List of Indianapolis 500 winners

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Winners of the annual Indianapolis 500, held on or around Memorial Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1911.

Drivers

Indianapolis 500 winners (Fisher era)

Year	Date	Driver	Car	Team / Owner	Distance (miles / km)	Time	Average Speed (mph / km/h)
1911	May 30	Ray Harroun	Marmon Model 32	Nordyke & Marmon Company	500.000 / 804.672	6:42:08.039	74.602 / 120.060
1912	May 30	Joe Dawson	National	National Motor Vehicle Company	500.000 / 804.672	6:21:06.144	78.719 / 126.686
1913	May 30	Jules Goux	Peugeot	Peugeot	500.000 / 804.672	6:35:05.108	75.933 / 122.202
1914	May 30	René Thomas	Delage	Louis Delâge Company	500.000 / 804.672	6:03:45.060	82.474 / 132.729
1915	May 31	Ralph DePalma	Mercedes	E.C. Patterson	500.000 / 804.672	5:33:55.619	89.840 / 144.583
1916	May 30	Dario Resta	Peugeot	Peugeot Auto Racing Company	300.000 / 482.803	3:34:16.990	84.001 / 135.187
1917	No race held due to World War I
1918
1919	May 31	Howdy Wilcox	Peugeot	I.M.S. Corporation	500.000 / 804.672	5:40:42.930	88.050 / 141.703
1920	May 31	Gaston Chevrolet	Frontenac	William Small Company	500.000 / 804.672	5:38:31.901	88.618 / 142.617
1921	May 30	Tommy Milton	Frontenac	Louis Chevrolet	500.000 / 804.672	5:34:44.578	89.621 / 144.231
1922	May 30	Jimmy Murphy	Duesenberg / Miller	Jimmy Murphy	500.000 / 804.672	5:17:30.845	94.484 / 152.057
1923	May 30	Tommy Milton	Miller	H.C.S. Motor Company	500.000 / 804.672	5:31:19.618	90.545 / 145.718
1924	May 30	Lora L. Corum	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	500.000 / 804.672	5:05:23.595	98.234 / 158.092
		Joe Boyer
1925	May 30	Peter DePaolo	Duesenberg	Duesenberg	500.000 / 804.672	4:56:39.401	101.127 / 162.748
1926	May 31	Frank Lockhart	Miller	Peter Kreis	400.000* / 643.738*	5:12:48.768	95.904 / 154.343
1927	May 30	George Souders	Duesenberg	William S. White	500.000 / 804.672	5:07:33.022	97.545 / 156.983

Indianapolis 500 winners (Rickenbacker era)

Year	Date	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team / Owner	Distance (miles / km)	Time	Average Speed (mph / km/h)
1928	May 30	Louis Meyer	Miller		Alden Sampson, II	500.000 / 804.672	5:01:33.725	99.482 / 160.101
1929	May 30	Ray Keech	Miller		M. A. Yagle	500.000 / 804.672	5:07:25.458	97.585 / 157.048
1930	May 30	Billy Arnold	Summers	Miller	Harry Hartz	500.000 / 804.672	4:58:39.720	100.448 / 161.655
1931	May 30	Louis Schneider	Stevens	Miller	B. L. Schneider	500.000 / 804.672	5:10:27.948	96.629 / 155.509
1932	May 30	Fred Frame	Wetteroth	Miller	Harry Hartz	500.000 / 804.672	4:48:03.761	104.144 / 167.604
1933	May 30	Louis Meyer	Miller		Louis Meyer	500.000 / 804.672	4:48:00.774	104.162 / 167.632
1934	May 30	Bill Cummings	Miller		H. C. Henning	500.000 / 804.672	4:46:05.254	104.863 / 168.761
1935	May 30	Kelly Petillo	Wetteroth	Offenhauser	Kelly Petillo	500.000 / 804.672	4:42:22.771	106.240 / 170.977
1936	May 30	Louis Meyer	Stevens	Miller	Louis Meyer	500.000 / 804.672	4:35:03.314	109.069 / 175.530
1937	May 31	Wilbur Shaw	Shaw	Offenhauser	Wilbur Shaw	500.000 / 804.672	4:24:07.861	113.580 / 182.789
1938	May 30	Floyd Roberts	Wetteroth	Miller	Lou Moore	500.000 / 804.672	4:15:58.362	117.200 / 188.615
1939	May 30	Wilbur Shaw	Maserati		Boyle Racing Headquarters	500.000 / 804.672	4:20:47.412	115.035 / 185.131
1940	May 30	Wilbur Shaw	Maserati		Boyle Racing Headquarters	500.000 / 804.672	4:22:31.201	114.277 / 183.911
1941	May 30	Floyd Davis	Wetteroth	Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500.000 / 804.672	4:20:36.266	115.117 / 185.263
		Mauri Rose
1942	No race held due to World War II
1943
1944
1945

