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Who is the best WRC driver of the 2010s?

By YPB Team

Serial champions, one-win wonders and a few drivers who spent the whole decade finishing second, all judged on gravel, snow and tarmac.

  1. Sébastien Ogier — ranked #11
    Sébastien Ogier
    French driver who won six straight world titles from 2013 to 2018 with Volkswagen and M-Sport.
    1000pts
  2. Dani Sordo — ranked #22
    Dani Sordo
    Spanish asphalt specialist who won Rally Germany in 2013 and stacked up podiums for Citroën, Mini and Hyundai.
    1000pts
  3. Sébastien Loeb — ranked #33
    Sébastien Loeb
    Citroën great who added the 2010, 2011 and 2012 titles to complete a record nine straight championships.
    877pts
  4. Andreas Mikkelsen — ranked #44
    Andreas Mikkelsen
    Norwegian who won three rallies for Volkswagen and later raced for Citroën and Hyundai.
    709pts
  5. Teemu Suninen — ranked #55
    Teemu Suninen
    Young Finn who earned several podiums for M-Sport Ford in 2018 and 2019.
    709pts
  6. Mikko Hirvonen — ranked #66
    Mikko Hirvonen
    Consistent Finn who pushed Loeb for titles with Ford and Citroën and won Rally Sweden in both 2010 and 2011.
    600pts
  7. Kris Meeke — ranked #77
    Kris Meeke
    Northern Irish driver who won five rallies for Citroën, including a famous Rally Finland in 2016.
    600pts
  8. Elfyn Evans — ranked #88
    Elfyn Evans
    Welsh driver who scored his first win on home soil at Rally GB in 2017 and became a title contender with Toyota.
    600pts
  9. Ott Tänak — ranked #99
    Ott Tänak
    Estonian who became 2019 world champion with Toyota after a breakthrough run of wins from 2017.
    466pts
  10. Thierry Neuville — ranked #1010
    Thierry Neuville
    Hyundai's Belgian spearhead who finished championship runner-up five times during the decade.
    466pts
  11. Mads Østberg — ranked #1111
    Mads Østberg
    Norwegian who won Rally Portugal in 2012 and was a regular top-five finisher for Ford and Citroën.
    466pts
  12. Jari-Matti Latvala — ranked #1212
    Jari-Matti Latvala
    Flat-out Finn who piled up wins for Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota and was runner-up three times.
    0pts
  13. Petter Solberg — ranked #1313
    Petter Solberg
    The 2003 champion who stayed a podium regular with his own Citroën team and Ford early in the decade.
    0pts
  14. Hayden Paddon — ranked #1414
    Hayden Paddon
    New Zealander who gave Hyundai a thrilling win at Rally Argentina in 2016.
    0pts
  15. Esapekka Lappi — ranked #1515
    Esapekka Lappi
    Finn who won his home Rally Finland for Toyota in only his fourth start in a World Rally Car in 2017.
    0pts
  16. Craig Breen — ranked #1616
    Craig Breen
    Irish driver who took several podiums for Citroën in the late 2010s, starting with Finland in 2016.
    0pts

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