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List of Indianapolis 500 lap leaders
All-time lap leaders edit
- Two hundred thirty-nine drivers have led the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, in 107 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 | ||||||
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1 | Scott Dixon | 665 | Active driver | 1 | 2008 | |||||||
2 | Al Unser | 644 | 4,356 | 14.78% | 4 | 1970 | 1971 | 1978 | 1987 | |||
3 | † Ralph DePalma | 612 | 1,594 | 38.39% | 1 | 1915 | ||||||
4 | † Mario Andretti | 556 | 3,040 | 18.29% | 1 | 1969 | ||||||
5 | A. J. Foyt | 555 | 4,909 | 11.31% | 4 | 1961 | 1964 | 1967 | 1977 | |||
6 | Wilbur Shaw | 508 | 2,019 | 25.16% | 3 | 1937 | 1939 | 1940 | ||||
7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 505 | 1,785 | 28.29% | 2 | 1989 | 1993 | |||||
8 | Parnelli Jones | 492 | 1,130 | 43.54% | 1 | 1963 | ||||||
9 | Bill Vukovich | 485 | 676 | 71.75% | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | |||||
10 | Bobby Unser | 440 | 2,611 | 16.85% | 3 | 1968 | 1975 | 1981 | ||||
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 | 352 | 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 | 326 | Active driver | 4 | 2001 | 2002 | 2009 | 2021 | ||||
19 | Jim Clark | 298 | 682 | 43.69% | 1 | 1965 | ||||||
20 | Bill Holland | 297 | 914 | 32.49% | 1 | 1949 | ||||||
21 | Johnny Rutherford | 296 | 2,792 | 10.60% | 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 | 1,729 | 13.59% | 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 | 1,263 | 15.28% | 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 | 171 | Active driver | 1 | 2014 | |||||||
36 | Simon Pagenaud | 169 | Active driver | 1 | 2019 | |||||||
37 | Danny Sullivan | 162 | 1,523 | 10.64% | 1 | 1985 | ||||||
38 | Howdy Wilcox | 155 | 1,335 | 11.61% | 1 | 1919 | ||||||
39 | Tomas Scheckter | 153 | 1,691 | 9.05% | ||||||||
40 | Jim Rathmann | 150 | 2,320 | 6.47% | 1 | 1960 | ||||||
41 | Peter DePaolo | 148 | 738 | 20.05% | 1 | 1925 | ||||||
42 | Ed Carpenter | 146 | Active driver | |||||||||
43 | Will Power | 145 | Active driver | 1 | 2018 | |||||||
44 | Marco Andretti | 144 | Active driver | |||||||||
45 | † Dario Resta | 140 | 408 | 34.31% | 1 | 1916 | ||||||
46 | Sam Hanks | 140 | 1,566 | 8.94% | 1 | 1957 | ||||||
47 | Jules Goux | 139 | 773 | 17.98% | 1 | 1913 | ||||||
48 | †2 George Robson | 138 | 333 | 41.44% | 1 | 1946 | ||||||
49 | Pat Flaherty | 138 | 812 | 17.00% | 1 | 1956 | ||||||
50 | Gary Bettenhausen | 138 | 2,372 | 5.82% | ||||||||
51 | Johnnie Parsons | 131 | 1,504 | 8.71% | 1 | 1950 | ||||||
52 | Lloyd Ruby | 126 | 2,357 | 5.35% | ||||||||
53 | Bobby Rahal | 126 | 2,007 | 6.28% | 1 | 1986 | ||||||
54 | Earl Cooper | 123 | 939 | 13.10% | ||||||||
55 | Tony Stewart | 122 | 700 | 17.43% | ||||||||
