Best Formula 1 drivers

Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 leads with an ELO of 1,448, ahead of Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 (1,399) and Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 (1,339). Ranked over 2,229 duels between 20 contenders, last updated September 6, 2026.

Rank your favorite Formula 1 drivers for the 2024-25 season. Vote for your top pick among the 20 best drivers in the world championship.

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.