All-Time Race Records
All-Time Lap Leaders
Indianapolis 500
Leading the field during the Indianapolis 500 is in itself an achievement. Here you will find a comprehensive list of all drivers and laps they have led.
* Records as of the 2025 Indianapolis 500/2026 Media Guide
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Races Led | Laps Led | Race Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 23 | 16 | 677 | 1 |
| 2 | Al Unser | 27 | 11 | 644 | 4 |
| 3 | Ralph DePalma | 10 | 6 | 612 | 1 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | 29 | 11 | 556 | 1 |
| 5 | A.J. Foyt | 35 | 13 | 555 | 4 |
| 6 | Wilbur Shaw | 13 | 7 | 508 | 3 |
| 7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 11 | 7 | 505 | 2 |
| 8 | Parnelli Jones | 7 | 5 | 492 | 1 |
| 9 | Bill Vukovich | 5 | 4 | 485 | 2 |
| 10 | Bobby Unser | 19 | 10 | 440 | 3 |
| 11 | Michael Andretti | 16 | 9 | 431 | 0 |
| 12 | Rick Mears | 15 | 9 | 429 | 4 |
| 13 | Billy Arnold | 5 | 3 | 410 | 1 |
| 14 | Tony Kanaan | 22 | 15 | 352 | 1 |
| 15 | Gordon Johncock | 24 | 7 | 339 | 2 |
| 16 | Louis Meyer | 12 | 6 | 332 | 3 |
| 17 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | 7 | 329 | 3 |
| 18 | Helio Castroneves | 25 | 14 | 326 | 4 |
| 19 | Jim Clark | 5 | 4 | 298 | 1 |
| 20 | Bill Holland | 5 | 3 | 297 | 1 |
| 21 | Johnny Rutherford | 24 | 5 | 296 | 3 |
| 22 | Rex Mays | 12 | 9 | 266 | 0 |
| 23 | Rodger Ward | 15 | 4 | 261 | 2 |
| 24 | Mauri Rose | 16 | 7 | 256 | 3 |
| 25 | Dan Wheldon | 9 | 5 | 235 | 2 |
| 26 | Jimmy Murphy | 5 | 3 | 220 | 1 |
| 27 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 17 | 7 | 219 | 1 |
| 28 | Tommy Milton | 8 | 2 | 218 | 2 |
| 29 | Jimmy Bryan | 9 | 3 | 216 | 1 |
| 30 | Tom Sneva | 18 | 8 | 208 | 1 |
| 31 | Frank Lockhart | 2 | 2 | 205 | 1 |
| 32 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 6 | 4 | 193 | 2 |
| 33 | Arie Luyendyk | 17 | 8 | 186 | 2 |
| 34 | Jimmy Snyder | 5 | 3 | 181 | 0 |
| 35 | Lee Wallard | 4 | 2 | 178 | 1 |
| 36 | Simon Pagenaud | 12 | 5 | 169 | 1 |
| 37 | Danny Sullivan | 12 | 3 | 162 | 1 |
| 38 | Howdy Wilcox | 11 | 4 | 155 | 1 |
| 39 | Jim Rathmann | 14 | 6 | 153 | 1 |
| Tomas Scheckter | 10 | 3 | 153 | 0 | |
| 41 | Ed Carpenter | 22 | 9 | 150 | 0 |
| 42 | Peter DePaolo | 7 | 3 | 148 | 1 |
| 43 | Will Power | 18 | 10 | 145 | 1 |
| 44 | Marco Andretti | 20 | 7 | 144 | 0 |
| 45 | Sam Hanks | 13 | 3 | 140 | 1 |
| Dario Resta | 3 | 2 | 140 | 1 | |
| 47 | Jules Goux | 5 | 2 | 139 | 1 |
| 48 | Gary Bettenhausen | 21 | 1 | 138 | 0 |
| Takuma Sato | 16 | 7 | 138 | 2 | |
| Pat Flaherty | 5 | 2 | 138 | 1 | |
| George Robson | 3 | 1 | 138 | 1 | |
| 52 | Alex Palou | 6 | 5 | 133 | 1 |
| 53 | Johnnie Parsons | 10 | 2 | 131 | 1 |
| 54 | Lloyd Ruby | 18 | 5 | 126 | 0 |
| 55 | Bobby Rahal | 13 | 6 | 126 | 1 |
| 56 | Earl Cooper | 7 | 2 | 123 | 0 |
| 57 | Tony Stewart | 5 | 4 | 122 | 0 |
| 58 | Joe Boyer | 6 | 3 | 119 | 1 |
| 59 | Greg Ray | 8 | 4 | 116 | 0 |
| 60 | Rene Thomas | 4 | 2 | 114 | 1 |
| 61 | Al Unser Jr. | 19 | 8 | 110 | 2 |
| 62 | Wally Dallenbach | 13 | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Kelly Petillo | 9 | 2 | 108 | 1 | |
| 64 | Alexander Rossi | 10 | 8 | 107 | 1 |
| 65 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 8 | 4 | 107 | 1 |
| 66 | Babe Stapp | 12 | 4 | 106 | 0 |
| Fred Frame | 8 | 3 | 106 | 1 | |
| 68 | Buddy Rice | 6 | 2 | 99 | 1 |
| Pato O'Ward | 6 | 5 | 95 | 0 | |
| 70 | Ted Horn | 10 | 3 | 94 | 0 |
| Bill Cummings | 9 | 3 | 93 | 1 | |
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 2 | 93 | 0 | |
| 73 | Floyd Roberts | 5 | 1 | 92 | 1 |
| 74 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 14 | 3 | 89 | 1 |
| Kenny Brack | 6 | 2 | 89 | 1 | |
| 76 | Ray Harroun | 1 | 1 | 88 | 1 |
| 77 | Bob Sweikert | 5 | 1 | 86 | 1 |
| Conor Daly | 12 | 4 | 82 | 0 | |
| 79 | David Bruce-Brown | 2 | 1 | 81 | 0 |
| 80 | Danny Ongais | 11 | 4 | 79 | 0 |
| 81 | Arthur Duray | 1 | 1 | 77 | 0 |
| 82 | Gil de Ferran | 4 | 3 | 71 | 1 |
| 83 | Buddy Lazier | 18 | 3 | 70 | 1 |
| Jack McGrath | 8 | 4 | 70 | 0 | |
| Mark Donohue | 5 | 3 | 70 | 1 | |
| 86 | Josef Newgarden | 14 | 5 | 69 | 2 |
| Troy Ruttman | 12 | 4 | 69 | 1 | |
| Frank Brisko | 12 | 1 | 69 | 0 | |
| 89 | Ralph Hepburn | 15 | 3 | 68 | 0 |
| Leon Duray | 8 | 3 | 68 | 0 | |
| 91 | George Souders | 2 | 2 | 67 | 1 |
| 92 | Eddie Sachs | 8 | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Scott McLaughlin | 5 | 1 | 66 | 0 | |
| 94 | Rinus VeeKay | 6 | 4 | 65 | 0 |
| 95 | Felix Rosenqvist | 7 | 4 | 61 | 0 |
| 96 | Marcus Ericsson | 7 | 3 | 60 | 1 |
| 97 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 2 | 1 | 59 | 0 |
| 98 | Harry Hartz | 6 | 4 | 57 | 0 |
| 99 | Roberto Guerrero | 15 | 3 | 56 | 0 |
| 100 | Johnny Thomson | 8 | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| 101 | James Hinchcliffe | 9 | 5 | 54 | 0 |
