List of Indianapolis 500 lap leaders

All-time lap leaders

Two hundred fifty-three drivers have led the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, in 110 races. Career lap leader percentage rounded to hundredths of a percent. Green indicates drivers active as of most recent race. Rank Driver LapsLed CareerLaps Run CareerLap LeaderPercentage RaceWinsYears Won1 Scott Dixon 709 Active driver 1 2008  2 Al Unser 644 4,356 14.78% 4 1970 1971 1978 19873 Ralph DePalma 612 1,594 38.39% 1 1915  4 Mario Andretti 556 3,040 18.29% 1 1969  5 A. J. Foyt 555 4,909 11.31% 4 1961 1964 1967 19776 Wilbur Shaw 508 2,019 25.16% 3 1937 1939 1940  7 Emerson Fittipaldi 505 1,785 28.29% 2 1989 1993  8 Parnelli Jones 492 1,130 43.54% 1 1963  9 Bill Vukovich 485 676 71.75% 2 1953 1954  10 Bobby Unser 440 2,611 16.85% 3 1968 1975 1981  11 Michael Andretti 431 2,653 16.25%  12 Rick Mears 429 2,342 18.32% 4 1979 1984 1988 199113 Billy Arnold 410 821 49.94% 1 1930  14 Tony Kanaan 352 3,951 8.91% 1 2013  15 Gordon Johncock 339 3,158 10.73% 2 1973 1982  16 Louis Meyer 332 1,916 17.33% 3 1928 1933 1936  17 Dario Franchitti 329 1,940 16.96% 3 2007 2010 2012  18 Hélio Castroneves 326 Active driver 4 2001 2002 2009 202119 Jim Clark 298 682 43.69% 1 1965  20 Bill Holland 297 914 32.49% 1 1949  21 Johnny Rutherford 296 2,792 10.60% 3 1974 1976 1980  22 Rex Mays 266 1,385 19.21%  23 Rodger Ward 261 2,160 12.08% 2 1959 1962  24 Mauri Rose 256 2,326 11.01% 3 1941 1947 1948  25 Dan Wheldon 235 1,729 13.59% 2 2005 2011  26 Jimmy Murphy 220 907 24.26% 1 1922  27 Ryan Hunter-Reay 219 Active driver 1 2014  28 Tommy Milton 218 1,204 18.11% 2 1921 1923  29 Jimmy Bryan 216 1,411 15.31% 1 1958  30 Tom Sneva 208 2,180 9.54% 1 1983  31 Frank Lockhart 205 280 73.21% 1 1926  32 Juan Pablo Montoya 193 1,263 15.28% 2 2000 2015  33 Álex Palou 192 Active driver 1 2025  34 Arie Luyendyk 186 2,957 6.29% 2 1990 1997  35 Jimmy Snyder 181 495 36.57%  36 Lee Wallard 178 591 30.12% 1 1951  37 Simon Pagenaud 169 2,389 7.07% 1 2019  38 Danny Sullivan 162 1,523 10.64% 1 1985  39 Howdy Wilcox 155 1,335 11.61% 1 1919  40 Tomas Scheckter 153 1,691 9.05%  41 Jim Rathmann 150 2,320 6.47% 1 1960  42 Ed Carpenter 150 Active driver  43 Peter DePaolo 148 738 20.05% 1 1925  44 Will Power 145 Active driver 1 2018  45 Marco Andretti 144 3,517 4.09%  46 Dario Resta 140 408 34.31% 1 1916  47 Sam Hanks 140 1,566 8.94% 1 1957  48 Jules Goux 139 773 17.98% 1 1913  49 George Robson 138 333 41.44% 1 1946  50 Pat Flaherty 138 812 17.00% 1 1956  51 Gary Bettenhausen 138 2,372 5.82%  52 Takuma Sato 138 Active driver 2 2017 2020  53 Johnnie Parsons 131 1,504 8.71% 1 1950  54 Lloyd Ruby 126 2,357 5.35%  55 Bobby Rahal 126 2,007 6.28% 1 1986  56 Earl Cooper 123 939 13.10%  57 Tony Stewart 122 700 17.43%  58 Joe Boyer 119 555 21.44% 1 1924  59 Greg Ray 116 920 12.61%  60 René Thomas 114 744 15.32% 1 1914  61 Alexander Rossi 113 Active driver 1 2016  62 Al Unser Jr. 110 3,173 3.47% 2 1992 1994  63 Kelly Petillo 108 1,283 8.42% 1 1935  64 Wally Dallenbach Sr. 108 1,448 7.46%  65 Sam Hornish Jr. 107 1,346 7.95% 1 2006  66 Babe Stapp 106 960 11.04%  67 Fred Frame 106 1,281 8.27% 1 1932  68 Pato O'Ward 104 Active driver  69 Buddy Rice 99 1,047 9.46% 1 2004  70 Ted Horn 94 1,944 4.84%  71 Dave Lewis 93 383 24.28%  72 Bill Cummings 93 1,229 