Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish · 2001–2021
VS

Michael Schumacher

German · 1991–2012
Race H2H
45 80
125 shared
Qualifying H2H
44 81
125 shared
Championship record
1
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 5
2001 P1 2002 P1 2003 P1 2004 P1 2005 P2 2006 P2 2012 P3
Career totals
Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
21
91
Poles
18
68
Podiums
103
155
Fastest laps
42
21
Career points
1,873
1,566
Starts
352
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
Win rate
6%
29.5%
Podium rate
29.3%
50.3%
Pole rate
5.1%
22.1%
Points / start
5.3
5.1
Avg grid
P7.6
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.5
P6.9
Finish rate
81.2%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
2,703
1,503
Overtakes / race
8.0
6.5
Places lost
2,441
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
Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
45
31
Crash retirements
21
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1991
2003 · aged 23
First win
1992 · aged 23
2003
First pole
1994
2007 · aged 28
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.8
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 · 5 · P1 6 · 9 · P1
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 · 4 · P1 8 · 11 · P1
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 2 · 5 · P1 6 · 12 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1 · 2 · P1 7 · 12 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 1 · P2 7 · 12 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 1 · 3 · P1 6 · 9 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 4 · P1 5 · 7 · P1
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 2 · 6 · P1 4 · 5 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 1 · 7 · P1 4 · 10 · P1
Hungaroring 1 · 9 · P1 4 · 7 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 5 · 8 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 2 · P2 5 · 8 · P1
Sepang International Circuit 2 · 3 · P1 3 · 5 · P1
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 1 · P2 5 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 1 · 7 · P1 3 · 7 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 3 · P3 4 · 7 · P1
Shanghai International Circuit 1 · 6 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 3 · P2 2 · 4 · P1
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 8 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Istanbul Park 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Yas Marina Circuit 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit of the Americas 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P16
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P13
Korean International Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Team history
Kimi Räikkönen
MCL
FER
Sauber 2001McLaren 2002–2006Ferrari 2007–2009Lotus F1 2012–2013Ferrari 2014–2018Alfa Romeo 2019–2021
Michael Schumacher
BEN
FER
Benetton 1991Jordan 1991Benetton 1992–1995Ferrari 1996–2006Mercedes 2010–2012
19912021
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).