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Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 2,289 stages, up to and including the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey (French: Maillot jaune).

Although the leader of the classification after a stage gets a yellow jersey, he is not considered the winner of the yellow jersey, only the wearer. Only after the final stage, the wearer of the yellow jersey is considered the winner of the yellow jersey, and thereby the winner of the Tour de France.

In this article first-place-classifications before 1919 are also counted as if a yellow jersey was awarded. There have been more yellow jerseys given than there were stages: In 1914,^[1] 1929,^[2] and 1931,^[3] there were multiple cyclists with the same leading time, and the 1988 Tour de France had a "prelude",^[4] an extra stage for a select group of cyclists. As of 2021 a total of 2,208 yellow jerseys have been awarded in the Tour de France to 295 riders.

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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 times the cyclist won the general classification. 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, and won the mountains classification twice, but never won the young rider classification.^[5] 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.

Until the results of Lance Armstrong were annulled for cheating in 2012, he was ranked second in this list, leading the Tour for 83 stages from 1999 to 2005. Alberto Contador was stripped of the yellow jersey and 6 days of wearing it in 2010 Tour de France because he tested positive for doping.

Fabian Cancellara is, as of 2024, the rider with the most yellow jerseys for someone who has not won the Tour with twenty-nine days in yellow.

This table is updated through the 2025 Tour de France.

