Record · DRIVER · ALL_TIME

Most positions gained (laps)

Career sum of on-track positions gained lap-by-lap — start lap and own pit in/out laps excluded, lap data 1996+
PosDriverRecordsNotes
1 Fernando Alonso 3,504 places
2 Sergio Pérez 2,751 places
3 Jenson Button 2,746 places
4 Kimi Räikkönen 2,703 places
5 Felipe Massa 2,481 places
6 Lewis Hamilton 2,444 places
7 Nico Hülkenberg 2,341 places
8 Daniel Ricciardo 2,321 places
9 Sebastian Vettel 2,126 places
10 Rubens Barrichello 1,970 places
11 Valtteri Bottas 1,895 places
12 Carlos Sainz 1,867 places
13 Mark Webber 1,849 places
14 Giancarlo Fisichella 1,809 places
15 Jarno Trulli 1,751 places
16 Lance Stroll 1,705 places
17 Kevin Magnussen 1,672 places
18 Esteban Ocon 1,649 places
19 Pierre Gasly 1,629 places
20 Nico Rosberg 1,583 places
21 Nick Heidfeld 1,581 places
22 Romain Grosjean 1,549 places
23 Michael Schumacher 1,503 places
24 David Coulthard 1,451 places
25 Max Verstappen 1,368 places
26 Alexander Albon 1,311 places
27 Ralf Schumacher 1,301 places
28 George Russell 1,192 places
29 Charles Leclerc 1,187 places
30 Lando Norris 1,166 places
31 Jacques Villeneuve 1,120 places
32 Daniil Kvyat 1,095 places
33 Olivier Panis 1,076 places
34 Adrian Sutil 1,075 places
35 Heikki Kovalainen 1,028 places
36 Pastor Maldonado 1,011 places
37 Yuki Tsunoda 989 places
38 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 840 places
39 Marcus Ericsson 823 places
40 Paul di Resta 788 places
41 Kamui Kobayashi 781 places
42 Timo Glock 758 places
43 Robert Kubica 743 places
44 Guanyu Zhou 742 places
45 Pedro de la Rosa 739 places
46 Eddie Irvine 723 places
47 Jean Alesi 719 places
48 Jean-Éric Vergne 714 places
49 Mika Salo 693 places
50 Jos Verstappen 691 places
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Career sum of on-track positions gained lap-by-lap — start lap and own pit in/out laps excluded, lap data 1996+ · Sprint excluded · post-race decisions (penalties applied) included
Data range: 1950–2026 · Last updated: 2026-09-05 12:01 · calc version: v1.0 · Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible)