Yellow Jersey Statistics - Individual Records

Individual Records

Key:

Cyclists who are still active
Cyclists who won the Tour de France

In previous tours, sometimes a stage was broken in two (or three). On such occasions, only the cyclist leading at the end of the day is counted. The "Jerseys" column lists the number of days that the cyclist wore the yellow jersey; the "Tour wins" column gives the number of days that the cyclist won the yellow jersey. The next four columns indicate the number of times the rider won the points classification, the King of the Mountains classification, and the young rider competition, and the years in which the yellow jersey was worn, with bold years indicating an overall Tour win. For example: Eddy Merckx has spent 96 days in the yellow jersey, won the general classification five times, won the points classification three times, won the mountains classification two times, and never won the young rider classification. He wore the yellow jersey in the Tours of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 (which he all won) and 1975 (which he did not win).

Three cyclists (Jean Robic in 1947, Charly Gaul in 1958 and Jan Janssen in 1968) have won the Tour de France with only two yellow jerseys in their career.

Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2012, the active cyclist who has worn the most yellow jerseys, 28. He is also the rider with the most yellow jerseys ever for someone who has not won the Tour. The four active Tour de France winners Bradley Wiggins, Andy Schleck, Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans rank 35th, 41st, 53rd and 67th with fourteen, thirteen, eleven and eight days in yellow respectively.

This list is complete and up-to-date as of the 2012 Tour de France.
Rank Name Country Yellow
Jerseys		 Tour Wins
 Points
 KoM
 Young rider
 Years
1sm=c Eddy Merckx Belgium 96 5 3 2 0 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
2sm=c Bernard Hinault France 75 5 1 1 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
3sm=c Miguel Indurain Spain 60 5 0 0 0 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4sm=c Jacques Anquetil France 50 5 0 0 0 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
5sm=c Antonin Magne France 38 2 0 0 0 1931, 1934
= 6sm=c Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg 37 2 0 0 0 1927, 1928, 1929
= 6sm=c Philippe Thys Belgium 37 3 0 0 0 1913, 1914, 1920
8sm=c André Leducq France 35 2 0 0 0 1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 9sm=c Louison Bobet France 34 3 0 1 0 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 9sm=c Ottavio Bottecchia Italy 34 2 0 0 0 1923, 1924, 1925
11sm=c Fabian Cancellara Switzerland 28 0 0 0 0 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
= 12sm=c Sylvère Maes Belgium 26 2 0 1 0 1936, 1937, 1939
= 12sm=c René Vietto France 26 0 0 1 0 1939, 1947
14sm=c François Faber Luxembourg 25 1 0 0 0 1909, 1910, 1911
= 15sm=c Laurent Fignon France 22 2 0 0 1 1983, 1984, 1989
= 15sm=c Greg LeMond United States 22 3 0 0 1 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 15sm=c Joop Zoetemelk Netherlands 22 1 0 0 0 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
18sm=c Romain Maes Belgium 21 1 0 0 0 1935
= 19sm=c Gino Bartali Italy 20 2 0 2 0 1937, 1938, 1948, 1949
= 19sm=c Thomas Voeckler France 20 0 0 1 0 2004, 2011
21sm=c Fausto Coppi Italy 19 2 0 2 0 1949, 1952
= 22sm=c Felice Gimondi Italy 18 1 0 0 0 1965
= 22sm=c Jan Ullrich Germany 18 1 0 0 3 1997, 1998
= 24sm=c Rudi Altig Germany 17 0 1 0 0 1962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 24sm=c Luis Ocaña Spain 17 1 0 0 0 1971, 1973
