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 2021 World Rally Championship.

Drivers

Wins

Championship wins[1] Driver Total Season 1 Sébastien Loeb 9 2004–2005–2006–2007– 2008–2009–2010–2011–2012 2 Sébastien Ogier 7 2013–2014–2015–2016–2017–2018, 2020 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

Event wins[2] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 79 2 Sébastien Ogier 50 3 Marcus Grönholm 30 4 Carlos Sainz 26 5 Colin McRae 25 6 Tommi Mäkinen 24 7 Juha Kankkunen 23 8 Didier Auriol 20 9 Markku Alén 19[N 1] 10 Hannu Mikkola 18 Jari-Matti Latvala 18

Stage wins[3] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 925 2 Markku Alén 821[N 2] 3 Carlos Sainz 757[N 3] 4 Juha Kankkunen 700[N 4] 5 Hannu Mikkola 666[N 5] 6 Sébastien Ogier 596 7 Ari Vatanen 588[N 6] 8 Didier Auriol 554 9 Marcus Grönholm 542 10 Jari-Matti Latvala 539

Statistics

Podiums[4] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Loeb 119 2 Carlos Sainz 97 3 Sébastien Ogier 85 4 Juha Kankkunen 75 5 Mikko Hirvonen 69 6 Jari-Matti Latvala 66 7 Marcus Grönholm 61 8 Markku Alén 56 9 Didier Auriol 53 10 Petter Solberg 52

Points[5] Driver Total 1 Sébastien Ogier 2337 2 Sébastien Loeb 1727 3 Jari-Matti Latvala 1668 4 Thierry Neuville 1324 5 Carlos Sainz 1242 6 Mikko Hirvonen 1210 7 Dani Sordo 1177 8 Juha Kankkunen 1140 9 Ott Tänak 975 10 Petter Solberg 853

Starts[6] Driver Total 1 Jari-Matti Latvala 209 2 Carlos Sainz 196 3 Petter Solberg 190 4 Sébastien Loeb 180 5 Dani Sordo 171 6 Mikko Hirvonen 163 7 Juha Kankkunen 162 8 Sébastien Ogier 157 9 Marcus Grönholm 153 10 Didier Auriol 152

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

Age

Youngest winners[8] Driver Age Event 1 Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally 2 Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally 3 Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal 4 Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal 5 François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia 6 Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand 7 Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec 8 Juha Kankkunen 26 y, 6 d 1985 Safari Rally 9 Thierry Neuville 26 y, 68 d 2014 Rallye Deutschland 10 Fulvio Bacchelli 26 y, 69 d 1977 Rally New Zealand

Oldest winners[8] Driver Age Event 1 Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally 2 Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally 3 Sébastien Loeb 44 y, 214 d 2018 Rally Catalunya 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 Driver Age Year 1 Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season 2 Juha Kankkunen 27 y, 249 d 1986 season 3 Carlos Sainz 28 y, 189 d 1990 season 4 Petter Solberg 28 y, 356 d 2003 season 5 Ari Vatanen 29 y, 212 d 1981 season 6 Sébastien Ogier 29 y, 294 d 2013 season 7 Sébastien Loeb 30 y, 220 d 2004 season 8 Miki Biasion 30 y, 280 d 1988 season 9 Richard Burns 30 y, 312 d 2001 season 10 Ott Tänak 32 y, 12 d 2019 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 36 y, 355 d 2020 season 5 Didier Auriol 36 y, 97 d 1994 season 6 Björn Waldegård 36 y, 32 d 1979 season 7 Walter Röhrl 35 y, 238 d 1982 season 8 Tommi Mäkinen 35 y, 133 d 1999 season 9 Juha Kankkunen 34 y, 239 d 1993 season 10 Marcus Grönholm 34 y, 242 d 2002 season

Constructors

Championships[9] Constructor Total Seasons 1 Lancia 11 1972, 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992 2 Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012 3 Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002 4 Volkswagen 4 2013–2016 / Ford/M-Sport 1979, 2006–2007, 2017 Toyota 1993–1994, 1999, 2018 7 Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980 Subaru 1995–1997 9 Alpine-Renault 2 1971, 1973 Audi 1982, 1984 Hyundai 2019–2020 12 Porsche 1 1970 Talbot 1981 Mitsubishi 1998

Event wins[10] Constructor Total 1 Citroën 103 2 / Ford/M-Sport 93 3 Lancia 73[N 7] 4 Toyota 61 5 Peugeot 48 6 Subaru 47 7 Volkswagen 44 8 Mitsubishi 34 9 Audi 24 10 Fiat 23 11 Hyundai 17 12 Datsun / Nissan 11 13 Alpine-Renault 13 Renault 6 Opel 6 16 Saab 7 17 Mazda 3 18 Talbot 2 BMW 2 Porsche 5 Mercedes Benz 2

Event wins by car[11] 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

Co-drivers

Event wins[12] Co-driver Total 1 Daniel Elena 79 2 Julien Ingrassia 50 3 Timo Rautiainen 30 4 Luis Moya 24 5 Nicky Grist 21 6 Seppo Harjanne 20 7 Ilkka Kivimäki 19 8 Arne Hertz 18 Miikka Anttila 18 10 Bernard Occelli 16 Tiziano Siviero 16

