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0commentsUpdated on 09/06/2026 at 08:00 PM

Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧1334

The worldwide ranking generated by 3.8k votes

20 / 20

Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧1334

Sebastian Vettel 🇩🇪1332

Lando Norris 🇬🇧1331

Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨1307

Max Verstappen 🇳🇱1286

Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸1279

Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷1250

Kimi Räikkönen 🇫🇮1247

George Russell 🇬🇧1239

#10

Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸1229

#11

Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮1222

#12

Sergio Perez 🇲🇽1213

#13

Mick Schumacher 🇩🇪1185

#14

Daniel Ricciardo 🇦🇺1181

#15

Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷1164

#16

Antonio Giovinazzi 🇮🇹1119

#17

Lance Stroll 🇨🇦1089

#18

Yuki Tsunoda 🇯🇵1057

#19

Nicholas Latifi 🇨🇦1011

#20

Nikita Mazepin 🇷🇺925

What the community says

Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 leads with an ELO of 1,334, ahead of Sebastian Vettel 🇩🇪 (1,332) and Lando Norris 🇬🇧 (1,331). Ranked over 3,761 duels between 20 contenders, last updated September 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.