= 24sm=c Lucien Petit-Breton France 17 2 0 0 0 1907, 1908
= 24sm=c Roger Pingeon France 17 1 0 0 0 1967
= 28sm=c André Darrigade France 16 0 2 0 0 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 28sm=c Odile Defraye Belgium 16 1 0 0 0 1912, 1913
= 28sm=c Maurice De Waele Belgium 16 1 0 0 0 1929
= 28sm=c Bernard Thévenet France 16 2 0 0 0 1975, 1977
= 32sm=c Dietrich Thurau Germany 15 0 0 0 1 1977
= 32sm=c Pedro Delgado Spain 15 1 0 0 0 1987, 1988
= 34sm=c Maurice Archambaud France 14 0 0 0 0 1933, 1936
= 34sm=c Steve Bauer Canada 14 0 0 0 0 1988, 1990
= 34sm=c Gastone Nencini Italy 14 1 0 1 0 1960
= 34sm=c Bjarne Riis Denmark 14 1 0 0 0 1995, 1996
= 34sm=c Léon Scieur Belgium 14 1 0 0 0 1921
= 34sm=c Bradley Wiggins United Kingdom 14 1 0 0 0 2012
= 40sm=c Eugène Christophe France 13 0 0 0 0 1919, 1922
= 40sm=c Gustave Garrigou France 13 1 0 0 0 1911
= 40sm=c René Pottier France 13 1 0 0 0 1905, 1906
= 40sm=c Andy Schleck Luxembourg 13 1 0 0 3 2010, 2011
= 40sm=c Georges Speicher France 13 1 0 0 0 1933, 1934
= 45sm=c Vincent Barteau France 12 0 0 0 0 1984
= 45sm=c Joseph Bruyère Belgium 12 0 0 0 0 1974, 1978
= 45sm=c Lucien Van Impe Belgium 12 1 0 6 0 1976
= 45sm=c Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland 12 1 1 0 0 1947, 1950
= 45sm=c Antonin Rolland France 12 0 0 0 0 1955
= 45sm=c Louis Trousselier France 12 1 0 0 0 1905, 1907
= 45sm=c Wout Wagtmans Netherlands 12 0 0 0 0 1954, 1955, 1956
= 52sm=c Alberto Contador Spain 11 2 0 0 1 2007, 2009
= 52sm=c Gilbert Desmet Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1956, 1963
= 52sm=c Hugo Koblet Switzerland 11 1 0 0 0 1951
= 52sm=c Georges Vandenberghe Belgium 11 0 0 0 0 1968
= 56sm=c Kim Andersen Denmark 10 0 0 0 0 1983, 1985
= 56sm=c Thor Hushovd Norway 10 0 2 0 0 2004, 2006, 2011
= 56sm=c Pascal Lino France 10 0 0 0 0 1992
= 59sm=c Phil Anderson Australia 9 0 0 0 1 1981, 1982
= 59sm=c Stuart O'Grady Australia 9 0 0 0 0 1998, 2001
= 59sm=c Georges Groussard France 9 0 0 0 0 1964
= 59sm=c Freddy Maertens Belgium 9 0 2 0 0 1976
= 59sm=c Fiorenzo Magni Italy 9 0 0 0 0 1949, 1950, 1952
= 59sm=c Henri Pélissier France 9 1 0 0 0 1919, 1923
= 59sm=c Michael Rasmussen Denmark 9 0 0 2 0 2007
= 66sm=c Lucien Buysse Belgium 8 1 0 0 0 1926
= 66sm=c Claudio Chiappucci Italy 8 0 0 2 0 1990
= 66sm=c Cadel Evans Australia 8 1 0 0 0 2008, 2010, 2011
= 66sm=c Emile Georget France 8 0 0 0 0 1906, 1907
= 66sm=c Gerrie Knetemann Netherlands 8 0 0 0 0 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 66sm=c Rinaldo Nocentini Italy 8 0 0 0 0 2009
= 66sm=c Óscar Pereiro Spain 8 1 0 0 0 2006
= 66sm=c Rudy Pevenage Belgium 8 0 1 0 0 1980
= 66sm=c Roger Walkowiak France 8 1 0 0 0 1956
= 75sm=c Jan Adriaensens Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1956, 1960
= 75sm=c Federico Bahamontes Spain 7 1 0 6 0 1959, 1963
= 75sm=c Bernard Gauthier France 7 0 0 0 0 1950
= 75sm=c Igor González de Galdeano Spain 7 0 0 0 0 2002
= 75sm=c Learco Guerra Italy 7 0 0 0 0 1930
= 75sm=c Erich Maechler Switzerland 7 0 0 0 0 1987
= 75sm=c Thierry Marie France 7 0 0 0 0 1986, 1990, 1991
= 75sm=c Charly Mottet France 7 0 0 0 0 1987
= 75sm=c Marco Pantani Italy 7 1 0 0 2 1998
= 75sm=c Jef Planckaert Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1962
= 75sm=c Pascal Simon France 7 0 0 0 0 1983
= 75sm=c Gustaaf van Slembrouck Belgium 7 0 0 0 0 1926
= 87sm=c Lucien Aimar France 6 1 0 0 0 1966
= 87sm=c Chris Boardman United Kingdom 6 0 0 0 0 1994, 1997, 1998
= 87sm=c Robert Cazala France 6 0 0 0 0 1959
= 87sm=c Mario Cipollini Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1993, 1997
= 87sm=c Vito Favero Italy 6 0 0 0 0 1958
= 87sm=c Maurice Garin France 6 1 0 0 0 1903
