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Indy 500 — All-time Runner-Ups
The following is a list of drivers at the Indianapolis 500 whose best finish was second place. This list does not include race winners that have finished second at one or more times in their career. Through 2022.
Drivers active as of 2023 are denoted with ►.
Three Second Place Finishes
- Harry Hartz (1922, 1923, 1926)
Two Second Place Finishes
- Rex Mays (1940, 1941)
- Dan Gurney (1968, 1969)
- Roberto Guerrero (1984, 1987)
- Scott Goodyear (1992, 1997)
- Vítor Meira (2005, 2008)
- Carlos Muñoz (2013, 2016)
One Second Place Finish

- Ralph Mulford (1911)
- Teddy Tetzlaff (1912)
- Spencer Wishart (1913)
- Arthur Duray (1914)
- Wilbur D’Alene (1916)
- Eddie Hearne (1919)
- Roscoe Sarles (1921)
- Earl Cooper (1924)
- Dave Lewis (1925)
- Earl Devore (1927)
- Lou Moore (1928)
- Shorty Cantlon (1930)
- Howdy Wilcox II (1932)
- Ted Horn (1936)
- Ralph Hepburn (1937)
- Jimmy Snyder (1939)
- Jimmy Jackson (1946)
- Mike Nazaruk (1951)
- Art Cross (1953)
- Tony Bettenhausen (1955)
- George Amick (1958)
- Eddie Sachs (1961)
- Len Sutton (1962)
- Peter Revson (1971)
- Bill Vukovich II (1973)
- Kevin Cogan (1986)
- Michael Andretti (1991)
- Christian Fittipaldi (1995)
- Davy Jones (1996)
- Jeff Ward (1999)
- Paul Tracy (2002)
- ►Marco Andretti (2006)
- J.R. Hildebrand (2011)
- ►Ed Carpenter (2018)
- ►Álex Palou (2021)
- ►Pato O’Ward (2022)
The following runner-ups have each won the race subsequently as a car owner.
Harry Hartz (1930)
Lou Moore (1938, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949)
Dan Gurney (1975)
Michael Andretti (2005, 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017)

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Indy 500 winners that have also been Runner-Ups
The following is a list of drivers who have won the Indianapolis 500 and have also finished second at least once in their career. Through 2023.
Drivers active as of 2023 are denoted with ►.
Driver | Race win(s) | Second place(s) |
René Thomas | 1914 | 1920 |
Dario Resta | 1916 | 1915 |
Louis Meyer | 1928, 1933, 1936 | 1929 |
Fred Frame | 1932 | 1931 |
Wilbur Shaw | 1937, 1939, 1940 | 1933, 1935, 1938 |
Mauri Rose | 1941, 1947, 1948 | 1934, 1939 |
Bill Holland | 1949 | 1947, 1948, 1950 |
Johnnie Parsons | 1950 | 1949 |
Sam Hanks | 1957 | 1956 |
Jimmy Bryan | 1958 | 1954 |
Rodger Ward | 1959, 1962 | 1960, 1964 |
Jim Rathmann | 1960 | 1952, 1957, 1959 |
A.J. Foyt | 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 | 1976, 1979 |
Parnelli Jones | 1963 | 1965 |
Jim Clark | 1965 | 1963, 1966 |
Bobby Unser | 1968, 1975, 1981 | 1974 |
Mario Andretti | 1969 | 1981, 1985 |
Al Unser Sr. | 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987 | 1967, 1972, 1983 |
Johnny Rutherford | 1974, 1976, 1980 | 1975 |
Mark Donohue | 1972 | 1970 |
Rick Mears | 1979, 1984, 1988, 1991 | 1982 |
Tom Sneva | 1983 | 1977, 1978, 1980 |
Bobby Rahal | 1986 | 1990 |
Emerson Fittipaldi | 1989, 1993 | 1988 |
Arie Luyendyk | 1990, 1997 | 1993 |
Al Unser Jr. | 1992, 1994 | 1989 |
Jacques Villeneuve | 1995 | 1994 |
Buddy Lazier | 1996 | 1998, 2000 |
►Hélio Castroneves | 2001, 2002, 2009, 2021 | 2003, 2014, 2017 |
Gil de Ferran | 2003 | 2001 |
Dan Wheldon | 2005, 2011 | 2009, 2010 |
►Scott Dixon | 2008 | 2007, 2012, 2020 |
►Tony Kanaan | 2013 | 2004 |
►Will Power | 2018 | 2015 |
►Alexander Rossi | 2016 | 2019 |
►Marcus Ericsson | 2022 | 2023 |

Indy 500 — All-time Third Place finishers
The following is a list of drivers whose best finish in the Indianapolis 500 was third place. Does not include drivers that had a third place finish, but also finished first and/or second at some point in their career. Through 2022.
Drivers active as of 2023 are denoted with ►.
Two Third Place Finishes
- Cliff Bergere (1932, 1939)
- Jack McGrath (1951, 1954)
- Joe Leonard (1967, 1972)
- ►Graham Rahal (2011, 2020)
One Third Place Finish
- David Bruce-Brown (1911)
- Hughie Hughes (1912)
- Charlie Merz (1913)
- Albert Guyot (1914)
- Gil Andersen (1915)
- Percy Ford (1921)
- Phil Shafer (1925)
- Cliff Woodbury (1926)
- Tony Gulotta (1927)
- Jimmy Gleason (1929)
- Doc MacKenzie (1936)
- Chet Miller (1938)
- Duke Nalon (1948)
- George Connor (1949)
- Jimmy Davies (1955)
- Don Freelans (1956)
- Johnny Boyd (1958)
- Johnny Thompson (1959)
- Paul Goldsmith (1960)
- Lloyd Ruby (1964)
- Jim McElreath (1966)
- Mel Kenyon (1968)
- Roger McCluskey (1973)
- Mike Mosley (1979)
- Gary Bettenhausen (1980)
- Vern Schuppan (1981)
- Pancho Carter (1982)
- Fabrizio Barbazza (1987)
- Raul Boesel (1989)
- Nigel Mansell (1993)
- Richie Hearn (1996)
- Steve Knapp (1998)
- Billy Boat (1999)
- Eliseo Salazar (2000)
- Felipe Giaffone (2002)
- Bryan Herta (2005)
- Danica Patrick (2009)
- Charlie Kimball (2015)
- Ed Jones (2018)
- ►Santino Ferrucci (2023)

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Indy 500 — Runner-Up Teams/Entrants
The following are Teams/Entrants that have a best finish of second place on multiple occasions. Through 2023.
Four Second Place Finishes
- Panther Racing (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Three Second Place Finishes
- R. Cliff Durant (1919, 1923, 1925)
Two Second Place Finishes
- Leon Duray (1933, 1934)
- Bowes Racing, Inc. (1940, 1941)
- Lindsey Hopkins (1957, 1959)
- Newman-Haas Racing (1985, 1991)

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Works Cited and References
- The Indianapolis Star via Newspapers.com
- The Indianapolis News via Newspapers.com
- Indianapolis 500 Historical Stats – Driver Stats
- “The Talk of Gasoline Alley” – 1070-AM WIBC, May 11, 2002
- “Heroes of the 500: Second To One” – 93.1-FM WIBC, 2015
- “Heroes of the 500: One Moment in May” – 93.1-FM WIBC, 2015
- “Heroes of the 500: Top Ten Heartbreaks” – 93.1-FM WIBC, 2016

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