| Season | Driver | Car |
|---|
| 1979 |  Bjorn Waldegard | Ford Escort RS/Mercedes 450SLC 5.0 |
| 1980 |  Walter Rohrl | Fiat Abarth 131 |
| 1981 |  Ari Vatanen | Ford Escort RS |
| 1982 | Walter Rohrl | Opel Ascona 400 |
| 1983 | Hannu Mikkola | Audi Quattro |
| 1984 | Stig Blomqvist | Audi Quattro/Sport Quattro |
| 1985 | Timo Salonen | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16/Turbo 16 E2 |
| 1986 | Juha Kankkunen | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 |
| 1987 | Juha Kankkunen | Lancia Delta HF 4WD |
| 1988 |  Miki Biasion | Lancia Delta HF 4WD/Integrale |
| 1989 | Miki Biasion | Lancia Delta Integrale |
| 1990 |  Carlos Sainz | Toyota Celica GT-Four |
| 1991 | Juha Kankkunen | Lancia Delta Integrale |
| 1992 | Carlos Sainz | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD |
| 1993 | Juha Kankkunen | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD |
| 1994 |  Didier Auriol | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD |
| 1995 |  Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza 555 |
| 1996 | Tommi Makinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution |
| 1997 | Tommi Makinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution |
| 1998 | Tommi Makinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution |
| 1999 | Tommi Makinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution |
| 2000 | Marcus Gronholm | Peugeot 206 WRC |
| 2001 | Richard Burns | Subaru Impreza WRC |
| 2002 | Marcus Gronholm | Peugeot 206 WRC |
| 2003 |  Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC |
| 2004 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Xsara WRC |
| 2005 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Xsara WRC |
| 2006 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Xsara WRC |
| 2007 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen C4 WRC |
| 2008 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen C4 WRC |
| 2009 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen C4 WRC |
| 2010 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen C4 WRC |
| 2011 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen DS3 WRC |