Key

Cyclists who are still active

Cyclists who won the Tour de France

Rank	Name	Country	Yellow jerseys	Tour wins 👁 Image	Points 👁 Image	Mountains 👁 Image	Young rider 👁 Image	Years
1	Eddy Merckx	👁 Image  Belgium	96[n 1]	5	3	2	0	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975
2	Bernard Hinault	👁 Image  France	75	5	1	1	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
3	Miguel Induráin	👁 Image  Spain	60	5	0	0	0	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
4	Chris Froome	👁 Image  United Kingdom	59	4	0	1	0	2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
5	Tadej Pogačar	👁 Image  Slovenia	54	4	0	3	4	2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
6	Jacques Anquetil	👁 Image  France	50	5	0	0	0	1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
7	Antonin Magne	👁 Image  France	38	2	0	0	0	1931, 1934
= 8	Nicolas Frantz[n 2]	👁 Image  Luxembourg	37	2	0	0	0	1927, 1928, 1929
= 8	Philippe Thys[n 3]	👁 Image  Belgium	37	3	0	0	0	1913, 1914, 1920
10	André Leducq[n 2]	👁 Image  France	35	2	0	0	0	1929, 1930, 1932, 1938
= 11	Louison Bobet	👁 Image  France	34	3	0	1	0	1948, 1953, 1954, 1955
= 11	Ottavio Bottecchia	👁 Image  Italy	34	2	0	0	0	1923, 1924, 1925
13	Fabian Cancellara	👁 Image   Switzerland	29	0	0	0	0	2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015
14	Jonas Vingegaard	👁 Image  Denmark	27	2	0	1	0	2022, 2023
= 15	Sylvère Maes	👁 Image  Belgium	26	2	0	1	0	1936, 1937, 1939
= 15	René Vietto	👁 Image  France	26	0	0	1	0	1939, 1947
17	François Faber	👁 Image  Luxembourg	25	1	0	0	0	1909, 1910, 1911
= 18	Laurent Fignon	👁 Image  France	22	2	0	0	1	1983, 1984, 1989
= 18	Greg LeMond	👁 Image  United States	22	3	0	0	1	1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
= 18	Joop Zoetemelk	👁 Image  Netherlands	22	1	0	0	0	1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980
21	Romain Maes	👁 Image  Belgium	21	1	0	0	0	1935
= 22	Gino Bartali	👁 Image  Italy	20	2	0	2	0	1937, 1938, 1948, 1949
= 22	Thomas Voeckler	👁 Image  France	20	0	0	1	0	2004, 2011
= 24	Fausto Coppi	👁 Image  Italy	19	2	0	2	0	1949, 1952
= 24	André Darrigade	👁 Image  France	19	0	2	0	0	1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962
= 24	Vincenzo Nibali	👁 Image  Italy	19	1	0	0	0	2014
= 27	Julian Alaphilippe	👁 Image  France	18	0	0	1	0	2019, 2020, 2021
= 27	Felice Gimondi	👁 Image  Italy	18	1	0	0	0	1965
= 27	Jan Ullrich	👁 Image  Germany	18	1	0	0	3	1997, 1998
= 30	Rudi Altig	👁 Image  Germany	17	0	1	0	0	1962, 1964, 1966, 1969
= 30	Luis Ocaña	👁 Image  Spain	17	1	0	0	0	1971, 1973
= 30	Lucien Petit-Breton	👁 Image  France	17	2	0	0	0	1907, 1908
= 30	Roger Pingeon	👁 Image  France	17	1	0	0	0	1967
= 34	Odile Defraye	👁 Image  Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1912, 1913
= 34	Maurice De Waele	👁 Image  Belgium	16	1	0	0	0	1929
= 34	Bernard Thévenet	👁 Image  France	16	2	0	0	0	1975, 1977
= 37	Pedro Delgado[n 4]	👁 Image  Spain	15	1	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 37	Geraint Thomas	👁 Image  United Kingdom	15	1	0	0	0	2017, 2018
= 37	Dietrich Thurau	👁 Image  Germany	15	0	0	0	1	1977
= 40	Maurice Archambaud	👁 Image  France	14	0	0	0	0	1933, 1936
= 40	Steve Bauer	👁 Image  Canada	14	0	0	0	0	1988, 1990
= 40	Gastone Nencini	👁 Image  Italy	14	1	0	1	0	1960
= 40	Bjarne Riis	👁 Image  Denmark	14	1	0	0	0	1995, 1996
= 40	Léon Scieur	👁 Image  Belgium	14	1	0	0	0	1921
= 40	Bradley Wiggins	👁 Image  United Kingdom	14	1	0	0	0	2012
= 46	Eugène Christophe	👁 Image  France	13	0	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 46	Gustave Garrigou	👁 Image  France	13	1	0	0	0	1911
= 46	René Pottier	👁 Image  France	13	1	0	0	0	1905, 1906
= 46	Andy Schleck[n 5]	👁 Image  Luxembourg	13	1	0	0	3	2010, 2011
= 46	Georges Speicher	👁 Image  France	13	1	0	0	0	1933, 1934
= 51	Vincent Barteau	👁 Image  France	12	0	0	0	0	1984
= 51	Joseph Bruyère	👁 Image  Belgium	12	0	0	0	0	1974, 1978
= 51	Ferdinand Kübler	👁 Image   Switzerland	12	1	1	0	0	1947, 1950
= 51	Antonin Rolland	👁 Image  France	12	0	0	0	0	1955
= 51	Louis Trousselier	👁 Image  France	12	1	0	0	0	1905, 1907
= 51	Lucien Van Impe	👁 Image  Belgium	12	1	0	6	0	1976
= 51	Wout Wagtmans	👁 Image  Netherlands	12	0	0	0	0	1954, 1955, 1956
= 58	Alberto Contador	👁 Image  Spain	11	2	0	0	1	2007, 2009
= 58	Gilbert Desmet	👁 Image  Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1956, 1963
= 58	Hugo Koblet	👁 Image   Switzerland	11	1	0	0	0	1951
= 58	Primož Roglič	👁 Image  Slovenia	11	0	0	0	0	2020
= 58	Greg Van Avermaet	👁 Image  Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	2016, 2018
= 58	Georges Vandenberghe	👁 Image  Belgium	11	0	0	0	0	1968
= 64	Kim Andersen	👁 Image  Denmark	10	0	0	0	0	1983, 1985
= 64	Thor Hushovd	👁 Image  Norway	10	0	2	0	0	2004, 2006, 2011
= 64	Pascal Lino	👁 Image  France	10	0	0	0	0	1992
= 64	Mathieu van der Poel	👁 Image  Netherlands	10	0	0	0	0	2021, 2025
= 68	Phil Anderson	👁 Image  Australia	9	0	0	0	1	1981, 1982
= 68	Georges Groussard	👁 Image  France	9	0	0	0	0	1964
= 68	Freddy Maertens	👁 Image  Belgium	9	0	2	0	0	1976
= 68	Fiorenzo Magni	👁 Image  Italy	9	0	0	0	0	1949, 1950, 1952
= 68	Stuart O'Grady	👁 Image  Australia	9	0	0	0	0	1998, 2001
= 68	Henri Pélissier	👁 Image  France	9	1	0	0	0	1919, 1923
= 68	Michael Rasmussen	👁 Image  Denmark	9	0	0	2	0	2007
= 75	Lucien Buysse	👁 Image  Belgium	8	1	0	0	0	1926
= 75	Claudio Chiappucci	👁 Image  Italy	8	0	0	2	0	1990
= 75	Cadel Evans	👁 Image  Australia	8	1	0	0	0	2008, 2010, 2011