56 | Joe Boyer | 119 | 555 | 21.44% | 1 | 1924 | ||||||
57 | Álex Palou | 118 | Active driver | |||||||||
58 | Greg Ray | 116 | 920 | 12.61% | ||||||||
59 | René Thomas | 114 | 744 | 15.32% | 1 | 1914 | ||||||
60 | Al Unser Jr. | 110 | 3,173 | 3.47% | 2 | 1992 | 1994 | |||||
61 | Kelly Petillo | 108 | 1,283 | 8.42% | 1 | 1935 | ||||||
62 | Wally Dallenbach Sr. | 108 | 1,448 | 7.46% | ||||||||
63 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 107 | 1,346 | 7.95% | 1 | 2006 | ||||||
64 | Babe Stapp | 106 | 960 | 11.04% | ||||||||
65 | Fred Frame | 106 | 1,281 | 8.27% | 1 | 1932 | ||||||
66 | Buddy Rice | 99 | 1,047 | 9.46% | 1 | 2004 | ||||||
67 | Ted Horn | 94 | 1,944 | 4.84% | ||||||||
68 | Dave Lewis | 93 | 383 | 24.28% | ||||||||
69 | Bill Cummings | 93 | 1,229 | 7.57% | 1 | 1934 | ||||||
70 | Floyd Roberts | 92 | 883 | 10.42% | 1 | 1938 | ||||||
71 | Kenny Bräck | 89 | 885 | 10.06% | 1 | 1999 | ||||||
72 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 89 | 2,122 | 4.19% | 1 | 1998 | ||||||
73 | Ray Harroun | 88 | 200 | 44.00% | 1 | 1911 | ||||||
74 | Takuma Sato | 87 | Active driver | 2 | 2017 | 2020 | ||||||
75 | Bob Sweikert | 86 | 825 | 10.42% | 1 | 1955 | ||||||
76 | Patricio O'Ward | 82 | Active driver | |||||||||
77 | David L. Bruce-Brown | 81 | 225 | 36.00% | ||||||||
78 | Alexander Rossi | 81 | Active driver | 1 | 2016 | |||||||
79 | Danny Ongais | 79 | 1,527 | 5.17% | ||||||||
80 | Arthur Duray | 77 | 200 | 38.50% | ||||||||
81 | Troy Ruttman | 72 | 1,472 | 4.89% | 1 | 1952 | ||||||
82 | †3 Gil de Ferran | 71 | 601 | 11.81% | 1 | 2003 | ||||||
83 | Jack McGrath | 70 | 1,094 | 6.40% | ||||||||
84 | Mark Donohue | 70 | 748 | 9.36% | 1 | 1972 | ||||||
85 | Buddy Lazier | 70 | 3,015 | 2.32% | 1 | 1996 | ||||||
86 | Frank Brisko | 69 | 1,330 | 5.19% | ||||||||
87 | Leon Duray | 68 | 693 | 9.81% | ||||||||
88 | Ralph Hepburn | 68 | 1,864 | 3.65% | ||||||||
89 | George Souders | 67 | 400 | 16.75% | 1 | 1927 | ||||||
90 | Eddie Sachs | 66 | 1,069 | 6.17% | ||||||||
91 | Felix Rosenqvist | 61 | Active driver | |||||||||
92 | Maurício Gugelmin | 59 | 396 | 14.90% | ||||||||
93 | Harry Hartz | 57 | 996 | 5.72% | ||||||||
94 | Rinus VeeKay | 57 | Active driver | |||||||||
95 | Roberto Guerrero | 56 | 1,735 | 3.23% | ||||||||
96 | Johnny Thomson | 55 | 1,044 | 5.27% | ||||||||
97 | James Hinchcliffe | 54 | 1,656 | 3.26% | ||||||||
98 | Robby Gordon | 53 | 1,564 | 3.39% | ||||||||
99 | Joe Leonard | 52 | 1,265 | 4.11% | ||||||||
100 | Jeff Ward | 52 | 1,254 | 4.15% | ||||||||
101 | Bruno Junqueira | 52 | 734 | 7.08% | ||||||||
102 | Max Chilton | 50 | 997 | 5.02% | ||||||||
103 | Deacon Litz | 49 | 1,560 | 3.14% | ||||||||
104 | Scott Goodyear | 49 | 1,460 | 3.35% | ||||||||
105 | Conor Daly | 47 | Active driver | |||||||||
106 | Ray Keech | 46 | 400 | 11.50% | 1 | 1929 | ||||||