Indianapolis 500 winners (Hulman/George era)

Year	Date	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team / Owner	Distance (miles / km)	Time	Average Speed (mph / km/h)
1946	May 30	George Robson	Adams	Sparks	Thorne Engineering	500.000 / 804.672	4:21:16.711	114.820 / 184.785
1947	May 30	Mauri Rose	Deidt	Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500.000 / 804.672	4:17:52.159	116.338 / 187.228
1948	May 31	Mauri Rose	Deidt	Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500.000 / 804.672	4:10:23.286	119.814 / 192.822
1949	May 30	Bill Holland	Deidt	Offenhauser	Lou Moore	500.000 / 804.672	4:07:15.939	121.327 / 195.257
1950	May 30	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	Kurtis Kraft	345.000* / 555.224*	2:46:55.967	124.002 / 199.562
1951	May 30	Lee Wallard	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	Murrell Belanger	500.000 / 804.672	3:57:38.103	126.244 / 203.170
1952	May 30	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma	Offenhauser	J. C. Agajanian	500.000 / 804.672	3:52:41.930	128.922 / 207.480
1953	May 30	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	Howard B. Keck	500.000 / 804.672	3:53:01.668	128.740 / 207.187
1954	May 31	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	Howard B. Keck	500.000 / 804.672	3:49:17.261	130.840 / 210.567
1955	May 30	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	John Zink	500.000 / 804.672	3:53:59.576	128.209 / 206.332
1956	May 30	Pat Flaherty	Watson	Offenhauser	John Zink	500.000 / 804.672	3:53:28.872	128.490 / 206.785
1957	May 30	Sam Hanks	Salih	Offenhauser	George Salih	500.000 / 804.672	3:41:14.238	135.601 / 218.229
1958	May 30	Jimmy Bryan	Salih	Offenhauser	George Salih	500.000 / 804.672	3:44:21.064	133.719 / 215.200
1959	May 30	Rodger Ward	Watson	Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500.000 / 804.672	3:40:47.470	135.875 / 218.670
1960	May 30	Jim Rathmann	Watson	Offenhauser	Ken-Paul	500.000 / 804.672	3:36:11.384	138.767 / 223.324
1961	May 30	A.J. Foyt	Trevis	Offenhauser	Bignotti-Bowes Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:35:37.540	139.130 / 223.908
1962	May 30	Rodger Ward	Watson	Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500.000 / 804.672	3:33:50.291	140.293 / 225.780
1963	May 30	Parnelli Jones	Watson	Offenhauser	J. C. Agajanian	500.000 / 804.672	3:29:35.365	143.137 / 230.357
1964	May 30	A.J. Foyt	Watson	Offenhauser	Ansted-Thompson Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:23:35.813	147.350 / 237.137
1965	May 31	Jim Clark	Lotus	Ford	Team Lotus	500.000 / 804.672	3:19:05.370	150.686 / 242.506
1966	May 30	Graham Hill	Lola	Ford	Mecom Racing Team	500.000 / 804.672	3:27:52.543	144.317 / 231.966
1967	May 30-31	A.J. Foyt	Coyote	Ford	Ansted-Thompson Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:18:24.211	151.207 / 243.344
1968	May 30	Bobby Unser	Eagle	Offenhauser	Leader Cards	500.000 / 804.672	3:16:13.786	152.882 / 246.040
1969	May 30	Mario Andretti	Hawk	Offenhauser	STP Corporation	500.000 / 804.672	3:11:14.689	156.867 / 252.453
1970	May 30	Al Unser	Colt	Ford	Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford	500.000 / 804.672	3:12:37.057	155.749 / 250.654
1971	May 29	Al Unser	Colt	Ford	Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford	500.000 / 804.672	3:10:11.545	157.735 / 253.850
1972	May 27	Mark Donohue	McLaren	Offenhauser	Roger Penske Enterprises	500.000 / 804.672	3:04:23.851	162.692 / 261.827
1973	May 28-29-30	Gordon Johncock	Eagle	Offenhauser	Patrick Racing Team	332.500* / 535.107*	2:05:25.320	159.063 / 255.987
1974	May 26	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren	Offenhauser	McLaren Cars	500.000 / 804.672	3:09:10.094	158.589 / 255.224
1975	May 25	Bobby Unser	Eagle	Offenhauser	All American Racers	435.000* / 700.065*	2:54:55.064	149.213 / 240.135
1976	May 30	Johnny Rutherford	McLaren	Offenhauser	McLaren Cars	255.000* / 410.383*	1:42:52.466	148.725 / 239.350
1977	May 29	A.J. Foyt	Coyote	Foyt	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	500.000 / 804.672	3:05:57.186	161.331 / 259.637
