[edit] Indianapolis 500-Mile Race all-time lap leaders

Green indicates drivers active as of most recent race.

Rank	Driver	Laps Led	Career Laps Run	Lap Leader Percentage	Race Wins	Years Won
1	Al Unser	644	4,356	14.78%	4	1970, 1971, 1978, 1987
2	† Ralph DePalma	612	1,594	38.39%	1	1915
3	† Mario Andretti	556	3,040	18.29%	1	1969
4	A. J. Foyt	555	4,909	11.31%	4	1961, 1964, 1967, 1977
5	Wilbur Shaw	508	2,019	25.16%	3	1937, 1939, 1940
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	505	1,785	28.29%	2	1989, 1993
7	Parnelli Jones	492	1,130	43.54%	1	1963
8	Bill Vukovich	485	676	71.75%	2	1953, 1954
9	Bobby Unser	440	2,611	16.85%	3	1968, 1975, 1981
10	Michael Andretti	431	2,653	16.25%
11	Rick Mears	429	2,342	18.32%	4	1979, 1984, 1988, 1991
12	Billy Arnold	410	821	49.94%	1	1930
13	Gordon Johncock	339	3,158	10.73%	2	1973, 1982
14	Louis Meyer	332	1,916	17.33%	3	1928, 1933, 1936
15	Jim Clark	298	682	43.69%	1	1965
16	Bill Holland	297	914	32.49%	1	1949
17	Johnny Rutherford	296	2,770	10.69%	3	1974, 1976, 1980
18	Rex Mays	266	1,385	19.21%
19	Rodger Ward	261	2,160	12.08%	2	1959, 1962
20	Mauri Rose	256	2,326	11.01%	3	1941*, 1947, 1948
21	Dan Wheldon	234	1,129	20.73%	1	2005
22	Hélio Castroneves	228	1,655	13.78%	3	2001, 2002, 2009
23	Jimmy Murphy	220	907	24.26%	1	1922
24	Scott Dixon	220	1,250	17.60%	1	2008
25	Tommy Milton	218	1,204	18.11%	2	1921, 1923
26	Tony Kanaan	218	1,237	17.62%
27	Jimmy Bryan	216			1	1958
28	Tom Sneva	208			1	1983
29	Frank Lockhart	205			1	1926
30	Arie Luyendyk	187			2	1990, 1997
31	Jimmy Snyder	181
32	Lee Wallard	178			1	1951
33	Juan Pablo Montoya	167			1	2000
34	Danny Sullivan	162			1	1985
35	Howdy Wilcox	155			1	1919
36	Jim Rathmann	153			1	1960
37	Peter DePaolo	152			1	1925
37	Tomas Scheckter	148
38	† Dario Resta	140			1	1916
39	Sam Hanks	140			1	1957
40	Jules Goux	139			1	1913
41	†2 George Robson	138			1	1946
42	Pat Flaherty	138			1	1956
43	Gary Bettenhausen	138
44	Johnnie Parsons	131			1	1950
45	Lloyd Ruby	126
46	Bobby Rahal	124			1	1986
47	Earl Cooper	123
48	Tony Stewart	122
49	Joe Boyer	118			1	1924**
50	Greg Ray	116
51	René Thomas	114			1	1914
52	Al Unser, Jr.	110			2	1992, 1994
53	Kelly Petillo	108			1	1935
54	Wally Dallenbach Sr.	108
55	Sam Hornish, Jr.	107			1	2006
56	Babe Stapp	106
57	Fred Frame	106			1	1932
58	Dario Franchitti	100			1	2007
59	Buddy Rice	99			1	2004
60	Ted Horn	94
61	Dave Lewis	93
62	Bill Cummings	93			1	1934
63	Floyd Roberts	92			1	1938
64	Kenny Bräck	89			1	1999
65	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	89			1	1998
66	Ray Harroun	88			1	1911
67	Bob Sweikert	86			1	1955
68	David L. Bruce-Brown	81
