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 2024 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.

Bold names indicate active as of the most recently finished rally.

Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.

Bike

Most wins Rider Years Wins 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 1991-93, 1995, 1997, 1998 6 2 Cyril Neveu 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 5 Cyril Despres 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 Marc Coma 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 5 Edi Orioli 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996 4 6 Richard Sainct 1999, 2000, 2003 3 7 Hubert Auriol 1981, 1983 2 Gaston Rahier 1984, 1985 Fabrizio Meoni 2001, 2002 Toby Price 2016, 2019 Sam Sunderland 2017, 2022 Kevin Benavides 2021, 2023 Ricky Brabec 2020, 2024 12 Gilles Lalay 1989 1 Nani Roma 2004 Matthias Walkner 2018

Most stage wins Rider Wins 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 33 Cyril Despres 3 Joan Barreda 30 4 Jordi Arcarons 27 5 Marc Coma 25 6 Hubert Auriol 24 7 Alessandro De Petri 19 8 Edi Orioli 17 Gaston Rahier 10 Richard Sainct 15 Toby Price

Most podiums Driver Total 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 6 0 0 6 2 Cyril Despres 5 4 1 10 3 Marc Coma 5 2 0 7 4 Edi Orioli 4 1 1 6 5 Cyril Neveu 5 0 0 5 6 Richard Sainct 3 1 1 5 7 Hubert Auriol 3 1 0 4 8 Toby Price 2 1 3 6 9 Fabrizio Meoni 2 1 2 5 10 Kevin Benavides 2 1 0 3 11 Gaston Rahier 2 0 1 3 Sam Sunderland 2 0 1 3 Ricky Brabec 2 0 1 3 13 Gilles Lalay 1 2 1 4 Matthias Walkner 1 2 1 4 15 Nani Roma 1 0 0 1 16 Jordi Arcarons 0 4 2 6

Most stage wins in a single Dakar Rider Years Wins 1 Hubert Auriol 1984 9 2 Stéphane Peterhansel 1997 7 3 Jordi Arcarons 1993, 1994 6 Alessandro De Petri 1990 Chuck Stearns 1985 6 Heinz Kinigadner 1995 5 Francisco López Contardo 2013 Joan Barreda 2014 Toby Price 2016

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 KTM 2001–2019, 2023 19 2 Yamaha 1979, 1980, 1991–1993, 1995–1998 9 3 Honda 1982, 1986–1989, 2020–2021, 2024 8 4 BMW 1981, 1983–1985, 1999–2000 6 5 Cagiva 1990, 1994 2 6 Gas Gas 2022 1

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 KTM 235 2 Yamaha 140 3 Honda 109 4 Cagiva 59 5 BMW 48 6 Husqvarna 14 7 Suzuki 10 8 Aprilia 5 Sherco Gas Gas Hero 12 Gilera 3 13 Barigo 2 14 Kawasaki 1 Most successful model of bike: KTM 450 Rally with 10 wins in 2011-2019 and 2023 (11 if the Gas Gas is counted in 2022).

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1  France 22 2  Italy 6  Spain 4  Belgium 2  Australia  United Kingdom  Argentina  United States 9  Austria 1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  France 22 16 15 2  Austria KTM 20 17 18 3  Japan Honda, Yamaha 17 16 18 4  Spain Gas Gas 7 10 4 5  Italy Aprilia, Cagiva 6 8 8 6  Germany BMW 6 1 2 7  United States 2 2 3 8  Australia 2 1 4 9  Argentina 2 1 10  United Kingdom 2 2 11  Belgium 2 1 12  Chile 2 3 13  Portugal 2 2 14  South Africa 1 2 15  Sweden Husqvarna 1 2 16  Norway 1 17  Slovakia 1 19  Botswana 1 20  India Hero 1

Quad

Since 2009

Most wins Rider Years Wins 1 Marcos Patronelli 2010, 2013, 2016 3 Ignacio Casale 2014, 2018, 2020 3 Alejandro Patronelli 2011, 2012 2 Alexandre Giroud 2022, 2023 Manuel Andújar 2021, 2024 5 Josef Macháček 2009 1 Rafał Sonik 2015 Sergey Karyakin 2017 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019

