Perhaps the most renowned motor race in the United States, and maybe even the world, for more than a century, the globe's greatest drivers and revheads alike have converged at the Crossroads of America to participate in the Indianapolis 500.
First raced in 1911 and always over 500 miles, the race is designed to be gruelling; weeding out the weaklings, separating the wheat from the chaff and seeing only the strongest survive to raise the Borg-Warner Trophy.
From Formula 1 converts to multiple members of the Unser family, here is the full list of drivers to have claimed the checkered flag at the Indy 500.
| Year | Driver | Nationality | Make of car |
| 1911 | Ray Harroun | American | Marmon Wasp |
| 1912 | Joe Dawson | American | National |
| 1913 | Jules Goux | French | Peugeot L76 |
| 1914 | Rene Thomas | French | Delage |
| 1915 | Ralph DePalma | American | Mercedes |
| 1916 | Dario Resta | British | Peugeot |
| 1917 | - | - | - |
| 1918 | - | - | - |
| 1919 | Howdy Wilcox | American | Peugeot |
| 1920 | Gaston Chevrolet | American | Frontenac |
| 1921 | Tommy Milton | American | Frontenac |
| 1922 | Jimmy Murphy | American | Duesenberg-Miller |
| 1923 | Tommy Milton | American | Miller |
| 1924 | Lora L. Corum & Joe Boyer | American | Duesenberg |
| 1925 | Pete DePaolo | American | Duesenberg |
| 1926 | Frank Lockhart | American | Miller |
| 1927 | George Sounders | American | Duesenberg |
| 1928 | Louis Meyer | American | Miller |
| 1929 | Ray Keech | American | Miller |
| 1930 | Billy Arnold | American | Summers-Miller |
| 1931 | Louis Schneider | American | Stevens-Miller |
| 1932 | Fred Frame | American | Wetteroth-Miller |
| 1933 | Louis Meyer | American | Miller |
| 1934 | Bill Cummings | American | Miller |
| 1935 | Kelly Petillo | American | Wetteroth-Offenhauser |
| 1936 | Louis Meyer | American | Stevens-Miller |
| 1937 | Wilbur Shaw | American | Shaw-Offenhauser |
| 1938 | Floyd Roberts | American | Wetteroth-Miller |
| 1939 | Wilbur Shaw | American | Maserati 8CTF |
| 1940 | Wilbur Shaw | American | Maserati 8CTF |
| 1941 | Floyd Davis & Mauri Rose | American | Wetteroth-Offenhauser |
| 1942 | - | - | - |
| 1943 | - | - | - |
| 1944 | - | - | - |
| 1945 | - | - | - |
| 1946 | George Robson | American | Adams-Sparks |
| 1947 | Mauri Rose | American | Diedt-Offenhauser |
| 1948 | Mauri Rose | American | Diedt-Offenhauser |
| 1949 | Bill Holland | American | Diedt-Offenhauser |
| 1950 | Johnnie Parsons | American | Kurtis-Offenhauser |
| 1951 | Lee Wallard | American | Kurtis-Offenhauser |
| 1952 | Troy Ruttman | American | Kuzma-Offenhauser |
| 1953 | Bill Vukovich | American | Kurtis KK500A-Offenhauser |
| 1954 | Bill Vukovich | American | Kurtis KK500A-Offenhauser |
| 1955 | Bob Sweikert | American | Kurtis KK500D-Offenhauser |
| 1956 | Pat Flaherty | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1957 | Sam Hanks | American | Salih-Offenhauser |
| 1958 | Jimmy Bryan | American | Salih-Offenhauser |
| 1959 | Rodger Ward | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1960 | Jim Rathmann | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1961 | A.J. Foyt | American | Trevis-Offenhauser |
| 1962 | Rodger Ward | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1963 | Parnelli Jones | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1964 | A.J. Foyt | American | Watson-Offenhauser |
| 1965 | Jim Clark | British | Lotus 38-Ford |
| 1966 | Graham Hill | British | Lola T90-Ford |
| 1967 | A.J. Foyt | American | Coyote-Ford |
| 1968 | Bobby Unser | American | Eagle 68-Offenhauser |
| 1969 | Mario Andretti | American | Brawner Hawk Mk III-Ford |
