This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979.
Records are correct as of the 2026 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.
Bold names indicate active as of the most recent rally.
Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.
Bike
Most wins Rank Rider Years Wins 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 6 2 Cyril Neveu 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 5 Cyril Despres 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 Marc Coma 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 5 Edi Orioli 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 4 6 Richard Sainct 1999, 2000, 2003 3 7 Hubert Auriol 1981, 1983 2 Gaston Rahier 1984, 1985 Fabrizio Meoni 2001, 2002 Toby Price 2016, 2019 Sam Sunderland 2017, 2022 Kevin Benavides 2021, 2023 Ricky Brabec 2020, 2024 14 Gilles Lalay 1989 1 Nani Roma 2004 Matthias Walkner 2018 Daniel Sanders 2025 Luciano Benavides 2026
Most stage wins Rank Rider Wins 1 Cyril Despres 33 Stéphane Peterhansel 3 Joan Barreda 29 4 Jordi Arcarons 27 5 Hubert Auriol 24 Marc Coma 7 19 8 Edi Orioli 17 Gaston Rahier 10 Toby Price 16 11 Richard Sainct 15
Most podiums Rank Rider Total 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 6 0 0 6 2 Cyril Despres 5 4 1 10 3 Marc Coma 5 2 0 7 4 Cyril Neveu 5 0 0 5 5 Edi Orioli 4 1 1 6 6 Richard Sainct 3 1 1 5 7 Ricky Brabec 2 2 0 4 8 Toby Price 2 1 3 6 9 Fabrizio Meoni 2 1 2 5 10 Hubert Auriol 2 1 0 3 Kevin Benavides 2 1 0 3 12 Sam Sunderland 2 0 2 4 13 Gaston Rahier 2 0 1 3 14 Gilles Lalay 1 2 1 4 Matthias Walkner 1 2 1 4 16 Luciano Benavides 1 0 0 1 Nani Roma 1 0 0 1 Daniel Sanders 1 0 0 1 19 Jordi Arcarons 0 4 2 6
Most stage wins in a single Dakar Rank Rider Years Wins 1 Hubert Auriol 1984 9 2 Stéphane Peterhansel 1997 7 3 Chuck Stearns 1985 6 Stéphane Peterhansel 1989 1990 Jordi Arcarons 1993, 1994 8 1986 5 Heinz Kinigadner 1995 Marc Coma 2011, 2012 Francisco López Contardo 2013 Joan Barreda 2014 Toby Price 2016 Daniel Sanders 2025
Wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Years Wins 1 KTM 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026 21 2 Yamaha 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 9 3 Honda 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2020, 2021, 2024 8 4 BMW 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1999, 2000 6 5 Cagiva 1990, 1994 2 6 Gas Gas 2022 1 Most successful model of bike: KTM 450 Rally with 11 wins in 2011-2019, 2023 and 2025 (12 including the Gas Gas 450 Rally Factory Replica's win in 2022).
Stage wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 KTM 251 2 Yamaha 140 3 Honda 120 4 Cagiva 59 5 BMW 49 6 Husqvarna 14 7 Suzuki 10 8 Sherco 6 9 Aprilia 5 Gas Gas Hero 12 Gilera 3 13 Barigo 2 14 Kawasaki 1
Wins by nationality Rank Nationality Wins 1 22 2 6 4 3 6 2 9 1
Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make Total 1 KTM 22 22 19 63 2 Barigo 22 17 17 56 3 Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha 17 19 20 56 4 Aprilia, Cagiva 8 8 11 27 5 Gas Gas 7 11 5 23 6 BMW 6 2 2 10 7 3 1 4 8 8 3 1 0 4 9 2 3 3 8 10 2 0 2 4 11 2 0 1 3 12 0 2 4 6 13 0 2 2 4 14 0 1 2 3 Husqvarna 0 1 2 3 16 0 1 0 1 Hero 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Quad 2009 - 2024
Most wins Rank Rider Years Wins 1 Marcos Patronelli 2010, 2013, 2016 3 Ignacio Casale 2014, 2018, 2020 3 Alejandro Patronelli 2011, 2012 2 Alexandre Giroud 2022, 2023 Manuel Andújar 2021, 2024 6 Josef Macháček 2009 1 Rafał Sonik 2015 Sergey Karyakin 2017 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019
Most stage wins Rank Rider Wins 1 Ignacio Casale 23 2 Marcos Patronelli 21 3 Alexandre Giroud 16 4 Nicolás Cavigliasso 13 5 Marcelo Medeiros 11 Manuel Andújar 7 Alejandro Patronelli 10 8 Christophe Declerck 8 9 Pablo Copetti 7 10 Tomas Maffei 6 Rafał Sonik 12 Josef Macháček 5 Sergey Karyakin 14 Sebastian Halpern 4 Jeremías González Ferioli
Most podiums Rank Rider Total 1 Ignacio Casale 3 2 0 5 Marcos Patronelli 3 2 0 5 3 Alejandro Patronelli 2 2 0 4 4 Alexandre Giroud 2 1 0 3 5 Manuel Andújar 2 0 0 2 6 Rafał Sonik 1 1 3 5 7 Nicolás Cavigliasso 1 1 0 2 8 Josef Macháček 1 0 0 1 Sergey Karyakin 1 0 0 1 10 Jeremías González 0 2 1 3