69	Danny Ongais	79
70	Arthur Duray	77
71	†3 Gil de Ferran	71			1	2003
72	Jack McGrath	70
73	Mark Donohue	70			1	1972
74	Buddy Lazier	70			1	1996
75	Frank Brisko	69
76	Troy Ruttman	69			1	1952
77	Leon Duray	68
78	Ralph Hepburn	68
79	George Souders	67			1	1927
80	Eddie Sachs	66
81	Maurício Gugelmin	59
82	Harry Hartz	57
83	Roberto Guerrero	56
84	Johnny Thomson	55
85	Joe Leonard	52
86	Jeff Ward	52
87	Robby Gordon	52
88	Bruno Junqueira	52
89	Scott Goodyear	50
91	Deacon Litz	49
92	Ray Keech	46
93	Pat O'Connor	46
94	Davy Jones	46
95	Jimmy Gleason	43
96	Gil Anderson	41
97	Bob Burman	41
98	Jackie Stewart	40
99	Louis Schneider	39
100	John Paul, Jr.	39
101	Teo Fabi	37
102	Bob Carey	36
103	Jim Hurtubise	36
104	Cliff Bergere	35
105	Paul Russo	35
106	Bob Swanson	34
107	Nigel Mansell	34
108	Bobby Marshman	33
109	Tony Gulotta	33
110	Art Cross	32
111	Duke Nalon	32
112	Marco Andretti	30
113	Phil Shafer	29
114	Mark Dismore	29
115	Jacques Villeneuve	26	1	1995
116	Jimmy Vasser	26
117	Jimmy Davies	25
118	Tony Bettenhausen	24
119	Lou Moore	23
120	Raul Boesel	21
121	Alessandro Zampedri	20
122	Danica Patrick	19
123	George Amick	18
124	Johnny Boyd	18
125	Kevin Cogan	17
126	Johnny Aitken	16
127	Jerry Grant	16
128	Robbie Buhl	16
129	Vitor Meira	15
130	†3 Gaston Chevrolet	14	1	1920
131	Ernie Triplett	14
132	Russ Snowberger	13
133	Josele Garza	13
134	Billy Boat	13
135	Swede Savage	12
136	Felipe Giaffone	12
137	Ralph Mulford	10
138	Alex Barron	10
139	Ryan Briscoe	10
140	Eddie Rickenbacker	9
141	Albert Guyot	9
142	Josef Christiaens	9
143	†4 Louis Chevrolet	9
144	Dutch Bauman	9
145	Graham Hill	9	1	1966
146	Len Sutton	9
147	Jimmy Daywalt	8
148	Pancho Carter	8
149	Jim Crawford	8
150	Scott Pruett	8
151	Don Freeland	7
152	Roger McCluskey	7
153	Ira Hall	6
154	Cecil Green	5
155	Jimmy Jackson	5
156	Spencer Wishart	5
157	Fred Belcher	4
158	Cliff Durant	4
159	Mike Mosley	4
160	Buzz Calkins	4
161	Sam Schmidt	4
162	George Snider	3
163	Davey Hamilton	3
164	Scott Sharp	3
165	Bryan Herta	3
166	Adrian Fernández	3
167	Mario Moraes	3
168	Ed Carpenter	3
169	Caleb Bragg	2
170	Teddy Tetzlaff	2
171	Joe Dawson	2	1	1912
172	Robert Evans	2
173	Paul Bost	2
174	Herb Ardinger	2
175	Dan Gurney	2
176	Roger Rager	2
177	Don Whittington	2
178	John Andretti	2
179	Robby McGehee	2
180	Tora Takagi	2
181	Jaques Lazier	2
182	Jean Chassagne	1
183	Art Klein	1
184	Roscoe Sarles	1
185	Howdy Wilcox II	1
186	Fred Agabashian	1
187	Jack Brabham	1
188	Bobby Allison	1
189	Bill Vukovich II	1
190	Tim Richmond	1
191	Gordon Smiley	1
192	Scott Brayton	1
193	Stephan Gregoire	1
194	Jeff Simmons	1
Note	Lora L. Corum*	0	1	1924
Note	Floyd Davis*	0	1	1941

