# Yellow jersey statistics

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,205 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune).
Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets a yellow jersey, he is not considered the winner of the yellow jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the yellow jersey is considered the winner of the yellow jersey, and thereby the winner of the Tour de France.
In this article first-place-classifications before 1919 are also counted as if a yellow jersey was awarded. There have been more yellow jerseys given than there were stages: In 1914, 1929, and 1931, there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a "prelude", an extra stage for a select group of cyclists. As of 2021 a total of 2,208 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 295 riders.

## Individual records

In previous tours, sometimes a stage was broken in two (or three). On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Jerseys" column lists the number of days that the cyclist wore the yellow jersey; the "Tour wins" column gives the number of times the cyclist won the general classification. The next four columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification, and the young rider competition, and the years in which the yellow jersey was worn, with bold years indicating an overall Tour win. For example: Eddy Merckx has spent 96 days in the yellow jersey, won the general classification five times, won the points classification three times, and won the mountains classification twice, but never won the young rider classification. He wore the yellow jersey in the Tours of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 (which he all won) and 1975 (which he did not win). Three cyclists (Jean Robic in 1947, Charly Gaul in 1958 and Jan Janssen in 1968) have won the Tour de France with only two yellow jerseys in their career.
Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled for cheating in 2012, he was ranked second in this list, leading the Tour for 83 stages from 1999 to 2005. Alberto Contador was stripped of the yellow jersey and 6 days of wearing it in 2010 Tour de France because he tested positive for doping.
Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2024, the rider with the most yellow jerseys for someone who has not won the Tour with twenty-nine days in yellow.
This table is updated to the end of the 2024 Tour de France (i.e. the stage is included).
Key :
* Cyclists who are still active
* Cyclists who won the Tour de France
| Rank | Name | Country | Yellow jerseys | Tour wins | Points | Mountains | Young rider | Years |
| 1 | Eddy Merckx | Belgium | 96 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 |
| 2 | Bernard Hinault | France | 75 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
| 3 | Miguel Induráin | Spain | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 |
| 4 | Chris Froome | United Kingdom | 59 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| 5 | Jacques Anquetil | France | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
| 6 | Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| 7 | Antonin Magne | France | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931, 1934 |
| = 8 | Nicolas Frantz | Luxembourg | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927, 1928, 1929 |
| = 8 | Philippe Thys | Belgium | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913, 1914, 1920 |
| 10 | André Leducq | France | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938 |
| = 11 | Louison Bobet | France | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955 |
| = 11 | Ottavio Bottecchia | Italy | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1923, 1924, 1925 |
| 13 | Fabian Cancellara | Switzerland | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 |
| 14 | Jonas Vingegaard | Denmark | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2022, 2023 |
| = 15 | Sylvère Maes | Belgium | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1936, 1937, 1939 |
| = 15 | René Vietto | France | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1939, 1947 |
| 17 | François Faber | Luxembourg | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1909, 1910, 1911 |
| = 18 | Laurent Fignon | France | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1983, 1984, 1989 |
| = 18 | Greg LeMond | United States | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| = 18 | Joop Zoetemelk | Netherlands | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
| 21 | Romain Maes | Belgium | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1935 |
| = 22 | Gino Bartali | Italy | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949 |
| = 22 | Thomas Voeckler | France | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2004, 2011 |
| = 24 | Fausto Coppi | Italy | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1949, 1952 |
| = 24 | André Darrigade | France | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962 |
| = 24 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| = 27 | Julian Alaphilippe | France | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| = 27 | Felice Gimondi | Italy | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
| = 27 | Jan Ullrich | Germany | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1997, 1998 |
| = 30 | Rudi Altig | Germany | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969 |
| = 30 | Luis Ocaña | Spain | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1971, 1973 |
| = 30 | Lucien Petit-Breton | France | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1907, 1908 |
| = 30 | Roger Pingeon | France | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 34 | Odile Defraye | Belgium | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1912, 1913 |
| = 34 | Maurice De Waele | Belgium | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
| = 34 | Bernard Thévenet | France | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1975, 1977 |
| = 37 | Pedro Delgado | Spain | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987, 1988 |
| = 37 | Geraint Thomas | United Kingdom | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017, 2018 |
| = 37 | Dietrich Thurau | Germany | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1977 |
| = 40 | Maurice Archambaud | France | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933, 1936 |
| = 40 | Steve Bauer | Canada | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988, 1990 |
| = 40 | Gastone Nencini | Italy | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1960 |
| = 40 | Bjarne Riis | Denmark | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995, 1996 |
| = 40 | Léon Scieur | Belgium | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1921 |
| = 40 | Bradley Wiggins | United Kingdom | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 |
| = 46 | Eugène Christophe | France | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1922 |
| = 46 | Gustave Garrigou | France | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1911 |
| = 46 | René Pottier | France | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1905, 1906 |
| = 46 | Andy Schleck | Luxembourg | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2010, 2011 |
| = 46 | Georges Speicher | France | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933, 1934 |
