dance City | 12 |
| 2010 | Line of David | Super Saver | Dublin | 9 |
| 2009 | Papa Clem | Old Fashioned | Summer Bird | 10 |
| 2008 | Gayego | Z Fortune | Tres Borrachos | 13 |
| 2007 | Curlin | Storm in May | Deadly Dealer | 9 |
| 2006 | Lawyer Ron | Steppenwolfer | Private Vow | 13 |
| 2005 | Afleet Alex | Flower Alley | Andromedia's Hero | 10 |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones | Borrego | Pro Prado | 11 |
| 2003 | Sir Cherokee | Eugene's Third Son | Christine's Outlaw | 12 |
| 2002 | Private Emblem | Wild Horses | Winward Passage | 11 |
| 2001 | Balto Star | Jamaican Rum | Son of Rocket | 11 |
| 2000 | Graeme Hall | Snuck In | Impeachment | 14 |
| 1999 | Certain | Torrid Sand | Ecton Park | 7 |
| 1998 | Victory Gallop | Hanuman Highway | Favorite Trick | 9 |
| 1997 | Crypto Star | Phantom on Tour | Pacificbounty | 11 |
| 1996 | Zarb's Magic | Grindstone | Halo Sunshine | 12 |
| 1995 | Dazzling Falls | Flitch | On Target | 8 |
| 1994 | Concern | Blumin Affair | Silver Goblin | 9 |
| 1993 | Rockamundo | Kissin Kris | Foxtrail | 10 |
| 1992 | Pine Bluff | Lil E. Tee | Desert Force | 6 |
| 1991 | Olympio | Corporate Report | Richman | 11 |
| 1990 | Silver Ending | Real Cash | Power Lunch | 13 |
| 1989 | Dansil | Clevor Trevor | Advocate Training | 11 |
| 1988 | Proper Reality | Primal | Sea Trek | 8 |
| 1987 | Demons Begone | Lookinforthebigone | You're No Bargain | 6 |
| 1986 | Rampage | Wheatly Hall | Family Style | 14 |
| 1985 | Tank's Prospect | Encolure | Irish Fighter | 9 |
| 1984 | Althea | Pine Circle | Gate Dancer | 11 |
| 1983 | Sunny's Halo | Caveat | Exile King | 14 |
| 1982 | Hostage | El Baba | Bold Style | 10 |
| 1981 | Bold Ego | Top Avenger | Woodchopper | 9 |
| 1980 | Temperence Hill | Bold n' Rulling | Sun Catcher | 10 |
| 1979 | Golden Act | Smarten | Strike the Main | 10 |
| 1978 | Esops Foibles | Chief of Dixieland | Special Honor | 13 |
| 1977 | Clev Er Tell | Kodiak | Best Person | 12 |
| 1976 | Elocutionist | New Collection | Klen Klitso | 12 |
| 1975 | Promised City | Bold Chapeau | My Friend Gus | 14 |
| 1974 | J.R.'s Pet | Silver Florin | Nick's Folly | 17 |
| 1973 | Impecunious | Vodika | Warbucks | 10 |