1978	May 28	Al Unser	Lola	Cosworth	Chaparral Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:05:54.974	161.363 / 259.689
1979	May 27	Rick Mears	Penske	Cosworth	Penske Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:08:47.950	158.899 / 255.723
1980	May 25	Johnny Rutherford	Chaparral	Cosworth	Chaparral Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:29:59.572	142.862 / 229.914
1981	May 24	Bobby Unser	Penske	Cosworth	Penske Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:35:41.819	139.084 / 223.834
1982	May 30	Gordon Johncock	Wildcat	Cosworth	STP Patrick Racing Team	500.000 / 804.672	3:05:09.122	162.029 / 260.760
1983	May 29	Tom Sneva	March	Cosworth	Bignotti-Cotter	500.000 / 804.672	3:05:03.092	162.117 / 260.902
1984	May 27	Rick Mears	March	Cosworth	Penske Cars	500.000 / 804.672	3:03:21.638	163.612 / 263.308
1985	May 26	Danny Sullivan	March	Cosworth	Penske Cars	500.000 / 804.672	3:16:06.090	152.982 / 246.201
1986	May 31	Bobby Rahal	March	Cosworth	Truesports	500.000 / 804.672	2:55:43.457	170.722 / 274.750
1987	May 24	Al Unser	March	Cosworth	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	3:04:59.121	162.175 / 260.995
1988	May 29	Rick Mears	Penske	Chevrolet	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	3:27:10.167	144.809 / 233.047
1989	May 28	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Chevrolet	Patrick Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	2:59:01.074	167.581 / 269.695
1990	May 27	Arie Luyendyk	Lola	Chevrolet	Doug Shierson Racing	500.000 / 804.672	2:41:18.404	185.981 / 299.307
1991	May 26	Rick Mears	Penske	Chevrolet	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	2:50:00.791	176.457 / 283.980
1992	May 24	Al Unser, Jr.	Galmer	Chevrolet	Galles-Kraco Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:43:05.148	134.477 / 216.420
1993	May 30	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Chevrolet	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	3:10:49.860	157.207 / 253.000
1994	May 29	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske	Mercedes-Benz	Penske Racing, Incorporated	500.000 / 804.672	3:06:29.006	160.872 / 258.898
1995	May 28	Jacques Villeneuve	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	Team Green	500.000 / 804.672	3:15:17.561	153.616 / 247.221
1996	May 26	Buddy Lazier	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	Hemelgarn Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:22:45.753	147.956 / 238.112
1997	May 26-27	Arie Luyendyk	G Force	Aurora	Treadway Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:25:43.388	145.827 / 234.686
1998	May 24	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Dallara	Aurora	Team Cheever	500.000 / 804.672	3:26:40.524	145.155 / 233.604
1999	May 30	Kenny Bräck	Dallara	Aurora	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	500.000 / 804.672	3:15:51.182	153.176 / 246.513
2000	May 28	Juan Pablo Montoya	G Force	Aurora	Chip Ganassi Racing	500.000 / 804.672	2:58:59.431	167.607 / 269.737
2001	May 27	Helio Castroneves	Dallara	Aurora	Marlboro Team Penske	500.000 / 804.672	3:31:54.180	153.601 / 247.197
2002	May 26	Helio Castroneves	Dallara	Chevrolet	Marlboro Team Penske	500.000 / 804.672	3:00:10.871	166.499 / 267.954
2003	May 25	Gil de Ferran	Panoz G Force	Toyota	Marlboro Team Penske	500.000 / 804.672	3:11:56.989	156.291 / 251.526
2004	May 30	Buddy Rice	Panoz G Force	Honda	Rahal Letterman Racing	450.000* / 724.205*	3:14:55.240	138.518 / 222.923
2005	May 29	Dan Wheldon	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing	500.000 / 804.672	3:10:21.077	157.603 / 253.637
2006	May 28	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Dallara	Honda	Marlboro Team Penske	500.000 / 804.672	3:10:58.759	157.085 / 252.804
2007	May 27	Dario Franchitti	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing	415.000* / 667.878*	2:44:03.561	151.774 / 244.257
2008	May 25

* Race rain-shortened

Years with new winning drivers

66 drivers have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.

