Ogier began rallying in France in 2005, winning the French Federation's Rallye Jeunes and earning a place in the Peugeot 206 Cup for 2006. Paired with co-driver Julien Ingrassia — who would partner him for the next fifteen years — he won the 206 Cup in 2007 with four victories.
In 2008, Ogier entered the Junior World Rally Championship in a Citroën C2, winning the title in his first season and becoming the first JWRC driver to score a WRC championship point (eighth place overall at Rally Mexico). His reward was a World Rally Car debut in the 2008 Rally GB, where he astonished the field by winning the opening stage on ice.
Ogier joined Citroën's junior team for the 2009 WRC season and earned his first podium at the Acropolis Rally. In 2010 he took his maiden WRC victory at Rally de Portugal, having previously come within 2.4 seconds of a win in New Zealand. He added a second victory in Japan that year. For 2011, Citroën promoted him to the factory team, with promises of equal treatment alongside Loeb. Ogier won five rallies that season but found himself repeatedly subject to team orders in favour of Loeb. Their relationship broke down over the course of the year, and Citroën released Ogier at season's end, replacing him with Mikko Hirvonen.
Volkswagen signed Ogier and Ingrassia in November 2011 for a three-year deal to spearhead their WRC programme. They contested 2012 in a Skoda Fabia S2000 while developing the Polo R WRC.
The 2013 season was historic. Ogier won nine of thirteen rounds, the championship with 290 points — a new WRC record — and a margin of 114 points over Neuville. He claimed the title at Rally de France. He defended it with eight wins in 2014, seven in 2015, and five in 2016, consistently holding off rivals across all four seasons. Volkswagen withdrew from the WRC at the end of 2016, also winning its fourth consecutive manufacturers' title.
Moving to M-Sport Ford for 2017, Ogier brought the team its first win since 2012 at Monte Carlo and claimed his fifth successive title at Wales Rally GB, with M-Sport also taking the manufacturers' championship. In 2018 — a fiercely contested season — Thierry Neuville led for most of the year. Ogier clawed back points across the second half, winning in Wales to shift the balance. The championship was decided at the season finale in Australia, where rivals went off in muddy conditions; Ogier won the rally and the title for a sixth consecutive year.
Ogier returned to Citroën for 2019, winning at Monte Carlo (marking Citroën's 100th WRC victory) and in Mexico, but the C3 WRC lacked development. Ott Tanak secured the 2019 title for Toyota. Ogier announced his departure mid-season, and Citroën immediately withdrew from the WRC.
At Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT from 2020, Ogier won his seventh title at the season-ending Monza round after Elfyn Evans slid off on ice in the closing stages and waved him past the same corner. In 2021, announced as his final season before retirement, Ogier won in Croatia, Italy, Kenya, and Monza to claim an eighth title over Evans. He then shifted to a partial programme from 2022 onwards, competing in selected rounds with Vincent Landais replacing the retired Ingrassia as co-driver.
Despite reduced appearances Ogier remained competitive: winning Rally Catalunya 2022 (his first alongside Veillas), Monte Carlo 2023 for a record-equalling ninth time at that event, Rally Mexico 2023 for a record seventh time, and multiple events in 2024 including a 100th career podium at Croatia. In 2025, after starting part-time, Ogier and Landais committed to the full remainder of the calendar and were crowned champions at Rally Saudi Arabia, equalling Loeb's record of nine WRC titles.
Ogier holds numerous WRC records: most total championship points, most stage victories, largest points gap to the runner-up in a single season (114 points in 2013), and the most wins at Rallye Monte-Carlo (nine WRC victories, ten including an IRC win in 2009). He won Rally Mexico seven times and Rally Portugal seven times — both records — and is the only driver to win Rallye Monte-Carlo with five different manufacturers. His six consecutive titles from 2013 to 2018 span an era in which he drove for Volkswagen, M-Sport Ford, and Citroën — a demonstration of adaptability matched by few in the sport's history.