Year	Winner	Time	Jockey
2019	Country House	2:03.93	Flaven Prat
2018	Justify	2:04.20	Mike Smith
2017	Always Dreaming	2:03.69	John Velazquez
2016	Nyquist	2:01.31	Mario Gutierrez
2015	American Pharoah	2:03.02	Victor Espinosa
2014	California Chrome	2:03.66	Victor Espinosa
2013	Orb	2:02.89	Joel Rosario
2012	I’ll Have Another	2:01.83	Mario Gutierrez
2011	Animal Kingdom	2:02.04	John Velazquez
2010	Super Saver	2:04.45	Calvin Borel
2009	Mine That Bird (G)	2:02.66	Calvin Borel
2008	Big Brown	2:01.82	Kent Desormeaux
2007	Street Sense	2:02.17	Calvin Borel
2006	Barbaro	2:01.36	Edgar Prado
2005	Giacomo	2:02.75	Mike Smith
2004	Smarty Jones	2:04.06	Stewart Elliott
2003	Funny Cide (G)	2:01.19	Jose Santos
2002	War Emblem	2:01.13	Victor Espinoza
2001	Monarchos	1:59 4/5	Jorge Chavez
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	2:01 1/5	Kent Desormeaux
1999	Charismatic	2:03 1/5	Chris Antley
1998	Real Quiet	2:02 1/5	Kent Desormeaux
1997	Silver Charm	2:02 2/5	Gary Stevens
1996	Grindstone	2:01	Jerry Bailey
1995	Thunder Gulch	2:01 1/5	Gary Stevens
1994	Go For Gin	2:03 3/5	Chris McCarron
1993	Sea Hero	2:02 2/5	Jerry Bailey
1992	Lil E. Tee	2:03	Pat Day
1991	Strike The Gold	2:03	Chris Antley
1990	Unbridled	2:02	Craig Perret
1989	Sunday Silence	2:05	Pat Valenzuela
1988	Winning Colors (F)	2:02 1/5	Gary Stevens
1987	Alysheba	2:03 2/5	Chris McCarron
1986	Ferdinand	2:02 4/5	Bill Shoemaker
1985	Spend A Buck	2:00 1/5	Angel Cordero Jr.
1984	Swale	2:02 2/5	Laffit Pincay Jr.
1983	Sunny’s Halo	2:02 1/5	E. Delahoussaye
1982	Gato Del Sol	2:02 2/5	E. Delahoussaye
1981	Pleasant Colony	2:02	Jorge Velasquez
1980	Genuine Risk (F)	2:02	Jacinto Vasquez
1979	Spectacular Bid	2:02 2/5	Ron Franklin
1978	Affirmed	2:01 1/5	Steve Cauthen
1977	Seattle Slew	2:02 1/5	Jean Cruguet
1976	Bold Forbes	2:01 3/5	Angel Cordero Jr.
1975	Foolish Pleasure	2:02	Jacinto Vasquez
1974	Cannonade	2:04	Angel Cordero Jr.
1973	Secretariat	1:59 2/5	Ron Turcotte
1972	Riva Ridge	2:01 4/5	Ron Turcotte
1971	Canonero II	2:03 1/5	Gustavo Avila
1970	Dust Commander	2:03 2/5	Mike Manganello
1969	Majestic Prince	2:01 4/5	Bill Hartack
1968	Forward Pass	—	Ismael Valenzuela
1967	Proud Clarion	2:00 3/5	Bobby Ussery
1966	Kauai King	2:02	Don Brumfield
1965	Lucky Debonair	2:01 1/5	Bill Shoemaker
1964	Northern Dancer	2:00	Bill Hartack
1963	Chateaugay	2:01 4/5	Braulio Baeza
1962	Decidedly	2:00 2/5	Bill Hartack
1961	Carry Back	2:04	John Sellers
1960	Venetian Way	2:02 2/5	Bill Hartack
1959	Tomy Lee	2:02 1/5	Bill Shoemaker
1958	Tim Tam	2:05	Ismael Valenzuela
1957	Iron Liege	2:02 1/5	Bill Hartack
1956	Needles	2:03 2/5	David Erb
1955	Swaps	2:01 4/5	Bill Shoemaker
1954	Determine	2:03	Raymond York
1953	Dark Star	2:02	Hank Moreno
1952	Hill Gail	2:01 3/5	Eddie Arcaro
1951	Count Turf	2:02 3/5	Conn McCreary
1950	Middleground	2:01 3/5	William Boland
1949	Ponder	2:04 1/5	Steve Brooks
