All-Time Most/Fewest Laps Completed
By Each Finishing Position
Through 2006
| Finishing Position | All-Time Most Laps Completed | All-Time Fewest Laps Completed | Fewest Laps Completed Full 500-Mile Race |
| 1st | 200 (83 Times) | 102 (1976 Johnny Rutherford) | 200 (83 Times) |
| 2nd | 200 (80 Times) | 102 (1976 A.J. Foyt) | 198 (3 Times) |
| 3rd | 200 (71 Times) | 102 (1976 Gordon Johncock) | 194 (1989 Raul Boesel) |
| 4th | 200 (64 Times) | 101 (1976 Wally Dallenbach) | 193 (1989 Mario Andretti) |
| 5th | 200 (57 Times) | 101 (1976 Pancho Carter) | 193 (2 Times) |
| 6th | 200 (50 Times) | 101 (1976 Tom Sneva) | 188 (1991 Gordon Johncock) |
| 7th | 200 (47 Times) | 101 (1976 Al Unser) | 175 (1966 Eddie Johnson) |
| 8th | 200 (43 Times) | 101 (1976 Mario Andretti) | 171 (1966 Bobby Unser) |
| 9th | 200 (40 Times) | 100 (1976 Salt Walther) | 139 (1946 Bill Sheffler) |
| 10th | 200 (36 Times) | 100 (1976 Bobby Unser) | 144 (1921 Pete Henderson) |
| 11th | 200 (24 Times) | 100 (1976 Lloyd Ruby) | 131 (1947 Les Anderson) |
| 12th | 200 (18 Times) | 82 (1916 Louis Chevrolet) | 112 (1921 Joe Boyer) |
| 13th | 200 (11 Times) | 75 (1916 Gil Anderson) | 110 (1934 Charles Crawford) |
| 14th | 200 (7 Times) | 71 (2 Times) | 87 (2 Times) |
| 15th | 200 (3 Times) | 69 (2 Times) | 69 (1923 Ralph DePalma) |
| 16th | 200 (1959 Jim McWhithey) | 38 (1966 Carl Williams) | 38 (1966 Carl Williams) |
| 17th | 198 (2002 George Mack) | 29 (1966 Jim Hurtubise) | 29 (1966 Jim Hurtubise) |
| 18th | 198 (2002 Billy Boat) | 27 (1966 Mario Andretti) | 27 (1966 Mario Andretti) |
| 19th | 197 (2002 Dario Franchitti) | 22 (1966 George Snider) | 22 (1966 George Snider) |
| 20th | 197 (2002 Shigeaki Hattori) | 9 (1916 Eddie Rickenbacker) | 22 (1966 Chuck Hulse) |
| 21st | 197 (2002 Raul Boesel) | 9 (1916 Aldo Franchi) | 16 (1966 Bud Tinglestad) |
| 22nd | 196 (2002 Larent Redon) | 1 (1924 Ernie Ansterburg) | 1 (1924 Ernie Ansterburg) |
| 23rd | 196 (2002 Max Papis) | 0 (1966 Don Branson) | 0 (1966 Don Branson) |
| 24th | 196 (2002 Sarah Fisher) | 0 (1966 Billy Foster) | 0 (1966 Billy Foster) |
| 25th | 186 (2002 Sam Hornish, Jr.) | 0 (1966 Gary Congdon) | 0 (1966 Gary Congdon) |
| 26th | 174 (1993 Geoff Brabham) | 0 (1966 A.J. Foyt) | 0 (1966 A.J. Foyt) |
| 27th | 165 (1993 Robby Gordon) | 0 (2 Times) | 0 (2 Times) |
| 28th | 125 (1993 Roberto Guererro) | 0 (2 Times) | 0 (2 Times) |
| 29th | 124 (1993 Jeff Andretti) | 0 (3 Times) | 0 (2 Times) |
| 30th | 104 (1954 Spider Webb) | 0 (5 Times) | 0 (4 Times) |
| 31st | 101 (1954 Len Duncan) | 0 (6 Times) | 0 (6 Times) |
| 32nd | 82 (1911 Lyle Herbert) | 0 (7 Times) | 0 (7 Times) |
| 33rd | 74 (1954 Bill Homeier) | 0 (19 Times) | 0 (17 Times) |
| 34th | 50 (1933 Al Aspen) | 0 (1997 Sam Schmidt) | 0 (1997 Sam Schmidt) |
| 35th | 48 (1933 John Kreiger) | 0 (1997 Alesandro Zampedri) | 0 (1997 Alessandro Zampedri) |
| 36th | 47 (1933 Wesley Crawford) | 7 (2 Times) | 7 (2 Times) |
| 37th | 37 (1933 Paul Bost) | 6 (1931 Leon Duray) | 6 (1931 Leon Duray) |
| 38th | 33 (1933 Bob McDonough) | 0 (1930 Chet Gardner) | 0 (1930 Chet Gardner) |
| 39th | 24 (1933 Gus Schrader) | 5 (1931 Herman Schurch) | 5 (1930 Herman Schurch) |
| 40th | 13 (1933 Al Gordon) | 3 (2 Times) | 3 (2 Times) |
| 41st | 13 (1933 Rick Decker) | 13 (1933 Rick Decker) | 13 (1933 Rick Decker) |
| 42nd | 0 (1933 Louis Schneider) | 0 (1933 Louis Schneider) | 0 (1933 Louis Schneider) |
Note: The following races did not go the full 500 miles:
1916: Scheduled for 120 Laps (300 miles)
1926: 160 laps (400 miles) due to rain
1950: 138 laps (345 miles) due to rain
1973: 133 laps (332.5 miles) due to rain
1975: 174 laps (435 miles) due to rain
1976: 102 laps (255 miles) due to rain
2004: 180 laps (450 miles) due to rain
Note: 33rd Place has been the last-place finishing position for 67 of the 90 races. Of the 22 others, seven races had more than 33 starters, 15 had fewer.