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

1981 Vatanen: Rothmans Ford
2006 Loeb: Kronos Citroen
2017 Ogier: M-Sport Ford
2018 Ogier: M-Sport Ford
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