# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published August 8, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/who-is-the-greatest-mercedes-formula-1-driver-of-all-time*

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## Current results (0 votes)

1. **Lewis Hamilton**
   Won six of his seven titles with Mercedes across twelve seasons from 2013 to 2024.
2. **Michael Schumacher**
   Came out of retirement to drive Mercedes' works return from 2010 to 2012, taking one podium in three seasons.
3. **Juan Manuel Fangio**
   Won the 1954 and 1955 championships in the Mercedes W196 during the marque's first, brief works era.
4. **Nico Rosberg**
   Beat Hamilton to the 2016 title in the same car, then retired five days later.
5. **Stirling Moss**
   Fangio's Mercedes team-mate in 1955, winner of that year's British Grand Prix and the Mille Miglia.
6. **George Russell**
   Promoted from Williams in 2022 and the team's lead driver since Hamilton left for Ferrari.
7. **Valtteri Bottas**
   Hamilton's team-mate from 2017 to 2021, taking ten wins while the team won five constructors' titles.
8. **Kimi Antonelli**
   Italian rookie signed to replace Hamilton, leading the 2026 drivers' standings in his second season.
9. **Karl Kling**
   German driver of the 1954 and 1955 works team, best known for the streamlined W196 at Reims.
10. **Hans Herrmann**
   Mercedes works driver in 1954 and 1955 who set the fastest lap on his Grand Prix debut for the team.
11. **Piero Taruffi**
   Italian veteran who drove the W196 in 1955 and finished second at the British Grand Prix.

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