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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*.

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1: Lewis Hamilton, 148

2: Michael Schumacher, 142

3: Sebastian Vettel, 105

4: Ayrton Senna, 86

=5: Alain Prost, 84

=5: Fernando Alonso, 84

7: Kimi Raikkonen, 83

8: David Coulthard, 62

9: Nelson Piquet, 58

=10: Nigel Mansell, 55

=10: Nico Rosberg, 55

=12: Jackie Stewart, 51

=12: Rubens Barrichello, 51

14: Mika Hakkinen, 48

15: Damon Hill, 45

16: Jim Clark, 43

=17: Jenson Button, 42

=17: Felipe Massa, 42

19: Niki Lauda, 41

20: Juan Manuel Fangio, 38

=21: Graham Hill, 32

=21: Gerhard Berger, 32

=21: Juan Pablo Montoya, 32

24: Stirling Moss, 31

=25: Riccardo Patrese, 29

=25: Mark Webber, 29

=27: Jack Brabham, 28

=27: Ronnie Peterson, 28

=29: Valtteri Bottas, 25

=29: Rene Arnoux, 25

=31: James Hunt, 24

=31: Alan Jones, 24

33: Jody Scheckter, 23

34: Mario Andretti, 22

=35: Alberto Ascari, 21

=35: Ralf Schumacher, 21

=37: Clay Regazzoni, 20

=37: Keke Rosberg, 20

=37: Jacques Villeneuve, 20

=40: Jacky Ickx, 19

=40: Carlos Reutemann, 19

=40: Jean Alesi, 19

=40: Max Verstappen, 19

=44: Emerson Fittipaldi, 18

=44: Gilles Villeneuve, 18

=44: Daniel Ricciardo, 18

=47: John Surtees, 17

=47: Denny Hulme, 17

=49: Dan Gurney, 16

=49: Jarno Trulli, 16

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* – Figures correct as of the end of the 2019 season.

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