102 Stats in 102 Days Until 102nd Indy 500 – Day 34, Most Leaders in a Race (March 19, 2018)

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 69 days away! This is the 34th day of the 102 Stats in 102 Days Until the 102nd Indy 500.

Each day from now until the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here is a look at the races with the most leaders in the Indianapolis 500. The last seven races, from 2011 on, have produced at least 10 different leaders. Overall, 12 of the 101 races have featured at least 10 different leaders.

Most Leaders in a Race

- 2017: 15 (Winner: Takuma Sato; Most Laps Led: Max Chilton)

- 2013: 14 (Winner: Tony Kanaan; Most Laps Led: Ed Carpenter)

- 2016: 13 (Winner: Alexander Rossi; Most Laps Led: Ryan Hunter-Reay)

- 1993: 12 (Winner: Emerson Fittipaldi; Most Laps Led: Mario Andretti)

- 2014: 11 (Winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay; Most Laps Led: Scott Dixon)

- 1980: 10 (Winner: Johnny Rutherford; Most Laps Led: Johnny Rutherford)

- 1995: 10 (Winner: Jacques Villeneuve; Most Laps Led: Mauricio Gugelmin)

- 1998: 10 (Winner: Eddie Cheever; Most Laps Led: Eddie Cheever)

- 2008: 10 (Winner: Scott Dixon; Most Laps Led: Scott Dixon)

- 2011: 10 (Winner: Dan Wheldon; Most Laps Led: Scott Dixon)

- 2012: 10 (Winner: Dario Franchitti; Most Laps Led: Marco Andretti)

- 2015: 10 (Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya; Most Laps Led: Scott Dixon)

Notes of Interest

- Johnny Rutherford (1980), Eddie Cheever (1998) and Scott Dixon (2008) are the only drivers to lead the most laps and win the Indianapolis 500 in which there were 10 leaders in the race or more.

- The 15 leaders in the 2017 race were: Max Chilton (50), Ryan Hunter-Reay (28), Fernando Alonso (27), Alexander Rossi (23), Tony Kanaan (22), Takuma Sato (17), Helio Castroneves (9), Ed Carpenter (5), Charlie Kimball (5), Scott Dixon (5), Graham Rahal (2), JR Hildebrand (2), James Davison (2), Will Power (2) and Juan Pablo Montoya (1).

- The last time there wasn’t at least 10 leaders in the Indianapolis 500 was in 2010, when eight different drivers led the race (Dario Franchitti led 155 laps en route to his second of three wins).