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 3,777 places
2 Sergio Pérez 2,899 places
3 Jenson Button 2,746 places
4 Kimi Räikkönen 2,703 places
5 Lewis Hamilton 2,667 places
6 Nico Hülkenberg 2,626 places
7 Felipe Massa 2,481 places
8 Daniel Ricciardo 2,365 places
9 Sebastian Vettel 2,126 places
10 Valtteri Bottas 2,097 places
11 Carlos Sainz 2,087 places
12 Rubens Barrichello 1,970 places
13 Lance Stroll 1,946 places
14 Pierre Gasly 1,907 places
15 Esteban Ocon 1,891 places
16 Mark Webber 1,849 places
17 Giancarlo Fisichella 1,809 places
18 Kevin Magnussen 1,795 places
19 Jarno Trulli 1,751 places
20 Alexander Albon 1,589 places
21 Nico Rosberg 1,583 places
22 Nick Heidfeld 1,581 places
23 Max Verstappen 1,572 places
24 Romain Grosjean 1,549 places
25 Michael Schumacher 1,503 places
26 George Russell 1,453 places
27 David Coulthard 1,451 places
28 Lando Norris 1,360 places
29 Charles Leclerc 1,355 places
30 Ralf Schumacher 1,301 places
31 Yuki Tsunoda 1,163 places
32 Jacques Villeneuve 1,120 places
33 Daniil Kvyat 1,095 places
34 Olivier Panis 1,076 places
35 Adrian Sutil 1,075 places
36 Heikki Kovalainen 1,028 places
37 Pastor Maldonado 1,011 places
38 Guanyu Zhou 854 places
39 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 840 places
40 Marcus Ericsson 823 places
41 Paul di Resta 788 places
42 Kamui Kobayashi 781 places
43 Timo Glock 758 places
44 Robert Kubica 743 places
45 Oscar Piastri 741 places
46 Pedro de la Rosa 739 places
47 Eddie Irvine 723 places
48 Jean Alesi 719 places
49 Jean-Éric Vergne 714 places
50 Mika Salo 693 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: 2026-10-21 12:01 · calc version: v1.0 · Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible)