# List of Grand National first four placings

This article lists the first, second, third and fourth-placed runners in the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually over a distance of 4 miles 3½ furlongs at Aintree Racecourse in England.
Shaded areas indicate the unofficial precursors of the Grand National (1836–38), the wartime substitutes at Gatwick Racecourse (1916–18), the cancelled period during World War II (1941–45) and the void race in 1993.
The list features two horses called Peter Simple and two called Royal Mail. It also includes two with slightly different spellings, Mathew (1847) and Matthew (1902). For the purposes of this article, the horses with identical names are distinguished by (1) and (2).

## Grand National 1–2–3–4

| Year | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Ran |
| 1836 | The Duke | Polyanthus | Cockahoop | Percy | 10 |
| 1837 | The Duke | The Disowned | Dan O'Connell | (only three finished) | 4 |
| 1838 | Sir William | Scamp | The Duke | (others not recorded) | 3+ |
| 1839 | Lottery | Seventy Four | Paulina | True Blue | 17 |
| 1840 | Jerry | Arthur | Valentine | The Sea | 13 |
| 1841 | Charity | Cigar | Peter Simple (1) | Revealer | 11 |
| 1842 | Gaylad | Seventy Four | Peter Simple (1) | The Returned | 15 |
| 1843 | Vanguard | Nimrod | Dragsman | Claude Duval | 16 |
| 1844 | Discount | The Returned | Tom Tug | Caesar | 15 |
| 1845 | Cure-All | Peter Simple (1) | The Exquisite | Tom Tug | 15 |
| 1846 | Pioneer | Culverthorpe | Switcher | Firefly | 22 |
| 1847 | Mathew | St Leger | Jerry | Pioneer | 26 |
| 1848 | Chandler | The Curate | British Yeoman | Standard Guard | 29 |
| 1849 | Peter Simple (2) | The Knight of Gwynne | Prince George | Alfred | 24 |
| 1850 | Abd-el-Kader | The Knight of Gwynne | Sir John | Tipperary Boy | 32 |
| 1851 | Abd-el-Kader | Maria Day | Sir John | Half-and-Half | 21 |
| 1852 | Miss Mowbray | Maurice Daley | Sir Peter Laurie | Chieftain | 24 |
| 1853 | Peter Simple (2) | Miss Mowbray | Oscar | Sir Peter Laurie | 21 |
| 1854 | Bourton | Spring | Crabbs | Maley | 20 |
| 1855 | Wanderer | Freetrader | Maurice Daley | Janus | 20 |
| 1856 | Freetrader | Minerva | Minos | Hopeless Star | 21 |
| 1857 | Emigrant | Weathercock | Treachery | Westminster | 28 |
| 1858 | Little Charley | Weathercock | Xanthus | Morgan Rattler | 16 |
| 1859 | Half Caste | Jean du Quesne | Huntsman | Midge | 20 |
| 1860 | Anatis | Huntsman | Xanthus | Maria Agnes | 19 |
| 1861 | Jealousy | The Dane | Old Ben Roe | Bridegroom | 24 |
| 1862 | Huntsman | Bridegroom | Romeo | Xanthus | 13 |
| 1863 | Emblem | Arbury | Yaller Gal | Fosco | 16 |
| 1864 | Emblematic | Arbury | Chester | Thomastown | 25 |
| 1865 | Alcibiade | Hall Court | Emblematic | Mistake | 23 |
| 1866 | Salamander | Cortolvin | Creole | Lightheart | 30 |
| 1867 | Cortolvin | Fan | Shangarry | Globule | 23 |
| 1868 | The Lamb | Pearl Diver | Alcibiade | Captain Crosstree | 21 |
| 1869 | The Colonel | Hall Court | Gardener | Alcibiade | 22 |
| 1870 | The Colonel | The Doctor | Primrose | Surney | 23 |
| 1871 | The Lamb | Despatch | Scarrington | Pearl Diver | 25 |
| 1872 | Casse Tete | Scarrington | Despatch | The Lamb | 25 |
| 1873 | Disturbance | Ryshworth | Columbine | Master Mowbray | 28 |
| 1874 | Reugny | Chimney Sweep | Merlin | Defence | 22 |
| 1875 | Pathfinder | Dainty | La Veine | Jackal | 19 |
| 1876 | Regal | Congress | Shifnal | Chimney Sweep | 19 |
| 1877 | Austerlitz | Congress | The Liberator | Chimney Sweep | 16 |
| 1878 | Shifnal | Martha | Pride of Kildare | Jackal | 12 |
| 1879 | The Liberator | Jackal | Martha | Wild Monarch | 18 |
| 1880 | Empress | The Liberator | Downpatrick | Jupiter Tonans | 14 |
| 1881 | Woodbrook | Regal | Thornfield | New Glasgow | 13 |
| 1882 | Seaman | Cyrus | Zoedone | (only three finished) | 12 |
| 1883 | Zoedone | Black Prince | Mohican | Downpatrick | 10 |
| 1884 | Voluptuary | Frigate | Roquefort | Cyrus | 15 |
| 1885 | Roquefort | Frigate | Black Prince | Redpath | 19 |
| 1886 | Old Joe | Too Good | Gamecock | Magpie | 23 |
| 1887 | Gamecock | Savoyard | Johnny Longtail | Chancellor | 16 |
| 1888 | Playfair | Frigate | Ballot Box | Ringlet | 20 |
| 1889 | Frigate | Why Not | M.P. | Bellona | 20 |
| 1890 | Ilex | Pan | M.P. | Brunswick | 16 |
| 1891 | Come Away | Cloister | Ilex | Roquefort | 21 |
| 1892 | Father O'Flynn | Cloister | Ilex | Ardcarn | 25 |
| 1893 | Cloister | Aesop | Why Not | Tit for Tat | 15 |
| 1894 | Why Not | Lady Ellen II | Wild Man from Borneo | Trouville | 14 |
| 1895 | Wild Man from Borneo | Cathal | Van der Berg | Manifesto | 19 |
| 1896 | The Soarer | Father O'Flynn | Biscuit | Barcalwhey | 28 |
| 1897 | Manifesto | Filbert | Ford of Fyne | Prince Albert | 28 |
| 1898 | Drogheda | Cathal | Gauntlet | Filbert | 25 |
| 1899 | Manifesto | Ford of Fyne | Elliman | Dead Level | 19 |
| 1900 | Ambush II | Barsac | Manifesto | Breemount's Pride | 16 |
| 1901 | Grudon | Drumcree | Buffalo Bill | Levanter | 24 |
| 1902 | Shannon Lass | Matthew | Manifesto | Detail | 21 |
| 1903 | Drumcree | Detail | Manifesto | Kirkland | 23 |
| 1904 | Moifaa | Kirkland | The Gunner | Shaun Aboo | 26 |
| 1905 | Kirkland | Napper Tandy | Buckaway II | Ranunculus | 27 |
| 1906 | Ascetic's Silver | Red Lad | Aunt May | Crautacaun | 23 |
| 1907 | Eremon | Tom West | Patlander | Ravenscliffe | 23 |
| 1908 | Rubio | Mattie Macgregor | The Lawyer III | Flaxman | 24 |
| 1909 | Lutteur III | Judas | Caubeen | Tom West | 32 |
| 1910 | Jenkinstown | Jerry M | Odor | Carsey | 25 |
| 1911 | Glenside | Rathnally | Shady Girl | Foolhardy | 26 |
| 1912 | Jerry M | Bloodstone | Axle Pin | Carsey | 24 |
| 1913 | Covertcoat | Irish Mail | Carsey | (only three finished) | 22 |
| 1914 | Sunloch | Trianon III | Lutteur III | Rory O'Moore | 20 |
| 1915 | Ally Sloper | Jacobus | Father Confessor | Alfred Noble | 20 |
| 1916 | Vermouth | Irish Mail | Schoolmoney | Jacobus | 21 |
| 1917 | Ballymacad | Chang | Ally Sloper | Vermouth | 19 |
| 1918 | Poethlyn | Captain Dreyfus | Ballymacad | Berneray | 17 |
| 1919 | Poethlyn | Ballyboggan | Pollen | Loch Allen | 22 |
| 1920 | Troytown | The Turk II | The Bore | Sergeant Murphy | 24 |
| 1921 | Shaun Spadah | The Bore | All White | Turkey Buzzard | 35 |
| 1922 | Music Hall | Drifter | Taffytus | Sergeant Murphy | 32 |
| 1923 | Sergeant Murphy | Shaun Spadah | Conjuror II | Punt Gun | 28 |
| 1924 | Master Robert | Fly Mask | Silvo | Drifter | 30 |
| 1925 | Double Chance | Old Tay Bridge | Fly Mask | Sprig | 33 |
| 1926 | Jack Horner | Old Tay Bridge | Bright's Boy | Sprig | 30 |
| 1927 | Sprig | Bovril III | Bright's Boy | Drinmond | 37 |
| 1928 | Tipperary Tim | Billy Barton | (only two finished) | | 42 |
| 1929 | Gregalach | Easter Hero | Richmond II | Melleray's Belle | 66 |
| 1930 | Shaun Goilin | Melleray's Belle | Sir Lindsay | Glangesia | 41 |
| 1931 | Grakle | Gregalach | Annandale | Rhyticere | 43 |
| 1932 | Forbra | Egremont | Shaun Goilin | Near East | 36 |
| 1933 | Kellsboro' Jack | Really True | Slater | Delaneige | 34 |
| 1934 | Golden Miller | Delaneige | Thomond II | Forbra | 30 |
| 1935 | Reynoldstown | Blue Prince | Thomond II | Lazy Boots | 27 |
| 1936 | Reynoldstown | Ego | Bachelor Prince | Crown Prince | 35 |
| 1937 | Royal Mail (1) | Cooleen | Pucka Belle | Ego | 33 |
| 1938 | Battleship | Royal Danieli | Workman | Cooleen | 36 |
| 1939 | Workman | MacMoffat | Kilstar | Cooleen | 37 |
| 1940 | Bogskar | MacMoffat | Gold Arrow | Symaethis | 30 |
| 1941–45 | Cancelled due to World War II | Cancelled due to World War II | Cancelled due to World War II | Cancelled due to World War II | Cancelled due to World War II |
| 1946 | Lovely Cottage | Jack Finlay | Prince Regent | Housewarmer | 34 |
| 1947 | Caughoo | Lough Conn | Kami | Prince Regent | 57 |
| 1948 | Sheila's Cottage | First of the Dandies | Cromwell | Happy Home | 43 |
| 1949 | Russian Hero | Roimond | Royal Mount | Cromwell | 43 |
| 1950 | Freebooter | Wot No Sun | Acthon Major | Rowland Roy | 49 |
| 1951 | Nickel Coin | Royal Tan | Derrinstown | (only three finished) | 36 |
| 1952 | Teal | Legal Joy | Wot No Sun | Uncle Barney | 47 |
| 1953 | Early Mist | Mont Tremblant | Irish Lizard | Overshadow | 31 |
| 1954 | Royal Tan | Tudor Line | Irish Lizard | Churchtown | 29 |
| 1955 | Quare Times | Tudor Line | Carey's Cottage | Gigolo | 30 |
| 1956 | E.S.B. | Gentle Moya | Royal Tan | Eagle Lodge | 29 |
| 1957 | Sundew | Wyndburgh | Tiberetta | Glorious Twelfth | 35 |
| 1958 | Mr. What | Tiberetta | Green Drill | Wyndburgh | 31 |
| 1959 | Oxo | Wyndburgh | Mr. What | Tiberetta | 34 |
| 1960 | Merryman II | Badanloch | Clear Profit | Tea Fiend | 26 |
| 1961 | Nicolaus Silver | Merryman II | O'Malley Point | Scottish Flight II | 35 |
| 1962 | Kilmore | Wyndburgh | Mr What | Gay Navarree | 32 |
| 1963 | Ayala | Carrickbeg | Hawa's Song | Team Spirit | 47 |
| 1964 | Team Spirit | Purple Silk | Peacetown | Eternal | 33 |
| 1965 | Jay Trump | Freddie | Mr Jones | Rainbow Battle | 47 |
| 1966 | Anglo | Freddie | Forest Prince | The Fossa | 47 |
| 1967 | Foinavon | Honey End | Red Alligator | Greek Scholar | 44 |
| 1968 | Red Alligator | Moidore's Token | Different Class | Rutherfords | 45 |
| 1969 | Highland Wedding | Steel Bridge | Rondetto | The Beeches | 30 |
| 1970 | Gay Trip | Vulture | Miss Hunter | Dozo | 28 |
| 1971 | Specify | Black Secret | Astbury | Bowgeeno | 38 |
| 1972 | Well To Do | Gay Trip | Black Secret General Symons | (dead-heat for third) | 42 |
| 1973 | Red Rum | Crisp | L'Escargot | Spanish Steps | 38 |
| 1974 | Red Rum | L'Escargot | Charles Dickens | Spanish Steps | 42 |
| 1975 | L'Escargot | Red Rum | Spanish Steps | Money Market | 31 |
| 1976 | Rag Trade | Red Rum | Eyecatcher | Barona | 32 |
| 1977 | Red Rum | Churchtown Boy | Eyecatcher | The Pilgarlic | 42 |
| 1978 | Lucius | Sebastian V | Drumroan | Coolishall | 37 |
| 1979 | Rubstic | Zongalero | Rough and Tumble | The Pilgarlic | 34 |
| 1980 | Ben Nevis | Rough and Tumble | The Pilgarlic | Royal Stuart | 30 |
| 1981 | Aldaniti | Spartan Missile | Royal Mail (2) | Three to One | 39 |
| 1982 | Grittar | Hard Outlook | Loving Words | Delmoss | 39 |
| 1983 | Corbiere | Greasepaint | Yer Man | Hallo Dandy | 41 |
| 1984 | Hallo Dandy | Greasepaint | Corbiere | Lucky Vane | 40 |
| 1985 | Last Suspect | Mr Snugfit | Corbiere | Greasepaint | 40 |
| 1986 | West Tip | Young Driver | Classified | Mr Snugfit | 40 |
| 1987 | Maori Venture | The Tsarevich | Lean Ar Aghaidh | West Tip | 40 |
| 1988 | Rhyme 'n' Reason | Durham Edition | Monanore | West Tip | 40 |
| 1989 | Little Polveir | West Tip | The Thinker | Lastofthebrownies | 40 |
| 1990 | Mr Frisk | Durham Edition | Rinus | Brown Windsor | 38 |
| 1991 | Seagram | Garrison Savannah | Auntie Dot | Over the Road | 40 |
| 1992 | Party Politics | Romany King | Laura's Beau | Docklands Express | 40 |
| 1993 | Race void | Race void | Race void | Race void | Race void |
| 1994 | Miinnehoma | Just So | Moorcroft Boy | Ebony Jane | 36 |
| 1995 | Royal Athlete | Party Politics | Over the Deel | Dubacilla | 35 |
| 1996 | Rough Quest | Encore un Peu | Superior Finish | Sir Peter Lely | 27 |
| 1997 | Lord Gyllene | Suny Bay | Camelot Knight | Buckboard Bounce | 36 |
| 1998 | Earth Summit | Suny Bay | Samlee | St Mellion Fairway | 37 |
| 1999 | Bobbyjo | Blue Charm | Call It a Day | Addington Boy | 32 |
| 2000 | Papillon | Mely Moss | Niki Dee | Brave Highlander | 40 |
| 2001 | Red Marauder | Smarty | Blowing Wind | Papillon | 40 |
| 2002 | Bindaree | What's Up Boys | Blowing Wind | Kingsmark | 40 |
| 2003 | Monty's Pass | Supreme Glory | Amberleigh House | Gunner Welburn | 40 |
| 2004 | Amberleigh House | Clan Royal | Lord Atterbury | Monty's Pass | 39 |
| 2005 | Hedgehunter | Royal Auclair | Simply Gifted | It Takes Time | 40 |
| 2006 | Numbersixvalverde | Hedgehunter | Clan Royal | Nil Desperandum | 40 |
| 2007 | Silver Birch | McKelvey | Slim Pickings | Philson Run | 40 |
| 2008 | Comply or Die | King Johns Castle | Snowy Morning | Slim Pickings | 40 |
| 2009 | Mon Mome | Comply or Die | My Will | State of Play | 40 |
| 2010 | Don't Push It | Black Apalachi | State of Play | Big Fella Thanks | 40 |
| 2011 | Ballabriggs | Oscar Time | Don't Push It | State of Play | 40 |
| 2012 | Neptune Collonges | Sunnyhillboy | Seabass | Cappa Bleu | 40 |
| 2013 | Auroras Encore | Cappa Bleu | Teaforthree | Oscar Time | 40 |
| 2014 | Pineau de Re | Balthazar King | Double Seven | Alvarado | 40 |
| 2015 | Many Clouds | Saint Are | Monbeg Dude | Alvarado | 39 |
| 2016 | Rule the World | The Last Samuri | Vics Canvas | Gilgamboa | 39 |
| 2017 | One For Arthur | Cause of Causes | Saint Are | Blaklion | 40 |
| 2018 | Tiger Roll | Pleasant Company | Bless The Wings | Anibale Fly | 38 |
| 2019 | Tiger Roll | Magic of Light | Rathvinden | Walk in the Mill | 40 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Minella Times | Balko Des Flos | Any Second Now | Burrows Saint | 40 |
| 2022 | Noble Yeats | Any Second Now | Delta Work | Santini | 40 |
| 2023 | Corach Rambler | Vanillier | Gaillard Du Mesnil | Noble Yeats | 39 |
| 2024 | I Am Maximus | Delta Work | Minella Indo | Galvin | 32 |
Horses placed more than once
A list of horses which have achieved a first-four placing in the Grand National on more than one occasion.
