These are the rookie drivers who finished
highest in each year's F1 Driver's Championship.
Note: Only cars in which the driver scored points are listed.
| Year | Driver | Car | Pos | Pts |
| 1950 | Guiseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 1st | 30 |
| 1951 | none | |||
| 1952 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper-Bristol | =4th | 10 |
| 1953 | Oscar Galvez & Hermann Lang (Maserati) | =13th | 2 | |
| 1954 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 5th | 12 |
| 1955 | Eugenio Castellotti | Lancia, Ferrari | 3rd | 12 |
| 1956 | Alfonso de Portago | Lancia-Ferrari | =15th | 3 |
| 1957 | Masten Gregory | Maserati | =6th | 10 |
| 1958 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | =10th | 9 |
| 1959 | Dan Gurney | Ferrari | 7th | 13 |
| 1960 | J. Clark (Lotus-Climax) & R. Ginther (Ferrari) | =8th | 8 | |
| 1961 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 9th | 9 |
| 1962 | Neville Lederle | Lotus-Climax | =18th | 1 |
| 1963 | Gerhard Mitter | Porsche | =12th | 3 |
| 1964 | none | |||
| 1965 | Jackie Stewart | BRM | 3rd | 33 |
| 1966 | none | |||
| 1967 | none | |||
| 1968 | Vic Elford | Cooper-BRM | =17th | 5 |
| 1969 | none | |||
| 1970 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | 3rd | 33 |
| 1971 | Howden Ganley | BRM | =14th | 5 |
| 1972 | none | |||
| 1973 | James Hunt | March-Ford | 8th | 14 |
| 1974 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March-Ford | 16th | 5 |
| 1975 | Alan Jones | Hill-Ford | 17th | 2 |
| 1976 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford | 10th | 11 |
| 1977 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford | =17th | 5 |
| 1978 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell-Ford | 15th | 7 |
| 1979 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow-Ford | =15th | 3 |
| 1980 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Ford | =15th | 5 |
| 1981 | S. Borgudd (ATS-Ford) & E. Salazar (Ensign-Ford) | =18th | 1 | |
| 1982 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows-Ford | =22nd | 2 |
| 1983 | Danny Sullivan | Tyrrell-Ford | =17th | 2 |
| 1984 | Ayrton Senna | Toleman-Hart | =9th | 13 |
| 1985 | Ivan Capelli | Tyrrell-Renault | =17th | 3 |
| 1986 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus-Renault | 13th | 3 |
| 1987 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | =11th | 7 |
| 1988 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March-Judd | =13th | 5 |
| 1989 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 9th | 8 |
| 1990 | none | |||
| 1991 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | =12th | 4 |
| 1992 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi-Lamborghini | =17th | 1 |
| 1993 | Michael Andretti | McLaren-Ford | 11th | 7 |
| 1994 | David Coulthard | Williams-Renault | 8th | 14 |
| 1995 | Jean-Christophe Boullion | Sauber-Ford | 16th | 3 |
| 1996 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 2nd | 78 |
| 1997 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Peugeot | 11th | 13 |
| 1998 | none | |||
| 1999 | P. de la Rosa (Arrows) & M. Gené (Minardi-Ford) | =17th | 1 | |
"none" indicates no rookie scored
points that year.
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