107 | Pat O'Connor | 46 | 768 | 5.98% | ||||||||
108 | Davy Jones | 46 | 784 | 5.86% | ||||||||
109 | Gil Anderson | 44 | 784 | 5.61% | ||||||||
110 | Jimmy Gleason | 43 | 617 | 6.97% | ||||||||
111 | Josef Newgarden | 43 | Active driver | 1 | 2023 | |||||||
112 | Marcus Ericsson | 43 | Active driver | 1 | 2022 | |||||||
113 | Bob Burman | 41 | 718 | 5.71% | ||||||||
114 | Jackie Stewart | 40 | 358 | 11.17% | ||||||||
115 | Louis Schneider | 39 | 863 | 4.51% | 1 | 1931 | ||||||
116 | John Paul Jr. | 39 | 883 | 4.42% | ||||||||
117 | Alex Tagliani | 39 | 1,543 | 2.52% | ||||||||
118 | Teo Fabi | 37 | 963 | 3.84% | ||||||||
119 | Bob Carey | 36 | 200 | 18% | ||||||||
120 | Jim Hurtubise | 36 | 894 | 4.03% | ||||||||
121 | Cliff Bergere | 35 | 2,425 | 1.44% | ||||||||
122 | Paul Russo | 35 | 1,482 | 2.36% | ||||||||
123 | Bob Swanson | 34 | 267 | 12.73% | ||||||||
124 | Nigel Mansell | 34 | 292 | 11.64% | ||||||||
125 | Oriol Servià | 34 | 1,992 | 1.70% | ||||||||
126 | Bobby Marshman | 33 | 635 | 5.20% | ||||||||
127 | Tony Gulotta | 33 | 1,989 | 1.66% | ||||||||
128 | Art Cross | 32 | 768 | 4.17% | ||||||||
129 | Duke Nalon | 32 | 1,284 | 2.49% | ||||||||
130 | Ryan Briscoe | 31 | 1,840 | 1.68% | ||||||||
131 | Phil Shafer | 29 | 1,223 | 2.37% | ||||||||
132 | Mark Dismore | 29 | 820 | 3.54% | ||||||||
133 | Danica Patrick | 29 | 1,404 | 2.07% | ||||||||
134 | Carlos Muñoz | 29 | 1,200 | 2.41% | ||||||||
135 | Graham Rahal | 28 | Active driver | |||||||||
136 | Fernando Alonso | 27 | 378 | 7.14% | ||||||||
137 | Jimmy Vasser | 26 | 1,249 | 2.08% | ||||||||
138 | Jimmy Davies | 25 | 631 | 3.96% | ||||||||
139 | Tony Bettenhausen | 24 | 1,975 | 1.22% | ||||||||
140 | Lou Moore | 23 | 1,304 | 1.76% | ||||||||
141 | A. J. Allmendinger | 23 | 200 | 11.50% | ||||||||
142 | Jacques Villeneuve | 22 | 600 | 3.67% | 1 | 1995 | ||||||
143 | Raul Boesel | 21 | 2,213 | 0.95% | ||||||||
144 | Alessandro Zampedri | 20 | 199 | 10.05% | ||||||||
145 | George Amick | 18 | 200 | 9.00% | ||||||||
146 | Johnny Boyd | 18 | 1,427 | 1.26% | ||||||||
147 | Charlie Kimball | 18 | 1,910 | 0.94% | ||||||||
148 | Kevin Cogan | 17 | 1,556 | 1.09% | ||||||||
149 | Johnny Aitken | 16 | 194 | 8.25% | ||||||||
150 | Jerry Grant | 16 | 1,275 | 1.25% | ||||||||
151 | Robbie Buhl | 16 | 1,279 | 1.25% | ||||||||
152 | Vítor Meira | 15 | 1,622 | 0.92% | ||||||||
153 | Mike Conway | 15 | 476 | 3.15% | ||||||||
154 | Zach Veach | 15 | 729 | 1.92% | ||||||||
155 | Colton Herta | 15 | Active driver | |||||||||
156 | Santino Ferrucci | 15 | Active driver | |||||||||
157 | †3 Gaston Chevrolet | 14 | 400 | 3.50% | 1 | 1920 | ||||||
158 | Ernie Triplett | 14 | 559 | 2.50% | ||||||||
159 | Russ Snowberger | 13 | 1,633 | 0.80% | ||||||||
160 | Josele Garza | 13 | 707 | 1.84% | ||||||||
