Jenson Button
British · 2000–2017
VS

Phil Hill
American · 1958–1964
Championship record
1
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
1
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jenson Button Phil Hill
Championships
1
1
Wins
15
3
Poles
8
6
Podiums
50
16
Fastest laps
8
0
Career points
1,235
98
Starts
309
51
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jenson Button Phil Hill
Win rate
4.9%
5.9%
Podium rate
16.2%
31.4%
Pole rate
2.6%
11.8%
Points / start
4.0
1.9
Avg grid
P10.0
P9.0
Avg finish
P9.7
P9.1
Finish rate
79.6%
70.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jenson Button Phil Hill
Overtakes
2,746
0
Overtakes / race
9.2
0.0
Places lost
2,334
0
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 Phil Hill
Mechanical retirements
37
11
Crash retirements
22
3
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
2000
Debut season
1958
2006 · aged 26
First win
1960 · aged 33
2004
First pole
1960
2009 · aged 29
First title
1961 · aged 34
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
+0.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1966 1974 1982 1990 1998 2006 2014
Jenson Button Phil Hill
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Jenson Button Phil Hill
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 3 · P2
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Jenson Button
MCL
Williams 2000Benetton 2001Renault 2002BAR 2003–2005Honda 2006–2008Brawn 2009McLaren 2010–2017
Phil Hill
Ferrari 1958Maserati 1958Ferrari 1959–1960Cooper-Climax 1960Ferrari 1961–1962Lotus-BRM 1963ATS 1963Cooper-Climax 1964
19582017
Jenson Button → Phil Hill → Compare others
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).