# List of World Rally Championship seasons

The list of World Rally Championship seasons includes all seasons of the FIA World Rally Championship, from the inaugural 1973 season.

## WRC seasons

| Season | Events | | | | International Championship for Manufacturers | International Championship for Manufacturers | International Championship for Manufacturers |
| Season | Events | | | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1970 | 7 | | | | Porsche | Alpine-Renault | Lancia |
| 1971 | 9 | | | | Alpine-Renault | Saab | Porsche |
| 1972 | 9 | | | | Lancia | Fiat | Porsche |
| | | Drivers' championship | Drivers' championship | Drivers' championship | Manufacturers' championship | Manufacturers' championship | Manufacturers' championship |
| | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1973 | 13 | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | Alpine-Renault | Fiat | Ford |
| 1974 | 8 | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | Lancia | Fiat | Ford |
| 1975 | 10 | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | Lancia | Fiat | Alpine-Renault |
| 1976 | 10 | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | No drivers' championship | Lancia | Opel | Ford |
| 1977 | 11 | Sandro Munari | Björn Waldegård | Bernard Darniche | Fiat | Ford | Toyota |
| 1978 | 11 | Markku Alén | Jean-Pierre Nicolas | Hannu Mikkola | Fiat | Ford | Opel |
| 1979 | 12 | Björn Waldegård | Hannu Mikkola | Markku Alén | Ford | Datsun | Fiat |
| 1980 | 12 | Walter Röhrl | Hannu Mikkola | Björn Waldegård | Fiat | Datsun | Ford |
| 1981 | 12 | Ari Vatanen | Guy Fréquelin | Hannu Mikkola | Talbot | Datsun | Ford |
| 1982 | 12 | Walter Röhrl | Michèle Mouton | Hannu Mikkola | Audi | Opel | Nissan |
| 1983 | 12 | Hannu Mikkola | Walter Röhrl | Markku Alén | Lancia | Audi | Opel |
| 1984 | 12 | Stig Blomqvist | Hannu Mikkola | Markku Alén | Audi | Lancia | Peugeot |
| 1985 | 12 | Timo Salonen | Stig Blomqvist | Walter Röhrl | Peugeot | Audi | Lancia |
| 1986 | 12 | Juha Kankkunen | Markku Alén | Timo Salonen | Peugeot | Lancia | Volkswagen |
| 1987 | 13 | Juha Kankkunen | Miki Biasion | Markku Alén | Lancia | Audi | Renault |
| 1988 | 13 | Miki Biasion | Markku Alén | Alex Fiorio | Lancia | Ford | Audi |
| 1989 | 13 | Miki Biasion | Alex Fiorio | Juha Kankkunen | Lancia | Toyota | Mazda |
| 1990 | 12 | Carlos Sainz | Didier Auriol | Juha Kankkunen | Lancia | Toyota | Mitsubishi |
| 1991 | 14 | Juha Kankkunen | Carlos Sainz | Didier Auriol | Lancia | Toyota | Mitsubishi |
| 1992 | 14 | Carlos Sainz | Juha Kankkunen | Didier Auriol | Lancia | Toyota | Ford |
| 1993 | 13 | Juha Kankkunen | François Delecour | Didier Auriol | Toyota | Ford | Subaru |
| 1994 | 10 | Didier Auriol | Carlos Sainz | Juha Kankkunen | Toyota | Subaru | Ford |
| 1995 | 8 | Colin McRae | Carlos Sainz | Kenneth Eriksson | Subaru | Mitsubishi | Ford |
| 1996 | 9 | Tommi Mäkinen | Colin McRae | Carlos Sainz | Subaru | Mitsubishi | Ford |
| 1997 | 14 | Tommi Mäkinen | Colin McRae | Carlos Sainz | Subaru | Ford | Mitsubishi |
| 1998 | 13 | Tommi Mäkinen | Carlos Sainz | Colin McRae | Mitsubishi | Toyota | Subaru |
| 1999 | 14 | Tommi Mäkinen | Richard Burns | Didier Auriol | Toyota | Subaru | Mitsubishi |
| 2000 | 14 | Marcus Grönholm | Richard Burns | Carlos Sainz | Peugeot | Ford | Subaru |
| 2001 | 14 | Richard Burns | Colin McRae | Tommi Mäkinen | Peugeot | Ford | Mitsubishi |
| 2002 | 14 | Marcus Grönholm | Petter Solberg | Carlos Sainz | Peugeot | Ford | Subaru |
| 2003 | 14 | Petter Solberg | Sébastien Loeb | Carlos Sainz | Citroën | Peugeot | Subaru |
| 2004 | 16 | Sébastien Loeb | Petter Solberg | Markko Märtin | Citroën | Ford | Subaru |
| 2005 | 16 | Sébastien Loeb | Petter Solberg | Marcus Grönholm | Citroën | Peugeot | Ford |
| 2006 | 16 | Sébastien Loeb | Marcus Grönholm | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford | Kronos Citroën | Subaru |
| 2007 | 16 | Sébastien Loeb | Marcus Grönholm | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford | Citroën | Subaru |
| 2008 | 15 | Sébastien Loeb | Mikko Hirvonen | Dani Sordo | Citroën | Ford | Subaru |