= 75	Emile Georget	👁 Image  France	8	0	0	0	0	1906, 1907
= 75	Gerrie Knetemann	👁 Image  Netherlands	8	0	0	0	0	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
= 75	Rinaldo Nocentini	👁 Image  Italy	8	0	0	0	0	2009
= 75	Óscar Pereiro[n 6]	👁 Image  Spain	8	1	0	0	0	2006
= 75	Rudy Pevenage	👁 Image  Belgium	8	0	1	0	0	1980
= 75	Roger Walkowiak	👁 Image  France	8	1	0	0	0	1956
= 75	Adam Yates	👁 Image  United Kingdom	8	0	0	0	0	2020, 2023
= 85	Jan Adriaensens	👁 Image  Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1956, 1960
= 85	Federico Bahamontes	👁 Image  Spain	7	1	0	6	0	1959, 1963
= 85	Bernard Gauthier	👁 Image  France	7	0	0	0	0	1950
= 85	Igor González de Galdeano	👁 Image  Spain	7	0	0	0	0	2002
= 85	Learco Guerra	👁 Image  Italy	7	0	0	0	0	1930
= 85	Erich Maechler	👁 Image   Switzerland	7	0	0	0	0	1987
= 85	Thierry Marie	👁 Image  France	7	0	0	0	0	1986, 1990, 1991
= 85	Charly Mottet	👁 Image  France	7	0	0	0	0	1987
= 85	Marco Pantani	👁 Image  Italy	7	1	0	0	2	1998
= 85	Jef Planckaert	👁 Image  Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1962
= 85	Pascal Simon	👁 Image  France	7	0	0	0	0	1983
= 85	Gustaaf van Slembrouck	👁 Image  Belgium	7	0	0	0	0	1926
= 97	Lucien Aimar	👁 Image  France	6	1	0	0	0	1966
= 97	Chris Boardman	👁 Image  United Kingdom	6	0	0	0	0	1994, 1997, 1998
= 97	Robert Cazala	👁 Image  France	6	0	0	0	0	1959
= 97	Mario Cipollini	👁 Image  Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1993, 1997
= 97	Vito Favero	👁 Image  Italy	6	0	0	0	0	1958
= 97	Maurice Garin	👁 Image  France	6	1	0	0	0	1903
= 97	Cyrille Guimard	👁 Image  France	6	0	0	0	0	1972
= 97	Kim Kirchen	👁 Image  Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	2008
= 97	Jaan Kirsipuu	👁 Image  Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	1999
= 97	Roger Lévêque	👁 Image  France	6	0	0	0	0	1951
= 97	Jean Majerus	👁 Image  Luxembourg	6	0	0	0	0	1937, 1938
= 97	Jacques Marinelli	👁 Image  France	6	0	0	0	0	1949
= 97	Francesco Moser	👁 Image  Italy	6	0	0	0	1	1975
= 97	Fritz Schär	👁 Image   Switzerland	6	0	1	0	0	1953
= 97	Herman Van Springel	👁 Image  Belgium	6	0	1	0	0	1968, 1973
= 97	Félicien Vervaecke	👁 Image  Belgium	6	0	0	2	0	1938
= 113	Jean Alavoine	👁 Image  France	5	0	0	0	0	1922
= 113	Adelin Benoit	👁 Image  Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1925
= 113	Firmin Lambot	👁 Image  Belgium	5	2	0	0	0	1919, 1922
= 113	Jean Malléjac	👁 Image  France	5	0	0	0	0	1953
= 113	Johan Museeuw	👁 Image  Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1993, 1994
= 113	Jørgen V. Pedersen	👁 Image  Denmark	5	0	0	0	0	1986
= 113	Francis Pélissier	👁 Image  France	5	0	0	0	0	1927
= 113	Carlos Sastre	👁 Image  Spain	5	1	0	1	0	2008
= 113	Bernard Van de Kerkhove	👁 Image  Belgium	5	0	0	0	0	1964, 1965
= 113	Eric Vanderaerden	👁 Image  Belgium	5	0	1	0	0	1983, 1985
= 113	Cédric Vasseur	👁 Image  France	5	0	0	0	0	1997
= 124	Gilbert Bauvin	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1954, 1958
= 124	Tom Boonen	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	1	0	0	2006
= 124	José Catieau	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	0	0	1973
= 124	Alberto Elli	👁 Image  Italy	4	0	0	0	0	2000
= 124	Raphaël Géminiani	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	1	0	1958
= 124	Roger Hassenforder	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	0	0	1953
= 124	Jos Hoevenaers	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1958, 1959
= 124	Robert Jacquinot	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	0	0	1922, 1923
= 124	Laurent Jalabert	👁 Image  France	4	0	2	2	0	1995, 2000
= 124	Karl-Heinz Kunde	👁 Image  Germany	4	0	0	0	0	1966
= 124	Roger Lapébie	👁 Image  France	4	1	0	0	0	1937
= 124	Nello Lauredi	👁 Image  France	4	0	0	0	0	1952
= 124	Hector Martin	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1927
= 124	Raffaele di Paco[n 7]	👁 Image  Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1931
= 124	Eddy Pauwels	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1959, 1963
= 124	Jean Rossius[n 3]	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	0	0	0	1914
= 124	Peter Sagan	👁 Image  Slovakia	4	0	7	0	0	2016, 2018
= 124	Acácio da Silva	👁 Image  Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	1989
= 124	Rolf Sørensen	👁 Image  Denmark	4	0	0	0	0	1991
= 124	Wout van Aert	👁 Image  Belgium	4	0	1	0	0	2022
= 124	Wim van Est	👁 Image  Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1951, 1955, 1958
= 124	Gerrit Voorting	👁 Image  Netherlands	4	0	0	0	0	1956, 1958
= 124	Italo Zilioli	👁 Image  Italy	4	0	0	0	0	1970
= 124	Alex Zülle	👁 Image   Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	1992, 1996
= 148	Erich Bautz	👁 Image  Germany	3	0	0	0	0	1937
= 148	Egan Bernal	👁 Image  Colombia	3	1	0	0	1	2019
= 148	Henri Cornet	👁 Image  France	3	1	0	0	0	1904
= 148	Bim Diederich	👁 Image  Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1951
= 148	Aimé Dossche	👁 Image  Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1929
= 148	Seamus Elliott	👁 Image  Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	1963
= 148	Jean Goldschmit	👁 Image  Luxembourg	3	0	0	0	0	1950
= 148	Stéphane Heulot	👁 Image  France	3	0	0	0	0	1996
= 148	Serhiy Honchar	👁 Image  Ukraine	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 148	Roger Lambrecht	👁 Image  Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1948, 1949
= 148	Floyd Landis	👁 Image  United States	3	0	0	0	0	2006