= 87sm=c Cyrille Guimard France 6 0 0 0 0 1972
= 87sm=c Jaan Kirsipuu Estonia 6 0 0 0 0 1999
= 87sm=c Roger Lévêque France 6 0 0 0 0 1951
= 87sm=c Jean Majerus Luxembourg 6 0 0 0 0 1937, 1938
= 87sm=c Jacques Marinelli France 6 0 0 0 0 1949
= 87sm=c Francesco Moser Italy 6 0 0 0 1 1975
= 87sm=c Fritz Schaer Switzerland 6 0 1 0 0 1953
= 87sm=c Herman van Springel Belgium 6 0 1 0 0 1968, 1973
= 87sm=c Félicien Vervaecke Belgium 6 0 0 2 0 1938
= 102sm=c Jean Alavoine France 5 0 0 0 0 1922
= 102sm=c Adelin Benoit Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1925
= 102sm=c Firmin Lambot Belgium 5 2 0 0 0 1919, 1922
= 102sm=c Jean Malléjac France 5 0 0 0 0 1953
= 102sm=c Johan Museeuw Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1993, 1994
= 102sm=c Jørgen V. Pedersen Denmark 5 0 0 0 0 1986
= 102sm=c Francis Pélissier France 5 0 0 0 0 1927
= 102sm=c Carlos Sastre Spain 5 1 0 0 0 2008
= 102sm=c Bernard Van de Kerkhove Belgium 5 0 0 0 0 1964, 1965
= 102sm=c Eric Vanderaerden Belgium 5 0 1 0 0 1983, 1985
= 102sm=c Cédric Vasseur France 5 0 0 0 0 1997
= 113sm=c Gilbert Bauvin France 4 0 0 0 0 1951, 1954, 1958
= 113sm=c Tom Boonen Belgium 4 0 1 0 0 2006
= 113sm=c José Catieau France 4 0 0 0 0 1973
= 113sm=c Alberto Elli Italy 4 0 0 0 0 2000
= 113sm=c Wim van Est Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 1951, 1955, 1958
= 113sm=c Raphaël Géminiani France 4 0 0 1 0 1958
= 113sm=c Roger Hassenforder France 4 0 0 0 0 1953
= 113sm=c Jos Hoevenaers Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1958, 1959
= 113sm=c Robert Jacquinot France 4 0 0 0 0 1922, 1923
= 113sm=c Laurent Jalabert France 4 0 2 2 0 1995, 2000
= 113sm=c Kim Kirchen Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 0 2008
= 113sm=c Karl-Heinz Kunde Germany 4 0 0 0 0 1966
= 113sm=c Roger Lapébie France 4 1 0 0 0 1937
= 113sm=c Nello Lauredi France 4 0 0 0 0 1952
= 113sm=c Hector Martin Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1927
= 113sm=c Raffaele di Paco Italy 4 0 0 0 0 1931
= 113sm=c Eddy Pauwels Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1959, 1963
= 113sm=c Jean Rossius Belgium 4 0 0 0 0 1914
= 113sm=c Acácio da Silva Portugal 4 0 0 0 0 1989
= 113sm=c Rolf Sørensen Denmark 4 0 0 0 0 1991
= 113sm=c Gerrit Voorting Netherlands 4 0 0 0 0 1956, 1958
= 113sm=c Italo Zilioli Italy 4 0 0 0 0 1970
= 113sm=c Alex Zülle Switzerland 4 0 0 0 0 1992, 1996
= 136sm=c Erich Bautz Germany 3 0 0 0 0 1937
= 136sm=c Henri Cornet France 3 1 0 0 0 1904
= 136sm=c Cyril Dessel France 3 0 0 0 0 2006
= 136sm=c Bim Diederich Luxembourg 3 0 0 0 0 1951
= 136sm=c Aimé Dossche Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1929
= 136sm=c Seamus Elliott Ireland 3 0 0 0 0 1963
= 136sm=c Jean Goldschmit Luxembourg 3 0 0 0 0 1950
= 136sm=c Stéphane Heulot France 3 0 0 0 0 1996
= 136sm=c Serhiy Honchar Ukraine 3 0 0 0 0 2006
= 136sm=c Roger Lambrecht Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1948, 1949
= 136sm=c Octave Lapize France 3 1 0 0 0 1910
= 136sm=c Bradley McGee Australia 3 0 0 0 0 2003
= 136sm=c David Millar United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 0 2000
= 136sm=c Wilfried Nelissen Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1993
= 136sm=c Jelle Nijdam Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1987, 1988
= 136sm=c Charles Pélissier France 3 0 0 0 0 1930, 1931
= 136sm=c Víctor Hugo Peña Colombia 3 0 0 0 0 2003
= 136sm=c René Privat France 3 0 0 0 0 1957
= 136sm=c Jan Raas Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1978
= 136sm=c Stephen Roche Ireland 3 1 0 0 0 1987
= 136sm=c Willy Schroeders Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1962
