# Who is the best Mercedes Formula 1 driver of all time?

> Two eras of Silver Arrows sit more than half a century apart: leather helmets and Fangio in the fifties, hybrid-era dominance in the 2010s, and a new generation now trying to restart the winning.

*By YPB Team · Published October 27, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-best-mercedes-formula-1-driver-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Lewis Hamilton** — score 1000/1000
   Won six of his seven world titles with Mercedes between 2014 and 2020.
2. **Karl Kling** — score 596/1000
   German driver who finished second to Fangio on the Silver Arrows' 1954 debut.
3. **Hans Herrmann** — score 525/1000
   German driver who took a podium for the Silver Arrows in the 1954 Swiss Grand Prix.
4. **Juan Manuel Fangio** — score 525/1000
   Argentine great who won the 1954 and 1955 world titles in the Silver Arrows.
5. **Stirling Moss** — score 392/1000
   Won the 1955 British Grand Prix as Fangio's teammate.
6. **Kimi Antonelli** — score 392/1000
   Italian prodigy promoted straight from Formula 2 to replace Hamilton in 2025.
7. **Michael Schumacher** — score 309/1000
   The seven-time champion who came out of retirement to race for Mercedes from 2010 to 2012.
8. **Nico Rosberg** — score 309/1000
   Beat Hamilton to the 2016 world title, then retired days later.
9. **Valtteri Bottas** — score 211/1000
   Hamilton's teammate for five straight constructors' titles, with ten wins.
10. **George Russell** — score 211/1000
   British driver who became Mercedes' team leader after Hamilton left.
11. **Piero Taruffi** — score 210/1000
   Italian veteran who finished second for Mercedes at Monza in 1955.

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