Championship record
4
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
2
7
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
Championships
4
7
Wins
71
91
Poles
48
68
Podiums
130
155
Fastest laps
37
21
Career points
3,383.5
1,566
Starts
243
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
29.2%
29.5%
Podium rate
53.5%
50.3%
Pole rate
19.8%
22.1%
Points / start
13.9
5.1
Avg grid
P4.9
P4.9
Avg finish
P5.6
P6.9
Finish rate
86.4%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
1,358
1,503
Overtakes / race
5.8
6.5
Places lost
1,135
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
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
14
31
Crash retirements
15
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
2015
Debut season
1991
2016 · aged 18
First win
1992 · aged 23
2019
First pole
1994
2021 · aged 24
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.6
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Max Verstappen | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 4 · 4 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 4 · 8 · P1 | 6 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 3 · 6 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 4 · 7 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 · 6 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 3 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 3 · 7 · P1 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 5 · 9 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 3 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 5 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 5 · 6 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 4 · 7 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 2 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Max Verstappen
Michael Schumacher
19912026
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).