161 | Billy Boat | 13 | 1,112 | 1.17% | ||||||||
162 | Justin Wilson | 13 | 1,488 | 0.87% | ||||||||
163 | Townsend Bell | 13 | 1,898 | 0.68% | ||||||||
164 | J. R. Hildebrand | 13 | 2,202 | 0.59% | ||||||||
165 | Swede Savage | 12 | 62 | 19.35% | ||||||||
166 | Felipe Giaffone | 12 | 955 | 1.26% | ||||||||
167 | Bertrand Baguette | 11 | 383 | 2.87% | ||||||||
168 | Ralph Mulford | 10 | 1,619 | 0.62% | ||||||||
169 | Graham Hill | 10 | 333 | 3.00% | 1 | 1966 | ||||||
170 | Alex Barron | 10 | 942 | 1.06% | ||||||||
171 | Eddie Rickenbacker | 9 | 355 | 2.53% | ||||||||
172 | Albert Guyot | 9 | 808 | 1.11% | ||||||||
173 | Josef Christiaens | 9 | 320 | 2.81% | ||||||||
174 | †4 Louis Chevrolet | 9 | 452 | 1.99% | ||||||||
175 | Dutch Bauman | 9 | 90 | 10.00% | ||||||||
176 | Len Sutton | 9 | 708 | 1.27% | ||||||||
177 | Jimmy Daywalt | 8 | 999 | 0.80% | ||||||||
178 | Pancho Carter | 8 | 2,141 | 0.37% | ||||||||
179 | Jim Crawford | 8 | 1,043 | 0.77% | ||||||||
180 | Scott Pruett | 8 | 592 | 1.35% | ||||||||
181 | Don Freeland | 7 | 1,311 | 0.53% | ||||||||
182 | Roger McCluskey | 7 | 2,155 | 0.32% | ||||||||
183 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | 7 | 199 | 3.52% | ||||||||
184 | Spencer Pigot | 7 | 981 | 0.71% | ||||||||
185 | Ira Hall | 6 | 485 | 1.24% | ||||||||
186 | Cecil Green | 5 | 217 | 2.30% | ||||||||
187 | Jimmy Jackson | 5 | 845 | 0.59% | ||||||||
188 | Spencer Wishart | 5 | 604 | 0.83% | ||||||||
189 | Steve Krisiloff | 5 | 1,387 | 0.36% | ||||||||
190 | E. J. Viso | 5 | 843 | 0.59% | ||||||||
191 | James Jakes | 5 | 599 | 0.83% | ||||||||
192 | Callum Ilott | 5 | Active driver | |||||||||
193 | Fred Belcher | 4 | 200 | 2.00% | ||||||||
194 | Cliff Durant | 4 | 888 | 0.45% | ||||||||
195 | Mike Mosley | 4 | 1,615 | 0.25% | ||||||||
196 | Buzz Calkins | 4 | 1,056 | 0.38% | ||||||||
197 | Sam Schmidt | 4 | 110 | 3.64% | ||||||||
198 | Sébastien Bourdais | 4 | 1,687 | 0.24% | ||||||||
199 | Oliver Askew | 4 | 91 | 4.40% | ||||||||
200 | Sage Karam | 4 | 1,368 | 0.29% | ||||||||
201 | George Snider | 3 | 1,832 | 0.16% | ||||||||
202 | Davey Hamilton | 3 | 1,783 | 0.17% | ||||||||
203 | Scott Sharp | 3 | 2,180 | 0.14% | ||||||||
204 | Bryan Herta | 3 | 965 | 0.31% | ||||||||
205 | Adrian Fernández | 3 | 583 | 0.51% | ||||||||
206 | Mario Moraes | 3 | 211 | 1.42% | ||||||||
207 | Bryan Clauson | 3 | 305 | 0.98% | ||||||||
208 | Stefan Wilson | 3 | Active driver | |||||||||
209 | Caleb Bragg | 2 | 269 | 0.74% | ||||||||
210 | Teddy Tetzlaff | 2 | 371 | 0.54% | ||||||||
211 | Joe Dawson | 2 | 445 | 0.45% | 1 | 1912 | ||||||
212 | Robert Evans | 2 | 158 | 1.27% | ||||||||
213 | Paul Bost | 2 | 66 | 3.03% | ||||||||
214 | Herb Ardinger | 2 | 884 | 0.23% | ||||||||
215 | Dan Gurney | 2 | 1,204 | 0.17% | ||||||||
216 | Roger Rager | 2 | 55 | 3.64% | ||||||||