| 1970 | Al Unser | American | Colt 70-Ford |
| 1971 | Al Unser | American | Colt 71-Ford |
| 1972 | Mark Donohue | American | McLaren M16B-Offenhauser |
| 1973 | Gordon Johncock | American | Eagle 73-Offenhauser |
| 1974 | Johnny Rutherford | American | McLaren M16C/D-Offenhauser |
| 1975 | Bobby Unser | American | Eagle 75-Offenhauser |
| 1976 | Johnny Rutherford | American | McLaren M16E-Offenhauser |
| 1977 | A.J. Foyt | American | Coyote-Foyt |
| 1978 | Al Unser | American | Lola T500-Cosworth |
| 1979 | Rick Mears | American | Penske PC6-Cosworth |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford | American | Chaparral 2K-Cosworth |
| 1981 | Bobby Unser | American | Penske PC9B-Cosworth |
| 1982 | Gordon Johncock | American | Wildcat Mk8B-Cosworth |
| 1983 | Tom Sneva | American | March 83C-Cosworth |
| 1984 | Rick Mears | American | March 84C-Cosworth |
| 1985 | Danny Sullivan | American | March 85C-Cosworth |
| 1986 | Bobby Rahal | American | March 86C-Cosworth |
| 1987 | Al Unser | American | March 86C-Cosworth |
| 1988 | Rick Mears | American | Penske PC-17-Chevrolet |
| 1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazilian | Penske PC-18-Chevrolet |
| 1990 | Arie Luyendyk | Dutch | Lola T90/00-Chevrolet |
| 1991 | Rick Mears | American | Penske PC-20-Chevrolet |
| 1992 | Al Unser Jr. | American | Galmer G92-Chevrolet |
| 1993 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazilian | Penske PC-18-Chevrolet |
| 1994 | Al Unser Jr. | American | Penske PC-23-Mercedes-Benz |
| 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve | Canadian | Reynard 95I-Ford |
| 1996 | Buddy Lazier | American | Reynard 95I-Ford |
| 1997 | Arie Luyendyk | Dutch | G-Force GF01-Oldsmobile Aurora |
| 1998 | Eddie Cheever | American | Dallara IR7-Oldsmobile Aurora |
| 1999 | Kenny Bräck | Swedish | Dallara IR7-Oldsmobile Aurora |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombian | G-Force GF05-Oldsmobile Aurora |
| 2001 | Helio Castroneves | Brazilian | Dallara IR-01-Oldsmobile Aurora |
| 2002 | Helio Castroneves | Brazilian | Dallara IR-02-Chevrolet |
| 2003 | Gil de Ferran | Brazilian | Panoz G-Force GF09-Toyota |
| 2004 | Buddy Rice | American | Panoz G-Force GF09-Honda |
| 2005 | Dan Wheldon | British | Dallara IR-03-Honda |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. | American | Dallara IR-03-Honda |
| 2007 | Dario Franchitti | British | Dallara IR-05-Honda |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon | New Zealander | Dallara IR-05-Honda |
| 2009 | Helio Castroneves | Brazilian | Dallara IR-05-Honda |
| 2010 | Dario Franchitti | British | Dallara IR-05-Honda |
| 2011 | Dan Wheldon | British | Dallara IR-05-Honda |
| 2012 | Dario Franchitti | British | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2013 | Tony Kanaan | Brazilian | Dallara DW12-Chevrolet |
| 2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | American | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombian | Dallara DW12-Chevrolet |
| 2016 | Alexander Rossi | American | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2017 | Takuma Sato | Japanese | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2018 | Will Power | Australian | Dallara DW12-Chevrolet |
| 2019 | Simon Pagenaud | French | Dallara DW12-Chevrolet |
| 2020 | Takuma Sato | Japanese | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2021 | Helio Castroneves | Brazilian | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2022 | Marcus Ericsson | Swedish | Dallara DW12-Honda |
| 2023 | Josef Newgarden | American | Dallara DW12-Chevrolet |
