List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions

[1] The series currently consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces that range from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice.

Each rally is split into 15–25 special stages, which are run against the clock on closed roads.

[3] Each season normally consists of 12 to 16 rallies driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice.

Points from these events are calculated towards the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' world championships.

[4] Sébastien Loeb holds the record for the most drivers' championships, winning nine during his career.

Sébastien Loeb has won the World Drivers' Championship a record nine times in a row.
Colin McRae , winner of the 1995 World Rally Championship
Petter Solberg won the World Rally Championship in 2003.
Nine-time champion Sébastien Loeb and his co-driver Daniel Elena
Sébastien Ogier has the second most drivers' titles with eight.
Tommi Mäkinen won four World Rally Championships.
Marcus Grönholm , the seventh Finnish world champion
Markku Alén driving a Lancia Delta HF 4WD in 1987. Rally versions of the Delta brought Lancia four drivers' titles.