Group B heroes share this list with modern Toyota stars and a few names only rally diehards will recognise. Four-time champions sit next to one-win wonders, and every Finn here has beaten the world on gravel.
1Juha KankkunenFour-time world champion (1986, 1987, 1991, 1993) who won titles with three different manufacturers.1000pts
2Tommi MäkinenWon four consecutive world titles with Mitsubishi from 1996 to 1999, a record run at the time.875pts
3Hannu MikkolaThe 1983 world champion with Audi Quattro and winner of 18 WRC rallies across the 1970s and 80s.700pts
4Esapekka LappiWon Rally Finland in 2017 in only his fourth top-level start and later took podiums for Toyota and Hyundai.642pts
5Toni GardemeisterReliable points scorer for Skoda and Ford who stood on six WRC podiums in the 2000s.577pts
6Timo MäkinenThe original Flying Finn who won the RAC Rally three years running from 1973 to 1975 for Ford.409pts
7Kalle RovanperäBecame the youngest world champion in history in 2022 and defended the title in 2023 with Toyota.409pts
8Harri RovanperäKalle's father, who won Rally Sweden in 2001 for Peugeot and scored 12 WRC podiums.409pts
9Ari VatanenThe 1981 world champion in a privateer Ford Escort, widely rated the fastest driver of the Group B era.300pts
10Marcus GrönholmTwo-time world champion with Peugeot in 2000 and 2002 who took 30 WRC wins.300pts
11Mikko HirvonenFord's lead driver who finished championship runner-up four times and won 15 rallies.300pts
12Juho HänninenIntercontinental Rally Challenge and S-WRC champion who scored WRC podiums with Toyota in 2017.300pts
13Markku AlénFiat and Lancia stalwart who won 19 WRC rallies and held the record for most stage wins for decades.0pts
14Jari-Matti LatvalaWinner of 18 WRC rallies and three-time championship runner-up who now runs Toyota's works team.0pts
15Teemu SuninenTook several WRC podiums for M-Sport Ford between 2018 and 2020.0pts
Photo credits
- Tommi Mäkinen — HGEsch / Toyota, CC BY 3.0
- Esapekka Lappi — Hg9SF1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kalle Rovanperä — Miloslav Rejha, CC BY 4.0
- Harri Rovanperä — Leonid Mamchenkov, CC BY 2.0
- Ari Vatanen — Soppakanuuna, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Marcus Grönholm — Volkswagen Sweden, CC BY 3.0
- Mikko Hirvonen — Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Juho Hänninen — Hyundai Motor Group, CC BY 3.0
- Markku Alén — Rob Croes for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jari-Matti Latvala — Jakob Gottfried, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Teemu Suninen — Miloslav Rejha, CC BY 4.0
