Race H2H
68
—
110
178 shared
Qualifying H2H
69
—
109
178 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 7
2000
P1
2001
P1
2002
P1
2003
P1
2004
P1
2005
P3
2006
P2
2010
P5
2011
P2
2012
P5
Career totals
Jenson Button
Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
15
91
Poles
8
68
Podiums
50
155
Fastest laps
8
21
Career points
1,235
1,566
Starts
309
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
4.9%
29.5%
Podium rate
16.2%
50.3%
Pole rate
2.6%
22.1%
Points / start
4.0
5.1
Avg grid
P10.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.7
P6.9
Finish rate
79.6%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
2,746
1,503
Overtakes / race
9.2
6.5
Places lost
2,334
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
Jenson Button
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
37
31
Crash retirements
22
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: 4 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1991
2006 · aged 26
First win
1992 · aged 23
2004
First pole
1994
2009 · aged 29
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Jenson Button
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jenson Button | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 3 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 0 · P4 | 8 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 · 2 · P1 | 6 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 1 · P2 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 3 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 1 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 0 · P8 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 3 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Istanbul Park | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 3 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
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).