Most stage wins Rider Wins 1 Ignacio Casale 23 2 Marcos Patronelli 21 3 Alexandre Giroud 16 4 Nicolás Cavigliasso 12 5 Marcelo Medeiros 11 Manuel Andújar 7 Alejandro Patronelli 10 8 Christophe Declerck 8 9 Pablo Copetti 7 10 Tomas Maffei 6 Rafał Sonik 12 Josef Macháček 5 Sergey Karyakin 14 Sebastian Halpern 4 Jeremias González

Most podiums Pilot Total 1 Ignacio Casale 3 2 5 Marcos Patronelli 3 2 5 3 Alejandro Patronelli 2 2 4 4 Alexandre Giroud 2 1 3 5 Manuel Andújar 2 2 6 Rafał Sonik 1 1 3 5 7 Nicolás Cavigliasso 1 1 2 8 Josef Macháček 1 1 Sergey Karyakin 1 1 10 Jeremías González 2 1 3

Scratches in a single Dakar (since 2010) Rider Years Scratches 1 Nicolás Cavigliasso 2019 9 2 Ignacio Casale 2014 7 3 Alexandre Giroud 2024 6 4 Alejandro Patronelli 2011 5 5 Marcos Patronelli 2010 - 2013 4 Tomas Maffei 2012 Alexandre Giroud 2021 Marcelo Medeiros 2023

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Yamaha 2009–2024 16 Most successful model of quad: Yamaha Raptor 700R with 16 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 Yamaha 179 2 Honda 10 3 Polaris 5 Can-Am 5 E-ATV 3 6 Suzuki 1 7 Barren 1

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1 Argentina 8 2 Chile 3 3 France 2 4 Czech Republic 1 Poland Russia

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  Japan Honda, Yamaha 16 17 18 2  Argentina 8 10 4 3  Chile 3 3 4  France 2 2 5  Poland 1 1 5 6  Czech Republic 1 7  Russia 1 8  Canada 1 9  United States 2 10  Bolivia 1 11  Netherlands 1 12  Spain 1 13  South Africa 1 14  Slovakia 1

Lightweight

Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.

Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.

For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.

T4 Modified Production SSV

Most wins Driver Years Wins 1 Francisco López Contardo 2019, 2021 2 2 Leandro Torres 2017 1 Reinaldo Varela 2018 Casey Currie 2020 Austin Jones 2022 Eryk Goczał 2023 Xavier de Soultrait 2024

Most stage wins Driver Wins 1 Francisco López Contardo 12 Reinaldo Varela 3 Marek Goczał 8 4 Gerard Farrés 6 5 Patrice Garrouste 5 Rokas Baciuška 7 Ravil Maganov 4 Eryk Goczał 9 Mitchell Guthrie 3 Michał Goczał Xavier de Soultrait João Ferreira

Wins by co-driver Co-driver Years Wins 1 Gustavo Gugelmin 2018, 2022 2 2 Lourival Roldan 2017 1 Alvaro Juan Leon Quintanilla 2019 Sean Berriman 2020 Juan Pablo Latrach Vinagre 2021 Oriol Mena 2023 Martin Bonnet 2024

Most podiums Pilot Total 1 Francisco López Contardo 2 1 3 2 Austin Jones 1 1 2 3 Reinaldo Varela 1 1 2 4 Leandro Torres 1 1 Casey Currie 1 1 Eryk Goczał 1 1 Xavier de Soultrait 1 1 7 Gerard Farrés 2 2 8 Wang Fujiang 1 1 Patrice Garrouste 1 1 Sergey Karyakin 1 1 Rokas Baciuška 1 1 Jérôme de Sadeleer 1 1

Stage wins in a single Dakar Driver Years Wins 1 Marek Goczał 2022 6 2 Reinaldo Varela 2018 5 Patrice Garrouste 2018 Francisco López Contardo 2021 5 Francisco López Contardo 2019 4 Ravil Maganov 2019 Eryk Goczał 2023