Most stage wins in a single Dakar
Rank Rider Years Wins 1 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019 9 2 Ignacio Casale 2014 7 3 Alexandre Giroud 2024 6 4 Alejandro Patronelli 2011 5 5 Josef Macháček 2009 4 Marcos Patronelli 2010, 2012, 2013 Tomas Maffei 2012 Ignacio Casale 2018, 2020 Alexandre Giroud 2021, 2023 Marcelo Medeiros 2023
Wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Yamaha 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 16 Most successful model of quad: Yamaha Raptor 700R with 16 wins
Stage wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 Yamaha 179 2 Honda 10 3 Polaris 5 Can-Am 5 E-ATV 3 6 Suzuki 1 Barren 1
Wins by nationality Rank Nationality Wins 1 8 2 3 3 2 4 1
Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make Total 1 Honda, Yamaha 16 15 16 47 2 8 10 4 22 3 3 3 0 6 4 2 2 0 4 5 1 1 5 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 Can-Am 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Car
Most wins Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 8 2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026 6 3 Ari Vatanen 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 4 Carlos Sainz 2010, 2018, 2020, 2024 5 René Metge 1981, 1984, 1986 3 Pierre Lartigue 1994, 1995, 1996 7 Jean-Louis Schlesser 1999, 2000 2 Hiroshi Masuoka 2002, 2003 9 Alain Génestier 1979 1 Freddy Kottulinsky 1980 Claude Marreau 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Patrick Zaniroli 1985 Juha Kankkunen 1988 Hubert Auriol 1992 Bruno Saby 1993 Kenjiro Shinozuka 1997 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 1998 Jutta Kleinschmidt 2001 Luc Alphand 2006 Giniel de Villiers 2009 Nani Roma 2014 Yazeed Al-Rajhi 2025
Most stage wins Rank Driver Wins 1 Ari Vatanen 50 Stéphane Peterhansel Nasser Al-Attiyah 4 Carlos Sainz 42 5 Jacky Ickx 29 6 Sébastien Loeb 28 7 Hiroshi Masuoka 25 8 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 24 9 Pierre Lartigue 21 Kenjiro Shinozuka 11 Giniel de Villiers 18 12 Bruno Saby 15 Jean-Louis Schlesser
Most podiums Rank Driver Total 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 8 2 2 12 2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 6 5 1 12 3 Carlos Sainz 4 0 2 6 4 Ari Vatanen 4 0 0 4 5 Pierre Lartigue 3 2 1 6 6 René Metge 3 0 0 3 7 Hiroshi Masuoka 2 2 0 4 8 Jean-Louis Schlesser 2 0 3 5 9 Giniel de Villiers 1 4 3 8 10 Kenjiro Shinozuka 1 2 4 7 11 Sebastien Loeb 0 3 2 5
Most stage wins in a single Dakar Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Pierre Lartigue 1994 10 2 Jacky Ickx 1984 9 3 Jacky Ickx 1982 7 Ari Vatanen 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996 Jean-Louis Schlesser 2001 Carlos Sainz 2011 Sébastien Loeb 2023 11 Patrick Zaniroli 1986 6 Shekhar Mehta 1987 Hubert Auriol 1994 Stéphane Peterhansel 2003 Carlos Sainz 2009 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2021 17 Jacky Ickx 1983 5 André Trossat 1983 Kenneth Eriksson 1991 Ari Vatanen 1991 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 1997, 1998 Hiroshi Masuoka 2001, 2002 Carlos Sainz 2007 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2015 Sébastien Loeb 2017, 2024
Wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Mitsubishi 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 12 2 Peugeot 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2016, 2017, 2018 7 3 Mini 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 6 4 Citroën 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996 4 Volkswagen 1980, 2009, 2010, 2011 Toyota 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025 7 Range Rover 1979, 1981 2 Porsche 1984, 1986 Schlesser 1999, 2000 10 Renault 1982 1 Mercedes 1983 Audi 2024 Dacia 2026 Most successful model of car: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins
Stage wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 Mitsubishi 150 2 Peugeot 78 3 Citroën 59 4 Volkswagen 57 5 Toyota 52 6 Mini 44 7 Range Rover 34 8 Schlesser 30 9 Nissan 21 Porsche 11 Lada 18 Prodrive 13 Mercedes-Benz 17 14 BMW 13 15 Audi 12 16 Hummer 9 17 Renault 8 18 Ford 6 19 Opel 5 20 Dacia 3 21 Land Rover 2 Aixam-Mega SEAT Red Bull/SMG Century 26 Fiat 1 Haval Subaru Gordini