Year	New Winning Driver	Races Since Previous
1911	Ray Harroun	N/A
1912	Joe Dawson	1
1913	Jules Goux
1914	René Thomas
1915	Ralph DePalma
1916	Dario Resta
1919	Howdy Wilcox
1920	Gaston Chevrolet
1921	Tommy Milton
1922	Jimmy Murphy
1924	Lora L. Corum	2
	Joe Boyer
1925	Peter DePaolo	1
1926	Frank Lockhart
1927	George Souders
1928	Louis Meyer
1929	Ray Keech
1930	Billy Arnold
1931	Louis Schneider
1932	Fred Frame
1934	Bill Cummings	2
1935	Kelly Petillo	1
1937	Wilbur Shaw	2
1938	Floyd Roberts	1
1941	Floyd Davis	3
	Mauri Rose
1946	George Robson	1
1949	Bill Holland	3
1950	Johnnie Parsons	1
1951	Lee Wallard
1952	Troy Ruttman
1953	Bill Vukovich
1955	Bob Sweikert	2
1956	Pat Flaherty	1
1957	Sam Hanks
1958	Jimmy Bryan
1959	Rodger Ward
1960	Jim Rathmann
1961	A.J. Foyt
1963	Parnelli Jones	2
1965	Jim Clark
1966	Graham Hill	1
1968	Bobby Unser	2
1969	Mario Andretti	1
1970	Al Unser
1972	Mark Donohue	2
1973	Gordon Johncock	1
1974	Johnny Rutherford
1979	Rick Mears	5
1983	Tom Sneva	4
1985	Danny Sullivan	2
1986	Bobby Rahal	1
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	3
1990	Arie Luyendyk	1
1992	Al Unser, Jr.	2
1995	Jacques Villeneuve	3
1996	Buddy Lazier	1
1998	Eddie Cheever	2
1999	Kenny Bräck	1
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya
2001	Hélio Castroneves
2003	Gil de Ferran	2
2004	Buddy Rice	1
2005	Dan Wheldon
2006	Sam Hornish, Jr.
2007	Dario Franchitti

Multiple victories

16 of 66 winning drivers, 24.24%, have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race more than once, accounting for 43 wins out of 91 races held, 47.25%.

Wins	Driver	Years
4	A.J. Foyt	1961, 1964, 1967, 1977
	Al Unser	1970, 1971, 1978, 1987
	Rick Mears	1979, 1984, 1988, 1991
3	Louis Meyer	1928, 1933, 1936
	Wilbur Shaw	1937, 1939, 1940
	Mauri Rose	1941, 1947, 1948
	Johnny Rutherford	1974, 1976, 1980
	Bobby Unser	1968, 1975, 1981
2	Tommy Milton	1921, 1923
	Bill Vukovich	1953, 1954
	Rodger Ward	1959, 1962
	Gordon Johncock	1973, 1982
	Emerson Fittipaldi	1989, 1993
	Al Unser, Jr.	1992, 1994
	Arie Luyendyk	1990, 1997
	Hélio Castroneves	2001, 2002

Consecutive victories

5 of 66 winning drivers, 7.58%, have won consecutive Indianapolis 500-Mile Races. No driver to date has won three consecutive races.

Wins	Driver	Years
2	Wilbur Shaw	1939-1940
	Mauri Rose	1947-1948
	Bill Vukovich	1953-1954
	Al Unser	1970-1971
	Hélio Castroneves	2001-2002

Rookie winners

Eight* drivers have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race in their first attempt.

Year	Driver	Notes
1911	Ray Harroun	First 500-mile race
1913	Jules Goux	Drank a purported four bottles of champagne during race
1914	René Thomas
1926	Frank Lockhart	Race rain-shortened, concluded at 160 laps, 400 miles First race ever in Championship-level car
1927	George Souders
1966	Graham Hill
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya
2001	Hélio Castroneves	Only driver to date to win in first and second races

* Louis Meyer won in his first start in 1928, but had served as a relief driver the year before.

Nationalities of foreign-born Indianapolis 500 winners

Drivers born outside of the United States have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 21 times out of 91 races, 23.08%.

