Indianapolis 500

Here are the winners of every Indianapolis 500 since 1911

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The 108th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 26, 2024, on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Josef Newgarden won the 2023 race, but no one has won consecutive races since Helio Castroneves in 2001-02.

Who has won the most Indy 500s?

Helio Castroneves (2001, '02, '09, '21), Rick Mears (1979, '84, '88, '91), Al Unser (1970, '71, '78, '87) and A.J. Foyt (1961, '64, '67, '77) share the record with four Indy 500 wins each.

Here is every Indy 500 winner, with year, driver and average speed

Indy 500 winners in the 2020s

Year	Driver	mph
2023	Josef Newgarden	168.193
2022	Marcus Ericsson	175.428
2021	Helio Castroneves	190.690
2020	Takuma Sato	157.824

Indy 500 winners in the 2010s

Year	Driver	mph
2019	Simon Pagenaud	175.794
2018	Will Power	166.935
2017	Takuma Sato	155.395
2016	Alexander Rossi	166.634
2015	Juan Pablo Montoya	161.341
2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay	186.563
2013	Tony Kanaan	187.433
2012	Dario Franchitti	167.734
2011	Dan Wheldon	170.265
2010	Dario Franchitti	161.623

Indy 500 winners in the 2000s

Year	Driver	mph
2009	Helio Castroneves	150.318
2008	Scott Dixon	143.567
2007	Dario Franchitti	151.774*
2006	Sam Hornish Jr.	157.085
2005	Dan Wheldon	157.603
2004	Buddy Rice	138.518^
2003	Gil de Ferran	156.291
2002	Helio Castroneves	166.499
2001	Helio Castroneves	141.574
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	167.607

*-race shortened to 160 laps (400 miles) by weather; ^-race shortened to 180 laps (450 miles) by weather

Indy 500 winners in the 1990s

Year	Driver	mph
1999	Kenny Brack	153.176
1998	Eddie Cheever	145.155
1997	Arie Luyendyk	145.827
1996	Buddy Lazier	147.956
1995	Jacques Villeneuve	153.616
1994	Al Unser Jr.	160.872
1993	Emerson Fittipaldi	157.207
1992	Al Unser Jr.	134.477
1991	Rick Mears	176.457
1990	Arie Luyendyk	185.981

Indy 500 winners in the 1980s

Year	Driver	mph
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	167.581
1988	Rick Mears	144.809
1987	Al Unser	162.175
1986	Bobby Rahal	170.722
1985	Danny Sullivan	152.982
1984	Rick Mears	163.612
1983	Tom Sneva	162.117
1982	Gordon Johncock	162.029
1981	Bobby Unser	139.084
1980	Johnny Rutherford	142.862

Indy 500 winners in the 1970s

Year	Driver	mph
1979	Rick Mears	158.899
1978	Al Unser	161.363
1977	A.J. Foyt	161.331
1976	Johnny Rutherford	148.725*
1975	Bobby Unser	149.213^
1974	Johnny Rutherford	158.589
1973	Gordon Johncock	159.036+
1972	Mark Donahue	162.962
1971	Al Unser	157.735
1970	Al Unser	155.749

*-race shortened to 102 laps (255 miles) by weather; ^-race shortened to 174 laps (435 miles) by weather; +-race shortened to 133 laps (332.25 miles) by weather stoppages on three consecutive days

Indy 500 winners in the 1960s

Year	Driver	mph
1969	Mario Andretti	156.867
1968	Bobby Unser	152.882
1967	A.J. Foyt	151.207*
1966	Graham Hill	144.317
1965	Jim Clark	150.686
1964	A.J. Foyt	147.350
1963	Parnelli Jones	143.137
1962	Rodger Ward	140.293
1961	A.J. Foyt	139.130
1960	Jim Rathmann	138.767

*-race rained out after 18 laps, resumed and finished 200 laps (500 miles) the following day

Indy 500 winners in the 1950s

Year	Driver	mph
1959	Rodger Ward	135.857
1958	Jimmy Bryan	133.791
1957	Sam Hanks	135.601
1956	Pat Flaherty	128.490
1955	Bob Sweikert	128.213
1954	Bill Vukovich	130.840
1953	Bill Vukovich	128.740
1952	Troy Ruttman	128.922
1951	Lee Wallard	126.244
1950	Johnnie Parsons	124.002*

*-race shortened to 138 laps (345 miles) by weather

Indy 500 winners in the 1940s

Year	Driver	mph
1949	Bill Holland	121.327
1948	Mauri Rose	119.814
1947	Mauri Rose	116.338
1946	George Robson	114.820
1942-45	No races, World War II
1941	Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose	115.117
1940	Wilbur Shaw	114.277*

*-final 50 laps run under caution because of light rain

Indy 500 winners in the 1930s

Year	Driver	mph
1939	Wilbur Shaw	115.035
1938	Floyd Roberts	117.200
1937	Wilbur Shaw	113.580
1936	Louis Meyer	109.069
1935	Kelly Petillo	106.240
1934	Bill Cummings	104.863
1933	Louis Meyer	104.162
1932	Fred Frame	104.144
1931	Louis Schneider	96.629
1930	Billy Arnold	10.448

Indy 500 winners in the 1920s

Year	Driver	mph
1929	Ray Keech	97.585
1928	Louis Meyer	99.482
1927	George Souders	97.545
1926	Frank Lockhart	95.904*
1925	Peter DePaolo	101.127
1924	L.L. Corum/Joe Boyer	98.234
1923	Tommy Milton	90.954
1922	Jimmy Murphy	94.484
1921	Tommy Milton	89.621
1920	Gaston Chevrolet	88.618

*-race shortened to 160 laps (400 miles) by weather

Indy 500 winners in the 1910s

Year	Driver	mph
1919	Howdy Wilcox	88.050
1917-18	No races, World War I
1916	Dario Resta	84.001*
1915	Ralph DePalma	89.840
1914	Rene Thomas	82.474
1913	Jules Goux	75.933
1912	Joe Dawson	78.719
1911	Ray Harroun	74.602

*-race scheduled for 120 laps (300 miles), the only race scheduled for less than 200 laps (500 miles)

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