List of World Rally Championship event winners

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is split into 10–25 special stages which are run against the clock on closed roads.

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Sébastien Loeb holds the record for the most event victories, having won 79 times.[1] Sébastien Ogier is second with 44 wins and Marcus Grönholm is third with 30 wins. Björn Waldegård holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first rally in 1975 at the Swedish Rally, and his last in 1990 at the Safari Rally, a span of 15 years, 2 months and 1 day. Shekhar Mehta and Jean-Luc Therier share the record for the longest period of time between two wins–almost six years between the 1973 Safari Rally and the 1979 Safari Rally for the Kenyan driver and 1974 Press-on-Regardless Rally and 1980 Tour de Corse for the French driver.[2] Loeb holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having two six-win streaks (2005 Rally New Zealand–2005 Rally Argentina and 2008 Wales Rally GB–2009 Rally Argentina).[3] Jari-Matti Latvala is the youngest winner of a World Rally Championship event; he was 22 years and 313 days old when he won the 2008 Swedish Rally.[4] Waldegård is the oldest winner of a World Rally Championship event; he was 46 years and 155 days old when he won the 1990 Safari Rally.[4] Latvala holds the record for the most event wins (18) without ever winning a championship.

As of the 2020 Monte Carlo Rally, there have been 79 different World Rally Championship event winners.[5] The first rally winner was Jean-Claude Andruet at the 1973 Rally Monte Carlo, and the most recent driver to score their first win was Elfyn Evans at his home 2017 Wales Rally GB.[6]

By driver
Sébastien Loeb, who has won 79 World Rally Championship events.

All figures correct as of the 2020 Rally Mexico. In total of 599 WRC events. [5]

