Top Gear (2002 TV series)/Records and statistics

The following is a page concerning various records and statistics held by the 2002 British television series Top Gear.

Episode length

Longest episodes

• At 63 minutes, 5 seconds, the Series 15 Premiere is the longest non-special episode of Top Gear.
• At 88 minutes, 19 seconds, the India Special is the longest individual episode of Top Gear.
• At 135 minutes, 19 seconds, the Directors' Cut of the Burma Special is the longest officially-released episode of Top Gear, compiling together episodes six and seven of Series 21, along with some previously-unused footage.

Shortest episodes

• At 59 minutes, 19 seconds, the Winter Olympics Special is the shortest Top Gear special.
• At 53 minutes, 31 seconds, Series 9, Episode 2 is the shortest non-special episode of Top Gear.
• At 49 minutes, 0 seconds, Top Gear: Festival Sydney is the shortest official Top Gear release.
• At 41 minutes, 4 seconds, the internationally-released cut of Series 5, Episode 9 is the shortest "full-length" episode of Top Gear, removing the entire "Pacific Rim" road test segment.
• At 27 minutes, 41 seconds, Best of Top Gear #9 is the shortest episode of Top Gear (albeit in compiled form) to air on BBC Two.
• At 22 minutes, 7 seconds, the Russian NTV cut of Series 5, Episode 9 is also the shortest-known international edit of any episode.
• At 13 minutes, 45 seconds, the BBC World cut of Series 1, Episode 6 is the shortest-known version of any episode.

Series length

Longest series

• At 11 hours, 27 minutes, Series 22 is the longest series of Top Gear.
• It is tied with Series 6 in terms of episodes, with 11 between the pair of them.

Shortest series

• At 5 hours, 53 minutes, Series 9 is the shortest series of Top Gear, unless the Polar Special is counted as part of it.
• Otherwise, at 6 hours, 6 minutes, Series 11 is the shortest series of Top Gear.
• At 6 episodes apiece, both series are tied for shortest series in terms of episodes.
• If not including specials, Series 19 and Series 21 have just 5 non-special episodes between them.

Most appearances

• With 161 straight appearances from 2002 to 2013, Richard Hammond holds the record for most consecutive appearances in Top Gear, his streak broken by the Sydney Festival, a special in which he did not partake.
• Jeremy Clarkson holds the record for most episode appearances, appearing in 182 of the 188 episodes, including a sole (archive) appearance in James May's Cars of the People.
• The Suzuki Liana holds the record for the vehicle with the most consecutive appearances on Top Gear, appearing in the show's first 65 episodes.
• Appearing in every episode from Series 10, Episode 1 to Series 17, Episode 6, the Toyota Hilux makes 58 consecutive onscreen appearances out of a total 107, the latter figure a record for any vehicle.