World Best Selling Model Ranking in 2025. The Tesla Model Y edges out Toyota at the top despite reporting the sharpest losses among leading models. While the Geely Xingyuan is not in the Top 10 yet, it still reports the most impressive surge.
In this unique report, we rank the best-selling cars and light commercial in the World, aggregating data for all the 162 countries we track on monthly basis. Data reported is updated with the last available registrations figures sourced by local official authorities, country by country
Looking at full-year data for 2025, the Tesla Model Y was still the market leader with a 1.2% share, despite decreasing 9.3% in sales. The model reported sharp losses mainly in the US (-15.8%) and Europe (-16.6%), while also falling 2.2% in Asia, its largest market. While still being the best selling EV model, the brand faces intensified competition with pressure from policy shifts and chinese carmakers.
The Toyota RAV4 -up 1 spot- followed in 2nd, dropping 1.4% and with gains in America (+0.4%), and Asia (+0.9%) but losses in Europe (-15%).
The Toyota Corolla -down 1 spot- ranked 3rd (-9.2%). It fell mainly in Asia, its biggest market (-14.3%) but also in Europe (-12%) while reporting mild growth in America (+1.7%).
The Ford F-Series ranked in 4th (+8.1%), followed by the Honda CR-V in 5th (-2.1%).
The Chevrolet Silverado followed in 6th (+4%) and the Hyundai Tucson in 7th (+3.9%).
The Toyota Camry ranked 8th (+9.4%) ahead of the Volkswagen Tiguan -up 4 spots- in 9th (+2%) and the Kia Sportage -up 2 spots- which closed the Top 10 (-0.8%).
Notably, the Tesla Model 3 in 12th also reported losses (-7.4%), highlighting the challenges that the brand faces. The Geely Xingyuan in 13th was notably a standout model, climbing several spots and confirming the brand’s momentum. The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV followed in 15th with a similarly impressive performance and solidifying its spot as top EV contender.
EV Market Trend and Outlook
EV adoption continues to diverge globally by region. Government support for EVs in China is narrowing as the policymakers try to curb the price war. Europe wavers on his phase-out process while the US EV sector is expected to stumble in 2026.
While market momentum is increasingly shifting toward hybrids and plug-in hybrids, which are expected to outpace pure EVs growth by end of 2025, the EV sector still showed a general trend of expansion, surging 12.4% to a 17% share of the total.
The Tesla Model Y retained the leadership despite losing 9.3% while the Tesla Model 3 moved up into 2nd even though it reported losses of 7.4%. This is mostly due to the fall of the BYD Song, which previously held the 2nd spot but dropped 41.1% into 5th.
The Geely Xingyuan surged 613 spots into 3rd closing the podium.
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the Top 50 models.
