Race H2H
17
—
4
21 shared
Qualifying H2H
20
—
1
21 shared
Championship record
4
World titles
7
4
Runner-up
2
8
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
2 · 0
1991
P5
1993
P1
Career totals
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Championships
4
7
Wins
51
91
Poles
33
68
Podiums
106
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
798.5
1,566
Starts
202
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
25.2%
29.5%
Podium rate
52.5%
50.3%
Pole rate
16.3%
22.1%
Points / start
4.0
5.1
Avg grid
P4.2
P4.9
Avg finish
P7.5
P6.9
Finish rate
73.8%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
0
1,503
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.5
Places lost
0
1,353
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
34
31
Crash retirements
17
31
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 2 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1991
1981 · aged 26
First win
1992 · aged 23
1981
First pole
1994
1985 · aged 30
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.3
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alain Prost | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 3 · 6 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 4 · 6 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 2 · P1 | 8 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 5 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 · 7 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 5 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 6 · 12 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 2 · 5 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 1 · P1 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 3 · 3 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo do Estoril | 3 · 7 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuito de Jerez | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Kyalami | 2 · 4 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Donington Park | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).