= 136sm=c François Simon France 3 0 0 0 0 2001
= 136sm=c Julien Stevens Belgium 3 0 0 0 0 1969
= 136sm=c Michel Vermeulin France 3 0 0 0 0 1959
= 136sm=c Teun van Vliet Netherlands 3 0 0 0 0 1988
= 136sm=c David Zabriskie United States 3 0 0 0 0 2005
= 162sm=c Henry Anglade France 2 0 0 0 0 1960
= 162sm=c Romain Bellenger France 2 0 0 0 0 1923
= 162sm=c Rubens Bertogliati Switzerland 2 0 0 0 0 2002
= 162sm=c Eugeni Berzin Russia 2 0 0 0 0 1996
= 162sm=c Pierre Brambilla Italy 2 0 0 1 0 1947
= 162sm=c Jules Buysse Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1926
= 162sm=c Marcel Buysse Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1913
= 162sm=c Sylvain Chavanel France 2 0 0 0 0 2010
= 162sm=c Charles Crupelandt France 2 0 0 0 0 1910, 1912
= 162sm=c Raymond Delisle France 2 0 0 0 0 1976
= 162sm=c Laurent Desbiens France 2 0 0 0 0 1998
= 162sm=c Jacky Durand France 2 0 0 0 0 1995
= 162sm=c Victor Fontan France 2 0 0 0 0 1929
= 162sm=c Jean Fontenay France 2 0 0 0 0 1939
= 162sm=c Jean Forestier France 2 0 1 0 0 1957
= 162sm=c Charly Gaul Luxembourg 2 1 0 2 0 1958
= 162sm=c Martial Gayant France 2 0 0 0 0 1987
= 162sm=c Albertus Geldermans Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1962
= 162sm=c Ivan Gotti Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1995
= 162sm=c Charly Grosskost France 2 0 0 0 0 1968
= 162sm=c Jacques Hanegraaf Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1984
= 162sm=c Jan Janssen Netherlands 2 1 3 0 0 1966, 1968
= 162sm=c Gerben Karstens Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 1974
= 162sm=c Georges Lemaire Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1933
= 162sm=c Jules Masselis Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1911, 1913
= 162sm=c Christophe Moreau France 2 0 0 0 0 2001
= 162sm=c Louis Mottiat Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1920, 1921
= 162sm=c Georges Passerieu France 2 0 0 0 0 1908
= 162sm=c Ludo Peeters Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1982, 1984
= 162sm=c Ronan Pensec France 2 0 0 0 0 1990
= 162sm=c Lech Piasecki Poland 2 0 0 0 0 1987
= 162sm=c Jean Robic France 2 1 0 0 0 1947, 1953
= 162sm=c Aldo Ronconi Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1947
= 162sm=c Fränk Schleck Luxembourg 2 0 0 0 0 2008
= 162sm=c Stefan Schumacher Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2008
= 162sm=c Edward Sels Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1964
= 162sm=c Rik van Steenbergen Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 1952
= 162sm=c Klaus-Peter Thaler Germany 2 0 0 0 0 1978
= 162sm=c Alejandro Valverde Spain 2 0 0 0 0 2008
= 162sm=c Flavio Vanzella Italy 2 0 0 0 0 1994
= 162sm=c Johan van der Velde Netherlands 2 0 0 0 1 1986
= 162sm=c Richard Virenque France 2 0 0 7 0 1992, 2003
= 162sm=c Jens Voigt Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2001, 2005
= 162sm=c Rolf Wolfshohl Germany 2 0 0 0 0 1968
= 162sm=c Erik Zabel Germany 2 0 6 0 0 1998, 2002
= 207sm=c Jean Aerts Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1932
= 207sm=c Nicolas Barone France 1 0 0 0 0 1957
= 207sm=c François Beaugendre France 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 207sm=c Jean-François Bernard France 1 0 0 0 0 1987
= 207sm=c Jean-René Bernaudeau France 1 0 0 0 1 1979
= 207sm=c Yvon Bertin France 1 0 0 0 0 1980
= 207sm=c Serafino Biagioni Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1951
= 207sm=c Guido Bontempi Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1988
= 207sm=c Vicenzo Borgarello Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1912
= 207sm=c Jacques Bossis France 1 0 0 0 0 1978