* Lora L. Corum and Floyd Davis are credited as being co-winners of the Indianapolis 500 in 1924 and 1941, respectively. However, as the winning entries in either race led only after their secondary drivers took over, Corum and Davis are not credited with leading any of those laps, nor did they lead throughout the remainder of their careers.

[edit] Lap Leaders, Individual Races

[edit] Most Laps Led

Fifty-four of ninety-three Indianapolis 500-Mile Races have been won by the driver leading the most laps, 58.06%.

Year	Leader, Most Laps	Laps Led	Percentage Race Led	Won Race
1911	Ray Harroun	88	44.0%	Yes
1912	1 Ralph DePalma	196	98.0%	No
1913	Jules Goux	138	69.0%	Yes
1914	René Thomas	102	51.0%	Yes
1915	1 Ralph DePalma	132	66.0%	Yes
1916	1 Dario Resta	103	51.5%	Yes
1919	Howdy Wilcox	98	49.0%	Yes
1920	Joe Boyer	93	46.5%	No
1921	1 Ralph DePalma	108	54.0%	No
1922	Jimmy Murphy	153	76.5%	Yes
1923	Tommy Milton	128	64.0%	Yes
1924	Earl Cooper	119	59.5%	No
1925	Peter DePaolo	115	57.5%	Yes
1926	Frank Lockhart	95	59.4%	Yes
1927		110	55.0%	No
1928	Leon Duray	64	32.0%	No
1929	Louis Meyer	65	32.5%	No
1930	Billy Arnold	198	99.0%	Yes
1931		155	77.5%	No
1932	Fred Frame	58	29.0%	Yes
1933	Louis Meyer	71	35.5%	Yes
1934	Frank Brisko	69	29.5%	No
1935	Kelly Petillo	102	51.0%	Yes
1936	Louis Meyer	96	48.0%	Yes
1937	Wilbur Shaw	131	65.5%	Yes
1938	Floyd Roberts	92	46.0%	Yes
	Jimmy Snyder			No
1939	Louis Meyer	79	39.5%	No
1940	Wilbur Shaw	136	68.0%	Yes
1941		107	53.5%	No
1946	2 George Robson	138	69.0%	Yes
1947	Bill Holland	143	71.5%	No
1948	Mauri Rose	81	40.5%	Yes
1949	Bill Holland	146	83.0%	Yes
1950	Johnnie Parsons	115	83.3%	Yes
1951	Lee Wallard	159	79.5%	Yes
1952	Bill Vukovich	150	75.0%	No
1953		195	97.5%	Yes
1954		90	45.0%	Yes
1955	Bob Sweikert	86	43.0%	Yes
1956	Pat Flaherty	127	63.5%	Yes
1957	Sam Hanks	136	68.0%	Yes
1958	Jimmy Bryan	139	69.5%	Yes
1959	Rodger Ward	130	65.0%	Yes
1960	Jim Rathmann	100	50.0%	Yes
1961	A.J. Foyt	71	35.5%	Yes
1962	Parnelli Jones	120	60.0%	No
1963		167	83.5%	Yes
1964	A.J. Foyt	146	73.0%	Yes
1965	Jim Clark	190	95.0%	Yes
1966	Lloyd Ruby	68	34.0%	No
1967	Parnelli Jones	171	85.5%	No
1968	Bobby Unser	127	63.5%	Yes
1969	1 Mario Andretti	116	58.0%	Yes
1970	Al Unser	190	95.0%	Yes
1971		103	51.5%	Yes
1972	Gary Bettenhausen	138	69.0%	No
1973	Gordon Johncock	64	48.1%	Yes
1974	Johnny Rutherford	122	61.0%	Yes
1975	Wally Dallenbach	96	55.2%	No
1976	Johnny Rutherford	48	47.1%	Yes
1977	Gordon Johncock	129	64.5%	No
1978	Al Unser	121	60.5%	Yes
1979	Bobby Unser	89	44.5%	No
1980	Johnny Rutherford	118	59.0%	Yes
1981	Bobby Unser	89	44.5%	Yes
1982	Rick Mears	77	38.5%	No
1983	Tom Sneva	98	49.0%	Yes
1984	Rick Mears	119	59.5%	Yes
1985	1 Mario Andretti	107	53.5%	No
1986	Rick Mears	76	38.0%	No
1987	1 Mario Andretti	170	85.0%	No
1988	Danny Sullivan	91	45.5%	No
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	158	79.0%	Yes
1990		128	64.0%	No
1991	Michael Andretti	97	48.5%	No
1992		160	80.0%	No
1993	1 Mario Andretti	72	36.0%	No
1994	Emerson Fittipaldi	145	72.5%	No
1995	Maurício Gugelmin	59	29.5%	No
1996	Roberto Guerrero	47	23.5%	No
1997	Tony Stewart	64	32.0%	No
1998	Eddie Cheever	76	38.0%	Yes
1999	Kenny Bräck	66	33.0%	Yes
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	167	83.5%	Yes
2001	Hélio Castroneves	52	26.0%	Yes
2002	Tomas Scheckter	85	42.5%	No
2003		63	31.5%	No
2004	Buddy Rice	91	50.5%	Yes
2005	Sam Hornish, Jr.	77	38.5%	No
2006	Dan Wheldon	148	74.0%	No
2007	Tony Kanaan	83	50.0%	No
2008	Scott Dixon	115	57.5%	Yes
2009		73	36.5%	No

[edit] 50%+ Race Laps Led, non-winning entries

Nineteen separate entries in equal years, driven by fifteen drivers, have failed to win despite leading over half a given race's completed laps.

Rank	Year	Driver	Laps Led	Race Percentage	Final Status
1	1912	Ralph DePalma	196	98.0%	Ret
2	1967	Parnelli Jones	171	85.5%	Ret
3	1987	Mario Andretti	170	85.0%	Ret
4	1992	Michael Andretti	160	80.0%	Ret
5	1931	Billy Arnold	155	77.5%	Ret
6	1952	Bill Vukovich	150	75.0%	Ret
7	2006	Dan Wheldon	148	74.0%	4
8	1994	Emerson Fittipaldi	145	72.5%	Ret
9	1947	Bill Holland	143	71.5%	2
10	1972	Gary Bettenhausen	138	69.0%	Ret
11	1977	Gordon Johncock	129	64.5%	Ret
12	1990	Emerson Fittipaldi	128	64.0%	3
13	1962	Parnelli Jones	120	60.0%	7
14	1924	Earl Cooper	119	59.5%	2
15	1927	Frank Lockhart	110	55.0%	Ret
16	1921	Ralph DePalma	108	54.0%	Ret
17	1941	Wilbur Shaw	107	53.5%	Ret
	1985	Mario Andretti			2
19	1975	Wally Dallenbach	96	55.2%	Ret

[edit] Notes

₁ Italian-born

₂ British-born

₃ French-born

₄ Swiss-born

[edit] References

• IMS Official Statistics: List of Lap Leaders
• Compilations of Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News breakdowns of individual 500-mile (800 km) races
• Indianapolis 500 Chronicle, Rick Popely, June 1998