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(): Title for drivers was established in 1977 and was called FIA Cup for Drivers* (these years are not included in statistics). From 1979 onwards series gained full championship status and became FIA World Rally Championship for drivers.
Year Driver Nat Team 1977* Munari, Sandro IT Lancia 1978* Alen, Markku FI Fiat, Lancia 1979 Waldegard, Bjorn SE Ford, Mercedes 1980 Rohrl, Walter DE Fiat 1981 Vatanen, Ari FI Ford 1982 Rohrl, Walter DE Opel 1983 Mikkola, Hannu FI Audi 1984 Blomqvist, Stig SE Audi 1985 Salonen, Timo FI Peugeot 1986 Kankkunen, Juha FI Peugeot 1987 Kankkunen, Juha FI Lancia 1988 Biasion, Massimo IT Lancia 1989 Biasion, Massimo IT Lancia 1990 Sainz, Carlos ES Toyota 1991 Kankkunen, Juha FI Lancia 1992 Sainz, Carlos ES Toyota 1993 Kankkunen, Juha FI Toyota 1994 Auriol, Didier FR Toyota 1995 McRae, Colin GB Subaru 1996 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1997 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1998 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1999 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 2000 Gronholm, Marcus FI Peugeot 2001 Burns, Richard GB Subaru 2002 Gronholm, Marcus FI Peugeot 2003 Solberg, Petter NO Subaru 2004 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2005 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2006 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2007 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2008 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2009 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2010 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2011 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2012 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2013 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2014 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2015 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2016 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2017 Ogier, Sebastien FR Ford 2018 Ogier, Sebastien FR Ford 2019 Tanak, Ott EE Toyota 2020 Ogier, Sebastien FR Toyota 2021 Ogier, Sebastien FR Toyota 2022 Rovanpera, Kalle FI Toyota 2023 Rovanpera, Kalle FI Toyota

(*): Title for drivers was established in 1977 and was called FIA Cup for Drivers (these years are not included in statistics). From 1979 onwards series gained full championship status and became FIA World Rally Championship for drivers.

Year Driver Nat Team 1977* Munari, Sandro IT Lancia 1978* Alen, Markku FI Fiat, Lancia 1979 Waldegard, Bjorn SE Ford, Mercedes 1980 Rohrl, Walter DE Fiat 1981 Vatanen, Ari FI Ford 1982 Rohrl, Walter DE Opel 1983 Mikkola, Hannu FI Audi 1984 Blomqvist, Stig SE Audi 1985 Salonen, Timo FI Peugeot 1986 Kankkunen, Juha FI Peugeot 1987 Kankkunen, Juha FI Lancia 1988 Biasion, Massimo IT Lancia 1989 Biasion, Massimo IT Lancia 1990 Sainz, Carlos ES Toyota 1991 Kankkunen, Juha FI Lancia 1992 Sainz, Carlos ES Toyota 1993 Kankkunen, Juha FI Toyota 1994 Auriol, Didier FR Toyota 1995 McRae, Colin GB Subaru 1996 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1997 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1998 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 1999 Makinen, Tommi FI Mitsubishi 2000 Gronholm, Marcus FI Peugeot 2001 Burns, Richard GB Subaru 2002 Gronholm, Marcus FI Peugeot 2003 Solberg, Petter NO Subaru 2004 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2005 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2006 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2007 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2008 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2009 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2010 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2011 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2012 Loeb, Sebastien FR Citroen 2013 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2014 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2015 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2016 Ogier, Sebastien FR Volkswagen 2017 Ogier, Sebastien FR Ford 2018 Ogier, Sebastien FR Ford 2019 Tanak, Ott EE Toyota 2020 Ogier, Sebastien FR Toyota 2021 Ogier, Sebastien FR Toyota 2022 Rovanpera, Kalle FI Toyota 2023 Rovanpera, Kalle FI Toyota


FIA WRC Drivers' trophy
Most titles
Loeb, Sebastien: 9Ogier, Sebastien: 8Kankkunen, Juha: 4Makinen, Tommi: 4Biasion, Massimo: 2Gronholm, Marcus: 2Rohrl, Walter: 2Rovanpera, Kalle: 2Sainz, Carlos: 2Auriol, Didier: 1Blomqvist, Stig: 1Burns, Richard: 1McRae, Colin: 1Mikkola, Hannu: 1Salonen, Timo: 1Solberg, Petter: 1Tanak, Ott: 1Vatanen, Ari: 1Waldegard, Bjorn: 119 champions in total
Titles per makes
Citroen: 9Toyota: 9Lancia: 4Mitsubishi: 4Peugeot: 4Volkswagen: 4Ford: 3Subaru: 3Audi: 2Fiat: 1Ford, Mercedes: 1Opel: 1
Titles per nations
France: 18Finland: 15Germany: 2Italy: 2Spain: 2Sweden: 2United Kingdom: 2Estonia: 1Norway: 1
Privateers
Note that following titles were scored while driver was driving with private team of varying degree:1981 Vatanen: Rothmans Ford2006 Loeb: Kronos Citroen2017 Ogier: M-Sport Ford2018 Ogier: M-Sport Ford