Winning Drivers and Teams
Ages of Winners
Indianapolis 500
Joe Dawson and Troy Ruttman are tied as the youngest drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 at twenty-two years of age. Bobby Unser and Al Unser both scored victories at the age of forty-seven. View a breakdown of the ages of the winners of the Indianapolis 500.
| Age | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1912 | Joe Dawson |
| 1952 | Troy Ruttman | |
| 23 | 1926 | Frank Lockhart |
| 1928 | Louis Meyer | |
| 24 | 1930 | Billy Arnold |
| 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve | |
| 2016 | Alexander Rossi | |
| 25 | 1924 | L.L. Corum* |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya | |
| 26 | 1927 | George Souders |
| 1961 | A.J. Foyt | |
| 2001 | Helio Castroneves | |
| 2005 | Dan Wheldon | |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. | |
| 27 | 1920 | Gaston Chevrolet |
| 1921 | Tommy Milton | |
| 1925 | Peter DePaolo | |
| 1934 | Bill Cummings | |
| 1979 | Rick Mears | |
| 2002 | Helio Castroneves | |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon | |
| 28 | 1913 | Jules Goux |
| 1914 | Rene Thomas | |
| 1922 | Jimmy Murphy | |
| 1933 | Louis Meyer | |
| 1996 | Buddy Lazier | |
| 2004 | Buddy Rice | |
| 29 | 1919 | Howdy Wilcox |
| 1923 | Tommy Milton | |
| 1955 | Bob Sweikert | |
| 1963 | Parnelli Jones | |
| 1964 | A.J. Foyt | |
| 1965 | Jim Clark | |
| 1969 | Mario Andretti | |
| 30 | 1956 | Pat Flaherty |
| 1992 | Al Unser Jr. | |
| 31 | 1939 | Ray Keech |
| 1935 | Kelly Petillo | |
| 1936 | Louis Meyer | |
| 1950 | Johnnie Parsons | |
| 1960 | Jim Rathmann | |
| 1970 | Al Unser | |
| 2022 | Marcus Ericsson | |
| 32 | 1911 | Ray Harroun |
| 1915 | Ralph DePalma | |
| 1916 | Dario Resta | |
| 1931 | Louis Schneider | |
| 1958 | Jimmy Bryan | |
| 1967 | A.J. Foyt | |
| 1971 | Al Unser | |
| 1984 | Rick Mears | |
| 1994 | Al Unser Jr. | |
| 2011 | Dan Wheldon | |
| 33 | 1986 | Bobby Rahal |
| 1999 | Kenny Brack | |
| 2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | |
| 34 | 1924 | Joe Boyer* |
| 1937 | Wilbur Shaw | |
| 1953 | Bill Vukovich | |
| 1968 | Bobby Unser | |
| 1983 | Tom Sneva | |
| 2007 | Dario Franchitti | |
| 2009 | Helio Castroneves | |
| 35 | 1941 | Mauri Rose* |
| 1954 | Bill Vukovich | |
| 1972 | Mark Donohue | |
| 1985 | Danny Sullivan | |
| 2019 | Simon Pagenaud | |
| 36 | 1939 | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1941 | Floyd Davis* | |
| 1973 | Gordon Johncock | |
| 1974 | Johnny Rutherford | |
| 1988 | Rick Mears | |
| 1990 | Arie Luyendyk | |
| 2003 | Gil de Ferran | |
| 37 | 1940 | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1966 | Graham Hill | |
| 2010 | Dario Franchitti | |
| 2018 | Will Power | |
| 38 | 1932 | Fred Frame |
| 1938 | Floyd Robert | |
| 1959 | Rodger Ward | |
| 1976 | Johnny Rutherford | |
| 1978 | Al Unser | |
| 2013 | Tony Kanaan | |
| 39 | 1946 | George Robson |
| 1991 | Rick Mears | |
| 2012 | Dario Franchitti | |
| 2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya | |
| 40 | 1951 | Lee Wallard |
| 1998 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | |
| 2017 | Takuma Sato | |
| 41 | 1947 | Mauri Rose |
| 1949 | Bill Holland | |
| 1962 | Rodger Ward | |
| 1975 | Bobby Unser | |
| 42 | 1948 | Mauri Rose |
| 1957 | Sam Hanks | |
| 1977 | A.J. Foyt | |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford | |
| 1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi | |
| 43 | 1997 | Arie Luyendyk |
| 2020 | Takuma Sato | |
| 45 | 1982 | Gordon Johncock |
| 46 | 1993 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 2021 | Helio Castroneves | |
| 47 | 1981 | Bobby Unser |
| 1987 | Al Unser |
* - Co-winner