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Can-Am 2018 - 2023 6 2 Polaris 2017, 2024 2 Most successful model of UTV: Can-Am Maverick with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 Can-Am 73 2 Polaris 20 3 / OT3 5 4 BRP 1

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1  Chile 2  Brazil  United States 4  Poland 1  France

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  Canada Can-Am 6 6 6 2  United States Polaris 4 3 2 3  Brazil 3 1 1 4  Chile 2 1 5  Spain 1 3 1 6  France 1 1 1 7  Poland 1 3 8  Switzerland 2 9  Lithuania 1 1 10  Russia 1 1 11  China 1

T3 Lightweight Prototype

Since 2021

Most wins Driver Years Wins 1 Josef Macháček 2021 1 Francisco López Contardo 2022 Austin Jones 2023 Cristina Gutiérrez 2024

Most stage wins Driver Wins 1 Seth Quintero 20 2 Mitch Guthrie 11 3 Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero 5 4 Kris Meeke 4 5 Guillaume De Mévius 2 Francisco López Contardo 7 Austin Jones 1 João Ferreira

Wins by co-driver Co-driver Years Wins 1 Pavel Vyoral 2021 1 JP. Latrach Vinagre 2022 Gustavo Gugelmin 2023 Pablo Moreno Huete 2024

Most podiums Pilot Total 1 Cristina Gutiérrez 1 1 2 2 Josef Macháček 1 1 Francisco Lopez Contardo 1 1 Austin Jones 1 1 4 Camelia Liparoti 1 1 Sebastian Eriksson 1 1 Seth Quintero 1 1 Mitch Guthrie 1 1 7 Philippe Pinchedez 1 1 Guillaume De Mévius 1 1

Stage wins in a single Dakar Driver Years Wins 1 Seth Quintero 2022 12 2 Seth Quintero 2021 6 3 Mitch Guthrie 2023 5 4 Kris Meeke 2021 4 5 Cristina Gutiérrez Herrero 2021 3 Mitch Guthrie 2024

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Can-Am 2021 - 2023 3 2 Taurus 2024 1

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 / OT3 24 2 Taurus 10 3 PH Sport 5 MCE-5 Can-Am 6 Yamaha 3

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1  United States 2 2  Czech Republic 1  Chile

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  Canada Can-Am 3 2 1 2  United States 1 2  Netherlands Taurus 1 2 3  Brazil 1 4  Chile 1 5  Czech Republic 1 7  Spain 1 1 8  Germany 2 9  Japan Yamaha 2 10  Italy 1 11  Sweden 1 12  France Pinch Racing 4 13  Belgium OT3 2

Car

Most wins Driver Years Wins 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021 8 2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023 5 3 Ari Vatanen 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 4 Carlos Sainz 2010, 2018, 2020, 2024 5 René Metge 1981, 1984, 1986 3 Pierre Lartigue 1994, 1995, 1996 7 Jean-Louis Schlesser 1999, 2000 2 Hiroshi Masuoka 2002, 2003 Most stage wins Driver Wins 1 Ari Vatanen 50 Stéphane Peterhansel 3 Nasser Al-Attiyah 48 4 Carlos Sainz 42 5 Jacky Ickx 29 6 Sébastien Loeb 28 7 Hiroshi Masuoka 25 8 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 24 9 Pierre Lartigue 21 Kenjiro Shinozuka 11 Giniel de Villiers 18 12 Bruno Saby 15 Jean-Louis Schlesser

Most podiums Driver 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 8 2 2 2 Nasser Al-Attiyah 5 5 1 3 Carlos Sainz 4 0 2 4 Ari Vatanen 4 0 0 5 Pierre Lartigue 3 2 1 6 René Metge 3 0 0 7 Hiroshi Masuoka 2 2 0 8 Jean-Louis Schlesser 2 0 3 9 Giniel de Villiers 1 4 3 10 Kenjiro Shinozuka 1 2 4

