The Leaders Circle Award Trophy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
Two hundred twenty-seven drivers have led the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, in 102 races.
Career lap leader percentage rounded to hundredths of a percent.
Green indicates drivers active as of most recent race.
Rank |
Driver |
Laps Led |
Career Laps Run |
Career Lap Leader Percentage |
Race Wins |
Years Won |
1 | Al Unser | 644 | 4,356 | 14.78% | 4 | 1970 | 1971 | 1978 | 1987 |
2 | † Ralph DePalma | 612 | 1,594 | 38.39% | 1 | 1915 | |
3 | † Mario Andretti | 556 | 3,040 | 18.29% | 1 | 1969 | |
4 | A. J. Foyt | 555 | 4,909 | 11.31% | 4 | 1961 | 1964 | 1967 | 1977 |
5 | Wilbur Shaw | 508 | 2,019 | 25.16% | 3 | 1937 | 1939 | 1940 | |
6 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 505 | 1,785 | 28.29% | 2 | 1989 | 1993 | |
7 | Parnelli Jones | 492 | 1,130 | 43.54% | 1 | 1963 | |
8 | Bill Vukovich | 485 | 676 | 71.75% | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | |
9 | Bobby Unser | 440 | 2,611 | 16.85% | 3 | 1968 | 1975 | 1981 | |
10 | Scott Dixon | 439 | Active driver | 1 | 2008 | |
11 | Michael Andretti | 431 | 2,653 | 16.25% | |
12 | Rick Mears | 429 | 2,342 | 18.32% | 4 | 1979 | 1984 | 1988 | 1991 |
13 | Billy Arnold | 410 | 821 | 49.94% | 1 | 1930 | |
14 | Tony Kanaan | 346 | Active driver | 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 | 305 | Active driver | 3 | 2001 | 2002 | 2009 | |
19 | Jim Clark | 298 | 682 | 43.69% | 1 | 1965 | |
20 | Bill Holland | 297 | 914 | 32.49% | 1 | 1949 | |
21 | Johnny Rutherford | 296 | 2,770 | 10.69% | 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 | 1,129 | 20.73% | 2 | 2005 | 2011 | |
26 | Jimmy Murphy | 220 | 907 | 24.26% | 1 | 1922 | |
27 | Tommy Milton | 218 | 1,204 | 18.11% | 2 | 1921 | 1923 | |
28 | Jimmy Bryan | 216 | 1,411 | 15.31% | 1 | 1958 | |
29 | Tom Sneva | 208 | 2,180 | 9.54% | 1 | 1983 | |
30 | Frank Lockhart | 205 | 280 | 73.21% | 1 | 1926 | |
31 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 193 | Active driver | 2 | 2000 | 2015 | |
32 | Arie Luyendyk | 186 | 2,957 | 6.29% | 2 | 1990 | 1997 | |
33 | Jimmy Snyder | 181 | 495 | 36.57% | |
34 | Lee Wallard | 178 | 591 | 30.12% | 1 | 1951 | |
35 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 163 | Active driver | 1 | 2014 | |
36 | Danny Sullivan | 162 | 1,523 | 10.64% | 1 | 1985 | |
37 | Howdy Wilcox | 155 | 1,335 | 11.61% | 1 | 1919 | |
38 | Tomas Scheckter | 153 | 1,691 | 9.05% | |
39 | Jim Rathmann | 150 | 2,320 | 6.47% | 1 | 1960 | |
40 | Peter DePaolo | 148 | 738 | 20.05% | 1 | 1925 | |
41 | Marco Andretti | 141 | Active driver | |
42 | † Dario Resta | 140 | 407 | 34.40% | 1 | 1916 | |
43 | Sam Hanks | 140 | 1,566 | 8.94% | 1 | 1957 | |
44 | Jules Goux | 139 | 773 | 17.98% | 1 | 1913 | |
45 | Ed Carpenter | 139 | Active driver | |
46 | †2 George Robson | 138 | 333 | 41.44% | 1 | 1946 | |