| = 51 | Vincent Barteau | France | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
| = 51 | Joseph Bruyère | Belgium | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1974, 1978 |
| = 51 | Ferdinand Kübler | Switzerland | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1947, 1950 |
| = 51 | Antonin Rolland | France | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1955 |
| = 51 | Louis Trousselier | France | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1905, 1907 |
| = 51 | Lucien Van Impe | Belgium | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1976 |
| = 51 | Wout Wagtmans | Netherlands | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1954, 1955, 1956 |
| = 58 | Alberto Contador | Spain | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2007, 2009 |
| = 58 | Gilbert Desmet | Belgium | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1963 |
| = 58 | Hugo Koblet | Switzerland | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
| = 58 | Primož Roglič | Slovenia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
| = 58 | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2016, 2018 |
| = 58 | Georges Vandenberghe | Belgium | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| = 64 | Kim Andersen | Denmark | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983, 1985 |
| = 64 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2004, 2006, 2011 |
| = 64 | Pascal Lino | France | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
| = 67 | Phil Anderson | Australia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1981, 1982 |
| = 67 | Georges Groussard | France | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 |
| = 67 | Freddy Maertens | Belgium | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
| = 67 | Fiorenzo Magni | Italy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949, 1950, 1952 |
| = 67 | Stuart O'Grady | Australia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998, 2001 |
| = 67 | Henri Pélissier | France | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1923 |
| = 67 | Michael Rasmussen | Denmark | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2007 |
| = 74 | Lucien Buysse | Belgium | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
| = 74 | Claudio Chiappucci | Italy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1990 |
| = 74 | Cadel Evans | Australia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008, 2010, 2011 |
| = 74 | Emile Georget | France | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1906, 1907 |
| = 74 | Gerrie Knetemann | Netherlands | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 |
| = 74 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Italy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2009 |
| = 74 | Óscar Pereiro | Spain | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 74 | Rudy Pevenage | Belgium | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
| = 74 | Roger Walkowiak | France | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956 |
| = 74 | Adam Yates | United Kingdom | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020, 2023 |
| = 84 | Jan Adriaensens | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1960 |
| = 84 | Federico Bahamontes | Spain | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1959, 1963 |
| = 84 | Bernard Gauthier | France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1950 |
| = 84 | Igor González de Galdeano | Spain | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
| = 84 | Learco Guerra | Italy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1930 |
| = 84 | Erich Maechler | Switzerland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 84 | Thierry Marie | France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986, 1990, 1991 |
| = 84 | Charly Mottet | France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 84 | Marco Pantani | Italy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1998 |
| = 84 | Jef Planckaert | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
| = 84 | Pascal Simon | France | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| = 84 | Gustaaf van Slembrouck | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
| = 96 | Lucien Aimar | France | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
| = 96 | Chris Boardman | United Kingdom | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994, 1997, 1998 |
| = 96 | Robert Cazala | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959 |
| = 96 | Mario Cipollini | Italy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993, 1997 |
| = 96 | Vito Favero | Italy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1958 |
| = 96 | Maurice Garin | France | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1903 |
| = 96 | Cyrille Guimard | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1972 |
| = 96 | Kim Kirchen | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| = 96 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Estonia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1999 |
| = 96 | Roger Lévêque | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
| = 96 | Jean Majerus | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937, 1938 |
| = 96 | Jacques Marinelli | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
| = 96 | Francesco Moser | Italy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1975 |
| = 96 | Fritz Schär | Switzerland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
| = 96 | Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
| = 96 | Herman Van Springel | Belgium | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1968, 1973 |
| = 96 | Félicien Vervaecke | Belgium | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1938 |
| = 113 | Jean Alavoine | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922 |
| = 113 | Adelin Benoit | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1925 |
| = 113 | Firmin Lambot | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1919, 1922 |
| = 113 | Jean Malléjac | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
| = 113 | Johan Museeuw | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993, 1994 |
| = 113 | Jørgen V. Pedersen | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
| = 113 | Francis Pélissier | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
| = 113 | Carlos Sastre | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2008 |
| = 113 | Bernard Van de Kerkhove | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964, 1965 |
| = 113 | Eric Vanderaerden | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1983, 1985 |
| = 113 | Cédric Vasseur | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1997 |
| = 124 | Gilbert Bauvin | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951, 1954, 1958 |
| = 124 | Tom Boonen | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 124 | José Catieau | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1973 |
| = 124 | Alberto Elli | Italy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| = 124 | Raphaël Géminiani | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1958 |
| = 124 | Roger Hassenforder | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
| = 124 | Jos Hoevenaers | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1958, 1959 |
| = 124 | Robert Jacquinot | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922, 1923 |
