Tesla Inc. drawdown: 25.4% below the all-time high
Tesla Inc. is 25.4% below its all-time high, set Dec 16, 2025 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −25.4%
- 74.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $489.88
- Dec 16, 2025
- Time below the high
- 9 mo
- since Dec 16, 2025
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −73.6%
- Jan 3, 2023
- Longest underwater
- 3.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 10, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2010#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | −73.6% | 14 mo | Dec 11, 2024 | 3.1 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −60.6% | 28 days | Jun 8, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −53.8% | 4 mo | Dec 16, 2025 | 12 mo |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Jun 3, 2019 | −53.5% | 1.7 yrs | Dec 18, 2019 | 2.2 yrs |
| Sep 4, 2014 | Feb 10, 2016 | −49.8% | 17 mo | Apr 3, 2017 | 2.6 yrs |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Jul 29, 2026 | −39.1% | 7 mo | not yet | 9 mo+ |
| Nov 24, 2010 | Feb 23, 2011 | −38.5% | 3 mo | Mar 12, 2012 | 16 mo |
| Sep 30, 2013 | Nov 26, 2013 | −37.7% | 57 days | Feb 10, 2014 | 4 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2010: how far Tesla Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Tesla Inc. from its all-time high?
- Tesla Inc. is currently 25.4% below its all-time high, set Dec 16, 2025 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Tesla Inc. drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2010) took Tesla Inc. 73.6% below its prior high, bottoming Jan 3, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from TSLA; no free deep history exists for Tesla Inc. — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.