Most Pole Positions in F1 History

Lewis Hamilton holds the record for the most pole positions in F1 history with 104, ahead of Michael Schumacher (68) and Ayrton Senna (65). The all-time top 50 with pole rates and active drivers marked.

All-time top 50

Formula 1 drivers with the most pole positions
#	Driver	Pole positions	Starts	Pole rate	Head to head
1	Lewis Hamilton (active)	104	396	26.3%	–
2	Michael Schumacher	68	308	22.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
3	Ayrton Senna	65	161	40.4%	vs Lewis Hamilton
4	Sebastian Vettel	57	300	19%	vs Lewis Hamilton
5	Max Verstappen (active)	49	249	19.7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
6	Alain Prost	33	202	16.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
6	Jim Clark	33	72	45.8%	vs Lewis Hamilton
8	Nigel Mansell	32	190	16.8%	vs Lewis Hamilton
9	Nico Rosberg	30	206	14.6%	vs Lewis Hamilton
10	Charles Leclerc (active)	27	189	14.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
11	Mika Häkkinen	26	163	16%	vs Lewis Hamilton
12	Niki Lauda	24	173	13.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
12	Nelson Piquet	24	205	11.7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
14	Juan Fangio	23	51	45.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
15	Fernando Alonso (active)	22	444	5%	vs Lewis Hamilton
16	Damon Hill	20	116	17.2%	vs Lewis Hamilton
16	Valtteri Bottas (active)	20	263	7.6%	vs Lewis Hamilton
18	Lando Norris (active)	19	168	11.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
19	Kimi Raikkonen	18	352	5.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
19	Mario Andretti	18	128	14.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
19	René Arnoux	18	151	11.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
22	Jackie Stewart	17	100	17%	vs Lewis Hamilton
23	Stirling Moss	16	67	23.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
23	Felipe Massa	16	271	5.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
25	Alberto Ascari	14	32	43.8%	vs Lewis Hamilton
25	Rubens Barrichello	14	326	4.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
25	James Hunt	14	93	15.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
25	Ronnie Peterson	14	123	11.4%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Jack Brabham	13	128	10.2%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Graham Hill	13	177	7.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Jacques Villeneuve	13	165	7.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Mark Webber	13	217	6%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Jacky Ickx	13	116	11.2%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	George Russell (active)	13	168	7.7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
29	Juan Pablo Montoya	13	95	13.7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
36	David Coulthard	12	247	4.9%	vs Lewis Hamilton
36	Gerhard Berger	12	210	5.7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
38	Jochen Rindt	10	61	16.4%	vs Lewis Hamilton
39	Jenson Button	8	309	2.6%	vs Lewis Hamilton
39	John Surtees	8	112	7.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
39	Riccardo Patrese	8	257	3.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
42	Jacques Laffite	7	177	4%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Emerson Fittipaldi	6	146	4.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Alan Jones	6	117	5.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Carlos Reutemann	6	146	4.1%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Oscar Piastri (active)	6	86	7%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Kimi Antonelli (active)	6	40	15%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Ralf Schumacher	6	180	3.3%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Carlos Sainz (active)	6	248	2.4%	vs Lewis Hamilton
43	Phil Hill	6	51	11.8%	vs Lewis Hamilton