Most stage wins in a single Dakar Driver Years Wins 1 Pierre Lartigue 1994 10 2 Jacky Ickx 1984 9 3 Sébastien Loeb 2023 7 Carlos Sainz 2011 Jean-Louis Schlesser 2001 Ari Vatanen 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996 7 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2021 6 Stéphane Peterhansel 2003 Hubert Auriol 1994 10 Sébastien Loeb 2017, 2024 5 Nasser Al-Attiyah 2015

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Mitsubishi 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001-2007 12 2 Peugeot 1987-1990, 2016-2018 7 3 Mini 2012–2015, 2020-2021 6 4 Citroën 1991, 1994-1996 4 Volkswagen 1980, 2009-2011 5 Toyota 2019, 2022, 2023 3 6 Porsche 1984, 1986 2 Range Rover 1979, 1981 Schlesser 1999, 2000 11 Mercedes 1983 1 Renault 1982 Audi 2024 Most successful model of car: Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution with 12 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 Mitsubishi 150 2 Peugeot 78 3 Citroën 59 Volkswagen 5 Mini 42 6 Toyota 39 7 Range Rover 34 8 Schlesser 30 9 Nissan 21 Porsche 11 Lada 18 Prodrive[a] 13 Mercedes-Benz 17 14 BMW 13 15 Audi 12 16 Hummer 9 17 Renault 8 18 Opel 5 19 Land Rover 2 Aixam-Mega[5] SEAT Red Bull/SMG[6] 23 Fiat 1 Haval Subaru Gordini Century[7] Includes stage wins under BRX

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1  France 23 2  Finland 5  Qatar  Spain 5  Japan 3 6  Germany 2 7  South Africa 1  Belgium

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  France Citroën, Peugeot, Renault 37 21 32 2  Japan Mitsubishi, Toyota 16 5 16 3  United Kingdom Mini, Range Rover, Prodrive 9 1 8 4  Germany Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen 9 1 3 5  Qatar 5 5 6  Spain 5 3 7  Finland 5 8  South Africa 1 4 9  Belgium 1 3 10  Sweden 1 1 11  Russia Lada 2 1 12  United States Hummer 1 3 13  Brazil 1 14  Poland 1 15  Saudi Arabia 1

Truck

Most wins Driver Years Wins 1 Vladimir Chagin 2000, 2002-2004, 2006, 2010, 2011 7 2 Karel Loprais 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 6 3 Eduard Nikolaev 2010, 2013, 2017-2019 5 4 Georges Groine 1982, 1983 2 Francesco Perlini 1992, 1993 Firdaus Kabirov 2005, 2009 Gerard de Rooy 2012, 2016 Andrey Karginov 2014, 2020 Dmitry Sotnikov 2021, 2022

Most stage wins (Since 1999) Driver Wins 1 Vladimir Chagin 63 2 Firdaus Kabirov 37 3 Gérard de Rooy 33 4 Eduard Nikolaev 24 5 Andrey Karginov 21 6 Hans Stacey 18 7 Karel Loprais 16 8 Dmitry Sotnikov 15 9 Aleš Loprais 12 10 Martin Macík 11

Most podiums Pilot Total 1 Vladimir Chagin 7 1 8 2 Karel Loprais 6 4 1 11 3 Eduard Nikolaev 4 2 2 8 4 Georges Groine 2 1 3 5 Francesco Perlini 2 2 6 Firdaus Kabirov 2 3 2 7 7 Gerard de Rooy 2 1 3 6 8 Andrey Karginov 2 2 4 9 Dmitry Sotnikov 2 2 4 10 Jacques Houssat 1 3 4

Stage wins in a single Dakar (since 1999) Driver Wins Wins 1 Vladimir Chagin 2010 9 2 Karel Loprais 2001 8 3 Vladimir Chagin 2002, 2006, 2011 7 4 Firdaus Kabirov 2004 6 Gerard de Rooy 2013 Eduard Nikolaev 2015 Martin Macík 2023 8 Hans Stacey 2007 5 Vladimir Chagin 2001 Dmitry Sotnikov 2021, 2022