Starts[13] Co-driver Total 1 Miikka Anttila 220 2 Marc Martí 200 3 Denis Giraudet 189 4 Jarmo Lehtinen 182 5 Daniel Elena 180[N 8] 6 Stéphane Prévot 173 7 Phil Mills 164 8 Jonas Andersson 162 9 Luis Moya 161 10 Julien Ingrassia 157

Rallies

Fastest rallies

	Event	Avg. 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	2015 Rally Finland	125.44 km/h (77.94 mph)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
4	2020 Rally Sweden	124.28 km/h (77.22 mph)	Elfyn Evans	Toyota Yaris WRC
5	2012 Rally Finland	122.89 km/h (76.36 mph)	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC
6	2010 Rally Finland	122.80 km/h (76.30 mph)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09
7	2018 Rally Finland	122.57 km/h (76.16 mph)	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
8	2005 Rally Finland	122.49 km/h (76.11 mph)	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC
9	2019 Rally Finland	122.48 km/h (76.11 mph)	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC
10	2000 Safari Rally	122.43 km/h (76.07 mph)	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza WRC 99
Source:[14]

Closest wins

	Event	Margin[N 9]	Winner	Runner-up
1	2011 Jordan Rally	0.2 second	Sébastien Ogier	Jari-Matti Latvala
2	2007 Rally New Zealand	0.3 second	Marcus Grönholm	Sébastien Loeb
3	2017 Rally Argentina	0.7 second	Thierry Neuville	Elfyn Evans
	2018 Rally Italia Sardegna		Thierry Neuville	Sébastien Ogier
5	1998 Rally Portugal	2.1 seconds	Colin McRae	Carlos Sainz
6	2019 Monte Carlo Rally	2.2 seconds	Sébastien Ogier	Thierry Neuville
7	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
10	2000 Rally Australia	2.7 seconds	Marcus Grönholm	Richard Burns
Source:[15]

Nationalities

Drivers

Championships[1] Country Drivers Total 1  France 3 17 2  Finland[N 10] 6 13 3  Germany 1 2  Italy[N 11] 1 2  Spain 1 2  Sweden 2 2  United Kingdom 2 2 8  Norway 1 1  Estonia 1 1

Event wins[16] Country Wins 1  France 196 2  Finland 179 3  United Kingdom 44 4  Sweden 43 5  Italy 30  Spain 30 7  Estonia 18 8  Germany 17  Norway 17 10  Belgium 14

Driver wins per nationalities

#	Nation	Wins	Drivers[16]	N°
1	France	196	Sébastien Loeb (79), Sébastien Ogier (50), 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	179	Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Timo Salonen (11), Ari Vatanen (10), Timo Mäkinen (4), Henri Toivonen (3), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1), Esapekka Lappi (1)	15
3	United Kingdom	44	Colin McRae (25), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Elfyn Evans (3), 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	18	Ott Tänak (13), Markko Märtin (5)	2
8	Germany	17	Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1)	3
	Norway	17	Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1)	3
10	Belgium	14	Thierry Neuville (13), François Duval (1)	2
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[17]

	Country	Wins
1	Finland	137
2	France	113
3	United Kingdom	84
4	Monaco	79
5	Sweden	56
6	Italy	34
7	Spain	30
8	Belgium	17
9	Germany	15
10	Estonia	13
11	Kenya	8
12	Ireland	6
13	Norway	3
14	Austria	2
15	Argentina	1
	Canada	1
	Ivory Coast	1
	New Zealand	1
	Portugal	1
	South Africa	1
	United States	1

Notes

1. Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.
2. 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).
3. 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.
4. Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
5. 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).
6. 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).
7. Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
8. Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
9. 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.
10. Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
11. Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.

See also

• Power Stage (Power Stage statistics)
• List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions
• List of World Rally Championship Constructors' champions
• List of World Rally Championship event winners

References

1. "Drivers championship". www.juwra.com.
2. "Statistics - Driver wins". www.juwra.com.
3. "Statistics - Stage wins". www.juwra.com.
4. "Statistics - Driver podium finishes". www.juwra.com.
5. "Statistics - Driver points scored". www.juwra.com.
6. "Statistics - Driver starts in WRC events". www.juwra.com.
7. "Statistics - Retirements". www.juwra.com.
8. "Statistics - Oldest and youngest winners". www.juwra.com.
9. "Manufacturers championship". www.juwra.com.
10. "Statistics - Makes wins". www.juwra.com.
11. "Statistics - Make and model wins". www.juwra.com.
12. "Statistics - Co-driver wins". www.juwra.com.
13. "Statistics - co-driver starts in WRC events". www.juwra.com.
14. "Statistics - Event average speed". www.juwra.com.
15. "Statistics - Closest wins". www.juwra.com.
16. "Statistics - Driver wins per nationalities". www.juwra.com.
17. "Statistics - Codriver wins per nationalities". www.juwra.com.

External links

• Statistics at World Rally Archive
• RallyBase