About this chart race
Lewis Hamilton holds the record with 104 pole positions, 36 more than Michael Schumacher (68). The record has changed hands only a few times: Juan Manuel Fangio and Alberto Ascari traded it in the early 1950s, Fangio then kept it until Jim Clark passed him in 1967, Ayrton Senna took it in 1989, Schumacher in 2006 and Hamilton in 2017.
This animated ranking shows how career pole positions changed across 38 series between 1950 and 2026. The bars re-order themselves as the years advance, so overtakes are visible as they happen rather than hidden inside a table. Use the list on the left to choose exactly who competes, drag the slider to jump to any year, or open the table view to read the underlying numbers.
As of 2026, Lewis Hamilton leads with 104 poles.
Included in this race
Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, Jim Clark, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nico Rosberg, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mika Häkkinen, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Damon Hill, René Arnoux, Mario Andretti, Jackie Stewart, Stirling Moss, Ronnie Peterson, James Hunt, Alberto Ascari, Jacky Ickx, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, John Surtees, Phil Hill, Nino Farina, Mike Hawthorn, Tony Brooks, José Froilán González, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Walt Faulkner, Jerry Hoyt, Jack McGrath, Fred Agabashian, Duke Nalon, Bill Vukovich.
Source
Data from Wikipedia — List of Formula One polesitters and season pages. Every figure shown comes from this source — nothing is estimated or generated.
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