Key
Bold Driver has competed in the 2020 season
Italics World Rally Champion
World Rally Championship event winners
Rank Country Driver Wins Seasons active First win Last win
1  France Sébastien Loeb 79 1999–2013,
2015, 2018–2020		 2002 Rallye Deutschland 2018 Rally Catalunya
2  France Sébastien Ogier 48 2008–2020 2010 Rally de Portugal 2020 Rally Mexico
3  Finland Marcus Grönholm 30 1989–2007,
2009–2010, 2019		 2000 Swedish Rally 2007 Rally New Zealand
4  Spain Carlos Sainz 26 1987–2005 1990 Acropolis Rally 2004 Rally Argentina
5  United Kingdom Colin McRae 25 1987–2003,
2005–2006		 1993 Rally New Zealand 2002 Safari Rally
6  Finland Tommi Mäkinen 24 1987–2003 1993 1000 Lakes Rally 2002 Monte Carlo Rally
7  Finland Juha Kankkunen 23 1979, 1987–2003,
2010		 1985 Safari Rally 1999 Rally Finland
8  France Didier Auriol 20 1984–2003, 2005 1988 Tour de Corse 2001 Rally Catalunya
9  Finland Markku Alén 19 1973–1993, 2001 1975 Rally Portugal 1988 RAC Rally
10  Finland Hannu Mikkola 18 1973–1993 1974 1000 Lakes Rally 1987 Safari Rally
10  Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 18 2002–2019 2008 Swedish Rally 2018 Rally Australia
12  Italy Miki Biasion 17 1980–1994 1986 Rally Argentina 1993 Acropolis Rally
13  Sweden Björn Waldegård 16 1973–1992 1975 Swedish Rally 1990 Safari Rally
14  Finland Mikko Hirvonen 15 2002–2014 2006 Rally Australia 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
15  Germany Walter Röhrl 14 1973–1987 1975 Acropolis Rally 1985 San Remo Rally
16  Norway Petter Solberg 13 1998–2012, 2018–2019 2002 Rally GB 2005 Rally GB
16  Belgium Thierry Neuville 13 2009–2010,
2012–2020		 2014 Rallye Deutschland 2020 Monte Carlo Rally
18  Estonia Ott Tänak 12 2009–2012,
2014–2020		 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna 2019 Wales Rally GB
19  Sweden Stig Blomqvist 11 1973–2006 1973 Swedish Rally 1984 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
19  Finland Timo Salonen 11 1974–1992, 2002 1977 Rally Canada 1987 Swedish Rally
21  United Kingdom Richard Burns 10 1990–2003 1998 Safari Rally 2001 Rally New Zealand
21  Finland Ari Vatanen 10 1974–1998, 2003 1980 Acropolis Rally 1985 Swedish Rally
23  France Bernard Darniche 7 1973–1987 1973 Rally of Morocco 1981 Tour de Corse
23  Italy Sandro Munari 7 1973–1984 1974 San Remo Rally 1977 Monte Carlo Rally
23  France Gilles Panizzi 7 1990–2006 2000 Tour de Corse 2003 Rally Catalunya
26  Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 6 1980–2002 1987 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1997 Rally New Zealand
27  France Jean-Luc Thérier 5 1973–1984 1973 Rallye de Portugal 1980 Tour de Corse
27  Kenya Shekhar Mehta 5 1973–1987 1973 Safari Rally 1982 Safari Rally
27  France Jean-Pierre Nicolas 5 1973–1980, 1984 1973 Tour de Corse 1978 Ivory Coast Rally
27  Estonia Markko Märtin 5 1997–2005 2003 Acropolis Rally 2004 Rally Catalunya
27  United Kingdom Kris Meeke 5 2002–2008, 2011,
2013–2019		 2015 Rally Argentina 2017 Rally Catalunya
32  Finland Timo Mäkinen 4 1973–1994 1973 1000 Lakes Rally 1975 Wales Rally GB
32  France Michèle Mouton 4 1974–1986 1981 Rallye Sanremo 1982 Rally Brazil
32  France Francois Delecour 4 1984–2017 1993 Rallye Portugal 1994 Monte Carlo Rally
35  France Jean-Claude Andruet 3 1973–1986, 1995 1973 Monte Carlo Rally 1977 San Remo Rally
35  Finland Henri Toivonen 3 1975–1986 1980 Lombard RAC Rally 1986 Monte Carlo Rally
35  France Jean Ragnotti 3 1973–1987,
1990–1995		 1981 Monte Carlo Rally 1985 Tour de Corse
35  Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 3 2006–2019 2015 Rally Catalunya 2016 Rally Australia
39  Germany Achim Warmbold 2 1973–1975,
1978–1986, 2000		 1973 Rally of Poland 1973 Austrian Alpine Rally
39  Kenya Joginder Singh 2 1973–1980 1974 Safari Rally 1976 Safari Rally
39  France Bruno Saby 2 1973–1991 1986 Tour de Corse 1988 Monte Carlo Rally
39  Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 2 1974–1991 1989 Swedish Rally 1991 Rally Australia
39  Sweden Mikael Ericsson 2 1981–1993 1989 Rally Argentina 1991 1000 Lakes Rally
39  Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 2 1976–1991 1991 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
39  Sweden Mats Jonsson 2 1979–2007 1992 Swedish Rally 1993 Swedish Rally
39  France Philippe Bugalski 2 1984–2004 1999 Rallye Catalunya 1999 Tour de Corse
39  Spain Dani Sordo 2 2003–2020 2013 Rallye Deutschland 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
39  United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 2 2007, 2011,
2013–2020		 2017 Wales Rally GB 2020 Rally Sweden
49  Canada Walter Boyce 1 1973–1974,
1977–1978, 1986		 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally
49  Italy Raffaele Pinto 1 1973–1978 1974 Rally Portugal 1974 Rally Portugal
49  Sweden Ove Andersson 1 1973–1982 1975 Safari Rally 1975 Safari Rally
49  Sweden Per Eklund 1 1973–1997 1976 Swedish Rally 1976 Swedish Rally
49  Sweden Harry Källström 1 1973–1980 1976 Acropolis Rally 1976 Acropolis Rally
49  United Kingdom Roger Clark 1 1973–1981,
1984, 1995		 1976 Lombard RAC Rally 1976 Lombard RAC Rally
49  Italy Fulvio Bacchelli 1 1973–1982 1977 Rally New Zealand 1977 Rally New Zealand
49  Finland Kyösti Hämäläinen 1 1973–1982,
1985–1988		 1977 1000 Lakes Rally 1977 1000 Lakes Rally
49  Italy Antonio Fassina 1 1976–1981 1979 Rallye Sanremo 1979 Rallye Sanremo
49  Sweden Anders Kulläng 1 1973–1988 1980 Swedish Rally 1980 Swedish Rally
49  France Guy Fréquelin 1 1973–1987 1981 Rally Argentina 1981 Rally Argentina
49  Portugal Joaquim Moutinho 1 1973–1986 1986 Rally de Portugal 1986 Rally de Portugal
49  France Bernard Béguin 1 1974–1993 1987 Tour de Corse 1987 Tour de Corse
49  Austria Franz Wittmann Sr. 1 1973–1989 1987 Rally New Zealand 1987 Rally New Zealand
49  Austria Sepp Haider 1 1977–1993 1988 Rally New Zealand 1988 Rally New Zealand
49  Argentina Jorge Recalde 1 1980–2000 1988 Rally Argentina 1988 Rally Argentina
49  France Alain Ambrosino 1 1974–1990 1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
49  Finland Pentti Airikkala 1 1973–1990, 2003 1989 Lombard RAC Rally 1989 Lombard RAC Rally
49  France Alain Oreille 1 1984–1996 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
49  France Patrick Tauziac 1 1984–1992 1990 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1990 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
49  Germany Armin Schwarz 1 1988–2005 1991 Rally Catalunya 1991 Rally Catalunya
49  Italy Andrea Aghini 1 1986–2000 1992 Rallye Sanremo 1992 Rallye Sanremo
49  Italy Franco Cunico 1 1981–2000 1993 Rallye Sanremo 1993 Rallye Sanremo
49  Kenya Ian Duncan 1 1973–1982 1994 Safari Rally 1994 Safari Rally
49  Italy Piero Liatti 1 1990–2004 1997 Monte Carlo Rally 1997 Monte Carlo Rally
49  Finland Harri Rovanperä 1 1993–2006 2001 Swedish Rally 2001 Swedish Rally
49  Spain Jesús Puras 1 1991–2002 2001 Tour de Corse 2001 Tour de Corse
49  Belgium François Duval 1 2000–2008, 2010 2005 Rally Australia 2005 Rally Australia
49  Norway Mads Østberg 1 2006–2020 2012 Rally de Portugal 2012 Rally de Portugal
49  New Zealand Hayden Paddon 1 2007–2019 2016 Rally Argentina 2016 Rally Argentina
49  Finland Esapekka Lappi 1 2011–2013,
2015–2020		 2017 Rally Finland 2017 Rally Finland

