Top 50: All-time F1 World Championship Grand Prix race leaders


Lewis Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s record for the most races led in Formula 1 World Championship history at the 2019 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi.
Here are the top 50 grand prix-leading drivers of all-time, in order with their number of races led*. Click on the arrows below to scroll through...
1: Lewis Hamilton, 143

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2: Michael Schumacher, 142

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3: Sebastian Vettel, 103

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4: Ayrton Senna, 86

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=5: Alain Prost, 84

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=5: Fernando Alonso, 84

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7: Kimi Raikkonen, 83

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8: David Coulthard, 62

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9: Nelson Piquet, 58

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=10: Nigel Mansell, 55

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=10: Nico Rosberg, 55

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=12: Jackie Stewart, 51

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=12: Rubens Barrichello, 51

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14: Mika Hakkinen, 48

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15: Damon Hill, 45

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16: Jim Clark, 43

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=17: Jenson Button, 42

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=17: Felipe Massa, 42

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19: Niki Lauda, 41

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20: Juan Manuel Fangio, 38

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=21: Graham Hill, 32

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=21: Gerhard Berger, 32

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=21: Juan Pablo Montoya, 32

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24: Stirling Moss, 31

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=25: Riccardo Patrese, 29

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=25: Mark Webber, 29

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=27: Jack Brabham, 28

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=27: Ronnie Peterson, 28

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29: Rene Arnoux, 25

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=30: James Hunt, 24

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=30: Alan Jones, 24

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=32: Jody Scheckter, 23

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=32: Valtteri Bottas, 23

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34: Mario Andretti, 22

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=35: Alberto Ascari, 21

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=35: Ralf Schumacher, 21

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=37: Clay Regazzoni, 20

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=37: Keke Rosberg, 20

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=37: Jacques Villeneuve, 20

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40: Jacky Ickx, 19

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=40: Carlos Reutemann, 19

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=40: Jean Alesi, 19

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=43: Emerson Fittipaldi, 18

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=43: Gilles Villeneuve, 18

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=43: Daniel Ricciardo, 18

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=43: Max Verstappen, 18

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=47: John Surtees, 17

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=47: Denny Hulme, 17

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=49: Dan Gurney, 16

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=49: Jarno Trulli, 16

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* – Figures correct as of September 29, 2019.
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