| = 124 | Laurent Jalabert | France | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1995, 2000 |
| = 124 | Karl-Heinz Kunde | Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
| = 124 | Roger Lapébie | France | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
| = 124 | Nello Lauredi | France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
| = 124 | Hector Martin | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
| = 124 | Raffaele di Paco | Italy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
| = 124 | Eddy Pauwels | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959, 1963 |
| = 124 | Jean Rossius | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1914 |
| = 124 | Peter Sagan | Slovakia | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2016, 2018 |
| = 124 | Acácio da Silva | Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1989 |
| = 124 | Rolf Sørensen | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| = 124 | Wout van Aert | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| = 124 | Wim van Est | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951, 1955, 1958 |
| = 124 | Gerrit Voorting | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1956, 1958 |
| = 124 | Italo Zilioli | Italy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1970 |
| = 124 | Alex Zülle | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992, 1996 |
| = 148 | Erich Bautz | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
| = 148 | Egan Bernal | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
| = 148 | Henri Cornet | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
| = 148 | Bim Diederich | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
| = 148 | Aimé Dossche | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
| = 148 | Seamus Elliott | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1963 |
| = 148 | Jean Goldschmit | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1950 |
| = 148 | Stéphane Heulot | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| = 148 | Serhiy Honchar | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 148 | Roger Lambrecht | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1948, 1949 |
| = 148 | Floyd Landis | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 148 | Octave Lapize | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1910 |
| = 148 | Bradley McGee | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| = 148 | David Millar | United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| = 148 | Wilfried Nelissen | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 |
| = 148 | Jelle Nijdam | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987, 1988 |
| = 148 | Charles Pélissier | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1930, 1931 |
| = 148 | Víctor Hugo Peña | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| = 148 | René Privat | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
| = 148 | Jan Raas | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
| = 148 | Stephen Roche | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 148 | Willy Schroeders | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
| = 148 | François Simon | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
| = 148 | Julien Stevens | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 |
| = 148 | Teun van Vliet | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 |
| = 148 | Michel Vermeulin | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1959 |
| = 148 | David Zabriskie | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2005 |
| = 175 | Henry Anglade | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1960 |
| = 175 | Fabio Aru | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 |
| = 175 | Jan Bakelants | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| = 175 | Romain Bellenger | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1923 |
| = 175 | Rubens Bertogliati | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2002 |
| = 175 | Eugeni Berzin | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| = 175 | Pierre Brambilla | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1947 |
| = 175 | Jules Buysse | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1926 |
| = 175 | Marcel Buysse | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913 |
| = 175 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2010 |
| = 175 | Giulio Ciccone | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2019 |
| = 175 | Charles Crupelandt | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1910, 1912 |
| = 175 | Raymond Delisle | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1976 |
| = 175 | Laurent Desbiens | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| = 175 | Jacky Durand | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
| = 175 | Victor Fontan | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
| = 175 | Jean Fontenay | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1939 |
| = 175 | Jean Forestier | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
| = 175 | Charly Gaul | Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1958 |
| = 175 | Martial Gayant | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 175 | Albertus Geldermans | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
| = 175 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| = 175 | Ivan Gotti | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
| = 175 | Charly Grosskost | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| = 175 | Jacques Hanegraaf | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
| = 175 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013 |
| = 175 | Jan Janssen | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1966, 1968 |
| = 175 | Gerben Karstens | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1974 |
| = 175 | Marcel Kittel | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2013, 2014 |
| = 175 | Georges Lemaire | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1933 |
| = 175 | Tony Martin | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| = 175 | Jules Masselis | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1911, 1913 |
| = 175 | Christophe Moreau | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
| = 175 | Louis Mottiat | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1920, 1921 |
| = 175 | Georges Passerieu | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1908 |
| = 175 | Ludo Peeters | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1982, 1984 |
| = 175 | Ronan Pensec | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 |
| = 175 | Lech Piasecki | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 175 | Jean Robic | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1947, 1953 |
| = 175 | Aldo Ronconi | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1947 |
| = 175 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| = 175 | Edward Sels | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 |
| = 175 | Mike Teunissen | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2019 |
| = 175 | Klaus-Peter Thaler | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
| = 175 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| = 175 | Johan van der Velde | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986 |
