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.

+KeyBoldHas participated in the 2026 World Rally Championship.

Drivers Wins

+Championship wins#DriverTotalSeasons1 Sébastien Loeb92004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Sébastien Ogier2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 20253 Juha Kankkunen41986, 1987, 1991, 1993 Tommi Mäkinen1996, 1997, 1998, 19995 Walter Röhrl21980, 1982 Miki Biasion1988, 1989 Carlos Sainz1990, 1992 Marcus Grönholm2000, 2002 Kalle Rovanperä2022, 202310 Sandro Munari11977 Markku Alén1978 Björn Waldegård1979 Ari Vatanen1981 Hannu Mikkola1983 Stig Blomqvist1984 Timo Salonen1985 Didier Auriol1994 Colin McRae1995 Richard Burns2001 Petter Solberg2003 Ott Tänak2019 Thierry Neuville2024 Elfyn Evans2026

+Event wins#DriverTotal1 Sébastien Loeb 802 Sébastien Ogier 693 Marcus Grönholm 304 Carlos Sainz 265 Colin McRae 256 Tommi Mäkinen 247 Juha Kankkunen 238 Thierry Neuville 239 Ott Tänak 2210 Didier Auriol20

+Stage wins# Driver Total1 Sébastien Loeb 9392 Sébastien Ogier 8583 Markku Alén 8534 Carlos Sainz 7575 Juha Kankkunen 7006 Hannu Mikkola 6667 Ari Vatanen 5908 Didier Auriol 5549 Marcus Grönholm 542 10 Jari-Matti Latvala 539

Statistics

+Rallies#DriverTotal1 Sébastien Ogier 2142 Jari-Matti Latvala 2133 Carlos Sainz 1964 Dani Sordo 1935 Petter Solberg 1906 Sébastien Loeb 1847 Thierry Neuville 1818 Ott Tänak 1769 Mikko Hirvonen 16310 Juha Kankkunen 162

+Podiums #DriverTotal 1 Sébastien Ogier121 2 Sébastien Loeb120 3 Carlos Sainz97 4 Thierry Neuville76 5 Juha Kankkunen75 6 Mikko Hirvonen69 7 Jari-Matti Latvala67 8 Marcus Grönholm619 Dani Sordo58 Ott Tänak58 11 Markku Alen56

+Points#DriverTotal1 Sébastien Ogier 34402 Thierry Neuville 24303 Elfyn Evans 19064 Ott Tänak 18985 Sébastien Loeb 17786 Jari-Matti Latvala 16897 Dani Sordo 14238 Carlos Sainz 12429 Mikko Hirvonen 121010 Juha Kankkunen 1140

+Retirements#DriverTotal1 Hannu Mikkola 61 2 Colin McRae 603 Tommi Mäkinen 564 Didier Auriol 555 Ari Vatanen 546 Marcus Grönholm 537 Kenneth Eriksson 49 Armin Schwarz 499 Petter Solberg 4710 Carlos Sainz 46

+Most rallies without a championship win #DriverTotal 1 Jari-Matti Latvala213 2 Dani Sordo193 3 Mikko Hirvonen163 4 Martin Prokop145 5 Henning Solberg133

+Most rallies without an event win #DriverTotal 1 Martin Prokop145 2 Henning Solberg133 3 Manfred Stohl126 4 Toni Gardemeister112 5 Gustavo Trelles101

+Most rallies without a podium #DriverTotal 1 Martin Prokop145 2 Gus Greensmith98 3 Matthew Wilson92 4 Toshi Arai86 5 Alister McRae78

+Most podiums without a championship win #DriverTotal 1 Mikko Hirvonen69 2 Jari-Matti Latvala67 3 Dani Sordo58 4 Andreas Mikkelsen25 5 Kenneth Eriksson21

+Most podiums without an event win #DriverTotal 1 Adrien Fourmaux13 2 Alex Fiorio10 3 Craig Breen9 4 Rauno Aaltonen6 Chris Atkinson6 Attilio Bettega6 Toni Gardemeister6 Henning Solberg6 Manfred Stohl6

+Most event wins without a championship win #DriverTotal 1 Jari-Matti Latvala18 2 Mikko Hirvonen15 3 Bernard Darniche7 Gilles Panizzi7 5 Kenneth Eriksson6

Age

+Youngest winners#DriverAgeEvent1 Kalle Rovanperä 20 y, 289 d 2021 Rally Estonia2 Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally3 Oliver Solberg 23 y, 300 d 2025 Rally Estonia4 Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally5 Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal6 Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal7 Sami Pajari 24 y, 230 d 2026 Rally Estonia8 François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia9 Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand10 Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec

+Oldest winners#DriverAgeEvent1 Sébastien Loeb 47 y, 331 d 2022 Monte Carlo Rally2 Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally3 Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally4 Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally5 Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally6 Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire7 Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya8 Sébastien Ogier 42 y, 193 d 2026 Acropolis Rally9 Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand10 Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina

+Youngest Drivers' Champion # 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 Elfyn Evans 37 y, 280 d 2026 season 6 Thierry Neuville 36 y, 161 d 2024 season 7 Didier Auriol 36 y, 97 d 1994 season 8 Björn Waldegård 36 y, 32 d 1979 season 9 Walter Röhrl 35 y, 238 d 1982 season 10 Tommi Mäkinen 35 y, 133 d 1999 season

