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Top 34 WEC Sportscar Drivers of All Time

By YPB Team

Factory-team stars, privateer grinders and a few famous crossovers who all spent their nights flat out at Le Mans, Spa and Fuji.

  1. Timo Bernhard — ranked #11
    Timo Bernhard
    German Porsche factory driver who won back-to-back WEC titles in 2015 and 2017 and Le Mans in 2017.
    1000pts
  2. Kamui Kobayashi — ranked #22
    Kamui Kobayashi
    Japanese ex-Formula One driver and Toyota team principal who won Le Mans in 2021 and the 2021 WEC title.
    1000pts
  3. Sébastien Buemi — ranked #33
    Sébastien Buemi
    Swiss Toyota driver who won the 2014 and 2018-19 world titles and multiple Le Mans 24 Hours.
    999pts
  4. Earl Bamber — ranked #44
    Earl Bamber
    New Zealand Porsche 919 Hybrid driver who won Le Mans in 2015 and 2017 and the 2017 WEC title.
    877pts
  5. Romain Dumas — ranked #55
    Romain Dumas
    French Porsche works driver who took Le Mans 2016 and the 2016 WEC title.
    876pts
  6. Gianmaria Bruni — ranked #66
    Gianmaria Bruni
    Italian Ferrari driver who won the 2014 GTE Pro title and Le Mans class victories.
    876pts
  7. Alessandro Pier Guidi — ranked #77
    Alessandro Pier Guidi
    Italian Ferrari driver who won GTE titles and the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours overall.
    709pts
  8. Alex Wurz — ranked #88
    Alex Wurz
    Austrian former F1 driver and Le Mans winner who raced for Toyota in the WEC from 2012 to 2017.
    709pts
  9. André Lotterer — ranked #99
    André Lotterer
    German Audi star who won Le Mans three times and the 2012 WEC drivers' championship.
    709pts
  10. Kazuki Nakajima — ranked #1010
    Kazuki Nakajima
    Japanese Toyota stalwart and three-time Le Mans winner who shared the 2014 and 2018-19 titles.
    600pts
  11. Brendon Hartley — ranked #1111
    Brendon Hartley
    New Zealander who won three WEC titles with Porsche and Toyota plus the 2020 Le Mans.
    600pts
  12. Neel Jani — ranked #1212
    Neel Jani
    Swiss Porsche driver who won the 2016 WEC drivers' title.
    600pts
  13. Marc Lieb — ranked #1313
    Marc Lieb
    German Porsche factory driver who won Le Mans in 2016 and the 2015-16 WEC titles.
    600pts
  14. James Calado — ranked #1414
    James Calado
    British Ferrari driver who won the 2019-20 WEC title and Le Mans 2023.
    600pts
  15. Richard Lietz — ranked #1515
    Richard Lietz
    Austrian Porsche driver and multiple GTE Pro race winner, one of the series' most successful GT drivers.
    600pts
  16. Anthony Davidson — ranked #1616
    Anthony Davidson
    British driver who won the inaugural 2012 WEC drivers' title with Toyota and Buemi.
    599pts
  17. José María López — ranked #1717
    José María López
    Argentine Toyota driver who won the 2021 Hypercar world title and Le Mans in 2021.
    599pts
  18. Nicki Thiim — ranked #1818
    Nicki Thiim
    Danish Aston Martin works driver who won the 2016 GTE Pro title and class wins at Le Mans.
    599pts
  19. Loïc Duval — ranked #1919
    Loïc Duval
    French Audi driver and 2013 Le Mans winner who took the 2013 WEC drivers' title.
    466pts
  20. Nicolas Lapierre — ranked #2020
    Nicolas Lapierre
    French driver with WEC wins and Le Mans class victories across Toyota, Alpine and Signatech.
    466pts
  21. Sébastien Ogier — ranked #2121
    Sébastien Ogier
    Eight-time World Rally champion who raced for Toyota in the WEC Hypercar class.
    466pts
  22. Kévin Estre — ranked #2222
    Kévin Estre
    French Porsche works driver and GTE Pro title winner with class wins at Le Mans.
    466pts
  23. Antonio Giovinazzi — ranked #2323
    Antonio Giovinazzi
    Former Formula One driver who won the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours in the Ferrari 499P and has been a Hypercar front-runner.
    466pts
  24. Marco Sørensen — ranked #2424
    Marco Sørensen
    Danish Aston Martin driver who won the GTE Pro class at Le Mans and took WEC GT titles.
    466pts
  25. Allan McNish — ranked #2525
    Allan McNish
    Scottish Audi veteran and Le Mans winner who won the 2013 WEC drivers' title.
    466pts
  26. Tom Kristensen — ranked #2626
    Tom Kristensen
    Nine-time Le Mans winner who won the inaugural WEC era's 2013 title with Audi.
    0pts
  27. Nicolas Prost — ranked #2727
    Nicolas Prost
    French Rebellion driver who won more WEC races than any other privateer LMP1 driver.
    0pts
  28. Fernando Alonso — ranked #2828
    Fernando Alonso
    Double Formula One champion who won two Le Mans 24 Hours and the 2018-19 WEC title with Toyota.
    0pts
  29. Toni Vilander — ranked #2929
    Toni Vilander
    Finnish Ferrari driver who won the 2014 GTE Pro title with Giancarlo Fisichella and Gianmaria Bruni.
    0pts
  30. Ryo Hirakawa — ranked #3030
    Ryo Hirakawa
    Japanese Toyota driver who won Le Mans 2022 and the 2022 Hypercar world title.
    0pts
  31. Mark Webber — ranked #3131
    Mark Webber
    Former Formula One winner who won the 2015 WEC drivers' title with Porsche.
    0pts
  32. Benoît Tréluyer — ranked #3232
    Benoît Tréluyer
    French Audi driver who won the 2012 WEC title and three Le Mans 24 Hours.
    0pts
  33. Stéphane Sarrazin — ranked #3333
    Stéphane Sarrazin
    French Toyota LMP1 driver who took WEC wins and a Le Mans podium before moving on.
    0pts
  34. Nick Tandy — ranked #3434
    Nick Tandy
    British Porsche driver who won Le Mans 2015 and many WEC races.
    0pts

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