| = 175 | Rik Van Steenbergen | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
| = 175 | Flavio Vanzella | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 |
| = 175 | Richard Virenque | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1992, 2003 |
| = 175 | Jens Voigt | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001, 2005 |
| = 175 | Rolf Wolfshohl | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| = 175 | Erik Zabel | Germany | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1998, 2002 |
| = 227 | Jean Aerts | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1932 |
| = 227 | Romain Bardet | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2024 |
| = 227 | Nicolas Barone | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
| = 227 | François Beaugendre | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
| = 227 | Jean-François Bernard | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1987 |
| = 227 | Jean-René Bernaudeau | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1979 |
| = 227 | Yvon Bertin | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 |
| = 227 | Serafino Biagioni | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
| = 227 | Guido Bontempi | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 |
| = 227 | Vicenzo Borgarello | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1912 |
| = 227 | Jacques Bossis | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1978 |
| = 227 | Erik Breukink | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1989 |
| = 227 | Johan Bruyneel | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1995 |
| = 227 | Max Bulla | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
| = 227 | Norbert Callens | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
| = 227 | Richard Carapaz | Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2024 |
| = 227 | Andrea Carrea | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1952 |
| = 227 | Mark Cavendish | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2016 |
| = 227 | Rohan Dennis | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2015 |
| = 227 | Cyril Dessel | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 227 | Ferdinand Le Drogo | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1927 |
| = 227 | Marcel Dussault | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1949 |
| = 227 | Paul Egli | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1936 |
| = 227 | Jan Engels | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1948 |
| = 227 | José María Errandonea | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 227 | Romain Feillu | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 |
| = 227 | Amédée Fournier | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1939 |
| = 227 | Michel Frédérick | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
| = 227 | Dominique Gaigne | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
| = 227 | Tony Gallopin | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2014 |
| = 227 | Jean-Louis Gauthier | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| = 227 | Fernando Gaviria | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2018 |
| = 227 | Jean-Pierre Genet | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| = 227 | Linus Gerdemann | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2007 |
| = 227 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2011 |
| = 227 | Joseph Groussard | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1960 |
| = 227 | Alfred Haemerlinck | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
| = 227 | Bo Hamburger | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1998 |
| = 227 | Hector Heusghem | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1922 |
| = 227 | George Hincapie | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2006 |
| = 227 | Jai Hindley | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2023 |
| = 227 | Sean Kelly | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1983 |
| = 227 | Marcel Kint | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1937 |
| = 227 | Alexander Kristoff | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 |
| = 227 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2022 |
| = 227 | Jean-Claude Lebaube | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
| = 227 | Luc Leblanc | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1991 |
| = 227 | Léon Le Calvez | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1931 |
| = 227 | Désiré Letort | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 |
| = 227 | Emile Lombard | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 |
| = 227 | Henk Lubberding | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1988 |
| = 227 | François Mahé | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1953 |
| = 227 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| = 227 | Arsène Mersch | Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1936 |
| = 227 | Giovanni Micheletto | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1913 |
| = 227 | Frédéric Moncassin | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 |
| = 227 | Jean-Patrick Nazon | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2003 |
| = 227 | Willi Oberbeck | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1938 |
| = 227 | Miguel Poblet | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1955 |
| = 227 | Giancarlo Polidori | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 227 | Tommaso de Pra | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1966 |
| = 227 | Gaston Rebry | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1929 |
| = 227 | Raymond Riotte | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 227 | Giovanni Rossi | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1951 |
| = 227 | Gregorio San Miguel | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 |
| = 227 | Tom Simpson | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1962 |
| = 227 | Jozef Spruyt | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 227 | Alex Stieda | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1986 |
| = 227 | Kurt Stöpel | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1932 |
| = 227 | Adri van der Poel | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 |
| = 227 | Cyrille van Hauwaert | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1909 |
| = 227 | Rik Van Looy | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1965 |
| = 227 | Willy Van Neste | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1967 |
| = 227 | Marc Wauters | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2001 |
| = 227 | Sean Yates | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 |

## Number of wearers per year

The largest number of riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.
| Number of wearers | Years |
| 1 | 1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999, 2005 |
| 2 | 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012 |
| 3 | 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| 4 | 1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 |
| 5 | 1913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2020 |
| 6 | 1929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008 |
| 7 | 1949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006 |
| 8 | 1958, 1987 |