List of Dakar Rally records
This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Records are correct as of the 2020 Dakar Rally. Updates usually happen once the rally is complete due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.
Bold names indicate active as of the most recently finished rally.
Bike
Most wins
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Most stage wins
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Most stage wins in a single Dakar
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Most podiums
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Wins by manufacturer
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Stage wins by manufacturer
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Wins by nationality
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Quad
From 2009
Most wins
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Most stage wins
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Scratches in a single Dakar(since 2010)
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Wins by nationality
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Wins by manufacturer
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Stage wins by manufacturer
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Lightweight
From 2017
From 2021 is the Lightweight class which includes T3 prototypes and T4 production based SSVs
Most wins
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Most stage wins
Note1: Mitchell Guthrie won 2 stages in Dakar Experience category. |
Wins by nationality
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Wins by manufacturer
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Stage wins by manufacturer
Note1: 2 stage wins in Dakar Experience class.
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Wins by co-driver
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Stage wins in a single Dakar
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Car
Most wins
There are 14 one time winners. |
Most stage wins in a single Dakar
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Most podiums
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Wins by manufacturer
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Stage wins by manufacturer
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Wins by nationality
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Truck
Most wins
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Most stage wins(Since 1999)
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Wins by nationality
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Wins by manufacturer
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Stage wins by manufacturer(since 1997)
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Stage wins in a single Dakar(since 1999)
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Classic
From 2021
Most wins
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Most podiums
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Most stage wins
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Scratches in a single Dakar
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Overall
Rally
- Highest number of entrants (including 224 assistance cars and trucks): 688 (2005)
- Highest number of entrants (only competitors): 603 (1988)
- Highest number of female entrants: 17 (2019)[8]
- Highest number of finishers: 301 (2013)
- Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 69.18% (2017)
- Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
- Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
- Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)
- Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
- Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)
- Most countries: 11 in 1992 (France, Libya, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa)
- Fewest countries: 1 in 2019 (Peru), 2020 - 2021 (Saudi Arabia)
Individuals
- Highest percentage of stage wins in a single rally: Nicolás Cavigliasso with 90% (9/10) (2019)
- Most podiums without a win: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 7 podiums (6x
and 1x 
) - Most entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 35 entries
- Most consecutive entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 35 entries (1983 – 2019)[9]
- Most finishes: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 29 finishes
- Most consecutive finishes: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 20 (1989 – 2009)[10]
- Most classes competed in: Kees Koolen 4 classes (Bike/Quad/Car/Truck),[11] Yoshimasa Sugawara 3 classes (Bike/Car/Truck)[12] and Cyril Despres 3 classes (Bike/Car/SSV)
- Oldest competitor: Marcel Hugueny at 81 years (1995)[13]
- Oldest rookie: Graham Knight at 68, ? months, ? days (2020)[14]
- Oldest winner: Carlos Sainz at 57, 9 months, 5 days (2020)
- Youngest competitor: Mitchel van den Brink at 16 years, ? months, ? days (2019)[15]
- Youngest winner of a stage: Seth Quintero at 18, 3 months, 27 days (Stage 6, 2021)
- First female winner (cars): Jutta Kleinschmidt (2001)
- Fewest Classic points: 961 Marc Douton (2021)
- Most Classic points: 307,707 Roberto Camporese (2021)
- Most Classic penalty points: 87,420 Ignacio Corcuera (2021)
Vehicle
- Most successful vehicle model: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 14 wins
- Most manufacturer wins: KTM with 18 wins (also most consecutive manufacturer wins 2001 - 2019)
Stage wins
| Driver | Stage Wins | Category | |
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| 1 |  Stéphane Peterhansel | 80 | Bikes/Cars |
| 2 |  Vladimir Chagin | 632 | Trucks |
| 3 |  Ari Vatanen | 50 | Cars |
| 4 | Firdaus Kabirov | 42 | Trucks |
| 5 | Hubert Auriol | 37 | Bikes/Cars |
 Carlos Sainz | Cars | ||
| 7 | Cyril Despres | 35See Note1 | Bikes/Cars/SSV |
| 8 |  Gérard de Rooy | 34 | Trucks |
| 9 |  Nasser Al-Attiyah | 33 | Cars |
| 10 | Eduard Nikolaev3 | 32 | Trucks |
| 11 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jacky Ickx | 29 | Cars |
| 12 | Jordi Arcarons | 27 | Bikes |
| 13 |  Hiroshi Masuoka | 25 | Cars |
| Nani Roma | Bikes/Cars | ||
| 15 | Marc Coma | 24 | Bikes |
| Jean-Pierre Fontenay | Cars | ||
 Ignacio Casale | Quads | ||
| 18 | Joan Barreda | 23 | Bikes |
| 19 | Pierre Lartigue | 211 | Cars |
| Kenjiro Shinozuka | Cars | ||
| 21 |  Karel Loprais | 20 | Trucks |
| 22 |  Alessandro de Petri | 19 | Bikes |
 Marcos Patronelli | Quads | ||
| Hans Stacey | Trucks | ||
| 25 | Edi Orioli | 17 | Bikes |
| Gaston Rahier | Bikes |
Note1: Cyril Despres has 1 SSV stage win in Dakar Experience class.
Countries
Number of times started in
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Number of times finished in
Number of times entered
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Notes
Source:[1] The source fails to mention 21-time stage winner Kenjiro Shinozuka^1 , while also including Chagin's wins as a navigator for Viktor Moskovskikh during the 1999 event^2 , while also including Nikolaev's wins as a navigator for Vladimir Chagin during the 2009 event and the 2010 event^3 and also includes incorrectly Cyril Despres as winner of stage 9 of 2010 Dakar (it was Marc Coma).
References
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- "Quadrijder Kees Koolen niet meer naar Dakar Rally". Rallymaniacs. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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