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 2025 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	807[ citation needed ] [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	203
3	Carlos Sainz	196
4	Dani Sordo	193
5	Petter Solberg	190
6	Sébastien Loeb	184
7	Thierry Neuville	180
8	Ott Tänak	176
9	Mikko Hirvonen	163
10	Juha Kankkunen	162

Podiums ^[5]

#	Driver	Total
1	Sébastien Loeb	120
2	Sébastien Ogier	115
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	3251
2	Thierry Neuville	2273
3	Ott Tänak	1898
4	Sébastien Loeb	1778
5	Jari-Matti Latvala	1685
6	Elfyn Evans	1659
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	157
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	45
5	Andreas Mikkelsen	25

Most podiums without an event win

#	Driver	Total
1	Alex Fiorio	10
2	Craig Breen	9
3	Adrien Fourmaux	8
4	Takamoto Katsuta	7
5	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	11
4	Bernard Darniche	7
	Gilles Panizzi	7
5	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	105
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
9	Hyundai	33
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 Celica	P M	37
6	Citroën C4 WRC	BF P	36
	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	P H	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	Miikka Anttila	220
2	Marc Martí	217
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]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	19	6	7	32
2	Finland	16	15	17	48
3	Italy	3	2	1	6
4	Great Britain	2	9	1	12
5	Spain	2	4	7	13
6	Sweden	2	2	2	6
7	Germany	2	1	1	4
8	Belgium	1	5	3	9
9	Norway	1	3	4	8
10	Estonia	1	1	5	7
Totals (10 entries)		49	48	48	145

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	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	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	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	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	89
4	Monaco	79
5	Sweden	56
6	Italy	34
7	Spain	30
8	Belgium	25
9	Estonia	22
10	Germany	15

See also

• Sports portal
• World portal

• Power Stage (Power Stage statistics)
• List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions
• List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions
• List of World Rally Championship Manufacturers' champions
• List of World Rally Championship event winners

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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External links

• Statistics at World Rally Archive
• RallyBase