47 | Pat Flaherty | 138 | 812 | 17.00% | 1 | 1956 | |
48 | Gary Bettenhausen | 138 | 2,372 | 5.82% | |
49 | Will Power | 135 | Active driver | 1 | 2018 | |
50 | Johnnie Parsons | 131 | 1,504 | 8.71% | 1 | 1950 | |
51 | Lloyd Ruby | 126 | 2,357 | 5.35% | |
52 | Bobby Rahal | 126 | 2,007 | 6.28% | 1 | 1986 | |
53 | Earl Cooper | 123 | 941 | 13.07% | |
54 | Tony Stewart | 122 | 700 | 17.43% | |
55 | Joe Boyer | 119 | 536 | 22.20% | 1 | 1924 | |
56 | Greg Ray | 116 | 920 | 12.61% | |
57 | René Thomas | 114 | 744 | 15.32% | 1 | 1914 | |
58 | Al Unser Jr. | 110 | 3,173 | 3.47% | 2 | 1992 | 1994 | |
59 | Kelly Petillo | 108 | 1,283 | 8.42% | 1 | 1935 | |
60 | Wally Dallenbach Sr. | 108 | 1,448 | 7.46% | |
61 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 107 | 1,346 | 7.95% | 1 | 2006 | |
62 | Babe Stapp | 106 | 960 | 11.04% | |
63 | Fred Frame | 106 | 1,281 | 8.27% | 1 | 1932 | |
64 | Buddy Rice | 99 | 1,047 | 9.46% | 1 | 2004 | |
65 | Ted Horn | 94 | 1,944 | 4.84% | |
66 | Dave Lewis | 93 | 384 | 24.22% | |
67 | Bill Cummings | 93 | 1,229 | 7.57% | 1 | 1934 | |
68 | Floyd Roberts | 92 | 883 | 10.42% | 1 | 1938 | |
69 | Kenny Bräck | 89 | 885 | 10.06% | 1 | 1999 | |
70 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | 89 | 2,122 | 4.19% | 1 | 1998 | |
71 | Ray Harroun | 88 | 200 | 44.00% | 1 | 1911 | |
72 | Bob Sweikert | 86 | 825 | 10.42% | 1 | 1955 | |
73 | David L. Bruce-Brown | 81 | 224 | 36.16% | |
74 | Danny Ongais | 79 | 1,527 | 5.17% | |
75 | Arthur Duray | 77 | 200 | 38.50% | |
76 | Troy Ruttman | 72 | 1,472 | 4.89% | 1 | 1952 | |
77 | †3 Gil de Ferran | 71 | 601 | 11.81% | 1 | 2003 | |
78 | Jack McGrath | 70 | 1,094 | 6.40% | |
79 | Mark Donohue | 70 | 748 | 9.36% | 1 | 1972 | |
80 | Buddy Lazier | 70 | Active driver | 1 | 1996 | |
81 | Frank Brisko | 69 | 1,330 | 5.19% | |
82 | Leon Duray | 68 | 693 | 9.81% | |
83 | Ralph Hepburn | 68 | 1,864 | 3.65% | |
84 | George Souders | 67 | 400 | 16.75% | 1 | 1927 | |
85 | Eddie Sachs | 66 | 1,069 | 6.17% | |
86 | Maurício Gugelmin | 59 | 396 | 14.90% | |
87 | Harry Hartz | 57 | 996 | 5.72% | |
88 | Roberto Guerrero | 56 | 1,735 | 3.23% | |
89 | Johnny Thomson | 55 | 1,044 | 5.27% | |
90 | Robby Gordon | 53 | 1,564 | 3.39% | |
91 | James Hinchcliffe | 53 | Active driver | |
92 | Joe Leonard | 52 | 1,072 | 4.85% | |
93 | Jeff Ward | 52 | 1,254 | 4.15% | |
94 | Bruno Junqueira | 52 | 734 | 7.08% | |
95 | Max Chilton | 50 | Active driver | |
96 | Deacon Litz | 49 | 1,560 | 3.14% | |
97 | Scott Goodyear | 49 | 1,460 | 3.35% | |
98 | Takuma Sato | 48 | Active driver | 1 | 2017 | |
99 | Ray Keech | 46 | 400 | 11.5% | 1 | 1929 | |
100 | Pat O'Connor | 46 | 768 | 5.98% | |
101 | Davy Jones | 46 | 784 | 5.86% | |
102 | Gil Anderson | 44 | 784 | 5.61% | |
103 | Jimmy Gleason | 43 | 613 | 7.01% | |
104 | Bob Burman | 41 | 718 | 5.71% | |
105 | Jackie Stewart | 40 | 358 | 11.17% | |
106 | Louis Schneider | 39 | 863 | 4.51% | 1 | 1931 | |