Shading indicates a horse placed in an unofficial 1830s precursor or a wartime substitute race.
Horse
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Period
Placed six times
Manifesto20311895–1903
Placed five times
Red Rum32001973–77
Placed four times
Frigate13001884–89
West Tip11021986–89
Wyndburgh03011957–62
Placed three times
The Duke20101836–38
The Lamb20011868–72
Cloister12001891–93
Huntsman11101859–62
L'Escargot11101973–75
Royal Tan11101952–56
The Liberator11101877–80
Why Not11101889–94
Kirkland11011903–05
Corbiere10201983–85
Ilex10201890–92
Mr What10201958–62
Alcibiade10111865–69
Roquefort10111884–91
Sergeant Murphy10021920–23
Sprig10021925–27
Greasepaint02011983–85
Peter Simple (1)01201841–45
Tiberetta01111957–59
Chimney Sweep01021874–77
Cooleen01021937–39
Jackal01021875–79
Xanthus00211858–62
Carsey00121910–13
Spanish Steps00121973–75
State of Play00122009–11
The Pilgarlic00121977–80
Placed twice
Abd-el-Kader20001850–51
Peter Simple (2)20001849–53
Poethlyn20001918–19
Reynoldstown20001935–36
The Colonel20001869–70
Tiger Roll20002018–19
Comply or Die11002008–09
Cortolvin11001866–67
Drumcree11001901–03
Father O'Flynn11001892–96
Freetrader11001855–56
Gay Trip11001970–72
Gregalach11001929–31
Hedgehunter11002005–06
Jerry M11001910–12
Merryman II11001960–61
Miss Mowbray11001852–53
Party Politics11001992–95
Regal11001876–81
Shaun Spadah11001921–23
Ally Sloper10101915–17
Amberleigh House10102003–04
Ballymacad10101917–18
Don't Push It10102010–11
Emblematic10101864–65
Gamecock10101886–87
Jerry10101840–47
Lutteur III10101909–14
Red Alligator10101967–68
Shaun Goilin10101930–32
Shifnal10101876–78
Wild Man from Borneo10101894–95
Workman10101938–39
Zoedone10101882–83
Forbra10011932–34
Hallo Dandy10011983–84
Monty's Pass10012003–04
Noble Yeats10012022–23
Papillon10012000–01
Pioneer10011846–47
Team Spirit10011963–64
Vermouth10011916–17
Arbury02001863–64
Cathal02001895–98
Congress02001876–77
Durham Edition02001988–90
Freddie02001965–66
Hall Court02001865–69
Irish Mail02001913–16
MacMoffat02001939–40
Old Tay Bridge02001925–26
Seventy Four02001839–42
Suny Bay02001997–98
The Knight of Gwynne02001849–50
Tudor Line02001954–55
Weathercock02001857–58
Black Prince01101883–85
Any Second Now01102021-22
Black Secret01101971–72
Clan Royal01102004–06
Delta Work01102022–24
Despatch01101871–72
Fly Mask01101924–25
Ford of Fyne01101897–99
Martha01101878–79
Maurice Daley01101852–55
Rough and Tumble01101979–80
Saint Are01102015–17
Scarrington01101871–72
The Bore01101920–21
Wot No Sun01101950–52
Bridegroom01011861–62
Cappa Bleu01012012–13
Cyrus01011882–84
Delaneige01011933–34
Detail01011902–03
Drifter01011922–24
Ego01011936–37
Filbert01011897–98
Jacobus01011915–16
Melleray's Belle01011929–30
Mr Snugfit01011985–86
Oscar Time01012011–13
Pearl Diver01011868–71
The Returned01011842–44
Tom West01011907–09
Blowing Wind00202001–02
Bright's Boy00201926–27
Eyecatcher00201976–77
Irish Lizard00201953–54
M.P.00201889–90
Sir John00201850–51
Thomond II00201934–35
Cromwell00111948–49
Downpatrick00111880–83
Sir Peter Laurie00111852–53
Slim Pickings00112007–08
Tom Tug00111844–45
Alvarado00022014–15
The following performances are included above, but are not strictly defined as "placed" due to a low number of runners:
Cyrus (fourth of fifteen in 1884)
Downpatrick (fourth of ten in 1883)
Jackal (fourth of twelve in 1878)
The Returned (fourth of fifteen in 1842)
Tom Tug (fourth of fifteen in 1845)
Xanthus (fourth of thirteen in 1862) :