Despite many manufacturers best efforts there is one company that stands firm at the top of the Le Mans tree: Porsche. With 19 wins spanning nearly five decades the only other company that has broken into double figures is Audi with 13, a show of the Stuttgart marque’s La Sarthe prowess. With Porsche returning to Le Mans in 2023, pairing with Penske to compete in the WEC and IMSA, we thought it would be good to have a brief look back at Porsche’s Le Mans winners.
Gallery: Every Porsche Le Mans winner
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Porsche 917K – 1970
Drivers: Hans Hermann and Richard Attwood
Winning margin: five laps
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Porsche 917K – 1971
Drivers: Gijs van Lennep and Helmut Marko
Winning margin: two laps
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Porsche 936 – 1976
Drivers: Jacky Ickx and Gijs van Lennep
Winning margin: 11 laps
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Porsche 936/77 – 1977
Drivers: Jürgen Barth, Hurley Haywood and Jacky Ickx
Winning margin: 11 laps
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Porsche 935 – 1979
Drivers: Klaus Ludwig, Don Whittington and Bill Whittington
Winning margin: eight laps
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Porsche 936/81 – 1981
Drivers: Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell
Winning margin: 14 laps
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Porsche 956 – 1982
Drivers: Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell
Winning margin: three laps
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Porsche 956 – 1983
Drivers: Vern Schuppan, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert
Winning margin: 17 seconds
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Porsche 956B – 1984
Drivers: Henri Pescarolo and Klaus Ludwig
Winning margin: two laps
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Porsche 956B – 1985
Drivers: Klaus Ludwig, Paolo Barilla and ‘John Winter’ a.k.a. Louis Krages
Winning margin: three laps
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Porsche 962 – 1986
Winning drivers: Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Al Holbert
Winning margin: eight laps
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Porsche 962C – 1987
Winning drivers: Derek Bell, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Al Holbert
Winning margin 20 laps
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Porsche 962 – 1994
Winning drivers: Yannick Dalmas, Hurley Haywood and Maura Baldi
Winning margin: one lap
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Porsche WSC-95 – 1996
Winning drivers: Davy Jones, Alex Wurz and Manuel Reuter
Winning margin: one lap
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Porsche WSC-95 – 1997
Winning drivers: Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson and Tom Kristensen
Winning margin: one lap
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Porsche GT1-98 – 1998
Winning drivers: Laurent Aïello, Allan McNish and Stéphane Ortelli
Winning margin: one lap
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Porsche 919 Hybrid – 2015
Winning drivers: Earl Bamber, Nick Tandy and Nico Hulkenberg
Winning margin: one lap
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Porsche 919 Hybrid – 2016
Winning drivers: Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani
Winning margin: three laps
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Porsche 919 Hybrid – 2017
Winning drivers: Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber
Winning margin: one lap
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