| 102 | Robby Gordon | 10 | 4 | 53 | 0 |
| 103 | Joe Leonard | 9 | 2 | 52 | 0 |
| Jeff Ward | 7 | 2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Bruno Junqueira | 6 | 4 | 52 | 0 | |
| 106 | Max Chilton | 4 | 1 | 50 | 0 |
| 107 | Deacon Litz | 12 | 1 | 49 | 0 |
| Scott Goodyear | 11 | 3 | 49 | 0 | |
| 109 | Pat O'Connor | 5 | 2 | 46 | 0 |
| Davy Jones | 5 | 1 | 46 | 0 | |
| Ray Keech | 2 | 1 | 46 | 1 | |
| 112 | Gil Anderson | 6 | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| 113 | Jimmy Gleason | 4 | 1 | 43 | 0 |
| 114 | Bob Burman | 5 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| 115 | Jackie Stewart | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| 116 | Alex Tagliani | 8 | 6 | 39 | 0 |
| John Paul Jr. | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 | |
| Louis Schneider | 6 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |
| 119 | Teo Fabi | 8 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| 120 | Jim Hurtubise | 10 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | |
| 122 | Cliff Bergere | 16 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Paul Russo | 14 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |
| 124 | Oriol Servia | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Swanson | 3 | 1 | 34 | 0 | |
| Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1 | 34 | 0 | |
| 127 | Tony Gulotta | 13 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Marshman | 4 | 1 | 33 | 0 | |
| 129 | Duke Nalon | 10 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| Art Cross | 4 | 2 | 32 | 0 | |
| 131 | Ryan Briscoe | 10 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| 132 | Danica Patrick | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Phil Shafer | 7 | 2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Mark Dismore | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |
| Carlos Munoz | 6 | 4 | 29 | 0 | |
| 136 | Graham Rahal | 18 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
| 137 | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 1 | 27 | 0 |
| 138 | Jimmy Vasser | 8 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| 139 | Jimmy Davies | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| 140 | Tony Bettenhausen | 14 | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| 141 | Lou Moore | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Sting Ray Robb | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |
| AJ Allmendinger | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |
| 144 | Jacques Villeneuve (94, 95, 14) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 |
| 145 | Raul Boesel | 13 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Alessandro Zampedri | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | |
| 147 | Johnny Boyd | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Charlie Kimball | 10 | 3 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Amick | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | |
| 150 | Kevin Cogan | 12 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Devlin DeFrancesco | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| 152 | Jerry Grant | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Robbie Buhl | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| Santino Ferrucci | 7 | 5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Johnny Aitken | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |
| 156 | Vitor Meira | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Colton Herta | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | |
| Mike Conway | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| 159 | Ernie Triplett | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Zach Veach | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
| Gaston Chevrolet | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |
| 162 | Russ Snowberger | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| JR Hildebrand | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Townsend Bell | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Justin Wilson | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Billy Boat | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | |
| Josele Garza | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| 168 | Felipe Giaffone | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Swede Savage | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |
