Season finishing rates

Season

Circuit type

Window


Lewis HamiltonFerrari	20	5.0% (1/20)	35.0% (7/20)	90.0% (18/20)	95.0% (19/20)	5.0% (1/20)	0.68	4.90	4.40	4.26	36429

How this is calculated

Historical finishing rates: counts / starts. Points rate means P1–P10 classified finishes. DNS excluded; DNF includes retirements and disqualifications. Circuit filtering happens before the last-5/10 window; fewer starts use the available sample. Averages exclude missing positions; average finish uses classified results. Last 5 reads the latest five recorded results for this circuit filter, oldest to latest, including DNS. Rate denominators remain starts only.

HEAD TO HEAD

Two careers. Side by side.

Compare the numbers. Find your own perspective.

DRIVER AVSDRIVER B

Jenson

Button

BritishCAREERLewis

Hamilton

British

307

Starts

400

Wins

106

Podiums

209

Poles

105

1,235

Points

5,279.5

Titles

The rates

4.9%

Win rate

26.5%

16.3%

Podium rate

52.3%

4.02

Points / start

13.2

62.5%

Poles converted to wins

58.1%

24.4%

DNF rate

9.5%

5.62

Era-normalised points / start

14.16

Pole conversion counts wins from pole. Lower DNF rate is better. Era normalisation scales each season’s points so a win is worth 25; winner awards are inferred from imported results until local scoring rules are supplied.

On the same team 3 SHARED TEAM SEASONS

Season / team	Quali H2H	Race H2H	Points share
2012McLaren	3–17	4–9	49.7%
2011McLaren	6–13	7–7	54.3%
2010McLaren	5–14	4–10	47.1%

H2H reads Button–Hamilton. Race duels require both drivers to have official finishing positions. Points share is Button’s share of their combined Grand Prix points in shared rounds; sprint points are unavailable. “—” means no comparable data.

Shared seasons 11 SEASONS

Season	ButtonPOINTS	Wins	Standing	HamiltonPOINTS	Wins	Standing
2017 ↗	0	0	NC	363	9	1
2016 ↗	21	0	15	380	10	2
2015 ↗	16	0	16	381	10	1
2014 ↗	126	0	8	384	11	1
2013 ↗	73	0	9	189	1	4
2012 ↗	188	3	5	190	4	4
2011 ↗	270	3	2	227	3	5
2010 ↗	214	2	5	240	3	4
2009 ↗	95	6	1	49	2	5
2008 ↗	3	0	18	98	5	1
2007 ↗	6	0	15	109	4	2

Career by year

Career year	Button	Wins	Points	Hamilton	Wins	Points
1	2000	0	12	2007	4	109
2	2001	0	2	2008	5	98
3	2002	0	14	2009	2	49
4	2003	0	17	2010	3	240
5	2004	0	85	2011	3	227
6	2005	0	37	2012	4	190
7	2006	1	56	2013	1	189
8	2007	0	6	2014	11	384
9	2008	0	3	2015	10	381
10	2009	6	95	2016	10	380
11	2010	2	214	2017	9	363
12	2011	3	270	2018	11	408
13	2012	3	188	2019	11	413
14	2013	0	73	2020	11	347
15	2014	0	126	2021	8	387.5
16	2015	0	16	2022	0	240
17	2016	0	21	2023	0	234
18	2017	0	0	2024	2	223
19	—	—	—	2025	0	156
20	—	—	—	2026	1	261

Year 1 is each driver’s first imported racing season. Missing earlier seasons will move this alignment automatically as the archive fills; sabbaticals are skipped.

1966–2026 · 61 imported seasons. Career figures reflect imported data. Race starts exclude DNS and non-qualifiers; poles use race grid position. Points use official season standings.

Points systems have changed over time. Raw totals are retained above; the rates block also provides a rescaled points comparison.