| 2009 | 12 | Sébastien Loeb | Mikko Hirvonen | Dani Sordo | Citroën | Ford | Stobart Ford |
| 2010 | 13 | Sébastien Loeb | Jari-Matti Latvala | Petter Solberg | Citroën | Ford | Citroën Junior |
| 2011 | 13 | Sébastien Loeb | Mikko Hirvonen | Sébastien Ogier | Citroën | Ford | Stobart Ford |
| 2012 | 13 | Sébastien Loeb | Mikko Hirvonen | Jari-Matti Latvala | Citroën | Ford | M-Sport Ford |
| 2013 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Thierry Neuville | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen | Citroën | M-Sport |
| 2014 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Jari-Matti Latvala | Andreas Mikkelsen | Volkswagen | Citroën | M-Sport |
| 2015 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Jari-Matti Latvala | Andreas Mikkelsen | Volkswagen | Citroën | Hyundai |
| 2016 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Thierry Neuville | Andreas Mikkelsen | Volkswagen | Hyundai | Volkswagen II |
| 2017 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Thierry Neuville | Ott Tänak | M-Sport | Hyundai | Toyota |
| 2018 | 13 | Sébastien Ogier | Thierry Neuville | Ott Tänak | Toyota | Hyundai | M-Sport Ford |
| 2019 | 13 | Ott Tänak | Thierry Neuville | Sébastien Ogier | Hyundai | Toyota | Citroën |
| 2020 | 7 | Sébastien Ogier | Elfyn Evans | Ott Tänak | Hyundai | Toyota | M-Sport Ford |
| 2021 | 12 | Sébastien Ogier | Elfyn Evans | Thierry Neuville | Toyota | Hyundai | M-Sport Ford |
| 2022 | 13 | Kalle Rovanperä | Ott Tänak | Thierry Neuville | Toyota | Hyundai | M-Sport Ford |
| 2023 | 13 | Kalle Rovanperä | Elfyn Evans | Thierry Neuville | Toyota | Hyundai | M-Sport Ford |
| 2024 | 13 | Thierry Neuville | Elfyn Evans | Ott Tänak | Toyota | Hyundai | M-Sport Ford |

## Statistics
### By driver

| Driver | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Sébastien Loeb | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Sébastien Ogier | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Juha Kankkunen | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Tommi Mäkinen | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Sainz | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Marcus Grönholm | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Walter Röhrl | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Miki Biasion | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kalle Rovanperä | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thierry Neuville | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Hannu Mikkola | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Colin McRae | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Petter Solberg | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Markku Alén | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Richard Burns | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Didier Auriol | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ott Tänak | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Björn Waldegård | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stig Blomqvist | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Timo Salonen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandro Munari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ari Vatanen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Hirvonen | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Elfyn Evans | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jari-Matti Latvala | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Alex Fiorio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre Nicolas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Fréquelin | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michèle Mouton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| François Delecour | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andreas Mikkelsen | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dani Sordo | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernard Darniche | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenneth Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Markko Märtin | 0 | 0 | 1 |