Wins by nationality Rank Nationality Wins 1 23 2 6 3 5 5 3 6 2 7 1
Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make Total 1 Bourgoin, Citroën, Cotel, Mega, Peugeot, Renault, Schlesser 37 30 33 100 2 Mitsubishi, Toyota 19 25 25 69 3 Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen 9 8 6 23 4 Mini, Prodrive, Range Rover 8 9 9 26 5 6 5 1 12 6 5 4 3 12 7 5 0 0 5 8 1 5 3 9 9 1 3 0 4 10 1 1 2 4 11 1 0 1 2 12 Dacia 1 0 0 1 13 Ford, Hummer 0 2 5 7 14 Lada 0 2 2 4 15 Fiat 0 0 2 2 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Stock Since 2026
Most wins Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Rokas Baciuška 2026 1
Most stage wins + Rank Driver Wins 1 Rokas Baciuška 7 2 Sara Price 4 3 Stéphane Peterhansel 3
Stage wins in a single Dakar + Rank Driver Year Wins 1 Rokas Baciuška 2026 7 2 Sara Price 2026 4 3 Stéphane Peterhansel 2026 3
Most podiums Rank Driver Total 1 Rokas Baciuška 1 0 0 1 2 Sara Price 0 1 0 1 3 Ronald Basso 0 0 1 1
Wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Land Rover 2026 1
Stage wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 Land Rover 14
Wins by nationality Rank Nationality Wins 1 1
Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make Total 1 Land Rover 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 Toyota 0 0 1 1
Lightweight Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.
Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.
For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.
T3 Lightweight Prototype Since 2021
Most wins Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Josef Macháček 2021 1 Francisco López Contardo 2022 Austin Jones 2023 Cristina Gutiérrez 2024 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2025 Pau Navarro 2026
Most stage wins + Rank Driver Wins 1 Seth Quintero 20 2 Mitch Guthrie 8 3 Nicolás Cavigliasso 7 4 Cristina Gutiérrez 6 5 Paul Spierings 5 6 Kris Meeke 4 7 Kevin Benavides 3 Yasir Seaidan David Zille
Wins by co-driver Rank Co-driver Years Wins 1 Pavel Vyoral 2021 1 Juan Pablo Latrach 2022 Gustavo Gugelmin 2023 Pablo Moreno Huete 2024 Valentina Pertegarini 2025 Jan Rosa 2026
Most podiums Rank Driver Total 1 Nicolás Cavigliasso 1 0 1 2 Cristina Gutiérrez 1 0 1 2 Pau Navarro 1 0 1 2 4 Francisco Lopez Contardo 1 0 0 1 Austin Jones 1 0 0 1 Josef Macháček 1 0 0 1 7 Sebastian Eriksson 0 1 0 1 Gonçalo Guerreiro 0 1 0 1 Mitch Guthrie 0 1 0 1 Camelia Liparoti 0 1 0 1 Seth Quintero 0 1 0 1 Yasir Seaidan 0 1 0 1 13 Rokas Baciuška 0 0 1 1 Guillaume De Mévius 0 0 1 1 Philippe Pinchedez 0 0 1 1
Stage wins in a single Dakar Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Seth Quintero 2022 12 2 Seth Quintero 2021 6 3 Mitch Guthrie 2023 5 4 Kris Meeke 2021 4 5 Cristina Gutiérrez 2021 3 Mitch Guthrie 2024 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2025 Yasir Seaidan 2025 Kevin Benavides 2026 Paul Spierings 2026
Wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Can-Am 2021, 2022, 2023 3 Taurus 2024, 2025, 2026
Stage wins by manufacturer Rank Manufacturer Wins 1 Taurus 35 2 OT3 24 3 Can-Am 8 4 MCE-5 5 5 PH Sport 4 6 Yamaha 3 7 GRallyTeam 2
Wins by nationality Rank Nationality Wins 1 2 2 1
Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make Total 1 Can-Am 3 3 1 7 2 Taurus 3 2 2 7 3 2 0 2 4 4 1 2 0 3 5 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 1 Yamaha 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 OT3 0 0 3 3 14 Pinch Racing 0 0 2 2 15 0 0 1 1
T4 Modified Production SSV
Most wins Rank Driver Years Wins 1 Francisco López Contardo 2019, 2021 2 Brock Heger 2025, 2026 2 Leandro Torres 2017 1 Reinaldo Varela 2018 Casey Currie 2020 Austin Jones 2022 Eryk Goczał 2023 Xavier de Soultrait 2024
Most stage wins Rank Driver Wins 1 Francisco López Contardo 17 2 Reinaldo Varela 12 3 Marek Goczał 8 4 Gerard Farrés 6 5 Patrice Garrouste 5 Rokas Baciuška 7 Ravil Maganov 4 Eryk Goczał Xavier de Soultrait 10 Mitchell Guthrie 3 Michał Goczał João Ferreira Jeremías González Ferioli Sara Price
Wins by co-driver