217 | Don Whittington | 2 | 547 | 0.37% | ||||||||
218 | John Andretti | 2 | 1,852 | 0.11% | ||||||||
219 | Robby McGehee | 2 | 887 | 0.23% | ||||||||
220 | Tora Takagi | 2 | 379 | 0.53% | ||||||||
221 | Jaques Lazier | 2 | 979 | 0.20% | ||||||||
222 | Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 200 | 1.00% | ||||||||
223 | James Davison | 2 | 748 | 0.27% | ||||||||
224 | Robert Wickens | 2 | 200 | 1.00% | ||||||||
225 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 | 193 | 1.04% | ||||||||
226 | Jean Chassagne | 1 | 285 | 0.35% | ||||||||
227 | Art Klein | 1 | 413 | 0.24% | ||||||||
228 | Roscoe Sarles | 1 | 354 | 0.28% | ||||||||
229 | Howdy Wilcox II | 1 | 200 | 0.50% | ||||||||
230 | Fred Agabashian | 1 | 1,273 | 0.08% | ||||||||
231 | Jack Brabham | 1 | 510 | 0.20% | ||||||||
232 | Bobby Allison | 1 | 113 | 0.88% | ||||||||
233 | Bill Vukovich II | 1 | 1,527 | 0.07% | ||||||||
234 | Tim Richmond | 1 | 388 | 0.26% | ||||||||
235 | Gordon Smiley | 1 | 188 | 0.53% | ||||||||
236 | Scott Brayton | 1 | 1,905 | 0.05% | ||||||||
237 | Stéphan Grégoire | 1 | 760 | 0.13% | ||||||||
238 | Jeff Simmons | 1 | 609 | 0.16% | ||||||||
239 | Mikhail Aleshin | 1 | 524 | 0.19% | ||||||||
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 Leaders, Individual Races edit
Most Laps Led edit
Fifty-seven of one hundred seven Indianapolis 500-Mile Races have been won by the driver leading the most laps, 53.27%.
More than 50% of race laps led, non-winning entries edit
Twenty separate entries in equal years, driven by sixteen drivers, have failed to win despite leading over half a given race's completed laps.[1]
Rank | Year | Driver | Laps Led | Race Percentage | Final Pos |
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1 | 1912 | Ralph DePalma | 196 | 98.0% | 11 |
2 | 1967 | Parnelli Jones | 171 | 85.5% | 6 |
3 | 1987 | Mario Andretti | 170 | 85.0% | 9 |
4 | 1992 | Michael Andretti | 160 | 80.0% | 13 |
5 | 1931 | Billy Arnold | 155 | 77.5% | 19 |
6 | 1952 | Bill Vukovich | 150 | 75.0% | 17 |
7 | 2006 | Dan Wheldon | 148 | 74.0% | 4 |
8 | 1994 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 145 | 72.5% | 17 |
9 | 1947 | Bill Holland | 143 | 71.5% | 2 |
10 | 1972 | Gary Bettenhausen | 138 | 69.0% | 14 |
11 | 1977 | Gordon Johncock | 129 | 64.5% | 11 |
12 | 1990 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 128 | 64.0% | 3 |
13 | 1962 | Parnelli Jones | 120 | 60.0% | 7 |
14 | 1924 | Earl Cooper | 119 | 59.5% | 2 |
15 | 2020 | Scott Dixon | 111 | 55.5% | 2 |
16 | 1927 | Frank Lockhart | 110 | 55.0% | 10 |
17 | 1921 | Ralph DePalma | 108 | 54.0% | 12 |
18 | 1941 | Wilbur Shaw | 107 | 53.5% | 18 |
1985 | Mario Andretti | 2 | |||
20 | 1975 | Wally Dallenbach | 96 | 55.2% | 9 |
Notes edit
Lap leader records edit
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