107 | John Paul, Jr. | 39 | 207 | 18.84% | |
108 | Alex Tagliani | 39 | 1,543 | 2.52% | |
109 | Alexander Rossi | 38 | Active driver | 1 | 2016 | |
110 | Teo Fabi | 37 | 963 | 3.84% | |
111 | Bob Carey | 36 | 200 | 18% | |
112 | Jim Hurtubise | 36 | | | |
113 | Simon Pagenaud | 36 | Active driver | |
114 | Cliff Bergere | 35 | | | |
115 | Paul Russo | 35 | | | |
116 | Bob Swanson | 34 | | | |
117 | Nigel Mansell | 34 | | | |
118 | Oriol Servià | 34 | Active driver | |
119 | Bobby Marshman | 33 | | | |
120 | Tony Gulotta | 33 | | | |
121 | Art Cross | 32 | | | |
122 | Duke Nalon | 32 | | | |
123 | Ryan Briscoe | 31 | | | |
124 | Phil Shafer | 29 | | | |
125 | Mark Dismore | 29 | | | |
126 | Danica Patrick | 29 | | | |
127 | Carlos Muñoz | 29 | | | |
128 | Fernando Alonso | 27 | | | |
129 | Jimmy Vasser | 26 | | | |
130 | Jimmy Davies | 25 | | | |
131 | Tony Bettenhausen | 24 | | | |
132 | Lou Moore | 23 | | | |
133 | A. J. Allmendinger | 23 | | | |
134 | Jacques Villeneuve | 22 | | | 1 | 1995 | |
135 | Raul Boesel | 21 | | | |
136 | Alessandro Zampedri | 20 | | | |
137 | Graham Rahal | 20 | | | |
138 | George Amick | 18 | | | |
139 | Johnny Boyd | 18 | | | |
140 | Charlie Kimball | 18 | | | |
141 | Kevin Cogan | 17 | | | |
142 | Josef Newgarden | 17 | | | |
143 | Johnny Aitken | 16 | | | |
144 | Jerry Grant | 16 | | | |
145 | Robbie Buhl | 16 | | | |
146 | Vitor Meira | 15 | | | |
147 | Mike Conway | 15 | | | |
148 | †3 Gaston Chevrolet | 14 | | | 1 | 1920 | |
149 | Ernie Triplett | 14 | | | |
150 | Russ Snowberger | 13 | | | |
151 | Josele Garza | 13 | | | |
152 | Billy Boat | 13 | | | |
153 | Justin Wilson | 13 | | | |
154 | Townsend Bell | 13 | | | |
155 | J. R. Hildebrand | 13 | | | |
156 | Swede Savage | 12 | | | |
157 | Felipe Giaffone | 12 | | | |
158 | Bertrand Baguette | 11 | | | |
159 | Ralph Mulford | 10 | | | |
160 | Graham Hill | 10 | | | 1 | 1966 | |
161 | Alex Barron | 10 | | | |
162 | Eddie Rickenbacker | 9 | | | |
163 | Albert Guyot | 9 | | | |
164 | Josef Christiaens | 9 | | | |
165 | †4 Louis Chevrolet | 9 | | | |
166 | Dutch Bauman | 9 | | | |
167 | Len Sutton | 9 | | | |
168 | Jimmy Daywalt | 8 | | | |
169 | Pancho Carter | 8 | | | |
170 | Jim Crawford | 8 | | | |
171 | Scott Pruett | 8 | | | |
172 | Don Freeland | 7 | | | |
173 | Roger McCluskey | 7 | | | |
174 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | 7 | | | |
175 | Ira Hall | 6 | | | |
176 | Cecil Green | 5 | | | |
177 | Jimmy Jackson | 5 | | | |
178 | Spencer Wishart | 5 | | | |
179 | Steve Krisiloff | 5 | | | |
180 | E. J. Viso | 5 | | | |
181 | James Jakes | 5 | | | |
182 | Fred Belcher | 4 | | | |
183 | Cliff Durant | 4 | | | |
184 | Mike Mosley | 4 | | | |
185 | Buzz Calkins | 4 | | | |
186 | Sam Schmidt | 4 | | | |
187 | Sebastien Bourdais | 4 | | | |
188 | George Snider | 3 | | | |
189 | Davey Hamilton | 3 | | | |
190 | Scott Sharp | 3 | | | |
191 | Bryan Herta | 3 | | | |