= 207sm=c Erik Breukink Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1 1989
= 207sm=c Johan Bruyneel Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1995
= 207sm=c Max Bulla Austria 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 207sm=c Norbert Callens Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1949
= 207sm=c Léon Le Calvez France 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 207sm=c Andrea Carrea Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1952
= 207sm=c Ferdinand Le Drogo France 1 0 0 0 0 1927
= 207sm=c Marcel Dussault France 1 0 0 0 0 1949
= 207sm=c Paul Egli Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1936
= 207sm=c Jan Engels Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1948
= 207sm=c José María Errandonea Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 207sm=c Romain Feillu France 1 0 0 0 0 2008
= 207sm=c Amédée Fournier France 1 0 0 0 0 1939
= 207sm=c Michel Frédérick Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 207sm=c Dominique Gaigne France 1 0 0 0 0 1986
= 207sm=c Jean-Louis Gauthier France 1 0 0 0 0 1983
= 207sm=c Jean-Pierre Genet France 1 0 0 0 0 1968
= 207sm=c Linus Gerdemann Germany 1 0 0 0 0 2007
= 207sm=c Philippe Gilbert Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 2011
= 207sm=c Joseph Groussard France 1 0 0 0 0 1960
= 207sm=c Bo Hamburger Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 1998
= 207sm=c Cyrille van Hauwaert Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1909
= 207sm=c Alfred Haemerlinck Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1931
= 207sm=c Hector Heusghem Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1922
= 207sm=c George Hincapie United States 1 0 0 0 0 2006
= 207sm=c Sean Kelly Ireland 1 0 4 0 0 1983
= 207sm=c Marcel Kint Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1937
= 207sm=c Jean-Claude Lebaube France 1 0 0 0 0 1966
= 207sm=c Luc Leblanc France 1 0 0 0 0 1991
= 207sm=c Désiré Letort France 1 0 0 0 0 1969
= 207sm=c Rik van Looy Belgium 1 0 1 0 0 1965
= 207sm=c Emile Lombard Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1904
= 207sm=c Henk Lubberding Netherlands 1 0 0 0 1 1988
= 207sm=c François Mahé France 1 0 0 0 0 1953
= 207sm=c Robbie McEwen Australia 1 0 3 0 0 2004
= 207sm=c Arsène Mersch Luxembourg 1 0 0 0 0 1936
= 207sm=c Giovanni Micheletto Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1913
= 207sm=c Frederic Moncassin France 1 0 0 0 0 1996
= 207sm=c Jean-Patrick Nazon France 1 0 0 0 0 2003
= 207sm=c Willy van Neste Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 207sm=c Willi Oberbeck Germany 1 0 0 0 0 1938
= 207sm=c Miguel Poblet Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1955
= 207sm=c Adri van der Poel Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 1984
= 207sm=c Giancarlo Polidori Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 207sm=c Tommaso de Pra Italy 1 0 0 0 0 1966
= 207sm=c Gaston Rebry Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1929
= 207sm=c Raymond Riotte France 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 207sm=c Giovanni Rossi Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 1951
= 207sm=c Gregorio San Miguel Spain 1 0 0 0 0 1968
= 207sm=c Tom Simpson United Kingdom 1 0 0 0 0 1962
= 207sm=c Jozef Spruyt Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 1967
= 207sm=c Alex Stieda Canada 1 0 0 0 0 1986
= 207sm=c Kurt Stöpel Germany 1 0 0 0 0 1932
= 207sm=c Marc Wauters Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 2001
= 207sm=c Sean Yates United Kingdom 1 0 0 0 0 1994

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