Formula One


Highest average percent led

Data are approximate to speed up querying time, but should in most cases be accurate to the hundredths place. This statistic measures the average percentage of a race a driver led and is the best measure for dominance (because very often the driver who wins the race was not the driver who dominated), and laps led is biased towards races that have larger numbers of laps, while this statistic equalizes all races. 25 or more starts are needed to appear on the list for F1, Champ Car, IndyCar, MotoGP, NASCAR Xfinity, or NASCAR Trucks, while 50 or more starts are needed for NASCAR series. Data for NASCAR Xfinity Series is only available from 1995 to present.


DriverAverage percent led
Alberto Ascari41.995000
Juan Manuel Fangio39.587843
Jim Clark38.367222
Ayrton Senna29.238385
Sebastian Vettel28.409873
Jackie Stewart28.311818
Michael Schumacher25.706429
Stirling Moss24.794848
Lewis Hamilton24.296168
Alain Prost21.250900
Nino Farina18.349697
Damon Hill18.305603
Nigel Mansell17.155775
Mika Häkkinen14.546975
Niki Lauda14.454419
José Froilán González13.746800
Nelson Piquet12.173676
James Hunt11.420761
Fernando Alonso11.224545
Juan Pablo Montoya10.323830
Gilles Villeneuve10.148088
Jack Brabham9.909127
Mario Andretti9.472734
Ronnie Peterson8.935447
Nico Rosberg8.914324
Jody Scheckter8.679464
Wolfgang von Trips8.651923
Jochen Rindt8.558033
Kimi Räikkönen8.469437
Alan Jones8.433190
Mike Hawthorn8.319778
Tony Brooks8.260263
Jacky Ickx8.105263
Graham Hill7.641818
Peter Collins7.364687
Carlos Reutemann7.341575
Phil Hill7.315208
Keke Rosberg6.582456
Felipe Massa6.473799
Jean-Pierre Jabouille6.416327
Jacques Villeneuve5.904024
David Coulthard5.837520
René Arnoux5.631933
Didier Pironi5.456000
Gerhard Berger5.360619
John Surtees5.105766
Denny Hulme5.026339
Emerson Fittipaldi5.011667
Dan Gurney4.701628
Jenson Button4.581690
Clay Regazzoni4.520455
Mark Webber4.324233
Rubens Barrichello4.233600
Lorenzo Bandini4.167381
François Cevert3.767447
Richie Ginther3.726154
Ralf Schumacher3.556000
Riccardo Patrese3.299883
Pedro Rodríguez3.052963
Peter Revson2.859333
Jacques Laffite2.856307
John Watson2.778158
Patrick Tambay2.752500
Chris Amon2.561031
Patrick Depailler2.378316
Jean Alesi2.163781
Jean Behra2.161321
Eddie Irvine1.867211
Jo Bonnier1.668269
Jo Siffert1.658958
Jean-Pierre Beltoise1.657529
Daniel Ricciardo1.638636
Michele Alboreto1.637474
Giancarlo Fisichella1.621441
Heinz-Harald Frentzen1.574013
Robert Kubica1.523553
Thierry Boutsen1.407117
Carlos Pace1.391528
Cristiano da Matta1.071429
Jean-Pierre Jarier1.055662
Maurice Trintignant1.027439
Jackie Oliver0.988980
Gunnar Nilsson0.967742
Jarno Trulli0.911176
Vittorio Brambilla0.881757
Innes Ireland0.865000
Romain Grosjean0.859398
Bruno Giacomelli0.761449
Nelson Piquet, Jr.0.693214
Alessandro Nannini0.689091
Nico Hülkenberg0.676383
Ivan Capelli0.625914
Heikki Kovalainen0.602321
Pastor Maldonado0.590105
Bruce McLaren0.533168
Rolf Stommelen0.520566
Elio de Angelis0.500926
Trevor Taylor0.462963
Johnny Herbert0.459259
Sergio Pérez0.363978
Masten Gregory0.350789
Hans-Joachim Stuck0.320676
Andrea de Cesaris0.306106
Harry Schell0.263636
Timo Glock0.237283
Nick Heidfeld0.201639
Mike Hailwood0.181800
Peter Gethin0.181667
Luigi Villoresi0.179355
Derek Warwick0.173265
Sébastien Bourdais0.165926
Valtteri Bottas0.150357
Adrian Sutil0.148203
Olivier Panis0.135000
Jochen Mass0.125714
Paul di Resta0.120862
Piers Courage0.108889
Tom Pryce0.085000
Stefan Johansson0.080000
Esteban Gutiérrez0.079737
Christian Klien0.071400
Mika Salo0.037364
Takuma Sato0.037000
Sébastien Buemi0.026000
Ukyo Katayama0.015474
Pierluigi Martini0.011849
Scott Speed0.000000
Christijan Albers0.000000
Vitantonio Liuzzi0.000000
Alexander Wurz0.000000
Kazuki Nakajima0.000000
Pedro de la Rosa0.000000
Tiago Monteiro0.000000
Narain Karthikeyan0.000000
Marc Gené0.000000
Ricardo Zonta0.000000
Jos Verstappen0.000000
Enrique Bernoldi0.000000
Pedro Diniz0.000000
Tora Takagi0.000000
Luca Badoer0.000000
Alex Zanardi0.000000
Shinji Nakano0.000000
Ricardo Rosset0.000000
Jan Magnussen0.000000
Nicola Larini0.000000
Gianni Morbidelli0.000000
Martin Brundle0.000000
Pedro Lamy0.000000
Mark Blundell0.000000
Aguri Suzuki0.000000
Roberto Moreno0.000000
Karl Wendlinger0.000000
Bertrand Gachot0.000000
Gabriele Tarquini0.000000
Érik Comas0.000000
Éric Bernard0.000000
Christian Fittipaldi0.000000
JJ Lehto0.000000
Philippe Alliot0.000000
Mauricio Gugelmin0.000000
Olivier Grouillard0.000000
Stefano Modena0.000000
Satoru Nakajima0.000000
Emanuele Pirro0.000000
Alex Caffi0.000000
Marc Surer0.000000
Mauro Baldi0.000000
Jonathan Palmer0.000000
Christian Danner0.000000
Eddie Cheever0.000000
Luís Perez-Sala0.000000
Piercarlo Ghinzani0.000000
Philippe Streiff0.000000
Teo Fabi0.000000
Huub Rothengatter0.000000
Manfred Winkelhock0.000000
Derek Daly0.000000
Rupert Keegan0.000000
Héctor Rebaque0.000000
Arturo Merzario0.000000
Brett Lunger0.000000
Henri Pescarolo0.000000
Wilson Fittipaldi0.000000
Howden Ganley0.000000
Tim Schenken0.000000
Mike Beuttler0.000000
Andrea de Adamich0.000000
Mike Spence0.000000
Bob Anderson0.000000
Tony Maggs0.000000
Carel Godin de Beaufort0.000000
Roy Salvadori0.000000
Robert Manzon0.000000
Louis Rosier0.000000
Jaime Alguersuari0.000000
Kamui Kobayashi0.000000
Bruno Senna0.000000
Vitaly Petrov0.000000
Charles Pic0.000000