Ogier's rally career began in 2005 when he won the French Federation's Rallye Jeunes and was rewarded with a place in the Peugeot 206 Cup for 2006. Partnered with co-driver Julien Ingrassia, he claimed a podium at Terre des Cardabelles and earned the Best Rookie award that season.
In 2007, he won the Peugeot 206 Cup outright with four victories — Diois, Langres, Causses, and Touquet — and two second places. He also won the Rallye Hivernal des Hautes-Alpes and received the Espoir Echappement de l'année award, an honour previously given to Didier Auriol, François Delecour, and Sébastien Loeb.
In 2008, Ogier contested a full Junior World Rally Championship programme in a Super 1600-class Citroën C2 for the Equipe de France FFSA team. He debuted in the WRC proper at Rally Mexico, winning the JWRC class and becoming the first JWRC driver to take a WRC point with his eighth-place finish overall. Further junior-class wins followed in Jordan and Germany. He secured the JWRC title by finishing second at the Tour de Corse.
As a reward, Ogier drove a Citroën C4 World Rally Car at Rally GB, winning the opening stage on ice and briefly leading the event overall before a mechanical problem and subsequent crash ended his run.
In January 2009, Ogier made a one-off appearance in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, winning the Monte Carlo Rally in a Kronos Peugeot 207 S2000 on his first attempt in the event. For the WRC season itself he was assigned to Citroën's satellite team, earning his first WRC podium — second place — at the Acropolis Rally, behind Mikko Hirvonen.
In 2010, his teammate at Citroën Junior was Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 Formula One world champion. At the Rally New Zealand, Ogier led before the final stage but spun three corners from the finish and lost to Jari-Matti Latvala by 2.4 seconds. He then took his maiden WRC victory at the Rally de Portugal, beating Loeb by 8 seconds after sweeping 45 seconds from him on day one. He was subsequently promoted to the Citroën factory team for the final three gravel rounds.
Given a full factory drive in 2011, Ogier was promised equal treatment alongside Loeb. He became the first driver to win a Power Stage, won four rallies — Portugal, Jordan, Acropolis, and Rallye de France Alsace — and ended the season third. Tensions with Citroën management, including a public controversy over team orders in Germany and a request to take a voluntary time penalty in Australia, led to his departure from the team, announced on 16 November 2011. He was replaced by Mikko Hirvonen.
On 23 November 2011, Volkswagen announced a three-year contract with Ogier and Ingrassia to spearhead its WRC programme. In 2012, they contested the season in a Škoda Fabia S2000 while developing the new Polo R WRC, with Ogier's best result being fifth in Sardinia.
The 2013 season opened with the Volkswagen Polo R WRC, and Ogier became the second non-Nordic winner of Rally Sweden since its creation in 1950. He finished the season with nine wins, 11 podiums, 111 special-stage victories (46.83% of all stages), seven Power Stage wins, and 290 championship points — a WRC record. He clinched the title at the first stage of Rally France because second-placed Thierry Neuville could no longer mathematically overhaul him. The 2013 points gap over runner-up Neuville was 114 points.
He successfully defended in 2014 with eight wins, including four at Rally Portugal — equalling Markku Alén's record of five wins was his goal — and a 49-point final margin. Further titles followed in 2015 (including a 1–2–3 finish for Volkswagen at Rally Germany and the team's fourth consecutive Manufacturers' title) and 2016. In the days after the 2016 title, Volkswagen announced its withdrawal from the WRC.
On 12 December 2016, Ogier announced he would drive the new Ford Fiesta WRC for M-Sport. He won Monte-Carlo for a fifth time on the opening rally of 2017 — the 39th victory of his career — and clinched a fifth consecutive title at Wales Rally GB, with M-Sport also securing the Manufacturers' title for the first time since the 2012 Wales Rally GB.