Nation	Drivers	Driver Race Wins	National Race Wins
Brazil	Emerson Fittipaldi	2 1989, 1993	5
	Hélio Castroneves	2 2001, 2002
	Gil de Ferran†	1 2003
Canada	Jacques Villeneuve	1 1995	1
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya	1 2000	1
France	Jules Goux	1 1913	3
	René Thomas	1 1914
	Gaston Chevrolet†2	1 1920
Italy	Ralph DePalma†2	1 1915	3
	Dario Resta†2	1 1916
	Mario Andretti†2	1 1969
Netherlands	Arie Luyendyk	2 1990, 1997	2
Sweden	Kenny Bräck	1 1999	1
United Kingdom	George Robson†2	1 1946	5
	Jim Clark	1 1965
	Graham Hill	1 1966
	Dan Wheldon	1 2005
	Dario Franchitti	1 2007

† French national

†₂ American national

Indianapolis 500 and National Championship victories in same year

Year	Driver	Championship Sanctioning Body*
1919	Howdy Wilcox**	AAA
1920	Gaston Chevrolet***
1921	Tommy Milton
1922	Jimmy Murphy
1925	Peter DePaolo
1928	Louis Meyer
1930	Billy Arnold
1931	Louis Schneider
1933	Louis Meyer
1934	Bill Cummings
1935	Kelly Petillo
1937	Wilbur Shaw
1938	Floyd Roberts
1939	Wilbur Shaw
1955	Bob Sweikert
1959	Rodger Ward	USAC
1961	A.J. Foyt
1962	Rodger Ward
1964	A.J. Foyt
1967	A.J. Foyt
1968	Bobby Unser
1969	Mario Andretti
1970	Al Unser
1979	Rick Mears	SCCA / CART
1980	Johnny Rutherford	CART
1986	Bobby Rahal
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi
1994	Al Unser, Jr.
1995	Jacques Villeneuve
2005	Dan Wheldon	IRL
2006	Sam Hornish, Jr.
2007	Dario Franchitti

* From 1979-1995, the Indianapolis 500 and the American Open Wheel National Championship were sanctioned by separate organizations, USAC and CART, respectively. From 1980-1995, winners of a USAC Gold Crown Championship were officially declared, but as such championship consisted solely of Indianapolis, all such winners are indistinguishable from Indianapolis winners in those same years.

** Retroactively declared and awarded, 1951.

*** Declared and awarded, but retroactively redeclared and awarded, in 1951, to Tommy Milton.

Winning driver victories in notable international motorsport

Driver	Indianapolis 500	Formula One World Championship	Monaco Grand Prix	24 Hours of Le Mans	12 Hours of Sebring	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona 500
Andretti	1 1969	1 1978			3 1967, 1970, 1972	1 1967	1 1967
Clark	1 1965*	2 1963, 1965*
Donohue	1 1972					1 1969
Fittipaldi	2 1989, 1993	2 1972, 1974
Foyt	4 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977			1 1967	1 1985	1 1985	1 1972
Franchitti	1 2007					1 2008
Hill	1 1966	2 1962, 1968	5 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969	1 1972
Luyendyk	2 1990, 1997				1 1989	1 1998
Montoya	1 2000		1 2003			2 2007, 2008
Rahal	1 1986				1 1987	1 1981
Unser, Sr.	4 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987					1 1985
Unser, Jr.	2 1992, 1994					2 1986, 1987
Villeneuve	1 1995	1 1997
Wheldon	1 2005					1 2006

* Only occurrence to date of Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Driver's Championship victory in the same year.

Owners

Cars

Fastest Races

Winning starting positions

Chronological

1910s	Pos		1920s	Pos		1930s	Pos		1940s	Pos		1950s	Pos		1960s	Pos		1970s	Pos		1980s	Pos		1990s	Pos		2000s	Pos
1910			1920	6		1930	1		1940	2		1950	5		1960	2		1970	1		1980	1		1990	3		2000	2
1911	28		1921	20		1931	13		1941	17		1951	2		1961	7		1971	5		1981	1		1991	1		2001	11
1912	7		1922	1		1932	27		1942			1952	7		1962	2		1972	3		1982	5		1992	12		2002	13
1913	7		1923	1		1933	6		1943			1953	1		1963	1		1973	11		1983	4		1993	9		2003	10
1914	15		1924	21		1934	10		1944			1954	19		1964	5		1974	25		1984	3		1994	1		2004	1
1915	2		1925	2		1935	22		1945			1955	14		1965	2		1975	3		1985	8		1995	5		2005	16
1916	4		1926	20		1936	28		1946	15		1956	1		1966	15		1976	1		1986	4		1996	5