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 2024 World Rally Championship.

Drivers

Wins

Championship wins [1] Driver Total Seasons 1 Sébastien Loeb 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 2 Sébastien Ogier 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 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 12 drivers 1

Event wins [2] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 80 2 Sébastien Ogier 62 3 Marcus Grönholm 30 4 Carlos Sainz 26 5 Colin McRae 25 6 Tommi Mäkinen 24 7 Juha Kankkunen 23 8 Thierry Neuville 21 Ott Tänak 21 10 Didier Auriol 20

Stage wins [3] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 939 2 Markku Alén 853 [N 1] 3 Carlos Sainz 757 [N 2] 4 Sébastien Ogier 752 5 Juha Kankkunen 700 [N 3] 6 Hannu Mikkola 666 [N 4] 7 Ari Vatanen 590 [N 5] 8 Didier Auriol 554 9 Marcus Grönholm 542 10 Jari-Matti Latvala 539

Statistics

Rallies [4] Driver Total 1 Jari-Matti Latvala 211 2 Carlos Sainz 196 3 Sébastien Ogier 193 4 Dani Sordo 192 5 Petter Solberg 190 6 Sébastien Loeb 184 7 Thierry Neuville 170 8 Ott Tänak 164 9 Mikko Hirvonen 163 10 Juha Kankkunen 162

Podiums [5] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 120 2 Sébastien Ogier 106 3 Carlos Sainz 97 4 Juha Kankkunen 75 5 Thierry Neuville 70 6 Mikko Hirvonen 69 7 Jari-Matti Latvala 67 8 Marcus Grönholm 61 9 Dani Sordo 58 10 Markku Alén 56

Points [6] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Ogier 2991 2 Thierry Neuville 2107 3 Sébastien Loeb 1778 4 Ott Tänak 1708 5 Jari-Matti Latvala 1679 6 Elfyn Evans 1448 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 211 2 Dani Sordo 192 3 Mikko Hirvonen 163 4 Elfyn Evans 146 5 Martin Prokop 142

Most rallies without an event win Driver Total 1 Martin Prokop 142 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 142 2 Matthew Wilson 92 3 Gus Greensmith 90 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 39 5 Andreas Mikkelsen 25

Most podiums without an event win Driver Total 1 Alex Fiorio 10 2 Craig Breen 9 3 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 10 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 Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally 4 Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal 5 Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal 6 François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia 7 Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand 8 Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec 9 Juha Kankkunen 26 y, 6 d 1985 Safari Rally 10 Thierry Neuville 26 y, 68 d 2014 Rallye Deutschland

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 Kenneth Eriksson 41 y, 83 d 1997 Rally New Zealand

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 Hannu Mikkola 41 y, 183 d 1983 season 2 Sébastien Loeb 38 y, 224 d 2012 season 3 Stig Blomqvist 38 y, 99 d 1984 season 4 Sébastien Ogier 37 y, 339 d 2021 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 Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012 2 Toyota 8 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–2024 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 Citroën 102 2 Toyota 95 3 / Ford/ M-Sport 94 4 Lancia 73 [N 6] 5 Peugeot 48 6 Subaru 47 7 Volkswagen 44 8 Mitsubishi 34 9 Hyundai 32 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 M 37 6 Citroën C4 WRC BF P 36 7 Citroën Xsara WRC M BF 32 8 Ford Escort D G 31 9 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 Nicky Grist 21 Martin Järveoja 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 212 3 Jonas Andersson 197 4 Denis Giraudet 192 5 Scott Martin 190 6 Jarmo Lehtinen 182 7 Daniel Elena 180 [N 7] 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 8 Marc Martí 48 Martin Järveoja 48 10 Arne Hertz 45

Rallies

Fastest rallies

	Event	Average speed	Winner	Car
1	2016 Rally Finland	126.62 km/h (78.68 mph)	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC
2	2017 Rally Finland	126.16 km/h (78.39 mph)	Esapekka Lappi	Toyota Yaris WRC
3	2024 Rally Finland	125.89 km/h (78.22 mph)	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
4	2023 Rally Finland	125.56 km/h (78.02 mph)	Elfyn Evans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
5	2015 Rally Finland	125.44 km/h (77.94 mph)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
6	2022 Rally Finland	125.32 km/h (77.87 mph)	Ott Tänak	Hyundai i20 N Rally1
7	2020 Rally Sweden	124.28 km/h (77.22 mph)	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
8	2023 Rally Sweden	123.85 km/h (76.96 mph)	Ott Tänak	Ford Puma Rally1
9	2021 Rally Finland	123.73 km/h (76.88 mph)	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
10	2012 Rally Finland	122.89 km/h (76.36 mph)	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC
Source: [16]

Closest wins

	Event	Margin [N 8]	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 2024 season. ^[18]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	18	6	7	31
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)		48	48	48	144

Drivers

Championships [1] Country Drivers Total 1   France 3 18 2   Finland [N 9] 7 15 3   Germany 1 2   Italy [N 10] 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 209 2   Finland 194 3   United Kingdom 51 4   Sweden 43 5   Italy 30   Spain 30 7   Estonia 26 8   Belgium 22 9   Germany 17   Norway 17

Driver wins per nationalities

#	Nation	Wins	Drivers [19]	N°
1	France	209	Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (62), 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	195	Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Kalle Rovanperä (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	51	Colin McRae (25), Richard Burns (10), Elfyn Evans (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1)	5
4	Sweden	43	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)	10
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	26	Ott Tänak (21), 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	126
3	United Kingdom	89
4	Monaco	79
5	Sweden	56
6	Italy	34
7	Spain	30
8	Belgium	25
9	Estonia	21
10	Germany	15

See also

• Sports portal
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• 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 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.
3. Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
4. 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).
5. 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).
6. Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
7. Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
8. 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.
9. Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
10. 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