7.57% 1 1934  73 Floyd Roberts 92 883 10.42% 1 1938  74 Kenny Bräck 89 885 10.06% 1 1999  75 Eddie Cheever Jr. 89 2,122 4.19% 1 1998  76 Ray Harroun 88 200 44.00% 1 1911  77 Bob Sweikert 86 825 10.42% 1 1955  78 Conor Daly 86 Active driver  79 Felix Rosenqvist 86 Active driver 1 2026  80 David Bruce-Brown 81 225 36.00%  81 Danny Ongais 79 1,527 5.17%  82 Arthur Duray 77 200 38.50%  83 Rinus VeeKay 73 Active driver  84 Troy Ruttman 72 1,472 4.89% 1 1952  85 Gil de Ferran 71 601 11.81% 1 2003  86 Scott McLaughlin 71 Active driver  87 Jack McGrath 70 1,094 6.40%  88 Mark Donohue 70 748 9.36% 1 1972  89 Buddy Lazier 70 3,015 2.32% 1 1996  90 Josef Newgarden 69 Active driver 2 2023 2024  91 Frank Brisko 69 1,330 5.19%  92 Leon Duray 68 693 9.81%  93 Ralph Hepburn 68 1,864 3.65%  94 George Souders 67 400 16.75% 1 1927  95 Eddie Sachs 66 1,069 6.17%  96 Marcus Ericsson 60 Active driver 1 2022  97 Maurício Gugelmin 59 396 14.90%  98 Harry Hartz 57 996 5.72%  99 Roberto Guerrero 56 1,735 3.23%  100 Johnny Thomson 55 1,044 5.27%  101 James Hinchcliffe 54 1,656 3.26% 102 Robby Gordon 53 1,564 3.39%  103 Joe Leonard 52 1,265 4.11%  104 Jeff Ward 52 1,254 4.15%  105 Bruno Junqueira 52 734 7.08%  106 Max Chilton 50 997 5.02%  107 Deacon Litz 49 1,560 3.14%  108 Scott Goodyear 49 1,460 3.35%  109 Ray Keech 46 400 11.50% 1 1929  110 Pat O'Connor 46 768 5.98%  111 Davy Jones 46 784 5.86%  112 Gil Anderson 44 784 5.61%  113 Jimmy Gleason 43 617 6.97% 114 Bob Burman 41 718 5.71%  115 Jackie Stewart 40 358 11.17%  116 Louis Schneider 39 863 4.51% 1 1931  117 John Paul Jr. 39 883 4.42%  118 Alex Tagliani 39 1,543 2.52%  119 Teo Fabi 37 963 3.84%  120 Bob Carey 36 200 18%  121 Jim Hurtubise 36 894 4.03%  122 Cliff Bergere 35 2,425 1.44%  123 Paul Russo 35 1,482 2.36%  124 Bob Swanson 34 267 12.73%  125 Nigel Mansell 34 292 11.64%  126 Oriol Servià 34 1,992 1.70%  127 Bobby Marshman 33 635 5.20%  128 Tony Gulotta 33 1,989 1.66%  129 Art Cross 32 768 4.17%  130 Duke Nalon 32 1,284 2.49%  131 David Malukas 32 Active driver  132 Ryan Briscoe 31 1,840 1.68%  133 Phil Shafer 29 1,223 2.37%  134 Mark Dismore 29 820 3.54%  135 Danica Patrick 29 1,404 2.07%  136 Carlos Muñoz 29 1,200 2.41%  137 Graham Rahal 28 Active driver  138 Fernando Alonso 27 378 7.14%  139 Jimmy Vasser 26 1,249 2.08%  140 Jimmy Davies 25 631 3.96%  141 Tony Bettenhausen 24 1,975 1.22%  142 Lou Moore 23 1,304 1.76%  143 A. J. Allmendinger 23 200 11.50%  144 Sting Ray Robb 23 Active driver  145 Jacques Villeneuve 22 600 3.67% 1 1995  146 Raul Boesel 21 2,213 0.95%  147 Alessandro Zampedri 20 199 10.05%  148 George Amick 18 200 9.00%  149 Johnny Boyd 18 1,427 1.26%  150 Charlie Kimball 18 1,910 0.94%  151 Kevin Cogan 17 1,556 1.09%  152 Devlin DeFrancesco 17 Active driver  153 Johnny Aitken 16 194 8.25%  154 Jerry Grant 16 1,275 1.25%  155 Robbie Buhl 16 1,279 1.25%  156 Santino Ferrucci 16 Active driver  157 Vítor Meira 15 1,622 0.92%  158 Mike Conway 15 476 3.15%  159 Zach Veach 15 729 1.92%  160 Colton Herta 15 Active driver  161 Gaston Chevrolet 14 400 3.50% 1 1920  162 Ernie Triplett 14 559 2.50%  163 Russ Snowberger 13 1,633 0.80%  164 Josele Garza 13 707 1.84%  165 Billy Boat 13 1,112 1.17%  166 Justin Wilson 13 1,488 0.87%  167 Townsend Bell 13 1,898 0.68%  168 J. R. Hildebrand 13 2,202 0.59%  169 Swede Savage 