| 170 | Bertrand Baguette | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 171 | Ralph Mulford | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Alex Barron | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Graham Hill | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 174 | Len Sutton | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Albert Guyot | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Louis Chevrolet | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Josef Christiaens | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dutch Baumann | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| 180 | Pancho Carter | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Daywalt | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Scott Pruett | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Christian Rasmussen | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Robert Shwartzman | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 186 | Roger McCluskey | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Freeland | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Spencer Pigot | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Zachary Claman De Melo | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 190 | Ira Hall | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Callum Ilott | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 192 | Steve Krisiloff | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| EJ Viso | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Jackson | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Spencer Wishart | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Christian Lundgaard | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| James Jakes | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Cecil Green | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 199 | Mike Mosley | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Sebastien Bourdais | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sage Karam | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Buzz Calkins | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Cliff Durant | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kyle Kirkwood | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sam Schmidt | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kyle Larson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Oliver Askew | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Fred Belcher | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 209 | George Snider | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Sharp | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Davey Hamilton | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jack Harvey | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bryan Herta | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Adrian Fernandez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Stefan Wilson | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bryan Clauson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mario Moraes | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Kyffin Simpson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 219 | John Andretti | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Gurney | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Herb Ardinger | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| James Davison | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jaques Lazier | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robby McGehee | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Don Whittington | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Teddy Tetzlaff | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Bost | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Caleb Bragg | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| David Malukas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tora Takagi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robert Evans | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roger Rager | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robert Wickens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 237 | Scott Brayton | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Vukovich Jr. | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fred Agabashian | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stephan Gregoire | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Art Klein | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Brabham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roscoe Sarles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Simmons | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mikhail Aleshin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jean Chassagne | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Allison | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Richmond | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gordon Smiley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Howdy Wilcox II | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
250 Drivers have led in the Indianapolis 500