IndyCar Rookie of the Year
The IndyCar Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a IndyCar season.
| Year | Driver | Team | Points | Season Finish |
| 1996-97 |  Jim Guthrie
| Blueprint Racing | 186 | 12th |
| 1998 | Robby Unser
| Team Cheever | 176 | 16th |
| 1999 | Scott Harrington
| Harrington Motorsports | 165 | 14th |
| 2000 |  Airton Dare
| Team XTreme Racing | 142 | 16th |
| 2001 | Felipe Giaffone
| Treadway/Hubbard Racing | 304 | 6th |
| 2002 |  Laurent Redon
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 229 | 12th |
| 2003 |  Dan Wheldon
| Andretti Green Racing | 312 | 11th |
| 2004 | Kosuke Matsuura
| Super Aguri-FernandezRacing | 280 | 12th |
| 2005 | Danica Patrick
| Rahal Letterman Racing | 325 | 12th |
| 2006 | Marco Andretti
| Andretti Green Racing | 325 | 7th |
| 2007 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
| Rahal Letterman Racing | 119 | 19th |
