List of Formula One driver records
Total pole positions
Columns: Driver | Seasons | Entries | Poles | Percentage
Michael Schumacher | 1991 – 2006 , 2010 – 2012 | 308 | 68 | 22.08% | Ayrton Senna | 1984 – 1994 | 162 | 65 | 40.12% | Sebastian Vettel | 2007 – 2013 | 118 | 43 | 36.44% | Jim Clark | 1960 – 1968 | 73 | 33 | 45.21% | Alain Prost | 1980 – 1991 , 1993 | 202 | 33 | 16.34% | Nigel Mansell | 1980 – 1992 , 1994 – 1995 | 191 | 32 | 16.75% | Lewis Hamilton | 2007 – 2013 | 127 | 31 | 24.41% | Juan Manuel Fangio | 1950 – 1951 , 1953 – 1958 | 52 | 29 | 55.77% | Mika Häkkinen | 1991 – 2001 | 165 | 26 | 15.76% | Niki Lauda | 1971 – 1979 , 1982 – 1985 | 177 | 24 | 13.56% | Nelson Piquet | 1978 – 1991 | 207 | 24 | 11.59%