| Season | | Champion | | Points | | Vice champion | | Difference | |
| 1979 | | Waldegard, Bjorn | | 112 | | Mikkola, Hannu | | -1 pt (0.9%) | |
| 2006 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 112 | | Gronholm, Marcus | | -1 pt (0.9%) | |
| 2009 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 93 | | Hirvonen, Mikko | | -1 pt (1.1%) | |
| 2003 | | Solberg, Petter | | 72 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | -1 pt (1.4%) | |
| 1997 | | Makinen, Tommi | | 63 | | McRae, Colin | | -1 pt (1.6%) | |
| 1998 | | Makinen, Tommi | | 58 | | Sainz, Carlos | | -2 pts (3.5%) | |
| 2007 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 116 | | Gronholm, Marcus | | -4 pts (3.5%) | |
| 2011 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 222 | | Hirvonen, Mikko | | -8 pts (3.6%) | |
| 2001 | | Burns, Richard | | 44 | | McRae, Colin | | -2 pts (4.6%) | |
| 1991 | | Kankkunen, Juha | | 150 | | Sainz, Carlos | | -7 pts (4.7%) | |
| 1995 | | McRae, Colin | | 90 | | Sainz, Carlos | | -5 pts (5.6%) | |
| 1987 | | Kankkunen, Juha | | 100 | | Biasion, Massimo | | -6 pts (6.0%) | |
| 2020 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 122 | | Evans, Elfyn | | -8 pts (6.6%) | |
| 1992 | | Sainz, Carlos | | 144 | | Kankkunen, Juha | | -10 pts (6.9%) | |
| 1981 | | Vatanen, Ari | | 96 | | Frequelin, Guy | | -7 pts (7.3%) | |
| 2000 | | Gronholm, Marcus | | 65 | | Burns, Richard | | -5 pts (7.7%) | |
| 2018 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 219 | | Neuville, Thierry | | -18 pts (8.2%) | |
| 2021 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 230 | | Evans, Elfyn | | -23 pts (10.0%) | |
| 2017 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 232 | | Neuville, Thierry | | -24 pts (10.3%) | |
| 1982 | | Rohrl, Walter | | 109 | | Mouton, Michele | | -12 pts (11.0%) | |
| 1999 | | Makinen, Tommi | | 62 | | Burns, Richard | | -7 pts (11.3%) | |
| 1986 | | Kankkunen, Juha | | 118 | | Alen, Markku | | -14 pts (11.9%) | |
| 2023 | | Rovanpera, Kalle | | 250 | | Evans, Elfyn | | -34 pts (13.6%) | |
| 2019 | | Tanak, Ott | | 263 | | Neuville, Thierry | | -36 pts (13.7%) | |
| 1994 | | Auriol, Didier | | 116 | | Sainz, Carlos | | -17 pts (14.7%) | |
| 2008 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 122 | | Hirvonen, Mikko | | -19 pts (15.6%) | |
| 1984 | | Blomqvist, Stig | | 125 | | Mikkola, Hannu | | -21 pts (16.8%) | |
| 1993 | | Kankkunen, Juha | | 135 | | Delecour, Francois | | -23 pts (17.0%) | |
| 2014 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 267 | | Latvala, Jari-Matti | | -49 pts (18.4%) | |
| 1983 | | Mikkola, Hannu | | 125 | | Rohrl, Walter | | -23 pts (18.4%) | |
| 2022 | | Rovanpera, Kalle | | 255 | | Tanak, Ott | | -50 pts (19.6%) | |
| 2012 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 270 | | Hirvonen, Mikko | | -57 pts (21.1%) | |
| 1996 | | Makinen, Tommi | | 123 | | McRae, Colin | | -31 pts (25.2%) | |
| 1988 | | Biasion, Massimo | | 115 | | Alen, Markku | | -29 pts (25.2%) | |
| 2015 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 263 | | Latvala, Jari-Matti | | -80 pts (30.4%) | |
| 2004 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 118 | | Solberg, Petter | | -36 pts (30.5%) | |
| 1990 | | Sainz, Carlos | | 140 | | Auriol, Didier | | -45 pts (32.1%) | |
| 2010 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 276 | | Latvala, Jari-Matti | | -105 pts (38.0%) | |
| 1989 | | Biasion, Massimo | | 106 | | Fiorio, Alessandro | | -41 pts (38.7%) | |
| 2013 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 290 | | Neuville, Thierry | | -114 pts (39.3%) | |
| 2016 | | Ogier, Sebastien | | 268 | | Neuville, Thierry | | -108 pts (40.3%) | |
| 1985 | | Salonen, Timo | | 127 | | Blomqvist, Stig | | -52 pts (40.9%) | |
| 2005 | | Loeb, Sebastien | | 127 | | Solberg, Petter | | -56 pts (44.1%) | |
| 1980 | | Rohrl, Walter | | 118 | | Mikkola, Hannu | | -54 pts (45.8%) | |
| 2002 | | Gronholm, Marcus | | 77 | | Solberg, Petter | | -40 pts (52.0%) | |
| Season | | Champion | | Points | | Vice champion | | Difference | |
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