12 62 19.35%  170 Felipe Giaffone 12 955 1.26%  171 Bertrand Baguette 11 383 2.87%  172 Christian Rasmussen 11 Active driver  173 Ralph Mulford 10 1,619 0.62%  174 Graham Hill 10 333 3.00% 1 1966  175 Alex Barron 10 942 1.06%  176 Eddie Rickenbacker 9 355 2.53%  177 Albert Guyot 9 808 1.11%  178 Josef Christiaens 9 320 2.81%  179 Louis Chevrolet 9 452 1.99%  180 Dutch Baumann 9 90 10.00%  181 Len Sutton 9 708 1.27%  182 Caio Collet 9 Active driver  183 Jimmy Daywalt 8 999 0.80%  184 Pancho Carter 8 2,141 0.37%  185 Jim Crawford 8 1,043 0.77%  186 Scott Pruett 8 592 1.35%  187 Robert Shwartzman 8 Active driver  188 Don Freeland 7 1,311 0.53%  189 Roger McCluskey 7 2,155 0.32%  190 Zachary Claman DeMelo 7 199 3.52%  191 Spencer Pigot 7 981 0.71%  192 Kyffin Simpson 7 Active driver  193 Ira Hall 6 485 1.24%  194 Callum Ilott 6 Active driver  195 Cecil Green 5 217 2.30%  196 Jimmy Jackson 5 845 0.59%  197 Spencer Wishart 5 604 0.83%  198 Steve Krisiloff 5 1,387 0.36%  199 E. J. Viso 5 843 0.59%  200 James Jakes 5 599 0.83%  201 Christian Lundgaard 5Active driver  202 Fred Belcher 4 200 2.00%  203 Cliff Durant 4 888 0.45%  204 Mike Mosley 4 1,615 0.25%  205 Buzz Calkins 4 1,056 0.38%  206 Sam Schmidt 4 110 3.64%  207 Sébastien Bourdais 4 1,687 0.24%  208 Oliver Askew 4 91 4.40%  209 Sage Karam 4 1,368 0.29%  210 Kyle Larson 4Active driver  211 Kyle Kirkwood 4 Active driver  212 George Snider 3 1,832 0.16%  213 Davey Hamilton 3 1,783 0.17%  214 Scott Sharp 3 2,180 0.14%  215 Bryan Herta 3 965 0.31%  216 Adrian Fernández 3 583 0.51%  217 Mario Moraes 3 211 1.42%  218 Bryan Clauson 3 305 0.98%  219 Stefan Wilson 3 549 0.55%  220 Jack Harvey 3 Active driver  221 Marcus Armstrong 3 Active driver  222 Romain Grosjean 3 Active driver  223 Caleb Bragg 2 269 0.74%  224 Teddy Tetzlaff 2 371 0.54%  225 Joe Dawson 2 445 0.45% 1 1912  226 Robert Evans 2 158 1.27%  227 Paul Bost 2 66 3.03%  228 Herb Ardinger 2 884 0.23%  229 Dan Gurney 2 1,204 0.17%  230 Roger Rager 2 55 3.64%  231 Don Whittington 2 547 0.37%  232 John Andretti 2 1,852 0.11%  233 Robby McGehee 2 887 0.23%  234 Tora Takagi 2 379 0.53%  235 Jaques Lazier 2 979 0.20%  236 Rubens Barrichello 2 200 1.00%  237 James Davison 2 748 0.27%  238 Robert Wickens 2 200 1.00%  239 Jimmie Johnson 2 193 1.04%  240 Jean Chassagne 1 285 0.35%  241 Art Klein 1 413 0.24%  242 Roscoe Sarles 1 354 0.28%  243 Howdy Wilcox II 1 200 0.50%  244 Fred Agabashian 1 1,273 0.08%  245 Jack Brabham 1 510 0.20%  246 Bobby Allison 1 113 0.88%  247 Bill Vukovich II 1 1,527 0.07%  248 Tim Richmond 1 388 0.26%  249 Gordon Smiley 1 188 0.53%  250 Scott Brayton 1 1,905 0.05%  251 Stéphan Grégoire 1 760 0.13%  252 Jeff Simmons 1 609 0.16%  253 Mikhail Aleshin 1 524 0.19%  Note Lora L. Corum* 0   1 1924   Floyd Davis* 0   1 1941  

Lora L. Corum and Floyd Davis are credited as being co-winners of the Indianapolis 500 in 1924 and 1941, respectively. However, as the winning entries in either race led only after their secondary drivers drove (and to the conclusion), Corum and Davis are not credited with leading any of those laps, nor did they lead throughout the remainder of their careers.

Lap Leaders, Individual Races

Most Laps Led Fifty-seven of one hundred ten Indianapolis 500-Mile Races have been won by the driver leading the most laps, 53.27%.