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Kamaz 1996, 2000, 2002-2006, 2009-2011, 2013-2015, 2017-2022 19 2 Tatra 1988, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001 6 3 Mercedes-Benz 1982–1986 5 4 Perlini 1990–1993 4 Iveco 2012, 2016, 2023, 2024 6 Sonacome 1980 1 ALM/Acmat 1981 DAF 1987 Hino 1997 MAN 2007 Most successful model of truck: Tatra 815 with 6 wins

Stage wins by manufacturer (since 1997) Manufacturer Wins 1 Kamaz 178 2 Iveco 59 3 Tatra 43 4 MAN 22 5 DAF 16 6 Hino 15 7 GINAF 8 8 Mitsubishi 6 Renault 10 Praga 5 11 MAZ 4 12 Mercedes-Benz 3

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1 Russia 19 2 Czech Republic 7 3 France 5 Netherlands 5 Italy 4 6 Germany 1 Austria

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  Russia Kamaz 19 14 11 2  Italy Iveco, Perlini 9 5 6 3  Czech Republic Tatra 7 8 8 4  France ALM-ACMAT, UNIC 6 8 4 5  Germany MAN 6 5 6 6  Netherlands DAF, GINAF 5 4 9 7  Poland 3 8  Belgium 2 2 4 9  Japan Hino 1 6 2 10  Spain 1 3 11  Algeria Sonacome 1 1 12   1 1 13  Austria Pinzgauer 1 14  Brazil 2 1 15  Belarus MAZ 1 1 16  Sweden Volvo 1 17  United States Ford 1 18  Kazakhstan 2 19  Argentina 1 20  Estonia 1

Classic

Since 2021

Most wins Pilot Years Wins 1 Marc Douton 2021 1 Serge Mogno 2022 Juan Morera 2023

Most stage wins Rider Wins 1 Marc Douton 7 2 Xavier Piña Garnatcha 4 Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici Carlos Santaolalla 4 Kilian Revuelta 3 Juan Morera 6 Jesus Fuster Pliego 2

Fewest points at finish Driver Points Year 1 Serge Mogno 399 2022 2 Juan Morera 428 2023 3 Carlos Santaolalla 529 2023 4 Arnaud Euvrard 602 2022 5 Paolo Bedeschi 631 2023 6 Jesus Fuster Pliego 701 2022 7 Jerome Galpin 803 2022 8 Riccardo Garosci 813 2023 8 Serge Mogno 889 2023 9 Kilian Revuelta 922 2022 10 Dirk van Rompuy 923 2023

Most podiums Driver Total 1 Marc Douton 1 0 0 1 Serge Mogno 1 0 0 1 Juan Morera 1 0 0 1 2 Juan Donatiu 0 1 0 1 Arnaud Euvrard 0 1 0 1 Carlos Santaolalla 0 1 0 1 3 Lilian Harichoury 0 0 1 1 Jesus Fuster Pliego 0 0 1 1 Paolo Bedeschi 0 0 1 1

Scratches in a single Dakar Rider Years Scratches 1 Marc Douton 2021 6 2 Xavier Piña Garnatcha 2022 4 Urbano Alfonso Gherardo Clerici 2023 4 Kilian Revuelta 2021 2

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Years Wins 1 Toyota 2022 2 2 Sunhill 2021 1

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins 1 Toyota 16 2 Sunhill 6 Nissan 4 Mercedes-Benz 3 Protruck Škoda 7 Porsche 2 8 Renault 1 Mitsubishi

Wins by nationality Nationality Wins 1 France 2 2 Spain 1

Combined competitor and make podiums by nationality Rank Nation Make 1  Japan Mitsubishi, Toyota 2 2 1 2  France Renault, Sunhill 3 1 2 3  Spain 1 2 1 4  Germany Mercedes-Benz 1 1 5  Italy 1

