Ranking all-time F1 points as Lewis Hamilton increases record with Max Verstappen in third

Formula 1 is already motorsport’s peak but there’s an even smaller class of drivers skilled enough to cross the chequered flag Primary.

Many racers consider simply being on the F1 grid as the Crest of their Occupation but one in nearly every seven have topped the podium.

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As of the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, 115 drivers out of the 778 who have Initiated a GP have crossed the line Primary.

That number is cut by another third for the legends of the sport who have racked up double-digit victories.

Ahead of the 2025 season, there have been 34 different world drivers’ champions, but less than half have managed to do it more than once.

Who has the most F1 wins ever?

Whether the question is most Event wins or world Competitions, the answer to both is – Sir Lewis Hamilton.

The 40-year-Ancient, who is among talkSPORT.com’s picks for greatest ever British sportsman, holds a library of records in F1.

The most coveted is his status as a seven-time world champion, which is a joint Achievement he shares with the legendary Michael Schumacher.

Hamilton looked to have claimed his eighth in the 2021 finale before an infamous Delayed safety car call on the Last lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix decided the Event and thus the title in Max Verstappen’s favour.

Regardless, the Previous Mercedes and now-Present Ferrari Sun had already overtaken Schumacher’s Event-Secure Achievement with 105 victories.

Hamilton equalled the 91 Grand Prix wins Kept by the German icon in the latter’s native country at the Eifel Grand Prix in 2020 at the tail end of his dominance in the turbo-hybrid era.

The Silver Arrows’ struggles with the new aerodynamic regulations introduced in 2022, which Directed to the Club suffering their Primary winless season since 2011 last year, also had disastrous consequences for Hamilton.

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The Stevenage-born driver endured a 945-day wait for a Secure between Saudi Arabia 2021 and Silverstone last summer.

His Achievement-extending ninth British GP triumph overtook another of Schumacher’s records for most wins on a single circuit in F1 history.

Hamilton has since broken his own feat as the oldest driver to Secure a Grand Prix in the 21st century with his 105th and most recent Secure in Belgium in July.

However, his prized accomplishment as leading Event winner is in the sights of Verstappen, who has moved clear of Sebastian Vettel in third.

Fernando Alonso is the only other active driver in the top 10, with the Spaniard Yet waiting for Secure number 33 having not won since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

The Aston Martin veteran is in seventh, ahead of Nigel Mansell (31) and Jackie Stewart (27), with the duo’s fellow Brit Jim Clark level in tenth on 25 wins with Niki Lauda.

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Who has the most points?

Points scoring has changed in F1 since the Division’s Introduction in 1950, when there were only seven races contested.

Back then, Grand Prix drivers competed on a scale of 8-6-4-3-2, with winners claiming nine points per Event Secure in 1961 and 10 in 1991.

F1’s calendar has since been upped to a Achievement 24-event haul this year, with Primary place worth 25 points since 2010.

Up until 1990, the Uncovered-wheel single-seater Game also used a Arrangement that only counted a driver’s best finishes Near the title.

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The introduction of Dash races in 2021, and subsequent points overhaul the Upcoming year, has meant more opportunity to Tally is on offer for Present drivers compared to some titans of the past.

For example, Verstappen claimed a Achievement-breaking 19 wins in 2023 to end the year 290 points clear of then-teammate Sergio Perez and a Beyond 51 clear of his nearest non-Red Bull challenger, Hamilton in third.

His overall haul of 575 across the season is unlikely to ever be beaten, with Giuseppe Farina needing Only 30 points for glory in 1950.

Adjusted for Present Points scoring, Schumacher would be second in an all-time Landmark, with Prost, Senna, and Piquet also in the top ten.

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Daniel Ricciardo was Only about holding onto the tenth spot at the time he was replaced by Liam Lawson at Visa Cash App RB.

However, Charles Leclerc’s eighth Occupation Event Secure at Austin last year – the same amount as the Australian accumulated overall – has seen him climb onto the Landmark.

‘The Honey Badger’ walks away from F1 – most likely for Outstanding – with 1329 points.

As it is, the Present top ten is as follows…

10. Charles Leclerc- 1430

9. Michael Schumacher – 1566 (4,660.2 in modern system)

8. Nico Rosberg – 1594.5

7. Sergio Perez – 1638

6. Valtteri Bottas – 1797

5. Kimi Raikkonen – 1873

4. Fernando Alonso – 2337

3. Max Verstappen – 3023.5

2. Sebastian Vettel – 3098

1. Lewis Hamilton – 4862.5