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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 10:00 PM

Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧1356

The worldwide ranking generated by 3.8k votes

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Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧1356

Lando Norris 🇬🇧1335

Sebastian Vettel 🇩🇪1335

Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨1309

Max Verstappen 🇳🇱1294

Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸1276

Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸1271

Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷1269

Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮1239

#10

George Russell 🇬🇧1235

#11

Kimi Räikkönen 🇫🇮1222

#12

Sergio Perez 🇲🇽1213

#13

Mick Schumacher 🇩🇪1179

#14

Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷1175

#15

Daniel Ricciardo 🇦🇺1161

#16

Antonio Giovinazzi 🇮🇹1148

#17

Lance Stroll 🇨🇦1069

#18

Yuki Tsunoda 🇯🇵1032

#19

Nicholas Latifi 🇨🇦990

#20

Nikita Mazepin 🇷🇺890

What the community says

Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 leads with an ELO of 1,356, ahead of Lando Norris 🇬🇧 (1,335) and Sebastian Vettel 🇩🇪 (1,335). Ranked over 3,761 duels between 20 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.