Overall

Wins Driver Wins Category 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 14 Bikes/Cars 2 Vladimir Chagin 7 Trucks 3 Karel Loprais 6 Trucks 4 Cyril Neveu 5 Bikes Cyril Despres Bikes Marc Coma Bikes 7 Edi Orioli 4 Bikes Ari Vatanen Cars Nasser Al-Attiyah Cars Eduard Nikolaev Trucks 11 Richard Sainct 3 Bikes Marcos Patronelli Quads Ignacio Casale Quads Francisco López Contardo SSV/LW Proto Carlos Sainz Cars Pierre Lartigue Cars René Metge Cars 18 Sam Sunderland 2 Bikes Hubert Auriol Bikes Gaston Rahier Bikes Fabrizio Meoni Bikes Toby Price Bikes Nani Roma Bikes/Cars Alejandro Patronelli Quads Jean-Louis Schlesser Cars Hiroshi Masuoka Cars Georges Groine Trucks Francesco Perlini Trucks Firdaus Kabirov Trucks Gerard de Rooy Trucks Andrey Karginov Trucks Josef Macháček Quads/LW Proto Dmitry Sotnikov Trucks

Stage wins Driver Stage Wins Category 1 Stéphane Peterhansel 82 Bikes/Cars 2 Vladimir Chagin 63 Trucks 3 Ari Vatanen 50 Cars 4 Nasser Al-Attiyah 44 Cars 5 Carlos Sainz 42 Cars 6 Hubert Auriol 37 Bikes/Cars Firdaus Kabirov Trucks 8 Cyril Despres 35 Bikes/Cars/SSV 9 Gérard de Rooy 33 Trucks 10 Jacky Ickx 29 Cars Joan Barreda Bikes 12 Jordi Arcarons 27 Bikes 13 Hiroshi Masuoka 25 Cars Nani Roma Bikes/Cars Marc Coma Bikes 16 Jean-Pierre Fontenay 24 Cars Eduard Nikolaev Trucks 18 Sébastien Loeb 23 Cars Ignacio Casale Quads 20 Pierre Lartigue 21 Cars Kenjiro Shinozuka Cars Andrey Karginov Trucks Marcos Patronelli Quads 24 Alessandro de Petri 19 Bikes 25 Hans Stacey 18 Trucks Seth Quintero LW Proto Giniel de Villiers Cars 28 Edi Orioli 17 Bikes Gaston Rahier Bikes 30 Karel Loprais 16 Trucks 31 Richard Sainct 15 Bikes Toby Price Bikes Bruno Saby Cars Jean-Louis Schlesser Cars Dmitry Sotnikov Trucks

Wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Wins Category 1 Yamaha 23 Bikes/Quads 2 Kamaz 19 Trucks 3 KTM 18 Bikes 4 Mitsubishi 12 Cars 5 Honda 7 Bikes Peugeot Cars Can-Am SSVT3/SSVT4 8 Tatra 6 Trucks Mini Cars BMW Bikes Mercedes-Benz Cars/Trucks 12 Citroën 4 Cars Volkswagen Cars Perlini Trucks 15 Toyota 3 Cars/Classic 16 Cagiva 2 Bikes Porsche Cars Range Rover Cars Schlesser Cars Iveco Trucks 21 Gas Gas 1 Bikes Polaris SSVT4 Renault Cars Sonacome Trucks ALM/Acmat Trucks DAF Trucks Hino Trucks MAN Trucks Sunhill Classic

Stage wins by manufacturer Manufacturer Stage Wins Category 1 Yamaha 293 Bikes/Quads/SSVT3 2 KTM 228 Bikes 3 Kamaz 178 Trucks 4 Mitsubishi 157 Cars/Trucks/Classic 5 Honda 107 Bikes/Quads 6 Peugeot 78 Cars 7 BMW 61 Bikes/Cars 8 Cagiva 59 Bikes Citroën Cars Volkswagen Cars 11 Can-Am 54 Quads/SSVT4 12 Mini 42 Cars Tatra Trucks 14 Iveco 40 Trucks Toyota Cars/Classic 16 Range Rover 34 Cars 17 Schlesser 30 Cars 18 / OT3 27 SSVT3/SSVT4 19 Mercedes-Benz 23 Cars/Trucks/Classic 20 MAN 22 Trucks Porsche Cars/Classic 22 Polaris 21 Quads/SSVT4 Nissan Cars 24 Lada 18 Cars 25 DAF 16 Trucks 26 Hino 15 Trucks

