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 2025 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.

2009 - 2024

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.

Since 2021

Since 2021

• 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]

• 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)

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

• 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

• 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] Ignacio Casale 4 classes (Bike/Quad/Truck/SSV), Yoshimasa Sugawara 3 classes (Bike/Car/Truck),^[11] Cyril Despres 3 classes (Bike/Car/SSV) and Xavier Foj 3 classes (Truck/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:
  • Car: Saood Variawa at 19 years, 190 days (Stage 3, 2025)
  • Bike: Laurent Charbonnel [fr] at 21 years, 297 days (Stage 1, 1990)
  • Challenger T3: Seth Quintero at 18 years, 114 days (Stage 2, 2021)
  • SSV T4: Eryk Goczał at 18 years, 56 days (Stage 1, 2023)
  • Truck: Mitchel van den Brink at 21 years, 357 days (Stage 6, 2023)
• Youngest finisher:
  • Car: Saood Variawa at 19 years, 200 days (2025)
  • Bike: Konrad Dabrowski at 19 years, 162 days (2021)
  • Truck: Mitchel van den Brink at 17 years, 3 days (2019)
• 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)

• 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

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
Saudi Arabia
Bolivia	5
Peru	4
Ivory Coast	3
Egypt	2
Portugal
Chad