TheIndianapolis 500has been held almost every year since 1911. During that time, it's crowned numerous legends in themotor sportsworld. Despite its lengthy existence though, we've never seen anyone win more than four times. That could change this year though.Helio Castroneves won his fourth Indy 500 in 2021, 12 years after his third victory atIndianapolis Motor Speedway. He also has two runner-up finishes, a third-place finish, and in 2024, he finished in 20th place. The legendary driver from Brazil has the track record to make history in 2025, but his competition certainly won't make it easy on him. Elsewhere, Josef Newgarden seeking his own place in history. The Team Penske driver is the back-to-back Indy 500 champion and seeks to become the first driver to win the iconic race three years in a row. But in the leadup to Sunday's race, theNewgarden is drawing attention for another reason: the controversy during qualifying and the fallout at the organization. The IndyCar Series determinedTeam Penske made illegal modifications to some of their cars, including Newgarden's, during qualifying and penalized the drivers by forcing them to start at the rear of the field for Sunday's race, while also issuing fines.Roger Penske, who owns the race team along with Indianapolis Motor Speedway,fired the entire leadership of his IndyCar team in the wake scandal, making Newgarden's attempt at a three-peat even more difficult. INDY 500 POWER RANKINGS:Every driver ranked by their odds to win 2025 race The record for most Indianapolis 500 wins is four, held by four people:A.J. Foyt,Al Unser,Rick Mears, and of courseHelio Castroneves. Six drivers have won the Borg-Warner Trophy three times: Louis Meyer Wilbur Shaw Mauri Rose Bobby Unser Johnny Rutherford Dario Franchitti Eleven others have won the race twice: Tommy Milton Bill Vukovich Rodger Ward Gordon Johncock Emerson Fittipaldi Arie Luyendyk Juan Pablo Montoya Dan Wheldon Takuma Sato Josef Newgarden 1911:Ray Harroun 1912:Joe Dawson 1913:Jules Goux 1914:Rene Thomas 1915:Ralph DePalma 1916:Dario Resta 1919:Howdy Wilcox 1920:Gastron Chevrolet 1921:Tommy Milton 1922:Jimmy Murphy 1923:Tommy Milton 1924:L.L. Corum-J. Boyer 1925:Peter DePaolo 1926:Frank Lockhart 1927:George Souders 1928:Louis Meyer 1929:Ray Keech 1930:Billy Arnold 1931:Louis Schneider 1932:Fred Frame 1933:Louis Meyer 1934:Bill Cummings 1935:Kelly Petillo 1936:Louis Meyer 1937:Wilbur Shaw 1938:Floyd Roberts 1939:Wilbur Shaw 1940:Wilbur Shaw 1941:F. Davis/M. Rose 1946:George Robson 1947:Mauri Rose 1948:Mauri Rose 1949:Bill Holland 1950:Johnnie Parsons 1951:Lee Wallard 1952:Troy Ruttman 1953:Bill Vukovich 1954:Bill Vukovich 1955:Bob Sweikert 1956:Pat Flaherty 1957:Sam Hanks 1958:Jimmy Bryan 1959:Rodger Ward 1960:Jim Rathmann 1961:A.J. Foyt 1962:Rodger Ward 1963:Parnelli Jones 1964:A.J. Foyt 1965:Jim Clark 1966:Graham Hill 1967:A.J. Foyt 1968:Bobby Unser 1969:Mario Andretti 1970:Al Unser 1971:Al Unser 1972:Mark Donohue 1973:Gordon Johncock 1974:Johnny Rutherford 1975:Bobby Unser 1976:Johnny Rutherford 1977:A.J. Foyt 1978:Al Unser 1979:Rick Mears 1980:Johnny Rutherford 1981:Bobby Unser 1982:Gordon Johncock 1983:Tom Sneva 1984:Rick Mears 1985:Danny Sullivan 1986:Bobby Rahal 1987:Al Unser 1988:Rick Mears 1989:Emerson Fittipaldi 1990:Arie Luyendyk 1991:Rick Mears 1992:Al Unser Jr. 1993:Emerson Fittipaldi 1994:Al Unser Jr. 1995:Jacques Villeneuve 1996:Buddy Lazier 1997:Arie Luyendyk 1998:Eddie Cheever Jr. 1999:Kenny Brack 2000:Juan Pablo Montoya 2001:Helio Castroneves 2002:Helio Castroneves 2003:Gil de Ferran 2004:Buddy Rice 2005:Dan Wheldon 2006:Sam Hornish Jr. 2007:Dario Franchitti 2008:Scott Dixon 2009:Helio Castroneves 2010:Dario Franchitti 2011:Dan Wheldon 2012:Dario Franchitti 2013:Tony Kanaan 2014:Ryan Hunter-Reay 2015:Juan Pablo Montoya 2016:Alexander Rossi 2017:Takuma Sato 2018:Will Power 2019:Simon Pagenaud 2020:Takuma Sato 2021:Helio Castroneves 2022:Marcus Ericsson 2023:Josef Newgarden 2024:Josef Newgarden *Car number in parentheses, followed by driver, team, manufacturer;R=rookie;W=former winner (83) Robert Shwartzman (R), Prema Racing, Chevrolet (75) Takuma Sato (W), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (5) Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (9) Scott Dixon (W), Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (60) Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (10) Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (4) David Malukas, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet (7) Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (28) Marcus Ericsson (W), Andretti Global, Honda (3) Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske, Chevrolet (76) Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet (20) Alexander Rossi (W), Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (8) Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda (33) Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (14) Santino Ferrucci, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet (30) Devlin DeFrancesco, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (77) Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet (21) Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet (17) Kyle Larson, Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (45) Louis Foster (R), Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (90) Callum Ilott, Prema Racing, Chevrolet (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global, Honda (6) Nolan Siegel (R), Arrow McLaren, Chevrolet (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay (W), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet (24) Jack Harvey, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet (26) Colton Herta, Andretti Global, Honda (15) Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda (98) Marco Andretti, Andretti Global, Honda (66) Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda (18) Rinus Veekay, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda (2) Josef Newgarden (W), Team Penske, Chevrolet (12) Will Power (W), Team Penske, Chevrolet This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Who has won Indy 500 the most? Indianapolis drivers, winners by year