1948	Citation	2:05 2/5	Eddie Arcaro
1947	Jet Pilot	2:06 4/5	Eric Guerin
1946	Assault	2:06 3/5	Warren Mehrtens
1945	Hoop Jr	2:07	Eddie Arcaro
1944	Pensive	2:04 1/5	Conn McCreary
1943	Count Fleet	2:04	Johnny Longden
1942	Shut Out	2:04 2/5	Wayne Wright
1941	Whirlaway	2:01 2/5	Eddie Arcaro
1940	Gallahadion	2:05	Carroll Bierman
1939	Johnstown	2:03 2/5	James Stout
1938	Lawrin	2:04 4/5	Eddie Arcaro
1937	War Admiral	2:03 1/5	Charley Kurtsinger
1936	Bold Venture	2:03 3/5	Ira Hanford
1935	Omaha	2:05	Willie Saunders
1934	Cavalcade	2:04	Mack Garner
1933	Brokers Tip	2:06 4/5	Don Meade
1932	Burgoo King	2:05 1/5	Eugene James
1931	Twenty Grand	2:01 4/5	Charley Kurtsinger
1930	Gallant Fox	2:07 3/5	Earl Sande
1929	Clyde Van Dusen (G)	2:10 4/5	Linus McAtee
1928	Reigh Count	2:10 2/5	Chick Lang
1927	Whiskery	2:06	Linus McAtee
1926	Bubbling Over	2:03 4/5	Albert Johnson
1925	Flying Ebony	2:07 3/5	Earl Sande
1924	Black Gold	2:05 1/5	John Mooney
1923	Zev	2:05 2/5	Earl Sande
1922	Morvich	2:04 3/5	Albert Johnson
1921	Behave Yourself	2:04 1/5	Charles Thompson
1920	Paul Jones (G)	2:09	Ted Rice
1919	Sir Barton	2:09 4/5	Johnny Loftus
1918	Exterminator (G)	2:10 4/5	William Knapp
1917	Omar Khayyam	2:04 3/5	Charles Borel
1916	George Smith	2:04	Johnny Loftus
1915	Regret (F)	2:05 2/5	Joe Notter
1914	Old Rosebud (G)	2:03 2/5	John McCabe
1913	Donerail	2:04 4/5	Roscoe Goose
1912	Worth	2:09 2/5	C.H. Shilling
1911	Meridian	2:05	George Archibald
1910	Donau	2:06 2/5	Fred Herbert
1909	Wintergreen	2:08 1/5	Vincent Powers
1908	Stone Street	2:15 1/5	Arthur Pickens
1907	Pink Star	2:12 3/5	Andy Minder
1906	Sir Huon	2:08 4/5	Roscoe Troxler
1905	Agile	2:10	Jack Martin
1904	Elwood	2:08	Shorty Prior
1903	Judge Himes	2:09	Hal Booker
1902	Alan-A-Dale	2:08	Jimmy Winkfield
1901	His Eminence	2:07	Jimmy Winkfield
1900	Lieut. Gibson	2:06	Jimmy Boland
1899	Manuel	2:12	Fred Taral
1898	Plaudit	2:09	Willie Simms
1897	Typhoon II	2:12	Buttons Garner
1896	Ben Brush	2:07	Willie Simms
1895	Halma	2:37	Soup Perkins
1894	Chant	2:41	Frank Goodale
1893	Lookout	2:39	Eddie Kunze
1892	Azra	2:41	Lonnie Clayton
1891	Kingman	2:52	Isaac Murphy
1890	Riley	2:45	Isaac Murphy
1889	Spokane	2:34	Thomas Kiley
1888	Macbeth II (G)	2:38	George Covington
1887	Montrose	2:39	Isaac Lewis
1886	Ben Ali	2:36	Paul Duffy
1885	Joe Cotton	2:37	Babe Henderson
1884	Buchanan	2:40	Isaac Murphy
1883	Leonatus	2:43	Billy Donohue
1882	Apollo (G)	2:40	Babe Hurd
1881	Hindoo	2:40	Jim McLaughlin
1880	Fonso	2:37	George Lewis
1879	Lord Murphy	2:37	Charlie Shauer
1878	Day Star	2:37	Jimmy Carter
1877	Baden-Baden	2:38	Billy Walker
1876	Vagrant (G)	2:38	Bobby Swim
1875	Aristides	2:37	Oliver Lewis

Kentucky Derby Winners 1875-2019

NOTE: The distance of the Kentucky Derby was 1 1/2 miles from 1875-1895.

Since 1895, the Kentucky Derby distance has been 1 1/4 miles.

 Denotes Triple Crown Winner, (F) Denotes Filly, (G) Denotes Gelding