Championship record
1
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jody Scheckter
Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
10
91
Poles
3
68
Podiums
33
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
255
1,566
Starts
112
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jody Scheckter
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
8.9%
29.5%
Podium rate
29.5%
50.3%
Pole rate
2.7%
22.1%
Points / start
2.3
5.1
Avg grid
P8.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.1
P6.9
Finish rate
68.7%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jody Scheckter
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
Jody Scheckter
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
21
31
Crash retirements
13
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: 1 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1972
Debut season
1991
1974 · aged 24
First win
1992 · aged 23
1976
First pole
1994
1979 · aged 29
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Jody Scheckter
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jody Scheckter | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 1 · P2 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P5 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 2 · P2 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
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).