Podium counts, points finishes and whole seasons without a mistake. The least glamorous route to greatness, and the one that wins titles raw pace throws away.
1Alain ProstFinished on the podium 106 times in 199 starts across four constructors.
2Ayrton SennaScored 80 podiums from 161 starts, though he retired from races he was leading.
3Lewis HamiltonHas finished in the points in more races than any driver in the sport's history.
4Michael SchumacherFive consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004 with a strike rate no team has repeated.
5Sebastian VettelNine straight wins in 2013, still the longest single-season winning run on record.
6Fernando AlonsoTwo decades of scoring finishes in cars ranging from title-winning to hopeless.
7Jackie Stewart27 wins from 99 starts in an era when finishing at all was an achievement.
8Juan Manuel FangioFinished on the podium in 35 of his 51 championship starts.
9Max VerstappenA run of podium finishes through the Red Bull dominance years that rewrote the record book.
10Niki LaudaRebuilt a career twice and finished championships from cars that were rarely the fastest.
11Nelson PiquetThree championships built on knowing when a fourth place mattered more than a win.
12Riccardo PatreseHeld the record for Grand Prix starts for over a decade with 256 entries.
13Nico RosbergFinished every race of the 2015 season in the points on the way to the following year's title.
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Prost stood on the podium in more than half the Grands Prix he ever started, 106 from 199, across four different teams: https://youpick.best/articles/senna-vs-prost-ranked
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