Useless Stats #6

Champion of Champions

I have awarded points for the top 6 finishers in each World Championship season, in the usual way: 10-6-4-3-2-1, in order to produce a list of the most successful F1 drivers ever. Here are all those to have scored 10 or more. Ties are judged in the usual way ie number of 1sts, number of 2nds etc.
Now includes 1999 performances.

1.Alain PROST74
2.Juan Manuel FANGIO62
3.Ayrton SENNA55
4.Jackie STEWART48
5.Nelson PIQUET48
6.Niki LAUDA44
7.Graham HILL40
8.Jack BRABHAM37
9.Michael SCHUMACHER*37
10.Stirling MOSS36
11.Jim CLARK35
12.Nigel MANSELL34
13.Emerson FITTIPALDI33
14.Alberto ASCARI28
15.Damon HILL27
16.John SURTEES27
17.Mika HÄKKINEN*26
18.Denis HULME26
19.Guiseppe FARINA25
20.Jody SCHECKTER24
21.Gerhard BERGER23
22.Mike HAWTHORN22
23.Carlos REUTEMANN22
24.Jacky ICKX21
25.Jacques VILLENEUVE*18
26.Alan JONES18
27.Ronnie PETERSON18
28.Bruce McLAREN18
29.Jochen RINDT17
30.Keke ROSBERG17
31.Phil HILL16
32.Riccardo PATRESE16
33.Clay REGAZZONI16
34.Mario ANDRETTI15
35.James HUNT15
36.David COULTHARD*14
37.Tony BROOKS12
38=Jean ALESI*12
38=Dan GURNEY12
40.José Froilan GONZALEZ11
41.Michele ALBORETO11
42.Heinz-Harald FRENTZEN*10

* Still active.

Least successful champions were Mario Andretti and James Hunt with 15 points each.
Most successful non-champion was Stirling Moss with 35 points.

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