= 148	Octave Lapize	👁 Image  France	3	1	0	0	0	1910
= 148	Bradley McGee	👁 Image  Australia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 148	David Millar	👁 Image  United Kingdom	3	0	0	0	0	2000
= 148	Wilfried Nelissen	👁 Image  Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1993
= 148	Jelle Nijdam	👁 Image  Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1987, 1988
= 148	Charles Pélissier[n 7]	👁 Image  France	3	0	0	0	0	1930, 1931
= 148	Víctor Hugo Peña	👁 Image  Colombia	3	0	0	0	0	2003
= 148	René Privat	👁 Image  France	3	0	0	0	0	1957
= 148	Jan Raas[n 8]	👁 Image  Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1978
= 148	Stephen Roche	👁 Image  Ireland	3	1	0	0	0	1987
= 148	Willy Schroeders	👁 Image  Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1962
= 148	François Simon	👁 Image  France	3	0	0	0	0	2001
= 148	Julien Stevens	👁 Image  Belgium	3	0	0	0	0	1969
= 148	Teun van Vliet	👁 Image  Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	1988
= 148	Michel Vermeulin	👁 Image  France	3	0	0	0	0	1959
= 148	David Zabriskie	👁 Image  United States	3	0	0	0	0	2005
= 175	Henry Anglade	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1960
= 175	Fabio Aru	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	0	0	2017
= 175	Jan Bakelants	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 175	Romain Bellenger	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1923
= 175	Rubens Bertogliati	👁 Image   Switzerland	2	0	0	0	0	2002
= 175	Eugeni Berzin	👁 Image  Russia	2	0	0	0	0	1996
= 175	Pierre Brambilla	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	1	0	1947
= 175	Jules Buysse	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1926
= 175	Marcel Buysse	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1913
= 175	Sylvain Chavanel	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	2010
= 175	Giulio Ciccone	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	1	0	2019
= 175	Charles Crupelandt	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1910, 1912
= 175	Raymond Delisle	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1976
= 175	Laurent Desbiens	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1998
= 175	Jacky Durand	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 175	Victor Fontan[n 2]	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1929
= 175	Jean Fontenay	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1939
= 175	Jean Forestier	👁 Image  France	2	0	1	0	0	1957
= 175	Charly Gaul	👁 Image  Luxembourg	2	1	0	2	0	1958
= 175	Martial Gayant	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 175	Albertus Geldermans	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1962
= 175	Simon Gerrans	👁 Image  Australia	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 175	Ivan Gotti	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1995
= 175	Charly Grosskost	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 175	Jacques Hanegraaf	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1984
= 175	Ben Healy	👁 Image  Ireland	2	0	0	0	0	2025
= 175	Daryl Impey	👁 Image  South Africa	2	0	0	0	0	2013
= 175	Jan Janssen	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	1	3	0	0	1966, 1968
= 175	Gerben Karstens	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	1974
= 175	Marcel Kittel	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2013, 2014
= 175	Georges Lemaire	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1933
= 175	Tony Martin	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2015
= 175	Jules Masselis	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1911, 1913
= 175	Christophe Moreau	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	2001
= 175	Louis Mottiat	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1920, 1921
= 175	Georges Passerieu	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1908
= 175	Ludo Peeters	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1982, 1984
= 175	Ronan Pensec	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	0	0	1990
= 175	Lech Piasecki	👁 Image  Poland	2	0	0	0	0	1987
= 175	Jean Robic	👁 Image  France	2	1	0	0	0	1947, 1953
= 175	Aldo Ronconi	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1947
= 175	Fränk Schleck	👁 Image  Luxembourg	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 175	Edward Sels	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1964
= 175	Mike Teunissen	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0	2019
= 175	Klaus-Peter Thaler	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1978
= 175	Alejandro Valverde	👁 Image  Spain	2	0	0	0	0	2008
= 175	Johan van der Velde	👁 Image  Netherlands	2	0	0	0	1	1986
= 175	Rik Van Steenbergen	👁 Image  Belgium	2	0	0	0	0	1952
= 175	Flavio Vanzella	👁 Image  Italy	2	0	0	0	0	1994
= 175	Richard Virenque	👁 Image  France	2	0	0	7	0	1992, 2003
= 175	Jens Voigt	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	0	0	0	2001, 2005
= 175	Rolf Wolfshohl	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	0	0	0	1968
= 175	Erik Zabel	👁 Image  Germany	2	0	6	0	0	1998, 2002
= 228	Jean Aerts	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 228	Romain Bardet	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	1	0	2024
= 228	Nicolas Barone	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1957
= 228	François Beaugendre	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 228	Jean-François Bernard	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1987
= 228	Jean-René Bernaudeau	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	1	1979
= 228	Yvon Bertin	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1980
= 228	Serafino Biagioni	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 228	Guido Bontempi	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1988[n 9]
= 228	Vicenzo Borgarello	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1912
= 228	Jacques Bossis	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1978
= 228	Erik Breukink	👁 Image  Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1989
= 228	Johan Bruyneel	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1995
= 228	Max Bulla	👁 Image  Austria	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 228	Norbert Callens	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 228	Richard Carapaz	👁 Image  Ecuador	1	0	0	0	0	2024
= 228	Andrea Carrea	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1952
= 228	Mark Cavendish	👁 Image  United Kingdom	1	0	2	0	0	2016
= 228	Rohan Dennis	👁 Image  Australia	1	0	0	0	0	2015
= 228	Cyril Dessel	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 228	Ferdinand Le Drogo	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1927
= 228	Marcel Dussault	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1949
= 228	Paul Egli	👁 Image   Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 228	Jan Engels	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1948
= 228	José María Errandonea	👁 Image  Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 228	Romain Feillu	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	2008
= 228	Amédée Fournier	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1939
= 228	Michel Frédérick	👁 Image   Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 228	Dominique Gaigne	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 228	Tony Gallopin	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	2014
= 228	Jean-Louis Gauthier	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1983
= 228	Fernando Gaviria	👁 Image  Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	2018
= 228	Jean-Pierre Genet	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 228	Linus Gerdemann	👁 Image  Germany	1	0	0	0	0	2007
= 228	Philippe Gilbert	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2011
= 228	Joseph Groussard	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1960
= 228	Alfred Haemerlinck	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 228	Bo Hamburger	👁 Image  Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	1998
= 228	Hector Heusghem	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1922
= 228	George Hincapie	👁 Image  United States	1	0	0	0	0	2006
= 228	Jai Hindley	👁 Image  Australia	1	0	0	0	0	2023
= 228	Sean Kelly	👁 Image  Ireland	1	0	4	0	0	1983
= 228	Marcel Kint	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1937
= 228	Alexander Kristoff	👁 Image  Norway	1	0	0	0	0	2020
= 228	Yves Lampaert	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2022
= 228	Jean-Claude Lebaube	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 228	Luc Leblanc	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1991
= 228	Léon Le Calvez	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1931
= 228	Désiré Letort	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1969
= 228	Emile Lombard	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1904
= 228	Henk Lubberding	👁 Image  Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1	1988
= 228	François Mahé	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1953
= 228	Robbie McEwen	👁 Image  Australia	1	0	3	0	0	2004
= 228	Arsène Mersch	👁 Image  Luxembourg	1	0	0	0	0	1936
= 228	Giovanni Micheletto	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1913
= 228	Frédéric Moncassin	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1996
= 228	Jean-Patrick Nazon	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	2003
= 228	Willi Oberbeck	👁 Image  Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1938
= 228	Jasper Philipsen	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2025
= 228	Miguel Poblet	👁 Image  Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1955
= 228	Giancarlo Polidori	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 228	Tommaso de Pra	👁 Image  Italy	1	0	0	0	0	1966
= 228	Gaston Rebry	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1929
= 228	Raymond Riotte	👁 Image  France	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 228	Giovanni Rossi	👁 Image   Switzerland	1	0	0	0	0	1951
= 228	Gregorio San Miguel	👁 Image  Spain	1	0	0	0	0	1968
= 228	Tom Simpson	👁 Image  United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1962
= 228	Jozef Spruyt	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 228	Alex Stieda	👁 Image  Canada	1	0	0	0	0	1986
= 228	Kurt Stöpel	👁 Image  Germany	1	0	0	0	0	1932
= 228	Adri van der Poel	👁 Image  Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	1984
= 228	Cyrille van Hauwaert	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1909
= 228	Rik Van Looy	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	1	0	0	1965
= 228	Willy Van Neste	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	1967
= 228	Marc Wauters	👁 Image  Belgium	1	0	0	0	0	2001
= 228	Sean Yates	👁 Image  United Kingdom	1	0	0	0	0	1994

The largest number of riders wearing the yellow jersey in any year is 8. The smallest is 1.

Number of wearers	Freq- uency	Years
1	6	1903, 1924, 1928, 1935, 1999,[n 10] 2005[n 11]
2	14	1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1934, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1977, 2012
3	26	1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2000,[n 12] 2002,[n 13] 2009, 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024
4	25	1904, 1923, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003,[n 14] 2004,[n 15] 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2025
5	18	1913, 1922, 1938, 1947, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001,[n 16] 2011, 2013, 2020
6	13	1929, 1931, 1937, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1995, 2008
7	8	1949, 1951, 1962, 1968, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2006
8	2	1958, 1987

The yellow jersey has been awarded to 25 countries since 1903. In the table below, "Jerseys" indicates the number of yellow jerseys that were given to cyclists of each country. "Tour wins" stands for the number of tour wins by cyclists of that country,^[9] "Points" for the number of times the points classification was won by cyclist of that country,^[10] "Mountains" for the number of times the mountains classification in the Tour de France was won by a cyclist of that country,^[11] and "Young rider" for the number of times the young rider classification was won by a cyclist of that country.^[12] The "Most recent holder" column shows the cyclist of the country that wore the yellow jersey most recently. The "Different holders" column gives the number of cyclists of the country that wore the yellow jersey.

