| Year | Placed | Laps | Model | Comments |
| 1951 | 20 | 211 | 356SL | First Porsche at Le Mans. Class win |
| 1952 | 11 | 219 | 356SL | Class win |
| 1953 | 15-16 | 247 | 550 Coupe | Class win. Frankenberg/Frere. The 356Sl DNF after 18hrs with engine problems. |
| 1954 | 12-14 | 227 | 550/4 1500RS Spyder | 2 Class wins |
| 1955 | 4-5-6-13-18 | 284 | 550/4 RS 1500 Spyder | Mercedes withdrew after horrific crash into crowd giving win to Jaguar. 2 class wins |
| 1956 | 5-13 | 281 | 550A/4 RS Coupe | Class win |
| 1957 | 8 | 285 | 550A RS | US entered car. Factory cars DNF - one ran out of fuel in the last hour |
| 1958 | 3-4-5-10 | 290 | 718 RSK Spyder | First podium finish. 2 class wins |
| 1959 | | 229 | | No Porsches finished the race. A 550 RS retired after 20h. |
| 1960 | 10-11 | 260 | 356 Carrera Abarth GTL | Class win for the Abarth. 11 place was 718 RS60 |
| 1961 | 5-7-10 | 309 | 718 RS61/4 Spyder | 2 class wins including Abarth co-driven by Ben Pon in 10th overall. This is now the Dean Watts car. |
| 1962 | 7-12 | 287 | 356B Abarth(695 GS/4) | Class win |
| 1963 | 8 | 300 | 718/8 WRS Spyder | Class win |
| 1964 | 7-8-10-11-12 | 323 | 904/4 GTS | Class win |
| 1965 | 4-5 | 336 | 904/6 | 904s Won Index of Performance, Index of Thermal Efficiency and 2 class wins. |
| 1966 | 4-5-6-7 | 339 | 906/6 Carrera 6 | Index of performance and 2 class wins. Ford GT40 Mk II finished 1-2-3 |
| 1967 | 5-6-7-8 | 358 | 907/6 Lang Heck | Index of Performance 2 class wins. 1st overall was the 7 liter Shelby American Ford GT40 MkIV driven by Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt, the first all American Le Mans win. |
| 1968 | 2-3 | 326 | 907 Lang Heck | 908 had fastest lap and the pole. A 911T placed 12th. 3 class wins. |
| 1969 | 2-10 | 372 | 908 | Fastest lap and the pole. 3 class wins. |
| 1970 | 1-2-3-6-7-8-9 | 343 | 917K | First overall win by Porsche with Herrman/Attwood driving. 6th place was a 914-6 GT. Porsche had pole position, fastest lap, swept all four class wins, Index of Performance (908) and Index of Thermal Efficiency (917L) |
| 1971 | 1-2-6-7-8-9-10 | 397 | 917K | Again 7 of first 10 places were Porsches. Pole position, fastest lap, Index of Performance (917K) and 3 class wins. |
| 1972 | 3 | 325 | 908/01 LH Coupe | Only one Porsche in the top 10. A Ford Capri was 10th! The sole class win was a 911S that placed 13th. |
| 1973 | 4-5-6-7-10 | 328 | Carrera RSR | Index of Thermal Efficiency won by one of the Carrera RSRs. No class wins. GTS unlimited class won by a Corvette |
| 1974 | 2-7-10 | 312 | Carrera RSR Turbo | Podium finish by Carrera RSR. |
| 1975 | 4-5-6-7-8-9-10 | 312 | 908/03 | Joest Racing 908 with best finish starting a parade of Porsches. 3 GT class wins. |
| 1976 | 1-4-6-7-9 | 349 | Martini 936 | Jacky Ickx/Gijs Lennep winning. with 3 class wins. |
| 1977 | 1-3-7-10 | 342 | 936/77 | Ickx/Haywwod/Barth winning. 3 class wins. |
| 1978 | 2-3-5-6-7-8 | 364 | 936/78 | Index of Thermal Efficiency and 3 class wins. |
| 1979 | 1-2-3-4-7-8-9 | 306 | 935 K3 | 7 of top 10 places and 3 class wins. Rain on Sunday |
| 1980 | 2-5-6-8-9 | 336 | 908/80 | 6th place car was a 924 Carrera Turbo. 3 class wins. |
| 1981 | 1-4-6-7-10 | 354 | 936/81 | Jacky Ickx/Derek Bell winning, 14 laps in front of second place. |
| 1982 | 1-2-3-4-5-8 | 359 | 956 | Jacky Ickx/Derek Bell 1st, starting the 956/962 dominance in road racing |
| 1983 | 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-10 | 370 | 956 | Schuppan/Haywood/Holbert with overall win. 9 of top 10 places for Porsche |
| 1984 | 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 | 359 | 956B | Continuing 956 dominance, first 7 places were 956. |
| 1985 | 1-2-3-4-5-8-9-10 | 373 | 956B | 962C made first appearance placing 3-9-10. The 956/962 all had 2.7l turbo engines. |
| 1986 | 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-10 | 367 | 962C | 7 place was a 4 wheel drive 961 which was a class winner. |
| 1987 | 1-2-4 | 354 | 962C | 3rd place was a 'Cougar C20-Porsche.' |
| 1988 | 2-3-5-6-7-8-9-10 | 394 | 962C | The second place 962C driven by Stuck/Ludwig/Bell was just 800 meters behind the winning Jaguar XJR-9 LM |
| 1989 | 3-6-10 | 382 | 962C | Mercedes Sauber C9 took 1-2. |
| 1990 | 3-4-8-9-10 | 352 | 962C | 1-2 were Jaguar XJR-12. |
| 1991 | 7-9-10 | 347 | 962C | Mazda 787B won. |
| 1992 | 7-10 | 334 | 962 CK6 | The first time since 1964 there was not a Porsche in the top 5. |
| 1993 | 7-9 | 355 | 962C | Peugeot 905 Evo 1C took top 3 positions. Winning car ran 375 laps. |
| 1994 | 1-3-8-9-10 | 344 | 962 GT LM | 962 wins again 12 years after the first win in a 956. |
| 1995 | (6) | 289 | Kramer K8 Spyder WSC-Porsche | No factory produced cars in the top 10. |
| 1996 | 1-2-3 | 354 | TWR Porsche WSC 95 | 2-3 were the first appearance of the factory GT1, loosing by 1 lap. |
| 1997 | 1-5-8-9-10 | 361 | TWR Porsche WSC 95 | In 4th was the Courage C41-Porsche and 7th was the Courage C36 Porsche |
| 1998 | 1-2 | 351 | 911 GT1-98 | Aiello/McNish winning on the 50th Porsche anniversary, the last time Porsche has competed for the top spot at Le Mans. |