Manufacturers

+Championships#ManufacturerTotalSeasons1 Lancia10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992 Toyota10 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–20263 Citroën82003–2005, 2008–20124 Peugeot51985–1986, 2000–20025 Volkswagen42013–2016 Ford/M-Sport1979, 2006–2007, 20177 Fiat31977–1978, 1980 Subaru1995–19979 Audi21982, 1984 Hyundai2019–2020

+Event wins#ManufacturerTotal1 Toyota1172 Citroën1023 Ford/M-Sport944 Lancia735 Peugeot486 Subaru477 Volkswagen448 Mitsubishi34 Hyundai 3410 Audi 24

+Event wins by car#CarTyreTotal1 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 482 Lancia Delta HF 46 Subaru Impreza464 Ford Focus RS WRC 445 Volkswagen Polo R WRC436 Toyota Celica GT-Four 377 Citroën C4 WRC 368 Citroën Xsara WRC 329 Ford Escort 3110 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution26 Citroën DS3 WRC26 Toyota Yaris WRC 26

Co-drivers

+Event wins#Co-driverTotal1 Daniel Elena 792 Julien Ingrassia 543 Timo Rautiainen 304 Luis Moya 245 Martin Järveoja 226 Nicky Grist 217 Seppo Harjanne 208 Ilkka Kivimäki 199 Miikka Anttila 18 Arne Hertz 18

+Starts#Co-driverTotal1 Marc Martí 2232 Miikka Anttila 2203 Scott Martin 2144 Jonas Andersson 2125 Denis Giraudet 1926 Jarmo Lehtinen 1827 Daniel Elena 180 Stéphane Prévot 1809 Julien Ingrassia 16910 Phil Mills 162

+Podiums#Co-driverTotal1 Daniel Elena 1192 Julien Ingrassia 913 Luis Moya 834 Jarmo Lehtinen 715 Miikka Anttila 676 Timo Rautiainen 617 Ilkka Kivimäki 54 Martin Järveoja 549 Marc Martí 4810 Scott Martin (co-driver) 46

Rallies Fastest rallies # Event Average speed Winner Car1 2025 Rally Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally12 2026 Rally Finland Sami Pajari Toyota GR Yaris Rally13 2016 Rally Finland Kris Meeke Citroën DS3 WRC4 2017 Rally Finland Esapekka Lappi Toyota Yaris WRC5 2024 Rally Finland Sébastien Ogier Toyota GR Yaris Rally16 2023 Rally Finland Elfyn Evans Toyota GR Yaris Rally17 2015 Rally Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC8 2022 Rally Finland Ott Tänak Hyundai i20 N Rally19 2020 Rally Sweden Elfyn Evans Toyota Yaris WRC10 2023 Rally Sweden Ott Tänak Ford Puma Rally1 Slowest rallies # Event Average speed Winner Car1 1973 Sanremo Rally Jean-Luc Therier Renault-Alpine A110 18002 1974 Rallye Sanremo Sandro Munari Lancia Stratos HF3 1977 Swedish Rally Stig Blomqvist Saab 99EMS4 1975 Acropolis Rally Walter Rohrl Opel Ascona5 2000 Cyprus Rally Carlos Sainz Ford Focus WRC 006 2005 Cyprus Rally Sebastian Loeb Citroen Xsara WRC7 2004 Cyprus Rally Sebastian Loeb Citroen Xsara WRC8 2003 Cyprus Rally Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 20039 2001 Cyprus Rally Colin McRae Ford Focus WRC 0110 1980 Tour de Corse Jean-Luc Therier Porsche 911

Closest wins # EventMargin Winner Runner-up 1 2011 Jordan Rally 0.2 second Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala 2024 Rally Italia Sardegna Ott Tänak Sébastien Ogier3 2007 Rally New Zealand 0.3 second Marcus Grönholm Sébastien Loeb4 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 Ogier7 1998 Rally Portugal 2.1 seconds Colin McRae Carlos Sainz8 2019 Monte Carlo Rally 2.2 seconds Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville9 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

Nationalities Championships by driver's country Updated after the 2025 season.

Drivers

+Championships# Country Drivers Total1 3 19 2 7 15 2 3 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 28 1 1 1 1 1 1

+Event wins# Country Wins 1 2162 2003 544 455 30 307 278 249 17 17

Driver wins per nationalities #NationWinsDrivers1216Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (69), 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 200Marcus 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), Sami Pajari (2), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1)17354Colin McRae (25), Elfyn Evans (13), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1)5 445Björn 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)11530Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1) 8 30Carlos Sainz (26), Dani Sordo (3), Jesús Puras (1) 3 727Ott Tänak (22), Markko Märtin (5)2 824Thierry Neuville (23), François Duval (1)2 917Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1) 3 17Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1) 3 118 Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1)3 124Kenjiro Shinozuka (2), Takamoto Katsuta (2)2132Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1)2 141Jorge Recalde (1)1 1Walter Boyce (1)1 1Hayden Paddon (1)1 1Joaquim Moutinho (1)1

Co-drivers +Event wins# Country Wins 1 1532 1333 904 795 566 347 308 259 2210 15

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