Rank	Country	Yellow jerseys	Tour wins 👁 Image	Points 👁 Image	Mountains 👁 Image	Young rider 👁 Image	Most recent holder	Stage	Different holders	List of holders
1	👁 Image  France	729	36	9	23	8	Romain Bardet	2024, stage 1	97
2	👁 Image  Belgium	440	18	21	11	1	Jasper Philipsen	2025, stage 1	62	Belgian yellow jersey holders
3	👁 Image  Italy	212	10	3	13	5	Giulio Ciccone	2019, stage 7	30
4	👁 Image  Spain	135	12	1	16	5	Alberto Contador	2009, stage 21	12
5	👁 Image  Great Britain	108	6	2	2	2	Adam Yates	2023, stage 4	9	British yellow jersey holders
6	👁 Image  Luxembourg	98	5	0	2	3	Andy Schleck	2011, stage 19	10
7	👁 Image  Netherlands	84	2	4	2	5	Mathieu van der Poel	2025, stage 6	18	Dutch yellow jersey holders
8	👁 Image   Switzerland	74	2	2	1	0	Fabian Cancellara	2015, stage 2	10
9	👁 Image  Germany	72	1	8	0	5	Tony Martin	2015, stage 6	14
10	👁 Image  Denmark	70	3	0	3	0	Jonas Vingegaard	2023 , stage 21	7
11	👁 Image  Slovenia	65	4	0	3	4	Tadej Pogačar	2025, stage 21	2
12	👁 Image  Australia	34	1	5	0	1	Jai Hindley	2023, stage 5	8	Australian yellow jersey holders
13	👁 Image  United States	29	3	0	0	3	George Hincapie	2006, stage 1	4
14	👁 Image  Canada	15	0	0	0	0	Steve Bauer	1990, stage 9	2
15	👁 Image  Norway	11	0	2	0	0	Alexander Kristoff	2020, stage 1	2
16	👁 Image  Ireland	9	1	5	0	0	Ben Healy	2025, stage 11	4
17	👁 Image  Colombia	7	1	0	5	5	Egan Bernal	2019, stage 21	3
18	👁 Image  Estonia	6	0	0	0	0	Jaan Kirsipuu	1999, stage 7	1
=19	👁 Image  Portugal	4	0	0	0	0	Acácio da Silva	1989, stage 4	1
=19	👁 Image  Slovakia	4	0	7	0	0	Peter Sagan	2018, stage 2	1
21	👁 Image  Ukraine	3	0	0	0	1	Serhiy Honchar	2006, stage 9	1
=22	👁 Image  Poland	2	0	0	2	0	Lech Piasecki	1987, stage 2	1
=22	👁 Image  Russia	2	0	0	0	2	Eugeni Berzin	1996, stage 8	1
=22	👁 Image  South Africa	2	0	0	0	0	Daryl Impey	2013, stage 7	1
=25	👁 Image  Austria	1	0	0	0	0	Max Bulla	1931, stage 2	1
=25	👁 Image  Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	Richard Carapaz	2024, stage 4	1
=27	👁 Image  Uzbekistan	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	0
=27	👁 Image  Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	–	–	0
=27	👁 Image  Eritrea	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	0

There have been sixteen instances where a rider quit the Tour for any reason while wearing the yellow jersey.^[13]

Year	Stage	Rider	Reason
1927	6	👁 France Francis Pélissier	Sickness
1929	10	👁 France Victor Fontan	Broken bicycle
1937	16	👁 Belgium Sylvère Maes	Collective withdrawal of the Belgian team due to threats from French spectators
1950	11	👁 Italy Fiorenzo Magni	Collective withdrawal of the two Italian teams due to threats from French spectators
1951	13	👁 Netherlands Wim van Est	Withdrawal after fall down a ravine in Aubisque
1965	9	👁 Belgium Bernard Van De Kerkhove	Withdrawal during the climb of Aubisque (sunstroke)
1971	14	👁 Spain Luis Ocaña	Fall during a storm in Col de Menté.[14]
1978	16	👁 Belgium Michel Pollentier	Expelled for attempting fraud at a doping test
1980	12	👁 France Bernard Hinault	Knee pain
1983	17	👁 France Pascal Simon	Scapula fracture
1991	5	👁 Denmark Rolf Sørensen	Clavicle fracture after a fall in the last kilometer
1996	7	👁 France Stéphane Heulot	Knee tendinitis
1998	2	👁 United Kingdom Chris Boardman	Head and neck injury after a crash
2007	16	👁 Denmark Michael Rasmussen	Sacked by his team for lying about his whereabouts
2015	4	👁 Switzerland Fabian Cancellara	Broken vertebrae after a crash in Stage 3
2015	7	👁 Germany Tony Martin	Broken collarbone after a crash in Stage 6[15]

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Usually the winner of the Tour de France also wins at least one stage, but that is not necessary. It is possible to win the Tour de France without winning a single stage, because the overall winner of the Tour de France is decided solely by the total race time. This has happened eight times so far:^[16]

