S&P 500 · Intrayear Drawdown — Deepest Intrayear Drop vs Year-End Outcome
Intrayear drawdown — Each year's deepest dip vs. its final return — dips are the norm.
Ninety-nine years: intrayear drawdown averages about 14% — every year carries a stretch that feels like a reason to sell — yet the year-end average still closes positive. Investors who sit through the mismatch between process and outcome are usually compensated by the close.
What this page answers
Across 99 years, the deepest intrayear drawdown in the S&P 500 averaged -16.2% — yet the average full-year return was still +8.1%. In 30 of those years the index fell more than 10% intrayear and still finished positive: the dip is the norm, not the anomaly.
Ninety-nine years: intrayear drawdown averages about 14% — every year carries a stretch that feels like a reason to sell — yet the year-end average still closes positive. Investors who sit through the mismatch between process and outcome are usually compensated by the close. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
The plate
Latest Snapshot
- Observations
- 99
- Average
- -16.2%
- Latest
- +8.1%
S&P 500 — deepest intrayear drawdown vs full-year return
| Year | Deepest intrayear drawdown | Full-year return |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -9.1% | +12.0% |
| 2025 | -18.9% | +16.4% |
| 2024 | -8.5% | +23.3% |
| 2023 | -10.3% | +24.2% |
| 2022 | -25.4% | -19.4% |
| 2021 | -5.2% | +26.9% |
| 2020 | -33.9% | +16.3% |
| 2019 | -6.8% | +28.9% |
| 2018 | -19.8% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | -2.8% | +19.4% |
| 2016 | -9.3% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | -12.4% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | -7.4% | +11.4% |
| 2013 | -5.8% | +29.6% |
| 2012 | -9.9% | +13.4% |
| 2011 | -19.4% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -16.0% | +12.8% |
| 2009 | -27.6% | +23.5% |
| 2008 | -48.0% | -38.5% |
| 2007 | -10.1% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | -7.7% | +13.6% |
| 2005 | -7.2% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | -8.2% | +9.0% |
| 2003 | -14.1% | +26.4% |
| 2002 | -33.8% | -23.4% |
| 2001 | -29.7% | -13.0% |
| 2000 | -17.2% | -10.1% |
| 1999 | -12.1% | +19.5% |
| 1998 | -19.3% | +26.7% |
| 1997 | -10.8% | +31.0% |
| 1996 | -7.6% | +20.3% |
| 1995 | -2.5% | +34.1% |
| 1994 | -8.9% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | -5.0% | +7.1% |
| 1992 | -6.2% | +4.5% |
| 1991 | -5.6% | +26.3% |
| 1990 | -19.9% | -6.6% |
| 1989 | -7.6% | +27.3% |
| 1988 | -7.6% | +12.4% |
| 1987 | -33.5% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | -9.4% | +14.6% |
| 1985 | -7.7% | +26.3% |
| 1984 | -12.7% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | -6.9% | +17.3% |
| 1982 | -16.6% | +14.8% |
| 1981 | -18.4% | -9.7% |
| 1980 | -17.1% | +25.8% |
| 1979 | -10.3% | +12.3% |
| 1978 | -13.6% | +1.1% |
| 1977 | -15.2% | -11.5% |
| 1976 | -8.4% | +19.2% |
| 1975 | -14.1% | +31.6% |
| 1974 | -37.6% | -29.7% |
| 1973 | -23.4% | -17.4% |
| 1972 | -5.1% | +15.6% |
| 1971 | -13.9% | +10.8% |
| 1970 | -25.9% | +0.1% |
| 1969 | -16.0% | -11.4% |
| 1968 | -9.3% | +7.7% |
| 1967 | -6.6% | +20.1% |
| 1966 | -22.2% | -13.1% |
| 1965 | -9.6% | +9.1% |
| 1964 | -3.6% | +13.0% |
| 1963 | -6.5% | +18.9% |
| 1962 | -26.4% | -11.8% |
| 1961 | -6.2% | +23.1% |
| 1960 | -13.6% | -3.0% |
| 1959 | -9.2% | +8.5% |
| 1958 | -4.4% | +38.1% |
| 1957 | -20.7% | -14.3% |
| 1956 | -10.6% | +2.6% |
| 1955 | -10.6% | +26.4% |
| 1954 | -4.4% | +45.0% |
| 1953 | -14.8% | -6.6% |
| 1952 | -6.9% | +11.8% |
| 1951 | -8.1% | +16.4% |
| 1950 | -14.0% | +21.7% |
| 1949 | -13.2% | +10.5% |
| 1948 | -13.5% | -0.7% |
| 1947 | -14.7% | 0.0% |
| 1946 | -26.7% | -11.9% |
| 1945 | -6.9% | +30.7% |
| 1944 | -6.9% | +13.8% |
| 1943 | -13.1% | +19.5% |
| 1942 | -17.8% | +12.4% |
| 1941 | -22.9% | -17.9% |
| 1940 | -29.6% | -15.1% |
| 1939 | -21.2% | -5.2% |
| 1938 | -28.9% | +24.6% |
| 1937 | -45.5% | -38.6% |
| 1936 | -12.8% | +27.9% |
| 1935 | -15.9% | +41.4% |
| 1934 | -29.3% | -4.7% |
| 1933 | -29.4% | +44.1% |
| 1932 | -51.0% | -14.8% |
| 1931 | -57.5% | -47.1% |
| 1930 | -44.3% | -28.5% |
| 1929 | -44.6% | -11.9% |
| 1928 | -10.3% | +37.1% |
Showing the full record (99 rows). Raw series: https://historyofmarket.com/api/sp500/intrayear-dd.json
Data & Source
GET /api/sp500/intrayear-dd.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.
Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
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