IndyCar Series


Highest average percent led

Data are approximate to speed up querying time, but should in most cases be accurate to the hundredths place. This statistic measures the average percentage of a race a driver led and is the best measure for dominance (because very often the driver who wins the race was not the driver who dominated), and laps led is biased towards races that have larger numbers of laps, while this statistic equalizes all races. 25 or more starts are needed to appear on the list for F1, Champ Car, IndyCar, MotoGP, NASCAR Xfinity, or NASCAR Trucks, while 50 or more starts are needed for NASCAR series. Data for NASCAR Xfinity Series is only available from 1995 to present.


DriverAverage percent led
Tony Stewart29.448846
Will Power20.395040
Gil de Ferran15.523548
Sam Hornish, Jr.14.284569
Dario Franchitti14.172715
Scott Dixon13.611581
Hélio Castroneves11.710172
Dan Wheldon10.858421
Juan Pablo Montoya9.683429
Scott Goodyear8.203846
Tony Kanaan8.200138
Greg Ray8.019315
Arie Luyendyk7.531071
Ryan Briscoe6.921926
Tomas Scheckter5.957034
Al Unser, Jr.5.226786
Ryan Hunter-Reay5.026761
Kenny Bräck4.869783
Buddy Lazier4.757059
Jeff Ward4.188852
Mark Dismore4.082069
Eddie Cheever3.954675
Sébastien Bourdais3.952703
James Hinchcliffe3.888904
Takuma Sato3.837157
Sam Schmidt3.803333
Simon Pagenaud3.646338
Marco Andretti3.640060
Bryan Herta3.582931
Scott Sharp3.500816
Josef Newgarden3.224627
Justin Wilson2.901083
Richie Hearn2.800000
Mike Conway2.576111
Buddy Rice2.529899
Alex Tagliani2.526250
Billy Boat2.508413
Felipe Giaffone2.377049
Jaques Lazier2.143750
Eliseo Salazar2.102453
Vitor Meira2.009008
Roberto Guerrero1.983200
Robbie Buhl1.823462
Jack Hawksworth1.548788
Buzz Calkins1.441509
Graham Rahal1.416154
Raul Boesel1.045926
Charlie Kimball1.006071
Stéphan Grégoire0.963696
Robby McGehee0.954474
J.R. Hildebrand0.852500
Ed Carpenter0.848616
Carlos Muñoz0.814054
Alex Barron0.704355
Davey Hamilton0.662857
Donnie Beechler0.650000
Danica Patrick0.577913
Sebastian Saavedra0.554262
Shigeaki Hattori0.538462
Oriol Servià0.502222
E.J. Viso0.481600
Hideki Mutoh0.473774
Airton Daré0.467949
Tristan Vautier0.462333
Darren Manning0.447500
Tora Takagi0.421875
Jimmy Kite0.390882
Raphael Matos0.338158
Sarah Fisher0.295181
James Jakes0.261515
Kosuke Matsuura0.238462
Jeff Simmons0.194231
A.J. Foyt IV0.134524
Simona de Silvestro0.116029
Mario Moraes0.077200
Roger Yasukawa0.073500
Tyce Carlson0.067586
Milka Duno0.058140
Alex Lloyd0.055556
Townsend Bell0.018519
Ana Beatriz0.000000