I might be mistaken, but I thought a guy named Virenque holds the KOM title with 7, followed by Van Impe and Bahamontes at 6.
Were you perhaps speaking of number of days wearing the KOM jersey?
Brett Horton San Francisco, CA
Jerry Moos wrote: <snip> Lucien Van Impe, who holds the record for most TdF KoM jointly with Bahamontes, also (like Bahamontes) won the overall once.<snip>