Rally

Entrants

• 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]

Finishers

• Highest number of finishers: 317 (2022) (446 including Classic)
• Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 77.51% (2017) (80.94% including Classic)
• Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
• Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
• Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)

Distance

• Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
• Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)

Countries

• 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 - 2023 (Saudi Arabia)

Biggest variation between first and last finisher (since 2009, until further reliable data is found)

Class	Year	First Pilot	First Result	Last Pilot	Last Result	Variation
Bike	2022	Sam Sunderland	38:47:30	Juan Puga	203:59:47	+165:12:17
Quad	2014	Ignacio Casale	68:28:04	Eugenio Favre	155:25:31	+86:57:27
T3	2022	Francisco López Contardo	45:50:51	Boris Gadasin	230:03:52	+184:13:01
T4	2018	Reinaldo Varela	72:44:06	Leo Larrauri	205:04:18	+132:20:12
Car	2019	Nasser Al-Attiyah	34:38:14	Alex Aguirregaviria	524:26:48	+489:48:34
Truck	2014	Andrey Karginov	55:00:28	Georges Ginesta	336:49:15	+391:48:47
Classic	2021	Marc Douton	961	Ignacio Corcuera	307707	+306746

Individuals

• Highest percentage of stage wins in a single rally: Seth Quintero with 92.31% (12/13) (2022)
• Most podiums without a win: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 7 podiums (6x and 1x )
• Most entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 36 entries
• Most consecutive entries: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 35 entries (1983-2019)^[9]
• Most finishes: Yoshimasa Sugawara with 29 finishes
• Most consecutive finishes: Giniel de Villiers with 21 (2003-2024)
• Most consecutive top 10 finishes: Giniel de Villiers with 16 (2009-2024)
• Most classes competed in: Kees Koolen 5 classes (Bike/Quad/Car/Truck/ssv),^[10] Yoshimasa Sugawara 3 classes (Bike/Car/Truck)^[11] and Cyril Despres 3 classes (Bike/Car/SSV)
• Oldest competitor: Marcel Hugueny at 81 years (1995)^[12]
• Oldest rookie: Graham Knight at 68, ? months, ? days (2020)^[13]
• Oldest winner: Josef Macháček at 63, 10 months, 2 days (2021)
• Youngest competitor: Mitchel van den Brink at 16 years, 357 days (2019)^[14]
• Youngest winner of a stage: Eryk Goczał at 18 years, 56 days (Stage 1, 2023)
• First female winner (cars): Jutta Kleinschmidt (2001)
• Fewest Classic points: 399 Serge Mogno (2022)
• 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 12 wins
• Most manufacturer wins: Kamaz with 19 wins.
• Most manufacturer finishes: Yamaha (bikes), Honda (bikes), Toyota (cars) had a vehicle finish in all 43 rallies

Countries

Number of times started in Country Years Starts France 1979–1994, 1998, 2001–2004 21 Argentina 2009–2012, 2014–2016 7 Saudi Arabia 2020-2024 5 Spain 1995, 1996, 1999, 2005 4 Portugal 2006–2008 3 Peru 2013, 2018-2019 Senegal 1997, 2000 2 Paraguay 2017 1

Number of times finished in Country Years Finishes Senegal 1979-1991, 1993-1999, 2001, 2002, 2004-2007 26 Argentina 2009-2011, 2015-2018 7 Saudi Arabia 2020 - 2024 5 Chile 2013, 2014 2 Egypt 2000, 2003 Peru 2013, 2019 South Africa 1992 1 France 1994

Number of times entered

Country	Entries
Senegal	27
Mali	22
France	21
Mauritania	20
Niger	14
Morocco	12
Spain
Algeria	10
Argentina
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)	7
Chile
Libya	6
Guinea
Bolivia	5
Saudi Arabia
Peru	4
Ivory Coast	3
Egypt	2
Portugal
Chad
Tunisia
South Africa	1
Angola
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo
Namibia
Central African Republic
Sierra Leone
Paraguay

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