Editing 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 [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 15/Episode 1|Series 15 Premiere]] is the longest non-special episode of ''Top Gear''.
*At 88 minutes, 19 seconds, the [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 18/India Special|India Special]] is the longest individual episode of ''Top Gear''.
*At 135 minutes, 19 seconds, the Directors' Cut of the [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 21/Burma Special|Burma Special]] is the longest officially-released episode of ''Top Gear'', compiling together episodes [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 21/Episode 6|six]] and [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 21/Episode 7|seven]] of Series 21, along with some previously-unused footage.

===Shortest episodes===
*At 59 minutes, 19 seconds, the [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 7/Winter Olympics Special|Winter Olympics Special]] is the shortest ''Top Gear'' special.
*At 53 minutes, 31 seconds, [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 9/Episode 2|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 [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 5/Episode 9|Series 5, Episode 9]] is the shortest "full-length" episode of ''Top Gear'', removing the entire "Pacific Rim" road test segment.
*At 22 minutes, 7 seconds, the Russian [[NTV]] cut of this episode is also the shortest-known international edit of any episode.
*At 13 minutes, 45 seconds, the [[BBC/BBC World|BBC World]] cut of [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 1/Episode 6|Series 1, Episode 6]] is the shortest-known version of any episode.

==Series length==
===Longest series===
*At 11 hours, 27 minutes, [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 22|Series 22]] is the longest series of ''Top Gear''.
*It is tied with [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 6|Series 6]] in terms of episodes, with 11 between the pair of them.

===Shortest series===
*At 5 hours, 53 minutes, [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 9|Series 9]] is the shortest series of ''Top Gear'', unless the [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Polar Special|Polar Special]] is counted as part of it.
*Otherwise, at 6 hours, 6 minutes, [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 11|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, [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 19|Series 19]] and [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 21|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 [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 10/Episode 1|Series 10, Episode 1]] to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}/Series 17/Episode 6|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.