Who is the greatest Mercedes Formula 1 driver of all time?

Two separate Mercedes works teams, seventy years apart, and a driver list that jumps from silver-arrow pioneers to the current grid. Some of these names won titles in the car; some were just passing through.

1. 1
   Lewis Hamilton

   Won six of his seven titles with Mercedes across twelve seasons from 2013 to 2024.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Juan Manuel Fangio

   Won the 1954 and 1955 championships in the Mercedes W196 during the marque's first, brief works era.
   930pts
3. 3
   Nico Rosberg

   Beat Hamilton to the 2016 title in the same car, then retired five days later.
   930pts
4. 4
   George Russell

   Promoted from Williams in 2022 and the team's lead driver since Hamilton left for Ferrari.
   636pts
5. 5
   Hermann Lang

   The pre-war Mercedes ace and 1939 European champion who returned for the 1954 German Grand Prix in a W196, his only world championship start for the team.
   636pts
6. 6
   Stirling Moss

   Fangio's Mercedes team-mate in 1955, winner of that year's British Grand Prix and the Mille Miglia.
   521pts
7. 7
   Valtteri Bottas

   Hamilton's team-mate from 2017 to 2021, taking ten wins while the team won five constructors' titles.
   521pts
8. 8
   Kimi Antonelli

   Italian teenager signed in 2025 to replace Hamilton, who leads the 2026 drivers' standings in only his second Formula 1 season.
   520pts
9. 9
   Michael Schumacher

   Came out of retirement to drive Mercedes' works return from 2010 to 2012, taking one podium in three seasons.
   520pts
10. 10
    Piero Taruffi

    Italian veteran who drove the W196 in 1955, finishing fourth in the Mercedes one-two-three-four at Aintree and second at Monza.
    520pts
11. 11
    Karl Kling

    German driver of the 1954 and 1955 works team, best known for the streamlined W196 at Reims.
    382pts
12. 12
    Hans Herrmann

    Mercedes works driver in 1954 and 1955 who set the fastest lap on his Grand Prix debut for the team.
    0pts

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