In 2018, Ogier won Monte Carlo and led early, but Thierry Neuville led the championship for most of the year. After Ogier's retirement in Portugal, Neuville held the advantage. Three consecutive wins by Ott Tänak kept the championship tight before Ogier won Rally Wales to close the gap. At the season finale in Australia, Ogier gained the advantage as rivals went off in muddy conditions and won both the rally and a sixth consecutive WRC Drivers' Championship.
Ogier and Ingrassia rejoined the Citroën World Rally Team for 2019. He claimed a sixth consecutive Monte Carlo win, which was also the 100th world rally success for Citroën. He won further rounds in Mexico and Turkey, but the season deteriorated; at Spain, a hydraulics failure left his C3 WRC crawling through stages and ended his title defence. Ott Tänak secured his maiden WRC title at that event. Ogier publicly blamed slow development and poor communication within the team, and on 30 November 2019 announced his departure for Toyota. Citroën immediately withdrew from the WRC.
Ogier signed for Toyota Gazoo Racing for 2020. Elfyn Evans led for most of a shortened seven-event championship, but skidded on ice at the final round at Monza with two stages remaining. Evans waved Ogier's car to slow at the same corner where his own had gone off the road; Ogier credited this action with saving him from a similar incident. He and Ingrassia lifted a seventh world title at the Monza event.
In 2021, Ogier and Ingrassia announced they would retire at the end of the season. Ogier won in Croatia, Italy, Kenya, and Monza, and secured an eighth title over teammate Evans. Their victory in Monte Carlo — Ogier's seventh there — was his 50th career WRC win.
From 2022, Ogier switched to a partial programme, contesting only selected rounds. His long-time co-driver Ingrassia retired; Benjamin Veillas replaced him for most of 2022, and Vincent Landais joined from the 2022 Rally Japan onwards. Ogier's sole 2022 victory came at Rally Catalunya — the first alongside Veillas.
In 2023, Ogier won Monte Carlo for the ninth time, surpassing Loeb's previous record of eight wins and becoming the most successful driver in the event's history. He also won Rally Mexico for a seventh time — again breaking a Loeb record — and the Safari Rally Kenya.
In 2024, Ogier's 59th victory at Rally Croatia was his 100th WRC podium. He won Rally Portugal a sixth time, breaking Markku Alén's record of five, and also won in Finland.
In 2025, competing again on a partial schedule alongside Landais, Ogier accumulated sufficient podiums and victories that the pair committed to all remaining rounds and chased the title. They were crowned WRC world champions at the Rally Saudi Arabia, beating Elfyn Evans by four points and equalling Loeb's record of nine titles.
Ogier won the Race of Champions Champion of Champions title in 2011, beating Tom Kristensen in both heats at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf. He drove a Ferrari F430 Scuderia at the Paul Ricard circuit in the 2011 French GT Championship, paired with Lionel Comole. He tested a Red Bull Racing RB7 Formula One car at the Red Bull Ring in July 2017. In 2022, he participated in three FIA World Endurance Championship rounds including the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Richard Mille Racing Team.
As of his 2025 title, Ogier holds or shares the following WRC records:
Nine World Rally Championship titles (shared with Sébastien Loeb)
Biggest championship points gap over a runner-up: 114 points on Neuville in 2013
Biggest points gap over a teammate in a championship year: 128 points on Jari-Matti Latvala in 2013
Narrowest winning margin: 0.2 seconds on Jari-Matti Latvala at Rally Jordan, 16 April 2011
Most wins at Rallye Monte-Carlo: 10 (1 IRC, 9 WRC)
Most wins at Rally Mexico: 7
Most wins at Rally Portugal: 7
Most Power Stage wins in a season: 9 in 2015 (a 69.23% conversion rate across 13 rallies)
Stage wins rate in a single season: 46.25% (111 from 240 stages in 2013)
Most drivers' championship points overall: 3,309 (2008–)
Ogier is married to Andrea Kaiser, a German television presenter. Their son Tim was born on 13 June 2016. Since 2014, he has been a patron for Make-A-Wish Foundation in France. In 2021 he donated €10,000 of his Safari Rally Kenya winnings to each of two charities: the Nakuru Children's Project and the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
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