192 | Adrian Fernández | 3 | | | |
193 | Mario Moraes | 3 | | | |
194 | Bryan Clauson | 3 | | | |
195 | Spencer Pigot | 3 | | | |
196 | Stefan Wilson | 3 | | | |
197 | Caleb Bragg | 2 | | | |
198 | Teddy Tetzlaff | 2 | | | |
199 | Joe Dawson | 2 | | | 1 | 1912 | |
200 | Robert Evans | 2 | | | |
201 | Paul Bost | 2 | | | |
202 | Herb Ardinger | 2 | | | |
203 | Dan Gurney | 2 | | | |
204 | Roger Rager | 2 | | | |
205 | Don Whittington | 2 | | | |
206 | John Andretti | 2 | | | |
207 | Robby McGehee | 2 | | | |
208 | Tora Takagi | 2 | | | |
209 | Jaques Lazier | 2 | | | |
210 | Rubens Barrichello | 2 | | | |
211 | Sage Karam | 2 | | | |
212 | James Davison | 2 | | | |
213 | Robert Wickens | 2 | | | |
214 | Jean Chassagne | 1 | | | |
215 | Art Klein | 1 | | | |
216 | Roscoe Sarles | 1 | | | |
217 | Howdy Wilcox II | 1 | | | |
218 | Fred Agabashian | 1 | | | |
219 | Jack Brabham | 1 | | | |
220 | Bobby Allison | 1 | | | |
221 | Bill Vukovich II | 1 | | | |
222 | Tim Richmond | 1 | | | |
223 | Gordon Smiley | 1 | | | |
224 | Scott Brayton | 1 | | | |
225 | Stephan Gregoire | 1 | | | |
226 | Jeff Simmons | 1 | | | |
227 | Mikhail Aleshin | 1 | | | |
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 Leader records
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Led opening lap and final lap: 20 entries among 18 drivers
- Jimmy Murphy, 1922
- Joe Boyer, 1924 (only occasion of occurrence in separate entries)
- Peter DePaolo, 1925
- Lee Wallard, 1951
- Bill Vukovich, 1953
- Jimmy Bryan, 1958
- Jim Clark, 1965
- Mario Andretti, 1969
- Al Unser, 1970
- Johnny Rutherford, 1976
- Johnny Rutherford, 1980
- Bobby Unser, 1981
- Rick Mears, 1984
- Emerson Fittipaldi, 1989
- Rick Mears, 1991
- Al Unser, Jr., 1994
- Buddy Rice, 2004
- Scott Dixon, 2008
- Hélio Castroneves, 2009
- Dario Franchitti, 2010
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Autolite Pacemakers Club
In 1964, Autolite created the "Pacemakers Club," which recognized drivers who had led at least one lap during the Indianapolis 500. It quickly rose in stature and popularity, and became a highly sought-after honor associated with the Indianapolis 500. After changes in sponsorship, the organization was renamed the Leaders Circle Club.
The qualifications were simple, and driver who had led at least one lap during race, whether living or already deceased, were recognized as members. At its inception, 102 drivers were listed as members. A total of 56 were deceased at the time, and 46 were living.
Honorees receive a jacket, and are honored at a banquet in their honor. The number of new members inducted at the banquet varies annually, as it is solely based on the previous year's first-time lap leaders. Some years can have as few as one or zero new members inducted, while other years have had as many as 4-5. The "club" is still active as of 2012.
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