By driver's nationality

All figures correct as of the 2020 Rally Mexico.

Rank Country Wins Driver(s)
1  France 194 18
2  Finland 179 15
3  Sweden 43 10
3  United Kingdom 43 5
5  Italy 30 8
6  Spain 29 3
7  Germany 17 3
7  Norway 17 3
7  Estonia 17 2
10  Belgium 14 2
11  Kenya 8 3
12  Austria 2 2
12  Japan 2 1
14  Canada 1 1
14  Portugal 1 1
14  Argentina 1 1
14  New Zealand 1 1

By co-driver

The WRC events have been won by 97 different co-drivers. All figures correct as of the 2020 Rally Mexico.[7]

World Rally Championship event winners
Rank Country Co-driver Wins
1  Monaco Daniel Elena 79
2  France Julien Ingrassia 48
3  Finland Timo Rautiainen 30
4  Spain Luis Moya 24
5  United Kingdom Nicky Grist 21
6  Finland Seppo Harjanne 20
7  Finland Ilkka Kivimäki 19
8  Sweden Arne Hertz 18
8  Finland Miikka Anttila 18
10  France Bernard Occelli 16
10  Italy Tiziano Siviero 16
12  Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 15
13  Finland Juha Piironen 14
14  Germany Christian Geistdorfer 13
14  Finland Risto Mannisenmäki 13
14  United Kingdom Philip Mills 13
14  Sweden Hans Thorszelius 13
14  Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul 13
19  Estonia Martin Järveoja 12
20  Sweden Björn Cederberg 10
20  United Kingdom Robert Reid 10
22  United Kingdom Derek Ringer 8
23  France Alain Mahe 7
23  France Herve Panizzi 7
25  United Kingdom Terry Harryman 6
26  United Kingdom Fred Gallagher 5
26  France Denis Giraudet 5
26  Ireland Paul Nagle 5
26  United Kingdom Michael Park 5
26  Sweden Staffan Parmander 5
26  Italy Fabrizia Ponz 5
32  Kenya Mike Doughty 4
32  France Daniel Grataloup 4
32  United Kingdom Henry Liddon 4
32  Italy Silvio Maiga 4
32  United Kingdom David Richards 4
32  France Jean Todt 4
38  Belgium Christian Delferrier 3
38  Italy Mario Mannucci 3
38  Spain Marc Martí 3
41 16 co-drivers 2
57 42 co-drivers 1

By constructor

21 different constructors have won a rally as of the 2020 Rally Mexico.[8]

Rank Constructor Wins
1 Citroën 102
2 / Ford 91
3 Lancia 73
4 Toyota 58
5 Peugeot 48
6 Subaru 47
7 Volkswagen 44
8 Mitsubishi 34
9 Audi 24
10 Fiat 21
11 Hyundai15
12 Datsun / Nissan9
13 Alpine-Renault6
Renault6
Opel6
16 Saab4
17 Mazda3
18 Talbot2
BMW2
Porsche2
Mercedes Benz2

See also

References
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  2. "Gaps between wins". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. juwra.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. "Win streaks". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. juwra.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "Oldest and youngest winners". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. juwra.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. "Driver WRC wins". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. juwra.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. "Elfyn Evans wins the Wales Rally GB as Frenchman Sebastien Ogier takes third to claim his fifth consecutive world championship title". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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  8. "Make Wins". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. juwra.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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