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    Firmin Lambot (BEL) 1922
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    Roger Walkowiak (FRA) 1956
3. 👁 Image
    Gastone Nencini (ITA) 1960
4. 👁 Image
    Lucien Aimar (FRA) 1966
5. 👁 Image
    Greg LeMond (USA) 1990
6. 👁 Image
    Óscar Pereiro (ESP) 2006
7. 👁 Image
    Chris Froome (GBR) 2017
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    Egan Bernal (COL) 2019

Of these eight cyclists, Walkowiak and Bernal are the only ones without a single Tour stage win, although Bernal is still active as of 2024, and was leading solo in the final stages of a stage abandoned due to a landslide on the final kilometres of the course in 2019, the year he won the Tour.^[17] Firmin Lambot won stages in the 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920 and 1921 Tours,^[18] Gastone Nencini won stages in the 1956, 1957 and 1958 Tours,^[19] Aimar won a stage in the 1967 Tour,^[20] LeMond won stages in the 1985, 1986 and 1989 Tours,^[21] Pereiro won a stage in the 2005 Tour,^[22] and Froome won stages in the 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016 Tours. Alberto Contador initially also belonged to this group, when he won the 2010 Tour de France; however, he was later stripped of this title.

Every Tour de France only has one winner. But a cyclist that has won the Tour de France previously can enter the race again, and a cyclist not winning the race can win the race in a later year. In almost every Tour de France, there were multiple 'former or future' Tour de France-winners in the race. Only seven times, the Tour started without any former Tour de France winner. This happened in 1903, 1927, 1947, 1956, 1966, 1999 and 2006. Only in 1903, apart from the cyclist that won the race, was there no other former or future Tour de France winner.

In 1914, a record of seven former Tour de France winners started that year's Tour:^[23]

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    Louis Trousselier (FRA) (1905 winner)
2. 👁 Image
    Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA) (1907 and 1908 winner)
3. 👁 Image
    François Faber (LUX) (1909 winner)
4. 👁 Image
    Octave Lapize (FRA) (1910 winner)
5. 👁 Image
    Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (1911 winner)
6. 👁 Image
    Odile Defraye (BEL) (1912 winner)
7. 👁 Image
    Philippe Thys (BEL) (1913 winner, who would also win the 1914 and the 1920 editions)

In addition to these seven cyclists, four cyclists in that year's Tour would go on to win a Tour later:

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    Firmin Lambot (BEL) (1919 and 1922 winner)
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    Léon Scieur (BEL) (1921 winner)
3. 👁 Image
    Henri Pélissier (FRA) (1923 winner)
4. 👁 Image
    Lucien Buysse (BEL) (1926 winner)

Twelve cyclists won the general classification the first time they entered the competition, including three of the five-time champions.

• 1903 – 👁 Image
   Maurice Garin (FRA) in the first ever Tour de France
• 1904 – 👁 Image
   Henri Cornet (FRA)
• 1905 – 👁 Image
   Louis Trousselier (FRA)
• 1947 – 👁 Image
   Jean Robic (FRA), first Tour after World War II
• 1949 – 👁 Image
   Fausto Coppi (ITA), first of his 2 victories
• 1951 – 👁 Image
   Hugo Koblet (SUI)
• 1957 – 👁 Image
   Jacques Anquetil (FRA), first of his 5 victories
• 1965 – 👁 Image
   Felice Gimondi (ITA)
• 1969 – 👁 Image
   Eddy Merckx (BEL), first of his 5 victories
• 1978 – 👁 Image
   Bernard Hinault (FRA), first of his 5 victories
• 1983 – 👁 Image
   Laurent Fignon (FRA), first of his 2 victories
• 2020 – 👁 Image
   Tadej Pogačar (SLO), first of his 4 victories

Five cyclists won the Tour de France the last time they entered the competition:

• 1906 – 👁 Image
   René Pottier (FRA), died before next race
• 1937 – 👁 Image
   Roger Lapébie (FRA)
• 1939 – 👁 Image
   Sylvère Maes (BEL), last Tour before World War II
• 1952 – 👁 Image
   Fausto Coppi (ITA)
• 2012 – 👁 Image
   Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Fausto Coppi is the only cyclist who won the Tour de France in both the first and the last Tour he entered.

• List of Australian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
• List of Belgian cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
• List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
• List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

• Tour de France database: Official Tour de France history

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